This list of Alawites includes prominent Alawite figures, mostly Syrians, who are notable in their areas of expertise.
Academics
- Uğur Şahin, German oncologist and immunologist. He is the CEO of BioNTech, which developed one of the major vaccines against COVID-19[1][2]
Arts, culture, and entertainment
- Adunis, poet
- Badawi al-Jabal, poet
- Jamal Suliman, film producer
- Hasan al-Khayer, poet
- Suzan Najm Aldeen, actress
- Haluk Levent, Turkish singer
- Taim Hasan, actor
- Fadwa Soliman, actress
- Wafa Sultan, Syrian-American writer
- Dina Haroun, actress
- Farrah Yousef, singer
- Samar Yazbek, writer
Economy
- Mohammed Makhlouf, Syrian businessman
- Rami Makhlouf, Syrian businessman
Government and politics
- Hafez al-Assad
- Bashar al-Assad[3]
- Salah Jadid
- Zaki al-Arsuzi
- Ali Sulayman al-Assad
- Rifaat al-Assad
- Jamil al-Assad
- Bushra al-Assad
- Vahap Seçer, Mayor of Mersin
- Zeydan Karalar, Mayor of Adana
- Zulema Yoma
- Mohammed Nasif Kheirbek
- Ghazi Kanaan
- Ali Eid, former leader of the Arab Democratic Party of Lebanon
- Rifaat Eid, current leader of the ADP
- Ahmad Hassan
- Muhammad Khayr Bey
- Muhsen Bilal
- Ali Hammoud
- Monzer Makhous
Military and security
- Saleh al-Ali
- Ali Aslan
- Maher al-Assad
- Bassel al-Assad
- Assef Shawkat
- Hafez Makhlouf
- Dhu al-Himma Shalish
- Ali Haydar
- Atef Najib
- Abdel-Fatah Qudsiyeh
- Ali Abdullah Ayyoub
- Muhammad al-Khuli
- Jamil Hassan (military officer)
- Mohammed Dib Zaitoun
- Ali Duba
- Shafiq Fayadh
- Adnan Badr Hassan
- Ali Habib Mahmud
- Mihrac Ural, Turkish guerrilla fighter, leader of the Syrian Resistance
Religion
- Ibn Nusayr - Founder of the Alawites
- Al-Khaṣībī, a 10th-century scholar of the Alawites
- Salman al-Murshid, Founder of an offshoot of the Alawites called the Al-Murshidiyah
References
- ↑ Rauscher, Hans (18 December 2020). "Migration und Qualifikation - derStandard.at". Der Standard (in Austrian German). Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- ↑ Tanlı, Mehmet (17 November 2020). "Gurur ve Yanılgı". ABC. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
- ↑ Baltacioglu-Brammer, Ayse (November 2013). "Alawites and the Fate of Syria". OSU.EDU. Ohio State University. Archived from the original on 7 September 2023.
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