People from Baghdad

Iraqi British architect, designer and painter (1950–2016)

King of Iraq from 4 April 1939 until 1958

Abū Isḥāq Muḥammad ibn Hārūn al-Rashīd (; October 796 – 5 January 842), better known by his regnal name al-Muʿtaṣim biʾllāh (, ), was the eighth Abbasid caliph, ruling from 833 until his death in 842. When al-Ma'mun died unexpectedly on campaign in August 833, al-Mu'tasim was thus well placed to succeed him, with the support of the powerful chief , Ahmad ibn Abi Duwad, he continued to implement the rationalist Islamic doctrine of Mu'tazilism and implementing policy.

Iraqi politician (1921-1966)

Persian brothers, mathematicians and astronomers

Emir of Egypt and Syria from 868 to 884

Iraqi politician and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Iraq (1892-1965)

Arab Muslim preacher and scholar (c.1116–1201)

Iraqi American author, women's rights activist

Autonomous ruler of Egypt and Syria (882-946)

Abbasid vizier and calligrapher

Christian martyr

Iraqi feminist and women's rights activist (1960–2026)

Medieval Arab mathematician

12th century Iraqi Islamic philosopher, physicist and physician

Muslim mathematician, astronomer and physician

Israeli diplomat (1923-2021)

Iraqi militia commander

Arabic mathematician

Muslim Arab scholar of Islam

Armenian astronomer (1922-2014)

Ali ibn Umar al-Daraqutni (; 918–995 CE / 306–385 AH), was a Sunni Muslim scholar and traditionist best known for compiling the hadith collection Sunan al-Daraqutni. He is commonly celebrated in Sunni tradition with titles such as "Imam" and "Amir al-Mu'minin fi al-Hadith".

Arab mathematician and astronomer

mathematician

Baghdadi Sufi Muslim saint (c.750/60–c.815/20)

3rd and 6th prime minister of Iraq (1885–1936)

treasurer of Baghdad (1792-1864)

Egyptian Vizier under the Fatimids from 979 to 991

Persian scholar

Iraqi educator and political activist (1937-1980)

Bahlūl () was the common name of Wāhab ibn Amr (Arabic: ), a companion of Musa al-Kadhim. He lived in the time of the Caliph Hārūn al-Rashīd. Bahlūl was a well known judge and scholar who came from a wealthy background.

second wife of Saddam Hussein

Iraqi Sufi mystic and poet (1779–1827)

Persian Sufi scholar (861–946)

9th-century Baghdadi Sufi Muslim saint

Iraqi archeologist

Hafs (, , 706–796 AD; 90–180 AH), according to Islamic tradition, was one of the primary transmitters of one of the seven canonical methods of Qur'an recitation (''qira'at''). His method via his teacher Aasim ibn Abi al-Najud has become the most popular method across the majority of the Muslim world.

Prime Minister of Iraq (1888–1961)

Member of Lehi

Founder - KESK Green Building Consulting

10th century Islamic theologian, muhaddith and faqih from Baghdad

Iraqi historian and researcher (1973–2020)

Iraqi Muslim theologian and religious leader (867–941)

Islamic scholar

Islamic astronomer

political family

Iraqi-Israeli Arabist and translator

9th-century Arab scholar, poet and grammarian

Abu ‘Amr Hafs Ibn ‘Umar Ibn ‘Abd al-‘Aziz al-Baghdadi, better known as Al-Duri (767-860 CE; 150-246 AH), was a significant figure in the transmission of the Qira'at, or methods of reciting the Qur'an. Of the seven canonical reciters, al-Duri was a transmitter for two entirely separate methods: that of Abu 'Amr ibn al-'Ala' and that of Al-Kisa'i. He was a direct disciple of the latter and an indirect disciple of the former due to a generational gap. al-Duri transmits Abu 'Amr's recitation through Abu Muhammad Yahya ibn al-Mubarak ibn a-Mughirah al-Yazidi (d. 202 AH). Learned men were said to ha

Iraqi collector of hadith (750/1-819/20)

Iraqi politician, Iraqi foreign minister, and prime minister of Iraq from 1953 to 1954

Iraqi theologian and scholar (c. 868–909)

Iraqi model and fashionista (1996-2018)

British surgeon

Assyrian politician (1901-1949)

Iraqi association football referee

Judge

Arab grammarian

one of the sons of Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith (1853–1937)

Hadith Master (Hafidh), the Hanbali Legal Jurist (Faqih), and an ascetic