List of Libyans

This is a list of notable people from Libya.

Writers (including poets)

 * Callimachus, ancient poet and librarian
 * Philostephanus, Hellenistic writer
 * 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

Actors

 * Rossana Podestà
 * Mario Donatone
 * Amos Lavi
 * Baz Ashmawy

Directors and filmmakers

 * Vittorio De Sisti
 * Don Coscarelli
 * Robert Haggiag
 * Maysoon Shaladi, British actress, model, TV presenter, Big Brother UK contestant

Ancient Libya

 * Shoshenq I, 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
 * Tefnakht, founder of the Twenty-fourth Dynasty of Egypt.
 * Siamun the sixth pharaoh of Egypt
 * Septimius Severus (146–211), 21st Roman Emperor (193–211), born in Libya
 * Geta, shared his brother Caracalla the throne of Rome before he was murdered in 211
 * Caracalla 23rd Caesar of Rome, son of Septimius Severus
 * Meryey, king of Ancient Libya
 * Ankhhor, great chief of the Libu
 * Battus II 583–560 BC
 * Arcesilaus II 560–550 BC
 * Learchus 550 BC (disputed)
 * Battus III 550–530 BC
 * Arcesilaus III 530–515 BC
 * Battus IV 515–465 BC
 * Arcesilaus IV 465–440 BC
 * Magas of Cyrene 276–250 BC
 * Berenice II (Queen) 258–246 BC, alongside a series of her co-rulers: Magas, Demetrius and a republican government
 * Demetrius the Fair 250–249 BC
 * Ptolemy Apion 116–96 BC
 * Cabaon, berber chief of Tripolitania, against the Byzantine Empire
 * Ierna, leader of the Laguatan
 * Carcasan, berber rebel and leader of the Laguatan
 * Ahmed Karamanli (1686–1745), pasha (ruler) of Tripolitania (1711–1745)
 * Muhammad al-Amin al-Kanemi (1776-1837), ruler of the Sayfawa dynasty (1809-1837)
 * Umar of Borno, successor of his father and ruler of the Sayfawa dynasty (1837-1881)
 * Yusuf Karamanli (died 1838), pasha of Tripolitania (1795–1832)

Modern Libya

 * Idris I of Libya (1890–1983), King of Libya (1951–1969).
 * Umar Mihayshi (died 1984), Libyan army officer
 * Muammar Gaddafi (1942–2011), Libyan leader (1969–2011).
 * Mustafa Abdul Jalil (born 1952), former Minister of Justice, and President of the National Transitional Council (5 March 2011 – 8 August 2012)
 * Zentani Muhammad az-Zentani


 * Muammar Gaddafi, (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
 * Abdulrahman Sewehli

Defence ministers

 * Omar Faiek Shennib, Minister of Defence, 1951–1953 (death)

Secretary generals

 * Kamel Maghur (1935–2002)

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

Educators and teachers

 * Arete of Cyrene
 * 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)

Linguists

 * Kalifa Tillisi (1930–2010), historian, translator, and linguist
 * Ibn al-Ajdābī (died after c. 1077), scholar and linguist

Science and mathematics

 * Ehtuish Ehtuish
 * Alaa Murabit
 * Eratosthenes (276 BC–194 BC), Hellenistic mathematician, geographer and astronomer, born in Libya
 * Theodorus of Cyrene (c. 5th century BC), mathematician
 * Ahmed K. Elmagarmid (born 1954), computer scientist

Philosophy

 * Hegesias of Cyrene
 * Antipater of Cyrene
 * Anniceris
 * Theodorus the Atheist
 * Synesius
 * Aristippus the Younger
 * Aristotle of Cyrene

Musicians and singers

 * Ptolemais of Cyrene, music theorist
 * Nadia Ali (born 3 August 1980), singer-songwriter
 * Ahmed Fakroun, singer, composer and producer
 * Nasser el-Mizdawi (born 1950), singer, guitarist and composer
 * Franco Califano
 * Herbert Pagani

Religious figures

 * Abd As-Salam Al-Asmar
 * Sharif El Gariani
 * Simon of Cyrene
 * Pope Victor I
 * Lucius of Cyrene
 * Arius
 * Saint Hadrian
 * Jason of Cyrene
 * Mark the Evangelist

Resistance fighters

 * 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 as-Senussi, Libyan resistance leader and chief of the Senussi order
 * Ramadan Sewehli (1879–1920), Libyan resistance leader and the founder of Tripolitanian Republic
 * Omar Shegewi (unknown–1928), Libyan resistance fighter who was later sentenced to death
 * Muhammad Tariq Abd al-Qadir al-Afriqi (1886–1963), Libyan hero who fought against colonialism in many countries

Royalty

 * Idris I of Libya, King of Libya (1951–1969) and the Chief of the Senussi Muslim order
 * Queen Fatima (1918–2009), former queen of Libya
 * Sayyid Hassan as-Rida
 * Sayyid Ahmed Sharif as-Senussi, Chief of the Senussi Muslim order
 * Sayyid Muhammad bin 'Ali as-Senussi

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

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