List of ethnic Assyrians
The following is a list of notable Assyrians. == Activists == Ninos Aho – poet and founding father of modern Assyrian nationalism Freydun Atturaya – physician, poet and founder of the first Assyrian political party, the Assyrian Socialist Party Naum Faiq – writer, poet and founding father of modern Assyrian nationalism Jumana Hanna – involved in anti Baath war propaganda, torture victim Reine Hanna – Director of the Assyrian Policy Institute Nuri Kino – award-winning journalist, documentary filmmaker, author, human rights expert, and founder of A Demand for Action Rosie Malek-Yonan – actress, author, director, public figure and human rights activist Hurmiz Malik Chikko – martyr and leader of the Assyrian armed struggle against the Ba'ath regime in Iraq in the late 1950s – early 1960s Farid Nuzha – journalist and founding father of modern Assyrian nationalism David B. Perley – philosopher and nationalist Juliana Taimoorazy – founder and president of the Iraqi Christian Relief Council, senior fellow at the Philos Project == Actors, directors and entertainers == Brian Awadis – YouTuber Paul Elia – Chaldean-Assyrian comedian from Detroit Dustin Kahia – Assyrian film director Henri Charr – director Michael Denkha – actor Naguib el-Rihani – actor F. Murray Abraham – Academy award-winning actor Josef Fares – film director and video game designer Ryan Bernier – Former Second City Artistic Director and Writer/Director of Gilgamesh!