List of British Iraqis

This is a list of notable British Iraqis, ordered by surname within section.

Academia

• 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

• Charlotte Lewis - actor; Chilean-Iraqi father
• Yasmin Paige - actress
• Andy Serkis - actor (Iraqi father of Armenian descent)

Artists

• Lowkey - UK rapper, born Kareem Dennis; his mother is of Iraqi descent[3]
• Bashar Lulua - conductor; Iraqi father

Business

• 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

• Kasim Abid - cameraman, director and producer[8]
• Tala Hadid - film director and producer; Iraqi father
• Amrou Al-Kadhi - writer, performer, and director

Politicians

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

• Riyadh Al-Azzawi - kickboxer
• Youra Eshaya - Assyrian footballer, first Iraqi to play professionally in England
• Zidane Iqbal - footballer

Writers

• 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

Other

• Banaz Mahmod - honour killing victim.

See also

• British Iraqis
• List of Iraqis
• List of Iraqi Americans

References

1. "Jim Al-Khalili calls for scientific Arab Spring". 7 November 2013.
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3. "Lowkey (London/Iraq) « Hip Hop Diplomacy". hiphopdiplomacy.org. Archived from the original on 2010-05-08.
4. "Sweet charity". Archived from the original on 2012-02-18. Retrieved 2009-05-24.
5. "Nemir Kirdar, President and CEO of Investcorp Addresses the Future of Iraq". Archived from the original on 2009-06-11. Retrieved 2009-07-05.
6. "Charles Saatchi | Biography, Art Collection, & Facts". 29 February 2024.
7. Goldman, Kevin (1997), Conflicting Accounts – The Creation and Crash of the Saatchi and Saatchi Empire, New York: Simon & Schuster, ISBN 0-684-83553-3
8. "Kasim Abid". Archived from the original on 2008-01-03. Retrieved 2008-02-09.
9. "Councillor details - Councillor Anood Al-Samerai - Southwark Council". Archived from the original on 2010-09-06. Retrieved 2010-11-29.
10. "Anood Al-Samerai – PPC for Ilford South | Parliamentary Candidates Detail". www.libdems.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2010-04-14.
11. Parris, Matthew (25 February 2010). "Nuclear reaction wins over rural hearts". The Times. London.^[dead link‍]
12. "About Nadhim". Zahawi. Zahawi.com. 6 May 2010. Archived from the original on 26 April 2010. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
13. "Nadhim Zahawi MP - Who is he?".