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Present Day

Syria

Syria ranks 63rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Pakistan, Algeria, and Tunisia. Memorable people born in present day Syria include Hafez al-Assad, Bashar al-Assad, and Elagabalus. Memorable people who died in Syria include Saladin, Hafez al-Assad, and Al-Farabi. Syria has been the birth place of many politicians, and writers and the death place of many politicians, and religious figures. The top cities in Syria by number of biographies are Damascus, Aleppo, Syria, Homs, and Latakia.

People

Between 1850 BC and 2009, present day Syria was the birth place of 245 globally memorable people, including Hafez al-Assad, Bashar al-Assad, and Elagabalus. Additionaly, 153 globally memorable people have passed away in present day Syria including Saladin, Hafez al-Assad, and Al-Farabi.

People Born in Present Day Syria

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Hafez al-Assad
POLITICIAN
1930 - 2000
HPI: 87.19
Rank: 1
Bashar al-Assad
POLITICIAN
1965 - Present
HPI: 82.22
Rank: 2
Elagabalus
POLITICIAN
203 - 222
HPI: 81.84
Rank: 3
Pope Gregory III
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
700 - 741
HPI: 79.99
Rank: 4
John of Damascus
PHILOSOPHER
676 - 749
HPI: 79.22
Rank: 5
Zenobia
POLITICIAN
240 - 275
HPI: 78.70
Rank: 6
Yazid I
POLITICIAN
647 - 683
HPI: 78.57
Rank: 7
Pope Anicetus
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
70 - 168
HPI: 77.69
Rank: 8
Philip the Arab
POLITICIAN
204 - 249
HPI: 77.17
Rank: 9
Imad ad-Din Zengi
POLITICIAN
1087 - 1146
HPI: 76.37
Rank: 10
Apollodorus of Damascus
ARCHITECT
50 - 130
HPI: 76.33
Rank: 11
Julia Domna
COMPANION
160 - 217
HPI: 75.35
Rank: 12

Newly Added People Born in Present Day Syria

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Farouk al-Sharaa
POLITICIAN
1938 - Present
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 107
Osmanoğlu family#Current head
NOBLEMAN
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 165
Shah Nimatullah Wali
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1330 - 1429
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 177
Mohammed al-Bashir
POLITICIAN
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 179
Mazloum Abdi
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1967 - Present
HPI: 55.26
Rank: 181
Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali
POLITICIAN
1969 - Present
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 186
Bouthaina Shaaban
POLITICIAN
1953 - Present
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 190
Îlham Ehmed
POLITICIAN
1963 - Present
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 191
Bahoz Erdal
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1969 - Present
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 202
Khaled Khalifa
WRITER
1964 - 2023
HPI: 47.06
Rank: 204
Rima Hassan
POLITICIAN
1992 - Present
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 205
Mazen al-Hamada
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1977 - 2024
HPI: 46.54
Rank: 207

People Deceased in Present Day Syria

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Saladin
POLITICIAN
1138 - 1193
HPI: 91.36
Rank: 1
Hafez al-Assad
POLITICIAN
1930 - 2000
HPI: 87.19
Rank: 2
Al-Farabi
PHILOSOPHER
872 - 951
HPI: 84.23
Rank: 3
Bartholomew the Apostle
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
100 BC - 100
HPI: 82.57
Rank: 4
Bilal ibn Rabah
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
580 - 642
HPI: 80.86
Rank: 5
Ibn Arabi
PHILOSOPHER
1165 - 1240
HPI: 80.85
Rank: 6
Muawiyah I
POLITICIAN
603 - 680
HPI: 80.40
Rank: 7
Tariq ibn Ziyad
MILITARY PERSONNEL
670 - 720
HPI: 79.15
Rank: 8
Baibars
POLITICIAN
1223 - 1277
HPI: 78.77
Rank: 9
Cambyses II
POLITICIAN
550 BC - 522 BC
HPI: 78.72
Rank: 10
Yazid I
POLITICIAN
647 - 683
HPI: 78.57
Rank: 11
Nur ad-Din
POLITICIAN
1116 - 1174
HPI: 78.41
Rank: 12

Newly Added People Deceased in Present Day Syria

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Hayyim ben Joseph Vital
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1542 - 1620
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 120
Mohammad Reza Zahedi
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1960 - 2024
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 129
Muhammad Mahdi al-Jawahiri
WRITER
1899 - 1997
HPI: 50.90
Rank: 141
Gulmurod Khalimov
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1975 - 2017
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 144
Khaled Khalifa
WRITER
1964 - 2023
HPI: 47.06
Rank: 145
Mazen al-Hamada
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1977 - 2024
HPI: 46.54
Rank: 146
Alexander Prokhorenko
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1990 - 2016
HPI: 37.94
Rank: 151