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x Tawfiq al-Suwaidi   1892 Politician
Tawfiq al-Suwaidi (1892–1968) was an Iraqi politician who served as Prime Minister of Iraq on three occasions stretching from 1929 to 1950. Al-Suwaidi (Arabic: توفيق السويدي‎) was born in Baghdad in 1892, he completed his early schooling at sixteen...
x Abu Mansur Mauhub al-Jawaliqi   1073  
Abu Mansur Mauhub al-Jawaliqi (1073–1145), Arab grammarian, was born in Baghdad, where he studied philology under Tibrizi and became famous for his handwriting. In his later years he acted as imam to the caliph Moqtafi. His chief work is the Kitab...
x Mahdi Karim   Dec 10, 1983  
Mahdi Karim Ajeel (Arabic: مهدي كريم عجيل‎, born December 10, 1983 in Iraq) is an Iraqi footballer. He currently plays as a winger for Arbil FC in Iraq and the Iraq national football team. Mahdi Kareem Ajeel's successful conversion to a winger came...
x Nuri as-Said   1888 Politician
Nuri Pasha al-Said (1888 – July 15, 1958) (Arabic: نوري السعيد‎) was an 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. From...
x Ran Cohen   Jun 20, 1937  
Ran Cohen (Hebrew: רן כהן‎, born 20 June 1937) is an Israeli politician and former Knesset member for Meretz-Yachad. He is a resident of Mevaseret Zion and married with four children. Born in Baghdad, Iraq, Cohen was 13 years old when he immigrated...
x Abdul Karim Qassim   Nov 21, 1914 Politician
Abd al-Karim Qasim (Arabic: عبد الكريم قاسم‎ `Abd al-Karīm Qāsim) (21 November 1914 – 9 February 1963), was a nationalist Iraqi Army general who seized power in a 1958 coup d'état, wherein the Iraqi monarchy was eliminated. He ruled the country as...
x Maurice Saatchi, Baron Saatchi   Jun 21, 1946 Politician
Maurice Nathan Saatchi, Baron Saatchi (born 21 June 1946) is the co-founder, with his brother Charles, of the advertising agencies Saatchi and Saatchi and M&C; Saatchi, where he currently serves as Executive Director. Maurice Saatchi is the third of...
x Binyamin Ben-Eliezer Fuad Feb 12, 1936  
Binyamin Fuad Ben-Eliezer Hebrew: בנימין פואד בן אליעזר‎, Arabic: بنيامين فؤاد بن اليعازر‎, born 12 February 1936) is an Israeli politician and former military officer of Iraqi origin. He currently serves as a member of the Knesset for the Labor...
x David Sassoon David Sassoon Oct 1792  
David Sassoon (October 1792 – November 7, 1864) was the treasurer of Baghdad between 1817 and 1829. He became the leader of the Jewish community in Mumbai after Baghdadi Jews emigrated there. He was a leading trader of cotton and opium in China....
x Ammo Baba Ammo Baba Nov 27, 1934  
Emmanuel Baba Dawud better known as Ammo Baba (Arabic: عمو بابا, Syriac: ܥܡܘ ܒܒܐ) (born November 27, 1934 in Baghdad, Iraq – May 27, 2009 in Duhok, Iraq), was a former Iraqi and ethnic Assyrian Christian international football player and coach of...
x Faisal II of Iraq A stamp showing a young Faisal II May 2, 1935 Politician
Faisal II (Arabic: الملك فيصل الثاني Al-Malik Fayṣal Ath-thānī) (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 together with several members of...
x Muqtada al-Sadr 774895af78 Aug 12, 1973 Politician
Sayyid Muqtadā al-Ṣadr (Arabic: سيد مقتدى الصدر) (born August 12, 1973) is an Iraqi Islamic political leader. Along with Ali al-Sistani and Ammar al-Hakim of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, Sadr is one of the most influential religious and...
x Rashid Ali al-Kaylani رشيد عالي باشا 1892  
Rashid Aali al-Gaylani (Arabic: رشيد عالي الكيلاني‎, also spelled Sayyad Rashid Aali al-Gillani, Sayyad Rashid Ali al-Gailani, or sometimes Sayyad Rashid Ali el Keilany) (1892 – August 28, 1965) served as Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Iraq on...
x Ibrahim ibn Sinan   908 C.E. Mathematician
Ibrahim ibn Sinan ibn Thābit ibn Qurra (908, Baghdad – 946, Baghdad) was a Syriac speaking Mandean from Harran in northern Mesopotamia/Assyria. He was mathematician and astronomer who studied geometry and in particular tangents to circles. He also...
Astronomer
x Adil Abdul-Mahdi Adil Abdul-Mahdi 1942 Politician
Adil (Adel) Abdul-Mahdi (al Muntafiki) (Arabic: عادل عبد المهدى‎ ) (born 1942 in Baghdad, Iraq) is an Iraqi Shi'a politician, economist, and was one of the Vice-Presidents of Iraq from 2005 to 2011. He was formerly the Finance Minister in the...
x Ahmed Radhi   Apr 21, 1964  
Ahmad Radhi Amaiesh Al-Salihi (Arabic: احمد راضي اميش الصالحي‎, born on March 21, 1964 in Baghdad, Iraq) is a former Iraqi football player and a current politician. Widely regarded as Iraq's best player of all-time, Radhi scored the only Iraqi goal...
x Zaha Hadid Bergisel 2004-11-04 Oct 31, 1950 Architect
Zaha Hadid, CBE (Arabic: زها حديد‎ Zahā Ḥadīd; born 31 October 1950) is an Iraqi-British architect and winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2004. Hadid was born in 1950 in Baghdad, Iraq. She received a degree in mathematics from the American...
Designer
x Tariq Al-Hashimi Tariq Al-Hashimi 1942 Politician
Tariq al-Hashimi (Arabic: طارق الهاشمي‎; born 1942) is an Iraqi politician and was general secretary of the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) until May 2009. Along with Adil Abdul Mahdi, he was a Vice President of Iraq in the government formed after the...
x Hisham N. Ashkouri HNA042704 Aug 15, 1948 Architect
Hisham N. Ashkouri (born August 15, 1948, Baghdad, Iraq) is a Boston and New York-based architect. Dr. Ashkouri graduated first in class in 1970 with a Bachelor of Architecture Degree from the University of Baghdad and continued for his Masters of...
x Shwan Jalal Jalal Aug 14, 1983  
Shwan Saman Jalal (born 14 August 1983) is a footballer who plays for Bournemouth as a goalkeeper. He played for the England C team from 2005 to 2006. Jalal is an Iraqi-Kurd born in Baghdad, Iraq, Jalal grew up in Hastings, East Sussex England,...
x Hussein Saeed   Jan 21, 1958  
Hussein Saeed Mohammed (Arabic: حسين سعيد‎, born January 21, 1958 in Baghdad, Iraq) is a former Iraqi football (soccer) player. Hussein Saeed is in 10th place in FIFA’s list of most international matches at 126 matches. He was also in the Iraq...
x Adnan Al-Kaissie   Mar 1, 1939  
Adnan Bin Abdulkareem Ahmed Alkaissy El Farthie (born March 1, 1939), better known professionally as Adnan Al-Kaissie, is a former Iraqi professional wrestler and manager best known as Sheik Adnan Al-Kaissy, Billy White Wolf, or General Adnan. In...
x Abo of Tiflis Saint Abo of Tiflis    
Saint Abo of Tiflis or Abo Tbileli (in Georgian: აბო თბილელი, Arabic: أبو تبليسي Abu al-Tiflisi) (ca. 756-January 6, 786) is a Christian martyr and the Patron Saint of the city of Tbilisi, Georgia. Iraqi by origin, Abo grew up Muslim in Baghdad. At...
x Noor Sabri   Jun 6, 1984  
Noor Sabri Abbas Hasan (Arabic: نور صبري عباس حسن‎), simply known as Noor Sabri (born 6 June 1984 in Baghdad, Iraq) is an Iraqi football goalkeeper. He is currently playing for Najaf in Iraq and Iraq national football team. Noor Sabri was the...
x Haidar Abdul-Razzaq   Jun 9, 1982  
Haidar Abdul-Razzaq Hassan (Arabic: حيدر عبد الرزاق حسن‎) (born on 9 June 1982 in Iraq) is an Iraqi footballer who plays as a defender for Al-Talaba. He is a member of the Iraq national football team. Haidar Abdul-Razzaq is a talented versatile...
x Jim Al-Khalili Dr Jim Al-Khalili Sep 20, 1962 Physicist
Jim Al-Khalili OBE (born 20 September 1962) is an Iraqi-born British theoretical physicist, author and science communicator. He is Professor of Theoretical Physics and Chair in the Public Engagement in Science at the University of Surrey. He has...
Professor
x Ibn Tahir al-Baghdadi   980 C.E. Mathematician
Abu Mansur Abd al-Qahir ibn Tahir ibn Muhammad ibn Abdallah al-Tamimi al-Shaffi al-Baghdadi (Arabic: أبو منصور عبدالقاهر ابن طاهر بن محمد بن عبدالله التميمي الشافعي البغدادي‎) was an Arabian mathematician (c. 980–1037) from Baghdad who is best known...
x Abdallah Somech   1813  
Hakham Abdallah Somekh (1813–September 13, 1889) was a rosh yeshiva and posek of Iraqi Jewry. He was born in Baghdad to Abraham Somekh, himself a descendant of Nissim Gaon; he was the eldest of eight brothers and eight sisters. He studied under...
x Al-Barbahaaree      
Al-Ḥasan ibn ʻAlī al-Barbahārī was a Sunni Islamic theologian from Iraq. His books are peppered with stinging remarks that place the Shias, Qadaris, Mu'tazilis and Asharis in an extremely negative light. His concern for preserving the sunnah led him...
x Betool Khedairi   Nov 27, 1965 Writer
Betool Khedairi (born 27 November 1965 in Baghdad, Iraq) is a novelist born to an Iraqi father and Scottish mother. She is most known for her debut novel, A Sky So Close which has been published in numerous languages such as Arabic, English, Italian...
x Hamdi al-Pachachi   1886 Politician
Abdul Hamdi al-Pachachi (1886 – March 1948), Iraqi politician born to a prominent family in Baghdad. He studied law at the Royal School in Istanbul, graduating in 1909. He taught at the Baghdad Law School from 1913 to 1916. While in Istanbul, he...
x Ghanim Al jumaily Ghanim Al-Jumaily Jun 1, 1950 Ambassador
Ghanim Alwan Al-Jumaily (born June 1, 1950) is the ambassador of Iraq to Saudi Arabia, appointed by the interim government of Iraq in July 2004. He first served as Iraq's ambassador to Japan. He has four children, Anas, Youssra, Mariam and Omar. Al...
x Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail   Sep 21, 1976  
Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail Labid (Arabic: عبدالوهاب ابولهیل لابد‎, born September 21, 1976 in Baghdad, Iraq) is an Iraqi football midfielder. He currently plays for Al-Talaba. Abu Al-Hail started his career with Al Talaba. He left the club in 1999,...
x Alaa Abdul-Zahra   Dec 22, 1985  
Alaa Abdul-Zahrah Khashen Al-Azzawi (Arabic: علاء عبدالزهرة خشَان العزاوي‎) (born December 22, 1985 in Baghdad, Iraq) is an Iraqi football player who currently plays for Al-Wakrah in Qatar and the Iraq national football team. His nickname is Kaka of...
x Shero Rauf   May 15, 1979 Actor
Shero Rauf (born 15 May 1979) is a Kurdish-Iraqi actor and stuntman. He is the first Kurdish Iraqi to work as an actor, stuntman, 3D visual effects animator, lead artist, and assistant director in Hollywood movies. Second Unit Director or Assistant...
x Mostafa Karim   Jul 21, 1987  
Mustafa Karim Abdullah (Arabic: مصطفى كريم عبدالله‎) (born July 21, 1987 in Baghdad, Iraq) is an Iraqi footballer. He currently plays for El-Ittihad El-Iskandary in Egypt. He plays as striker, and is known for his ability to score with both feet. In...
x Wathik Naji Wathiq Naji Jasim Jul 1, 1940  
Wathiq Naji ( Arabic: واثق ناجي Wathik Naji Jasim [Where name واثق in Arabic language can be pronounced as Wathiq or Wathik in English language.]) (born on 1 July 1940 in Baghdad, Iraq), is a former Iraqi national football player and Technical...
x Youssif   Oct 14, 2002  
Youssif (last name unknown) (born October 14, 2002), is a 9-year-old Iraqi boy who was set on fire by unknown masked men outside of his central Baghdad home on January 15, 2007. On January 15, 2007, while playing outside his Baghdad home, Youssif...
x David Rabeeya   1938 Writer
David Rabeeya (born 1938) is an author and professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies. David Rabeeya was an Iraqi Jew born in Baghdad, Iraq. Him and his family later moved to Israel. Over the years, Dr. Rabeeya has taught countless students, in all...
x Luay Salah   Feb 7, 1982  
Luay Salah Hassan (Arabic: لؤي صلاح حسن ‎, born February 7, 1982 in Baghdad, Iraq) is an Iraqi football player. He plays for Arbil FC. After helping Al Quwa Al Jawiya to the Iraq league title in 2005, Louay Salah Hassan moved to Iran Pro League side...
x Razzaq Farhan   Jul 1, 1977  
Razzaq Farhan Mussa (Arabic: رزاق فرحان موسى‎; born 1 July 1975 in Iraq) is an Iraqi footballer and Olympic athlete. Farhan has played for several professional clubs, including Qatar Sports Club and Al-Faisaly (Amman). He was also part of the...
x Mar Sarhad Yawsip Jammo   Mar 14, 1941  
Mar Sarhad Yawsip Hermiz Jammo (born 14 March 1941) is a prelate of the Chaldean Catholic Church who presides over the Eparchy of St. Peter The Apostle in the United States. He has been the bishop of this diocese since its inception on July 25, 2002...
x Muayad Khalid   Sep 1, 1985  
Muayad Khalid (Arabic: مؤيد خالد‎) (born September 1, 1985 in Iraq) is an Iraqi footballer. He currently plays as a fullback for Al-Shorta in Iraq and the Iraq Olympic team. Having excelled as a right-back for major Iraqi clubs such as Al Talaba and...
x Jassim Swadi   Dec 15, 1975  
Jassim Swadi Fayadh (Arabic: جاسم سوادي فياض‎) (born 15 December 1975 in Iraq) is an Iraqi football player who currently plays for Al-Kahraba in Iraq.
x Silas Aaron Hardoon Silas Aaron Hardoon 1851  
Silas Aaron Hardoon (1851 – 1931) was a wealthy businessman and well-known public figure in the city of Shanghai in the early 20th century. Silas was born Sileh Hardoon (סאלח חרדון) into a poor Jewish family in Baghdad. His family left Baghdad for...
x Shlomo Hillel   Apr 23, 1923  
Shlomo Hillel (Hebrew: שלמה הלל‎, born 23 April 1923) is an Iraqi-born Israeli diplomat and politician who served as Speaker of the Knesset, Minister of Police and Minister of Internal Affairs. He was also an ambassador to several countries in...
x Mohammed Gassid   Dec 10, 1986  
Mohammed Gassid Kadhim Al-Jaberi (Arabic: محمد كاصد كاظم الجابري‎, born 10 December 1986 in Baghdad, Iraq), simply known as Mohammed Gassid (also spelled as Mohammed Kassid), is an Iraqi footballer. He currently plays as a goalkeeper for Al-Talaba...
x Ali Mansour Alwan   Sep 27, 1985  
Ali Mansour Alwan (Arabic: علي منصور علوان‎) (born September 27, 1985 in Iraq) is an Iraqi footballer. He currently plays for Arbil FC in Iraq and the Iraq Olympic team, he plays as Striker. Ali Mansour, the Asian Games' silver medallist, was among...
x Wissam Kassid   Feb 13, 1981  
Wissam Gassid Kadhim Al-Jaberi (Arabic:وسام كاصد, born 13 February 1981 in Baghdad, Iraq) simply known as Wissam Gassid also spelled as Wissam Kassid, is an Iraqi goalkeeper. He currently plays for Al-Shorta. Wissam's younger brother, Mohammed...
x Haidar Raheem Kaw   Apr 22, 1985  
Haidar Raheem Kaw (Arabic: حيدر رحيم‎) (born April 22, 1985 in Iraq) is an Iraqi football player who currently plays for Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya in Iraq and the Iraq Olympic team.
x Ali Khudhair   Apr 21, 1986  
Ali Khudhair Abdul-Nabi (Arabic: علي خضير عبدالنبي‎) (born April 21, 1986 in Iraq) is an Iraqi footballer. He currently plays for Al Shorta in Iraq and the Iraq Olympic team. Ali Khudhair, the Asian Games' silver medallist, was among the three ...
x Humam alshamaa   Aug 2, 1952  
Dr. Humam al Shamaa (born on August 2, 1952 in Baghdad, Iraq) is an economic advisor at Al-Fajer Securities Securities. Professor Humam Alshamaa was born Humam Radhi Alshamaa, the son of Osmut Hamdi, a nurse, and Radhi Alshamaa, a physician. He was...
x Madan Mohan Madan Mohan Dev Dholera Jun 25, 1924 Film Score Composer
Madan Mohan Kohli (Hindi: मदन मोहन) (25 June 1924 - 14 July 1975), better known as Madan Mohan, was a famed Bollywood film music director of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. He is particularly remembered for the ghazals he composed for the film industry...
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