List of Famous people born in Iraq
Malik Dohan al-Hassan
Malik Dohan al-Hassan was an Iraqi politician and academician, who served as Minister of Culture and Information in 1967, headed the Iraqi Bar Association in 2003, and was the Minister of Justice in the Iraqi Interim Government in 2004.
Ali al-Milani
Ayatollah Sayyid Ali al-Husayni al-Milani is an Iraqi-Iranian Shia scholar.
Sadeq Larijani
Sadeq Ardeshir Larijani, better known as Amoli Larijani, is an Iranian cleric, conservative politician and the former and fifth head of the judicial system of Iran after the 1979 revolution.
Ibn Muqla
Abu Ali Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Muqla, commonly known as Ibn Muqla, was an official of the Abbasid Caliphate who rose to high state posts in the early 10th century. His career culminated in his own assumption of the vizierate at Baghdad thrice: in 928–930, 932–933 and 934–936. Unable to successfully challenge the growing power of regional emirs, he lost his position to the first amir al-umara, Ibn Ra'iq, and died in prison. He was also a noted calligrapher, inventing al-khatt al-mansūb and khatt ath-thuluth.
Tariq al-Hashimi
Tariq al-Hashimi is an Iraqi politician who served as the general secretary of the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) until May 2009. He served as the Vice President of Iraq from 2006 to 2012. As a Sunni, he took the place of fellow Sunni politician Ghazi al-Yawar.
Laith Hussein
Laith Hussein Shihaib Al-Tawlid is an Iraqi football player born in 1968 who captained the Iraqi national team.
Sherko Karim
Sherko Karim Lateef Gubari is an Iraqi professional footballer who plays as a forward for Iraqi Premier League club Erbil.
Ali Larijani
Ali Ardeshir Larijani is an Iranian conservative politician, philosopher and former military officer in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, who served as the Speaker of the Parliament of Iran from 2008 to 2020. Larijani was the Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council from 15 August 2005 to 20 October 2007, appointed to the position by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, replacing Hassan Rouhani. Acceptance of Larijani's resignation from the secretary position was announced on 20 October 2007 by Gholam-Hossein Elham, the Iranian government's spokesman, mentioning that his previous resignations were turned down by President Ahmadinejad.
Jafar al-Askari
Ja'far Pasha al-Askari served twice as prime minister of Iraq: from November 22, 1923, to August 3, 1924; and from November 21, 1926, to December 31, 1927.
Emad Mohammed
Emad Mohammed Ridha is a coach and former Iraqi football striker.