- Arabian caliph, the son of Ali and Fatima and the brother of Hasan.
- Iraqi political leader: president 1979–2003.
- 1935–99, king of Jordan (1952–99)
- Saddam (sæˈdæm). 1937–2006, Iraqi politician: president (1979–2003) and prime minister (1994–2003) of Iraq. He led Iraq into the Iran-Iraq War (1980–88) and the Gulf War (1991) but was deposed and captured in the US-led invasion of 2003; executed 2006
