Damascus
Damascus is the capital of Syria, the oldest capital in the world and, according to some, the fourth holiest city in Islam. Known colloquially in Syria as aš-Šām and dubbed, poetically, the "City of Jasmine", Damascus is a major cultural center of the Levant and the Arab world.
People born in Damascus (First 45 people) - Page 8
Anan Ameri
Author
Moataz Salhani
Syrian footballer
Mahmoud al-Abrash
Syrian Politician
Abu Humam al-Shami
Houmam Al Sayed
Syrian painter
Ibn Amir ad-Dimashqi
Malak Sokkar
Syrian actress
Cosmas of Maiuma
Saint
Abdul Rauf al-Kasm
Former Prime Minister of Syria
Tarek Jabban
Syrian former footballer
Mamoun Sakkal
Syrian type designer
Hassan Mezian
Nabih al-Azma
Military personnel
'A'isha al-Ba'uniyya
Poet
Atikah bint Yazid
Yazid I's daughter
Izzat al-Nuss
Former Prime Minister of Syria
Khairy Alzahaby
Syrian novelist
Shuaib Al Arna'ut
Scholar
Ibn Abi Usaybi'a
Physician
A. Alaji
Football player
Dima Khatib
Managing Director of AJ+
Badr al Deen al Hasani
Dima Nashawi
Artist
Rafiq al-Azm
Syrian author
Ghada El-Shamaa
Syrian actress
Hans Steinbach
German comic book artist
Souhel Najjar
Syrian-American neurologist
Mary Ajami
Syrian writer
Najiya Thamir
Tunisian writer
Muhittin Kurtiş
Turkish military personnel
Layal Watfeh
Composer
Bashir al-Azma
Former Prime Minister of Syria
Sitt al-Sham
Najm al-Din Ayyub's daughter
Pirbudag
Ruler
Ahmad Izzat Pasha al-Abid
Syrian entrepreneur
Khatun Safwat al-Mulk
Asma Rasmya
Bashar Assad
President of Syria
Atika bint Yazid
Yazid I's daughter
Taj al-Muluk Buri
Member of the Burid dynasty ‧ Toghtekin's son
Maslama
Former Umayyad Governor of Iraq
Basil al-Assad
Syrian Politician ‧ Bashar al-Assad's brother
Mujir ad-Din Abaq
Ruler
Bashar
President of Syria
