List of Famous people born in Baghdad Governorate, Iraq

Lamia Abbas Amara was an Iraqi poet. She was a pioneer of modern Arabic poetry and an important figure in contemporary poetry in Iraq.

Bashar Resan Bonyan is an Iraqi professional footballer who plays as midfielder for Qatar SC and the Iraq national team.

Hikmat Sulayman was prime minister of Iraq from October 30, 1936 to August 12, 1937 at the head of a Party of National Brotherhood government.

Ahmad ibn Tulun was the founder of the Tulunid dynasty that ruled Egypt and Syria between 868 and 905. Originally a Turkic slave-soldier, in 868 Ibn Tulun was sent to Egypt as governor by the Abbasid caliph. Within four years Ibn Tulun had established himself as a virtually independent ruler by evicting the caliphal fiscal agent, Ibn al-Mudabbir, taking over control of Egypt's finances, and establishing a large military force personally loyal to himself. This process was facilitated by the volatile political situation in the Abbasid court and the preoccupation of the Abbasid regent, al-Muwaffaq, with the wars against the Saffarids and the Zanj Rebellion. Ibn Tulun also took care to establish an efficient administration in Egypt. After reforms to the tax system, repairs to the irrigation system, and other measures, the annual tax yield grew markedly. As a symbol of his new regime, he built a new capital, al-Qata'i, north of the old capital Fustat.

Abu Ishaq Ibrahim Ibn al-Muqtadir, better known by his regnal title al-Muttaqi was the Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad from 940 to 944. His reign marked the start of the 'later Abbasid period' (940-1258). His Predecessor Ar-Radi was the last Caliph of the early Abbasid period.

Alaa Abdul-Zahra Khashen Al-Azzawi, is an Iraqi football player who currently plays for Al-Zawraa in the Iraqi Premier League. He is also a member of Iraq national team. He can be deployed as an attacking midfielder or a second striker, and since 2016 plays a striker. He is the fifth-most capped player in the history of the Iraq national team.

Hajj ʿAbd al-Rahman Mohammed ʿArif al-Jumayli ; April 14, 1916 – August 24, 2007) was the third President of Iraq, from April 16, 1966, to July 17, 1968.

Abū Nasr Muhammad ibn al-Nāsir, better known with his regnal name al-Zāhir bi-Amr Allāh, was the Abbasid caliph in Baghdad from 1225 to 1226. He succeeded his father al-Nasir in the year 1225 as the thirty-fifth Abbasid Caliph.

Saad Natiq Naji, sometimes referred as Suad Natiq Naji is an Iraqi footballer who plays for Al-Shorta in the Iraqi Premier League as a defender and defensive midfielder.