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List of Assyrian Iranians

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This is a list of famous Assyrian-Iranians.

Contents

Art

  • Evin Agassi - singer
  • Hannibal Alkhas (1930 Kermanshah-2010 Turlock) - painter
  • Issa Benyamin (born 1924 Tabriz) - calligraphist
  • Aril Brikha (born 1976 Tehran) - musician
  • Paul Caldani (born 1949 Sanandaj) - musician
  • George Chaharbakhshi (born 1952 Tehran) - singer
  • Henri Charr - film director
  • William D. S. Daniel, author, poet, and musician
  • Andre Khabbazi (born 1975 Sacramento) - actor
  • Paulus Khofri (1923 Baghdad-2000 Tehran) - composer and painter
  • Iloosh Khoshabeh (1932 Urmia - 2012 Tehran) - actor
  • Rosie Malek-Yonan (born 1965 Tehran) - actor
  • Terrence Malick (born 1943 Ottawa) - film director and producer
  • Shamiram Urshan (1938 Tehran-2011 Los Angeles) - singer
  • Marganita Vogt-Khofri (born 1952 Kermanshah) - musician

    • Literature

  • John Batchelor (born 1948 Bryn Mawr) - journalist
  • Ivan Kakovitch (1933 Kiev-2006 Paris) journalist and author
  • Eden Naby (born 1942 Gulpashan) - historian
  • Mikhael Pius (1927 Baghdad-2011 Modesto) - historian

    • Politics

  • Freydun Atturaya (1891 Urmia-1926 Tbilisi) - physician and politician
  • Sargon Bet-Oshana (born 1927 Urmia) - politician
  • Yonathan Betkolia (born 1951 Urmia) - politician
  • Eugene Dooman (1890 Osaka - 1969) - diplomat
  • George Malek-Yonan - politician
  • John Nimrod (1922 Chicago - 2009) - politician

    • Religion

  • Aphrahat (3rd and 4th centuries) - Christian author
  • Toma Audo (1854 Alqosh - 1918 Urmia) - Catholic archbishop
  • Paul Bedjan (1838 Khosrowabad - 1920 Cologne) - Catholic priest and orientalist
  • David Benjamin Keldani (1867 rmia-1940) - Catholic priest
  • Yohannan Gabriel (1758 Khosrowabad - 1833 Khosrowabad) - Catholic bishop of Salmas
  • Ramzi Garmou (born 1945 Zakho) - Catholic Metropolitan Archbishop of Tehran
  • Ishodad of Merv (9th century) - bishop
  • Youhannan Semaan Issayi (1914 Sanandaj - 1999 Tehran) - Catholic Metropolitan Archbishop of Tehran
  • Nicholas I Zaya (born Khosrowabad - died 1855 Khosrowabad) - Catholic Patriarch of Babylon

    • Sciences

  • Bukhtishu family - famous medieval physicians
  • Eprime Eshag (1918 Urmia-1998 Oxford) - economist
  • Alexander George (1920 Chicago-2006 Seattle) - scholar in political sciences

    • Sports

  • Alex Agase (1922 Chicago-2007 Tarpon Springs) - American football player
  • Andre Agassi (born 1970 Las Vegas) - American tennis player
  • Emmanuel Agassi (born 1930 Salmas) - boxer
  • Daniel Alaei (born 1983) - poker player
  • Mehrdad Beitashour (born 1987 San Jose) - football player
  • Youra Eshaya (1933-1992 Sweden) - football player
  • George Issabeg (born 1930) - boxer
  • Benny Koochoie (born 1986) - basketballer
  • Jeff Moorad - baseball executive
  • Shoura Osipov boxer
  • Michael Shabaz (born 1987 Fairfax County) - tennis player
  • Eskandar Shora - boxer
  • Henrik Tamraz (1935 Urmia - 1996) - weightlifter
  • Gela Youhanna - football player
  • Edmond Yunanpour (born 1963 Ahvaz) - football manager and former player

    • Others

  • Ramona Amiri (born 1980 Montreal) - Miss Canada 2005
  • Patrick Bet-David (born 1978 Tehran) - entrepreneur and financial adviser
  • Milton Malek-Yonan (1904 Urmia-2002 Carmel) - entrepreneur and inventor
  • Bob Miner (1941 Cicero-1994 San Francisco) - businessman
  • Zaya Younan - entrepreneur

    • References

    List of Assyrian-Iranians Wikipedia
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