List of Famous people born in Nineveh Governorate

Jamal Jamel

First Name Jamal

Last Name Jamel

Born on January 1, 1912

Died on November 30, 1947 (aged 35)

Born in Nineveh Governorate

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Mirza Dinnayi

First Name Mirza

Last Name Dinnayi

Born on November 30, 1972 (age 53)

Born in Nineveh Governorate

Mirza Dinnayi — Iraqi writer and Yazidi social activist, Aurora Humanitarian Award 2019 laureate.

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Yousif Habash

First Name Yousif

Last Name Habash

Born on June 1, 1951 (age 75)

Born in Nineveh Governorate

Yousif Behnam Habash is an Iraqi-born bishop of the Syriac Catholic Church. Since 2010, he has been the Eparch of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark.

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Mahmud Dhiyab

First Name Mahmud

Last Name Dhiyab

Born on July 1, 1953 (age 73)

Born in Nineveh Governorate

Mahmud Dhiyab al-Ahmad is a former Iraqi diplomat, who held several cabinet-level positions.

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Atheel al-Nujaifi

First Name Atheel

Born on August 30, 1958 (age 68)

Born in Nineveh Governorate

Atheel al-Nujaifi is an Iraqi politician who was the Governor of Nineveh Governorate from April 2009 until May 2015.

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Usama al-Nujayfi

First Name Usama

Born on May 9, 1956 (age 70)

Born in Nineveh Governorate

Osama Abdul Aziz al-Nujaifi or Najifi is an Iraqi politician and served as one of the three Vice Presidents of the country, from 2016 to 2018. As the Speaker of the Council of Representatives, the informal leader of the moderate Sunni al-Hadba party was the highest ranking Sunni politician of Iraq.

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