List of Famous people born in Baghdad Governorate, Iraq

Subhi bin Jassim bin Humaid al-Badri al-Samarrai (1936–2013) was a leading Iraqi muhaddith and one of the founders of Salafi movement in Iraq.

ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. ʿAlī b. Muḥammad Abu 'l-Faras̲h̲ b. al-Jawzī, often referred to as Ibn al-Jawzī for short, or reverentially as Imam Ibn al-Jawzī by some Sunni Muslims, was an Arab Muslim jurisconsult, preacher, orator, heresiographer, traditionist, historian, judge, hagiographer, and philologist who played an instrumental role in propagating the Hanbali school of orthodox Sunni jurisprudence in his native Baghdad during the twelfth-century. During "a life of great intellectual, religious and political activity," Ibn al-Jawzi came to be widely admired by his fellow Hanbalis for the tireless role he played in ensuring that that particular school – historically, the smallest of the four principal Sunni schools of law – enjoy the same level of "prestige" often bestowed by rulers on the Maliki, Shafi'i, and Hanafi rites.

Al-Mustarshid Billah ‎ was the Abbasid caliph in Baghdad from 1118 to 1135. He was son of his predecessor, caliph al-Mustazhir. He succeeded his father in the year 1118 as the twenty-ninth Abbasid Caliph. He was also an Arabic poet.

Yaḥyā ibn Maʻīn (774-847), was a great classical Islamic scholar in the field of hadith of Persian origin. He was a close friend of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal. Ibn Ma'in is known to have spent all of his inheritance on seeking ḥadīths to the extent he became extremely needy.

Ulayya bint al-Mahdi was an Abbasid princess, noted for her legacy as a poet and musician.

Noor Sabri Abbas Hasan Al-Baidawi, simply known as Noor Sabri is an Iraqi former professional goalkeeper. He plays for Naft Maysan in the Iraqi Premier League. He played 16 years for the Iraqi national team and retired in 2018.

Riyadh Al-Azzawi is an Iraqi-British kickboxer and the 2008 World Kickboxing Network (WKN) World Champion after a fight against 3-times world champion Tomasz Borowiec in the 91 kg category on February 12, 2008, becoming the first-ever Arab World Champion in heavyweight kickboxing with a record 34-0 at the time and is now known as "The Golden Champion". Riyadh Al-Azzawi has a record of 51-0.

Mohammed Salem Al-Ghabban is an Iraqi politician and the former Minister of Interior.

Al-Mustazhir billah was the Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad from 1094 to 1118. He succeeded his father al-Muqtadi as the twenty-eighth Abbasid Caliph. He was born in 1078.

Hakeem Shaker, is a former Iraqi football player and manager. At some point between late 2012 and early 2013, Hakeem was the first and only Iraqi coach to manage three Iraqi national teams at the same time.