and theologian Meleager of Gadara, Syrian-Greek poet Raphael of Brooklyn, of Damascene Syrian parents. The first Orthodox bishop to be consecrated in North America. Hunein Maassab, professor of Epidemiology known for developing the Live attenuated influenza vaccine. Shadia Habbal, an astronomer and physicist, played a key role in establishing the NASA Parker Solar Probe Riad Barmada, orthopaedic surgeon and the former president of the Illinois Orthopedic Society Fawwaz T. Ulaby, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Michigan, received the IEEE Edison Medal in 2006. Juan José Saer, Argentine writer. Lecturer at the University of Rennes and winner of the Nadal Prize. Kefah Mokbel, FRCS. The lead breast surgeon at the London Breast Institute of The Princess Grace Hospital, professor of Breast Cancer Surgery (The Brunel Institute of Cancer Genetics and Pharmacogenomics) Brunel University London. Oussama Khatib, a roboticist and a professor of Computer Science at Stanford University. Received the IEEE RAS for Distinguished Service Award (2013). Dina Katabi, director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Wireless Center. Malatius Jaghnoon, Epigrapher and founder of the archaeological society in Homs. Jorge Sahade, founder of the University of Buenos Aires Institute of Astronomy and Physics of Space (IAFE) and the first Latin American to achieve the presidency of the International Astronomical Union (IAU). Public figures and politicians Septimius Severus, Roman emperor Caracalla, Roman emperor Avidius Cassius, usurper of the Roman Empire Julia Domna, Roman empress Julia Maesa, Roman empress Elagabalus, Roman emperor Alexander Severus, Roman emperor Philip the Arab, Roman emperor Gordian III, Roman emperor Papinian, Roman jurist Tiye, Great Royal Wife of the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III (XVIII Dynasty of Egypt) Tiberius Claudius Pompeianus, Consul of the Roman Empire Leo III the Syrian, Byzantine emperor and founder of the Isaurian dynasty Odaenathus, Emperor of the Palmyrene Empire Vaballathus, Emperor of Syria, Egypt and Cappadocia Eutropia, wife of the Roman emperor Maximian Cassiodorus, Consul of the Roman Empire Carlos Menem (born July 2, 1930), former President of Argentina (1989-1999). Carlos Fayt (1918-2016), former minister of the Supreme Court of Argentina (1983-2015). Tareck El Aissami, former Vice President of Venezuela (2017-2018), serving as Minister of Industries and National Production since 14 June 2018. Oscar Aguad, former Minister of Defense of Argentina. Juliana Awada (born April 3, 1974), former First Lady of Argentina (2015-2019). Rosemary Barkett (born 1939), was the first woman to serve on the Florida Supreme Court, and