List of Iranian Assyrians

This is a list of famous Assyrian-Iranians.

Art

• Sooren Alexander 1935-2007 born in Hamadan, Iran -musical composer & musician (younger brother of Sargon Mayelian)
• Albert Khoshaba 1937-2023 born in Hamadan, Iran - singer. Was the first Assyrian to have a program on Radio Iran and appear on Iranian TV. The late Nebu Issabey, 1933-2014 also composed and played with him.
• Evin Agassi - singer
• Ashurbanipal Babilla (1944 Tehran - New York City) - actor, theatre director, playwright and visual artist
• Issa Benyamin (born 1924 Tabriz) - calligraphist
• Aril Brikha (born 1976 Tehran) - musician
• George Chaharbakhshi (born 1952 Tehran) - singer
• Henri Charr - film director
• William D. S. Daniel, author, poet, and musician
• Jack Douglas (1921 Kermanshah - 1994 Los Angeles) - television personality
• Andre Khabbazi (born 1975 Sacramento) - actor
• Paulus Khofri (1923 Baghdad-2000 Tehran) - composer and painter
• Terrence Malick (born 1943 Ottawa) - film director and producer
• Sargon Mayelian 1934-2006 born in Kermanshah, Iran -musical composer & musician (older brother of Sooren Alexander)
• 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
• 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
• Jacob David (1873 Sir - 1967 Chicago) pastor and relief worker
• Andrew David Urshan (1884 near Urmia - 1967 United States) - evangelist and author
• 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
• Daniel Alaei (born 1983) - poker player
• Steven Beitashour (born 1987 San Jose) - football player
• Beneil Dariush (born 1989 Umira) - mixed martial artist
• 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 (1978-) - Podcaster and businessman
• Milton Malek-Yonan (1904 Urmia-2002 Carmel) - entrepreneur and inventor
• Bob Miner (1941 Cicero-1994 San Francisco) - businessman
• Estiphan Panoussi (born 1935 Sanandaj) - philosopher and oriental philologist (Persian, Arabic and Neo-Aramaic)
• Juliana Taimoorazy (born 1973 in Tehran) - Assyrian activist and humanitarian

See also

• List of Iranians
• List of Iranian Arabs

References