Najaf as a birthplace has produced a number of famous personalities of various fields (e.g. Iraqi politician (1939-2003), Iraqi Shia scholar, politician and militia leader (born 1974), Iranian ayatollah (1944-2020)): Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim, Muqtada al-Sadr, Mohammad-Ali Taskhiri and some more.
Celebrities from Najaf