This list of Alawites includes prominent Alawite figures, mostly Syrians, who are notable in their areas of expertise.
Arts, culture, and entertainment
Adunis, poet Badawi al-Jabal, poet Jamal Suliman, film producer Hasan al-Khayer, poet Suzan Najm Aldeen, actress Taim Hasan, actor Haluk Levent, Turkish singer Fadwa Souleimane, actress Wafa Sultan, Syrian-American writer Man Asaad, heavyweight weightlifter Dina Haroun, actress Farrah Yousef, singer Samar Yazbek, writer Nebil Özgentürk, Turkish journalist and director
Economy
Mohammed Makhlouf, Syrian businessman Rami Makhlouf, Syrian businessman
Government and politics Zaki al-Arsuzi Ali al-Assad Hafez al-Assad Bashar al-Assad Salah Jadid Rifaat al-Assad Jamil al-Assad Bushra al-Assad 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 Muhsen Bilal Ali Hammoud Monzer Makhous Tülay Hatimoğulları
Military and security
Salih al-Ali Ali Aslan Maher al-Assad Bassel al-Assad Hafez Makhlouf Dhu al-Himma Shalish Ali Haydar Ali Abdullah Ayyoub Muhammad al-Khuli Jamil Hassan 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-Khasibi, a 10th-century scholar of the Alawites Ghazal Ghazal, head of the Supreme Alawite Islamic Council in Syria and abroad
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