This list of Iraqis includes people who were born in

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and K ...

and people who are of Iraqi ancestry, who are significantly notable for their life and/or work.

Archaeologists

* Donny George Youkhanna *

Taha Baqir Taha Baqir ( ar, طه باقر ') (born 1912 in Babylon, Ottoman Iraq – 28 February 1984) was an Iraqi Assyriologist, author, cuneiformist, linguist, historian, and former curator of the National Museum of Iraq. Baqir is considered one of Iraq' ...

* Zainab Bahrani (born 1962), an Iraqi professor of Ancient Near Eastern Art and Archaeology at Columbia University *

Hormuzd Rassam Hormuzd Rassam ( ar, هرمز رسام; syr, ܗܪܡܙܕ ܪܣܐܡ; 182616 September 1910), was an Assyriologist and author. He is known for making a number of important archaeological discoveries from 1877 to 1882, including the clay tablets tha ...

(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 Princess Wijdan Ali ( ar, وجدان علي) (born 29 August 1939 in Baghdad, Iraq) is a Jordanian artist, art historian, educator and diplomat. She is the ex-wife of Prince 'Ali bin Naif of Jordan. She is best known for her efforts to revive the ...

, painter, was born in Baghdad, Iraq. She is the ex-wife of Prince 'Ali bin Naif of Jordan. *

Mohammed Ghani Hikmat Mohammad Ghani Hikmat (April 20, 1929 – September 12, 2011) ( ar, محمد غني حكمت) was an Iraqi sculptor and artist credited with creating some of Baghdad's highest-profile sculptures and monuments and was known as the "sheik of sculpt ...

(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 Jananne Al-Ani (born 1966) is an Irish-Iraqi artist. Personal life Al-Ani was born in Kirkuk, Iraq in 1966 to an Iraqi father and Irish mother. She studied Fine Art at the Byam Shaw School of Art and graduated with an MA in Photography from th ...

, artist * Zahroun Amara, world renowned

Mandaean Mandaeans ( ar, المندائيون ), also known as Mandaean Sabians ( ) or simply as Sabians ( ), are an ethnoreligious group who are followers of Mandaeism. They believe that John the Baptist was the final and most important prophet. ...

niello Niello is a black mixture, usually of sulphur, copper, silver, and lead, used as an inlay on engraved or etched metal, especially silver. It is added as a powder or paste, then fired until it melts or at least softens, and flows or is pushed ...

silversmith A silversmith is a metalworker who crafts objects from silver. The terms ''silversmith'' and ''goldsmith'' are not exactly synonyms as the techniques, training, history, and guilds are or were largely the same but the end product may vary grea ...

. People that are known to have owned his silver nielloware include Stanley Maude,

Winston Churchill Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and again from ...

, Bahrain royal family, Egyptian King Farouk, Iraqi royal family including kings

Faisal I Faisal I bin Al-Hussein bin Ali Al-Hashemi ( ar, فيصل الأول بن الحسين بن علي الهاشمي, ''Faysal el-Evvel bin al-Ḥusayn bin Alī el-Hâşimî''; 20 May 1885 – 8 September 1933) was King of the Arab Kingdom of Syria ...

and Ghazi, and British royal family including the

Prince of Wales Prince of Wales ( cy, Tywysog Cymru, ; la, Princeps Cambriae/Walliae) is a title traditionally given to the heir apparent to the English and later British throne. Prior to the conquest by Edward I in the 13th century, it was used by the rulers ...

who became Edward VIII. *

Layla Al-Attar Layla Al-Attar ( ar, ليلى العطار; May 7, 1944 – June 27, 1993) was an Iraqi artist and painter who became the Director of the Iraqi National Art Museum. Through her art, al-Attar expressed ideals that attempted to recognize the importa ...

, painter *

Yitzhak Yamin Yitzhak Yamin ( he, יצחק ימין; born 1938 – 21 March 2020) was an Iraqi-born Israeli painter and sculptor. Biography Yitzhak Yamin was born in Iraq. In 1951, he immigrated to Israel and lived with his parents and eleven brothers and si ...

, Israeli painter and sculptor, (born in Iraq of Iraqi Jewish heritage) * Suad al-Attar, painter *

Jawad Saleem Jewad Selim (1919–1961) ( ar, جواد سليم) was an Iraqi painter and sculptor born in Ankara, Ottoman Empire in 1919. He became an influential artist through his involvement with the Iraqi Baghdad Modern Art Group, which encouraged artists ...

(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 Omran Al-Kaysi (Born 1943) is anhttp://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/arts/Lebanonarts/painters/OAlKaysi/OmranAlKaysi.htm O.Kaysi (English) – Painter – Lebanon – Arab World artist, historian and art critic. He currently writes for the daily Le ...

, artist and historian *

Sama Raena Alshaibi Sama Raena Alshaibi also known as Sama Alshaibi ( ar, سما الشيبي born 1973 in Basra, Iraq) is a conceptual artist (video art, performative photography, sculpture and installation), who deals with spaces of conflict as her primary subjec ...

, 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 Hayv Kahraman (born 1981) is an Iraqi-American-Swedish artist of Kurdish descent, who was born in Baghdad and fled to Sweden with family during the Gulf War, studied in Florence, and is currently based in Los Angeles. She is primarily a painter. ...

, Iraqi-American artist * Farouk Kaspaules, Iraqi-born Canadian artist * Toba Khedoori, artist * Nedim Kufi, artist *

Hassan Massoudy Hassan Massoudy (حسن المسعود الخطاط), born in 1944, is an Iraqi painter and calligrapher, considered by the French writer Michel Tournier as the "greatest living Calligrapher", currently lives in Paris. His work has influenced a gen ...

, calligrapher * Rashad Salim, Iraqi-German artist * Tamara Salman, design director *

Wafaa Bilal Dr. Wafaa Bilal ( ar, وفاء بلال ; born June 10, 1966) is an Iraqi American artist, a former professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and currently an art professor at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. He ...

, 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

Zaha Hadid in Heydar Aliyev Cultural center in Baku nov 2013

Anish Kapoor Sir Anish Mikhail Kapoor (born 12 March 1954) is a British-Indian sculptor specializing in installation art and conceptual art. Born in Mumbai, Kapoor attended the elite all-boys Indian boarding school The Doon School, before moving to the UK t ...

(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 Gerry Judah FRSS is a British artist and designer who has created settings for theatre, film, television, museums and public spaces. Early life Gerry Judah's maternal and paternal grandparents came from Baghdad to settle in the already e ...

(born 30 July 1951), British artist and designer. Judah's maternal and paternal grandparents came from Baghdad to settle in the already established Baghdadi Jewish community in India and Burma.

Architects

Hisham N. Ashkouri Hisham N. Ashkouri ( ar, هشام أشكري, born August 15, 1948) is a Boston and New York City, New York-based architect. Ealry Life Ashkouri was born August 15, 1948 in Baghdad, Iraq. He graduated first in class in 1970 with a Bachelor of Ar ...

Rifat Chadirji Rifat Chadirji ( ar, رفعت الجادرجي ''Rifa'a al-Khādarjī'', also Romanized ''Rifa'at Al Chaderchi''; 6 December 1926 – 10 April 2020) was an Iraqi Turkmen architect. He was often referred to as the father of modern Iraqi architect ...

(born December 6, 1926 in Baghdad), Iraqi architect and author *

Zaha Hadid Dame Zaha Mohammad Hadid ( ar, زها حديد ''Zahā Ḥadīd''; 31 October 1950 – 31 March 2016) was an Iraqi-British architect, artist and designer, recognised as a major figure in architecture of the late 20th and early 21st centu ...

, winner of numerous awards including

Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture The Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Architecture recognizes individuals for distinguished contributions to the field of architecture. The Medal in Architecture has been jointly awarded each year by the Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticell ...

(2007) * Hussain Ali Abbass Harba, Iraqi architect and designer *

Kanan Makiya Kanan Makiya (born 1949) is an Iraqi-American academic and professor of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at Brandeis University. He gained international attention with ''Republic of Fear'' (1989), a best-selling book, after Saddam Hussein's in ...

(born 1949), architect, academic and critic * Mohamed Makiya (1914–2015), architect, urban planner and author * Manhal Al-Habbobi (born 1970), Iraqi architect and former Mayor of Baghdad * Basil Bayati - architect and designer

Fashion designers

Misha Nonoo Misha Nonoo is a US-based British-Bahraini fashion designer, best known for her eponymous line of women's ready-to-wear. Early life Nonoo was born in Bahrain to an Iraqi father of Jewish descent and an English mother. Her family moved to Londo ...

, American-based fashion designer, best known for her eponymous line of women's ready-to-wear. *

Reem Alasadi Reem Alasadi ( ar, ريم الأسدي) is an Iraqi-born British fashion designer. She is based in both London and Tokyo, and is very popular in Japan, with her style being described as ''"British punk and recycled materials molded into volumino ...

, Iraqi-born British fashion designer * Salim al-Shimiri *

Hana Sadiq Hana Sadiq ( ar, هنا صادق) is an Iraqi fashion designer who has held fashion shows in Amman, Naples, Beirut and Dubai. Her customers include Queen Noor and Queen Rania of Jordan and members of the House of Saud. Sadiq had a degree in F ...

Amir Slama Amir Slama is a Brazilian fashion designer. He was the designer, stylist and owner of the Brazilian beach fashion brand Rosa Chá. He now runs a brand under his name, Amir Slama, with stores in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Amir's father came ...

, fashion designer, stylist and owner of the most famous beach fashion brand Rosa Chá in

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

. *

Zeena Zaki Zeena Zaki (born 1/1/1974) is an Iraqi haute couture fashion designer. She launched her first fashion atelier in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates in 2003, where her fashion house operates under the label "Julea Domani", an epitome of both Edwardia ...

, fashion designer

Business people and entrepreneurs

Nadhmi Auchi Nadhmi Shakir Auchi, ( ar, نظمي أوجي; born 11 June 1937) is a British-Iraqi businessman and billionaire, founding president of the Anglo–Arab Organisation, and the founder and chairman of General Mediterranean Holding (GMH), a conglom ...

, British-Iraqi businessman, founder and chairman of General Mediterranean Holding (GMH), a conglomerate of 120 companies worldwide. In the ''

Sunday Times Rich List 2008 The ''Sunday Times'' Rich List 2008 was published on 27 April 2008. Since 1989 the UK national Sunday newspaper ''The Sunday Times'' (sister paper to ''The Times'') has published an annual magazine supplement to the newspaper called the ''Sunda ...

'' ranking of the wealthiest people in the UK he was placed 27th with estimated fortune of £2,150 million. *

Zadik Bino Zadik Bino ( he, צדיק בינו; born 1943) is an Israeli businessman. In 2018, Zadik Bino ranked #1867 on the ''Forbes'' World's Billionaires list, with wealth listed at US$1.2 billion. Early life and education Of Iraqi Jewish descent, B ...

(born 1943), Iraqi-born Israeli billionaire businessman. *

Shlomo Eliahu Shlomo Eliahu ( he, שלמה אליהו, born 18 January 1936) is an Israeli businessman, billionaire, and former politician who served as a member of the Knesset between 1978 and 1981. Biography Born in Baghdad in 1936, Eliahu made aliyah to Is ...

(born 1936), Baghdad-born Israeli businessman, billionaire, and former member of the

Knesset The Knesset ( he, הַכְּנֶסֶת ; "gathering" or "assembly") is the unicameral legislature of Israel. As the supreme state body, the Knesset is sovereign and thus has complete control of the entirety of the Israeli government (with ...

Calouste Gulbenkian Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian (, Western hy, Գալուստ Կիւլպէնկեան; 23 March 1869 – 20 July 1955), nicknamed "Mr Five Per Cent", was a British-Armenian businessman and philanthropist. He played a major role in making the petrole ...

(23 March 1869 – 20 July 1955), Armenian businessman and philanthropist. *

Huda Kattan Huda Kattan (born October 2, 1983) is an American makeup artist, beauty blogger, and entrepreneur. She is the founder of the cosmetics line Huda Beauty. Early life Huda Kattan was born on October 2, 1983, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, as one of ...

, Iraqi-American, founder and CEO of Huda Beauty *

Nemir Kirdar Nemir Amin Kirdar (28 October 1936 – 8 June 2020) was an Iraqi Turkmen banker, billionaire, businessman, financier and author. As a founding father of private equity, and an economic and cultural bridge-builder, he was the founder and CEO of ...

, Iraqi-born businessman (President, founder and CEO of Investcorp) * Khalid Muhmood, director of Apollo Education and Training *

Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi is a London-based journalist, analyst on Arab affairs, and co-founder and chairman of Arab Media Watch, a media watchdog organization that monitors and responds to British media coverage of the Arab world. Biography Shari ...

, co-founder and chairman of

Arab Media Watch Arab Media Watch is a London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east Eng ...

* Samuel Nalo, businessman, hijacker, and burglar *

Selim Zilkha Selim Zilkha (born 1927) is an Iraqi-born British entrepreneur, who founded Mothercare, one of the UK's largest retail chains until it was put into administration in 2019. Early life Zilkha was born in 1927 in Baghdad to an Iraqi Jewish family, t ...

entrepreneur Entrepreneurship is the creation or extraction of economic value. With this definition, entrepreneurship is viewed as change, generally entailing risk beyond what is normally encountered in starting a business, which may include other values t ...

, founder of

Mothercare Mothercare plc is a British retailer which specialises in products for expectant mothers and in general merchandise for children up to eight years of age. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE SmallCap In ...

, one of the United Kingdom's largest retail chains. * Awn Hussain Al Khashlok, Iraqi businessman, CEO of Al Khashlok Group. Founder of

Al Baghdadia Al-Baghdadia TV is an independent Iraqi-owned Arabic-language satellite channel based in Cairo, Egypt. It is considered a Nationalistic channel of funding directly and only from the CEO.

Marcus Samuel, 1st Viscount Bearsted Marcus Samuel, 1st Viscount Bearsted, (5 November 1853 – 17 January 1927), known as Sir Marcus Samuel between 1898 and 1921 and subsequently as The Lord Bearsted until 1925, was a Lord Mayor of London and the founder of the Shell Transport and ...

(5 November 1853 – 17 January 1927), founder of the Shell Transport and Trading Company, which later took the name Royal Dutch Shell. Samuel was born into a Baghdadi Jewish family in Whitechapel, London. *

Samuel Samuel Samuel Samuel (7 April 1855 – 23 October 1934) was a British businessman and Conservative Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1913 to 1934, and had extensive investments in East Asia. He was one of the founders of the company ...

(7 April 1855 – 23 October 1934), businessman and Conservative Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1913 to 1934. Samuel, born into a Baghdadi Jewish family. He founded Samuel Samuel & Co in Yokohama, Japan, in partnership with his elder brother Marcus Samuel. *

Walter Samuel, 2nd Viscount Bearsted Colonel Walter Horace Samuel, 2nd Viscount Bearsted (13 March 1882 – 8 November 1948) was an Anglo-Jewish army officer and oilman. Samuel was the son of Marcus Samuel, the founder of Shell Transport and Trading, and from 1921 to 1946 served ...

, Colonel Walter Horace Samuel, 2nd Viscount Bearsted MC (13 March 1882 – 8 November 1948) was a British peer and former Chairman of the Shell Transport and Trading Company. He was also a prominent art collector and a philanthropist. Samuel was the son of Marcus Samuel, 1st Viscount Bearsted. *

Marcus Samuel, 3rd Viscount Bearsted Major Marcus Richard Samuel, 3rd Viscount Bearsted, (1 June 1909 – 15 October 1986) was a British peer and a director of a number of companies, including Lloyds Bank. Education and Army career Samuel was the son of Dorothy Montefiore (Micho ...

, Major Marcus Richard Samuel, 3rd Viscount Bearsted TD DL (1 June 1909 – 15 October 1986) was a British peer and a director of numerous companies, including Lloyds Bank. Samuel was the son of Walter Samuel, 2nd Viscount Bearsted. *

Peter Samuel, 4th Viscount Bearsted Major Peter Montefiore Samuel, 4th Viscount Bearsted MC TD (9 December 1911 – 9 June 1996) was a British peer and a director of Shell Transport and Trading. He also was a deputy chairman of Shell Transport and Trading. Samuel was commissio ...

, Major Peter Montefiore Samuel, 4th Viscount Bearsted MC TD (9 December 1911 – 9 June 1996) was a British peer and former Deputy Chairman of Shell Transport and Trading. *

Sassoon David Sassoon Sassoon David Sassoon (August 1832 – 24 June 1867) was a British Indian businessman, banker, and philanthropist. Biography Early life Sassoon was born in August 1832 in Bombay, India.William D. Rubinstein, ''The Palgrave Dictionary of An ...

(1832–1867), Indian-born English businessman, banker and philanthropist. *

Sir Sassoon David, 1st Baronet Sir Sassoon Jacob Hai David, 1st Baronet, (11 December 1849 – 27 November 1926) was an Indian merchant who was a member of the community of Baghdadi Jews who lived in Bombay from the late 19th Century into the 20th Century. He was a textile ...

(11 December 1849 – 27 September 1926), member of the community of Baghdadi Jews that lived in Bombay. A prominent businessman, he was the lead promoter of the Bank of India, founded in 1906. *

Sir Edward Sassoon, 2nd Baronet, of Kensington Gore Sir Edward Albert Sassoon, 2nd Baronet (20 June 1856 – 24 May 1912) was a British businessman and politician. Early life A member of the Sassoon family, he was born on 20 June 1856 in Mumbai, Bombay, India. He was the son of Hannah Moise and ...

(20 June 1856 – 24 May 1912), British businessman and politician. *

Sir Percival David, 2nd Baronet Sir Percival Victor David Ezekiel David, 2nd Baronet (21 July 1892 – 9 October 1964) was a Bombay-born British financier who is best known as a scholar and collector of Chinese ceramics. He also formed a collection of Chinese stamps and pos ...

(Bombay, 21 July 1892 – 9 October 1964), important collector of Chinese porcelain. The Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art is a collection of Chinese ceramics and related items in London, England. *

Naim Dangoor Sir Naim Eliahou Dangoor, CBE (17 April 1914 – 19 November 2015) was a British-naturalised Iraqi-born Jewish entrepreneur and philanthropist. Early life Dangoor was born in Baghdad in 1914, the second of six siblings. His father, Eliahou Dan ...

CBE (born April 1914), British-nationalised Jewish Iraqi refugee, engineer, entrepreneur and philanthropist. *

Jack Dellal Jack Dellal (2 October 1923 – 28 October 2012) was a British property investor, nicknamed "Black Jack". His company, the property group Allied Commercial Holdings, financed the purchase of Shell Mex House in 2002 and sold it in 2007. Dellal h ...

(2 October 1923 – 28 October 2012), London-based property investor known as 'Black Jack' reportedly worth GBP £480 million in 2009. *

, Israeli businessman of Iraqi Jewish descent. He was ranked Israel's 24th richest man in 2006 by Forbes. * Albert Abdullah David Sassoon, Sir Albert Abdullah David Sassoon, 1st Baronet, KCB, CSI, (25 July 1818 – 24 October 1896) was a British Indian businessman and philanthropist. Sir Albert was born on 25 July 1818 in Baghdad. *

Shai Agassi Shai Agassi ( he, שי אגסי, born April 19, 1968) is an Israeli entrepreneur. He is the founder and former CEO of Better Place, which had developed a model and infrastructure for employing electric cars as an alternative to fossil fuel tec ...

Founder Founder or Founders may refer to: Places *Founders Park, a stadium in South Carolina, formerly known as Carolina Stadium * Founders Park, a waterside park in Islamorada, Florida Arts, entertainment, and media * Founders (''Star Trek''), the ali ...

and Chairman of Better Place * Nemir A. Kirdar, Iraqi businessman and financier, he is the executive chairman & CEO of Investcorp, a private equity investment group operating out of New York, London and Bahrain. Kirdar currently lives in London. Kirdar was born to a Turkmen family in Kirkuk, Iraq, to a family prominent in the politics of the late Ottoman Empire and interwar Iraq. *

(born 18 January 1936 in Baghdad, Iraq), Israeli businessman, billionaire, and former politician who served as a member of the Knesset between 1978 and 1981. *

(born 1927), entrepreneur who founded Mothercare, one of the United Kingdom's largest retail chains. He was born in Baghdad to an Iraqi Jewish family. He is currently the co-owner of Zilkha Biomass Energy, which owns timberland and which makes pellet biofuel in Texas. *

Bahaa Hariri Bahaa El-Dine Rafic Al-Hariri ( ar, بهاء الدين رفيق الحريري; born 26 April 1966) is a Lebanese-Saudi billionaire business man. He is the eldest son of assassinated former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri from his father ...

, businessman. Son of former Lebanese Prime Minister

Rafik Hariri Rafik is the given name of: * Rafik Al-Hariri (1944–2005), business tycoon, former Prime Minister of Lebanon * Rafik Bouderbal (born 1987), French-born Algerian player currently playing for ES Sétif in the Algerian Championnat National * Rafik ...

and Iraqi mother (Nidal Al-Bustani). * Samuel Hayek, Israeli millionaire real-estate tycoon of Iraqi Jewish descent. *

Badr Jafar Badr Jafar (Arabic: بدر حميد جعفر‎) is an Emirati businessperson and philanthropist. Overview He is the Chief Executive Officer of Crescent Enterprises, a conglomerate headquartered in the United Arab Emirates with operations in ...

, business executive and entrepreneur based in the United Arab Emirates * Victor Nacif, businessman and current Vice President of Design Business Aspects for Nissan Design America. He is of Mexican, Lebanese and Iraqi ancestry. *

Vincent Tchenguiz Vincent Tchenguiz (born 9 October 1956) is an Iranian-British entrepreneur born in Tehran. Robert Tchenguiz is his younger brother. Tchenguiz is known as a major donor to the Conservative Party (UK) and an investor in the controversial company ...

(born October 1956), Iranian-British entrepreneur born in Tehran to an Iraqi-Jewish family. He is the Chairman of Consensus Business Group. *

Robert Tchenguiz Robert Tchenguiz (born 9 September 1960) is a British entrepreneur, property investor, activist shareholder and securities dealer. The younger brother of Vincent Tchenguiz, he undertook a series of corporate deals, focusing particularly on proper ...

, British entrepreneur, securities dealer and the brother of Vincent Tchenguiz. He was born Teheran to an Iraqi-Jewish family. He is the Co-chairman of Rotch Property Group. *

Ghadir Razuki Ghadir Razuki is a British-Iraqi businessman who was the founder of TNT Magazine, in September 1983. Early life Born to Iraqi parents, he moved to London in the United Kingdom after leaving Iraq. In September 1983, then aged twenty-two he lau ...

, British multi-millionaire of Iraqi parents. Founder of TNT Magazine Group, with magazine and media interests in the UK, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. *

Pnina Rosenblum Pnina Rosenblum ( he, פנינה רוזנבלום, born ) is an Israeli businesswoman, model, media personality, and a former politician. Former Knesset parliament member for Likud from 2005 to 2006. Biography Pnina Rosenblum was born in Petah ...

, Israeli businesswoman, model and media personality, who has also been involved in politics. * Kevork Hovnanian (1923 – September 24, 2009), Iraqi-born Armenian-American businessman and home builder, founder of Hovnanian Enterprises in 1959. He remained the president and chief executive officer of Hovnanian Enterprises until his retirement in 1997 * Charles Saatchi (born 9 June 1943 in Baghdad), co-founder of the PR agency called M&C Saatchi. He is also known as an art collector and owner of the Saatchi Gallery. *

Michael Kadoorie Sir Michael David Kadoorie, GBS (born 1941) is a Hong Kong billionaire businessman, and the chairman and 18% owner of CLP Group, Hong Kong's largest electricity producer. He also owns 47% of Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels. Early life Born in 1 ...

, The Hon. Sir Michael David Kadoorie, GBS (born 1941, Hong Kong), business executive and philanthropist. * Sir Albert Abdullah David Sassoon, 1st Baronet (25 July 1818 – 24 October 1896), British Indian philanthropist and merchant, born in Baghdad *

David and Simon Reuben David Reuben (born 1941) and Simon Reuben (born 1944) are Indian-born British businessmen. In May 2020, they were named as the second richest family in the UK by the '' Sunday Times Rich List'' with a net worth of £16 billion. Early life and b ...

, joint Chief Executives of Reuben Brothers, well-known British businessmen and philanthropists. * David Sassoon, Indian merchant and banker; born at Bagdad Oct., 1792; died at Bombay Nov. 7, 1864. His father, a wealthy Mesopotamian merchant, for many years state treasurer to the Turkish governor of Baghdad * Majid Jafar, businessman of Iraqi origin and the CEO of Crescent Petroleum. *

Edward Isaac Ezra Edward Isaac Ezra (3 January 1883 – 15 December 1921) was a wealthy Jewish businessman, who was the first member of the Shanghai Municipal Council who was actually born in China, Robert Bickers and Christian Henriot, ''New Frontiers: Imperialis ...

(3 January 1882 in Shanghai – 15 December 1921 in Shanghai), wealthy Jewish businessman of a Baghdadi Jewish family. * Lawrence Kadoorie, Baron Kadoorie (2 June 1899 in Hong Kong – 25 August 1993 in Hong Kong), famous industrialist, hotelier, and philanthropist. His family were originally Mizrahi Jews from Baghdad who later migrated to Bombay (Mumbai), India in the mid-eighteenth century. *

Elly Kadoorie Sir Eleazer "Elly" Silas Kadoorie (1867 – February 8, 1944) was a Baghdadi-born Jewish businessman and philanthropist active in Shanghai and Hong Kong. He was a member of the wealthy Kadoorie family that had large business interests in the F ...

, Eleazer Silas Kadoorie, known as Sir Elly Kadoorie (1867 – August 2, 1944), philanthropist and member of a wealthy family that had large business interests in the Far East. *

Ellis Kadoorie Sir Ellis Kadoorie CBE (1865–1922) was a Jewish entrepreneur and philanthropist. He was a member of the wealthy Baghdadian Kadoorie family that had large business interests in the Far East. His brother was Sir Elly Kadoorie, and his nephew w ...

(1865–1922), Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist. He was a member of the wealthy Baghdadian Kadoorie family that had large business interests in the Far East. * Silas Aaron Hardoon (1851–1931), wealthy businessman and well-known public figure in the city of Shanghai in the early 20th century.

Comedians

* Brian Awadis, also known as FaZe Rug *

Remy Munasifi Remy Munasifi (born June 16, 1980) is an American stand-up comedian,Sharmila Devi''The National''. October 30, 2010. Retrieved May 31, 2011 parody musician, rapper and video artist, who became an Internet celebrity after his production of comed ...

, also known as GoRemy

Educators

Jim Al-Khalili (cropped and shadow enhanced)

Serapion the Younger Serapion the Younger was the author of a medicinal-botany book entitled ''The Book of Simple Medicaments''. The book is dated to the 12th or 13th century. He is called "the Younger" to distinguish him from Serapion the Elder, aka Yahya ibn Sarafy ...

, author of a notable medicinal-botany book entitled The Book of Simple Medicaments. The book is dated 12th or 13th century. He is called "the Younger" to distinguish him from Serapion the Elder, aka Yahya ibn Sarafyun. * Salmawaih ibn Bunan (died 840), Arab Nestorian Christian physician who translated works of Galen from Greek into Arabic. *

Yahya ibn Sarafyun Yahya ibn Sarafyun (9th century) a Syriac physician, known in Europe as Johannes Serapion, and commonly called Serapion the Elder to distinguish him from Serapion the Younger, with whom he was often confused. Biography Nothing is known of the eve ...

(9th century), Assyrian physician, known in Europe as Johannes Serapion. *

John bar Penkaye John bar Penkaye ( syr, ܝܘܚܢܢ ܒܪ ܦܢܟܝ̈ܐ ''Yōḥannān bar Penkāyē'') was a writer of the late seventh century who was a member of the Church of the East. He lived at the time of the fifth Umayyad caliph, Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. H ...

, Assyrian Nestorian Christian writer of the late 7th century. He lived at the time of fifth caliph of the Umayyad dynasty Abd al-Malik. His writings provides an eyewitness account of the Arab conquests of his time but make no mention of an Arab sacred book in existence by the end of the 7th century. *

Yahya Ibn Adi Abū Zakarīyā’ Yaḥyá ibn ʿAdī (''John, father of Zachary, son of Adi'') known as Yahya ibn Adi (893–974) was a Syriac Jacobite Christian philosopher, theologian and translator working in Arabic. Biography Yahya ibn Adi was born in Tikrit ...

(893–974), Assyrian Christian philosopher, theologian and translator working in Arabic. was born in Tikrit, north of Iraq. He translated numerous works of Greek philosophy into Arabic, mostly from existing versions in Syriac. He was buried in the Syriac church of St Thomas in Baghdad. *

Abu Bishr Matta ibn Yunus Abū Bishr Mattā ibn Yūnus al-Qunnāʾī ( ar, ﺍﺑﻮ ﺑﺸﺮ ﻣﺘﺎ ﺑﻦ ﻳﻮﻧﺲ ﺍﻟﻘﻨﺎﻱء; c. 870-20 June 940) was an Arab Christian philosopher who played an important role in the transmission of the works of Aristotle ...

(870–20 June 940), Christian philosopher who played an important role in the transmission of the works of Aristotle to the Islamic world. He is famous for founding the Baghdad School of Aristotelian Philosophers. * Sami Saeed Al Ahmed (1930–2006), historian and professor at the University of Denver *

Abdul Jerri Abdul Jabbar Hassoon Jerri ( ar, عبد الجبار حسون جري) is an Iraqi American mathematician, most recognized for his contributions to ''Shannon Sampling Theory, It's Generalizations, Error Analysis, and Historical Reviews'', and in pa ...

, Abdul Jabbar Hassoon Jerri (July 20, 1932), Iraqi American physicist and mathematician, most recognized for his contributions to information theory in general, in particular to the understanding of the Gibbs phenomenon. * Mohammed Albaaj born in Basra, Iraq, on December, 5, 2002) Philosopher researcher in the field of cosmological physics and philosophy. * Omar Fakhri (born in Baghdad, Iraq, on October 18, 1934), B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. FRCPath is a medical scientist who is best known for his research in several areas. * Adil E. Shamoo (born in Baghdad, Iraq on August 1, 1941), Assyrian biochemist with an interest in biomedical ethics and foreign policy. He is a professor at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Maryland. * Ali Al-Wardi (born in Kadhimiya, Baghdad in 1913). He was an Iraqi Social Scientist specialized in the field of Social history. He earned his master's degree in 1948 from The University of Texas at Austin and his Ph.D. in 1950 from the same university. * Hirmis Aboona (1940 – April 19, 2009), educator and writer, Assyrian historian who was known for his publications concerning the history of the Assyrians in northern Iraq. * Thomas L. Saaty (born 1926, Mosul, Iraq), professor at the University of Pittsburgh, where he teaches in the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business. He is the inventor, architect, and primary theoretician of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) *

Emanuel Kamber Emanuel Yousif Kamber is an Assyrian physics professor at Western Michigan University and was the Secretary General of the Assyrian Universal Alliance. He was born in the small Assyrian village of Darbandokeh in Iraq. Biography In 1983, Emanuel Ka ...

, Assyrian physics professor at Western Michigan University and was the Secretary General of the Assyrian Universal Alliance. He was born in the small Assyrian village of Darbandikhan in Iraq. *

Majid Khadduri Majid Khadduri (Arabic: مجيد خدوري) (September 27, 1909 – January 25, 2007) was an Iraqi–born academic. He was founder of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies Middle East Studies program, a division of John ...

(September 27, 1909 – January 25, 2007), Iraqi–born founder of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies Middle East Studies program. Internationally, he was recognized as a leading authority on a wide variety of Islamic subjects, modern history and the politics of the Middle East. He was the author of more than 35 books in English and Arabic and hundreds of articles. *

Nouman Abid Al-Jader Nu'man ( ar, نعمان ) or Nu'maan is an Arabic given name dating to pre-Islamic times, meaning ''blood'' or ''red''. Prevailingly, the Islamic given name is most commonly associated to the Arabic word meaning ''bliss''. It is also used with th ...

chair of mathematics at Baghdad University; co-founded Iraqi Physics and Mathematics Society; acting dean of the College of Science at the University of Baghdad; University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) graduate (1950). *

Nadje Sadig Al-Ali Nadje Sadig Al-Ali (born 1966; ar, نادية صادق العلي) is a German-Iraqi academic of social anthropology and Middle East studies and feminist activist. She is currently the Robert Family Professor of International Studies at Brown ...

, educator and writer *

Shmuel Moreh Shmuel Moreh ( he, שמואל מורה; December 22, 1932 – September 22, 2017) was a professor of Arabic Language and Literature at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a recipient of the Israel Prize in Middle Eastern studies in 1999. In ...

(born in Baghdad, December 22, 1932), professor emeritus in the Department for Arabic Language and Literature at the Hebrew University and a recipient of the Israel Prize in Middle Eastern studies in 1999. *

Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi ʿAbd al-Laṭīf al-Baghdādī ( ar, عبداللطيف البغدادي, 1162 Baghdad–1231 Baghdad), short for Muwaffaq al-Dīn Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Laṭīf ibn Yūsuf al-Baghdādī ( ar, موفق الدين محمد عبد اللطيف بن ...

* Behnam Afas (born 17 July 1934), Iraqi-New Zealander author and researcher. His studies are mostly in the role of the Christian scholars and missionaries in Iraq. * Azad Bonni, MD, PhD, Iraqi Professor in the Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School. * Amal Al Khedairy, academic, lecturer and founder and director of the cultural centre "Al Beit Al Iraqi" ("The Iraqi House") *

Alphonse Mingana Alphonse Mingana (born as Hurmiz Mingana; syr, ܗܪܡܙ ܡܢܓܢܐ, in 1878 at Sharanesh, a village near Zakho (present day Iraq) - died 5 December 1937 Birmingham, England) was an Assyrian theologian, historian, Syriacist, orientalist and a ...

, Assyrian theologian, historian, orientalist and former priest best known for collecting and preserving the Mingana Collection of ancient Middle Eastern manuscripts at Birmingham. * Hind Rassam Culhane, chair of the Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Mercy College, New York. *

(born 1949), Iraqi academic. He is the Sylvia K. Hassenfeld Professor of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at Brandeis University. *

Nada Shabout Nada M. Shabout (born 8 January 1962, Glasgow, Scotland) is an American art historian specializing in modern Iraqi art. She has been a professor of art history at the University of North Texas since 2002. She is the president and co-founding bo ...

, Professor of Art History, lecturer * Avi Shlaim, historian and emeritus professor of International Relations at the

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

Engineers and scientists

Professor Dlawer Ala-Aldeen former Minister of Higher Education at KRG 2011

Isa Kelemechi Isa Tarsah Kelemechi ( Mongolian: Isa Khelmerchi (Isa the Interpreter); Chinese: Ai-hsüeh) was an Assyrian Nestorian Christian scientist, and official at the Yuan court of Kublai Khan's Mongol Empire in the 13th century. Foltz, Richard, ''Relig ...

, (Mongolian: Isa Khelmerchi (Isa the Interpreter); Chinese (Ai-hsüeh) was an Assyrian Nestorian Christian scientist, and official at the Yuan court of Kublai Khan's Mongol Empire in the 13th century. *

Abu'l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī Abu'l-Barakāt Hibat Allah ibn Malkā al-Baghdādī ( ar, أبو البركات هبة الله بن ملكا البغدادي; c. 1080 – 1164 or 1165 CE) was an Islamic philosopher, physician and physicist of Jewish descent from Baghdad, Iraq. ...

Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi Abu'l Hasan Ahmad ibn Ibrahim Al-Uqlidisi ( ar, أبو الحسن أحمد بن ابراهيم الإقليدسي) was a Muslim Arab mathematician, who was active in Damascus and Baghdad. He wrote the earliest surviving book on the positional use ...

* Abdul Athem Alsabti,

supernova astrophysicist who introduced astronomy teaching into Iraq in 1970; University of Manchester graduate (1970);

minor planet According to the International Astronomical Union (IAU), a minor planet is an astronomical object in direct orbit around the Sun that is exclusively classified as neither a planet nor a comet. Before 2006, the IAU officially used the term ''mino ...

10478 Alsabti named after him; founded Iraqi Astronomical Society; project leader for the Iraqi National Astronomical Observatory. * Abdul Jabbar Abdullah,

wave theory physicist, dynamical meteorologist, and President Emeritus of Baghdad University; MIT graduate (1946); chair of physics at Baghdad University; co-founded Iraqi Physics and Mathematics Society. *

Ahmed ibn Yusuf Abu Ja'far Ahmad ibn Yusuf ibn Ibrahim ibn Tammam al-Siddiq Al-Baghdadi ( ar, أبو جعفر أحمد بن يوسف بن ابراهيم بن تمام الصديق البغدادي; 835–912), known in the West by his Latinized name Hametus, was a ...

, mathematician * Al-Abbās ibn Said al-Jawharī * Al-Karaji *

Al-Kindi Abū Yūsuf Yaʻqūb ibn ʼIsḥāq aṣ-Ṣabbāḥ al-Kindī (; ar, أبو يوسف يعقوب بن إسحاق الصبّاح الكندي; la, Alkindus; c. 801–873 AD) was an Arab Muslim philosopher, polymath, mathematician, physician ...

(Alkindus) *

Al-Samawal al-Maghribi Al-Samawʾal ibn Yaḥyā al-Maghribī ( ar, السموأل بن يحيى المغربي, ; c. 1130 – c. 1180), commonly known as Samau'al al-Maghribi, was a mathematician, astronomer and physician. Born to a Jewish family, he concealed his c ...

Ara Darzi, Baron Darzi of Denham ARA may refer to: Media and the arts * American-Romanian Academy of Arts and Sciences * '' Artistička Radna Akcija'', compilation album released in former Yugoslavia * Associate of the Royal Academy, denoting membership in the British Royal Acad ...

, Ara Warkes Darzi, Baron Darzi of Denham, KBE PC, (born 7 May 1960), is one of the world's leading surgeons at Imperial College London, where he holds the Paul Hamlyn Chair of Surgery, specialising in the field of minimally invasive and robot-assisted surgery, having pioneered many new techniques and technologies. * Azzam Alwash, is an Iraqi hydraulic engineer and environmentalist. He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2013, in particular for his efforts on restoring salt marshs in southern Iraq, which had been destroyed during the Saddam Hussein regime. *

Berossus Berossus () or Berosus (; grc, Βηρωσσος, Bērōssos; possibly derived from akk, , romanized: , "Bel is his shepherd") was a Hellenistic-era Babylonian writer, a priest of Bel Marduk and astronomer who wrote in the Koine Greek language ...

, Hellenistic-era Babylonian writer, priest of Bel Marduk and astronomer writing in Greek, active at the beginning of the 3rd century BC * Brethren of Purity (Ikhwan al-Safa') *

Dlawer Ala'Aldeen Dlawer Ala'Aldeen ( ar, دلاور عبدالعزیز علاءالدين; born 1960), is the Founding President of the Middle East Research Institute, a policy-research institute, based in Arbil, Kurdistan Region of Iraq. He is a former Minister ...

, Founding President of the Middle East Research Institute (MERI); Former Minister of Higher Education & Scientific Research in Kurdistan Regional Government (2009–2012); Former Professor of Medicine in Nottingham University, UK (1992–2014); human right lobbyist * Fakhri A. Bazzaz, plant ecologist * Farouk Al-Kasim, a Norwegian-Iraqi petroleum geologist. He played a major role in the exploitation of Norway's petroleum resources within the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate. * Lihadh Al-Gazali, geneticist * Grigor Gurzadyan, Armenian astronomer, and pioneer of space astronomy, born October 15, 1922, in Baghdad to parents who fled in 1915 Western Armenia. *

Hunayn ibn Ishaq Hunayn ibn Ishaq al-Ibadi (also Hunain or Hunein) ( ar, أبو زيد حنين بن إسحاق العبادي; (809–873) was an influential Nestorian Christian translator, scholar, physician, and scientist. During the apex of the Islamic ...

, scientist and physician *

Ibn al-Haytham Ḥasan Ibn al-Haytham, Latinized as Alhazen (; full name ; ), was a medieval mathematician, astronomer, and physicist of the Islamic Golden Age from present-day Iraq.For the description of his main fields, see e.g. ("He is one of the pri ...

(Alhacen/Alhazen) *

Ibn Sa'd al-Baghdadi Abū ‘Abd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Sa‘d ibn Manī‘ al-Baṣrī al-Hāshimī or simply Ibn Sa'd ( ar, ابن سعد) and nicknamed ''Scribe of Waqidi'' (''Katib al-Waqidi''), was a scholar and Arabian biographer. Ibn Sa'd was born in 784/785 C ...

* Ibn Tahir al-Baghdadi * Jafar Dhia Jafar, Iraqi nuclear physicist. *

Jim Al-Khalili Jameel Sadik "Jim" Al-Khalili ( ar, جميل صادق الخليلي; born 20 September 1962) is an Iraqi-British theoretical physicist, author and broadcaster. He is professor of theoretical physics and chair in the public engagement in scien ...

, Iraqi-born British theoretical physicist, author and science communicator; professor of theoretical physics and chair in the Public Engagement in Science at the University of Surrey. * Khidir Hamza, Iraqi nuclear physicist. *

Kidinnu Kidinnu (also ''Kidunnu''; possibly fl. 4th century BC; possibly died 14 August 330 BC) was a Chaldean astronomer and mathematician. Strabo of Amaseia called him Kidenas, Pliny the Elder Cidenas, and Vettius Valens Kidynas. Some cuneifor ...

Naburimannu Nabu- ri-man-nu (also spelled ''Nabu-rimanni''; Greek sources called him Ναβουριανός, ''Nabourianos'', Latin ''Naburianus'') ( fl. c. 6th – 3rd century BC) was a Chaldean astronomer and mathematician. Classical and ancient cuneiform s ...

Seleucus of Seleucia Seleucus of Seleucia ( el, Σέλευκος ''Seleukos''; born c. 190 BC; fl. c. 150 BC) was a Hellenistic astronomer and philosopher. Coming from Seleucia on the Tigris, Mesopotamia, the capital of the Seleucid Empire, or, alternatively, Seleuk ...

Sind ibn Ali Abu al-Tayyib Sanad ibn Ali al-Yahudi (died c. 864 C.E.), was a ninth-century Iraqi Jewish astronomer, translator, mathematician and engineer employed at the court of the Abbasid caliph Al-Ma'mun. A later convert to Islam, Sanad's father was a lear ...

* Souad Naji Al-Azzawi Iraqi academic and environmentalist * Sudines, Babylonian sage, mentioned as one of the famous Chaldean mathematicians and astronomer-astrologers by later Roman writers like Strabo (Geografia 16:1–6).

Film actors and directors

* Amel Senan, (born October 22, 1966), Iraqi-Turkmen actress known for her role of Nadia of the 1988 Iraqi television series Nadia. * Kasim Abid, London-based cameraman and director of Iraqi origin *

Mohamed Al-Daradji Mohamed Al-Darraji (born 6 August 1978 in Baghdad, Iraq) is an Iraqi Dutch, Iraqi-Dutch film director. He studied theater in Iraq, and cinematography and directing in England. He is known for his drama films, which focus on political affairs in the ...

Nazem Al-Ghazali Nazem al-Ghazali ( ar, ناظم الغزالي, given name also spelled ''Nazim'', ''Nadhim'', ''Nadhem'' or ''Nathem'') (1921 – 23 October 1963) was one of the most popular singers in the history of Iraq and his songs are still heard by man ...

, actor/singer * Koutaiba Al Janabi * Namaa Alward, actress *

Naguib el-Rihani Naguib el-Rihani ( ar, نجيب الريحاني; January 21, 1889 in Cairo – June 8, 1949 in Alexandria) was an Egyptian film and stage actor. Biography Born in Bab El Shereya, Cairo to a middle class family. His father, a Christian who wor ...

, actor *

Abbas Fahdel Abbas Fadhel (Arabic عباس فاضل) is an Iraqi-French film director, screenwriter and film critic, born in Babylon, Iraq. Based in France since the age of 18 years, he studied cinema at the Sorbonne University until Ph.D. In January 2002, ...

, director of ''

Dawn of the World ''Dawn of the World'' is a feature film written and directed by the Iraqi-French film director Abbas Fahdel. Starring Venice Film Festival revelation Hafsia Herzi (''The Secret of the Grain'') and Hiam Abbass ('' The Lemon Tree'', '' The Visit ...

'' * Tariq Hashim * Sophia Jawad, actress and model based in the United Arab Emirates * Hind Kamel, well-known Iraqi actress and film director now residing in Jordan. * Saaed Khalifa, actor * Farid Majari, film maker * Dina Mousawi, actress * Maysoon Pachachi, ''director of Return to the Land of Wonders'' *

Basam Ridha Basam Ridha Al-Husaini ( ar, بسام رضا الحسيني) (born in Iraq c. 1964) is an advisor to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki charged with overseeing judicial matters. He also was an advisor to his predecessor, Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaa ...

, actor *

Hiner Saleem Huner Saleem ( Kurdish: هونه‌ر سەلیم), also transliterated as Huner Salim, (born 9 March 1964), is an Iraqi– Kurdish film director. He was born in the town of Aqrah (Akre) in Iraqi Kurdistan. He left Iraq at the age of 17, and soon m ...

, film director *

Saad Salman Saad Salman (born 1950, in Baghdad, Iraq) is an Iraqi-French film director. He filmed ''Baghdad On/Off'', a documentary filmed when Saddam Hussein was in power. He has been exiled in Paris since 1976. He attended a School of the Art schools of Bag ...

, film director known for his documentary ''Baghdad On/Off'' * Samir, film director based in Switzerland, known for his documentary '' Forget Baghdad''

Film actors and directors of Iraqi descent

Don Hany at the 2012 AACTA Awards (6795464173)

*Ibraham Alzubaidy, actor, director, and writer, born in

Kut Kūt ( ar, ٱلْكُوت, al-Kūt), officially Al-Kut, also spelled Kutulamare or Kut al-Imara, is a city in eastern Iraq, on the left bank of the Tigris River, about south east of Baghdad. the estimated population is about 389,400 people. It ...

in 1978. He studied at California State University, Northridge, majoring in Cinema and Television Art-Film Directing. *

Andy Serkis Andrew Clement Serkis (born 20 April 1964) is an English actor, director, and producer. He is best known for his performance capture roles comprising motion capture acting, animation, and voice work for computer-generated characters such as Go ...

(born 20 April 1964), English film actor, director and author. His mother was half Iraqi and half English and taught disabled children. His father was an Iraqi gynaecologist of Armenian ethnicity. *

David Chokachi David Chokachi (born David Al-Chokhachy; January 16, 1968) is an American film and television actor. He is known for his roles in the TV series '' Witchblade'', ''Baywatch'', and ''Beyond The Break''. Early life David Chokachi was born in Plymo ...

(born David Al-Chokhachy on January 16, 1968 in Plymouth, Massachusetts), American film and television actor. He's best known for his role in the TV series Witchblade, Baywatch, and Beyond The Break. His father is Iraqi Turkmen and his mother is Finnish *

Michael Nouri Michael Nouri (born December 9, 1945) is an American screen and stage actor. He is best known for his television roles, including Dr. Neil Roberts on ''The O.C.'', Phil Grey on ''Damages'', Caleb Cortlandt on '' All My Children'', Eli David in ...

, American television and film actor. He may be best known for his role as Nick Hurley, in the 1983 film Flashdance. Nouri was born in Washington, D.C., the son of Gloria (née Montgomery) and Edmond Nouri. His father was born in Baghdad in 1918. *

Ruby Myers Ruby Myers (1907 – 10 October 1983), better known by her stage name Sulochana, was an Indian silent film actress of Jewish ancestry, from the community of Baghdadi Jews in India. In her heyday she was one of the highest paid actresses of h ...

Sulochana (सुलोचना) (1907–1983), Indian silent film star of Jewish ancestry, hailing from the community of Baghdadi Jews in India. In her heyday she was one of the highest paid actresses of her time. *

Layth Abdulamir Layth Abdulamir is an Iraqi-French Filmmaking, filmmaker born on 24 October 1957 in Iraq. He studied film in Paris, France, from 1977 to 1980, and in Kiev (then in the former Soviet Union) from 1980 to 1986. Since 1994, he defended his dissertati ...

Sasson Gabai Sasson Gabai (or Gabay; he, ששון גבאי; born ) is an Israeli actor. He is the winner of an Ophir Award, Asia Pacific Screen Award (nominated), European Film Awards and Jerusalem Film Festival in 2007 as Best Actor in the highly acclaime ...

(born 24 November 1947), Israeli actor. Gabai was born in Baghdad to an Iraqi Jewish family. During his childhood he immigrated together with his family to Israel. *

Uri Gavriel Uri Gavriel ( he, אורי גבריאל) is an Israeli theater, film and television actor. Winner of the Ophir Award and Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2005 as Best Actor in film '' What a Wonderful Place''. In 2018, he appeared as ...

(born April 3, 1955), Israeli theater, film and TV actor. Uri Gavriel was born in 1955 in the Magdiel transit camp in Israel to the Iraqi Jewish immigrants Bertha and Gabriel Gavriel. *

Joe Balass Joe Balass (born in Baghdad, Iraq) is an Iraqi Canadian filmmaker. He is gay. Of Jewish heritage, Balass is most known for '' Nana, George and Me'', which is an autobiographical video by a young, gay Iraqi Jewish filmmaker who takes a charmingly u ...

(born 1966 in Baghdad, Iraq), Iraqi Canadian film maker. Ahmad Harhash born July 20 2001 syrian Canadian Actor * Dina Mousawi, actress of British/Iraqi origin * Maysoon Pachachi (born September 17, 1947), film director, editor and producer of Iraqi origin. She was educated in Iraq, the U.S., Britain and can speak English, Arabic, French and Italian. She is the daughter of Iraqi politician Adnan Pachachi. * Anja Al-Erhayem, filmmaker (Iraqi father/Danish mother) *

Ja'far 'Abd Al-Hamid Ja'far 'Abd Al-Hamid is an Iraqi British filmmaker of "''Mesocafe''". Born in Iraq, Ja'far and his family moved to other parts of the Arab world before settling in London in the mid-1980s. While studying social sciences at the University of Londo ...

, Iraqi-British filmmaker of "''Mesocafe''". *

Fajer Al-Kaisi Fajer Al-Kaisi ( ar, الفجر آل القيسي; born May 7, 1979) is an Iraqi-Canadian actor, best known for his recurring role as Osama bin Laden / OBL in the third season of ''Future Man'', a atheist version of the real-life terrorist from ...

, Iraqi-Canadian actor, now resides in the States. * Dar Salim, Danish actor, born in Baghdad, Iraq in 1977. He played the role of Qotho, one of Khal Drogo's bloodriders, in Game of Thrones. * Lewis Alsamari, actor starred in the

Universal Pictures Universal Pictures (legally Universal City Studios LLC, also known as Universal Studios, or simply Universal; common metonym: Uni, and formerly named Universal Film Manufacturing Company and Universal-International Pictures Inc.) is an Ameri ...

film '' United 93'' *

Usama Alshaibi Usama Alshaibi ( ar, أسامة الشيبي) (born in Baghdad, Iraq on November 20, 1969) is an Iraqi-American independent filmmaker and visual artist.Kozarski, Ed:, From Iraq to Iowa', Chicago Reader, published 5 August 2010, retrieved 5 Septe ...

, director of ''Muhammad and Jane'' and '' Nice Bombs'' *

Amer Alwan Amer Alwan (born 1957 in Babylon, Iraq) is an Iraqi French film director. Alwan was forced to shoot his movie Zaman, The Man From The Reeds on videotape, as when Iraq was under severe economic sanctions the United Nations and United States, would ...

, film director known for ''Zaman, The Man From The Reeds'' *

, film maker * Claudia Basrawi, German actress and writer (German mother and Iraqi father) * Carole Basri, filmmaker *

Zana Briski Zana Briski (born 25 October 1966) is a British photographer and filmmaker, best known for '' Born into Brothels'', the 2004 Oscar winner of the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, which she directed. She founded Kids with Cameras, a non ...

, director of ''

Born into Brothels ''Born into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids'' is a 2004 Indian-American documentary film about the children of prostitutes in Sonagachi, Kolkata's red light district. The widely acclaimed film, written and directed by Zana Briski and Ross ...

'' * Selma Chalabi, film maker *

Brian George Brian George (born 1 July 1952) is a British actor. He is best known for his roles as Pakistani restaurateur Babu Bhatt in ''Seinfeld'' (1989–1998), the Indian gynecologist father of Raj Koothrappali in ''The Big Bang Theory'' (2007–2019 ...

, British-Israeli actor, most famous role is as

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...

i restaurateur Babu Bhatt on '' Seinfeld''. (Born to Baghdadi Jewish parents). * Shosha Goren, actress and comedian *

Ishtar Yasin Gutierrez Ishtar Yasin Gutierrez was born in 1968 in Moscow, Russia to an Iraqi people, Iraqi father and Chilean-Costa Rican mother She is a director and scriptwriter. Director of El Camino, a film designed for the Latin American cinema, was described as an ...

, film director (Iraqi father and Chilean mother) *

Yasmine Hanani Yasmine Hanani (born June 5, 1980) is an American actress. Hanani was born in Baltimore and grew up in Southfield, Michigan and later in Orange County, Southern California. Hanani has worked on documentaries "Voices of Iraq,". "My Country, M ...

, American actress featured in documentary films ''

Voices of Iraq ''Voices of Iraq'' is a 2004 documentary film about Iraq, created by distributing cameras to the subjects of a film, thus enabling subjects to film themselves. To preserve its innovative filmmaking, ''Voices of Iraq'' was added to the permanent c ...

'' and ''

My Country, My Country ''My Country, My Country'' is a 2006 documentary film about Iraq under U.S. occupation by the filmmaker Laura Poitras. Film Laura Poitras spent over eight months working on her own and for some time following a US Army Civil Affairs team during t ...

'' *

Don Hany Don Hany (born 18 September 1975) is an Australian actor. He is best known for his role in the series ''White Collar Blue'', Dr. Chris Havel in ''Offspring'', and the leading role of Zane Malik in the SBS series '' East West 101''. He is also ...

, actor (Won Best Actor for Winning the Peace (2005) * Parine Jaddo, Iraqi-American filmmaker of ''Rasta's Paradise'' *

Nicholas Kadi Nicholas Kadi (born Nameer El-Kadi; September 22, 1952) is an Iraqi–American actor. Kadi was born in Istanbul, Turkey. His father, Nizar el Kadi, was an Iraqi ambassador.http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AT&p_theme=at&p_a ...

, actor, known for "Quest For Fire", "Navy Seals" and "George Of The Jungle". * Chris Kattan, American comedian and actor, best known for his work on the sketch show ''

Saturday Night Live ''Saturday Night Live'' (often abbreviated to ''SNL'') is an American late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Dick Ebersol that airs on NBC and Peacock (streaming service), Peacock. ...

''. (Born to an Iraqi Jewish father and Hungarian Buddhist mother). *

Charlotte Lewis Charlotte Lewis (born 7 August 1967) is an English actress. Early life Lewis attended Bishop Douglass School in Finchley. Her mother is Irish-English, while her father—a doctor whom she never met—is half-Chilean and half-Iraqi. Career L ...

, actress most notable for her lead female role in ''

The Golden Child ''The Golden Child'' is a 1986 American dark fantasy martial arts action comedy film directed by Michael Ritchie. The film stars Eddie Murphy as Chandler Jarrell, a Los Angeles social worker who is informed that he is " The Chosen One", and is ...

'' alongside '' Eddie Murphy'' *

Anisa Mehdi Anisa Marie Mehdi is an Iraqi-Canadian film director and journalist. She graduated from Wellesley College in 1978 and obtained her master's degree in journalism from Columbia University. She worked as an associate producer at CBS News in New Yor ...

, Emmy Award-winning film director, journalist and director of ''

Inside Mecca ''Inside Mecca'' is a 2003 National Geographic documentary film by Anisa Mehdi that offers an intimate documentation of the annual pilgrimage to Mecca. Aside from providing insight regarding the universal principles of Islam, this production emp ...

'' * Safia Monney, actress *

Yigal Naor Igal Naor ( he, יגאל נאור; born ) is an Israeli actor, sometimes credited as Yigal Naor. Naor was born in Givatayim, Israel, to Mizrahi Jewish parents from Iraq. He has appeared in the American films ''Munich'', ''Green Zone'' and '' R ...

, actor * Rashed Radwan, Spanish film director *

Heather Raffo Heather Raffo (born in Michigan, United States) is a Lucille Lortel Award-winning Iraqi-American playwright and actress, best known for her leading role in the one-woman play '' 9 Parts of Desire''. Biography Early life Her father is Iraqi, bor ...

, playwright/actress most known for her role in ''9 Parts of Desire'' *

Liat Ron Liat Ron ( he, ליאת רון) is an actress,
dancer and dance instructor born to an

, actress and dancer *

Mohamed Said (actor) Mohamed Said (1988) is a Swedish actor. He lives in Huddinge Stockholm. He played as a walker on in Daniel Fridell's full-length film '' Säg att du älskar mig'' (''Say that you love me'') in 2006. He took part in ''Borta bra'', a short film. ...

, Swedish actor *

Osamah Sami Osamah Sami (born 10 March 1983 in Qom, Iran) is an Australian stage and screen actor, writer, spoken-word artist, and stand-up comedian of Iraqi origin. His critically acclaimed book ''Good Muslim Boy'', was the winner of the 2016 NSW Premie ...

, actor *

Alia Shawkat Alia Martine Shawkat ( ; ar, عليا مارتين شوكت; born April 18, 1989) is an American actress. She is known for her roles in '' The Old Man'', '' State of Grace'', Maeby Fünke in the Fox/Netflix television sitcom '' Arrested Devel ...

, American actress known as

Maeby Funke ''Arrested Development'' is an American television sitcom that originally aired on the Fox network from November 2, 2003, to February 10, 2006. A fourth season of 15 episodes was released on Netflix on May 26, 2013. Created by Mitchell Hurwitz ...

Arrested Development The term "arrested development" has had multiple meanings for over 200 years. In the field of medicine, the term "arrested development" was first used, ''circa'' 1835–1836, to mean a stoppage of physical development; the term continues to be use ...

Zina Zaflow ''Zināʾ'' () or ''zinā'' ( or ) is an Sharia, Islamic legal term referring to unlawful sexual intercourse. According to Fiqh, traditional jurisprudence, ''zina'' can include adultery, fornication, prostitution, rape, sodomy, incest, and be ...

, actress *

Nadira Nadira is a given name common in Asian countries. It may refer to Given name * Nadira (actress), an Indian actress of the 1950s and 1960s, best known for her roles as a temptress * Nadira (Pakistani actress), Pakistani actress in Punjabi and Urdu ...

( Farhat Ezekiel Nadira (5 December 1932 – 9 February 2006), commonly known as Nadira, actress in Indian Bollywood cinema *

Amy Fadhli Amy Fadhli (born January 30, 1965) is an American fitness model, actress and winner of the ''Fitness America National Champion 1996''. Her father is Iraqi who was born in Baghdad, a cardiovascular surgeon, and her mother is Czech, a sculptor and ...

(born January 30, 1966 in Galveston, Texas), American fitness model, actress and winner of the Fitness America National Champion 1996. Her father is Iraqi, born in Baghdad, a cardiovascular surgeon, and her mother is Czech, a sculptor and breeder of Arabian horses. *

Randa Chahal Sabag Randa Chahal Sabbagh (Arabic: رندا شهال صباغ) was a Lebanese film director, producer and screenwriter. Chahal was born December 11, 1953 in Tripoli, Lebanon to an Iraqi mother and a Lebanese father. She died of cancer August 25, 20 ...

, Lebanese film director, producer and screenwriter born to an Iraqi mother and Lebanese father. * Abraham Sofaer (October 1, 1896 – January 21, 1988), stage actor of Burmese-Jewish descent who became a familiar supporting player on film and television in his later years. He was born in Rangoon. * Salim Al-Basri (July 7, 1926 in Baghdad – May 8, 1997), Iraqi film director

Human rights activists

* Naziha al-Dulaimi (1923, Baghdad – 9 October 2007, Herdecke), early pioneer of the Iraqi feminist movement. She was a cofounder and first president of the Iraqi Women League 10-3-1952, the first woman minister in Iraq's modern history, and the first woman cabinet minister in the Arab world. *

Widad Akrawi Widad Akreyi is a Kurdish health expert and human rights activist. She has co-founded the human rights organization Defend International and is the author of several books about both health issues and human rights. Akreyi holds a master's degre ...

, Danish writer, doctor, advocate for peace, human rights, justice and equality, co-founder of Defend International. *

Zainab Salbi Zainab Salbi (Arabic: زينب سلبي; born 1969) is an Iraqi American women's rights activist and writer. She is the co-founder of Women for Women International and host of ''Through Her Eyes'' with Yahoo! News and '' #MeToo, Now What?'', P ...

(born 1969), Iraqi American author, women's rights activist, filmmaker, humanitarian and social entrepreneur who is founder and former CEO (1993-2011) of Washington-based Women for Women International. * Munjed Al Muderis (born 1972), Iraqi born Australian author, Australian ambassador of the red cross, human rights activist and refugee rights activist. Lives in Sydney / Australia. *

Dalal Khario Dalal Khario (born circa 1997) is a Yazidi woman from northern Iraq who fled to Germany after escaping from ISIS. On August 3, 2014, ISIS fighters conquered her village. Khario, then 17 years old, was abducted and spent nine months in captivity. Sh ...

(born circa 1997), Iraqi-German author and women's rights activist. *

Safaa Al Sarai , Safaa Al Sarai Safaa Al Sarai ( ar, صفاء السراي; 28 June 1993 – 28 October 2019) was an Iraqi human rights activist who has been called the icon of the 2019–2021 Iraqi protests, Iraqi uprising. Background He was born into a famil ...

(born 1993), human rights activist who has been called the icon of the Iraqi uprising. * Worood Zuhair (born 1987), Iraqi feminist and women's rights activist and Biologist.

Journalists

* Alaa Al-Marjani (born 1967), photojournalist from

Najaf Najaf ( ar, ٱلنَّجَف) or An-Najaf al-Ashraf ( ar, ٱلنَّجَف ٱلْأَشْرَف), also known as Baniqia ( ar, بَانِيقِيَا), is a city in central Iraq about 160 km (100 mi) south of Baghdad. Its estimated popula ...

, worked for

Associated Press The Associated Press (AP) is an American non-profit news agency headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1846, it operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association. It produces news reports that are distributed to its members, U.S. ne ...

and is currently working with

Reuters Reuters ( ) is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters Corporation. It employs around 2,500 journalists and 600 photojournalists in about 200 locations worldwide. Reuters is one of the largest news agencies in the world. The agency was esta ...

. *

Safa Khulusi Safa may refer to: Sudhir Chubby Puddy Buddhavarapu Venkata Ramana Murthy Organizations * Al Safa FC, sports club in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia * Safa SC, an association football club in Lebanon ** Safa WFC, a women's association foo ...

(1917–1995), Iraqi historian, novelist, poet, journalist and broadcaster. He is known for mediating between Arabic- and English-language cultures, and for his scholarship of modern Iraqi literature. *

Talal Al-Haj Talal Al-Haj is an Iraqi journalist. He is the current New York/United Nations Bureau Chief for the Al-Arabiya news network. Early life and education Al-Haj previously lived in the UK for over 30 years, where he studied and pursued his MA in Br ...

, Iraqi Journalist. He is the current New York/United Nations Bureau Chief for the Al-Arabiya news network. * Fadhil Al Azzawi, writer, journalist and translator * Zuhair Al-Jezairy, journalist * Atwar Bahjat, journalist and reporter murdered in Iraq * Rauf Hassan, journalist and writer * Bilal Hussein, photojournalist *

Salam Pax Salam Pax is the pseudonym of Salam Abdulmunem ( ar, سلام عبد المنعم), aka Salam al-Janabi ( ar, سلام الجنابي), under which he became the "most famous blogger in the world" during and after the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Along ...

, blogger, translator and journalist * Taher Thabet, journalist *

Ghaith Abdul-Ahad Ghaith Abdul-Ahad (Arabic: غيث عبدالأحد, born 1975) is an Iraqi journalist who began working after the U.S. invasion. Abdul-Ahad has written for ''The Guardian'' and ''The Washington Post'' and published photographs in ''The New York T ...

, unembedded Iraqi journalist

Journalists of Iraqi descent

* Lorraine Ali, reporter, editor and culture writer for many publications, including Newsweek. Ali was born to an Iraqi American father who immigrated from Baghdad to Los Angeles in the 1950s. Her mother is of French Canadian descent. * Leila Barclay, American journalist and storyteller *

Nina Burleigh Nina D. Burleigh is an American writer and investigative journalist, the daughter of author Robert Burleigh. She writes books, articles, essays and reviews. Burleigh is a supporter of secular liberalism, and is known for her interest in issues of ...

, American writer and journalist. Burleigh has written about her visits to Iraq, her mother's country of birth, both as a child and later in life as a journalist. *

Dunja Hayali Dunja Hayali (born 6 June 1974) is a German journalist and television presenter for public broadcaster '' ZDF''. Early life and education Hayali is the daughter of Iraqi Christians from Mosul. Her mother is Chaldean Catholic, and her father ...

, German journalist and TV presenter * Salam Karam, Swedish journalist, has reported for the newspaper '' Svenska Dagbladet'' and in the radio program '' Godmorgon, världen!''. *

Farah Nosh Farah Nosh ( ar, فرح نوش) is an Iraqi Canadian photojournalist. Her work about Iraq and its conflicts has been exhibited in galleries in the U.S. and UK. She has appeared on the CNN Inside The Middle East segment "Someone You Should Know", ...

, photojournalist * Michelle Nouri, journalist and writer, her publications include "La ragazza di Baghdad" ("The girl in Baghdad"). *

Daniel Pearl Daniel Pearl (October 10, 1963 – February 1, 2002) was an American journalist who worked for ''The Wall Street Journal.'' He was kidnapped and later decapitated by terrorists in Pakistan.' Pearl was born in Princeton, New Jersey, and rais ...

(1963–2002), American journalist, kidnapped and murdered in Karachi, Pakistan. (Born to an Iraqi Jewish mother). *

Tim Judah Tim Judah (born 31 March 1962) is a British writer, reporter and political analyst for ''The Economist''. Judah has written several books on the geopolitics of the Balkans, mainly focusing on Serbia and Kosovo. Early life Tim Judah was born in ...

, reporter for The Economist and author. *

, London-based journalist, analyst on Arab affairs, and co-founder and chairman of Arab Media Watch, a media watchdog organization that monitors and responds to British media coverage of the Arab world. Nashashibi was born in Kuwait to a Palestinian-Jordanian-Lebanese Muslim father and an Iraqi-Syrian Christian mother.

Rulers and military figures

* Ashurbanipal * Ashurnasirpal II *

Abdul Karim Qasim Abd al-Karim Qasim Muhammad Bakr al-Fadhli al-Zubaidi ( ar, عبد الكريم قاسم ' ) (21 November 1914 – 9 February 1963) was an Iraqi Army brigadier and nationalist who came to power when the Iraqi monarchy was overthrown ...

Hamid Raja Shalah Hamid Raja Shalah ( ar, حامد رجا شلاح), also known as Hamid Raja-Shalah Hassan al-Tikriti or Hamid Raja-Shalah Hassum al-Tikriti (born 1950 in Baiji, Salah al-Din Governorate, Iraq) was a commander of the Iraqi Air Force under Saddam ...

Hammurabi Hammurabi (Akkadian: ; ) was the sixth Amorite king of the Old Babylonian Empire, reigning from to BC. He was preceded by his father, Sin-Muballit, who abdicated due to failing health. During his reign, he conquered Elam and the city-states ...

* Khalil Dabbagh *

Nebuchadrezzar II Nebuchadnezzar II (Babylonian cuneiform: ''Nabû-kudurri-uṣur'', meaning "Nabu, watch over my heir"; Biblical Hebrew: ''Nəḇūḵaḏneʾṣṣar''), also spelled Nebuchadrezzar II, was the second king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, ruling ...

* Sargon of Akkad * Sargon II *

Saladin Yusuf ibn Ayyub ibn Shadi () ( – 4 March 1193), commonly known by the epithet Saladin,, ; ku, سه‌لاحه‌دین, ; was the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty. Hailing from an ethnic Kurdish family, he was the first of both Egypt and ...

Saddam Hussein Saddam Hussein ( ; ar, صدام حسين, Ṣaddām Ḥusayn; 28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003. A leading member of the revolutio ...

Sennacherib Sennacherib ( Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: or , meaning " Sîn has replaced the brothers") was the king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from the death of his father Sargon II in 705BC to his own death in 681BC. The second king of the Sargonid dynas ...

* Talib Shaghati

Other military figures

Salah al-Din al-Sabbagh Salah al-Din al-Sabbagh ( ar, صلاح الدين الصباغ; 1899–1945) was an Iraqi Army officer and Arab nationalist that led the Golden Square group which had opposed the government at the time and had highly influenced politics between ...

(1889–1945), Iraqi Army officer * Hagop Hagopian, one of the founders and the main leader of the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA). * Toma Tomas, also known by his nom de guerre Abu Joseph, Assyrian politician and the leader of anti-government militias (al-Ansar) in northern Iraq during the 1960s and '70s.

Military figures of Iraqi origin

* J. F. R. Jacob (born 1923), retired Indian Army Lieutenant General. He is best known for the role he played in India's victory in the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971 and the Liberation of Bangladesh. He also fought in World War II and the Indo-Pakistan War of 1965. He later served as the Governor of the Indian states of Goa and Punjab. His family were Baghdadi Jews originally from Iraq who settled in Kolkata in the middle of the 18th century. * Sybil Sassoon, Marchioness of Cholmondeley (30 January 1894, London – 26 December 1989, Cheshire), Chief Staff Officer to Director WRNS, WRNS HQ, Admiralty (HMS Pembroke III) from 12 November 1939 until 1946. On 9 February 1945 she was appointed as Supt. of the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) and the following year was made CBE. She belonged to the prominent Sassoon and Rothschild families.

Misc

* Maria Theresa Asmar, known as Babylon's Princess in Europe, born in 1804 in Tel Keppe, Iraq, and died in France before the Franco-Prussian War, author of ''Memoirs of a Babylonian Princess'', consisting of two volumes and 720 pages. This book was written in the early 19th century, describing her travels through Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel and the harem system used in Turkey. *

Dan Halutz Dan Halutz ( he, דן חלוץ, ; born August 7, 1948) is an Israeli Air Force lieutenant general and former Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces and commander of the Israeli Air Force. Halutz served as chief of staff in 2005–2007. Biog ...

, Israeli air force general * Ibrahim Mohammed Khalil, Al Qaida operative in Germany * Manisa Tarzanı, Tarzan of Manisa, pseudonym of Ahmet Bedewi (1899 Samarra, Iraq – 31 May 1963 in Manisa, Turkey). Living for 40 years on the mount Spil above Manisa, he is considered the first Turkish environmentalist. *

Moshe Levi Moshe Levi ( he, משה לוי, extra=1936 – January 8, 2008, April 18, 1936 – January 8, 2008) was an Israeli military commander and the 12th Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). He served in this position from 1983 to 1987, ...

(1936 – January 8, 2008), 12th Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, the first Chief of Staff of Mizrahi (Iraqi) origin. * Zee M Kane (born 8 October 1982) to Iraqi father and English mother, Editor-in-Chief of the blog The Next Web, a Technorati Top 50 blog worldwide. *

Moshe Barazani Moshe Barazani, also Barzani ( he, משה ברזני; June 14, 1926 – April 21, 1947), was an Iraqi-born Kurdish Jew and a member of Lehi ("Freedom Fighters of Israel," aka the "Stern Gang") underground movement in pre-state Mandate Palestine ...

(June 14, 1926 – April 21, 1947), Iraqi Kurdish Jew and a member of Lehi ("Freedom Fighters of Israel," aka the "Stern Gang"). *

Yitzhak Mordechai Yitzhak "Itzik" Mordechai ( he, יצחק מרדכי, born 22 November 1944) is an Israeli former general and politician. He served as a member of the Knesset between 1996 and 2001, and as Minister of Defense and Minister of Transport. He retire ...

, Israeli general and later Minister of Defense and Minister of Transport. * Muayyed Nureddin, geologist *

Ibn Rajab Imam Abd Al-Rahman ibn Ahmad ibn Rajab (736-795 AH/1335–1393 CE), best known as ''Ibn Rajab Al-Hanbali'' and also ''Ibn Rajab'', which was a nickname he inherited from his grandfather who was born in the month of Rajab, was a Muslim scholar. B ...

, scholar * Taban Shoresh, Iraqi Kurd, founder of The Lotus Flower charity *

Curtis Sliwa Curtis Sliwa (; born March 26, 1954) is an American activist, radio talk show host and founder and chief executive officer of the Guardian Angels, a nonprofit organization for unarmed crime prevention. Sliwa was the Republican nominee for the ...

, American anti-crime activist, founder and CEO of the Guardian Angels, and radio talk show host and media personality. * Nadya Suleman, Nadya Denise Doud-Suleman (born Natalie Denise Suleman July 11, 1975), known as Octomom in the media, is an American woman who came to international attention when she gave birth to octuplets in January 2009. Suleman's father, Edward Doud Suleman, identified himself as a former Iraqi military man and said he would be returning to his native Iraq as a translator and driver in order to financially support his daughter and her fourteen children.

Models, Miss Iraq and Beauty Pageant of Iraqi Descent

* Klodia Hanna an Assyrian model and singer * Shimaa Qasim, model and winner of Miss Iraq 2015 * Tara Fares a model and First Runner-up of Miss Iraq 2014 *

Pramila (Esther Victoria Abraham) Esther Victoria Abraham (30 December 1916 – 6 August 2006), better known by her stage name Pramila, was an Indian model, actress and first woman film producer in the Hindi film industry. She is also well known for winning the first Miss Indi ...

, Indian actress. Pramila was the winner of the first Miss India contest, in 1947. *

Somy Ali Somy Ali ( ur, سومی علی, ar, سومي علي; born 25 March 1976)Singh, Prashant (30 April 2012Salman helps Somy Ali's charity foundation ''Hindustan Times'' is a Pakistani-American actress, writer, filmmaker, model and activist who has ...

, former

Bollywood Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (fo ...

actress and now model and journalist (Iraqi mother and Pakistani father) *

, fitness model, actress and winner of the ''"Fitness America National Champion 1996"'' (Iraqi father and Czech mother) * Viola Haqi, Dutch-Iraqi model

Monarchs

Hashemite Dynasty The Hashemites ( ar, الهاشميون, al-Hāshimīyūn), also House of Hashim, are the royal family of Jordan, which they have ruled since 1921, and were the royal family of the kingdoms of Hejaz (1916–1925), Syria (1920), and Iraq (19 ...

List of Kings of Iraq The king of Iraq ( ar, ملك العراق, ''Malik al-‘Irāq'') was Kingdom of Iraq, Iraq's head of state and monarch from 1921 to 1958. He served as the head of the Iraqi monarchy—the Hashemites, Hashemite dynasty. The king was addressed as ...

Musicians

* Dalshad Said, Dohuk-born, Kurdish Iraqi contemporary violinist, currently residing in Austria where he teaches music and violin. MBashir

* Anwar Abdul Wahab (1946–),

singer. *

Ilham al-Madfai Ilham al-Madfai ( ar, إلهام المدفعي) (born 1942) is an Iraqi guitarist, singer and composer. al-Madfai's synthesis of Western guitar stylings with traditional Iraqi music has made him a popular performer in his native country and th ...

, Iraqi guitarist, singer and composer. al-Madfai's synthesis of Western guitar stylings with traditional Iraqi music has made him a popular performer in his native country and throughout the Middle East. * Rida Al Abdullah, Iraqi singer. Born in 1966 in Baghdad, Iraq. *

Acrassicauda Acrassicauda is an Iraqi thrash metal band formed in 2001 in Baghdad and currently based in Brooklyn, New York. It is often credited as the first heavy metal group to emerge from Iraq. The original band consisted of four members and played concer ...

, Iraqi thrash metal band formed in 2001. Members are Faisal Talal, Tony Aziz, Firas Al-Lateef, Marwan Riyadh and James Al Ansari (assyrian) *

, one of the most popular singers in the history of Iraq and his songs are still heard by many in the Arab world. *

Rahim AlHaj Rahim AlHaj ( ar, رحيم الحاج, born c. 1968) is an Iraqi American oud musician and composer. Early life AlHaj was born in Baghdad, Iraq and began playing the oud (an Arabic lute) at age nine. Early on, it was evident that he had a remark ...

, Iraqi American oud musician and composer. * Basim al-karbalaie * Hussam Al-Rassam * Kathem Al Saher, one of the most successful Arab singers in the Arab world *

Ashur Bet Sargis Ashur Bet Sargis ( syr, ܐܫܘܪ ܒܝܬ ܣܪܓܝܤ; born July 2, 1949) is an Assyrian singer, composer, guitarist and activist. He became famous in the Assyrian communities worldwide for his nationalistic songs in the 1970s. His career peaked, an ...

Assyrian Assyrian may refer to: * Assyrian people, the indigenous ethnic group of Mesopotamia. * Assyria, a major Mesopotamian kingdom and empire. ** Early Assyrian Period ** Old Assyrian Period ** Middle Assyrian Empire ** Neo-Assyrian Empire * Assyrian ...

singer * Jamil Bachir *

Munir Bashir Munir Bashir, ( ar, منير بشير, syr, ܡܘܢܝܪ ܒܫܝܪ) (1930 – September 28, 1997) was an Iraqi Assyrian musician and one of the most famous musicians in the Middle East during the 20th century and was considered to be the supreme m ...

Zakaria Abdulla Zakaria Abdulla (Kurdish: Zekerîya) is an Iraqi Kurdish musician. He is best known for his pop music, which combines Kurdish melodies with various popular regional music styles. Personal life Zakaria Abdulla, was born in Hêwler, Kurdistan, i ...

, Kurdish pop music star. He is one of the most popular artists in Middle East. Zakaria was born in Hawler, Kurdistan region of Iraq. *

Seta Hagopian Seta Hagopian ( ar, سيتا هاكوبيان; born July 28, 1950, in Basra, Iraq) is an Iraqi singer of Armenian origin. Her singing career began in 1968 which led to much success for she is known to be the "Warm voice of Iraq" and has been d ...

, famous Iraqi Armenian singer * Klodia Hanna, singer and model *

Shatha Hassoun Shatha Amjad Al-Hassoun ( ar, شذى أمجد الحسون; born 3 March 1981 in Casablanca, Morocco), better known as Shatha Hassoun ( ar, شذى حسون), is a Moroccan-Iraqi singer who rose to fame as the winner of the 4th season of the pan ...

''winner of Star Academy 4'' * Bashar Lulua, orchestra conductor * Majid Al Muhandis, Iraqi singer, was born in Baghdad, Iraq, and after his birth moved to live in Kuwait, Jahra Province. He lived there until the Iraqi invasion into Kuwait, and studied Engineering, hence the title Majid "Al Muhandis (المهندس)," which means "The Engineer" in Arabic. * Ahmed Mukhtar *

Beatrice Ohanessian Beatrice Ohanessian (March 15, 1927 – July 17, 2008) was an Iraqi Armenian pianist, notable for being Iraq's first concert pianist and first female composer.Combs, MarianneMusic in Baghdad: An Iraqi pioneer looks back Minnesota Public Radio. ...

(1927–2008), Iraqi pianist, notable for being Iraq's first concert pianist and first female composer.Combs, Marianne
Music in Baghdad: An Iraqi pioneer looks back
Minnesota Public Radio. Retrieved August 7, 2008. (Born in Baghdad, of

Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian Diaspora, Armenian communities across the ...

origin). * Salima Pasha (?-1974), well known Iraqi Jewish singer and dubbed as the most famous female singer since the early 1930s. She married fellow Iraqi singer and actor

. *

Hanna Petros Hanna Petros ( syr, ܚܢܐ ܦܛܪܘܣ, ar, حنا بطرس), was an Iraqi Chaldean composer and a scholar. He wrote numerous books and treatises on oriental music, Iraqi Maqams and Syriac hymnody. He also established a renowned conservatory in ...

(1896–1958), Iraqi Assyrian composer and scholar, wrote numerous books and treatises over oriental music, Iraqi Maqams and Syriac hymnody. *

Janan Sawa Janan Sawa (born 1956 in Dohuk, Iraq) ( syr, ܔܢܐܢ ܒܒܐ ܣܒ݂ܐ) is an Assyrian musician who is noted for making Assyrian folk dance. Janan started singing in 1972, at the age of 17. Janan has performed throughout the world, and has visited ...

, Iraqi Assyrian singer * Linda George, Iraqi Assyrian singer * Ashur Bet Sargis (Assyrian-Iraqi Singer) * Naseer Shamma, renowned Iraqi musician and oud player. * Nawfal Shamoun *

Salman Shukur Salman Shukur was born in 1921 in Baghdad, Iraq, where he died in 2007. He studied oud under Sherif Muheddin Haydar at the Baghdad Conservatory. Later, he became Professor of oud and the head of the Oriental Music Department at the Institute foun ...

* Motez, electronic music producer and DJ *

Sahar Taha Sahar Taha ( ar, سحر طه; 1957–2018) was an Iraqi musician and journalist living in Lebanon. She co-hosted the Lebanese programme ''Banat Hawa'' on LBC. She was known for playing the oud in both eastern and western music. Early life an ...

, singer and artist * Zaidoon Treeko (1961–),

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player, composer, and poet * Unknown to No One, boyband *

Haitham Yousif Haitham Yousif (born Haitham Abed Yousif Sadiq, ( ar, هيثم عبد يوسف صادق, syr, ܗܝܬܡ ܥܒܕ ܝܘܣܦ), November 29, 1969) is an Iraqi people, Iraqi singer, composer and songwriter. He is referred as the Prince of Love in the M ...

, popular Iraqi singer *

Mansour Zalzal Manṣūr Zalzal al-Ḍārib (منصور زلزل; died after 842 CE) or simply Zalzal, was an Iranian musician during the early Abbasid period. The renowned musician Ishaq al-Mawsili was his student; he declared Zalzal to be the most outstandin ...

Ziryab Abu l-Hasan 'Ali Ibn Nafi, better known as Ziryab, Zeryab, or Zaryab ( 789– 857) ( ar, أبو الحسن علي ابن نافع, زریاب, rtl=yes) ( fa, زَریاب ''Zaryāb''), was a singer, oud and lute player, composer, poet, and teach ...

* Tara Jaff, Iraqi Kurdish musician. She founded Zipang, a storytelling group which focuses on stories from ancient Mesopotamia.

Musicians of Iraqi descent

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Moshe Peretz Moshe Haim Peretz ( he, משה פרץ; born 10 May 1983) is an Israeli Mizrahi music pop singer-songwriter and composer. Beginning in 2013, Peretz acted as judge for the The X Factor Israel. Early life Peretz was born and raised in Tiberias, ...

(born 10 May 1983), Israeli Mizrahi Pop singer-songwriter and composer. He is also currently serving as a judge for the first season of The X Factor Israel. He was born from a Moroccan father and an Iraqi mother. *

Rami Fortis Rami Fortis ( he, רמי פורטיס, , born July 7, 1954), or simply Fortis, is an Israeli rock singer. Born in Tel Aviv, Fortis became known as a pioneer of Israeli punk rock. His debut album ''Plonter'', released in 1978, was not a commercia ...

(born July 7, 1954), or simply Fortis, Israeli rock singer. Born in Tel Aviv. Fortis is of Iraqi Jewish and Italqim origin. *

Lior Narkis Lior Narkis ( he, ליאור נרקיס; born November 8, 1976 in Holon, Israel) is an Israeli singer. Biography Lior Narkis was born in Holon. His father, David Narkis, was of Iraqi-Jewish origin. His mother Hanna Narkis, was of Serbian-Jewis ...

(born November 8, 1976 in Holon, Israel), male Israeli singer. He was born to a mixed Iraqi and Serbian Jewish family. *

Yair Dalal Yair Dalal ( he, יאיר דלאל; born 25 July 1955) is an Israeli musician of Iraqi-Jewish descent. His main instruments are the oud and the violin, and he also sings as accompaniment. He composes his own music and draws on Arab and Jewish tr ...

, is an Israeli musician of Iraqi-Jewish descent. *

Elliott Yamin Efraym Elliott Yamin ( he, אפרים אליוט ימין; born July 20, 1978) is an American singer known for his hit single " Wait for You" and for placing third on the fifth season of ''American Idol''. His self-titled album, released Marc ...

, Efraym Elliott Yamin (born July 20, 1978), American singer known for his hit single "Wait for You" and placing third on the fifth season of American Idol. Yamin was born in Los Angeles, California, to father Shaul Yamin, an Israeli Jew of Iraqi Jewish descent, and mother Claudette Goldberg Yamin, a Jewish American of Ashkenazi descent. *

Stacey Solomon Stacey Chanelle Clare Solomon-Swash (born 4 October 1989) is an English singer and television personality. She finished in third place on the sixth series of ''The X Factor'' in 2009, and won the tenth series of '' I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Ou ...

(born 4 October 1989), English singer, television presenter and reality TV star. Solomon was born in Dagenham, East London, the daughter of Fiona (née Nash), a nurse, and David Solomon, a photographer. Her father is from a Jewish family that had immigrated to England from Iraq and Poland. *

Omar Bashir (musician) Omar Bashir ( ar, عمر بشير) is an Iraqi-Hungarian musician. His father, Munir Bashir, was considered to be the supreme master of the Arab maqamat scale system. Omar Bashir was born in Budapest in 1970, and started playing the oud with ...

(born in 1970), Iraqi Hungarian Musician. His father, Munir Bashir, was considered to be the supreme master of the Arab maqamat scale system *

Robin Ghosh Robin Ghosh ( bn, রবিন ঘোষ, ur, ; 13 September 1939 – 13 February 2016) was a Pakistani-Bangladeshi playback singer and film music composer, best known for singing and composing music for Lollywood films from 1961 to 1986. Pla ...

(born 1939 in Baghdad, Iraq), Bangladeshi musician and music composer. *

Brian Elias Brian Elias (born 30 August 1948) is a British composer. Biography Brian Elias was born in Bombay, India, and has lived in the U.K. since he was thirteen years old. After studying at the Royal College of Music he undertook private studies with ...

(born 30 August 1948, Bombay, now Mumbai, India), British composer. *

Hanan Alattar Hanan Alattar is an American operatic soprano who has had an active international career in concerts and in operas since the early 2000s. She has performed with many leading opera companies and orchestras in the United States and Europe, collabor ...

, American soprano opera singer * Laith Al-Deen, German pop musician * Farida Mohammad Ali, singer *

Nora Foss al-Jabri Nora Foss al-Jabri ( ar, نورا فوز الجابري ) (born 29 January 1996 in Gjøvik, Norway) is a Norwegian singer. Beginnings She was born to an Iraqi father and an ethnic Norwegian mother. She started singing when she was eight years ...

, Norwegian child singer * Saleh and Daoud Al-Kuwaity *

Inbar Bakal Inbar Bakal ( he, ענבר באקל) is an Israeli singer and songwriter. Her debut album ''Song of Songs'' produced by Carmen Rizzo, is a mix of Western classical, Arabic and Israeli music. Bakal now resides in Los Angeles. Early life Born an ...

, Israeli singer-songwriter of mixed Iraqi and Yemeni descent. *

Bruno Coulais Bruno Coulais (born 13 January 1954) is a French composer, most widely known for his music on film soundtracks. Life and career Coulais was born in Paris; his father, Farth Coulais, is from Vendée, and his mother, Bernsy Coulais, was born in ...

, composer *

Amir ElSaffar Amir ElSaffar (born 1977 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American jazz trumpeter and vocalist. His compositions combine jazz, classical, and traditional Arabic music. Biography ElSaffar was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1977. His mother, Ruth Antho ...

, Israeli rock singer (Iraqi/Italian ancestry) *

, musician * Juliana Jendo, singer * Klodia Hanna, singer *

, singer *

Lowkey Kareem Dennis (born 23 May 1986), better known by his stage name Lowkey, is a British rapper and activist from London. He first became known through a series of mixtapes he released before he was 18, before taking a hiatus from the music bus ...

, British-Iraqi rapper * Narcy, ''Iraqi-Canadian rapper'' *

Aida Nadeem Aida Nadeem ( ar, عايدا نديم; born 1965 in Baghdad, Iraq) is an Iraqi musician living in Denmark. Early career As a child, Aida, began to sing, dance and write poetry. With interest in classical music, at the age of twelve, she began ...

, Iraqi-Danish musician *

Esma Redžepova Esma Redžepova-Teodosievska ( mk, Есма Реџепова-Теодосиевска, ; 8 August 1943 – 11 December 2016) was a Macedonian Romani vocalist, songwriter and humanitarian. Because of her prolific repertoire, which included hund ...

, Romani Macedonian vocalist, songwriter, and humanitarian. Her grandfather was an Iraqi Jew. *

Shlomo Shlomo (, Polish: Szlomo, Szlama, Szlamek, Szloma), meaning "peaceable", is a common Hebrew male given name. The following individuals are often referred to only by the name Shlomo: * Solomon, king of ancient Israel, according to various religio ...

, human beatbox and member of UK-hip hop act,

Foreign Beggars Foreign Beggars were an English hip hop and dubstep group. Since their formation in 2002, the group's trajectory had seen them evolve from an underground hip hop group to an electronic crossover act. The group consisted of four artists individ ...

TIMZ Thomas Hanna, known by his stage name Timz, is an Iraqi- American rapper of Assyrian descent best known for his song "Iraq". His debut album is entitled ''Open for Business''. Born in San Diego, California to Iraqi parents from Baghdad, Iraq, ...

Iraqi-American rapper * Naufalle Al Wahab, musician and rapper, founded the band Aïw

appeared on

The Dictator (soundtrack) ''Music from the Motion Picture The Dictator'' is the soundtrack to Larry Charles's 2012 film '' The Dictator''. It was released on May 8, 2012 via (the fictional) Aladeen Records. The majority of the songs are sung in Wadiyan despite it being a f ...

* Wamid Al Wahab, musician, founded the band Aïw

*

Daron Malakian Daron Malakian (born July 18, 1975) is an Armenian-American musician. He is best known as the guitarist, songwriter, and second vocalist of metal band System of a Down, and as the lead vocalist, lead guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, and songwrit ...

(born July 18, 1975), Armenian-American singer-songwriter. *

Roni Dalumi Roni Dalumi (or Daloomi, he, רוני דלומי; born ) is an Israeli singer-songwriter and actress. She is the winner of the singing competition show ''Kochav Nolad 7'' in 2009. She starred in the original Israeli series ''Euphoria (Israeli TV ...

(born September 15, 1991), Israeli singer, won the final of Kochav Nolad 7 contest in August 2009 * Darin or Darin Zanyar (born June 2, 1987 in Stockholm, Sweden), more commonly known as Darin, a Swedish, Kurdish pop singer and songwriter of Kurdish descent. *

Loris Ohannes Chobanian Loris Ohannes Chobanian (born April 17, 1933) is an American-Armenian composer of classical music, conductor, and guitar and lute teacher and performer. He served as Professor of Composition as well as Composer-in-Residence at Baldwin-Wallace Colle ...

(born April 17, 1933 to Armenian parents in Mosul, Iraq), accomplished Armenian-American composer of classical music. *

Khyam Allami Khyam Allami (born 1981 in Damascus, Syria)Khyam Allami, official biography
(fro ...

Patriarchs

* Ignatius Antony I Samheri (1801 - 1864) Patriarch of the Syriac Catholic Church from 1853 to 1864

Physicians and surgeons

* Abdulahad AbdulNour physician, humanitarian, elected to Council of Representatives of Iraq in 1937 and 1947. * Hanna Khayat * Munjed Al Muderis Iraqi born Australian Orthopaedic surgeon pioneering Robotic Limb technology for amputees. *

Bukhtishu The Bukhtīshūʿ (or Boḵtīšūʿ) were a family of either Persian or Nestorian Christian physicians from the 7th, 8th, and 9th centuries, spanning six generations and 250 years. The Middle Persian-Syriac name which can be found as early as at ...

, Assyrian physician *

Esagil-kin-apli Esagil-kin-apli was the ''ummânū'', or chief scholar, of Babylonian king Adad-apla-iddina, 1067–1046 BCE, as he appears on the Uruk ''List of Sages and Scholars'' (165 BCE)W 20030,7 the Seleucid ''List of Sages and Scholars'', obverse line 16, r ...

, Babylonian ''ummânū'', or chief scholar, author of the Diagnostic Handbook, ''Sakikkū'' (SA.GIG) * Ibn Hubal *

(Hunayn bar Ishaq), Assyrian Physician *

* Yuhanna Ibn Masawaih (Yuhanna Bit Msawaih), Assyrian physician * Ibn Kammuna Sa'd ibn Mansur (Izz Al-dawla) Ibn Kammuna (d.1284), 13th Century Jewish physician, philosopher and critic of Islam who lived under the rule of the Mongols in Baghdad.

Politicians

* Thabit AbdulNour, Iraqi Politician, member of the Council of Representatives of Iraq in 1925 and 1930, diplomat *

Sinan Al Shabibi Sinan Al-Shabibi ( ar, سنان الشبيبي; 1 July 1941 – 8 January 2022) was an Iraqi economist who served as the governor of the Central Bank of Iraq from September 2003 to October 2012. Early life and education Born in Baghdad on 1 J ...

, Iraqi economist who served as the governor of the Central Bank of Iraq from September 2003 to October 2012. *

Nuri al-Said Nuri Pasha al-Said CH (December 1888 – 15 July 1958) ( ar, نوري السعيد) was an Iraqi politician during the British mandate in Iraq and the Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq. He held various key cabinet positions and served eight terms as ...

(1888–July 15, 1958), Iraqi politician during the British Mandate and during the Kingdom of Iraq. He served in various key cabinet positions, and served seven terms as Prime Minister of Iraq. *

Sharif Ali bin al-Hussein Sharif Ali Bin al-Hussein ( ar, الشريف علي بن الحسين; 1956 – 14 March 2022) was the leader of the Iraqi Constitutional Monarchy political party and claimed to be the legitimate heir to the position of King of Iraq, based on ...

, was born in 1956, in Baghdad, Iraq. He is currently the leader of the Iraqi Constitutional Monarchy political party and claims to be the legitimate heir to the position of King of Iraq, based on his relationship to the last monarch, the late King Faisal II. *

'Abd al-Ilah 'Abd al-Ilah of Hejaz, ( ar, عبد الإله; also written Abdul Ilah or Abdullah; 14 November 1913 – 14 July 1958) was a cousin and brother-in-law of King Ghazi of the Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq and was regent for his first-cousin once r ...

(14 November 1913 – 14 July 1958), cousin and brother-in-law of King Ghazi of the Kingdom of Iraq. *

Faisal II of Iraq Faisal II ( ar, الملك فيصل الثاني ''el-Melik Faysal es-Sânî'') (2 May 1935 – 14 July 1958) was the last King of Iraq. He reigned from 4 April 1939 until July 1958, when he was killed during the 14 July Revolution. This regici ...

(2 May 1935 – 14 July 1958), last King of Iraq. He reigned from 4 April 1939 until July 1958, when he was murdered during the 14 July Revolution together with numerous members of his family. *

Ghazi of Iraq Ghazi ibn Faisal ( ar, غازي ابن فيصل, Gâzî ibn-i Faysal) (21 March 1912 – 4 April 1939) was the King of Iraq from 1933 to 1939 having been briefly Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Syria in 1920. He was born in Mecca, the only son ...

(2 May 1912 – 4 April 1939), King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq from 1933 to 1939 having been briefly Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Syria in 1920. He was born in Mecca (in present-day Saudi Arabia), the only son of Faisal I, the first King of Iraq. * Faisal I of Iraq (20 May 1885 – 8 September 1933), King of the Arab Kingdom of Syria or Greater Syria in 1920, and was King of Iraq from 23 August 1921 to 1933. He was a member of the Hashemite dynasty. *

Huzaima bint Nasser Huzaima bint Nasser (1884 – 27 March 1935) was an Arabian princess, Sharifa of Mecca. She was Queen of Syria and then Queen of Iraq by marriage to Faisal I of Iraq, and queen mother during the reign of her son. Biography Her father was Amir ...

(1884–1935), Arabian princess, Sharifa of Mecca. She married the King Faisal I, son of the Sharif of Mecca and became queen of Iraq from 1921 to 1933. *

Aliya bint Ali Aliya bint Ali of Hejaz (1911 – 21 December 1950), was an Arabian princess and a queen consort of Iraq. She was the spouse and first cousin of King Ghazi of Iraq and the queen mother of King Faisal II of Iraq. She was the second and last Quee ...

(1911–December 21, 1950), Arabian princess and a queen consort of Iraq. She was the spouse of king Ghazi of Iraq and the queen mother of Faisal II of Iraq. She was the last queen of Iraq. *

Abd al-Rahman al-Bazzaz Abd al-Rahman al-Bazzaz (Arabic: عبد الرحمن البزاز; 20 February 1913 – 28 June 1973) was an Iraqi politician, reformist and writer. He was a pan-Arab nationalist and served as the Dean of Baghdad Law College and later as Prime M ...

(1913–1973), politician, reformist, and writer. He was a pan-Arab nationalist and served as the Dean of Baghdad Law College and later as Prime Minister of Iraq. *

Arshad al-Umari Arshad Pasha al-Umari ( ar, أرشد العمري; 8 April 1888 – 4 November 1978) was an Iraqi statesman from the ancient al-Omari family. Youth Arshad al-Umari was born in Mosul, Iraq on 8 April 1888 when his father was Mayor of Mosul. He ...

, was born in Mosul, Iraq on April 8, 1888. He was the 28th and 41st Prime Minister of Iraq. * Naji al-Suwaydi (1882–1942), Iraqi politician who served as Prime Minister from November 1929 to March 1930. * Talib Al-Naqib, known Iraqi politician, who became the first Minister of Interior in Iraq * Khudayer Abbas *

Izzat Ibrahim ad-Douri Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri ( ar, عزة إبراهيم الدوري, Izzat Ibrāhīm ad-Dūrī; 1 July 1942 – 25 October 2020) was an Iraqi politician and Army Field Marshal. He served as Vice Chairman of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council u ...

* Haidar al-Abbadi *

Ali Jawdat al-Aiyubi Ali Jawdat al-Ayoubi (Arabic: علي جودت الأيوبي; November 11, 1886 – March 3, 1969) was Prime Minister of Iraq from 1934–1935, 1949–1950, and in the latter half of 1957. His father was of Kurdish origin and his mother ...

* Mohammed A. Aldouri *

Iyad Allawi Ayad Allawi ( ar, إيَاد عَلَّاوِي ; born 31 May 1944) is an Iraqi politician. He served as the vice president of Iraq from 2014 to 2015 and 2016 to 2018. Previously he was interim prime minister of Iraq from 2004 to 2005 and the ...

* Alaudin Abdul-Saheb al-Alwan *

Jafar al-Askari Ja'far Pasha al-Askari ( ar, جعفر العسكري; 15 September 1885 – 29 October 1936) served twice as prime minister of Iraq: from 22 November 1923 to 3 August 1924; and from 21 November 1926 to 31 December 1927. Al-Askari served in th ...

(September 15, 1885 – October 29, 1936), served twice as prime minister of Iraq: from November 22, 1923, to August 3, 1924; and from November 21, 1926, to December 31, 1927. * Nori al-Badran *

Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr ' (1 July 1914 – 4 October 1982) was the fourth president of Iraq, from 17 July 1968 to 16 July 1979. He was a leading member of the revolutionary Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party and later the Baghdad-based Ba'ath Party and ...

* Ahmed al-Barak *

Abd ar-Rahman al-Bazzaz Abd al-Rahman al-Bazzaz (Arabic: عبد الرحمن البزاز; 20 February 1913 – 28 June 1973) was an Iraqi politician, reformist and writer. He was a pan-Arab nationalist and served as the Dean of Baghdad Law College and later as Prime ...

Naseer al-Chaderchi Naseer Kamel al-Chaderchi was a member of the Interim Iraq Governing Council, created following the United States's 2003 invasion of Iraq. al-Chaderchi is a Sunni Muslim and the leader of the National Democratic Party. A resident of Baghdad, al-C ...

* Kamil Mubdir al-Gailani * Ali Faik al-Ghadban * Mohammed Shakir al-Ghanam * Mahdi al-Hafidh * Ali Al-Haidri *

Abdul Aziz al-Hakim Ayatollah Abdul Aziz al-Hakim ( ; ar, سید عبد العزيز الحكيم; 1952 – 26 August 2009) was an Iraqi theologian and politician and the leader of Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, a party that has approximately 5% support in the ...

* Abdul Razak al-Hashimi * Aqila al-Hashimi *

Yasin al-Hashimi Yasin al-Hashimi, born Yasin Hilmi Salman ( ar, ياسين الهاشمي‎; 1884 – 21 January 1937), was an Iraqi politician who twice served as the prime minister. Like many of Iraq's early leaders, al-Hashimi served as a military office ...

Taha al-Hashimi Taha al-Hashimi (Arabic: طه الهاشمي ;1961–1888) served briefly as prime minister of Iraq for two months, from February 1, 1941, to April 1, 1941. He was appointed prime minister by the regent, 'Abd al-Ilah, following the first ouster o ...

Hajim al-Hassani Hajim Mahdi Saleh al-Hassani ( ar, حاجم مهدي صالح الحسني; born 1954 in Kirkuk) to a prominent family is an Iraqi politician and was the speaker of the Iraqi National Assembly under the Iraqi Transitional Government. A moderate ...

Ibrahim al-Jaafari Ibrahim Abd al-Karim al-Eshaiker ( ar, إبراهيم عبد الكريم الأشيقر; born 25 March 1947), also known as Ibrahim al-Jaafari, is an Iraqi politician who was Prime Minister of Iraq in the Iraqi Transitional Government from 200 ...

* Mofeed Mohammed Jawad al-Jazaeri *

Rashid Ali al-Kaylani Rashid Ali al-Gaylaniin Arab standard pronunciation Rashid Aali al-Kaylani; also transliterated as Sayyid Rashid Aali al-Gillani, Sayyid Rashid Ali al-Gailani or sometimes Sayyad Rashid Ali el Keilany (" Sayyad" serves to address higher standing ...

Abd ar-Rahman al-Haydari al-Kaylani Qutb-ul Aqtaab Naqib Al Ashraaf Syed Abd ar-Rahman al-Qadri al Gillani ( ar, عبد الرحمن الكيلاني النقيب; 11 January 1841 – 13 June 1927) was the first prime minister of Iraq, and its head of state. Al Gillani was chosen ...

* Salama al-Khufaji * Raja Habib al-Khuzaai *

Pascal Esho Warda Pascale Isho Warda ( syr, ܦܐܣܟܐܠ ܐܝܫܘ ܘܪܕܐ) was the Minister of Immigration and Refugees in the Iraqi Interim Government. Career An Assyrian Christian, Warda was born in 1961 in the city of Nohadra. She later was exiled to France, ...

* Ali Abdul-Amir Allawi *

Ali Hassan al-Majid Ali Hassan Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti ( ar, علي حسن عبد المجيد التكريت, ʿAlī Ḥasan ʿAbd al-Majīd al-Tikrītī; 30 November 1941 – 25 January 2010), nicknamed Chemical Ali ( ar, علي الكيمياوي, ʿAlī al-Kīm ...

* Sami Izara al-Majoun *

Nouri al-Maliki Nouri Kamil Muhammad-Hasan al-Maliki ( ar, نوري المالكي; born 20 June 1950), also known as Jawad al-Maliki (), is secretary-general of the Islamic Dawa Party and was the prime minister of Iraq from 2006 to 2014 and the vice president ...

* Naziha al-Dulaimi *

Jamil al-Midfai Jamil Al Midfai (Arabic: جميل المدفعي; (1958 – 1890)) was an Iraqi politician. He served as the country's prime minister on five separate occasions. Biography Born in the town of Mosul, Midfai served in the Ottoman army during Wo ...

* Abdel-Karim Mahoud al-Mohammedawi * Rashid al-Rifai *

Mowaffak al-Rubaie Mowaffak Baker al-Rubaie (alternative transliterations Muwaffaq al Rubaie and Muwaffaq al-Rubay'i) ( ar, موفق الربيعي, Muwaffaq ar-Rubayʿī) is an Iraqi politician, and was Iraq National Security Advisor in the government of Prime Minis ...

Muqtada al-Sadr Muqtada al-Sadr ( ar, مقتدى الصدر, Muqtadā aṣ-Ṣadr; born 4 August 1974) is an Iraqi politician and militia leader. He is the leader of the Sadrist Movement and the leader of the Peace Companies, a successor to the militia he had p ...

Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf ( ar, محمد سعيد الصحاف '; born 30 July 1937) is an Iraqi former diplomat and politician. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1992 to 2001. He came to worldwide prominence around the 2003 invasio ...

* Ayham al-Samaraie *

Hussain al-Shahristani Hussain Ibrahim Saleh al-Shahristani (born 1942) is an Iraqi politician who served in different cabinet posts, including as Iraq's Minister of Higher Education. Early life and education al-Shahristani was born in 1942 in Karbala, Iraq. He hail ...

* Hashim Abdul-Rahman al-Shibli *

Tawfiq al-Suwaidi Tawfiq al-Suwaidi ( ar, توفيق السويدي; 11 May 1892 – 15 October 1968) was an Iraqi politician who served as the prime minister of Iraq on three occasions stretching from 1929 to 1950. Early life and education Al-Suwaidi was born in B ...

(1892–October 15, 1968), Iraqi politician who served as Prime Minister of Iraq on three occasions stretching from 1929 to 1950. * Abd al-Muhsin as-Sa'dun (1879–November 13, 1929), Iraqi politician who served as Prime Minister of Iraq on four separate occasions between 1922 and 1929. * Sultan Hashim Ahmad al-Tai * Rafi' Dahham Al-Tikriti, Chief Iraqi Intelligence Service * Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti *

Sabawi Ibrahim al-Tikriti Sabawi Ibrahim al-Tikriti ( ar, سبعاوي إبراهيم التكريتي; 27 February 1947 – 8 July 2013), half-brother of Saddam Hussein, was the leader of the Iraqi secret service, the ''Mukhabarat'', at the time of the 1991 Gulf War. He w ...

Watban Ibrahim al-Tikriti Watban Ibrahim al-Nasiri ( ar, وطبان إبراهيم الناصري‎; 1952 – 13 August 2015) was a senior Interior Minister of Iraq. He was the half-brother of Saddam Hussein and the brother of Barzan al-Tikriti. He was taken into co ...

Mohammed Bahr al-Uloum Ayatollah Sayyid Mohammad Bahr al-Uloom ( ar, محمد بحر العلوم‎; 17 December 1927 – 7 April 2015) was a Twelver Shi'a Islamic leader and politician in Iraq, who served as the President of the Governing Council of Iraq ( 43rd ...

* Ibrahim Mohamed Bahr al-Uloum *

Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawar ( ar, غازي مشعل عجيل الياور, born 1958) is an Iraqi politician. He was the vice president under the Iraqi Transitional Government in 2006, and was interim president of Iraq under the Iraqi Interim Gov ...

* Dara Noor Alzin *

Abdul Rahman Arif Hajj ʿAbd al-Rahman Mohammed ʿArif al-Jumayli ( ar, عبد الرحمن محمد عارف الجميلي, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ʿĀrif; 14 April 191624 August 2007) was a career soldier and the third president of Iraq from 16 April 1966 to 17 Ju ...

* Abdul Salam Arif *

Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i Muhammad Najib Ar-Ruba'i ( ar, محمد نجيب الربيعي) (also spelled Al-Rubai) (1904–1965) was the first president of Iraq (Chairman of Sovereignty Council), from July 14, 1958 to February 8, 1963. Together with Abdul Karim Qassi ...

* Abd al-Muhsin as-Sa'dun *

Nuri as-Said Nuri Pasha al-Said CH (December 1888 – 15 July 1958) ( ar, نوري السعيد) was an Iraqi politician during the British mandate in Iraq and the Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq. He held various key cabinet positions and served eight terms as ...

* Zeyad Abdul-Razzaq Mohammed Aswad *

Tariq Aziz Tariq Aziz ( ar, طارق عزيز , 28 April 1936 – 5 June 2015) was an Iraqi politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and a close advisor of President Saddam Hussein. Their association began in the 1950s wh ...

, Mikhail Yuhanna baptized Manuel Christo; born 28 April 1936, was the Foreign Minister (1983–1991) and Deputy Prime Minister (1979 – 2003) of Iraq and a close advisor of former President Saddam Hussein. He is in fact an ethnic Assyrian, and a member of the Chaldean Catholic Church. *

Salaheddine Bahaaeddin Salahaddin Mohammed Bahaaddin Sadiq ( ku, سەڵاحەدین محەممەد بەهائەدین / Arabic: صلاح الدین محمد بهاء الدین) is a Kurdish Iraqi politician, (born July 1, 1950) in Tawela, a town referring to Halabja.H ...

Massoud Barzani Masoud Barzani ( ku, ,مه‌سعوود بارزانی, translit=Mesûd Barzanî}; born 16 August 1946) is a Kurdish politician who has been leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) since 1979, and was President of the Kurdistan Region of ...

* Nesreen Mustafa Sidiq Berwari *

Ahmed Chalabi Ahmed Abdel Hadi Chalabi ( ar, أحمد عبد الهادي الجلبي; 30 October 1945 – 3 November 2015) was an Iraqi politician, a founder of the Iraqi National Congress (INC) who served as the President of the Governing Council of ...

(born 30 October 1944), Iraqi politician. He was interim oil minister in Iraq. * Sondul Chapouk *

Sassoon Eskell Sir Sassoon Eskell, Order of the British Empire, KBE (17 March 1860 – 31 August 1932) was an Iraqi statesman and financier. Also known as Sassoon Effendi (from Turkish Efendi, a title meaning Lord), he was regarded in Iraq as the Father of Pa ...

* Ali Fadel * Aras Habib *

Mohsen Abdel Hamid Mohsen Abdel Hamid (born 1937 ar, محسن عبد الحميد) is an Iraqi politician and Islamic scholar who was a member of the Interim Iraq Governing Council (president, February 2004), created following the United States's 2003 invasion of ...

Hussein Kamel al-Majid Colonel General Hussein Kamel Hassan al-Majid ( ar, حسين كامل حسن المجيد) ( 1954 – 23 February 1996) was the son-in-law and second cousin of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. He defected to Jordan and assisted United Nations S ...

Hatem Kamil Hatem Kamil Abdul Fatah (died November 1, 2004) was the deputy governor of Iraq's Baghdad Governorate. Hatem Kamil was assassination, assassinated by gunmen at 7.47am in a drive-by shooting in Baghdad, in the southern district of Dura, while on h ...

* Abdul-Rahman Sidiq Kareem * Lamiya Abed Khadawi * Mohammed Jassem Khudair * Wael Abdul Latif * Samir Shakir Mahmoud * Abdul-Wahab Mirjan *

Hamid Majid Mousa Hamid Majid Mousa ( ar, حميد مجيد موسى) is the Secretary General of the Iraqi Communist Party. He was a member of the Interim Iraq Governing Council created following the United States's 2003 invasion of Iraq, and previously currentl ...

* Rashad Mandan Omar * Mahmoud Othman *

Adnan Pachachi Adnan al-Pachachi or Adnan Muzahim Ameen al-Pachachi ( ar, عدنان الباجه جي) (14 May 1923 – 17 November 2019) was a veteran Iraqi and Emirati politician and diplomat. Pachachi was Iraq's Permanent Representative to the United Nation ...

* Behnam Zayya Polis * Abdul Karim Qassim * Mohammed Tawfik Raheem * Abdul-Ameer Abboud Rahima *

Taha Yassin Ramadan Taha Yasin Ramadan al-Jizrawi ( ar, طه ياسين رمضان الجزراوي; (1939 – 20 March 2007) was an Iraqi politician and military officer of Kurdish origin, who served as one of the three vice presidents of Iraq from March 1991 to t ...

* Abdul-Latif Rashid *

Naji Sabri Naji Sabri Ahmad Al-Hadithi ( ar, ناجي صبري أحمد الحديثي) (born 1951) served as the Iraqi Foreign Minister under Saddam Hussein in the lead-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Background Sabri was a professor of English literatur ...

Barham Salih Barham Salih ( ku, بەرھەم ساڵح, Berhem Salih; ar, برهم صالح; born 12 September 1960) is an Iraqi Kurdish politician who served as the eighth president of Iraq from 2018 to 2022. He is the former prime minister of the Kurdist ...

Ezzedine Salim Ezzedine Salim ( ar, عز الدين سليم), also known as Abdelzahra Othman Mohammed (23 March 1943 – 17 May 2004, عبد الزهراء عثمان محمد), was an Iraqi politician, author, educator, Islamist theorist and one of the leadin ...

* David Sassoon * Talib Shabib * Naji Shawkat *

Bakr Sidqi Bakr Sidqi al-Askari (; 1890 – 11 August 1937) was an Iraqi general of Kurdish origin, born in 1890 in Kirkuk and assassinated on 11 August 1937, at Mosul. Early life Bakr Sidqi was born to Kurdish family either in ‘Askar,Edmund Ghareeb, ...

* Bayan Baqir Solagh * Hikmat Sulayman *

Jalal Talabani Jalal Talabani ( ku, مام جەلال تاڵەبانی, translit=Celal Talebanî; ar, جلال طالباني ; 1933 – 3 October 2017) was an Iraqi Kurdish politician who served as the sixth president of Iraq from 2006 to 2014, as well as ...

* Abdul-Basit Turki * Haitham Rashid Wihaib *

Hoshyar Zebari Hoshyar Mahmud Mohammed Zebari, also simply known as Hoshyar Zebari (also spelled ''Hoshyar Zebari/Zibari'', Kurdish: ''Hişyar Zêbarî''; born 23 September 1953) is an Iraqi politician who formerly served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq in ...

* Mohammed Amza Zubeidi * Jalal Dabagh * Aiham Alsammarae, Iraqi politician who served as Minister of Electricity from August 2003 until May 2005. * Rend al-Rahim Francke (born 1949), Iraqi political activist. She held the position as Iraqi ambassador to the United States. She is considered to be a secularist trying to enable Iraq to transition to a liberal democratic model.

Politicians of Iraqi descent

Faris Al-Rawi Faris Al-Rawi is a Trinidadian and Tobagonian politician. He was the former Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago from 2015 to 2022. He is also a Member of the House of Representatives for the constituency of San Fernando West. Early life ...

(born 2 May 1971), Trinidadian politician and a member of the

People's National Movement The People's National Movement (PNM) is the longest-serving and oldest active political party in Trinidad and Tobago. The party has dominated national and local politics for much of Trinidad and Tobago's history, contesting all elections sinc ...

, also Member of Parliament (MP) for

San Fernando West San Fernando West is a parliamentary electoral district in comprising the western part of the city of San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago. It came into effect in time for the 1956 Trinidad and Tobago general election. Members of Parliament This c ...

and Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago since 2015. Born in San Fernando to a Trinidadian mother and Iraqi father. *

Sir Philip Sassoon, 3rd Baronet Sir Philip Albert Gustave David Sassoon, 3rd Baronet, (4 December 1888 – 3 June 1939) was a British politician, art collector, and socialite, entertaining many celebrity guests at his homes, Port Lympne Mansion, Kent, and Trent Park, North Lond ...

(4 December 1888 – 3 June 1939), British politician, art collector and social host. Sassoon was a member of the prominent Jewish Sassoon family and Rothschild family. His father was Sir Edward Albert Sassoon, 2nd Baronet. His sister was Sybil Sassoon, who married the Marquess of Cholmondeley. He was a cousin of the war poet Siegfried Sassoon. *

Maurice Saatchi, Baron Saatchi Maurice Nathan Saatchi, Baron Saatchi ( ar, موريس ساعتجي ; born 21 June 1946) is a British-Iraqi businessman, and with his brother, Charles, co-founder of the advertising agencies Saatchi & Saatchi and M&C Saatchi. Early life Maur ...

(born 21 June 1946), Iraqi-British politician and founder of the advertising agencies Saatchi and Saatchi and M&C Saatchi. *

Andrew Rohan Andrew Baijan Rohan (born 30 June 1948 in Iraq), an Australian politician of Assyrian descent, was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Smithfield for the Liberal Party from 2011 to 2015. Early years and backgroun ...

, MP (born 1948 in Iraq), Australian politician, is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Smithfield for the Liberal Party of Australia since 2011 *

Nadhim Zahawi Nadhim Zahawi ( ar, ناظم الزهاوي, translit=Nāẓim az-Zahāwī; ku, نەدیم زەهاوی, translit=Nedîm Zehawî; born 2 June 1967) is an Iraqi-born British politician serving as Chairman of the Conservative Party and Minister ...

, British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stratford-on-Avon since 2010. *

Aryeh Bibi Aryeh Bibi ( he, אריה ביבי, born 28 April 1943) is an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Kadima between 2009 and 2013. Biography Born in Baghdad in Iraq in 1943, Bibi made aliyah to Israel in 1950. He started h ...

(born 28 April 1943 in Baghdad, Iraq), Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Kadima between 2009 and 2013. * Anood Al-Samerai, British Southwark councillor for the Liberal Democrats. (Born to an Iraqi father and British mother). *

Binyamin Ben-Eliezer Binyamin "Fuad" Ben-Eliezer (, he, בנימין "פואד" בן אליעזר; 12 February 1936 – 28 August 2016) was an Iraqi-born Israeli politician and general. He served as a member of the Knesset between 1984 and 2014, and held several min ...

, Israeli politician and former soldier, the first Iraqi Jew to lead the

Israeli Labor Party The Israeli Labor Party ( he, מִפְלֶגֶת הָעֲבוֹדָה הַיִּשְׂרְאֵלִית, ), commonly known as HaAvoda ( he, הָעֲבוֹדָה, , The Labor), is a social democratic and Zionist political party in Israel. The p ...

. * José Murat Casab, born to Iraqi immigrants, Mexican politician and a member of the

Institutional Revolutionary Party The Institutional Revolutionary Party ( es, Partido Revolucionario Institucional, ; abbr. PRI) is a political party in Mexico that was founded in 1929 and held uninterrupted power in the country for 71 years, from 1929 to 2000, first as the Nati ...

also former

Governor of Oaxaca The governor of Oaxaca (officially in Spanish ''Gobernador Constitucional del Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca'', in English ''Constitutional Governor of the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca''), who is Alejandro Murat Hinojosa, heads the exec ...

. *

Ra'anan Cohen Ra'anan Cohen ( he, רענן כהן, born 28 February 1941) is a former Israeli politician who served as a government minister during the early 2000s. Biography Born in Baghdad in Iraq, Cohen made aliyah in 1951. During his youth he was a counse ...

, former Israeli politician who served as a government minister during the early 2000s. *

Ran Cohen Ran Cohen ( he, רן כהן, born 20 June 1937) is an Israeli politician and former Knesset member for Meretz. Background Born Said Cohen in Baghdad, Iraq, Cohen was 13 years old when he immigrated to Israel through Iran. He hebraized his first ...

, Israeli politician and

member for Meretz-Yachad. (Born in Baghdad to Iraqi parents) *

Saad Hariri Saad El-Din Rafik Al-Hariri ( ar, سعد الدين رفيق الحريري, translit=Saʿd ad-Dīn Rafīq al-Ḥarīrī; born 18 April 1970) is a Lebanese-Saudi politician who served as the prime minister of Lebanon from 2009 to 2011 and 2016 ...

, Lebanese Legislator (2005–), son of

and an Iraqi mother. *

Dalia Itzik Dalia Itzik ( he, דליה איציק ''Dalya Itsik''; born 20 October 1952) is a former Israeli politician who last served as a member of the Knesset for Kadima. She has previously served in several ministerial positions, and on 4 May 2006 beca ...

, Israeli politician affiliated with the

Kadima Kadima ( he, קדימה, lit=''Forward'') was a centrist and liberal political party in Israel. It was established on 24 November 2005 by moderates from Likud largely following the implementation of Ariel Sharon's unilateral disengagement pl ...

party. She took office as the first female speaker of the

on 4 May 2006. *

David Saul Marshall David Saul Marshall (12 March 1908 – 12 December 1995), born David Saul Mashal, was a Singaporean lawyer and politician who served as Chief Minister of Singapore from 1955 until his resignation in 1956, after his delegation to London regarding ...

, the leader of the Singapore

Labour Front The Labour Front is a defunct political party in Singapore that operated from 1955 to 1960. History The Labour Front was founded to contest the 1955 legislative elections by David Saul Marshall, Singapore's first chief minister and Lim Yew Ho ...

and became the first

Chief Minister A chief minister is an elected or appointed head of government of – in most instances – a sub-national entity, for instance an administrative subdivision or federal constituent entity. Examples include a state (and sometimes a union terri ...

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bor ...

in 1955, born into an Orthodox Jewish family of Iraqi ancestry in Singapore. * Eliyahu Navi, mayor of Beersheba, Israel, born in Basra. *

Ebrahim Daoud Nonoo Ebrahim Daoud Nonoo ( ar, إبراهيم داوود نونو, he, אברהם דוד נונו, also known as Abraham David Nonoo, born: 1960 ) is a Bahraini businessman. He sat in the appointed upper house of the Bahraini Parliament's Shura Counc ...

, former member of the National Assembly of Bahrain and currently the CEO of the Basma. * Houda Nonoo, politician and current Bahraini Ambassador to the United States, of Iraqi Jewish origin. * Anna Eshoo, U.S. Representative for California's 14th congressional district, serving since 1993, a member of the Democratic Party, the only member of Congress of Assyrian descent. *

Esabelle Dingizian Esabelle Dingizian ( hy, Իզապէլ Տինկիզեան; 16 September 1962) is a Swedish Green Party politician. She has been a member of the Riksdag since 2006. She served as Third Deputy Speaker of the Riksdag from 2014 to 2018. Early life D ...

(born in Baghdad in 1962), Swedish Green Party politician, member of the Riksdag since 2006. *

Murad Artin Murad Artin ( arm, Մուրադ Արթին, ar, مراد أرتين; born 6 January 1960 in Iraq) is a Swedish-Armenian politician and Left Party member who worked in the Riksdag The Riksdag (, ; also sv, riksdagen or ''Sveriges rik ...

(born 6 January 1960 in Iraq), Swedish politician and Left Party member who worked in the Riksdag from 1998 to 2002 *

Les Gara Leslie S. Gara (born February 6, 1963) is a Democratic former member of the Alaska House of Representatives, having represented the 23rd district from 2003 to 2019. Gara is also a former assistant attorney general and part owner of a local resta ...

, Democratic member of the Alaska House of Representatives, representing the 23rd District since 2003. *

Franso Hariri Franso Toma Hariri ( syr, ܦܪܢܣܘ ܚܪܝܪܝ; 1937 – February 18, 2001), was a Iraqi Assyrian politician, and a high-ranking and long-standing Kurdistan Democratic Party member and head of the KDP block of the Kurdistan Region Parliament. ...

(1937–February 18, 2001), Assyrian politician, high ranking and long-standing Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iraq member and head of the KDP block of Iraqi Kurdistan National Assembly. * Fawzi Hariri (1958 Arbil, Iraq), Iraq's Minister of Industry and Minerals, sworn in on May 20, 2006. *

David Marshall (Singaporean politician) David Saul Marshall (12 March 1908 – 12 December 1995), born David Saul Mashal, was a Singaporean lawyer and politician who served as Chief Minister of Singapore from 1955 until his resignation in 1956, after his delegation to London regarding ...

(12 March 1908 – 12 December 1995), politician and lawyer from Singapore who served as Singapore's first Chief Minister from 1955 to 1956. Born into an Orthodox Jewish family descended from Indian Baghdadi Jews in Singapore. *

Sports personalities

Bassim Abbas Bassim Abbas Gatea Al-Ogaili ( ar, باسم عباس كاطع العجيلي; born 1 July 1982) is an Iraqi former professional footballer who last played for Al-Shorta. Career statistics International :''Scores and results list Iraq's goa ...

, footballer * Gezi Cohen (born 1938), Israeli Olympic weightlifter * Fareed Lafta (Arabic:, فريد لفتة), Iraqi pilot and athlete, the first qualified cosmonaut from Iraq, and has appeared in Guinness World Records for participating in the first skydive above Mount Everest. *

Ali Adnan Kadhim Ali Adnan Kadhim Al-Tameemi ( ar, علي عدنان كاظم التميمي; born 19 December 1993) is an Iraqi professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Russian club Rubin Kazan and the Iraq national team. Adnan has played at the ...

, Iraqi footballer who plays as a left back for the Vancouver Whitecaps of Major League Soccer (MLS). Adnan was the 2013 Asian Young Footballer of the Year and often referred to as "Asia's Gareth Bale.” * Haidar Abdul-Razzaq, footballer * Yaser Kasim, Yaser was born 10 May 1991 in Baghdad. He is an Iraqi footballer who plays as Midfielder for Swindon Town F.C. in English League One. * Ahmed Yasin Ghani, Iraqi footballer who plays as a midfielder for Örebro SK. His nickname is Örebro Talent, in Iraq he is also known as the Iraqi Cristiano Ronaldo. * Haidar Aboodi, footballer *

Nashat Akram Nashat Akram Abid Ali Al-Eissa ( ar, نشأت أكرم عبد علي العيسى) (born 12 September 1984) is a former Iraqi professional footballer. Popularly dubbed "The Maestro" and "The Musician", Akram usually played as a playmaker or as ...

(born 12 September 1984 in Al Hillah, Babylon, Iraq), Iraqi professional footballer who plays for Dalian Aerbin in the Chinese Super League. *

Najah Ali Najah Salah Ali (born c. 1980) is an Iraqi professional boxer, who was the only Iraqi boxer to qualify for the 2004 Athens, Greece Olympics. Career Ali became interested in boxing as a young child, but most boxing gyms in Iraq at the time wer ...

, Iraqi boxer who qualified for the 2004 Olympics in

Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...

* Adnan Al-Kaissie, professional wrestler * Abdul Wahid Aziz, Iraqi weightlifter, who won a bronze medal in the lightweight division at the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...

. *

Ammo Baba Emmanuel Baba Dawud (27 November 1934 – 27 May 2009), better known as Ammo Baba ( ar, عمو بابا, syr, ܥܡܘ ܒܒܐ), was an Iraqi Assyrian football player and coach of the Iraq national football team. He scored the first international ...

, former Iraqi international football player and coach of the

Iraq national football team The Iraq national football team ( ar, منتخب العراق لكرة القدم) represents Iraq in international football and is controlled by the Iraq Football Association (IFA), the governing body for football in Iraq. Iraq's usual home ...

. *

Youra Eshaya Youra Eshaya Pera ( syr, ܝܘܪܐ ܐܫܥܝܐ, ar, يورا أيشايا) (1933-1992) is a former Iraqi and ethnic Assyrian football player who was the first Iraqi player ever to play in Europe. Early life He was born in 1933 in Iraq to Eshaya P ...

, footballer * Faisal Faisal, footballer *

Basil Gorgis Basil Gewargis Hanna or Basil Korkis ( ar, باسل كوركيس ) (born 8 January 1961) is a former Iraq national football team, Iraqi international football player of Assyrian people, Assyrian descent. Despite having a short career, he is co ...

, footballer * Jassim Muhammad Haji, footballer * Humam Tariq, footballer *

Falah Hassan Falah Hassan ( ar, فلاح حسن, born 1 July 1951) is a former Iraqi international football player, and current president of Al-Zawraa Sport Club in Baghdad. Early life Falah Hassan was born in 1951 in the village of Mimouna, in a district of ...

, footballer * Louay Salah Hassan, footballer *

Khaldoun Ibrahim Khaldoun Ibrahim Mohammed Albu-Mohammed ( ar, خلدون إبراهيم محمد البو محمد, born 16 June 1987 in Iraq) is a former Iraqi footballer. He is a defensive midfielder who last played for Naft Al-Wasat in Iraq Premier League ...

, footballer * Salih Jaber, footballer *

Abbas Obeid Jassim Abbas Obeid ( ar, عباس عبيد جاسم; born December 10, 1973) is a former Iraqi football player. He played for Anyang LG Cheetahs and Pohang Steelers of the South Korean K League. He was also capped for the Iraq national football team ...

, footballer *

Mahdi Karim Mahdi Karim Ajeel ( ar, مهدي كريم عجيل, born December 10, 1983 in Iraq) is a former Iraqi footballer. He last played as a winger for Al-Talaba in Iraq and the Iraq national football team. Player info Mahdi Kareem Ajeel's successfu ...

, footballer *

Younis Mahmoud Younis Mahmoud Khalaf ( ar, يونس محمود خلف; born 3 February 1983) is an Iraqi former professional footballer who played as a forward for the Iraq national football team and is currently the second vice-president of the Iraq Footbal ...

, Iraqi football striker and captain of the Iraq national football team. In 2007 he captained the Iraq football team to the Asian Cup glory. He currently plays for Al-Gharafa Sports Club in Qatar. *

Justin Meram Justin Meram ( ar, جستن حكمت عزيز ميرام; born December 4, 1988) is a professional association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder#Winger, winger for Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer. Born in the United States, he ...

, Iraqi national soccer team player *

Ahmad Mnajed Ahmed Mnajed Abbas ( ar, أحمد مناجد) (born 13 December 1981) is a former Iraqi footballer. He last played for Sulaymaniya FC in Iraq and the Iraq national football team. He usually played the second striker position. Biography Ahmed Me ...

, Iraqi national soccer team player, who plays for Al-Ansar in Lebanon. *

Emad Mohammed Emad Mohammed Ridha ( ar, عماد محمد رضا, born 24 July 1982) is a coach and former Iraqi football striker, currently managing Iraq U20. Club career On 25 June 2007, Emad renewed his contract with Sepahan for another season in a deal ...

, footballer * Karrar Jassim Mohammed, footballer *

Hawar Mulla Mohammed Hawar Mulla Mohammed Taher Zebari ( ku, هەوار مەلا محەمەد تاهر زێبارى; ar, هوار ملا محمد طاهر زيباري; born 1 June 1981) is an Iraqi former professional footballer. He played as a winger or wingb ...

, Iraqi footballer, known to be one of the best players in Iraqi national team, currently plays for Anorthosis FC in Cyprus. * Sarhang Muhsin, footballer * Samal Saeed Mujbel, footballer *

Qusay Munir Qusay Muneer Abboodi Al-Hussein ( ar, قصي منير عبودي الحسين, born 12 April 1981 in Iraq) is a former footballer and currently head coach of Al-Diwaniya. Prior to his managerial career Muneer was an acclaimed central midfielder ...

, Former Iraqi national football team player. Now manages

Al-Diwaniya FC Al-Diwaniya Sport Club () is a football club based in Al Diwaniyah, Al-Qādisiyyah, Iraq, the club was formed in 1965 and plays at the Al-Diwaniya Stadium. It currently competes in the Iraqi Premier League. History 1988–2018 : Ups and downs ...

. * Mohammad Nasser, Iraqi national football team player. Plays for Esteghlal Ahvaz in Iran. * Yassir Raad, footballer *

Ahmed Radhi Ahmed Radhi Humaiesh Al-Salehi, ( ar, أحمد راضي هميش الصالحي, 21 April 1964 – 21 June 2020) was an Iraqi footballer who played as a forward. Regarded as one of Iraq and Asia's best players of all-time, Radhi scored the onl ...

(born on April 21, 1964 in Baghdad, Iraq, but originally from Basra), former Iraqi football player and a current politician. *

Ali Rehema Ali Hussein Rehema Al-Mutairi ( ar, علي حسين رحيمة المطيري, born on 8 August 1985) is an Iraqi former footballer. He has represented the Iraq national football team. Career Since playing every minute of Iraq's title-winnin ...

, footballer *

Noor Sabri Noor Sabri Abbas Hasan Al-Baidawi ( ar, نور صبري عباس حسن البيداوي), simply known as Noor Sabri (born 6 June 1984 in Baghdad, Iraq) is an Iraqi professional goalkeeper. He plays for Samarra in the Iraqi Premier League. He ...

, footballer * Salih Sadir, footballer *

Hussein Saeed Hussein Saeed Mohammed ( ar, حسين سعيد محمد, born 21 January 1958) is an Iraqi former footballer who played as a forward for the Iraqi Premier League club Al-Talaba and the Iraqi national team and is a former president of the Iraq ...

, footballer *

Edison David Edison Eshay David (; 5 December 1933 – 24 July 2020) was an Iraqi football player who played for the Iraq national team and Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya in the 1950s and 1960s. Born in Iraq, David was of Assyrian descent. Career After starting his soc ...

, born in Iraq, Iraqi Assyrian football player who played for Iraq and Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya in the 1950s and 1960s *

Kadhem Sharif Kadhem Sharif al-Jabouri is an Iraqi wrestler and weightlifter. He attempted to use a sledgehammer to bring down the statue of Saddam Hussein at the Firdos Square in Baghdad. Biography Kadhem Sharif was born in 1952 and like his father became o ...

, Iraqi world-class wrestler and weightlifter * Hana Shezifi (born 1943), Israeli Olympic runner * Abdul-Razzaq Ahmed Taha, Iraqi chess player and former president of Iraqi Chess Federation. *

Thamer Yousif Elias Thamir Yousif ( ar, تامر يوسف) (born 1 July 1953) was an Assyrian football player. A long time Al Zawra member, Thamir led the Iraq Super League in goals on three occasions (1975, 1976, 1982) and was 2nd in the league on two occasi ...

, footballer * Saadi Toma (born 25 April 1955 in Baghdad), Iraqi Assyrian former football player and coach. * Peter Murad, former football player of Al-Minaa, Manchester United and Iraq national team. * Humam Tariq, Iraq national team footballer

Sports personalities of Iraqi descent

(born 1988), American/Iraqi soccer player currently playing for the Columbus Crew in Major League Soccer. * Frans Dhia Putros (born July 14, 1993 in Aarhus, Denmark), Danish/Iraqi professional football player who primarily plays as a right back for FC Fredericia. * Moshe Agami, former Israeli professional soccer player best known for his time with

Maccabi Haifa F.C. Maccabi Haifa Football Club ( he, מועדון הכדורגל מכבי חיפה, ''Moadon HaKaduregel Maccabi Haifa'') is an Israeli professional football club, based in the city of Haifa, Israel, a section of Maccabi Haifa sports club. The cl ...

Andreas Haddad Andreas Daniel Gabriel Haddad ( ar, أندرياس دانييل غابرييل حداد), formerly Andreas Daniel Gabriel Turander ( ar, أندرياس دانييل غابرييل توراندير; born on 5 May 1982) is a Swedish-Assyrian reti ...

(born Andreas Daniel Gabriel Turander on 5 May 1982), Assyrian Swedish football striker from Sweden who currently plays for Swedish side Hammarby. He has yet to earn a call up to the Swedish national football team and can thus play for Turkey or Iraq should he choose one of them. * Frans Dhia Putros, Danish/Iraqi professional football player who primarily plays as a right back for FC Fredericia. * Riyadh Al-Azzawi, Iraqi-British kickboxer and the 2008 World Kickboxing Network World Champion. *

Rabeh Al-Hussaini Rabeh Ahmed T. Al-Hussaini (born August 11, 1988) is a Filipino professional basketball player who last played for the Blackwater Elite of the PBA. A power forward/center, he played five seasons for the Ateneo de Manila Blue Eagles in the Univer ...

, Iraqi-Filipino basketball player for

Ateneo Blue Eagles The Ateneo Blue Eagles are the collegiate varsity teams of the Ateneo de Manila University that play in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP), the premiere collegiate league in the Philippines. The collegiate women's ...

. *

Faris Al-Sultan Faris al-Sultan ( ar, فارس السلطان, born 21 January 1978) is a former German triathlete who is now active as a coach. In 2005, he was the third German to win the Ironman Hawaii. He is listed in the best list of German triathletes ...

, German professional

triathlete A triathlon is an endurance multisport race consisting of Swimming (sport), swimming, Cycle sport, cycling, and running over various distances. Triathletes compete for fastest overall completion time, racing each segment sequentially with the t ...

and winner of the 2005 Ironman Triathlon. Born in Munich to a German mother and Iraqi father. *

Avram Grant Avraham "Avram" Grant ( he, אברהם "אברם" גרנט; born Avraham Granat; ) is an Israeli professional football manager. He has spent the majority of his career coaching and managing in Israel, winning a number of national league and cup ...

, former football manager of

Chelsea F.C. Chelsea Football Club is an English professional football club based in Fulham, West London. Founded in 1905, they play their home games at Stamford Bridge. The club competes in the Premier League, the top division of English football ...

His mother is an Iraqi Jew. * Shwan Jalal, Iraqi-English football goalkeeper. * Bovar Karim, Iraqi-Swedish footballer who currently plays for

Tromsø IL Tromsø Idrettslag is a Norwegian professional football club founded in 1920, based in the city of Tromsø. They play their home games at Alfheim Stadion. Tromsø play in the Eliteserien. Tromsø have won the Norwegian Cup twice, in 1986 and 19 ...

in Norwegian Premier League. * Karo Murat, World Rated Boxer of Armenian Iraqi Origin * Christer Youssef (born 1987), Swedish footballer of Assyrian descent who plays for Assyriska FF as a midfielder * Joseph Judah (born December 13, 1984), American Canadian fighting in the junior middleweight division. *

Daniel Judah Daniel Harvey Judah (born August 8, 1977) is an American former professional boxer. He is the brother of Zab Judah and Josiah Judah, who are also former professional boxers. Boxing career Judah had his pro debut on June 18, 1999. Although Jud ...

(born in Brooklyn, New York), American southpaw professional cruiserweight and light heavyweight boxer. *

Zab Judah Zabdiel Judah (born October 27, 1977) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1996 to 2019. He held multiple world championships in two weight classes, including the IBF and WBO junior welterweight titles between 2000 and 20 ...

(born October 27, 1977), American professional boxer. *

Josiah Judah Josiah Judah (born August 21, 1978) is an American former professional boxer. He is the brother of welterweight champion Zab Judah and former U.S. Boxing Association light heavyweight champion Daniel Judah. Judah has fought on the undercard of ...

(born August 21, 1978), professional boxer. His ring nickname is "Gorilla." *

Yoel Judah Yoel Judah (born July 23, 1956) is the eldest member of the Brooklyn-based Judah boxing family. He has been a martial artist, three-time world champion kickboxer, and boxing trainer and manager. Boxing and kickboxing career Johnny Saxton, w ...

(born 1956?), eldest member of the Brooklyn-based Judah boxing family.

Television and radio personalities

* Rosil Al Azawi (born January 11, 1987 in Sharjah, UAE), Iraqi television presenter and model based in the United Arab Emirates. * Jasim Al-Azzawi, Iraqi host, who presents the show ''Inside Iraq'' on Al Jazeera English * Suhair al-Qaisi (born 1985 in Baghdad, Iraq), Iraqi news anchor for the Al Arabiya television station * Laila Al Shaikhli, television presenter on Al Jazeera English * Anwar Al-Hamadani, television presenter * Rola Bahnam, Lebanese TV presenter of an Iraqi descent. She is mostly known for working in Future TV. She was a former member of the Lebanese girl band, The 4 Cats in 1998 * Shaima Zubeir, television presenter * Sama Dizayee (born 2 June 1988), Iraqi radio and television presenter. * Sami Yako (born Dec 25th 1948 in Kirkuk, Iraq), lives in London, singer, comedy actor, producer and writer, works at a TV station in United Arab Emirates.

Television and radio personalities of Iraqi descent

Alan Yentob Alan Yentob (born 11 March 1947) is a BBC presenter and retired British television executive. He stepped down as Creative Director in December 2015, and was chairman of the board of trustees of the charity Kids Company from 2003 until its colla ...

(born 11 March 1947), British television executive and presenter. He has spent his entire career at the BBC. Alan Yentob was born into an Iraqi Jewish family in London. * Kenza Braiga, French TV reality show star of Iraqi origin. *

Péri Cochin Périhane Chalabi Cochin, born on 28 May 1965 in Beirut, more commonly known as Péri Cochin, is a French TV host with Lebanese and Iraqi heritage. Life Family background Chalabi Cochin comes from families of transnational identities with a S ...

, television host (French of Lebanese/Iraqi ancestry) *

Eli Yatzpan Eliyahu Yatzpan ( he, אלי יצפאן; born June 6, 1965) is an Israeli television host and comedian, best known as the host of the Channel 3 late-night talk show/variety show ''Yatzpan'' between 2001 and 2006. Biography Early life Yatzpan w ...

, Israeli television host and comedian

Writers and poets

* Bahira Abdulatif, writer, translator and professor. * Qusay Abd al-Ra'uf Askar, commonly known as

Qusay al-Shaykh Askar Qusay Abd al-Ra'uf Askar, commonly known as Qusay al-Shaykh Askar ( ar, قصي الشيخ عسكر, translit=Quṣayy al-Shaykh ʻAskar;1951) is an Iraqi-Danish novelist, poet and literary scholar. His first poetry collection was published in 19 ...

(Arabic: قصي الشيخ عسكر) (born 1951) *

Nazik Al-Malaika Nazik al-Malaika ( ar, نازك الملائكة; 23 August 1923 – 20 June 2007) was an Iraqi poet. Al-Malaika is noted for being among the first Arabic poets to use free verse. Early life and career Al-Malaika was born in Baghdad to a cult ...

(August 23, 1923 Baghdad, Iraq – 20 June 2007), Iraqi female poet and is considered by many to be one of the most influential contemporary Iraqi female poets. *

Abd al-Wahhab Al-Bayati Abd al-Wahhab al-Bayati (December 19, 1926 – August 3, 1999) was an Iraqi Arab poet. He was a pioneer in his field and defied conventional forms of poetry that had been common for centuries. Biography He was born in Baghdad, near the shrine o ...

(December 19, 1926 – August 3, 1999), Iraqi poet. He was a pioneer in his field and defied conventional form of poetry that had been common for centuries. * Abdul Razzak Abdul Wahid (1930–2015),

poet. *

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(born 1934 near Basra, Iraq), Iraqi author, poet, journalist, publisher, and political activist. *

(December 19, 1926 – August 3, 1999), Iraqi poet. He was a pioneer in his field and defied conventional form of poetry that had been common for centuries. * Ferhad Shakely (born 1951), prominent Kurdish writer, poet and researcher. He is one of the founders of modern Kurdish poetry in the post-Goran period. He was born in 1951 in the province of Kirkuk in Iraq. * Muhammad Mahdi al-Jawahiri (26 July 1899 – 1 January 1997), famous Iraqi poet. *

Badr Shakir al-Sayyab Badr Shakir al Sayyab ( ar, بدر شاكر السياب) (December 24, 1926 in Jaykur, near Basra – December 24, 1964 in Kuwait) was a leading Iraqi poet, well known throughout the Arab world and one of the most influential Arab poets of all ti ...

(December 24, 1926 – 1964), Iraqi and Arab poet, born in Jekor, a town south of Basra in Iraq. was one of the greatest poets in Arabic literature, whose experiments helped to change the course of modern Arabic poetry. *

Lamia Abbas Amara Lamia Abbas Amara ( ar, لميعة عباس عمارة, also sometimes spelled Lamea Abbas Amara; 1929 – 18 June 2021) was an Iraqi poet. She was a pioneer of modern Arabic poetry and an important figure in contemporary poetry in Iraq. Name L ...

(1929–2021),

poet and pioneer of modern Arabic poetry. *

Rabia Basri Rābiʿa al-ʿAdawiyya al-Qaysiyya ( ar, رابعة العدوية القيسية) (714/717/718 — 801 CE) was an Arab Muslim saint and Sufi mystic and carried her life out as an influential religious figure. She is known in some parts of th ...

, Rābiʻa al-ʻAdawiyya al-Qaysiyya (Arabic: رابعة العدوية القيسية) or simply Rābiʿah al-Baṣrī (Arabic: رابعة البصري) (717–801 C.E.) was a female Muslim saint and Sufi mystic. *

Enheduanna Enheduanna ( sux, , also transliterated as , , or variants) was the priestess of the moon god Nanna (Sīn) in the Sumerian city-state of Ur in the reign of her father, Sargon of Akkad. She was likely appointed by her father as the leader of t ...

, Akkadian princess as well as High Priestess of the Moon god Nanna (Sin). Enheduanna composed 42 hymns addressed to temples across Sumer and Akkad including Eridu, Sippar and Esnunna *

Amira Hess Amira Hess (born in 1943; Baghdad, Iraq) ( he, אמירה הס) is an Israeli poet and artist. Arriving in Israel in 1951, she first lived in an immigrant transit camp, then moved to Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ...

, Israeli poet and artist. She arrived to Israel in 1951 from Baghdad Iraq. *

Haifa Zangana Haifa Zangana (born 1950 in Baghdad, Iraq) is an Iraqi writer, painter, and political activist, known for her novel ''Women on a Journey: Between Baghdad and London'' about political repression, violence and exile. She has written both novels and ...

(born 1950 in Baghdad, Iraq), Iraqi novelist, author, artist, and political activist, best known for writing Women on a Journey: Between Baghdad and London. *

Daisy Al-Amir Daisy Al-Amir ( ar, ديزي الأمير), often referred to as simply Dayzi Amir, is an Iraqi writer, poet and novelist. She is author oThe Waiting List: An Iraqi Woman's Tales of Alienationhas renowned her as one of the leading female writers ...

, Iraqi writer, poet and novelist. She is author of The Waiting List: An Iraqi Woman's Tales of Alienation has renowned her as one of the leading female writers of Iraq. She was born in Basra in 1935. * Sargon Boulus (1944–2007), Iraqi-Assyrian poet and short story writer * Walid al-Kubaisi, writer * Thura Al Windawi, author *

Jamil Sidqi al-Zahawi Jamil Sidqi al-Zahawi ( ar, جميل صدقي الزهاوي, ; 17 June 1863 – January 1936) was a prominent Iraqi poet and philosopher. He is regarded as one of the greatest contemporary poets of the Arab world and was known for his defence o ...

, poet and philosopher *

Inaam Kachachi Inaam Kachachi (Arabic:انعام كجه جي; born 1952) is an Iraqi journalist and author. Inaam is an Iraqi writer, born in Baghdad in 1952. She studied journalism at Baghdad University, working in Iraqi press and radio before moving to Paris t ...

(born 1942), Iraqi journalist and author * Al-Hariri of Basra, Iraqi poet, scholar of the

Arabic language Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walte ...

and high government official of the Great Seljuq Empire, Seljuk Empire. * Hafsa Bikri, poet * Ya'qub Bilbul, writer * Naeim Giladi, Anti-Zionist, author of an autobiographical article and historical analysis titled ''The Jews of Iraq''. The article later formed the basis for his originally self-published book ''Ben-Gurion's Scandals: How the Haganah and the Mossad Eliminated Jews''. * Jamal Jumá, poet and researcher * Betool Khedairi, author * Farida Khalaf, ISIS escapee and author * Moshe Levy (author), Moshe Levy, author * Alia Mamdouh, author * Sami Michael, author * Dunya Mikhail, poet * Samir Naqqash, novelist, short-story writer, and playwright * Abu Nuwas (750–810), born in Ahvaz, of Arab and Persian descent, one of the greatest of classical Arabic and Persian poets. * David Rabeeya (born 1938), author and professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies. * Mahmoud Saeed, novelist * Samuel Shimon, Iraqi author and journalist, was born into an Assyrian Iraqi family in Habbaniya in 1956. He is a co-founder of ''Banipal'' magazine. His autobiographical novel (An Iraqi in Paris), was published in Arabic in 2005, and a limited first edition in English translation was published the same year. * Rena Kirdar Sindi, author and party hostess (born in Baghdad). * Reuven Snir, writer *

, novelist, author and artist

Writers and poets of Iraqi descent

* 'Atika Wahbi al-Khazraji (1924–1997), poet. * Abdul Rahman Munif (1933–2004), one of the most important Arabic novelists of the 20th century, born in Amman to an Iraqi mother and Saudi father. * Abraham Yahuda (1877–1951), Jewish writer, teacher and linguist, born in Jerusalem to a Jewish family originally from Baghdad. * Achmed Khammas, German writer (Iraqi/German heritage) * Alia Mamdouh (born 1944 in Baghdad, Iraq), Iraqi novelist, author and journalist living in exile in Paris, France. She won the 2004 Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature for her novel The Loved Ones. * Alise Alousi, Iraqi-American poet * Alon Ben-Meir, professor, writer, the Middle East Project director at the World Policy Institute *

, Israeli poet and artist * Ari Ben-Menashe, Israeli author of ''Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network'' * Armand Nassery, author and filmmaker. * Eli Amir, Israeli writer and activist. * Ella Habiba Shohat, Professor of Cultural Studies at New York University. * Greg Patent, author, born in Hong Kong to a Russian father and Iraqi mother * Jack Marshall (author), poet and author * Khalid al-Maaly, German-Iraqi writer, poet and publisher *Hassan Abdulrazzak, Iraqi-British playwright. * Leilah Nadir, Iraqi-Canadian writer who grew up in England and Canada with an Iraqi father and an English mother. * Loolwa Khazzoom, Iraqi American Jewish writer who writes about Jewish multiculturalism and the cultural traditions. * Lorraine Ali, American reporter, editor, culture writer and music critic for ''Newsweek.'' * M.T. Mehdi (1928–1999), Iraqi-American writer and pro-Palestinian activist. * Michelle Nouri, Italian journalist and author. She was born in Prague, Czech Republic, in 1973 to an Iraqi father and Czech mother. * Naïm Kattan, Canadian novelist, essayist and critic. * Rachel Shabi, author and contributing writer to ''The Guardian''. Shabi was born to Iraqi Jewish parents. * Rachel Wahba, writer * Raed Jarrar, writer, architect and human rights activist * Ronny Someck, Israeli poet * Sami Michael, Israeli author and the president of The Association for Civil Rights in Israel. * Shant Kenderian, notable as an Iraqi-born United States citizen who became an American prisoner-of-war after being forced to fight against the United States in the Persian Gulf War * Siegfried Loraine Sassoon (8 September 1886 – 1 September 1967), eminent English poet, writer, and soldier. Decorated for bravery on the Western Front, he became one of the leading poets of the First World War. His father, Alfred Ezra Sassoon (1861–1895), son of Sassoon David Sassoon, was a member of the wealthy Baghdadi Jewish Sassoon merchant family. * Sinan Antoon (born 1967) (Arabic: سنان أنطون), Iraqi poet, novelist, scholar, and an associate professor at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study, New York University. He was featured in the 2003 documentary film About Baghdad, which he also co-directed. * Suzanne Alaywan, poet and painting artist, born in Beirut to a Lebanese father and Iraqi mother *

, writer, activist, co-founder and president of Women for Women International * Zuhur Dixon (1933–2021), poet

Religious figures

* Ignatius Peter IV (1798 - 1894) 116th Patriarch of Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch and Supreme Head of the Syriac Orthodox Church in the World * Ignatius Antony I Samheri (1801 - 1864) Patriarch of the Syriac Catholic Church from 1853 to 1864 * Ignatius Aphrem I, Ignatius Aphrem I Barsoum (1887 - 1957) 120th Patriarch of Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch and Supreme Head of the Syriac Orthodox Church in the World * Ignatius Jacob III (1913 - 1980) 121st Patriarch of Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch and Supreme Head of the Syriac Orthodox Church in the World * Ignatius Zakka I (1931 - 1914) 122nd Patriarch of Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch and Supreme Head of the Syriac Orthodox Church in the World * Abo of Tiflis, Patron Saint of Tbilisi, Georgia (country), Georgia * Andraos Abouna (March 23, 1943 – July 27, 2010), Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop of Hirta and the auxiliary bishop of the Chaldean Catholic Patriarchate of Babylon. * Shimon Agassi (1852–1914), Hakham and Kabbalist * Asenath Barzani (1590–1670), renowned Kurdish Jewish woman who lived in Mosul, Iraq, daughter of the illustrious Rabbi Samuel Barzani, studied Kabbalah. * Raphael I Bidawid, patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, 1989–2003, Syriac scholar. * Basile Georges Casmoussa * Louis Cheikhô (1859 – 1927), ethnic Assyrian Orientalist and Theologian, considered as a major contributor and pioneer of the rediscovery of the Eastern Rite Christian heritage. * Paul II Cheikho, patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church from 1958–1989, born on November 19, 1906, in Alqosh * Emmanuel III Delly, Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans and Primate of the Chaldean Catholic Church. * Mar Dinkha IV, current Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East. * Ganzibra Dakheel Edan (1881–1964), patriarch and international head of the Mandaeans from 1917, until his death in 1964 * Mordechai Eliyahu, former Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel * Yosef Hayyim (1 September 1835 – 30 August 1909), leading hakham, authority on Jewish law (Halakha) and Master Kabbalist. He is best known as author of the work on Halakha Ben Ish Ḥai. Rav Yosef Chaim was born in Baghdad where his father, Hakham Eliyahu Chaim, was the active leader of the Jewish community. * Rishama Sattar Jabbar Hilo, current patriarch and head of the Mandaeans in Iraq. * Abraham Hillel, Chief Rabbi of Baghdad * Jules Mikhael Al-Jamil, Archbishop Jules Mikhael Al-Jamil was born in Bakhdida on November 18, 1938 – dies in Rome, Italy on December 3, 2012). He was the Syriac Catholic titular archbishop of Tagritum and the auxiliary bishop. * Yitzchak Kaduri, renowned Mizrahi Orthodox Haredi rabbi and kabbalist * Anastas Al-Karmali, Anastas the Carmelite (5 Aug 1866 – 1947 Jan 7), Christian priest, most famed for his contributions to the field of Arabic linguistics. * Mani (prophet), Mani, prophet and the founder of Manichaeism, a gnostic religion. * Torkom Manoogian, the current Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem serving the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem as Archbishop under the authority of the Catholicos of Armenia and of all Armenians of the Armenian Apostolic Church. * Yitzhak Nissim (1896–1981), former Sephardic Chief rabbi of Israel * Rabban Bar Sauma (c. 1220–1294) also known as Rabban Ṣawma or Rabban Çauma,(Chinese: 拉賓掃務瑪), "Nestorian" monk turned diplomat of the Church of the East faith. * Shah Mustafa, renowned preacher associated with the spread of Islam in Bangladesh * Yahballaha III (1245–November 13, 1317), known in earlier years as Rabban Marcos or Markos, was Patriarch of the Church of the East from 1281 to 1317. As a young man, he engaged in a remarkable journey, which began as an ascetic monk's pilgrimage from China to Jerusalem, led him to the Patriarch position in Baghdad, and brought him to recommend his former teacher and traveling companion, the monk Rabban Bar Sauma, to become the first Asian ambassador to Europe. * Ovadia Yosef, former Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel, and the former spiritual leader of the Shas political party in the Knesset (Israel's parliament).

Shia Clergy

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