List of Libyans

This is a list of noteworthy people from Libya, sorted by occupation.

Businesspeople

Yitzhak Tshuva (born 1948), Tripoli-born Israeli business magnate, chairman of El-Ad Group, and billionaire.

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
Ramadan Sewehli (1879–1920), Libyan resistance leader and the founder of Tripolitanian Republic

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 1969)
Omar Faiek Shennib, Head of the Royal Diwan, Royal Court

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), 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
Caracalla ceaser of Rome, son of septimius severus
Geta shared his brother Caracalla the throne of Rome before he was murdered in AD 211
Shoshenq I, Libyan king of Egypt (c. 945–c. 924 BCE) and founder of the Twenty-second Egyptian dynasty actually nearly all of the 22, 23, 24 dynasties in ancient Egypt were ruled by Libyans
Zentani Muhammad az-Zentani

Eratosthenes (276 BC–194 BC), Hellenistic mathematician, geographer and astronomer, born in Libya

Don Coscarelli, horror film director
Maysoon Shaladi, British actress, model, TV presenter, Big Brother UK contestant