This is a list of notable people from Libya.
Businesspeople
- Yitzhak Tshuva (born 1948), Tripoli-born Israeli business magnate, chairman of El-Ad Group, and billionaire.
Educators and teachers
- Carneades Hellenistic Academic Skeptic Philosopher
- Aristippus Ancient Greek philosopher, founder of Cyrenaicism
- Lacydes of Cyrene, Academic Skeptic philosopher, was head of the Platonic Academy at Athens
- 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
- Ali Fahmi Khushaim (1937–2011), philosopher, historian, 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
- Muammar Gaddafi, Former dictator (died 2011)
- 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,
- Dr. Ali Abdulsalam Treki
- Shams Al-Deen Bin Omran, foreign minister[1]
- Abdulrahman Sewehli
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
- Imbarek Shamekh
- Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi
Physicians
Hani Shennib MD
- Ehtuish Ehtuish
- Alaa Murabit
Religious figures
- Abd As-Salam Al-Asmar
- Sharif El Gariani
- Simon of Cyrene
- Ahmad Zarruq
- Pope Victor I
- Lucius of Cyrene
- Jason of Cyrene
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
- Ramadan Sewehli (1879–1920), Libyan resistance leader and the founder of Tripolitanian Republic
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 1969)
- Omar Faiek Shennib, Head of the Royal Diwan, Royal Court
Rulers
- Battaros, legendary Libyan king
- Shoshenq I the founder of the Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt.
- Shoshenq II, pharaoh of the Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt.
- Osorkon the Elder, fifth king of the twenty-first dynasty of Ancient Egypt and was the first Pharaoh of Libyan origin[2]
- Siamun the sixth pharaoh of Egypt
- 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
- Osorkon The Elder, the first Libyan king of Egypt and founder of the Libyan Dynasty in face actually nearly all of the 22, 23, 24 dynasties in ancient Egypt were ruled by Libyans
- Zentani Muhammad az-Zentani
Scientists and mathematicians
- Eratosthenes (276 BC–194 BC), Hellenistic mathematician, geographer and astronomer, born in Libya
- Theodorus of Cyrene (c. 5th century BC), Mathematician
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
- Philostephanus Hellenistic Writer
- Callimachus Ancient poet and librarian
- Eugammon of Cyrene flourished 567/6 BC.
- 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
- Don Coscarelli, horror film director
- Maysoon Shaladi, British actress, model, TV presenter, Big Brother UK contestant
References
- ^ ar:شمس الدين عرابي
- ^ Akyeampong, Emmanuel Kwaku; Gates, Henry Louis (2012-02-02). Dictionary of African Biography. OUP USA. ISBN 978-0-19-538207-5.