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List of Libyans
Last updated
September 15, 2025
This is a list of notable people from
Libya
.
Contents
Artists
Writers (including poets)
Actors
Directors and filmmakers
Leaders and politicians
Ancient Libya
Modern Libya
Defence ministers
Secretaries general
Prime ministers
Schools and academics
Educators and teachers
Linguists
Science and mathematics
Philosophy
Healthcare
Media figures
Musicians and singers
Religious figures
Resistance fighters
Royalty
Sportspeople
Basketball
Footballers
Extrajudicial prisoners of the United States
References
Artists
Writers (including poets)
Callimachus
, ancient poet and librarian
Philostephanus
, Hellenistic writer
Eugammon of Cyrene
, flourished 567/6 BC.
Sextus Julius Africanus
Ahmed Rafiq Almhadoui
(1898–1961), poet
Khadījah Jahamī
Saddeka Arebi
(died 2007), author and anthropologist
Ibrahim Al-Koni
(born 1948)
Hisham Matar
(born 1970)
Heba Shibani
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
Fadwa El Gallal
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
[
1
]
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
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
Khalil ibn Ishaq al-Tamimi
, governor of Sicily
Ya'qub ibn Ishaq al-Tamimi
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
Dr. Ali Abdulsalam Treki
Abdulrahman Sewehli
Defence ministers
Omar Faiek Shennib
, Minister of Defence, 1951–1953 (death)
Secretaries general
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
Ibn Manzur
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
Sadiq Abdulkarim Abdulrahman
Laila Bugaighis
Ghazi Gheblawi
Amal Bayou
Sema Sgaier
Philosophy
Hegesias of Cyrene
Antipater of Cyrene
Anniceris
Theodorus the Atheist
Synesius
Aristippus the Younger
Aristotle of Cyrene
Healthcare
Mabrouka al-Tabiba
, midwife
Ahmad Bishti
Hani Shennib
Media figures
Halla Diyab
, British Libyan-born screenwriter, author, producer, broadcaster and TV commentator
Hajer Sharief
Musicians and singers
Ptolemais of Cyrene
, music theorist
Nadia Ali
(born 3 August 1980), singer-songwriter
Ahmed Fakroun
, singer, composer and producer
Hamid Al Shaeri
Nasser el-Mizdawi
(born 1950), singer, guitarist and composer
Franco Califano
Herbert Pagani
Religious figures
Abd As-Salam Al-Asmar
Abdullah Al-Sha'ab
Hamza Abu Faris
Ali Yahya Muammar
Sharif El Gariani
Simon of Cyrene
Pope Victor I
Lucius of Cyrene
Arius
Saint Hadrian
Jason of Cyrene
Mark the Evangelist
Ali ibn Ziyad
Al-Hattab
Sadiq Al-Ghariani
Aref Ali Nayed
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
Mohammed El Senussi
, Crown Prince
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
References
↑
Akyeampong, Emmanuel Kwaku; Gates, Henry Louis (2012-02-02).
Dictionary of African Biography
. OUP USA.
ISBN
978-0-19-538207-5
.
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