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BAGHDAD

Most Famous People Born in Baghdad, Iraq

Notable people
689
Peak decade
1960s
Median birth year
1945
Most distinctive
Califfo 1590.8×

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Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1960s with 74 notable births.

What Baghdad Is Known For

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Football is Baghdad's biggest profession — 15% of all notables (106).

Baghdad over-indexes on califfo — 1590.8× the global rate.

Baghdad under-produces actor — only 0.5× the global rate.

  1. Football 106 1.4×
  2. Politician 105 1.3×
  3. Poet 23 3.2×
  4. Writer 19 0.8×
  5. Actor 19 0.5×
  6. Journalist 18 1.7×
  7. Painter 15 0.8×
  8. Singer 14 1.0×
  1. Califfo 11 1590.8×
  2. Rabbi 9 11.7×
  3. Theologian 10 4.0×
  4. Poet 23 3.2×
  5. Mathematician 11 3.2×
  6. Artist 13 1.8×
  7. Physician 8 1.7×
  8. Journalist 18 1.7×
  1. Actor 19 0.5×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Baghdad's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

1850 1875 1900 1925 1950 1975 2000
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0029 POLITICIAN

Rashid Ali al-Gaylani

1892 - 1965

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0043 RABBI

Yitzhak Kaduri

1898 - 2006

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0127 POLITICIAN

Tawfiq al-Suwaidi

1892 - 1968

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0149 POLITICIAN

Hüseyin Numan Menemencioğlu

1893 - 1958

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0175 POLITICIAN

Muzahim al-Pachachi

1890 - 1982

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0214 RABBI

Yitzhak Nissim

1896 - 1981

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0543 POLITICIAN

Abid Ali Jaferbhai

1899 - 1973

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0557 MILITAR

Kamil Shabib

1895 - 1944

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0567 JOURNALIST

Fritz Hesse (Journalist)

1898 - 1980

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