Born in Baghdad
Baghdad
Capital city of Iraq
Baghdad as a birthplace has produced a number of famous personalities of various fields (e.g. Iraqi British architect, designer and painter, Iraqi actress, King of Iraq from 4 April 1939 until 1958): Zaha Hadid, Kenza Braiga, Faisal II of Iraq and some more.
Celebrities from BaghdadCelebrities from Baghdad
65 Zaha Hadid
Iraqi British architect, designer and painter
*October 31st, 1950 †March 31st, 2016, Miami
23 Faisal II of Iraq
King of Iraq from 4 April 1939 until 1958
*May 2nd, 1935 †July 14th, 1958, Baghdad.JPG "Jim Al-Khalili")
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Elias David Sassoon
Indian businessman and philanthropist
*March 27th, 1820 †March 21st, 1880, Galle
97 Sami Michael
Author, novelist, the President of ACRI – The Association for Civil Rights in Israel
*August 15th, 1926
96 Adnan Pachachi
Iraqi politician and statesman (1923–2019)
*May 14th, 1923 †November 17th, 2019, Abu Dhabi
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33 Apo Avedissian
Iraqi-born Armenian-American artist, film-maker, writer and photographer
*July 24th, 1990
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47 Hisham al-Hashimi
Iraqi political scientist and peace activist
*May 9th, 1973 †July 6th, 2020, Zayouna
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Ovadia Yosef
Talmudic scholar, posek and Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel from 1973 to 1983
*September 23rd, 1920 †October 7th, 2013, Hadassah Ein Karem Hospital 92
Naïm Kattan
Canadian writer (1928-2021)
*August 26th, 1928 †July 2nd, 2021, 12th arrondissement of Paris 78
Albert Abdullah David Sassoon
British-Indian businessman
*July 25th, 1818 †October 24th, 1896, Brighton 107
Yitzhak Kaduri
Iraqi-born, Israeli Sephardic Haredi rabbi
*September 7th, 1898 †January 28th, 2006, Jerusalem 51
Jafar al-Askari
3rd and 6th prime minister of Iraq (1885–1936)
*September 15th, 1885 †October 30th, 1936, Baghdad 64
Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid
Autonomous ruler of Egypt and Syria (882-946)
*February 8th, 0882 †June 24th, 0946, Damascus 60
Abd ar-Rahman al-Bazzaz
Iraqi politician, academic and pan-Arab nationalist (1913–1973)
*February 20th, 1913 †June 28th, 1973, BaghdadBirthdays of famous people
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