This is a list of modern individuals. For early Christian authors, see List of Syriac writers. For ancient Assyrians, see :Category:Ancient Assyrians. The following is a list of notable ethnic Assyrians. It includes persons who are from (or whose ancestry is from) the Mesopotamian Neo-Aramaic speaking populations originating in Iraq, north western Iran, north eastern Syria and south eastern Turkey. 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 Wilson Bet-Mansour – Physician, Assyrian and Chaldean Member of Parliament of Iran 1968-1976, Founder and First Secretary General of Assyrian Universal Alliance (AUA), Founder publisher and editor of Atour newspaper published monthly in Assyrian, English and Farsi from 1968-1979 with a global circulation, Founder of first global Assyrian political party Nineveh Liberation Party 1969-1979; Founder of representation for AUA at UNPO (Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organizations) 1992 Assyrian nationalism Lado Davidov – Soviet soldier during the Second World War and Hero of the Soviet Union 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 Nazha – journalist and founding father of modern Assyrian nationalism Juliana Taimoorazy – founder and president of the Iraqi Christian Relief Council, senior fellow at the Philos Project Actors, directors and entertainers F. Murray Abraham – Academy Award-winning actor Brian Awadis – YouTuber Henri Charr – director Michael Denkha – actor Naguib el-Rihani – actor Fares Fares – Swedish-Lebanese actor Andre Khabbazi – actor Iloosh Khoshabe – actor; bodybuilder Nuri Kino – journalist; filmmaker Terrence Malick – Academy Award-nominated director Artists and designers Eser Afacan – painter, and sculptor Hannibal Alkhas – sculptor, painter and author Issa Benyamin – calligrapher Raad Ghantous – interior designer Thea Halo – painter and writer Farouk Kaspaules – artist Paulus Khofri – painter, lyricist and composer Jim Marshall – photographer Bishara Morad – artist Fred Parhad – sculptor Athletes In the Middle