33.3509° N, 44.4145° E
BAGHDAD
Most Famous People Born in Baghdad, Iraq
- Notable people
- 689
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- Median birth year
- 1945
- Most distinctive
- Califfo 1590.8×
Standouts
Notable Births by Decade
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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.
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.
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Abdul Salam Arif
1921 - 1966
Ahmed Chalabi
1944 - 2015
Nuri al-Said
1888 - 1958
Abdul Rahman Arif
1916 - 2007
Rashid Ali al-Gaylani
1892 - 1965
Haider al-Abadi
Born 1952
Abd al-Rahman al-Bazzaz
1913 - 1973
Jafar al-Askari
1887 - 1936
Faisal Husseini
1940 - 2001
Adnan Pachachi
1923 - 2019
Ayad Allawi
Born 1945
Adil Abdul-Mahdi
Born 1942
Shlomo Hillel
Born 1923
Yasin al-Hashimi
1882 - 1937
Nadhim Zahawi
Born 1967
Ran Cohen
Born 1937
Tawfiq al-Suwaidi
1892 - 1968
Ali Allawi
Born 1947
Ahmad Mukhtar Baban
1900 - 1976
Mahmud Nedim Pasha
1818 - 1883
Taha al-Hashimi
1888 - 1961
Yusuf Salman Yusuf
1901 - 1949
Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali
1903 - 1997
Hüseyin Numan Menemencioğlu
1893 - 1958
Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid
882 - 946
Tariq al-Hashimi
Born 1942
Muzahim al-Pachachi
1890 - 1982
Thoraya Obaid
Born 1945
Ra'anan Cohen
Born 1941
Hikmat Sulayman
1889 - 1964
Abdelhamid Sharaf
1939 - 1980
Mordechai Ben-Porat
Born 1923
Naziha al-Dulaimi
1923 - 2007
Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i
1904 - 1965
Esabelle Dingizian
Born 1962
Shalom Cohen (politician)
1926 - 1992
Arif Abd ar-Razzaq
1921 - 2007
Sassoon Eskell
1860 - 1932
Hamdi al-Pachachi
1886 - 1948
Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani
Born 1970
Khodair al-Khozaei
Born 1948
Nisrin Barwari
Born 1967
Aryeh Bibi
Born 1943
Mohammed Al-Ghabban
Born 1961
Uri Amit
1935 - 2011
Samuel Samuel
1855 - 1934
Mowaffak al-Rubaie
Born 1947
Mohammad-Ali Ala al-Saltaneh
1829 - 1918
Eliyahu Gabai
Born 1943
Ameer Sachet
Born 1963
Mordechai Bibi
Born 1922
Namaa Alward
Born 1953
Bafel Talabani
Born 1973
Aiham Alsammarae
Born 1951
Hamid Majid Mousa
Born 1941
Ali Hatem al-Suleiman
Born 1971
Mahmoud al-Mashhadani
Born 1948
Nuzhat Katzav
Born 1932
Naji al-Suwaydi
1882 - 1942
Binyamin Sasson
1903 - 1989
Humam Hamoudi
Born 1956
Muhammad as-Sadr
1882 - 1956
Maysoon Al-Damluji
Born 1962
Baha Araji
Born 1967
Abdul Qadir Obeidi
Born 1947
Omar Al-Rawi
Born 1961
Ayad al-Samarrai
Born 1946
Wijdan Michael
Born 1962
Abdul Karim Luaibi
Born 1959
Samir Abdul Aziz al-Najim
Born 1937
Asaad Al Eidani
Born 1967
Samir Sumaidaie
Born 1944
Rafah DiCostanzo
Born 1962
Abdul Razak al-Hashimi
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Qais Abd al-Karim
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Anne Nafi Aussi
Born 1964
Haidar Hadi
Born 1970
Sawsan Ali Sharifi
Born 1956
Abid Ali Jaferbhai
1899 - 1973
Ali Al Tamimi
Born 1975
Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi
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Walid Hamid Tawfiq al-Tikriti
Born 1954
Carmel Eliash
1933 - 1973
Kamel al-Kilani
Born 1958
Salah Al-Mukhtar
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Haidar Al Zamily
Born 1975
Wadie P. Deddeh
1920 - 2019
Bağdatlı Mehmed Hadi Pacha
1861 - 1932
Atwan Al Atwani
Born 1973
Alaa Al Hashimi
Born 1960
Nadim al-Jabiri
Born 1959
Adel Murad
1949 - 2018
Timoor Daghistani
Born 1948
Yousef al-Kalabi
Born 1978
Mouin AlKazmi
Born 1975
Raid Jahid Fahmi
Born 1950
Ali Faisal Alfayadh
Born 1963
Mohammed Naji
Born 1965
Bassam Salih Kubba
1944 - 2004
Sattar Alghanem
Born 1967
Hashem Jawad
1911 - 1969
Nabeel Yasin
Born 1950
Leila Abdul-Latif
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Abu Feras Alhamdani
Born 1974
Mehmed Hâdî Pasha
1861 - 1932