Yohannan VIII Hormizd
According to his autobiography, Yohannan Hormizd was born in 1760 in Alqosh to an Assyrian family. His father, the deacon Hanna (Yohannan), was the brother of the Mosul patriarch Eliya XII Denha (1722–78).
Marduk-balassu-iqbi
Marduk-balāssu-iqbi, inscribed "-su-iq-bi" or -"zu"-, meaning “Marduk has promised his life,” ca. 819 – 813 BC, was the 8th king of the Dynasty of "E" of Babylon; he was the successor of his father Marduk-zākir-šumi I, and was the 4th and final generation of Nabû-šuma-ukin I's family to reign. He was contemporary with his father’s former ally, Šamši-Adad V of Assyria, who may have been his brother-in-law, married to who was possibly his sister Šammu-ramat, the legendary Semiramis, and who was to become his nemesis.