This is a list of prominent Syrian people, both from Syria and from the Syrian diaspora.

• Michel Aflaq, political theorist
• Maher Arar, arrested under suspicion of having links with Al-Qaeda, later released without charge
• Vatche Arslanian, International Red Cross
• King Alexander II Zabinas
• King Antiochus I Soter
• King Antiochus II Theos
• King Antiochus III the Great
• King Antiochus IV Epiphanes
• King Antiochus V Eupator
• King Antiochus VI Dionysus
• King Antiochus VII Sidetes
• King Antiochus VIII Grypus
• King Antiochus IX Cyzicenus
• King Antiochus X Eusebes
• King Antiochus XI Ephiphanes
• King Antiochus XII Dionysus
• King Antiochus XIII Asiaticus
• Ahmad al-Assad , politician
• Bashar al-Assad, President of Syria
• Hafez al-Assad, former President of Syria
• Sarkis Assadourian, Canadian politician
• Hashim al-Atassi, President
• Nureddin al-Atassi , President
• Nazim al-Kudsi former President
• Queen Cleopatra Thea
• King Demetrius I of Syria
• King Demetrius II of Syria
• King Demetrius III of Syria
• King Diodotus Tryphon
• Eudoxius of Antioch (Saint Eustathius)
• Sabah Fakhri , musician
• Yusuf Faysal , politician
• Amin Hafiz , former President of Syria
• Fayiz Ismail , politician
• John of Ephesus, church leader and historian
• Abd al-Ghani Kannut , politician
• Shukri al-Kuwatli, president
• Nur Mahana, musician
• Carlos Menem, former President of Argentina
• Sabri Moudallal , musician
• Mohammed Naji al-Otari, Prime Minister of Syria
• King Philip I Philadelphus
• King Philip II Philoromaeus
• Nizar Qabbani, poet and diplomat
• Edmond Safra - founder of Republic Bank of New York
• Ali Ahmad Said, poet
• Yasser Seirawan, chess grandmaster
• King Seleucus I Nicator
• King Seleucus II Callinicus
• King Seleucus III Ceraunus
• King Seleucus IV Philopator
• King Seleucus V Philometor
• King Seleucus VI Epiphanes
• King Seleucus VII Kybiosaktes
• Imam Shafi, Islamic scholar
• Adib Shishakli , army colonel
• Ghada Shouaa, heptathlete
• Publilius Syrus, writer
• 'Abd-al-Aziz Uthman , politician
• George Wasoof, musician
• Mahmoud Zuabi, Prime Minister
• Constantine Zurayk , historian and activist

See also: List of people by nationality