List of Maltese people

This is a partial list of Famous or Notable Maltese people including people who were not born, weren't or aren't based in Malta but they are either Maltese nationals or of Maltese descent.

Actors

Architects

Lorenzo Gafà (1638 - 1703) - baroque architect

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Composers

Giuseppe Abos (1708-1776)
Girolamo Abos (1715-1760)
Nicolas Isouard (1775-1818)
Dr.Giuseppe Vella [1827-1912]
Alberto Vella [1866-1931]
Luigi Vella [1869-1950]
Paolo Vella [1873-1948]
Carmelo Pace (1906-1993) - composer, professor of musical theory and harmonics
Charles Camilleri (born 1931)
Robert Cremona (born 1956) - philosopher, musician, composer, poet, writer, lecturer
F. V. Sciriha

Film Makers

Mario Azzopardi (born 1950) - director
Jon Cassar (born 1958) - film director and producer

Musicians and Singers

Ira Losco singer-songwriter
Walter Micallef (born 1955) singer-songwriter
Joseph Calleja (born 1978) - tenor
Natalie Gauci (born 1981) - singer
Brent Muscat (born 1967)- guitarist
Melissa Tkautz (born 1974) - singer
Sharleen Spiteri (born 1967) - singer

Painters and Sculptors

Melchiorre Gafà (1636 - 1667) - baroque sculptor
Giuseppe Calì (1846-1930) - painter
Antonio Sciortino (1879-1947) - sculptor

Poets

Dun Karm Psaila (1871 - 1961) - National Poet of Malta
Ruzar Briffa (1906-1963) - poet
Ray Buttigieg (born 1955) - poet, composer, producer

Politicians

Gerald Strickland (1861-1940) - Prime Minister of Malta (1927-32), Governor of Tasmania, Western Australia and New South Wales.
Enrico Mizzi (1885-1950) - Prime Minister (1950)
Francesco Buhagiar (1876-1934) - Prime Minister (1923-24)
Paul Boffa (1890-1962) - Prime Minister (1947-50)
George Borg Olivier (1911-1980) - Prime Minister (1950-55, 1962-71)
Dom Mintoff (born 1916) - Prime Minister (1955-58, 1971-84)
Agatha Barbara (1923-2002) - politician, Government Minister and President of the Republic (1982-87)
Guido de Marco (born 1931) - President (1999-2004)
Eddie Fenech Adami (born 1934) - Prime Minister (1987-96, 1998-2004), President (2004-)
Norman Lowell (born 1946) - Founder and leader of Imperium Europa.
Alfred Sant (born 1948) - Prime Minister (1996-98)
Joe Borg (born 1952) - politician and European commissioner
Lawrence Gonzi (born 1953) - Prime Minister (2004-)
Harry Vassallo (born 1956) - Leader of the Green Party (Alternattiva Demokratika)
Joseph Cefai - politician, Gozitan politician, administrator and civil servant in Malta (1921- 1996)
Censu Tabone - politician, Government Minister and President of the Republic (1989-1994)

Religious People

Dun Mikiel Xerri -(1737 - 1799) 'National Hero' of Malta
Joseph De Piro (1877-1933) - Founder of the Missionary Society of St. Paul (MSSP)
St.George Preca (1880-1962) - Canonised Saint of the Roman Catholic Church, Founder of the Society of Christian Doctrine
Fr Donat Spiteri OFMCap - (born 1922) - Biblical scholar

Scholars and Academics

Mikiel Anton Vassalli -(1764 - 1829) - Father of the Maltese language
Arvid Pardo (1914-1999) - diplomat
Edward De Bono (born 1933) - creator of lateral thinking
Gorg Mallia (born 1957) - communications academic, author and cartoonist
Henry Frendo - historian
Joseph Aquilina (1911-1997)
George Mifsud Chircop‎ (1951-2007)

Sportspeople

Jeff Fenech (born 1964) - former World Champion boxer
Tony Drago (born 1965) - snooker player
David Millar (born 1977) UCI ProTour Cyclist
Kevin Muscat - football player (Melbourne Victory Captain)
Gilbert Agius - football player
Carmel Busuttil - football player
Michael Mifsud - football player
Etienne Barbara - football player
Mikel Scicluna - Member of the WWE Hall of Fame pro wrestling
Luke Dimech - football player

Others

Alfred Pisani (born 1939) - Businessmen
Joe Sacco (born 1960) - Cartoonist
Immanuel Mifsud (born 1967) - Author
Suzanne Mizzi (born 1967) - Glamor Model
Massimo Ellul (born 1970) - Entrepreneur
Peppi Azzopardi - Popular TV Presenter

See also: List of people by nationality