List of ethnic Assyrians

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This is a list of modern individuals. For early Assyrian Christian authors, see List of Syriac writers. For Assyrian from the Bronze and Iron Ages, see Category:Ancient Assyrians.

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The following is a list of notable ethnic Assyrians. It includes persons who are from (or whose ancestry is from) the Mesopotamian Neo-Aramaic speaking populations descendants of the Ancient Assyrians and Mesopotamians, originating in Iraq, north western Iran, north eastern Syria and south eastern Turkey.

Activists

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  • Freydun Atturaya – physician, poet and founder of the first Assyrian political party, the Assyrian Socialist Party<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • Naum Faiq – writer, poet and founding father of modern Assyrian nationalism<ref>"A Brief Study in the Palak Nationalism", by Dr. David Barsoum Perley LL.B.</ref><ref>In memory of Malfouno Naoum Fayiq, the master of the national unity, by Aprim Shapera.</ref>
  • Jumana Hanna – involved in anti Baath war propaganda, torture victim<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • Reine Hanna – Director of the Assyrian Policy Institute<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Nuri Kino – award-winning journalist, documentary filmmaker, author, human rights expert, and founder of A Demand for Action<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Rosie Malek-Yonan – actress, author, director, public figure and human rights activist<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Hurmiz Malik Chikko – martyr and leader of the Assyrian armed struggle against the Ba'ath regime in Iraq in the late 1950s – early 1960s<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Farid Nazha – journalist and founding father of modern Assyrian nationalism<ref>Farid Nazha, Bethnahrin.nl</ref>
  • David B. Perley – philosopher and nationalist<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Actors, directors and entertainers

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  • Winter Jones – non-binary actor previously known as Tony Yalda

Artists and designers

  • Eser Afacan – painter, and sculptor<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Issa Benyamin – calligrapher<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Raad Ghantous – interior designer<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Thea Halo – painter and writer<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Paulus Khofri – painter, lyricist and composer<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Athletes

In the Middle East

Athletics (Track and field)
Boxing
  • Mustafa Hamsho – Syrian Assyrian/Syriac boxer, middleweight<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Anwar Oshana – Syrian Assyrian boxer, super middleweight in USA. Illinois State Champion<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Football (soccer)
  • Douglas Aziz – Iraqi Assyrian footballer<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Ammo Baba – Iraqi Assyrian footballer and Manager of Iraq – Iraq International. Voted best Iraqi Athlete of All Time<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Saad Benyamin – Iraqi Assyrian footballer – Iraq International
  • Edison David – Iraqi Assyrian footballer<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 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<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Ayoub Odisho – Iraqi Assyrian footballer and club manager (in Lebanon)
  • Thamer Yousif – Iraqi Assyrian footballer – Iraq International
Tennis

Andrew Simon – Iraqi Assyrian tennis champion Andre Agassi American Assyrian-Armenian tennis champion

Diaspora

Basketball
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American football
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  • Lou Agase – Assyrian American – top level American Football (Gridiron) player<ref name = "illini" />
Boxing
Football (soccer)

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  • Ilyas Merkes – Assyrian Syrian footballer – Syrian International player, plays for Assyriska<ref name="assyriska.se">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Martial Arts

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Poker
Tennis

Educators and explorers

  • Aba I – philosopher, astronomer
  • Aphrahat – 3rd century theologian
  • Toma Audo – bishop, writer<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Entrepreneurs

Leaders

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Media

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Musicians and composers

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  • Munir Bashir<ref>World Music: The Rough Guide, by Simon Broughton, Mark Ellingham, Richard Trillo, 1999.</ref>
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Politicians

Iraq

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Iran

Turkey

  • Erol Dora – Deputy of Grand National Assembly of Turkey
  • George Aslan – Deputy of Grand National Assembly of Turkey
  • Naum Faiq – Assyrian nationalist

United Nations

  • Dr. William Ishaya – Deputy Permanent Representative – Mission of the Republic of Iraq to the United Nations in New York, USA.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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In the Assyrian diaspora

United States

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Alina Habba speaking with attendees at the 2024 Young Women's Leadership Summit at the San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter on the River Walk in San Antonio, Texas.

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Australia

Sweden

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Canada

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Netherlands

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Other countries

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  • José Murat Casab – (born to Assyrian Iraqi immigrants) Mexican politician and a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party also former Governor of Oaxaca
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Religious figures

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Writers and poets

Ancient

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Modern

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Other

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  • Sergey Sarkhoshev – Soviet soldier during the Second World War and Hero of the Soviet Union<ref name=ass/>

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