# List of Bahranis

The Baharna are one of the many East Arabian groups. The following is a list of notable Bahrani figures.

## Academics

* Ali Al-Ahmed, Bahraini political activist, public speaker, scholar, writer
* Abdulhadi Khalaf, Bahraini leftist political activist and academic

## Actors

* Ali Al-Sebaa, Saudi television actor
* Sabrin Burshid, actress

## Artists

* Abdullah Al Muharraqi, Bahraini artist considered the founder of modern art in the Persian Gulf region
* Jamal Abdul Rahim, Bahraini artist known for his contemporary art whose work has been showcased in numerous national and international exhibitions

## Bloggers

* Ali Abdulemam, Bahraini blogger and contributor to Global Voices
* Mahmood Al-Yousif, Bahrani blogger and political activist

## Businesspeople

* Amin H. Nasser, CEO of Saudi Arabian oil company Saudi Aramco
* Nadhmi Al-Nasr, CEO of NEOM
* Mahdi Al Tajir, businessman from the United Arab Emirates, based in the United Kingdom
* Yara Salman, Bahraini businesswomen who introduced cryotherapy to the country

## Journalists

* Mansoor Al-Jamri, son of Bahrain's spiritual leader, Sheikh Abdul-Amir Al-Jamri
* Leila Al Mutawa (born 1987), novelist and journalist

## Musicians

* Mohammed Haddad, composer and music critic
* Majeed Marhoon, saxophonist and a former Leftist political activist with the National Liberation Front of Bahrain
* Majid Al-Maskati, singer of the Canadian R&B duo Majid Jordan
* isa al-najem, known for his work on one piece live action and Arabs got talent, son of mubark al-najem

## Philosophers

* Kamal al-Deen Maitham al-Bahrani, famous 13th century philosopher

## Poets and writers

* Ebrahim Al-Arrayedh, one of the greatest poets of Bahrain and the Persian Gulf
* Thuraya Al Arrayedh, daughter of Ebrahim Al-Arrayedh
* Ali Al Jallawi, poet, researcher, and writer
* Ayat Al-Qurmezi, poet
* Mohammed Hasan Kamaluddin, Bahraini former minister, poet, ex-diplomat, historian, writer, and researcher

## Politicians

* Masouma Abdelrahim, Bahraini politician sworn into the 2018 Council of Representatives. Head of drug and alcohol unit at the Ministry of Health
* Abdulwahid AlAbduljabbar, Saudi political activist
* Majeed Al Alawi, Bahrain's Minister of Labour Affairs
* Jawad Al-Arrayedh, Bahrain's first Shia Deputy Prime Minister
* Nazar Al Baharna, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Bahrain
* Abdul Amir al-Jamri, spiritual leader of the Bahrani people
* Abdulhadi Al Khawaja, Bahraini human rights activist and hunger striker
* Massouma al-Mubarak, Kuwait's first female minister
* Nimr al-Nimr, spiritual leader of the 2011 Saudi Arabian protests
* Hussain Al-Qallaf Al-Bahrani, member of the Kuwaiti National Assembly
* Nada Haffadh, Bahrain's first ever female cabinet minister when she was appointed Minister of Health
* Hasan Mushaima, Bahraini political activist
* Isa Qassim, spiritual leader of Al Wefaq, Bahrain's biggest opposition society. He was the leader and founder of the Islamic Awareness Institution
* Nabeel Rajab, Bahraini human rights activist
* Ali Salman, leader of the largest political party in Bahrain
* Hussain Al Baharna, lawyer

## Rebels

* Abu al-Bahlul al-Awwam, member of the Abdul Qays tribe who deposed the Qarmatians in Bahrain
* Sayyid Shubar al-Sitri, attempted a coup d'état in 1895, however it failed due to lack of support from Shi'a clerics
* Abdullah bin Ali Al Uyuni, rebel against the Qarmatians in the Overthrowing of the Qarmatians

## Religious figures
### Grand Ayatollahs

* Shaykh Ahmad, founder of the Shaykhí school of thought
* Maitham Al Bahrani, renowned 13th-century Shi'a cleric and theologian
* Yusuf Al Bahrani, renowned 18th-century Shi'a cleric
* Alaaeldeen Alghurayfi, Iraqi Shi'a Marja
* Salih Al-Karzakani, renowned 17th-century Shi'a cleric
* Abbas Almohri, renowned 20th-century Shi'a cleric
* Abdullah al Samahiji, renowned 18th-century Shi'a cleric

### Ayatollahs

* Yasser Al-Habib controversial Kuwaiti ayatollah

## Sports

* Ismael Abdullatif, Bahraini football player
* Sayed Mohamed Adnan, Bahraini football player
* Hamad Al Fardan, Bahraini racing driver
* Tareq Al-Farsani, Bahraini bodybuilder
* Husain Ali, Bahraini football player
* Hussein Taher Al-Sabee, Saudi long jumper
* Hussein Al-Sadiq, Bahraini football player
* Jamal Al-Saffar, Saudi sprinter
* Abbas Ayyad, Bahraini football player
* A'ala Hubail, Bahraini football player
* Mohamed Hubail, Bahraini football player
* Sayed Mohammed Jaffer, Bahraini football player
* Abbas Ahmed Khamis, Bahraini football player
* Hussain Salman, Bahraini football player

## Others

* Fatema Al Harbi (born 1991 or 1992), author and peace activist
* Tekken Master (Sayed Hashem Ahmed), professional esports player