List of Libyans

This is a list of notable people from Libya.

Artists

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

Leaders and politicians

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

Schools and academics

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

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

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

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