Born in Damascus
Damascus
Capital and largest city of Syria
Damascus as a birthplace has produced a number of famous personalities of various fields (e.g. Swedish poet, President of Syria since 2000, Syrian general and commander of the Republican Guard): Ghayath Almadhoun, Bashar al-Assad, Maher al-Assad and some more.
Celebrities from DamascusCelebrities from Damascus
_02.jpg "Bashar al-Assad")
89 Moussa Abadi
Member of the French Resistance during WWII
*September 17th, 1907 †September 15th, 1997, 12th arrondissement of Paris
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Nizar Qabbani
Syrian diplomat, poet and publisher (1923-1998)
*March 21st, 1923 †April 30th, 1998, London
73 Ahmad Mazhar al-'Azma
Syria writer and politician (1909-1982)
*April 26th, 1909 †December 27th, 1982, Damascus
82 Sadiq Jalal al-Azm
Syrian philosopher (1934-2016)
*October 31st, 1934 †December 11th, 2016, Berlin
40 Ananias of Damascus
One of the Seventy Disciples of Jesus
*January 1st, 0100 †November 30th, 0059, Eleutheropolis 31
Bassel al-Assad
Eldest son of former Syrian President Hafez al-Assad (1962-1994)
*March 23rd, 1962 †January 21st, 1994, Damascus 58
Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziy
Syrian Islamic jurist, theologian and spiritual writer (1292-1350)
*January 29th, 1292 †September 16th, 1350, Damascus 68
Soraya Tarzi
Afghan queen consort of King Amanullah Khan
*November 24th, 1899 †April 20th, 1968, Rome 64
Demetrius I Qadi
Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Antioch
*January 18th, 1861 †October 25th, 1925, Damascus 47
Maher Asaad Baker
Musician, Author, Journalist, VFX & Graphic artist, and Director
*February 4th, 1977 74
Claude Gaignebet
French folklorist and ethnologist (1938-2012)
*January 24th, 1938 †February 5th, 2012, 20th arrondissement of Paris.jpg "Walid Muallem")
79 Walid Muallem
Syrian politician, foreign minister (1941-2020)
*July 17th, 1941 †November 16th, 2020, Damascus 89
Paul Achkar
Archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Latakia, Lebanon
*February 3rd, 1893 †April 23rd, 1982 38
Osama Al-Samman
Syrian Pro-Democracy activist who spoke out during the Syrian civil war
*March 26th, 1986Birthdays of famous people
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