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Most Famous People from Iraq
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Iraq 112
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Ranked by cross-verified academic notability — how it works
By the numbers
112 notable people in this slice of the dataset.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Iraq during each.
Notable births in Iraq peaked in the 1940s with 15 people.
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Politics & Law is Iraq's biggest group — 33% of all notables (37).
Iraq over-indexes on other — 2.0× the global rate.
Iraq under-produces sports — only 0.4× the global rate.
Each band shows a profession family's share of Iraq's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
The biggest birthplaces of fame — every city is a doorway.