# 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

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

## Architects

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

## Composers

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

## Filmmakers

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

## Military figures

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

## Military figures - Siege of Malta (1798–1800)

* Emmanuele Vitale (1758–1802) – general of the Maltese forces and representing Città Vecchia or Città Notabile (Mdina), Rabat and Dingli
* Don Francesco Saverio Caruana – rebel leader
* Vincenzo Borg – rebel leader and representing Birkirkara
Other National Assembly representatives coordinating the Maltese Battalions:
* Chierico Giuseppe Abdilla for Safi
* Notary Pietro Buttigieg for Zebbug
* Michele Cachia for Zejtun
* Parish Priest Don Felice Calleja for Mosta
* Parish Priest Don Bartolomeo Caraffa for Mqabba
* Rev. Fr. Giuseppe Casha for Luqa
* Filippo Castagna for Gudja
* Parish Priest Don Salvatore Corso for Siggiewi
* Rev. Fortunato Dalli for Zurrieq
* Giuseppe Frendo for Balzan
* Chevalier Giovanni Gafa’ for Gharghur
* Salvatore Gafà for Lia (Lija)
* Stanislao Gatt for Casal Fornaro (Qormi)
* Don Pietro Mallia for Ghaxaq
* Gregorio Mifsud for Qrendi
* Giuseppe Montebello for Tarxien
* Chev. Baron Paolo Parisio Muscati for Naxxar
* Agostino Sayd for Zabbar
* Dr Enrico Xerri for Kirkop
* Notary Saverio Zarb for Attard
Leaders of the Gozitan Battalion:
* Leader: Rev Saver Cassar, Archpriest of the Matrice assisted by Fortunato Spiteri
* Tommaso Cassar and Felice Grech for Gharb
* Liberato Grech and Liberato Sultana for Xagħra
* Giuseppe Grima and Martino Asciak for Zebbug
* Dr Francesco Pace for Rabat
* Angelo Vella and Giuseppe Zammit for Sannat
* Francesco Zammit and Francesco Refalo for Xewkija

## Musicians (including singers)

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

## Painters and sculptors

* Alberto Pullicino (1719–1759) – painter
* Alessio Erardi (1669–1727) – painter
* Amedeo Preziosi (1816–1882) – painter
* Andrew Micallef (born 1969) – painter and musician
* Antoine Camilleri (1922–2005) – painter; teacher; stamp designer
* Antonio Sciortino (1879–1947) – sculptor
* Carlo Zimech (1696–1766) – painter and priest
* Debbie Caruana Dingli (born 1962) – painter
* Edward Caruana Dingli (1876–1950) – painter
* Emvin Cremona (1919–1987) – painter; stamp designer
* Francesco Noletti (1611–1654) – Baroque painter
* Francesco Zahra (1710–1773) – painter
* Gabriel Caruana (1929–2018) – artist
* Gianni Vella (1885–1977) – painter
* Gio Nicola Buhagiar (1698–1752) – painter
* Giorgio Pullicino (1779–1851) – painter and architect
* Giuseppe Calì (1846–1930) – painter
* Isabelle Borg (1959–2010) – painter
* Jean Zaleski (1920–2010) – Maltese-American painter
* Maria de Dominici (1645–1703) – Baroque painter & sculptor
* Melchiorre Gafà (1636–1667) – Baroque sculptor
* Pietro Erardi (1644–1727) – painter; chaplain
* Pietro Paolo Troisi (1686–1743) – sculptor, silversmith, designer, engraver
* Stefano Erardi (1630–1716) – painter
* Tony Briffa (artist) (born 1959)
* Vincent Apap (1909–2003) – sculptor
* Vincenzo Dimech (1768–1831) – sculptor
* Willie Apap (1918–1970) – painter

## Poets and writers

* Antoine Cassar (born 1978) – poet
* Anton Buttigieg (1912–1983) – poet
* Carlo Gimach (1651–1730) – architect, engineer and poet
* Clare Azzopardi (born 1977) – writer
* Daphne Caruana Galizia (1964–2017) – journalist; writer; activist
* Doreen Micallef (1949–2001) – poet
* Dun Karm Psaila (1871–1961) – poet; lyricist of the national anthem of Malta
* Elizabeth Grech (born 1978) – writer; poet; translator
* Francis Ebejer (1925–1993) – dramatist; novelist
* Frans Sammut (1945–2011) – novelist, short-story writer, essayist, historian
* Immanuel Mifsud (born 1967) – novelist; poet
* Joe Friggieri (born 1946) – philosophy professor; poet
* Karl Schembri (born 1978) – poet; novelist; journalist
* Louis Briffa (born 1971) – poet
* Mario Vella (born 1953) – poet; philosopher; economist; political theorist
* Marjanu Vella (1927–1988) – poet; writer
* Mark Camilleri (born 1988) – historian, writer, publisher
* Mary Meilak (1905–1975) – poet
* Michael Zammit (born 1954) – philosophy professor; poet
* Nadia Mifsud (born 1976) – poet; writer; literary translator
* Oliver Friggieri (1947–2020) – novelist; poet; minor philosopher
* Pierre J. Mejlak (born 1982) – short-story writer
* Pietru Caxaro (c. 1400–1485) – poet; philosopher
* Ray Buttigieg (born 1955) – composer; poet; producer
* Rużar Briffa (1906–1963) – poet
* Saviour Pirotta (born 1958) – author and playwright
* Trevor Żahra (born 1947) – novelist, poet and illustrator

## Politicians

* Agatha Barbara (1923–2002) – government minister; member, Parliament of Malta; President of Malta (1982–1987)
* Albert Hyzler (1916–1993) – Acting President of Malta (1981–1982)
* Alfred Sant (born 1948) – Prime Minister of Malta (1996–1998)
* Anthony Mamo (1909–2008) – Governor-General of Malta (1971–1974); President of Malta (1974–1976)
* Anton Buttigieg (1912–1983) – President of Malta (1976–1981)
* Arnold Cassola (born 1956) – professor of comparative literature; former chairperson, Democratic Alternative
* Carm Lino Spiteri (1932–2008) – Nationalist Party politician
* Ċensu Tabone (1913–2012) – government minister; President of Malta (1989–1994)
* Claudette Abela Baldacchino (born 1973), journalist, Labour Party politician and Member of the European Parliament
* Cyrus Engerer (born 1981) – Member of European Parliament (2020-present)
* Dom Mintoff (1916–2012) – Prime Minister of Malta (1955–1958, 1971–1984)
* Eddie Fenech Adami (born 1934) – Prime Minister of Malta (1987–1996, 1998–2004); President of Malta (2004–2009)
* Enrico Mizzi (1885–1950) – Prime Minister of Malta (1950)
* Francesco Buhagiar (1876–1934) – Prime Minister of Malta (1923–1924)
* Francesco Masini (1894–1964) – founder, Gozo Party; member, Parliament of Malta (1947–1950)
* George Abela (born 1948) – President of Malta (2009–2014)
* George Borg Olivier (1911–1980) – Prime Minister of Malta (1950–1955, 1962–1971)
* George William Vella (born 1942) – government minister; Deputy Prime Minister of Malta (1996–1998)
* Gerald Strickland (1861–1940) – Prime Minister of Malta (1927–1932); Governor of Tasmania; Governor of Western Australia; Governor of New South Wales
* Giovanni Felice (1899–1977) – Minister of Industry and Tourism (1962–1966); Finance Minister of Malta (1966–1971) in the Giorgio Borġ Olivier cabinet
* Guido de Marco (1931–2010) – Deputy Prime Minister of Malta; President of Malta (1999–2004)
* Joe Borg (born 1952) – European Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries; European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection
* Joe Debono Grech (born 1939) – member, Parliament of Malta (since 1971)
* John Aquilina (born 1950) – Australian politician and Maltese diplomat
* John Dalli (born 1948) – European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy (2010–2012)
* Joseph Cefai (1921–1996) – member, Parliament of Malta (1947–1953); Secretary of Gozo Affairs (until 1981)
* Joseph Flores (1907–1974) – Speaker of the House of Representatives of Malta; judge
* Joseph Howard (1862–1925) – Prime Minister of Malta (1921–1923)
* Joseph Muscat (born 1974) – Member of the European Parliament (2004–2008); leader, Labour Party (2008–2020), Prime Minister of Malta (2013–2020)
* Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici (born 1933) – Prime Minister of Malta (1984–1987)
* Lawrence Gonzi (born 1953) – Prime Minister of Malta (2004–2013)
* Leo Brincat – Member of the European Court of Auditors
* Lorry Sant (1937–1995) – government minister
* Louis Grech (born 1947) – Deputy Prime Minister of Malta (since 2013)
* Mabel Strickland, journalist, newspaper proprietor and politician, daughter of the above
* Manwel Dimech (1860–1921) – politician; social reformer; philosopher; journalist; writer
* Marie Louise Coleiro Preca (born 1958) – President of Malta (since 2014)
* Myriam Spiteri Debono (born 1952) – President of Malta (2024–)
* Norman Lowell (born 1946) – founder and leader, Imperium Europa
* Paul Boffa (1890–1962) – Prime Minister of Malta (1947–1950)
* Paul Xuereb (1923–1994) – Speaker of the House of Representatives of Malta (1986–1987); Acting President of Malta (1987–1989)
* Robert Abela (born 1977) – Prime Minister of Malta (since 2020)
* Simon Busuttil (born 1969) – leader, Nationalist Party (2013-2017), Member of European Parliament (2004-2013)
* Tonio Borg (born 1957) – European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy
* Ugo Mifsud Bonnici (born 1932) – government minister; President of Malta (1994–1999)
* Wistin Abela (1933–2014) – Deputy Prime Minister of Malta (1981–1983)
* Sir Ugo Pasquale Mifsud (1889–1942) – Prime Minister of Malta (1932–1933)

## Religious dignitaries

* 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
* 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
* Saint Publius (33–112) – first Bishop of Malta; martyr and saint.

## Scholars and academics

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

## Sports figures

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

## Others

* Adelaide Conroy (1839–?) – photographer
* Alex Vella (born 1954) – businessman, boxer and outlaw motorcycle club leader
* Alfred Pisani – businessmen
* Andrea Ashworth (born 1969) – English author of Italian-Maltese descent
* Angelik Caruana – alleged Marian visionary
* Charlon Gouder – journalist
* Grandayy (born 1994) – YouTuber, memer and music producer
* Joe Sacco (born 1960) – cartoonist
* Karin Grech (1962–1978) – letter bomb victim
* Massimo Ellul (born 1970) – businessman
* Maxim Gauci (1774–1854) – lithographer
* Mikiel'Ang Grima (1729–1798) – surgeon
* O. J. Borg (born 1979) – English radio and television personality of Maltese descent
* Paul Gauci (19th century) – lithographer of Maltese descent
* Peppi Azzopardi (born 1959) – television presenter
* Ruth Baldacchino – LGBT activist
* Suzanne Mizzi (1967–2011) – glamour model
* Tiffany Pisani (born 1992) – fashion model