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This is a
list of notable
British Iraqis
, ordered by
surname
within section.
Contents
1
Academia
2
Actors/actresses
3
Artists
4
Business
5
Film people
6
Politicians
7
Sport
8
Writers
9
See also
10
References
Academia
edit
Nisreen Alwan
- public health researcher
Elie Kedourie
- historian
Jim Al-Khalili OBE
- professor of theoretical physics at Surrey University and BBC presenter; born in
Baghdad
to an Iraqi father and English mother
[
1
]
Alphonse Mingana
[
2
]
Hormuzd Rassam
[
2
]
Sami Timimi
- psychiatrist
Actors/actresses
edit
Charlotte Lewis
- actor; Chilean-Iraqi father
Yasmin Paige
- actress
Andy Serkis
- actor (Iraqi father of Armenian descent)
Artists
edit
Lowkey
- UK rapper, born Kareem Dennis; his mother is of Iraqi descent
[
3
]
Bashar Lulua
- conductor; Iraqi father
Business
edit
Nadhmi Auchi
Samuel Hayek
- millionaire real-estate tycoon; chairman of the KKL Charitable Trust
[
4
]
Naim Dangoor
- entrepreneur and philanthropist
Eamon Jubbawy
- co-founder of technology company
Onfido
Nemir Kirdar
- Iraqi-born billionaire; President and CEO of
Investcorp
[
5
]
Charles Saatchi
- co-founder of the
advertising
agency
Saatchi & Saatchi
; born in
Baghdad
and is of
Iraqi Jewish
descent; owner of the
Saatchi Gallery
[
6
]
Maurice Saatchi
- brother of
Charles Saatchi
; co-founder of Saatchi & Saatchi; born in Baghdad and is of Iraqi Jewish descent
[
7
]
Film people
edit
Kasim Abid
- cameraman, director and producer
[
8
]
Tala Hadid
- film director and producer; Iraqi father
Amrou Al-Kadhi
- writer, performer, and director
Politicians
edit
Nadahim Zahawi MP
Anood Al-Samerai
- Southwark based councillor for British political party, the
Liberal Democrats
and leader of Southwark's Liberal Democrat Group
[
9
]
(Iraqi father, English mother)
[
10
]
Nadhim Zahawi
- born in
Baghdad
to
Kurdish
parents;
[
11
]
co-founded
YouGov
with
Stephan Shakespeare
and was YouGov's CEO from 2005 to 2010;
[
12
]
elected as a Conservative councillor in
Putney
[
13
]
in the
London Borough of Wandsworth
, and served from 1994 to 2006
Sport
edit
Riyadh Al-Azzawi
- kickboxer
Youra Eshaya
-
Assyrian
footballer, first Iraqi to play professionally in England
Zidane Iqbal
- footballer
Writers
edit
Tina Brown
- journalist, magazine editor, columnist, talk-show host and author of
The Diana Chronicles
; part Iraqi on her mother's side
Mona Chalabi
- data journalist; Iraqi parents
Saleem Haddad
- author; Iraqi-German mother
Foulath Hadid
- writer
See also
edit
British Iraqis
List of Iraqis
List of Iraqi Americans
References
edit
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"Jim Al-Khalili calls for scientific Arab Spring"
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"Lowkey (London/Iraq) « Hip Hop Diplomacy"
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hiphopdiplomacy.org
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the original
on 2010-05-08.
^
"Sweet charity"
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the original
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2009-05-24
.
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"Nemir Kirdar, President and CEO of Investcorp Addresses the Future of Iraq"
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the original
on 2009-06-11
. Retrieved
2009-07-05
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^
"Charles Saatchi | Biography, Art Collection, & Facts"
. 29 February 2024.
^
Goldman, Kevin (1997), Conflicting Accounts – The Creation and Crash of the Saatchi and Saatchi Empire, New York: Simon & Schuster,
ISBN
0-684-83553-3
^
"Kasim Abid"
. Archived from
the original
on 2008-01-03
. Retrieved
2008-02-09
.
^
"Councillor details - Councillor Anood Al-Samerai - Southwark Council"
. Archived from
the original
on 2010-09-06
. Retrieved
2010-11-29
.
^
"Anood Al-Samerai – PPC for Ilford South | Parliamentary Candidates Detail"
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www.libdems.org.uk
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Parris, Matthew (25 February 2010).
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11 June
2015
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