List of Assyrian-Iranians
This is a list of famous Assyrian-Iranians.
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
- Yunaten Bet-Kolia (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) [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
- 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
- ↑ http://basketball.asia-basket.com/player/Benny_Koochoie/Shahrdari_Gorgan_Municipality/144759
- ↑ http://www.bartarinha.ir/fa/news/71595/%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%AF%DA%AF%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%B0%D9%87%D8%A8%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%85-%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C-%D9%81%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84
- ↑ http://babakfaghir.blogfa.com/post-3.aspx
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