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.

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

• 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

Physicians

• 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
• 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

Scientists and mathematicians

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

Sportspeople

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

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

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