List of Famous people born in Nineveh Governorate

Kadim Jabbar Al Samarai, better known by his artistic name Kadim Al Sahir, is an Iraqi singer, composer and songwriter. He has been dubbed the "Caesar of the Arabic Song", and "Iraq's Ambassador to the world".

Nadia Murad Basee Taha is an Iraqi Yazidi human rights activist who lives in Germany. In 2014, she was kidnapped from her hometown Kocho and held by the Islamic State for three months.

Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi is an Iraqi Islamist who is the second and current leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. According to January 2020 press reports, his true identity is Amir Mohammed Abdul Rahman al-Mawli al-Salbi. His appointment by a shura council was announced by ISIL media on 31 October 2019, less than a week after the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The U.S. Rewards for Justice Program is offering up to $10 million in exchange for information leading to al-Qurashi's apprehension.

Lamiya Haji Bashar is a Kurdish Yazidi human rights activist. She was awarded the Sakharov Prize jointly with Nadia Murad in 2016.

Khaled Yassin al-Obaidi is an Iraqi politician who served as Defense Minister from 2014 to 2016.

Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawar is an Iraqi politician. He was the Vice President under the Iraqi Transitional Government in 2006, and was Interim President of Iraq under the Iraqi Interim Government from 2004 to 2005. He also served as the President of the Governing Council of Iraq in 2004.

Vartan Malakian is an Armenian-American artist and painter. He is the father of Daron Malakian, guitarist co-founder of System of a Down and Scars on Broadway.