The following is a list of notable Assyrians.

Activists Ninos Aho – poet and founding father of modern Assyrian nationalism Freydun Atturaya – physician, poet and founder of the first Assyrian political party, the Assyrian Socialist Party Naum Faiq – writer, poet and founding father of modern Assyrian nationalism"A Brief Study in the Palak Nationalism", by Dr. David Barsoum Perley LL.B.In memory of Malfouno Naoum Fayiq, the master of the national unity, by Aprim Shapera. Jumana Hanna – involved in anti Baath war propaganda, torture victim Nuri Kino – award-winning journalist, documentary filmmaker, author, human rights expert, and founder of A Demand for Action Rosie Malek-Yonan – actress, author, director, public figure and human rights activist Hurmiz Malik Chikko – martyr and leader of the Assyrian armed struggle against the Ba'ath regime in Iraq in the late 1950s – early 1960s Farid Nuzha – journalist and founding father of modern Assyrian nationalismFarid Nazha, Bethnahrin.nl David Barsum Perley – philosopher and nationalist Juliana Taimoorazy – founder and president of the Iraqi Christian Relief Council, senior fellow at the Philos Project

Actors, directors and entertainers

Brian Awadis – YouTuber Paul Elia – Chaldean-Assyrian comedian from Detroit Dustin Kahia – Assyrian film director Henri Charr – director Michael Denkha – actor Naguib el-Rihani – actor F. Murray Abraham – Academy award-winning actor Josef Fares – film director and video game designer Ryan Bernier – Former Second City Artistic Director and Writer/Director of Gilgamesh! The Assyrian Epic...sorta Fares Fares – Swedish-Lebanese actor Iloosh Khoshabe – actor; bodybuilderBenjamin, Kitty (2012). "Remembering Iloosh Khoshabe" (PDF). Nineveh. vol. 36, no. 1-2: 8–9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-02-15. Nuri Kino – journalist; filmmaker Terrence Malick – Academy Award-nominated director Winter Jones – actor

Artists and designers

Eser Afacan – painter, and sculptor Hannibal Alkhas – sculptor, painter and author Issa Benyamin – calligrapher Raad Ghantous – interior designer Thea Halo – painter and writer Farouk Kaspaules – artist Paulus Khofri – painter, lyricist and composer Jim Marshall – photographer Bishara Morad – artist Fred Parhad – sculptor

Athletes

In the Middle East

Athletics (Track and field) George Malek-Yonan – Iranian Assyrian Track & Field Athlete. Iran's Champion of Champions, Gold medalist in Pentathlon and Track & Field

Boxing Mustafa Hamsho – Syrian Assyrian/Syriac boxer, middleweight George Issabeg – Iranian Assyrian boxer; represented Iran in 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics Anwar Oshana – Syrian Assyrian boxer, super middleweight in USA. Illinois State Champion Shoura Osipov – Iranian Assyrian boxer 1948 Summer Olympics representing Iran Thomas Younan – Assyrian boxer from Chicago Curling

Terry Odishaw - Multiple Provincial Champion Canada including one National Championship 1986-2023 Grant Odishaw - Multiple Provincial Champion Canada including one National Championship 1986-2026

Football (soccer) Douglas Aziz – Iraqi Assyrian footballer Ammo Baba – Iraqi Assyrian footballer and Manager of Iraq – Iraq International. Voted best Iraqi Athlete of All Time Saad Benyamin – Iraqi Assyrian footballer – Iraq International Edison David – Iraqi Assyrian footballer Youra Eshaya – Iraqi Assyrian footballer, first Iraqi to play professionally in the west, for Bristol Rovers, England – Iraq International Basil Gorgis Hanna – Iraqi Assyrian footballer – World Cup Player 1986 Aram Karam – Iraqi Assyrian footballer – Iraq International Ayoub Odisho – Iraqi Assyrian footballer and club manager (in Lebanon) Thamer Yousif – Iraqi Assyrian footballer – Iraq International

Tennis Andrew Simon – Iraqi Assyrian tennis champion

Diaspora

Basketball

Scotty Pippen Jr.

American football Alex Agase – Assyrian American – top level American Football (Gridiron) player Lou Agase – Assyrian American – top level American Football (Gridiron) player

Boxing

Mustafa Hamsho Anwar Oshana – Assyrian American super middleweight boxer, Illinois State Champion

Football (soccer) Alexander Alkhazov – Assyrian Russian footballer – plays for FC Krylia Sovetov Samara Zaya Avdysh – Assyrian Ukrainian footballer – Ukrainian based Kennedy Bakircioglu – Assyrian Swedish international footballer – Sweden based – Swedish International player Abgar Barsom – Assyrian Swedish footballer Stefan Batan – Assyrian Swedish footballer – plays for Assyriska Steven Beitashour – currently plays for Los Angeles FC in Major League Soccer, Iran international Louay Chanko – Assyrian Syrian footballer – Denmark based – Syrian International player Imad Chhadeh – Assyrian Swedish footballer – plays for Assyriska Daniyel Cimen – Assyrian German footballer Christian Demirtas – Assyrian German footballer – German based Sargon Duran – Assyrian Austrian footballer – plays for FC Sollenau Jimmy Durmaz – Assyrian Swedish footballer David Durmaz – Assyrian Swedish footballer – plays for Syrianska FC Ninos Gouriye – Assyrian Dutch footballer Andreas Haddad – Assyrian Swedish footballer – plays for Assyriska Dani Hamzo – Assyrian Swedish footballer – plays for Assyriska Zurab Ionanidze – Assyrian Georgian International footballer – Georgian International player Mikael Ishak – Assyrian Swedish footballer – plays for Assyriska Leena Khamis – Assyrian Australian female footballer – Australian Women's Football International Sanharib Malki – Assyrian Syrian footballer – Dutch based (Roda JC) – Syrian International player Justin Meram – Assyrian USA based soccer player Ilyas Merkes – Assyrian Syrian footballer – Syrian International player, plays for Assyriska George Mourad – Assyrian Syrian footballer – Iran based – Syrian International player Eddie Moussa – Assyrian Swedish footballer – plays for Assyriska Gabriel Özkan – Assyrian Swedish footballer – plays for AIK Fotboll Frans Dhia Putros – Assyrian Danish footballer – plays for Hobro IK in Denmark Mario Shabow – Assyrian Australian footballer – plays for Central Coast Mariners in the Australian A-League Suleyman Sleyman – Assyrian Swedish footballer – plays for Syrianska FC Rebin Sulaka – Assyrian Swedish footballer – Iraq International Jasar Takak – Dutch based Assyrian footballer, formerly of Vitesse Arnhem Sharbel Touma – Assyrian Swedish footballer – plays for Syrianska FC Gabriel Ucar – Assyrian Swedish footballer – plays for Ängelholms FF, and previously for Irish team Derry City Daniel Unal – Assyrian Turkish footballer – plays for FC Basle in Switzerland Andreas Yacoub-Haddad – Assyrian Swedish footballer – played for Assyriska Christer Youssef – Assyrian Swedish footballer – plays for Djurgårdens IF

Martial Arts

Beneil Dariush – Assyrian American Mixed martial arts (MMA) Randa Markos – Assyrian Canadian Mixed martial arts (MMA) Tiras Odisho – Assyrian Iraqi Karate champion, Director General of National Olympic Committee of Iraq Mikhail Sado – Assyrian Russian Wrestling champion David Teymur – Assyrian Swedish Mixed martial arts (MMA)

Poker

Daniel Alaei

Tennis Susanne Celik – Assyrian Swedish tennis player Andre Khabbazi – American actor and semi-pro tennis player Michael Shabaz – American tennis player Andre Agassi - American tennis player

Educators and explorers Toma Audo – bishop, writer Paul BedjanNemrod Simono, Paul Bedjan Biography, Tehran, 1984 Louis Cheikhô – Assyrian Orientalist Hind Rassam Culhane – lecturer in Middle Eastern Studies and behavioural scientist Fuat Deniz – writer and professor of sociology at Örebro University Mor Philoxenos Yuhanon Dolabani – scholar, poet, editor, and translator Eprime Eshag – academic, professor Emanuel Kamber George Kiraz – computational linguist Kanan Makiya – academic, professor Eden Naby Estiphan Panoussi – philosopher and oriental philologist Hormuzd Rassam – Assyriologist, and first-known Middle Eastern archaeologist Thomas L. Saaty – Iraqi born Assyrian American mathematician Mikhail Sado – Russian linguist, scholar, professor of Semitic languages, orientalist, politician, former paratrooper, and wrestling champion Donny George Youkhanna Ashur YousifRevival and Awakening: American Evangelical Missionaries in Iran and the Origins of Assyrian Nationalism Becker, Adam H. p. 328.Syriac Christians Of Kharberd Armenian-language Syriac Journal of the Canadian Society for Syriac Studies 10 (2010) — Page 84.Assyria and the Paris Peace Conference Yoosuf, Abraham K. p. 33

Entrepreneurs

Narsai David – American restaurateur, chef, wine-maker, and author Daniel Hadad – Argentine businessman involved in telecommunications and media Milton Malek-Yonan – American inventor of Malekized Rice Bob Miner – American businessman, co-founder of Oracle Corporation Jeff Moorad – American businessman and investor, CEO of MLB's Arizona Diamondbacks, and Vice-Chairman and CEO of MLB's San Diego Padres Victor Nacif – Mexican businessman, Vice President of Design at Nissan Design Europe Tony Rezko – American businessman, political fundraiser, restaurateur, and real estate developer.

Leaders

Malik Khoshaba – Assyrian military leader during World War I Agha Petros – World War I Assyrian General Ashur Yousif – professor and Assyrian nationalist Shamoun Hanne Haydo – Village leader and defender of Assyrians during Seyfo Melke Hanne Haydo – brother of Shamoun Hanne Haydo Malik Yaqo – Assyrian malik from Hakkari Malik Ismail II – one of the most powerful Assyrian malik’s Dawid Mar Shimun – Assyrian military general Surma D'Bait Mar Shimun – Assyrian military leader and sister of Shimun XIX Benyamin Toma Tomas - Iraqi Assyrian guerilla fighter

Media

Ramona Amiri – Miss World Canada 2005 John Batchelor – author; radio host Jack Douglas – television host Claudia Hanna – Miss Iraq 2006 Craig Morgan – sports journalist Diane Pathieu – news anchor based in Chicago Larsa Pippen – reality television personality Younan Nowzaradan – reality television personality Cindy Sargon – Australian TV chef Nancy Oshana Wehbe – body builder and model Patrick Bet-David – American entrepreneur and TV personality of Assyrian-Armenian origin Obelit Yadgar – American radio personality Alfred Yaghobzadeh – Iranian photojournalist

Musicians and composers

Fairuz Evin AgassiEvin Agassi , AssyrianVoice.net Mousey Alexander"Elmer Alexander", United States census, 1930; Chicago, Cook, Illinois; roll 486, page 7B, line 58, enumeration district 1638, Family History film 1254075, National Archives film number T626. Retrieved on 2022-02-14."Famous Assyrian Drumer Appearing at 1960 Chicago Convention". Assyrian Star. vol.9, no.7-8: 5. July–August 1960. Gabriel Asaad Jamil Bashir Munir BashirWorld Music: The Rough Guide, by Simon Broughton, Mark Ellingham, Richard Trillo, 1999. Ashur Bet Sargis Aril Brikha Sargon Gabriel Linda George Nouri Iskandar Juliana Jendo Elias Karam Joseph Malke Paulus Khofri (original domain is parked) Adwar Mousa Habib Mousa Hanna Petros Janan Sawa Gaboro Ant Wan Ricky Rich Timz Marganita Vogt-Khofri Haitham Yousif Elias Zazi Santa Dimopulos

Politicians

Iraq Tariq Aziz – Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq 1979–2003 (Real name Michael Youkhana) Basim Bello – Mayor of Tel Kaif, Iraq Lara Yussif Zara – Mayor of Alqosh Yonathan Betkolia – Secretary General of the Assyrian Universal Alliance and Iran Parliament Representative Bahnam Zaya Bulos – Iraq Minister of Transport (2003–2004) Basimah Yusuf Butrus – Iraq Minister of Science and Technology 2005–2006 Elizabeth Gawrie – Deputy Prime Minister of Rojava Kamel Hana Gegeo – chief bodyguard to Saddam Hussein Franso Hariri – Mayor of Erbil Fawzi Franso Hariri – Iraq Parliament Representative, Current Minister of Industry in Iraq Yonadam Kanna – Secretary General of the Assyrian Democratic Movement and Iraq Parliament Representative Sarkis Aghajan Mamendo – current Minister of Finance and Economy in Kurdistan Regional Government Wijdan Michael – current Minister of Human Rights in Iraq