Charles Saatchi (born June 9, 1943) was the co-founder with his brother Maurice of the global advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi, which became the world's biggest before the brothers were forced out of their own company in 1995. In the same year the Saatchi brothers formed a new agency called M&C Saatchi. Many large clients followed, and their new agency quickly overtook their ex agency in Britain's top ten.

Brian George (born July 1952, Jerusalem, Israel) is an English-Israeli character actor who typically plays guest roles for characters of Middle Eastern and South Asian descent, some more stereotypical than others. Perhaps his most famous role is as Pakistani restaurateur Babu Bhatt on "Seinfeld".

Avi Shlaim (born October 31, 1945 in Baghdad) is an Israeli-British dual citizen and historian and identifies ethnically as an Iraqi Jew. He is considered a key member of a group of Israeli scholars known as the New Historians who put forward revised interpretations of the history of Zionism and Israel. He is a regular contributor to "The Guardian" newspaper.

David Sassoon (1792 - 1864) was a prominent Bombay (now Mumbai) businessman and philanthropist of Iraqi origin. He was born in Baghdad into a family of Nasis, traditional leaders of the Jewish community. His father, Saleh Sassoon, was a wealthy banker and chief treasurer to the pashas, the governors of Baghdad, from 1781 to 1817. However, the Jews came under pressure from the Muslim Turkish rulers of Baghdad.

Maurice Saatchi, Baron Saatchi, born June 21, 1946 is the co-founder of advertising agencies Saatchi and Saatchi and M&C Saatchi. Born in Baghdad, Iraq, to Jewish parents, he is the brother of Charles Saatchi. Following Michael Howard's elevation to the leadership of the Conservative Party in November 2003, Lord Saatchi was appointed joint chairman of the party with Liam Fox. He had responsibility for running the party machine, …

Charlotte Lewis (born August 7, 1967 in Kensington, London) is an English actress. An exotic beauty, Lewis is Irish from her mother's side and Iraqi-Chilean from her father's side. Lewis made her film debut as a teenager in the 1986 movie "Pirates". She followed this with her role as the female lead in "The Golden Child" alongside Eddie Murphy that same year. But despite these early successes, her career developed only intermittently.

Nadhmi Auchi, born in 1937, is a British-resident, Iraqi-born billionaire businessman. In the "Sunday Times Rich List 2007" ranking of the wealthiest people in the UK he was placed 18th with an estimated fortune of £1,995 million. Nadhmi Auchi graduated in Economics and Political Science from the Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad in 1967. He also worked with the Iraqi Ministry of Oil, becoming Director of Planning and Development.

Elie Kedourie C.B.E., FBA (25 January 1926-29 June1992) was a British historian of the Middle East. He wrote from a conservative perspective, dissenting from many points of view taken as orthodox in the field. He was at the London School of Economics (LSE) from 1953 to 1990, becoming Professor of Politics. He was born in Baghdad; his background was Iraqi Jewish and he grew up in the Jewish quarter, …

Suad al-Attar (Arabic,سعاد العطار is a renowned Iraqi painter whose work is in private and public collections worldwide, including The British Museum and the Gulbenkian Collection. She has held over twenty solo exhibitions, including one in Baghdad that became the first solo exhibition in the country's history for a woman artist.

Sir Albert Abdullah David Sassoon, 1st Baronet, KCB, CSI, (1818-1896), a British Iraqi philanthropist and merchant, was born in Baghdad on 25 July 1818, a member of a family settled there since the beginning of the 16th century, and previously in Spain. He was named Abdullah at birth, but changed his name to Albert later in life. His father, David Sassoon a leading Baghdad merchant, was driven by repeated anti-Semitic outbreaks to move from Baghdad to Bushire, in Iran, and, …

Sassoon David Sassoon (1832 - 1867), a British Indian merchant, was born at Bombay (now Mumbai), a member of a family settled there since the beginning of the 16th century, and previously in Spain. He was the eldest son of the second marriage of his father David Sassoon, a leading Baghdad merchant, who was driven by repeated anti-Semitic outbreaks to remove from Baghdad to Bushire, in what is now Iran, and, in 1832, …

Lewis Alsamari is an Iraqi-born actor now based in England. He was granted asylum in the United Kingdom in the 1990s. He has appeared in episodes of television series such as "Spooks" and "Crossroads". He recently starred in the Universal Pictures film "United 93" as the terrorist Saeed Al Ghamdi.

Shwan Jalal (born August 14 1983 in Baghdad, Iraq) is an Iraqi-born English football goalkeeper, currently playing for Peterborough United. He grew up in Hastings, England, United Kingdom while attending William Parker School. He began his professional career at Tottenham Hotspur before joing Woking. He has also appeared for the England National Game XI on numerous occasions.

Bisher Amin Khalil Al-Rawi is an Iraqi citizen, who became a resident of the United Kingdom in the 1980's. Until March 30, 2007 he was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba. His detainee ID number is 906. The Department of Defense reports that Al Rawi was born on December 23, 1960, in Bagdad, Iraq. Bisher contends that he was on a business trip to Gambia with his friend and business associate, Jamil al-Banna, …

Alexander Elias, born 9th, November 1987 is the son of notable British politician and author Jennie Elias. He is the great grandson of Abdullah Elias and one of the closest living descendants of Sir Sassoon Eskell. He is also related to the Kadoorie family