Famous Syrians in History - On This DayList of Syrian People
- 0154-07-11 Bardaisan [Bardesanes], early Syrian Christian theologist, born in Edessa, Upper Mesopotamia (d. c. 222)
- 1898-01-21 John George [Tufei Fatella], Syrian actor (Black Orchids, Don Juan, Adventures of Fu Manchu), born in Aleppo, Syria (d. 1968)
- 1915-10-19 Farid al-Atrash [El-Atrache], Syrian composer, musician, virtuoso oud player, and actor (Akher kedba), born in Jebel Ed-Druz, Southern Syria (d. 1974)
- 1920-12-30 Michael Allinson, British-American stage and film actor (Man of the Century; Syriana), born in London (d. 2010)
- 1930-07-01 Moustapha Akkad, Syrian-American film producer and director (Lion of the Dessert), born in Aleppo, French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon (d. 2005)
- 1936-09-28 Nabil Maleh, Syrian film director and writer, born in Damascus, Syria (d. 2016)
- 1938-01-13 Richard Anthony [Btesh], Syrian-French pop singer, and songwriter ("Aranjuez mon amour"; "Amoureux de ma femme"), born in Cairo, Egypt (d. 2015)
- 1942-02-01 Muna Wassef, Syrian actress (The Message) and UN Goodwill ambassador, born in Damascus, Syria
- 1953-09-03 Munir H. Habib, Syrian cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-3 backup)
- 1958-06-17 Sam Hamad, Syrian-born Canadian politician, born in Damascus, Syria
- 1961-08-01 Imad Khamis, Syrian politician and 67th Prime Minister of Syria (2016-present), born in Saqba, Syria
- 1964-01-01 Khaled Khalifa, Syrian poet, screenwriter and novelist (In Praise of Hatred), born in Urum al-Sughra, Syria (d. 2023)
- 1969-05-15 Assala [Nasri], Syrian-Bahraini Middle Eastern and Arabic pop singer ("Ma Aaaraftik"), born in Damascus, Syria
- 1973-09-10 Ghada Shouaa, Syrian athlete (Syria's 1st Olympic gold heptathlon 1996; World C'ship gold 1995), born in Mhardeh, Syria
- 1988-08-14 Shahd Barmada, Syrian pop singer, born in Aleppo, Syria
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