Patriarchs of The Church of The East
- Babowai (fl. 457–484), executed for anti-Sassanid statements
- Mar Babai I (fl. 497–503), presided over council which allowed priests to marry
- Babai the Great (551–628), regent for the Patriarchate, wrote many of the foundations for the Nestorian church
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