Abdel Karim Mahoud al Mohammedawi Rashid al Rifai Mowaffak al Rubaie Muqtada al Sadr Muhammad Saeed al Sahhaf Ayham al Samaraie Hussain al Shahristani Hashim Abdul Rahman al Shibli Tawfiq al Suwaidi October was an Iraqi politician who served as Prime Minister of Iraq on three occasions stretching from to Abd al Muhsin as Sa dun – November was an Iraqi politician who served as Prime Minister of Iraq on four separate occasions between and Sultan Hashim Ahmad al Tai Rafi Dahham Al Tikriti Chief Iraqi Intelligence Service Barzan Ibrahim al Tikriti Sabawi Ibrahim al Tikriti Watban Ibrahim al Tikriti Mohammed Bahr al Uloum Ibrahim Mohamed Bahr al Uloum Ghazi Mashal Ajil al Yawer Dara Noor Alzin Abdul Rahman Arif Abdul Salam Arif Muhammad Najib ar Ruba i Abd al Muhsin as Sa dun Nuri as Said Zeyad Abdul Razzaq Mohammed Aswad Tariq Aziz Mikhail Yuhanna baptized Manuel Christo born April was the Foreign Minister – and Deputy Prime Minister – of Iraq and a close advisor of former President Saddam Hussein He is in fact an ethnic Assyrian and a member of the Chaldean Catholic Church Salaheddine Bahaaeddin Massoud Barzani Nesreen Mustafa Sidiq Berwari Ahmed Chalabi born October is an Iraqi politician He was interim oil minister in Iraq Sondul Chapouk Ali Fadel Aras Habib Mohsen Abdel Hamid Saddam Hussein Hussein Kamel al Majid Hatem Kamil Abdul Rahman Sidiq Kareem Lamiya Abed Khadawi Mohammed Jassem Khudair Wael Abdul Latif Samir Shakir Mahmoud Abdul Wahab Mirjan Hamid Majid Mousa Rashad Mandan Omar Mahmoud Othman Adnan Pachachi Behnam Zayya Polis Abdul Karim Qassim Mohammed Tawfik Raheem Abdul Ameer Abboud Rahima Taha Yassin Ramadan Abdul Latif Rashid Naji Sabri

Barham Salih Ezzedine Salim Talib Shabib Naji Shawkat Bakr Sidqi Bayan Baqir Solagh Hikmat Sulayman Jalal Talabani Abdul Basit Turki Hoshyar Zebari Mohammed Amza Zubeidi Jalal Dabagh Bakr Mahmoud Rasoul Al Bushdary is an Iraqi politician who served as the Governor of Sulaymaniyah from and the Chairman of the first Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of Kurdistan from He was the Iraqi Minister of Labour and Social Affairs from and d the General Director of Arab Labor Organization from Aiham Alsammarae is an Iraqi politician who served as Minister of Electricity from August until May Rend al Rahim Francke born is an Iraqi political activist She held the position as Iraqi ambassador to the United States She is considered to be a secularist trying to enable Iraq to transition to a liberal democratic model Politicians of Iraqi descent edit Sir Philip Sassoon rd Baronet Esabelle Dingizian Nadhim Zahawi Saad Hariri Houda Nonoo Dalia Itzik Aryeh BibiSir Philip Sassoon rd Baronet December – June was a British politician art collector and social host Sassoon was a member of the prominent Jewish Sassoon family and Rothschild family His father was Sir Edward Albert Sassoon nd Baronet His sister was Sybil Sassoon who married the Marquess of Cholmondeley He was a cousin of the war poet Siegfried Sassoon Maurice Saatchi Baron Saatchi born June is an Iraqi British politician and founder of the advertising agencies Saatchi and Saatchi and M&C Saatchi Andrew Rohan MP born in Iraq an Australian politician is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Smithfield for the Liberal Party of Australia since Nadhim Zahawi is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament MP for Stratford on Avon since Aryeh Bibi born April in Baghdad Iraq is an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Kadima between and Anood Al Samerai British Southwark councillor for the Liberal Democrats Born to an Iraqi father and British mother Binyamin Ben Eliezer Israeli politician and former soldier the first Iraqi Jew to lead the Israeli Labour party José Murat Casab born to Iraqi immigrants Mexican politician and a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party also former Governor of Oaxaca Ra anan Cohen former Israeli politician who served as a government minister during the early s Ran Cohen Israeli politician and Knesset member for Meretz Yachad Born in Baghdad to Iraqi parents Saad Hariri Lebanese Legislator – son of Rafik Hariri and an Iraqi mother Dalia Itzik Israeli politician affiliated with the Kadima party She took office as the first female speaker of the Knesset on May David Saul Marshall the leader of the Singapore Labour Front and became the first Chief Minister of Singapore in born into an Orthodox Jewish family of Iraqi ancestry in Singapore Eliyahu Navi mayor of Beersheba Israel born in Basra Ebrahim Daoud Nonoo former member of the National Assembly of Bahrain and currently the CEO of the Basma Houda Nonoo politician and current Bahraini Ambassador to the United States of Iraqi Jewish origin Anna Eshoo U S Representative for California s th congressional district serving since a member of the Democratic Party the only member of Congress of Assyrian descent Esabelle Dingizian born in Baghdad in Swedish Green Party politician member of the Riksdag since Murad Artin born January in Iraq a Swedish politician and Left Party member who worked in the Riksdag from to Les Gara Democratic member of the Alaska House of Representatives representing the rd District since Franso Hariri – February Assyrian politician high ranking and long standing Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iraq member and head of the KDP block of Iraqi Kurdistan National Assembly Fawzi Hariri Arbil Iraq Iraq s Minister of Industry and Minerals sworn in on May David Marshall Singaporean politician March – December was a politician and lawyer from Singapore who served as Singapore s first Chief Minister from to Born into an Orthodox Jewish family descended from Indian Baghdadi Jews in Singapore Religious figures edit Mani Yosef Hayyim Chinese characters representing "Rabban ?awma" Jules Mikhael Al Jamil Saint Abo of Tiflis Yitzhak Nissim Mar Dinkha IV EMMANUEL DELLY Raphael I Bidawid Mohammad Baqir al Sadr Basilios Georges Casmoussa Ovadya Yosef HakhamYits haqKadouri Mordechai EliyahuYosef Hayyim September – August was a leading hakham authority on Jewish law Halakha and Master Kabbalist He is best known as author of the work on Halakha Ben Ish ?ai Rav Yosef Chaim was born in Baghdad where his father Hakham Eliyahu Chaim was the active leader of the Jewish community Rabban Bar Sauma c – also known as Rabban ?awma or Rabban Çauma Chinese ????? was a "Nestorian" monk turned diplomat of the Church of the East faith Yahballaha III –November known in earlier years as Rabban Marcos or Markos was Patriarch of the Church of the East from to As a young man he engaged in a remarkable journey which began as an ascetic monk s pilgrimage from China to Jerusalem led him to the Patriarch position in Baghdad and brought him to recommend his former teacher and traveling companion the monk Rabban Bar Sauma to become the first Asian ambassador to Europe Mani prophet and the founder of Manichaeism a gnostic religion Abo of Tiflis Patron Saint of Tbilisi Georgia Muhsin al Hakim Muhammad Baqir al Sadr Jules Mikhael Al Jamil Archbishop Jules Mikhael Al Jamil was born in Bakhdida in November – dies in Rome Italy in December He was the Syriac Catholic titular archbishop of Tagritum and the auxiliary bishop Basile Georges Casmoussa Mordechai Eliyahu former Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel Yitzchak Kaduri renowned Mizrahi Orthodox Haredi rabbi and kabbalist Yitzhak Nissim – former Sephardic Chief rabbi of Israel Ovadia Yosef the former Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel and the former spiritual leader of the Shas political party in the Knesset Israel s parliament Mar Dinkha IV the current Catholicos Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East Andraos Abouna March – July the Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop of Hirta and the auxiliary bishop of the Chaldean Catholic Patriarchate of Babylon Emmanuel III Delly the Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans and Primate of the Chaldean Catholic Church Paul II Cheikho the patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church from – born on November in Alqosh Raphael I Bidawid patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church – Syriac scholar Asenath Barzani – renowned Kurdish Jewish woman who lived in Mosul Iraq daughter of the illustrious Rabbi Samuel Barzani studied Kabbalah Anastas Al Karmali Anastas the Carmelite b Aug d Jan Christian priest most famed for his contributions to the field of Arabic linguistics Louis Cheikhô b d thnic Assyrian Orientalist and Theologian considered as a major contributor and pioneer of the rediscovery of the Eastern Rite Christian heritage Torkom Manoogian the current Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem serving the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem as Archbishop under the authority of the Catholicos of Armenia and of all Armenians of the Armenian Apostolic Church Sports personalities edit Ammo Baba at a Military Cup game Ali Adnan Kadhim Ahmed Yasin Ghani Nashat AkramBassim Abbas footballer Fareed Lafta Arabic ???? 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Iraqi pilot and athlete the first qualified cosmonaut from Iraq and has appeared in Guinness World Records for participating in the first skydive above Mount Everest Ali Adnan Kadhim an Iraqi footballer who plays as a left back for Çaykur Rizespor in the Turkish Süper Lig Adnan is the Asian Young Footballer of the Year and often referred to as "Asia s Gareth Bale Haidar Abdul Razzaq footballer Yaser Kasim Yaser was born May in Baghdad Iraq He is an Iraqi footballer who plays as Midfielder for Swindon Town F C in English League One Ahmed Yasin Ghani is an Iraqi footballer who plays as a midfielder for Örebro SK His nickname is Örebro Talent in Iraq he is also known as the Iraqi Cristiano Ronaldo Haidar Aboodi footballer Nashat Akram born September in Al Hillah Babylon Iraq is an Iraqi professional footballer who plays for Dalian Aerbin in the Chinese Super League Najah Ali Iraqi boxer who qualified for the Olympics in Athens Adnan Al Kaissie professional wrestler Abdul Wahid Aziz Iraqi weightlifter who won a bronze medal in the lightweight division at the Summer Olympics Ammo Baba former Iraqi international football player and coach of the Iraq national football team Youra Eshaya footballer Faisal Faisal footballer Ghanim Ghudayer footballer Basil Gorgis footballer Jassim Muhammad Haji footballer Humam Tariq footballer Falah Hassan footballer Louay Salah Hassan footballer Khaldoun Ibrahim footballer Salih Jaber footballer Abbas Obeid Jassim footballer Ihab Kareem footballer Mahdi Karim footballer Younis Mahmoud Iraqi football striker and captain of the Iraq national football team In he captained the Iraq football team to the Asian Cup glory He currently plays for Al Gharafa Sports Club in Qatar Ahmad Mnajed Iraqi national soccer team player who plays for Al Ansar in Lebanon Emad Mohammed footballer Karrar Jassim Mohammed footballer Hawar Mulla Mohammed Iraqi footballer known to be one of the best players in Iraqi national team currently plays for Anorthosis FC in Cyprus Sarhang Muhsin footballer Samal Saeed Mujbel footballer Qusay Munir Iraqi national soccer team player midfielder for Qatar SC in Qatar Mohammad Nasser Iraqi national soccer team player Plays for Esteghlal Ahvaz in Iran Yassir Raad footballer Ahmed Radhi born on April in Baghdad Iraq but originally from Basra is a former Iraqi football player and a current politician Ali Rehema footballer Noor Sabri footballer Saleh Sader footballer Hussein Saeed footballer Edison David born in Iraq Iraqi Assyrian football player who played for Iraq and Al Quwa Al Jawiya in the s and s Kadhem Sharif Iraqi world class wrestler and weightlifter Abdul Razzaq Ahmed Taha was an Iraqi chess player and former president of Iraqi Chess Federation Thamer Yousif footballer Saadi Toma born April in Baghdad Iraq Iraqi Assyrian former football player and coach Peter Murad a former football player of Al Minaa Manchester United and Iraq national team Humam Tariq Iraq national team footballer Sports personalities of Iraqi descent edit Shawn Jalal Justin Meram Zab Judah Christer Youssef Karo MuratJustin Meram born December is an American Iraqi soccer player who is currently playing for the Columbus Crew in Major League Soccer Moshe Agami former Israeli professional soccer player best known for his time with Maccabi Haifa F C Andreas Haddad born Andreas Daniel Gabriel Turander on May is an Assyrian Swedish football striker from Sweden who currently plays for Swedish side Hammarby He has yet to earn a call up to the Swedish national football team and can thus play for Turkey or Iraq should he choose one of them Riyadh Al Azzawi Iraqi British kickboxer and the World Kickboxing Network World Champion Rabeh Al Hussaini Iraqi Filipino basketball player for Ateneo Blue Eagles Faris Al Sultan German professional triathlete and winner of the Ironman Triathlon Born in Munich to a German mother and Iraqi father Avram Grant former football manager of Chelsea F C His mother is an Iraqi Jew Shwan Jalal Iraqi English football goalkeeper who plays for Bournemouth F C Former goalkeeper at Tottenham Hotspur Football Club during – Bovar Karim Iraqi Swedish footballer who currently plays for Tromsø I L in Norwegian Premier League Karo Murat World Rated Boxer of Armenian Iraqi Origin Christer Youssef born December is a Swedish footballer of Assyrian descent who plays for Assyriska FF as a midfielder Joseph Judah Born Dec is an American Canadian fighting in the junior middleweight division Daniel Judah born in Brooklyn New York is an American southpaw professional cruiserweight and light heavyweight boxer Zab Judah born October is an American professional boxer Josiah Judah born August is a professional boxer His ring nickname is "Gorilla " Farouq Chouchon Born Former Iraqi champion International Champion Ghareeb Abdul Kader Born August Amateur Boxer Yoel Judah born is the eldest member of the Brooklyn based Judah boxing family Television and radio personalities edit Kenza Braiga Ruqaya Hassan Sama Dizayee wearing the Kurdish outfitRosil Al Azawi born January in Sharjah UAE is an Iraqi television presenter and model based in the United Arab Emirates Jasim Al Azzawi Iraqi host who presents the show Inside Iraq on Al Jazeera English Suhair al Qaisi born in Baghdad Iraq is an Iraqi news anchor for the Al Arabiya television station Laila Al Shaikhli television presenter on Al Jazeera English Anwar Al Hamadani television presenter Rola Bahnam s a Lebanese TV presenter of an Iraqi descent She is mostly known for working in Future TV She was a former member of the Lebanese girl band The Cats in Ali Jaafar d May sports anchorman for Iraqi state television Al Iraqiya Shaima Zubeir television presenter Sama Dizayee born June is an Iraqi radio and television presenter Television and radio personalities of Iraqi descent edit Alan YentobAlan Yentob born March is a British television executive and presenter He has spent his entire career at the BBC Alan Yentob was born into an Iraqi Jewish family in London Kenza Braiga French TV reality show star of Iraqi origin Péri Cochin television host French of Lebanese Iraqi ancestry Eli Yatzpan Israeli television host and comedian Writers and poets edit Nazik Al Malaika Abd al Wahhab Al Bayati Saadi Youssef Sargon Boulus Muhammad Mahdi al Jawahiri Badr Shakir al Sayyab Abu Nuwas Reuven Snir Armand Nassery Mohamoud Saeed Dunya Mikhail Ferhad ShakelyNazik Al Malaika Born in Baghdad Iraq August – D June She was an Iraqi female poet and is considered by many to be one of the most influential contemporary Iraqi female poets Abd al Wahhab Al Bayati December – August was an Iraqi poet He was a pioneer in his field and defied conventional form of poetry that had been common for centuries Saadi Yousef born near Basra Iraq is an Iraqi author poet journalist publisher and political activist Abd al Wahhab Al Bayati December – August was an Iraqi poet He was a pioneer in his field and defied conventional form of poetry that had been common for centuries Ferhad Shakely born is a prominent Kurdish writer poet and researcher He is one of the founders of modern Kurdish poetry in the post Goran period He was born in in the province of Kirkuk in Iraq Muhammad Mahdi al Jawahiri July January was a famous Iraqi poet Badr Shakir al Sayyab December – is an Iraqi and Arab poet born in Jekor a town south of Basra in Iraq was one of the greatest poets in Arabic literature whose experiments helped to change the course of modern Arabic poetry Rabia Basri Rabi?a al ?Adawiyya al Qaysiyya Arabic ????? ??????? ??????? or simply Rabi?ah al Ba?ri Arabic ????? ?????? – C E was a female Muslim saint and Sufi mystic Enheduanna was an Akkadian princess as well as High Priestess of the Moon god Nanna Sin Enheduanna composed hymns addressed to temples across Sumer and Akkad including Eridu Sippar and Esnunna Amira Hess is an Israeli poet and artist She arrived to Israel in from Baghdad Iraq Haifa Zangana born in Baghdad Iraq is an Iraqi novelist author artist and political activist best known for writing Women on a Journey Between Baghdad and London Daisy Al Amir is an Iraqi writer poet and novelist She is author of The Waiting List An Iraqi Woman s Tales of Alienation has renowned her as one of the leading female writers of Iraq She was born in Basra in Sargon Boulus – was an Iraqi Assyrian poet and short story writer Shalash al Iraqi writer and blogger Walid al Kubaisi writer Thura Al Windawi author Jamil Sidqi al Zahawi poet and philosopher Inaam Kachachi born is an Iraqi journalist and author Al Hariri of Basra Iraqi poet scholar of the Arabic language and high government official of the Seljuk Empire Hafsa Bikri poet Ya qub Bilbul writer Naeim Giladi an Anti Zionist author of an autobiographical article and historical analysis titled The Jews of Iraq The article later formed the basis for his originally self published book Ben Gurion s Scandals How the Haganah and the Mossad Eliminated Jews Jamal Jumá poet and researcher Betool Khedairi author Moshe Levy author Alia Mamdouh author Sami Michael author Dunya Mikhail poet Samir Naqqash novelist short story writer and playwright Abu Nuwas – born in Ahvaz of Arab and Persian descent one of the greatest of classical Arabic and Persian poets David Rabeeya born author and professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies Mahmoud Saeed novelist Samuel Shimon Iraqi author and journalist was born into an Assyrian Iraqi family in Habbaniya in He is a co founder of Banipal magazine His autobiographical novel An Iraqi in Paris was published in Arabic in and a limited first edition in English translation was published the same year Rena Kirdar Sindi author and party hostess born in Baghdad Reuven Snir writer Haifa Zangana novelist author and artist Writers & poets of Iraqi descent edit Abraham Yahuda Alon Ben Meir Eli Amir Architecture edit George Ashlin Angela Brady George Drumgoole Coleman Sir Thomas Drew Yvonne Farrell Eileen Gray James Hoban – designer of the White House Francis Johnston Sheila O Donnell Thomas Parke Edward Lovett Pearce Kevin Roche Michael Scott Actors edit Sara Allgood – actress Jonas Armstrong – actor star of the BBC series Robin Hood Spranger Barry – actor Patrick Bergin – film actor Sarah Bolger – actress played Princess Mary Tudor in The Tudors Spiderwick Chronicles Princess Aurora in Once Upon a Time Stephen Boyd – film actor Kenneth Branagh – actor on stage film and TV the Harry Potter movies Brid Brennan – actress George Brent – Hollywood actor Harry Brogan – actor Pierce Brosnan – actor best known as James Bond from to Gabriel Byrne – TV and film actor Todd Carty – TV stage and film actor and director Elaine Cassidy – film actress Tony Clarkin – actor of stage TV radio film voiceover artist Michael Colgan – actor Kerry Condon – actress D Arcy Corrigan – Hollywood actor Catherine Cusack – stage and TV actor daughter of Cyril Cusack Cyril Cusack – actor of stage film and TV born in South Africa Niamh Cusack – TV actress daughter of Cyril Cusack Sinéad Cusack – stage film and TV actress daughter of Cyril Cusack married to Jeremy Irons Sorcha Cusack – film and TV actress daughter of Cyril Cusack Daniel Day Lewis – English born Oscar winner Thomas Doggett – actor Alison Doody – actress best known for her role in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Jamie Dornan actor and former model played the Huntsman in Once Upon a Time best known for roles in The Fall and Fifty Shades of Grey Roma Downey – actor best known for her role as Monica in the TV series Touched by an Angel Tommy Duggan – actor Ada Dyas – actress Hilton Edwards – co founder of the Gate Theatre born in UK Colin Farrell – Hollywood actor Michael Fassbender – Hollywood actor born in Germany Barry Fitzgerald – Abbey Theatre actor turned Hollywood star Fionnula Flanagan – actress Brenda Fricker – Oscar winner Bronagh Gallagher – actress Michael Gambon – theatre TV and film actor Harry Potter films Charles K Gerrard – Hollywood actor Douglas 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newsreader Damien Molony stage and television actor Colin Morgan – TV actor Edward Mulhare – actor played Captain Daniel Gregg in The Ghost and Mrs Muir Knight Rider Cillian Murphy – actor Devon Murray – actor Seamus Finnigan in the Harry Potter movies Liam Neeson – actor James Nesbitt actor Jim Norton – character actor Colin O Donoghue actor former member of The Enemies best known for playing Captain Hook in Once Upon A Time Chris O Dowd – actor and comedian Ardal O Hanlon – actor and comedian Joan O Hara – actress Maureen O Hara – actress Jason O Mara actor Milo O Shea – actor Maureen O Sullivan – actor mother of Mia Farrow Peter O Toole – Oscar winner Glenn Quinn – actor Stephen Rea – actor Jack Reynor actor Paul Ronan actor The Devil s Own father of Saoirse Ronan Saoirse Ronan – actress Andrew Scott film stage and television actor Fiona Shaw – actress the Harry Potter movies Robert Sheehan actor Arthur Shields – actor younger brother of Barry Fitzgerald Niall Tóibín – actor and comedian Stuart Townsend – actor and boxer Aidan Turner – actor played John Mitchell in the BBC s Being Human and Kili in The Hobbit An Unexpected Journey Richard Wall actor Comedians edit See also Category Irish comedians Dave Allen Aisling Bea Ed Byrne Jimmy Carr Risteárd Cooper Neil Delamere PJ Gallagher Brendan Grace Sean Hughes Jon Kenny Denis Leary Andrew Maxwell Tim McGarry Dylan Moran Dermot Morgan comedian actor radio personality Colin Murphy Graham Norton Dara Ó Briain Ardal O Hanlon Hector Ó hEochagáin Jimmy O Dea David O Doherty Deirdre O Kane Jarlath Regan comedian journalist interviewer author cartoonist Pat Shortt Tommy Tiernan Music edit Music – A to C edit Chloë Agnew singer Gerald Barry – Aosdána Derek Bell – harpist Ed Bennett – composer Mary Bergin – tin whistler Big Tom – lead singer of Big Tom and The Mainliners Wallis Bird – singer songwriter Frances Black – singer Mary Black – singer Bono – lead singer of U Ciaran Bourke – singer guitarist Brian Boydell – 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Duffy singer of Boyzone The Edge – guitarist singer of U Kian Egan – singer of Westlife songwriter Séamus Ennis – uilleann piper Enya – singer songwriter Órla Fallon – singer harpist Ciarán Farrell – composer Mark Feehily singer of Westlife songwriter Angela Feeney – opera singer John Field – composer creator of the nocturne Shane Filan – singer of Westlife songwriter Mick Flannery – singer songwriter W H Grattan Flood – author and musicologist Dave Flynn – award winning composer guitarist and singer songwriter Gavin Friday – singer Finbar Furey singer songwriter uillean piper string banjo player actor Rory Gallagher – blues rock guitarist Sir James Galway – flautist Bobby Gardiner – accordionist Stephen Gately singer of Boyzone Mark Geary – singer Bob Geldof – songwriter singer of the Boomtown Rats activist Len Graham singer Michael Graham singer of Boyzone Bernadette Greevy – mezzo soprano John and Edward Grimes – X Factor Marc Gunn – autoharper singer songwriter and podcaster formerly of the Brobdingnagian Bards Carmel Gunning – tin whistler Lisa Hannigan – singer songwriter Glen Hansard – Oscar winning singer songwriter Hamilton Harty – composer and arranger Catherine Hayes – opera singer Gemma Hayes – singer Una Healy member of girl band The Saturdays Christie Hennessy – singer songwriter Paul David Hewson – also known as Bono lead singer and principal lyricist of U Niall Horan member of British Irish boy band One Direction Hozier musician and singer songwriter Red Hurley – singer Brian Irvine – composer Fergus Johnston – Aosdána Siva Kaneswaran member of boy band The Wanted Dolores Keane – singer Richard Kearns – classical composer Ronan Keating – singer songwriter Paddy Keenan – uilleann piper Lisa Kelly – singer Luke Kelly – singer Brian Kennedy – singer Paddy Killoran – fiddler Katie Kim singer songwriter musician Dave King – singer songwriter David Kitt – musician Music – L to P edit Damien Leith – singer songwriter winner of Australian Idol Gary 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ranked in world Shahar Tzuberi Israel windsurfer Olympic bronze RS X discipline & European Windsurf champion Swimming edit Vadim Alexeev Kazakhstan born Israeli swimmer breaststroke Adi Bichman – m and m freestyle m medley Yoav Bruck – m freestyle and m freestyle Eran Groumi – and m backstroke m butterfly Michael "Miki" Halika – m butterfly and m individual medley Judith Haspel born "Judith Deutsch" Austrian born Israeli held every Austrian women s middle and long distance freestyle record in refused to represent Austria in Summer Olympics along with Ruth Langer and Lucie Goldner protesting Hitler stating "I refuse to enter a contest in a land which so shamefully persecutes my people " Amit Ivry Maccabiah & Israeli records in Women s m butterfly Israeli record in t Women s m Individual Medley bronze medal in m butterfly at the European Swimming Championships Dan Kutler US born Israeli m butterfly × m medley relay Keren Leibovitch Paralympic swimmer x gold medal winner m backstroke and m freestyle m individual medley Tal Stricker – and m breaststroke × m medley relay Eithan Urbach – backstroke swimmer European championship silver & bronze m backstroke Table Tennis edit Marina Kravchenko Ukrainian born Israeli table tennis player Soviet and Israel national teams Angelica Rozeanu Adelstin Romania Israel time world table tennis champion ITTFHoF Track and Field edit Alex Averbukh – pole vaulter European champion Danielle Frenkel – Israeli high jump champion Hanna Knyazyeva Minenko – triple jumper and long jumper participated in Summer Olympics Shaul Ladany – world record holding racewalker Bergen Belsen survivor Munich Massacre survivor Professor of Industrial Engineering Esther Roth Shachamarov – track & field hurdler and sprinter Asian Game golds Tennis edit Julia Glushko Andy Ram and Jonathan Erlich Shahar Pe erNoam Behr Ilana Berger Gilad Bloom Jonathan Erlich doubles titles doubles finals won Australian Open Men s Doubles w Andy Ram highest world doubles ranking Shlomo Glickstein highest world singles ranking highest world doubles ranking Julia Glushko Amir Hadad Harel Levy highest world singles ranking Actors edit Main article List of Italian actors Gino Cervi – actor and manager known outside of Italy for his film portrayal of a small town Communist mayor in the Don Camillo films Roberto Benigni Born in actor comedian screenwriter director known outside of Italy for directing and acting in the tragicomedy Life is Beautiful Eduardo De Filippo – playwright and actor In his scores of plays he combined pathos and farce Manuel De Peppe Born in actor singer arranger music producer composer pianist arranger Vittorio Gassman – film and theatre actor and director Elio Germano born actor who won the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival in Giancarlo Giannini born actor and dubber known for his powerful leads in Lina Wertmüller films controversial tragicomedies that deal with sex and politics Terence Hill born actor who became famous for playing in Italian western movies also called spaghetti westerns together with his friend and partner Bud Spencer Nino Manfredi – actor one of the most prominent in the commedia all italiana genre Marcello Mastroianni – actor who became the preeminent leading man in Italian cinema during the s He acted in more than movies Amedeo Nazzari – actor He had a long and distinguished movie career spanning four decades and including over films Alberto Sordi – actor Depicted the vices virtues and foibles of post World War II Italy in a long career of mostly comic films and was regarded as a national icon Ugo Tognazzi – film and theatre actor Totò – actor Likened by international film critics to the American film comic Buster Keaton Massimo Troisi – actor and director Internationally known for co starring in Il Postino Rudolph Valentino – actor who was idolized as the "Great Lover" of the s Carlo Verdone born actor screenwriter and film director specialized in comedies Gian Maria Volontè – actor Known outside of Italy for his roles in A Fistful of Dollars and For a Few Dollars More Actresses edit Main article List of Italian actresses Clara Calamai – actress She is most remembered as the actress playing Carlo s mother female lead in Luchino Visconti s Ossessione Claudia Cardinale born actress Her films include ½ and Once Upon a Time in the West Eleonora Duse – the most fluent and expressive actress of her day she was especially noted for her roles in Henrik Ibsen s plays Virna Lisi born one of the most famous Italian actresses She has won Cannes and César awards Gina Lollobrigida born actress One of the first European sex symbols to emerge from the rubble of World War II Sophia Loren born actress One of Italy s great th century sex symbols Anna Magnani – actress In the United States she was nominated twice for an Academy Award for best actress winning the Oscar in for her role in The Rose Tattoo Silvana Mangano – actress known for the critically acclaimed film Bitter Rice Mariangela Melato – actress known for her work in Lina Wertmüller movies Sandra Milo born actress Some of her more prestigious credits include Rossellini s General della Rovere and Fellini s ½ and Juliet of the Spirits Alida Valli – actress had roles in more than films Internationally known for her turn as Anna Schmidt in The Third Man Monica Vitti born actress Awards three Nastro d Argento Awards nine David di Donatello Awards and four Italian Golden Grails Monica Bellucci born September actress and fashion model Asia Argento born September actress singer model and director Ornella Muti born March actress she made her English speaking film debut as Princess Aura in Flash Gordon in American movies she appeared in include Oscar and Once Upon a Crime Valeria Golino born October film and television actress Known to English language audiences for the film Rain Man and the Hot Shots films She has won the David di Donatello Silver Ribbon and Coppa Volpi awards Chiara Caselli born December actress Architects edit Main article List of Italian architects Ancient Rome edit See also Category Ancient Roman architects Cocceius Auctus st century BC and st century AD Roman architect during the age of Augustus BC – AD Hyginus Gromaticus st and nd centuries AD Roman surveyor under the reign of Trajan – AD Lucius Vitruvius Cordo Roman architect known for his work Arco dei Gavi built in the st century AD Rabirius st and nd centuries AD Roman architect active during the reign of Domitian – AD Vitruvius late st century BC and early st century AD Roman writer architect and engineer noted for his book De architectura BC one of the most influential works on architecture in history Middle Ages edit See also Category Italian architects Guglielmo Agnelli c – sculptor and architect He built the campanile of the Badia a Settimo near Florence Pietro Baseggio th century architect and sculptor In he was named superintendent of construction for the Doge s palace Bartolomeo Bon died after sculptor and architect Among his works may