Enheduanna

female
Enheduanna (c. 2285-2250 BCE; En-hedu-Ana, EN.HÉ.DU.AN.NA "lord ornament of An (the sky)") was a Sumerian/Akkadian high priestess of the moon god N...

Entemena

male
Entemena, son of En-anna-tum I, reestablished Lagash as a power in Sumer. He defeated Illi of Umma, with the aid of Lugal-kinishe-dudu of Uruk,...
Thorkild Jacobsen

Thorkild Jacobsen

male, deceased (1993)
Thorkild Jacobsen (Danish pronunciation: [yahkobsen]) was a renowned historian specializing in Assyriology and Sumerian literature. Jacobsen...

Shu-Sin

male
Shu-sin was king of Sumer and Akkad, and was the penultimate king of the Ur III dynasty. He succeeded his brother Amar-Sin, and reigned circa 2036...

Puabi

female
Pu-Abi (Akkadian "Lit." "Word of my Father") was an important personage in the Sumerian city of Ur who lived about 2600-2500 BCE, during the First...

Amar-Sin

male
Amar-Sin (2046-2037 BCE High chronology) was the third ruler of the Ur III Dynasty, son of Shulgi (2094-2047 BCE). His reign is notable for his...

Muazzez İlmiye Çığ

female, 95 years old
Muazzez İlmiye Çığ is a Turkish archaeologist and Sumerologist who specializes in the study of the Sumerian people. In 2005, she published a book...
Lugal-Zage-Si

Lugal-Zage-Si

male
Lugal-Zage-Si of Umma (reigned ca. 2359 BC-2335 BC short chronology) was the last Sumerian king before the conquest of Sumer by Sargon of Akkad and...

Kubaba

female
Kubaba (in the Weidner "Chronicle"), or Kug-Baba, or elsewhere as Kubau, is the name of the only queen in the Sumerian king list. "The house of...

Samsu-Iluna

male
Samsu-Iluna (Samsuiluna), was the King of Babylon, who reigned from 1749 BC to 1712 BC. He was son of Hammurabi. During the reign of Samsu-Iluna...