List of Libyans
This is a list of noteworthy people from Libya, sorted by occupation.
Educators and teachers
- Zuhra Ramdan Agha Al-Awji
- Mohammed Shegewi (died 2007)
Extrajudicial prisoners of the United States
- Omar Khalifa Mohammed Abu Bakr
- Omar Deghayes
- Muhammad Abd Allah Mansur Al Futuri
- Abdel Hamid Ibn Abdussalem Ibn Mifta Al Ghazzawi
- Salem Abdul Salem Ghereby
- Abu Yahia al-Libi
- Abdul Rauf Omar Mohammed Abu Al Qusin
- Ashraf Salim Abd Al Salam Sultan
- Ibrahim Mahdy Achmed Zeidan
Lawyers
- Kamel Maghur (1935–2002)
Linguists
- Ibn al-Ajdābī (died after c. 1077), scholar and linguist
- Kalifa Tillisi (1930–2010), historian, translator, and linguist
Musicians
- Nadia Ali (born 3 August 1980), singer/songwriter
- Ahmed Fakroun, singer, composer and producer
- Nasser el-Mizdawi (born 1950), singer, guitarist and composer
Nobility
- House of Al-Mukhtar, Libyan nobility (descendants of Omar Mukhtar)
- House of Shennib (Bayt Shennib), Libyan nobility, royal courtiers
- Wanis al-Qaddafi, Libyan nobility (unrelated to Muammar Gaddafi)
- Omar Faiek Shennib, Head of the Royal Court, Royal Diwan
Politicians
Foreign ministers and ambassadors
- Wahbi al-Bouri, foreign minister
- Abdul Salam al-Buseiri, foreign minister
- Mohieddin Fikini, foreign minister
- Abdul Majid Kubar, foreign minister
- Hussein Maziq, foreign minister
- Mahmud al-Muntasir, foreign minister
- Umar Mustafa al-Muntasir, foreign minister
- Muhammad Sakizli, foreign minister
- Abdel Rahman Shalgham, foreign minister
- Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi, foreign minister
- Hassan Tatanaki, foreign minister
- Dr. Ali Abdulsalam Treki, foreign minister
Defence ministers
- Omar Faiek Shennib, Minister of Defence, 1951–1953 (death)
Prime ministers
- Abdul Qadir al-Badri, Prime Minister of Libya (July 2, 1967–October 25, 1967)
- Abdul Hamid al-Bakkoush
- Abuzed Omar Dorda
- Mohieddin Fikini
- Mustafa Ben Halim
- Abdessalam Jalloud
- Mahmoud Jibril
- Mahmud Sulayman al-Maghribi
- Baghdadi Mahmudi
- Muhammad Ahmad al-Mangoush
- Hussein Maziq
- Mahmud al-Muntasir
- Umar Mustafa al-Muntasir
- Abdul Ati al-Obeidi
- Wanis al-Qaddafi
- Abdul Majid al-Qa′ud
- Muhammad az-Zaruq Rajab
- Muhammad Osman Said
- Muhammad Sakizli
- Embarek Shamekh
- Imbarek Shamekh
- Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi
Physicians
Religious figures
Resistance leaders
- Sulaiman al-Barouni (1872–1940), resistance leader against Italian colonization
- Omar al-Mukhtar (1862–1931), Libyan hero and resistance leader under against Italian colonization
- Sayyid Ahmed Sharif es Senussi, Libyan resistance leader and chief of the Senussi order
Royalty
- Sayyid Muhammad bin 'Ali as-Senussi
- Queen Fatima (1918–2009), former queen of Libya
- Idris I of Libya, King of Libya (1951–1969) and the Chief of the Senussi Muslim order
- Sayyid Hassan ar-Rida
- Sayyid Ahmed Sharif es Senussi, Chief of the Senussi Muslim order
- Muhammad as-Senussi (born 1962)
- Omar Faiek Shennib, Head of the Royal Diwan, Royal Court
Rulers
- Battaros, legendary Libyan king
- Muammar Gaddafi (1942–2011), Libyan leader (1969–2011).
- Idris I of Libya (1890–1983), King of Libya (1951–1969).
- Mustafa Abdul Jalil (born 1952), anti-Gaddafi resistance leader, Former Minister of Justice, and President of the National Transitional Council (2011-present)
- Ahmed Karamanli (1686–1745), pasha (ruler) of Tripolitania (1711–1745)
- Yusuf Karamanli (died 1838), pasha of Tripolitania (1795–1832)
- Umar Mihayshi (died 1984), Libyan army officer
- Septimius Severus (146–211), Roman Emperor (193–211), born in Libya
- Shoshenq I, Libyan king of Egypt (c. 945–c. 924 BCE) and founder of the Twenty-second Egyptian dynasty
- Zentani Muhammad az-Zentani
Scientists and mathematicians
- Eratosthenes (276 BC–194 BC), Hellenistic mathematician, geographer and astronomer, born in Libya
Sportspeople
Basketball
- Suleiman Ali Nashnush (died 1991)
Footballers
- Samir Aboud
- Luis de Agustini
- Muhammed Alsnany
- Akram Ayyad
- Mansour Al Borki
- Ehab Al Bousefi
- Omar Daoud
- Meftah Ghazalla
- Osama Al Hamady
- Khaled Hussein
- Abdesalam Kames
- Nader Kara
- Abdusalam Khames
- Ahmed Faraj El Masli
- Waled Mhadeb
- Rabe Al Msellati
- Jehad Muntasser
- Arafa Nakuaa
- Walid Ali Osman
- Ali Rahuma
- Marei Al Ramly
- Salem Ibrahim Al Rewani
- Alejandro Ruben
- Hesham Shaban
- Mohmoud Maklouf Shafter
- Younes Al Shibani
- Naji Shushan
- Abdulnaser Slil
- Tarik El Taib
- Reda Al Tawrghe
- Mohamed Zubya
- Ahmed Mahmoud Zuway
Writers
- Ahmed Rafiq Almhadoui (1898-1961), poet
- Saddeka Arebi (died 2007), author and anthropologist
- Daif Al-Ghazal (1976–2005), writer and journalist who was murdered in 2005
- Ibrahim Al-Koni (born 1948)
- Hisham Matar (born 1970)
- Ahmed Fouad Shennib (died 2007), poet and Minister of Culture and Education
Filmmakers
- Farah Abushwesha, award-winning filmmaker of Libyan and Irish descent
- Don Coscarelli, horror film director
- Maysoon Shaladi, British actress, model, TV presenter, Big Brother UK contestant
External links
- Libya-Watanona.com's page includes pages on historic Libyans and links to websites of contemporary famous ones
- Worldstatesmen.org's history and list of rulers of Tripolitania, Cyrenaica, Fezzan and Libya (before and after unification)
- Hostkingdom.net's history and list of rulers of Tripolitania
- Hostkingdom.net's history and list of rulers of Cyrenaica
- Hostkingdom.net's history and list of rulers of Fezzan
- Zum.de's history of Cyrenaica