This list of Iraqis includes people who were born in Iraq and people who are of Iraqi ancestry, who are significantly notable for their life and/or work. Archaeologists Donny George Youkhanna Taha Baqir Zainab Bahrani (born 1962), an Iraqi professor of Ancient Near Eastern Art and Archaeology at Columbia University Hormuzd Rassam (1826 – 16 September 1910), native Assyrian Assyriologist, British diplomat and traveller who made a number of important discoveries, including the clay tablets that contained the Epic of Gilgamesh, the world's oldest literature. Artists Wijdan Ali, painter, was born in Baghdad, Iraq. She is the ex-wife of Prince 'Ali bin Naif of Jordan. Mohammed Ghani Hikmat (1929 – September 12, 2011), Iraqi sculptor and artist credited with creating some of Baghdad's highest profile sculptures and monuments. His best known works include the Victory Arch and two statues of Queen Scheherazade and King Shahryar, located on Aby Nuwas Street. Jananne Al-Ani, artist Zahroun Amara, world renowned Mandaean niello silversmith. People that are known to have owned his silver nielloware include Stanley Maude, Winston Churchill, Bahrain royal family, Egyptian King Farouk, Iraqi royal family including kings Faisal I and Ghazi, and British royal family including the Prince of Wales who became Edward VIII. Layla Al-Attar, painter Yitzhak Yamin, Israeli painter and sculptor, (born in Iraq of Iraqi Jewish heritage) Suad al-Attar, painter Jawad Saleem (1919 – 1961) (Arabic: جواد سليم), Iraqi sculptor born in Ankara (Turkey) in 1919, one of the most famous Iraqi artists of all time. Omran Al-Kaysi, artist and historian Sama Raena Alshaibi, artist Jaber Alwan, artist Jasim An-Najafi, (1950) (Arabic: جاسم النجفي), Iraqi senior calligrapher born in Najaf, Iraq. Khalil al-Zahawi, calligrapher Halla Ayla, Iraqi-American artist Raad Ghantous, interior designer Hayv Kahraman, Iraqi-American artist Farouk Kaspaules, Iraqi-born Canadian artist Toba Khedoori, artist Nedim Kufi, artist Hassan Massoudy, calligrapher Rashad Salim, Iraqi-German artist Tamara Salman, design director Wafaa Bilal, born in 1966 Najaf, Iraq. He is an Iraqi American artist, a former professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and currently an assistant professor at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. Artists of Iraqi origin Anish Kapoor (born 12 March 1954), Indian sculptor. Born in Bombay to Hindu father and a Jewish mother whose family immigrated from Baghdad when she was a few months old. Gerry Judah (born 30 July 1951), British artist and designer. Judah's maternal and paternal grandparents