List of Famous people born in Iraq
Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in Western Asia, bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, Kuwait to the southeast, Saudi Arabia to the south, Jordan to the southwest and Syria to the west. The capital and largest city is Baghdad. Iraq is home to diverse ethnic groups including Arabs, Kurds, Turkmen, Chaldaeans, Yazidis, Shabakis, Armenians, Mandaeans, Circassians, Sabians and Kawliya. Around 99% of the country's 38 million citizens are Muslims, with small minorities of Christians, Yarsans, Yezidis and Mandeans also present. The official languages of Iraq are Arabic and Kurdish.
2. Saladin
يُوسُف بن أيوب بن شاذي بن مروان بن يعقوب الدُويني التكريتي
Male. Muslim leader. First Sultan of Egypt and Syria, founder of the Ayyubid dynasty
3. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
إبراهيم عوَّاد إبراهيم علي البدري السامرَّائي
Male. leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
First Name: Abu
Last Name: al-Baghdadi
Died on October 27, 2019 (aged 48)
Born in Iraq, Saladin Governorate
5. Zaha Hadid
Female. Iraqi-British architect
First Name: Zaha
Last Name: Hadid
Born on October 31, 1950
Died on March 31, 2016 (aged 65)
Born in Iraq, Baghdad Governorate
6. Abū Ḥanīfa
Male. Founder of Hanafi school of thought
First Name: Abū
Last Name: Ḥanīfa
Born on September 5, 0699
Died on June 18, 0767 (aged 67)
Born in Iraq, Najaf Governorate
7. Ahmad ibn Hanbal
Male. Scholar, theologian
First Name: Ahmad
Last Name: Hanbal
Born on November 30, 0780
Died on August 2, 0855 (aged 74)
Born in Iraq, Baghdad Governorate
8. Al-Mutanabbi
أبو الطيِّب أحمد بن الحُسين بن الحسن بن عبد الصَّمد الجعفي الكندي الكُوفي
Male. Iraqi poet from the Abbasid era
10. Abdul Khaleq Alghanem
Male. Saudi Arabian film director
First Name: Abdul
Last Name: Alghanem
Born on November 30, 1957
(age 63)
Born in Iraq, Baghdad Governorate
11. Souad Abdullah
Female. Iraqالعراق البصره
12. Uday Hussein
Male. son of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein
13. Majid al-Muhandis
Male. Iraqi-Saudi Arabian singer
First Name: Majid
Last Name: al-Muhandis
Born on October 25, 1971
(age 50)
Born in Iraq, Baghdad Governorate
14. Abu Azrael
15. Randa Markos
16. Ibn al-Haytham
Male. Arab physicist, mathematician and astronomer
First Name: Ibn
Born on November 30, 0964
Died on January 1, 1039 (aged 74)
Born in Iraq, Basra Governorate
18. Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis
جمال جعفر محمد علي آل إبراهيم
Male. Iraqi politician and militia commander
First Name: Abu
Last Name: al-Muhandis
Born on November 16, 1954
Died on January 3, 2020 (aged 65)
Born in Iraq, Basra Governorate
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