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    Most Famous People from Iraq

    People from Iraq, ranked by worldwide fame rather than local attention.

    As of September 9, 2026, Saddam Hussein leads iFANN's Famous rankings for Iraq, ahead of Ali Falih Al-Zaidi and Masoud Barzani.

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    Saddam Hussein
    #1

    Saddam Hussein

    Fame score 19.8

    Ali Falih Al-Zaidi
    #2

    Ali Falih Al-Zaidi

    Fame score 8.5

    Masoud Barzani
    #3

    Masoud Barzani

    Fame score 7.1

    #4
    Nizar Amidi

    Nizar Amidiiq

    44.1K Wikipedia views · 20+ news articles

    7.0    #5
    Muqtada al-Sadr

    Muqtada al-Sadriq

    29.9K Wikipedia views · 12+ news articles

    6.7    #6
    Nouri al-Maliki

    Nouri al-Malikiiq

    22.8K Wikipedia views · 24+ news articles

    6.2    #7
    Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani

    Mohammed Shia' al-Sudaniiq

    16.6K Wikipedia views · 4+ news articles

    5.8    #8
    Sajida Talfah

    Sajida Talfahiq

    50.6K Wikipedia views · 0+ news articles

    5.4    #9
    Aymen Hussein

    Aymen Husseiniq

    13.3K Wikipedia views · 3+ news articles

    5.3    #10
    Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf

    Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhafiq

    23.8K Wikipedia views · 0+ news articles

    4.8    #11
    Raghad Hussein

    Raghad Husseiniq

    42.7K Wikipedia views · 0+ news articles

    4.7    #12
    Rana Hussein

    Rana Husseiniq

    33.9K Wikipedia views · 4+ news articles

    4.4    #13
    Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer

    Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yaweriq

    5.2K Wikipedia views · 0+ news articles

    3.8    #14
    Samira Shahbandar

    Samira Shahbandariq

    34.5K Wikipedia views · 0+ news articles

    3.3    #15
    Latif Yahia

    Latif Yahiaiq

    22.1K Wikipedia views · 0+ news articles

    3.0    #16
    Hala Hussein

    Hala Husseiniq

    12.7K Wikipedia views · 0+ news articles

    2.7    #17
    Rauf Rashid Abd al-Rahman

    Rauf Rashid Abd al-Rahmaniq

    12.4K Wikipedia views · 0+ news articles

    2.0    #18
    Peter Gwargis

    Peter Gwargisiq

    2.7K Wikipedia views · 0+ news articles

    0.9    #19
    Huda Hussein

    Huda Husseiniq

    1.4K Wikipedia views · 1+ news articles

    0.7    #20
    Farhan Shakor

    Farhan Shakoriq

    17.3K Wikipedia views · 0+ news articles

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