Mosul - Notable Births

Notable Births

  • Tariq Aziz, Deputy Prime Minister 1979-2003) (from Tel Keppe)
  • Munir Bashir, Assyrian musician and famous musician in the Mideast during the 20th century
  • Asenath Barzani, first Jewish female rabbi
  • Hawar Mulla Mohammed, Iraqi soccer player for the national team
  • Paulos Faraj Rahho, Assyrian Chaldean Archbishop of Mosul, assassinated, late February or early March 2008
  • Taha Yassin Ramadan, former Vice President of Iraq
  • Hormuzd Rassam, Assyrian Assyriologist and diplomat
  • Kathem Al Saher, Iraqi pop singer, songwriter, and musician
  • Salah al-Din al-Sabbagh, Iraqi Army officer
  • Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer, Interim President of Iraq during 2004–2005
  • Ignatius Zakka I, Patriarch of Antioch and all east

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