List of Yemenis

Famous or important Yemenis include:

Yemeni early diaspora

Ghassanids, tribes consisting of more than 50 families that migrated north to the Levant

Amat Al Alim Alsoswa, first female journalist Yemen Arab Republic, first female deputy minister, first female ambassador and minister in the Republic of Yemen
Al Kindi, from Al Kindah tribe of Qaht
Philip the Arab, (Roman emperor) from Aliya yafe
Ibn Khaldun
Jabir ibn Hayyan (721–815), alchemist and theologian
Harbi al-Himyari, 7th-century scholar, and teacher of Yemeni alchemist Jabir ibn Hayyan
Abdul Aziz bin Hars bin Asad Yemeni Tamimi (816–944), famous Sufi of Junaidia order
Abu Al Fazal Abdul Wahid Yemeni Tamimi (842–1034), famous Sufi of Junaidia order
Abu Muhammad Al-hasan Ibn Ahmad Al-hamdani (893–945), geographer, poet, grammarian, historian, and astronomer
Abdullah Al-Baradouni (1929–1999)
Muhammad al-Gharsi
Nethanel ben Isaiah, Yemenite rabbi, who composed a compendium of midrashic literature, the Or HaAfeila "Light of the Darkness"
Tawakel Karman, Yemeni journalist, peace activist, and Nobel Prize laureate
Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i, Yemeni Muslim cleric, founder of the Dammaj madrasa
Muhammad ash-Shawkani, Yemeni Sunni Salafi scholar
Raufa Hassan al-Sharki, professor, journalist and founder of women's studies program at Sana'a University.

Boushra Almutawakel, photographer
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
Khadija al-Salami

Ramziya al-Iryani, novelist, diplomat and women's rights activist.
Sumaya Ali Raja, journalist and first woman presidential candidate for post-revolution Yemen.
Zahra Rahmat Allah, short story writer and journalist.
Tawakkol Karman, journalist and politician.
Hind Aleryani, journalist and social activist.
Azizah Abd Allah Abu Lahum, novelist and women's rights activist.

Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden, founder of the construction conglomerate Saudi Binladin Group and the father of Osama Bin Laden
Salem bin Mahfouz, founder of the National Commercial Bank of Saudi Arabia and the father of Khalid bin Mahfouz
Shaher Abdulhak, billionaire and founder of Shaher Trading.^[1]
Zahra Al-Harazi, founder of Foundry Communications in Calgary, Canada

Abdulla Al-Omeri - business man, founder of egg farm and local and national businesses.

Amal Basha, considered "Yemen's most famous feminist."^[2]
Jamala al-Baidhani, activist for human and civil rights for women and the disabled.
Nujood Ali, activist against child brides and forced marriage.
Fatima al-Aqel, activist for women with blindness.
Shada Nasser, attorney for Nujood Ali

Sharifa Fatima, Zaydi chief in 15th-century Yemen

Al-Khayzuran (died 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, 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), 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