Notable Middle Eastern Christians
- Andre Agassi - Assyrian-Armenian Tennis Player
- Fairuz, Lebanese singer (Lebanese, Greek Orthodox)
- Elias Chacour Archbishop, reconciliation and peace activist (Palestinian, Melkite Greek Catholic)
- Michel Aflaq, founder of pan-Arabist Baath party, (Syrian, Greek Orthodox)
- Tariq Aziz, former Iraqi (Baath party) foreign minister and deputy prime minister, (Iraqi Chaldean Catholic), ethnic Assyrian
- Suleiman Mousa, historian and author of T.E. Lawrence: An Arab View, (Jordanian, Catholic)
- Hormuzd Rassam - Assyrian Archaeologist
- Youra Eshaya - Iraqi Assyrian footballer - First Iraqi to play professionally in the west, for Bristol Rovers,England - Iraq International
- Ammo Baba - Assyrian Footballer
- Ashur Bet Sargis - Assyrian Singer
- George Wassouf, Syrian singer
- Edward Said, intellectual and writer (Palestinian, Protestant)
- Constantin Zureiq, intellectual and academic, (Syrian, Greek Orthodox)
- George Habash, founder of PFLP, (Palestinian, Greek Orthodox)
- Nayef Hawatmeh, founder of DFLP, (Jordanian, Greek Orthodox)
- Yousef Beidas, Financier, (Palestinian, Greek Orthodox)
- Hanan Ashrawi, Palestinian scholar and politic activist, (Palestinian, Anglican Christian)
- Emile Habibi, writer, (Arab citizens of Israel, Protestant)
- Azmi Bishara, former Knesset member, (Arab citizen of Israel, Greek Orthodox)
- Azmi Nassar, manager of the Palestinian national football team, (Arab citizen of Israel, Greek Orthodox Christian)
- Salim Tuama, Hapoel Tel Aviv middlefielder, (Arab citizen of Israel, Greek Orthodox Christian)
- Rosie Malek Yonan - Assyrian Journalist, Comedian and Presenter
- Terrence Mallick - Assyrian Film Director
- Simon Shaheen, oud and violin virtuoso and composer, (Arab citizen of Israel, Greek Catholic)
- Salim Jubran, member of the Israeli Supreme Court, Arab citizen of Israel, Maronite
- Marie Keyrouz, Melchite Greek Catholic nun
- Amin al-Rihani, writer and intellectual, (Lebanese, Maronite)
- Afif Safieh, diplomat, (Palestinian, Greek Catholic)
- Mosab Hassan Yousef, author of Son of Hamas (Palestinian-American, convert to Christianity)
- Suha Arafat - Wife of Yasser Arafat (Palestinian, former Christian which converted to Islam)
- Alex Agase - Assyrian American - Top level American Football (Gridiron) player
- Lou Agase - Assyrian American - Top level American Football (Gridiron) player
- Mitch Daniels - Assyrian Governor of Indiana and potential Republican presidential candidate
- Adam Benjamin, Jr., Assyrian Indiana Congressman
- Anna Eshoo, Assyrian, California Congressman
- John Nimrod, Assyrian, Illinois Senator
- Aril Brikha - Assyrian Techno/House music artist
- Linda George - Assyrian Singer
- Sargon Gabriel - Assyrian Singer
- Claudia Hanna, Assyrian Miss Iraq 2006
- Christian Demirtas - Assyrian German Footballer - German Based
- Daniel Unal - Assyrian Turkish Footballer - playing for FC Basle in Switzerland
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