List of Yemenis

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Famous or important Yemenis include:

[edit] Scholars and academics

Al Kindi, from Al Kindah tribe of Qaht
Ibn Khaldun
Jabir ibn Hayyan, (721–815) alchemist born
Harbi al-Himyari, (7th century) scholar, and teacher of Yemeni alchemist Jabir ibn Hayyan
Abu Muhammad Al-hasan Ibn Ahmad Al-hamdani, (893–945) a geographer, poet, grammarian, historian, and astronomer.
Abdullah Al-Baradouni (1929–1999)
Muhammad al-Gharsi
Nethanel ben Isaiah, was a Yemenite rabbi, who composed a compendium of midrashic literature, the Or HaAfeila "Light of the Darkness"

Bader Ben Hirsi Award-winning British Yemeni director and writer, made Yemen's first full length feature film A New Day in Old Sana'a

Sharifa Fatima, was a Zaydi chief in 15th century Yemen
Al-Khayzuran (? – 789) wife of the Abbasid Caliph Al-Mahdi and mother of both Caliphs Al-Hadi and the most famous Abbasid Caliph Harun al-Rashid
Rabiah ibn Mudhar, was a Jewish king of Himyar
Abd al-Aziz ibn Musa had a significant role in the Muslim invasion of the Iberian Peninsula. He was the son of Musa ibn Nusayr
Musa bin Nusair, (640–716) was a Yemeni Muslim governor and general under the Umayyads
Dhu Nuwas, (515–525) last king of the Himyarite kingdom of Yemen
Arwa al-Sulayhi, (1048–1138) Sulayhid Queen of Yemen