plays for Assyriska Dani Hamzo – Assyrian Swedish footballer – plays for Assyriska Zurab Ionanidze – Assyrian Georgian International footballer – Georgian International player Mikael Ishak – Assyrian Swedish footballer – plays for Assyriska Leena Khamis – Assyrian Australian female footballer – Australian Women's Football International Sanharib Malki – Assyrian Syrian footballer – Dutch based (Roda JC) – Syrian International player Justin Meram – Assyrian USA based soccer player Ilyas Merkes – Assyrian Syrian footballer – Syrian International player, plays for Assyriska George Mourad – Assyrian Syrian footballer – Iran based – Syrian International player Eddie Moussa – Assyrian Swedish footballer – plays for Assyriska Michel Noyan – Assyrian Swedish footballer – plays for Assyriska Gabriel Özkan – Assyrian Swedish footballer – plays for AIK Fotboll Frans Dhia Putros – Assyrian Danish footballer – plays for Hobro IK in Denmark Mario Shabow – Assyrian Australian footballer – plays for Central Coast Mariners in the Australian A-League Suleyman Sleyman – Assyrian Swedish footballer – plays for Syrianska FC Rebin Sulaka – Assyrian Swedish footballer – Iraq International Jasar Takak – Dutch based Assyrian footballer, formerly of Vitesse Arnhem Sharbel Touma – Assyrian Swedish footballer – plays for Syrianska FC Gabriel Ucar – Assyrian Swedish footballer – plays for Ängelholms FF, and previously for Irish team Derry City Daniel Unal – Assyrian Turkish footballer – plays for FC Basle in Switzerland Andreas Yacoub-Haddad – Assyrian Swedish footballer – played for Assyriska Christer Youssef – Assyrian Swedish footballer – plays for Djurgårdens IF Martial Arts Beneil Dariush – Assyrian American Mixed martial arts (MMA) Randa Markos – Assyrian Canadian Mixed martial arts (MMA) Tiras Odisho – Assyrian Iraqi Karate champion, currently Director General of National Olympic Committee of Iraq Mikhail Sado – Assyrian Russian Wrestling champion David Teymur – Assyrian Swedish Mixed martial arts (MMA) Poker Daniel Alaei Tennis Andre Agassi – former world number one American tennis player of Assyrian and Armenian descent Andre Khabbazi – American actor and semi-pro tennis player Michael Shabaz – American tennis player Educators and explorers Aba I – philosopher, astronomer Aphrahat – 3rd century theologian Toma Audo – bishop, writer Babai (Nestorian Patriarch) – bishop Babai the Great – philosopher, theologian Bardaisan – philosopher Paul Bedjan Bukhtishu – were a family of Assyrian Nestorian Christian physicians from the 7th, 8th, and 9th centuries, spanning six generations and 250 years. Louis Cheikhô – Assyrian Orientalist Hind Rassam