Rafiq Hilmi (kurdish رەفیق حیلمی Refîq Hilmî, 1898–1960) was a Kurdish-Iraqi historian, writer and politician born in Kirkuk. He was founder of the Kurdish party Hîwa in 1938 and author of many books on the history of Kurdistan and Kurdish language. After attending school in Sulaimania and Baghdad, he continued his studies at the Military Academy and Technical School of Istanbul.