List of Famous people born in Baghdad Governorate, Iraq

Aseel Karim Hameem is an Iraqi singer. She started her professional career at the age of twenty two and has released various songs in collaboration with other artists. Hameem has also voiced the theme songs for multiple Arabic TV series. As of August 2020, her song "Ser Alhayah" is the most streamed song on YouTube by a female Arab artist with more than 255 million views.

Jawad Ali (1907–1987) was an Iraqi historian and academic specializing in Islamic and Arabic history. He received his doctorate from Hamburg University in 1939 and is known for his book The history of the Arabs before Islam which became one of most referenced works on the history of Arabs before Islam. Jawad Ali worked in the Department of History at the Faculty of Education at the University of Baghdad beginning in the 1950s.

Zahraa Habib Ben Mimem is an Iraqi-Tunisian actress, presenter and model. she is known for her role in Hawa Baghdad.