Samuel of Nehardea, amora Rav Huna Rav Chisda Abaye, amora Rav Papa, amora Rav Ashi (Abana), rav, amora Anan ben David, founder of Qara'ism Alan Yentob, television executive, broadcaster Avi Shlaim, Oxford Professor Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, politician Dodai ben Nahman, scholar Shlomo Hillel, diplomat and politician Ya'qub Bilbul, poet Sir Sassoon Eskell, statesman and financier Marcus Samuel, 1st Viscount Bearsted, Lord Mayor of London, businessman Naeim Giladi, writer Sir Naim Dangoor, entrepreneur and philanthropist N.J. Dawood, translator of Koran Hakham Yosef Chayyim of Baghdad, "Ben Ish Chai" Yitzchak Kadouri, rabbi and kabbalist Yitzhak Yamin, painter and sculptor Hila Klein, member of American-Israeli husband and wife duo h3h3Productions, best known for their YouTube channel of the same name. Family is of mixed Libyan and Iraqi Jewish heritage Elie Kedourie, historian Jessica Meir, astronaut, physiologist Sami Michael*, writer Shafiq Ades, wealthy businessman Samir Naqqash, novelist Selim Zilkha, entrepreneur Maurice & Charles Saatchi, advertising executives Yona Sabar, scholar, linguist and researcher David Sassoon, merchant, and Sassoon family Yaakov Chaim Sofer, rabbi Ovadia Yosef, rabbi Kuwait Saleh and Daoud Al-Kuwaity, singers of Iranian-Iraqi descent Libya George Borba, footballer Hila Klein, member of American-Israeli husband and wife duo h3h3Productions, best known for their YouTube channel of the same name. Family is of mixed Libyan and Iraqi Jewish heritage Moses Hacmon, Israeli artist and architect. Family is of mixed Libyan Jewish, Turkish Jewish and Iraqi Jewish heritage Lebanon David Nahmad, backgammon champion and art dealer Yfrah Neaman, violinist Gad Saad, evolutionary behavioral scientist Edmond Safra, billionaire banker Jacob Safra, founder of Jacob E. Safra Bank Joseph Safra, chairman of all Safra companies Morocco Michel Abitbol, academic at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Amram Aburbeh, Sephardi Dayan, Scholar Chief Rabbi of Petah Tikva born in Tetouan. Best known of his work Netivei-Am'' Shlomo Amar, Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel Robert Assaraf, historian and writer André Azoulay, advisor to Kings Hassan II and Mohammed VI Shlomo Ben-Ami, Israeli diplomat, politician and author born in Tangier Ralph Benmergui, Canadian media personality, born in Tangier Raphael Berdugo, dayan, scholar, and rabbi Salomon Berdugo, poet and rabbi from Meknes Frida Boccara, singer from Casablanca Aryeh Deri, Israeli politician, a former leader of Shas Party Edmond Amran El Maleh, writer André Elbaz, painter and filmmaker from El Jadida Gad Elmaleh, humorist, actor Serge Haroche, Nobel-winning physicist David Hassine, liturgic poet and rabbi Dunash ben Labrat, grammarian, poet David Levy, Israeli politician Nahum Ma'arabi,