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This list of Iraqis includes people who were born in Iraq and people who are of Iraqi ancestry, who are significantly notable for their life and/or work.
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[edit] Artists
- Further information: Art and architecture of Assyria
- Jananne Al-Ani, artist
- Layla Al-Attar, painter
- Shatha al-Rawi, artist & designer
- Sama Raena Alshaibi, artist
- Khalil al-Zahawi, calligrapher
- Dr Princess Nisreen El-Hashemite, painter
- Maysaloun Faraj, artist
- Raad Ghantous, interior designer
- Tamara Abdul Hadi, photojournalist[1]
- Toba Khedoori, artist
- Leila Kubba, artist
- Nedim Kufi, artist
- Hassan Massoudy, calligrapher
- Talal Refit, visual artist, architect, film director and multimedia designer
- Faisel Laibi Sahi, artist
- Tamara Salman, design director
- Yitzhak Yamin - Israeli painter and sculptor. (Born in Iraq of Iraqi Jewish heritage).
[edit] Architects
- Further information: Sumerian architecture and Art and architecture of Assyria
[edit] Fashion designers
[edit] Business people and entrepreneurs
[edit] Business people and entrepreneurs of Iraqi descent
- Nadhmi Auchi, British billionaire businessman. He is the founder and chairman of General Mediterranean Holding (GMH), a conglomerate of 120 companies worldwide. In the Sunday Times Rich List 2008 ranking of the wealthiest people in the UK he was placed 27th with an estimated fortune of £2,150 million.[4]
- Zadik Bino - Israeli billionaire businessman of Iraqi Jewish descent.[5] He was ranked Israel's 24th richest man in 2006 by Forbes.[6]
- Bahaa Hariri - businessman. Son of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and an Iraqi mother (Nidal Al-Bustani).
- Bashar Issa - British businessman/property developer[1][2]
- Victor Nacif - businessman and current Vice President of Design Business Aspects for Nissan Design America. He is of Mexican, Lebanese and Iraqi ancestry.
[edit] Caliphs
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- Further information: Abbasid
[edit] Educators
[edit] Engineers and scientists
- Further information: List of Muslim scientists, Babylonian mathematics, and Babylonian astronomy
[edit] Film actors and directors
- Ban Abdul, actress and dancer
- Mohamed Al-Daradji
- Nazem Al-Ghazali, actor/singer
- Koutaiba Al Janabi
- Nahida Al Rammah, actress
- Awatif al Salman, actress[7]
- Jawad Al Shakarchi, actor
- Jawad Assadi, director and playwriter
- Namaa Alward, actress
- Naguib el-Rihani, actor
- Abbas Fahdel, director of Dawn of the World
- Urban Hamid, film director
- Omar Hashim, sound-designer and film maker
- Tariq Hashim
- Ibrahim Jalal, actor
- Fakhriya Abdel Karim, actress/activist/communist
- Saaed Khalifa, actor
- Farid Majari, film maker
- Lauren Nadada, actress
- Awatif Naim, actress[8]
- Maysoon Pachachi, director of Return to the Land of Wonders
- Maysalun Qamar, actress
- Basam Ridha, actor
- Shath Salem, actress
- Hiner Saleem, film director
- Saad Salman, film director known for his documentary Baghdad On/Off
- Baz Shamoun, film director and maker of short documentary Where is Iraq?
- Majid Shokor, actor
- Amal Yassin, actress
- Samir Ibrahim Zedan
[edit] Film actors and directors of Iraqi descent
Kattan at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival.
- Layth Abdulamir
- Hana Al Bayaty, film maker and journalist
- Lewis Alsamari, actor starred in the Universal Pictures film United 93
- Usama Alshaibi, director of Muhammad and Jane and Nice Bombs
- Amer Alwan, film director known for winning an award for Zaman, The Man From The Reeds
- Joe Balass, film maker
- Carole Basri, filmmaker
- Zana Briski, director of Born into Brothels
- Jasmine Callan, actress
- Selma Chalabi, film maker
- Tamara Dhia, Iraqi-American actress
- Brian George - British-Israeli actor, most famous role is as Pakistani restaurateur Babu Bhatt on Seinfeld. (Born to Baghdadi Jewish parents).
- Shosha Goren, actress and comedian
- Ishtar Yasin Gutierrez, film director (Iraqi father and Chilean mother)
- Yasmine Hanani - American actress featured in documentary films Voices of Iraq and My Country, My Country
- Don Hany, actor (Won Best Actor for Winning the Peace (2005)
- Nicholas Kadi, actor
- Sarab Kamoo, actress starred in Super Sucker as Tamara Thompson and alongside Heather Raffo in 9 Parts of Desire
- Chris Kattan - American comedian and actor, best known for his work on the sketch show Saturday Night Live. (Born to an Iraqi Jewish father and Hungarian Buddhist mother).
- Charlotte Lewis, actress most notable for her lead female role in The Golden Child alongside Eddie Murphy
- Anisa Mehdi - Emmy Award winning film director, journalist and director of Inside Mecca
- Safia Monney, actress
- Yigal Naor, actor
- Shero Rauf, Movie maker and Assistant Director for the movie The Tournament (film)
- Rashed Radwan, Spanish film director[9]
- Shero Rauf, actor and a stuntman in the film Troy (film) alongside Brad Pitt
- Heather Raffo, Award winning playwright/actress most known for her role in 9 Parts of Desire
- Yael Reuveny, film director
- Liat Ron, actress and dancer
- Mohamed Said (actor), Swedish actor
- Osamah Sami, actor
- Alia Shawkat - American actress known as Maeby Funke on Arrested Development
- Zina Zaflow, actress
[edit] Journalists
[edit] Journalists of Iraqi descent
[edit] Military figures
- Dahlena, bellydancer
- Dan Halutz, Israeli air force general
- Safana Jawad
- Moshe Levi, (1936 – January 8, 2008), was the 12th Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces. He was the first Chief of Staff of Mizrahi (Iraqi) origin.
- Rachel Levy, Israeli murder victim
- Gad Ben-Meir, lawyer
- Amira Mor, bellydancer[11]
- Yitzhak Mordechai, was as an Israeli general, and later Minister of Defense and Minister of Transport.
- Eliad Moreh, Israeli citizen of Iraqi-French origin, who survived fatal terror attacks at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem on July 31, 2002
- Muayyed Nureddin, geologist
- Ibn Rajab, scholar
- Kaysar Ridha
- Fairuz Yamulky
[edit] Models
[edit] Monarchs
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[edit] Musicians
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Main article: Music of Iraq
Dalli performing in Amman.
- Rida Al Abdullah
- Alfred George Al-Babilly
- Nazem Al-Ghazali
- Rahim AlHaj
- Hatim Al-Iraqi, Iraqi singer [5]
- Karim Al-Iraqi, poet and musician [6]
- Basim al-karbalaie
- Hussam Al-Rassam
- Kathem Al Saher, one of the most successful Arab singers in the Arab world
- Acrassicauda, Iraq's only heavy metal band
- Jamil Bachir
- Munir Bashir
- Dalli, singer
- Ahmed El Faleh
- Raed George
- Filfel Gourgy, singer[13]
- Seta Hagobian, famous Iraqi Armenian singer
- Shatha Hassoun winner of Star Academy 4
- Simor Jalal
- Bassam Abdul Mehdi - winner of Iraq Star 3
- Rahma Mezher came 2nd in Najm Al Khaleej
- Majid Al Muhandis
- Ahmed Mukhtar
- Niz-r, rapper
- Beatrice Ohanessian - (1927–2008) was an Iraqi pianist, notable for being Iraq's first concert pianist and first female composer.[14] (Born in Baghdad, Armenian ethnicity).
- Salima Pasha - (?-1974), was a well known Iraqi Jewish singer and was dubbed as the most famous female singer, since the early 1930s. She married fellow Iraqi singer and actor Nazem Al-Ghazali.
- Ehab Salem, Iraqi pop singer[7]
- Janan Sawa
- Naseer Shamma
- Nawfal Shamoun
- Salman Shukur
- Unknown to No One, boyband
- Waed
- Haitham Yousif, popular Iraqi singer
- Mansour Zalzal
- Ziryab
[edit] Musicians of Iraqi descent
- Aiwa (band), Iraqi-French band[15]
- Laith Al-Deen, German pop musician
- Farida Mohammad Ali, singer
- Saleh and Daoud Al-Kuwaity
- Fabian Alsultany, DJ
- Oren Ambarchi - Australian electronic guitarist and drummer. Is of Iraqi (Sephardi Jewish) heritage.
- Bruno Coulais, composer
- Mike Crush, Iraqi-German musician
- Yair Dalal
- Amir ElSaffar
- Dena El Saffar sister of Amir El Saffar
- Rami Fortis - Israeli rock singer (Iraqi/Italian ancestry)
- Linda George
- Juliana Jendo
- Chemda Khalili, singer/songwriter and co-host of the Keith and The Girl podcast
- Lowkey, British-Iraqi rapper
- The Narcicyst, Iraqi-Canadian rapper
- Karim Othman-Hassan, oudist[16]
- Esma Redžepova, Romani Macedonian vocalist, songwriter, and humanitarian. Her grandfather was an Iraqi Jew.
- Shlomo, human beatbox and member of UK-hip hop act, Foreign Beggars
- Sahar Taha, singer and artist[17]
- TIMZ Iraqi-American rapper
- Elliot Yamin
[edit] Patriarchs
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[edit] Politicians
- See also: Politics of Iraq
Iraq's former prime minister Iyad Allawi
[edit] Politicians of Iraqi descent
[edit] Religious leaders
[edit] Sports personalities
Ammo Baba at a 1979 Military Cup game.
Younis Mahmoud with former Brazilian footballer Pelé.
- Bassim Abbas, footballer
- Haidar Abdul-Razzaq, footballer
- Haidar Aboodi, footballer
- Nashat Akram, footballer
- Najah Ali, Iraqi boxer who qualified for the 2004 Olympics in Athens
- Adnan Al-Kaissie, professional wrestler
- Abdul Wahid Aziz, Iraqi weightlifter, who won a bronze medal in the lightweight division at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
- Ammo Baba, former Iraqi international football player and coach of the Iraq national football team.
- Youra Eshaya, footballer
- Faisal Faisal, footballer
- Ghanim Ghudayer, footballer
- Basil Gorgis, footballer
- Jassim Muhammad Haji, footballer
- Falah Hassan, footballer
- Louay Salah Hassan, footballer
- Khaldoun Ibrahim, footballer
- Salih Jaber, footballer
- Abbas Obeid Jassim, footballer
- Ihab Kareem, footballer
- Mahdi Karim, footballer
- Younis Mahmoud, Iraqi football striker and captain of the Iraq national football team. In 2007 he captained the Iraq football team to the Asian Cup glory. He currently plays for Al-Gharafa Sports Club in Qatar.
- Ahmad Mnajed, Iraqi national soccer team player, who plays for Al-Ansar in Lebanon.
- Emad Mohammed, footballer
- Karrar Jassim Mohammed, footballer
- Hawar Mulla Mohammed, Iraqi footballer who is known to be one of the best players in Iraqi national team. He currently plays for Anorthosis FC in Cyprus.
- Sarhang Muhsin, footballer
- Samal Saeed Mujbel, footballer
- Qusay Munir, Iraqi national soccer team player, who is a midfielder for Qatar SC in Qatar.
- Mohammad Nasser, Iraqi national soccer team player. Plays for Esteghlal Ahvaz in Iran.
- Yassir Raad, footballer
- Ahmed Radhi, footballer
- Ali Rehema, footballer
- Noor Sabri, footballer
- Saleh Sader, footballer
- Hussein Saeed, footballer
- Kadhem Sharif, Iraqi world-class wrestler and weightlifter
- Abdul-Razzaq Ahmed Taha, was a Iraqi chess player and former president of Iraqi Chess Federation.
- Thamer Yousif, footballer
[edit] Sports personalities of Iraqi descent
Faris Al-Sultan's victory at the Ironman Triathlon World Championship.
- Moshe Agami - former Israeli professional soccer player who is best known for his time with Maccabi Haifa F.C..
- Riyadh Al-Azzawi - Iraqi-British kickboxer and the 2008 World Kickboxing Network World Champion.
- Rabeh Al-Hussaini - Iraqi-Filipino basketball player for Ateneo Blue Eagles.
- Faris Al-Sultan - German professional triathlete and winner of the 2005 Ironman Triathlon. Born in Munich to a German mother and Iraqi father.
- Avram Grant - former football manager of Chelsea F.C.. His mother is an Iraqi Jew.
- Colo Halit - Swedish football player (born in Iraq), who plays for IK Brage in Sweden.[8]
- Shwan Jalal - Iraqi-English football goalkeeper who plays for Bournemouth F.C.. He was also former goalkeeper at Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, during 2002-2004.
- Seif Kadhim - Iraqi-Swedish footballer, who plays as midfielder position for Swedish football club Örgryte IS based in Gothenburg, in Sweden.
- Bovar Karim - Iraqi-Swedish footballer who currently plays for Tromsø I.L. in Norwegian Premier League.
- Malik Hassan Karim - French citizen who played for OC Agaza in Togo during 2005-2006. He had also played in the lower divisions in France, Bulgaria, and Portugal, and for first division clubs in Iraq and Lebanon.[21]
- Zia Shawel - [9] first coach of the Assyrian Sports Club in Baghdad,[10] he then played for Eintracht Frankfurt amauters for a season in 1961-62 in Frankfurt, West Germany, before coaching a local amateur team called Kelsterbach for 5 years.[11]
- Mohammed Yussuf - Mexican footballer who plays Midfielder for Juventus (Belize) in the Belizean Top Division.
[edit] Television and radio personalities
[edit] Television and radio personalities of Iraqi descent
- Kenza Braiga French TV reality show star of Iraqi origin.
- Peri Cochin, television host (French of Lebanese/Iraqi ancestry)
- Eli Yatzpan - Israeli television host and comedian
[edit] Writers & poets
- Hussain Mohammed Al-Amily, author
- Daisy Al-Amir, writer
- Shalash al-Iraqi, writer and blogger
- Walid al-Kubaisi, writer
- Nazik Al-Malaika, poet
- Thura Al Windawi, author
- Jamil Sidqi al-Zahawi, poet and philosopher
- Maria Theresa Asmar, author
- Al-Hariri of Basra - was an Iraqi poet, scholar of the Arabic language and a high government official of the Seljuk Empire.[22]
- Hafsa Bikri, poet
- Joseph Braude, author
- Judith Fathallah, author[23]
- Naeim Giladi - is an Anti-Zionist, and author of an autobiographical article and historical analysis entitled The Jews of Iraq.[24] The article later formed the basis for his originally self-published book Ben Gurion's Scandals: How the Haganah and the Mossad Eliminated Jews.
- Hatif Janabi, poet and writer
- Jamal Jumá, poet and researcher
- Loolwa Khazzoom, editor and writer [25]
- Betool Khedairi, author
- Moshe Levy, author
- Alia Mamdouh, author
- Dunya Mikhail, poet
- Abu Nuwas - (750–810) Born in Ahvaz, of Arab and Persian descent. He was one of the greatest of classical Arabic and Persian poets.
- David Rabeeya - (born 1938) is an author and professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies.
- Victor Sasson, writer
- Reuven Snir, writer
- Haifa Zangana, novelist, author and artist
[edit] Writers & poets of Iraqi descent
- Adeeb Kamal Ad-Deen - Iraqi Australian poet
- Lorraine Ali - American reporter, editor, culture writer and music critic for Newsweek.
- Khalid al-Maaly - German-Iraqi writer, poet and publisher
- Eli Amir, Israeli writer and activist
- Alon Ben-Meir, professor, writer and is the Middle East Project director at the World Policy Institute
- Ari Ben-Menashe - Israeli author of Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network
- Saul Fathi - Iraqi-born American Jewish author of stories on the plight of Sephardic Jews in Iraq.
- Amira Hess - Israeli poet and artist
- Julie Iny, author and activist
- Raed Jarrar, writer, architect and human rights activist
- Naïm Kattan - Canadian novelist, essayist and critic.
- Sam Kubba, author, businessman
- Jack Marshall (author), poet and author
- M.T. Mehdi - (1928-1999) Iraqi-American writer and pro-Palestinian activist.
- Sami Michael - Israeli author and the president of The Association for Civil Rights in Israel.
- Abdul Rahman Munif - (1933-2004) He was one of the most important Arabic novelists of the 20th century. Born in Amman to an Iraqi mother and Saudi father.
- Leilah Nadir, novelist and writer
- Zainab Salbi, writer, activist, co-founder and president of Women for Women International.
- Farrah Sarafa, poet
- Ella Shohat, writer and activist
- Ronny Someck - Israeli poet
- Rachel Wahba, writer
- Abraham Yahuda - Jewish writer, teacher and linguist. (Born in Jerusalem to a Jewish family originally from Baghdad).
[edit] References
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