List of Assyrian-Iranians
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This is a list of famous Assyrian-Iranians.
Art[edit]
- Sooren Alexander 1939-2007 born in Hamadan, Iran -musical composer & musician (younger brother of Sargon Mayelian)
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Bukhtishu family - famous medieval physicians
- Eprime Eshag (1918 Urmia-1998 Oxford) - economist
- Alexander George (1920 Chicago-2006 Seattle) - scholar in political sciences
Sports[edit]
- Alex Agase (1922 Chicago-2007 Tarpon Springs) - American football player
- Andre Agassi (born 1970 Las Vegas) - American tennis player
- Emmanuel Agassi (1930 Salmas - 2021 Las Vegas) - boxer
- Daniel Alaei (born 1983) - poker player
- Steven Beitashour (born 1987 San Jose) - football player
- Youra Eshaya (1933-1992 Sweden) - football player
- George Issabeg (born 1930) - boxer
- Benny Koochoie (born 1986) [1] - 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[2][3] - football player
- Edmond Yunanpour (born 1963 Ahvaz) - football manager and former player
Others[edit]
- 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)[4] - Assyrian activist and humanitarian[5]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Benny Koochoie Basketball Player Profile, Azad University Tehran, CS Stanislaus, News, Superleague stats, Career, Games Logs, Best, Awards - asia-basket". Eurobasket LLC. Retrieved 2020-01-17.
- ^ "پراکندگی مذهبی در تیم ملی فوتبال". www.bartarinha.ir. Retrieved 2020-01-17.
- ^ "Exercise date in July". Sports History and Information (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-01-17.
- ^ "Saving Nineveh: A Catholic Daughter Fights for Her People". National Catholic Register. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
- ^ Snell, Joe (March 21, 2018). "Juliana Taimoorazy builds bridge between Assyrians, non-Assyrians". The Assyrian Journal. Retrieved August 18, 2020.