List of Iraqis

Archaeologists

• Donny George Youkhanna
• Taha Baqir
• Zainab Bahrani, Iraqi professor of Ancient Near Eastern Art and Archaeology at Columbia University
• Hormuzd Rassam, native Assyrian Assyriologist, British diplomat and traveller who made a number of important discoveries, including the clay tablets that contained the Epic of Gilgamesh, the world's oldest literature

  Artists

• Wijdan Ali, painter, was born in Baghdad, Iraq. She is the ex-wife of Prince 'Ali bin Naif of Jordan.
• Mohammed Ghani Hikmat, Iraqi sculptor and artist credited with creating some of Baghdad's highest profile sculptures and monuments. His best known works include the Victory Arch and two statues of Queen Scheherazade and King Shahryar, located on Aby Nuwas Street.
• Jananne Al-Ani, artist
• Zahroun Amara, world renowned Mandaean niello silversmith. People that are known to have owned his silver nielloware include Stanley Maude, Winston Churchill, Bahrain royal family, Egyptian King Farouk, Iraqi royal family including kings Faisal I and Ghazi, and British royal family including the Prince of Wales who became Edward VIII.
• Layla Al-Attar, painter
• Wesaam Al-Badry, Iraqi-American artist and photojournalist
• Yitzhak Yamin, Israeli painter and sculptor,
• Suad al-Attar, painter
• Jawad Saleem , Iraqi sculptor born in Ankara in 1919, one of the most famous Iraqi artists of all time.
• Omran Al-Kaysi, artist and historian
• Sama Raena Alshaibi, artist
• Jaber Alwan, artist
• Jasim An-Najafi , Iraqi senior calligrapher born in Najaf, Iraq
• Khalil al-Zahawi, calligrapher
• Halla Ayla, Iraqi-American artist
• Raad Ghantous, interior designer
• Hayv Kahraman, Iraqi-American artist
• Farouk Kaspaules, Iraqi-born Canadian artist
• Toba Khedoori, artist
• Nedim Kufi, artist
• Hassan Massoudy, calligrapher
• Rashad Salim, Iraqi-German artist
• Tamara Salman, design director
• Wafaa Bilal, born in 1966 Najaf, Iraq. He is an Iraqi American artist, former professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and currently an assistant professor at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.

  Artists of Iraqi origin

• Anish Kapoor, Indian sculptor. Born in Bombay to Hindu father and a Jewish mother whose family immigrated from Baghdad when she was a few months old.
• Gerry Judah, British artist and designer. Judah's maternal and paternal grandparents came from Baghdad to settle in the already established Baghdadi Jewish community in India and Burma.

  Architects

• Hisham N. Ashkouri
• Rifat Chadirji, Iraqi architect and author
• Zaha Hadid, one of the greatest architects in the 20th and 21st century, first woman ever to receive Pritzker Architecture Prize. Other awards include Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture, and Brit Awards 2017 posthumously.
• Hussain Ali Abbass Harba, Iraqi architect and designer
• Jala Makhzoumi, landscape architect, academic and activist
• Kanan Makiya, architect, academic and critic
• Mohamed Makiya, architect, urban planner and author
• Shwan Alhashimi, Architect, Interior Architect and Futurist
• Manhal Al-Habbobi, Iraqi architect and former mayor of Baghdad
• Basil Bayati, architect and designer

  Fashion designers

• Misha Nonoo, American-based fashion designer, best known for her eponymous line of women's ready-to-wear
• Farah Alhaddad, Iraqi-born fashion model
• Reem Alasadi, Iraqi-born British fashion designer
• Salim al-Shimiri
• Hana Sadiq
• Amir Slama, fashion designer, stylist and owner of the famous beach fashion brand Rosa Chá in Brazil
• Zeena Zaki, fashion designer

  Authors

• Elaf Ali: Journalist and author known for her impactful memoir Who Said Anything About Love?, which explores growing up under honor-based norms in Sweden.
• Nazik Al-Malaika: A revolutionary female poet who was one of the first to use free verse in Arabic literature.
• Sinan Antoon: A professor at NYU and a leading novelist who writes deeply emotional stories about loss and memory. His most famous works include The Corpse Washer and The Book of Collateral Damage.
• Ali Bader: A prolific novelist known for exploring the intellectual history of Baghdad and the complexities of Iraqi identity.
• Hassan Blasim: Often called "the best living Arab writer" by Western critics. He lives in Finland and writes gritty, surreal stories about war and refugees. Key works: ''The Iraqi Christ, The Madman of Freedom Square, Allah99.
• Inaam Kachachi: A Paris-based author whose novels often deal with the Iraqi diaspora and the loss of the diverse old Iraq. Her notable books include The American Granddaughter and Tashari.
• Betool Khedairi: Her writing often focuses on the intersection of cultures and the lives of women in Baghdad. Gained international acclaim for her debut novel Sky Below, which captures life in Baghdad under sanctions.
• Abbas Khider: An Iraqi-German author who fled Iraq in the 90s. He writes primarily in German about the refugee experience.
• Dunya Mikhail: An Iraqi-American renowned poet and journalist. Her work often transforms the horrors of war into hauntingly beautiful metaphors.
• Ahmed Saadawi: Best known for the international bestseller Frankenstein in Baghdad, which won the International Prize for Arabic Fiction.
• Badr Shakir al-Sayyab: Widely considered the father of modern Arabic poetry for his role in breaking traditional poetic structures.
• Muhsin al-Ramli: Living in Spain, he is one of the most prominent novelists writing about the Saddam era and its aftermath. Key works: The President's Gardens, Fingers of Dates.
• Shahad Al Rawi: A younger voice whose debut novel became an international sensation. Key works: The Baghdad Clock''.
• Saadi Youssef: One of the most prolific and influential Arab poets of the late 20th century, known for his "everyday" poetic language.
• Haifa Zangana: A novelist, artist, and political activist known for her memoirs and novels about political resistance.

  Business people and entrepreneurs

• Asil Attar, Iraqi businesswoman and former CEO
• Nadhmi Auchi, British-Iraqi businessman, founder and chairman of General Mediterranean Holding, 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 estimated fortune of £2,150 million.
• Zadik Bino, Iraqi-born Israeli billionaire businessman.
• Shlomo Eliahu, Baghdad-born Israeli businessman, billionaire, and former member of the Knesset
• Calouste Gulbenkian, Armenian businessman and philanthropist.
• Huda Kattan, Iraqi-American, founder and CEO of Huda Beauty
• Nemir Kirdar, Iraqi-born businessman
• Khalid Muhmood, director of Apollo Education and Training
• Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi, co-founder and chairman of Arab Media Watch
• Samuel Nalo, businessman, hijacker, and burglar
• Selim Zilkha, entrepreneur, founder of Mothercare, one of the United Kingdom's largest retail chains.
• Ezra Zilkha, financier and philanthropist
• Bahaa Abdul Hadi, Iraqi businessman and founder of Qi Card, the national credit card of Iraq also known as the International Smart Card ISC.
• Dadvan Yousuf, Iraqi cryptocurrency investor and businessman whose early bitcoin investments made him a millionaire.
• Marcus Samuel, 1st Viscount Bearsted, founder of the Shell Transport and Trading Company, which later took the name Royal Dutch Shell. Samuel was born into a Baghdadi Jewish family in Whitechapel, London.
• Samuel Samuel, businessman and Conservative Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1913 to 1934. Samuel, born into a Baghdadi Jewish family. He founded Samuel Samuel & Co in Yokohama, Japan, in partnership with his elder brother Marcus Samuel.
• Walter Samuel, 2nd Viscount Bearsted, Colonel Walter Horace Samuel, 2nd Viscount Bearsted MC was a British peer and former Chairman of the Shell Transport and Trading Company. He was also a prominent art collector and a philanthropist. Samuel was the son of Marcus Samuel, 1st Viscount Bearsted.
• Marcus Samuel, 3rd Viscount Bearsted, Major Marcus Richard Samuel, 3rd Viscount Bearsted TD DL was a British peer and a director of numerous companies, including Lloyds Bank. Samuel was the son of Walter Samuel, 2nd Viscount Bearsted.
• Peter Samuel, 4th Viscount Bearsted, Major Peter Montefiore Samuel, 4th Viscount Bearsted MC TD was a British peer and former Deputy Chairman of Shell Transport and Trading.
• Sassoon David Sassoon, Indian-born English businessman, banker and philanthropist.
• Sir Sassoon David, 1st Baronet, member of the community of Baghdadi Jews that lived in Bombay. A prominent businessman, he was the lead promoter of the Bank of India, founded in 1906.
• Sir Edward Sassoon, 2nd Baronet, of Kensington Gore, British businessman and politician.
• Sir Percival David, 2nd Baronet, important collector of Chinese porcelain. The Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art is a collection of Chinese ceramics and related items in London, England.
• Naim Dangoor CBE, British-nationalised Jewish Iraqi refugee, engineer, entrepreneur and philanthropist.
• Jack Dellal, London-based property investor known as 'Black Jack' reportedly worth GBP £480 million in 2009.
• Zadik Bino, Israeli businessman of Iraqi Jewish descent. He was ranked Israel's 24th richest man in 2006 by Forbes.
• Albert Abdullah David Sassoon, Sir Albert Abdullah David Sassoon, 1st Baronet, KCB, CSI, was a British Indian businessman and philanthropist. Sir Albert was born on 25 July 1818 in Baghdad.
• Shai Agassi, Founder and Chairman of Better Place
• Nemir A. Kirdar, Iraqi businessman and financier, he is the executive chairman & CEO of Investcorp, a private equity investment group operating out of New York, London and Bahrain. Kirdar currently lives in London. Kirdar was born to a Turkmen family in Kirkuk, Iraq, to a family prominent in the politics of the late Ottoman Empire and interwar Iraq.
• Shlomo Eliahu, Israeli businessman, billionaire, and former politician who served as a member of the Knesset between 1978 and 1981.
• Selim Zilkha, entrepreneur who founded Mothercare, one of the United Kingdom's largest retail chains. He was born in Baghdad to an Iraqi Jewish family. He is currently the co-owner of Zilkha Biomass Energy, which owns timberland and which makes pellet biofuel in Texas.
• Bahaa Hariri, businessman. Son of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri and Iraqi mother.
• Samuel Hayek, Israeli millionaire real-estate tycoon of Iraqi Jewish descent.
• Badr Jafar, business executive and entrepreneur based in the United Arab Emirates
• Victor Nacif, businessman and current Vice President of Design Business Aspects for Nissan Design America. He is of Mexican, Lebanese and Iraqi ancestry.
• Vincent Tchenguiz, Iranian-British entrepreneur born in Tehran to an Iraqi-Jewish family. He is the Chairman of Consensus Business Group.
• Robert Tchenguiz, British entrepreneur, securities dealer and the brother of Vincent Tchenguiz. He was born Teheran to an Iraqi-Jewish family. He is the co-chairman of Rotch Property Group.
• Ghadir Razuki, British multi-millionaire of Iraqi parents. Founder of TNT Magazine Group, with magazine and media interests in the UK, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.
• Kevork Hovnanian, Iraqi-born Armenian-American businessman and home builder, founder of Hovnanian Enterprises in 1959. He remained the president and chief executive officer of Hovnanian Enterprises until his retirement in 1997
• Charles Saatchi, co-founder of the PR agency called M&C Saatchi. He is also known as an art collector and owner of the Saatchi Gallery.
• Michael Kadoorie, The Hon. Sir Michael David Kadoorie, GBS, business executive and philanthropist.
• Sir Albert Abdullah David Sassoon, 1st Baronet, British Indian philanthropist and merchant, born in Baghdad
• David and Simon Reuben, joint Chief Executives of Reuben Brothers, well-known British businessmen and philanthropists.
• David Sassoon, Indian merchant and banker; born at Bagdad Oct., 1792; died at Bombay Nov. 7, 1864. His father, a wealthy Mesopotamian merchant, for many years state treasurer to the Turkish governor of Baghdad
• Edward Isaac Ezra, wealthy Jewish businessman of a Baghdadi Jewish family.
• Lawrence Kadoorie, Baron Kadoorie, famous industrialist, hotelier, and philanthropist. His family were originally Iraqi Jews from Baghdad who later migrated to Bombay, India in the mid-eighteenth century.
• Elly Kadoorie, Eleazer Silas Kadoorie, known as Sir Elly Kadoorie, philanthropist and member of a wealthy family that had large business interests in the Far East.
• Ellis Kadoorie, Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist. He was a member of the wealthy Baghdadian Kadoorie family that had large business interests in the Far East.
• Silas Aaron Hardoon, wealthy businessman and well-known public figure in the city of Shanghai in the early 20th century.