Most famous Assyrian?

Etain

Etain

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From the list on Wikiepedia,the one I immediately recognized was Andre Agassi,but he is only part.

Fairuz's father was a member of the Syriac Church,but I don't know if that is the same as being Assyrian.
 
I noticed that a lot of famous Assyrians are usually not full Assyrian for some reason. I find this rather peculiar, considering that most of us don't intermix with others, and yet the very few that do tend to make potentially famous children...?

*F. Murray Abraham, from Amadeus, even looks 100% Assyrian, but he's half Italian.
*Beneil Dariush, a notable American fighter, speaks fluent Assyrian and he identifies as an Assyrian nationalist, but he has Persian ancestry.
*I also thought the Hollywood director Terrence Malick (The Thin Red Line, Tree of Life) was a full Assyrian, but it turned out that he has an English mother.
*Andre Agassi (half Armenian).

Btw, rising Swedish actor Fares Fares is full Assyrian. He had a notable role in Zero Dark Thirty. Let's hope he advances and becomes prominent in Hollywood.
 
I was going to say Andre, but he's a piece of shit who denies being any part Assyrian..

Beneil Dariush is my next pick.. I don't really know of any other famous Assyrians.  What about Larissa Pipen?  She's famous in the reality tv world for being married to Scotty Pipen..
 
atourina said:
I was going to say Andre, but he's a piece of **** who denies being any part Assyrian..
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He's a furtive beguiler. At first he says that his grandfather was Assyrian. Years later, after he got all popular, he's like "nah, my great great great great grandfather was actually *SYRIAN*" (he stressed on "Syrian"). Not sure why he would do this?

And who is he kidding? He looks very, distinctively Assyrian. :mrgreen:
 
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