Find out more about the greatest Iraqi Leaders, including Saddam Hussein, Ahmed Chalabi, Mohammed Hadid, Nouri al-Maliki and Muqtada al-Sadr.
Saddam Hussein28 April 1937
Dictator & President of Iraq
NimrodBiblical Figure
Uday Hussein18 June 1964
Saddam Hussein’s Son
Ahmad ibn Hanbal0780 AD
Jurist
Terah1883 BC
Abraham's Father
Sennacherib0740 BC
Military Commander, King
Nouri al-Maliki20 June 1950
Former Prime Minister of Iraq
Ahmed Chalabi30 October 1944
Former Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq
Haider al-Abadi1952 AD
75th Prime Minister of Iraq
Husayn ibn Ali08 January 0626
Imam
RachelJacob's wife
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi20 October 1966
Jihadist
Ezra
Hujjat-Allah al-Mahdi28 July 0869
Imam
Hillel the Elder0110 AD
Jewish scholar
NehemiahNehemiah
Tariq Aziz28 April 1936
Politician, Diplomat, Journalist
Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf1940 AD
politician, diplomat, journalist
Faisal II of Iraq02 May 1935
King
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr01 July 1914
Politician, Military personnel
Muqtada al-Sadr12 August 1973
Politician
Ali al-Sistani04 August 1930
Theologian, Akhoond
Ali Hassan al-Majid30 November 1941
politician
Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri01 July 1942
Politician, Military personnel
Abd al-Karim Qasim21 November 1914
Military personnel
Muhammad al-Mahdi19 July 0868
Imam
Jalal Talabani12 November 1933
Politician, Jurist, Lawyer
Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti17 February 1951
Politician, Diplomat
Mohammed Hadid01 January 1907
politician
EsarhaddonSennacherib's son, king
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Masoud Barzani16 August 1946
Politician
Ibn al-Jawzi1116 AD
Hagiographer
Ur-NammuKing
Saadia Gaon30 June 0882
Rabbi
Yitzhak Kaduri1898 AD
Rabbi
Abdul Salam Arif21 March 1921
President
Rashid Ali al-Gaylani1892 AD
Politician
Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah16 November 1935
Political figure
Adnan KhairallahAyad Allawi31 May 1944
Politician
Shalmaneser III0880 BC
Ashurnasirpal II's son
Reuben1569 BC
Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr23 March 1941
theologian
Masrour Barzani02 March 1969
Prime Minister
Isaac of Nineveh0613 AD
Bishop
Qutayba ibn Muslim0669 AD
Military commander
Yasser Al-Habib20 January 1979
Cleric
Ibrahim al-Jaafari25 March 1947
Politician, Diplomat
Tiglath-Pileser I1114 BC
IdrisProphet
Shalmaneser I1274 BC
King
Sabawi Ibrahim al-Tikriti
Mohammad Bahr al-UlloumNuri as-Said30 November 1888
Politician
Anan ben David0715 AD
Religious leader
Hai Gaon0939 AD
Rabbi
Rav Ashi0352 AD
Rabbi
Hoshyar ZebariAbd al-Rahman al-Bazzaz20 February 1913
Leader
Isa ibn Musa0721 AD
Military Leader
Amram Gaon0810 AD
Author
Abdul Karim Qassim21 November 1914
Political leader
Rafi al-Issawi02 March 1966
Politician
Abu Hanifa an-Nu‘man05 September 0699
Imam
Raphael I Bidawid17 April 1922
Scholar
Jaafar Al-Askari15 September 1885
Statesman
Mustafa al-Barzani14 March 1903
Politician
Muqtada al Sadr12 August 1974
Politician
Nur ad-Din31 January 1118
Emir
Al-Muʿtaḍid0857 AD
Ruler
Ibn Khallikān22 September 1211
Scholar
Tiglat-pileser III0780 BC
King
Abu Abdallah al-Shi'iMissionary
Aḥa Of Shabḥa0680 AD
Scholar
Aḥmad Ḥasan al-Bakr01 July 1914
Politician
Al-Amīn14 April 0787
Caliph
al-BasasiriMilitary leader
Al-Hādī26 April 0764
Caliph of Baghdad
Muhammad Fadhil al-Jamali20 April 1903
Politician
ʿAbd al-Rahman ʿArif14 April 1916
President
ʿAbd al-ʿAziz al-Hakim01 January 1952
Prime Minister