Michel Kilo (Arabic: ميشيل كيلو; 1940 – 19 April 2021) was a Syrian Christian[1] writer and human rights activist, who has been called "one of Syria's leading opposition thinkers.

"[2][3] Kilo was born to a Christian family in the Syrian Mediterranean coastal city and province of Latakia in 1940.

As a columnist he wrote opinion pieces for two Arabic papers, the Lebanese daily Annahar and the London-based Al-Quds Al-Arabi.

"[2] On 12 May 2006, the Beirut-Damascus Declaration, calling for normalising Lebanese-Syrian relations after decades of domination by Syria of its smaller neighbour Lebanon, was published with Kilo as one of its signatories.

"[7] These remarks were across political camps in Syrian-Kurdish society rejected as both racist and denying the reality of the Federation of Northern Syria - Rojava.