List of Famous people born in Iraq

Abū ‘Abd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Sa‘d ibn Manī‘ al-Baṣrī al-Hāshimī or simply Ibn Saʿ'd and nicknamed "Scribe of Waqidi", was a scholar and Arabian biographer. Ibn Sa'd was born in 784/785 CE and died on 16 February 845 CE. Ibn Sa'd was from Basra, but lived mostly in Baghdad, hence the nisba al-Basri and al-Baghdadi respectively. He is said to have died at the age of 62 in Baghdad and was buried in the cemetery of the Syrian gate.

Mehmed Hâdî Pasha was an Ottoman general and statesman, who was a prominent member of the Liberal Union. He is most remembered in Turkey for being one of the four Ottoman signatories of the disastrous Treaty of Sèvres, for which reason he was included in 1923 among the 150 personae non gratae of Turkey. He died in exile in 1932.

Ali Dawai Lazem is the current Governor of Maysan Province. Dawai's popularity took off after images posted to Facebook showing him working in the streets and directing projects went viral. Dawai is the only Governor belonging to the Sadrist movement.

Najmiddin Karim, also known as Najmaldin Karim, was an Iraqi Kurdish politician who was governor of Kirkuk Governorate from 2011 to 2017. Prior to the invasion of Iraq, Karim had served in numerous Kurdish and Iraqi opposition groups.

Dr. Mowaffak Baker al-Rubaie is an Iraqi politician, and was Iraq National Security Advisor in the government of PM Ayad Allawi and in 2005-2006 PM Ibrahim Al Jaafari and 2006-2009 Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. He was elected to the Iraqi Council of Representatives in December 2005 as a nominee of the United Iraqi Alliance and from 2014-2018 in the Iraqi Parliament.

Ahmed Yasin Ghani Mousa, known as Ahmed Yasin, is an Iraqi footballer who plays for Swedish club Örebro and the Iraq national team. He joined the Iraqi national team for first time in 2012, after having played for the Iraq U23 team.

Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Abul Ma'ali Shahab ad-Din Muhammad Hussain Mar'ashi Najafi was an Iraqi Shia Marja'.

Abu Abdillah Ibrahim bin Muhammad bin 'Urfah bin Sulaiman bin al-Mughira bin Habib bin al-Muhallab bin Abi Sufra al-Azdi better known as Niftawayh, was a Medieval Muslim scholar. He was considered to be the best writer of his time, in addition to an expert in Muslim prophetic tradition and comparative readings of the Qur'an.

Adnan Abd al-Munim al-Janabi is an Iraqi politician, tribal leader and economist who was a Minister of State in the Iraqi Interim Government from June 2004 to January 2005.