List of Maltese people

This is a list of notable Maltese people including those not born in, or current residents of, Malta; they are Maltese nationals.

Actors

 * Valerie Buhagiar (born 1964)
 * Joseph Calleia (1897–1975)
 * Terry Camilleri (born 1949)
 * Charles Clews (1919–2009)
 * Madeleine Collinson (1952–2014) – actress, model
 * Mary Collinson (born 1952) – actress, model
 * Ivan De Battista (born 1977)
 * Simone De Battista (born 1977)
 * Joseph Gatt (born 1974) actor, model, voice artist
 * Anthony J. Mifsud - actor, (singer, songwriter)
 * Eileen Montesin
 * Angelo Muscat (1930–1977)
 * Charles Thake (1927–2018)
 * Davide Tucci (born 1987) – actor
 * Joseph Vassallo (born 1964)
 * Chloe Parkinson (born 2000)

Architects

 * Giovanni Attard (c. 1570–1636) – architect, military engineer and stone carver
 * Giovanni Barbara (1642–1728) – architect and military engineer
 * Isabelle Barratt-Delia (born 1938) – architect
 * Andrea Belli (1703–1772) – architect and businessman
 * Lino Bianco (born 1965) – practicing architect and academic
 * Giuseppe Bonavia (1821–1885) – draughtsman and architect
 * Giuseppe Bonici (1707–1779) – architect and military engineer
 * Antonio Cachia (1739–1813) – architect, civil and military engineer and archaeologist
 * Domenico Cachia (c. 1690–1761) – master builder
 * Michele Cachia (1760–1839) – architect and military engineer
 * Girolamo Cassar (c. 1520 – c. 1592) –  designed many buildings in Valletta
 * Vittorio Cassar (c. 1550 – c. 1609) –  military engineer
 * Cesar Castellani (died 1905) – worked in Guyana
 * Tommaso Dingli (1591–1666) – designed various churches
 * Richard England (born 1937)
 * Antonio Falzon (16th century) – military engineer, worked in Germany
 * Lorenzo Gafà (1638–1703) – Baroque architect
 * Emanuele Luigi Galizia (1830–1907) – designed many public buildings
 * Carlo Gimach (1651–1730) – architect, engineer and poet
 * Roger de Giorgio (1922–2016) – architect
 * Giorgio Grognet de Vassé (1774–1862) – architect and antiquarian
 * Joseph G. Huntingford (1926–1994) – Modernist architect
 * Giuseppe Psaila (1891–1960) – Art Nouveau architect
 * Giorgio Pullicino (1779–1851) – painter and architect
 * Giorgio Costantino Schinas (1834–1894) – architect and civil engineer
 * Andrea Vassallo (1856–1928) – eclectic architect
 * Gustavo R. Vincenti (1888–1974) – architect and developer
 * Francesco Zerafa (1679–1758) – architect and capomastro

Composers

 * Girolamo Abos (1715–1760)
 * Francesco Azopardi (1748–1809)
 * Charles Camilleri (1931–2008)
 * Alessandro Curmi (1801–1857)
 * Albert Garzia (born 1977)
 * Nicolas Isouard (1775–1818)
 * Carmelo Pace (1906–1993) – composer; professor of musical theory and harmonics
 * Reuben Pace (born 1974)
 * Robert Samut (1869–1934) – composer of "L-Innu Malti" (the national anthem of Malta); professor of physiology and bacteriology
 * Benigno Zerafa (1726–1804)
 * Antonio Micallef (1867-1940)

Filmmakers

 * Mario Philip Azzopardi (born 1950) – director
 * Jon Cassar (born 1958) – director; producer
 * Rebecca Cremona –  director

Military figures

 * Juan Bautista Azopardo (1772–1848) – founder of the Argentine Navy
 * Toni Bajada (16th century) – spy during the Great Siege of Malta
 * Orlando E. Caruana (1844–1917) – fought during the American Civil War
 * Clemente Tabone (c. 1575–1665) –  landowner and militia member
 * Emmanuele Vitale (1758–1802) – general of the Maltese forces in the Siege of Malta (1798–1800)
 * Antonio Williams (1825–1908) – United States Navy seaman
 * Brigadier Martin Xuereb (born 1968) – former commander of the Armed Forces of Malta

Musicians (including singers)

 * Sebastian Calleja (born 1998) – singer; winner OGAE Eurovision Weekend 2016 Berlin, Germany
 * Gianluca Bezzina (born 1989) – singer; medical doctor
 * Nicky Bomba (born 1963) – drummer; leads the Australian funk and reggae band Bomba.
 * Amber Bondin (born 1991) – singer
 * Gerard James Borg – songwriter
 * Kevin Borg (born 1986) – singer-songwriter; producer; winner of the Swedish reality-competition talent show Idol 2008
 * Joe C. (1974–2000) – rapper; of Maltese descent
 * Joseph Calleja (born 1978) – tenor singer
 * Kurt Calleja (born 1989) – singer
 * Joe Camilleri (born 1948) – singer-songwriter; saxophonist
 * Pawlu Camilleri (born 1958) – harmonica musician
 * Capitol K – musician
 * Lydia Caruana – soprano
 * Eleanor Cassar (born 1982) – singer
 * Gaia Cauchi (born 2002) – child singer, winner of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013
 * Lynn Chircop (born 1980) – singer and television presenter
 * Miriam Christine (born 1978) – singer
 * Destiny Chukunyere (born 2002) – singer, winner of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015
 * Federica Falzon (born 2003) – operatic pop singer
 * Claudia Faniello (born 1988) – singer
 * Fabrizio Faniello (born 1981) – singer
 * Miriam Gauci – opera singer
 * Natalie Gauci (born 1981) – singer
 * Ludwig Galea (born 1977) – singer
 * Robert Galea (born 1981) – Christian singer-songwriter
 * Stefan Galea (born 1996) – singer
 * Thea Garrett (born 1992) – singer
 * Albert Garzia (born 1977) – composer and musician
 * Lawrence Gray (born 1975) – singer
 * Joe Grech (born 1934) – singer-songwriter
 * Martin Grech (born 1983) – singer-songwriter
 * Enzo Gusman (1947-2021) broadcaster – singer-songwriter
 * Sarah Harrison (born 1993) – singer, DJ, producer, musician
 * Hooligan (born 1980) – rapper
 * Rosa Judge (born 1919) – musician
 * Oreste Kirkop (1923–1998) – opera singer; film actor
 * La Barokka – singer
 * Olivia Lewis (born 1978) – singer
 * Ira Losco (born 1981) – singer-songwriter
 * William Mangion (born 1958) – singer
 * Walter Micallef (born 1955) – singer-songwriter
 * Renato Micallef (born 1951) – pop singer
 * Anthony J. Mifsud – singer-songwriter
 * Sigmund Mifsud – trumpeter, CEO Malta Philharmonic Orchestra
 * Antoinette Miggiani (born 1937) – opera singer
 * Morena (born 1984) – singer
 * Brent Muscat (born 1967) – guitarist
 * Emma Muscat (born 1999) singer, model (from one of Malta's wealthiest families)
 * Muxu (born 1990) – singer-songwriter
 * Gabriela N (born 1993) – singer-songwriter
 * Antonio Olivari (born 1980) – songwriter and composer
 * Claudette Pace (born 1968) – singer and politician
 * Freddie Portelli (born 1944) – singer-songwriter
 * Jes Psaila (born 1964) – guitarist
 * Veronica Rotin (born 2004) – child singer
 * Roger Scannura – flamenco guitarist
 * Christabelle (born 1992) – singer-songwriter
 * Debbie Scerri (born 1969) – singer and television presenter
 * Chiara Siracusa (born 1976) – singer
 * Mary Spiteri (born 1947) – singer
 * Renzo Spiteri – percussionist
 * Sharleen Spiteri (born 1967) – singer-songwriter; guitarist; lead vocalist of the Scottish pop-rock band Texas
 * Marc Storace (born 1949) – singer of the Swiss hard-rock band Krokus
 * Daniel Testa (born 1997) – singer, radio and television presenter
 * Melissa Tkautz (born 1974) – singer
 * Glen Vella (born 1983) – singer
 * Mario Vella (born 1976) – singer and songwriter, frontman of Brikkuni
 * Philip Vella
 * Julie Zahra (born 1982) – singer, member Parliament of Malta
 * Aidan Zammit (born 1965) – composer, musician and singer

Painters and sculptors

 * Vincent Apap (1909–2003) – sculptor
 * Willie Apap (1918–1970) – painter
 * Isabelle Borg (1959–2010) – painter
 * Tony Briffa (artist) (born 1959)
 * Gio Nicola Buhagiar (1698–1752) – painter
 * Giuseppe Calì (1846–1930) –  painter
 * Antoine Camilleri (1922–2005) – painter; teacher; stamp designer
 * Gabriel Caruana (1929–2018) – artist
 * Debbie Caruana Dingli (born 1962) – painter
 * Edward Caruana Dingli (1876–1950) – painter
 * Emvin Cremona (1919–1987) – painter; stamp designer
 * Maria de Dominici (1645–1703) – Baroque painter & sculptor
 * Vincenzo Dimech (1768–1831) – sculptor
 * Alessio Erardi (1669–1727) – painter
 * Pietro Erardi (1644–1727) – painter; chaplain
 * Stefano Erardi (1630–1716) – painter


 * Melchiorre Gafà (1636–1667) – Baroque sculptor
 * Francesco Noletti (1611–1654) – Baroque painter
 * Andrew Micallef (born 1969) – painter and musician
 * Amedeo Preziosi (1816–1882) – painter
 * Alberto Pullicino (1719–1759) – painter
 * Giorgio Pullicino (1779–1851) – painter and architect
 * Antonio Sciortino (1879–1947) – sculptor
 * Pietro Paolo Troisi (1686–1743) – sculptor, silversmith, designer, engraver
 * Gianni Vella (1885–1977) – painter
 * Francesco Zahra (1710–1773) – painter
 * Jean Zaleski (1920–2010) – Maltese-American painter
 * Carlo Zimech (1696–1766) – painter and priest

Poets and writers

 * Clare Azzopardi (born 1977) –  writer
 * Louis Briffa (born 1971) –  poet
 * Rużar Briffa (1906–1963) – poet
 * Anton Buttigieg (1912–1983) – poet
 * Ray Buttigieg (born 1955) – composer; poet; producer
 * Mark Camilleri (born 1988) – historian, writer, publisher
 * Daphne Caruana Galizia (1964–2017) – journalist; writer; activist
 * Antoine Cassar (born 1978) – poet
 * Pietru Caxaro (c. 1400–1485) – poet; philosopher
 * Francis Ebejer (1925–1993) – dramatist; novelist
 * Joe Friggieri (born 1946) – philosophy professor; poet
 * Oliver Friggieri (1947–2020) – novelist; poet; minor philosopher
 * Carlo Gimach (1651–1730) – architect, engineer and poet
 * Elizabeth Grech (born 1978) –  writer; poet; translator
 * Doreen Micallef (1949–2001) – poet
 * Immanuel Mifsud (born 1967) – novelist; poet
 * Nadia Mifsud (born 1976) – poet; writer; literary translator
 * Mary Meilak (1905–1975) – poet
 * Pierre J. Mejlak (born 1982) – short-story writer
 * Dun Karm Psaila (1871–1961) – poet; lyricist of the national anthem of Malta
 * Frans Sammut (1945–2011) – novelist, short-story writer, essayist, historian
 * Karl Schembri (born 1978) – poet; novelist; journalist
 * Mario Vella (born 1953) – poet; philosopher; economist; political theorist
 * Marjanu Vella (1927–1988) – poet; writer
 * Trevor Żahra (born 1947) – novelist, poet and illustrator
 * Michael Zammit (born 1954) – philosophy professor; poet

Politicians

 * George Abela (born 1948) – President of Malta (2009–2014)
 * Robert Abela (born 1977) – Prime Minister of Malta (since 2020)
 * Wistin Abela (1933–2014) – Deputy Prime Minister of Malta (1981–1983)
 * Eddie Fenech Adami (born 1934) – Prime Minister of Malta (1987–1996, 1998–2004); President of Malta (2004–2009)
 * John Aquilina (born 1950) – Australian politician and Maltese diplomat
 * Agatha Barbara (1923–2002) – government minister; member, Parliament of Malta; President of Malta (1982–1987)
 * Claudette Abela Baldacchino (born 1973), journalist, Labour Party politician and Member of the European Parliament
 * Leo Brincat – Member of the European Court of Auditors
 * Paul Boffa (1890–1962) – Prime Minister of Malta (1947–1950)
 * Joe Borg (born 1952) – European Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries; European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection
 * Tonio Borg (born 1957) – European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy
 * George Borg Olivier (1911–1980) – Prime Minister of Malta (1950–1955, 1962–1971)
 * Francesco Buhagiar (1876–1934) – Prime Minister of Malta (1923–1924)
 * Simon Busuttil (born 1969) – leader, Nationalist Party (2013-2017), Member of European Parliament (2004-2013)
 * Anton Buttigieg (1912–1983) – President of Malta (1976–1981)
 * Arnold Cassola (born 1956) – professor of comparative literature; former chairperson, Democratic Alternative
 * Joseph Cefai (1921–1996) – member, Parliament of Malta (1947–1953); Secretary of Gozo Affairs (until 1981)
 * Marie Louise Coleiro Preca (born 1958) – President of Malta (since 2014)
 * John Dalli (born 1948) –  European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy (2010–2012)
 * Joe Debono Grech (born 1939) – member, Parliament of Malta (since 1971)
 * Guido de Marco (1931–2010) – Deputy Prime Minister of Malta; President of Malta (1999–2004)
 * Manwel Dimech (1860–1921) – politician; social reformer; philosopher; journalist; writer
 * Cyrus Engerer (born 1981) – Member of European Parliament (2020-present)
 * Giovanni Felice (1899–1977) – Minister of Industry and Tourism (1962–1966); Finance Minister of Malta (1966–1971) in the Giorgio Borġ Olivier cabinet
 * Joseph Flores (1907–1974) – Speaker of the House of Representatives of Malta; judge
 * Lawrence Gonzi (born 1953) – Prime Minister of Malta (2004–2013)
 * Louis Grech (born 1947) – Deputy Prime Minister of Malta (since 2013)
 * Joseph Howard (1862–1925) – Prime Minister of Malta (1921–1923)
 * Albert Hyzler (1916–1993) – Acting President of Malta (1981–1982)
 * Carmel Inguanez diplomat, ambassador
 * Norman Lowell (born 1946) – founder and leader, Imperium Europa
 * Anthony Mamo (1909–2008) – Governor-General of Malta (1971–1974); President of Malta (1974–1976)
 * Francesco Masini (1894–1964) – founder, Gozo Party; member, Parliament of Malta (1947–1950)
 * Sir Ugo Pasquale Mifsud (1889–1942) – Prime Minister of Malta (1932–1933)
 * Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici (born 1933) – Prime Minister of Malta (1984–1987)
 * Ugo Mifsud Bonnici (born 1932) – government minister; President of Malta (1994–1999)
 * Dom Mintoff (1916–2012) – Prime Minister of Malta (1955–1958, 1971–1984)
 * Enrico Mizzi (1885–1950) – Prime Minister of Malta (1950)
 * Joseph Muscat (born 1974) – Member of the European Parliament (2004–2008); leader, Labour Party (2008–2020), Prime Minister of Malta (2013–2020)
 * Alfred Sant (born 1948) – Prime Minister of Malta (1996–1998)
 * Lorry Sant (1937–1995) – government minister
 * Carm Lino Spiteri (1932–2008) – Nationalist Party politician
 * Gerald Strickland (1861–1940) – Prime Minister of Malta (1927–1932); Governor of Tasmania; Governor of Western Australia; Governor of New South Wales
 * Mabel Strickland, journalist, newspaper proprietor and politician, daughter of the above
 * Ċensu Tabone (1913–2012) – government minister; President of Malta (1989–1994)
 * George William Vella (born 1942) – government minister; Deputy Prime Minister of Malta (1996–1998)
 * Paul Xuereb (1923–1994) – Speaker of the House of Representatives of Malta (1986–1987); Acting President of Malta (1987–1989)

Religious dignitaries

 * Saint Publius (33–112) – first Bishop of Malta; martyr and saint.
 * Joseph De Piro (1877–1933) – founder, Missionary Society of St. Paul


 * Saint George Preca (1880–1962) – canonized saint, Roman Catholic Church; founder, Society of Christian Doctrine
 * Donat Spiteri (1922–2011) – Biblical scholar; founder and editor, booklet Kliem il-Hajja (English language: The Word of Life)
 * Dun Mikiel Xerri (1737–1799) – national hero of Malta

Scholars and academics

 * Joseph Aquilina (1911–1997) – author and linguist
 * Joseph Baldacchino (1894–1974) – archaeologist
 * Edward de Bono (1933–2021) – creator, lateral thinking
 * James J Busuttil (born 1958) – legal scholar
 * Joseph Buttigieg (1947–2019) – literary scholar and translator
 * George Mifsud Chircop (1951–2007) – linguist
 * Joe Friggieri (born 1946) – professor of philosophy; poet
 * Oliver Friggieri (born 1947) – poet; novelist; literary critic
 * Henry Frendo (born 1948) – historian
 * Gorg Mallia (born 1957) – communications academic; author; cartoonist
 * Suzanne Mizzi (1969–2011) – assistant principal, educator
 * Dominic Pace (1851–1907) – theologian; philosopher
 * Arvid Pardo (1914–1999) – diplomat
 * Eric Scerri (born 1953) – author; historian; philosopher of chemistry; educator
 * Peter Serracino Inglott (1936–2012) – Roman Catholic priest; philosopher; former rector, University of Malta
 * Stephen C. Spiteri (born 1963) – military historian
 * Anthony Valletta (1908–1988) – lepidopterist and educationalist
 * Mikiel Anton Vassalli (1764–1829) – promoter, Maltese language; compiler, first Maltese dictionary
 * Themistocles Zammit (1864–1935) – archaeologist; historian

Sports figures

 * Gilbert Agius (born 1974) – football player
 * Larry Attard (born 1951) – jockey; inductee, Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame
 * Sid C. Attard (born 1950) – thoroughbred-horse trainer in Canada
 * Etienne Barbara (born 1982) – football player
 * Carmel Busuttil (born 1964) – football player
 * Christian Brown (born 1989) – amateur golfer & triathlete
 * Jamie Carragher (born 1978) – football player of Maltese descent
 * Andrew Chetcuti (born 1992) –  swimmer
 * William Chetcuti (born 1985) –  sport shooter
 * Joe Cordina (born 1991) – Boxer and current IBF super-featherweight title champion
 * Alex DeBrincat (born 1997) –  ice hockey player
 * Samuel Deguara, (born 1991) – basketball player
 * Luke Dimech (born 1977) – football player
 * Tony Drago (born 1965) – snooker player
 * Ray Farrugia (born 1955) – football coach
 * Tony Farrugia  –  strongman
 * Aaron Falzon (born 1996) – basketball player
 * Joe Falzon (strongman) (1932-2023) – strongman
 * Jeff Fenech (born 1964) – boxer; former world champion
 * Mario Fenech (born 1961) – former rugby league footballer (South Sydney Rabbitohs)
 * Xandru Grech (born 1974) – athlete and coach
 * Paul Grima (born 1950) – strongman
 * Rebecca Madyson (born 1979) – sport shooter
 * Charlie Magri (born 1956) – boxer
 * John Magri (born 1941) – cyclist; participated in two Olympics
 * David Millar (born 1977) – racing cyclist
 * Michael Mifsud (born 1981) – football player
 * Kevin Muscat (born 1973) – former football player; head coach, Melbourne Victory FC
 * Laurie Pace (born 1966) – judo player; bronze medalist, 1990 Commonwealth Games
 * Charles Saliba (1929-1982) – strongman
 * André Schembri (born 1986) – football player
 * Nino Schembri (born 1974) – martial artist
 * Mikel Scicluna (1929–2010) – professional wrestler; inductee, WWE Hall of Fame
 * Tony Tanti (born 1963) – ice-hockey player
 * Teddy Teuma (born 1993) –  football player
 * Paul Tisdale (born 1973) –  football coach
 * Francesca Vincenti (born 1965) – Windsurfing/Sailing/Hall of Fame
 * Charlie Williams (born 1944) – football player (Malta and the United States)
 * Anthony Zarb (1904-1993) – strongman

Others

 * Andrea Ashworth (born 1969) – English author; of Italian-Maltese descent
 * Peppi Azzopardi (born 1959) – television presenter
 * Ruth Baldacchino – LGBT activist
 * O. J. Borg (born 1979) – English radio and television personality; of Maltese descent
 * Angelik Caruana – alleged Marian visionary
 * Adelaide Conroy (fl 1871–1879), photographer
 * Massimo Ellul (born 1970) – businessman
 * Maxim Gauci (1774–1854) – lithographer
 * Paul Gauci (19th century) – lithographer; of Maltese descent
 * Charlon Gouder, journalist
 * Karin Grech (1962–1978) – letter bomb victim
 * Mikiel'Ang Grima (1729–1798) – surgeon
 * Suzanne Mizzi (1967–2011) – glamour model
 * Alfred Pisani – businessmen
 * Tiffany Pisani (born 1992) – fashion model
 * Joe Sacco (born 1960) – cartoonist
 * Alex Vella (born 1954) – businessman, boxer and outlaw motorcycle club leader
 * Grandayy (born 1994) – YouTuber, memer and music producer
 * Justin Kuhnel (born1997) – Struggles, Autism Advocate, Crohn's Disease Sufferer