# 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
* 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
* 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
* 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

### 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

## Healthcare

* Mabrouka al-Tabiba, midwife

## 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
* 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