The Most Famous
Physicists from Iraq
This page contains a list of the greatest Iraqi Physicists. The pantheon dataset contains 851 Physicists, 2 of which were born in Iraq. This makes Iraq the birth place of the 37th most number of Physicists behind New Zealand and Bangladesh.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Iraqi Physicists of all time. This list of famous Iraqi Physicists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Ibn al-Haytham (965 - 1039)
With an HPI of 82.42, Ibn al-Haytham is the most famous Iraqi Physicist. biography has been translated into 89 different languages on wikipedia.
2. Jim Al-Khalili (b. 1962)
With an HPI of 44.93, Jim Al-Khalili is the 2nd most famous Iraqi Physicist. biography has been translated into 18 different languages.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Iraqi physicists born between 965 and 1962. Of these 2, 1 (50.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Iraqi physicists include Jim Al-Khalili. The most famous deceased Iraqi physicists include Ibn al-Haytham.
