List of Famous people born in Baghdad, Iraq

Mustafa Al-Kadhimi

First Name Mustafa
Last Name Al-Kadhimi
Born on November 30, 1966 (age 57)

Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, alternatively spelt Mustafa Al-Kadhimiy, is an Iraqi–British politician, diplomat and bureaucrat currently serving as the Prime Minister of Iraq since May 2020. Kadhimi is also the 43rd prime minister since the country's independence in 1932 and the fourth overall under the 2005 constitution.

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Mohammed Ghani Hikmat

First Name Mohammed
Last Name Hikmat
Born on April 20, 1929
Died on September 12, 2011 (aged 82)

Mohammad Ghani Hikmat was an Iraqi sculptor and artist credited with creating some of Baghdad's highest-profile sculptures and monuments and was known as the "sheik of sculptors". He is also known as an early member of Iraq's first 20th-century art groups, including Al-Ruwad and The Baghdad Modern Art Group; two groups that helped to bridge the gap between tradition and modern art. He was also instrumental in recovering many of Iraq's missing artworks, which were looted following the 2003 invasion.

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Ahmed Chalabi

First Name Ahmed
Last Name Chalabi
Born on October 30, 1944
Died on November 3, 2015 (aged 71)

Ahmed Abdel Hadi Chalabi was an Iraqi politician, a founder of the Iraqi National Congress (INC) and the President of the Governing Council of Iraq.

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Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr

First Name Mohammad
Last Name Al-Sadr
Died on February 19, 1999 (aged 29)

Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad Muhammad-Sadiq al-Sadr was a prominent Iraqi Shia marja'. He called for government reform and the release of detained Shia leaders. The growth of his popularity, often referred to as the followers of the Vocal Hawza, also put him in competition with other Shi'a leaders, including Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim who was exiled in Iran.

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Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr

First Name Mohammad
Last Name Al-Sadr
Born on March 1, 1935
Died on April 9, 1980 (aged 45)

Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr, also known as al-Shahīd al-Khāmis, was an Iraqi Shia cleric, philosopher, and the ideological founder of the Islamic Dawa Party, born in al-Kadhimiya, Iraq. He was father-in-law to Muqtada al-Sadr, a cousin of Muhammad Sadeq al-Sadr and Imam Musa as-Sadr. His father Haydar al-Sadr was a well-respected high-ranking Shi'a cleric. His lineage can be traced back to Muhammad through the seventh Shia Imam Musa al-Kazim. Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr was executed in 1980 by the regime of Saddam Hussein along with his sister, Amina Sadr bint al-Huda.

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Qais Khazali

First Name Qais
Last Name Khazali
Born on June 20, 1974 (age 49)

Qais Hadi Sayed Hasan al-Khazali is best known as the founder and leader of the Special Groups in Iraq from June 2006 until his capture by British forces in March 2007. As head of the Special Groups, Khazali directed arms smuggling, formation of death squads to participate in sectarian violence, kidnappings, and assassinations, most notably the 20 January 2007 attack on American forces in Karbala. A former follower of Muqtada al-Sadr, he was expelled from the Mahdi Army in 2004 for giving "unauthorized orders" and founded his own group: Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq (AAH) also known as the "Khazali network" that was later designated as a terrorist group by the USA government. During his incarceration Akram al-Kaabi became acting commander of the organisation until his release.

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Ali Al-Wardi

First Name Ali
Last Name Al-Wardi
Born on October 23, 1913
Died on July 13, 1995 (aged 81)

Ali Al-Wardi was an Iraqi Social Scientist specialized in the field of Social history.

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Abdel-Wahab al-Saadi

First Name Abdel-Wahab
Last Name Al-Saadi
Born on November 30, 1962 (age 61)

Staff Lieutenant General Abdul-Wahab al-Saadi or Saedi is the head of the Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service (ICTS). He has been the overall operation's commander of Iraqi government forces in Battle of Baiji (2014–15), Second Battle of Tikrit, and Third Battle of Fallujah (2016), the Hawija offensive (2017) in the war against ISIL.

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Bint al-Huda

First Name Bint
Born on February 23, 1937
Died on April 9, 1980 (aged 43)

Amina Haydar al-Sadr, known as Bint al-Huda al-Sadr, was an Iraqi educator and political activist who was executed by Saddam Hussein along with her brother, Ayatullah Sayyid Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr, in 1980.

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Khoder Hadi

First Name Khoder
Born on January 1, 1962
Died on April 24, 2019 (aged 57)
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