List of Libyans

This is a list of notable people from Libya.

Businesspeople
  • Yitzhak Tshuva (born 1948), Tripoli-born Israeli business magnate, chairman of El-Ad Group, and billionaire.

Educators and teachers

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

Lawyers

Linguists
  • Ibn al-Ajdābī (died after c. 1077), scholar and linguist
  • Kalifa Tillisi (1930–2010), historian, translator, and linguist
  • Ali Fahmi Khushaim (1937–2011), philosopher, historian, and linguist

Musicians

Nobility

Politicians

Defence ministers

Prime ministers

Physicians

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Religious figures

Resistance leaders
  • 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 es Senussi, Libyan resistance leader and chief of the Senussi order
  • Ramadan Sewehli (1879–1920), Libyan resistance leader and the founder of Tripolitanian Republic

Royalty
  • Sayyid Muhammad bin 'Ali as-Senussi
  • Queen Fatima (1918–2009), former queen of Libya
  • Idris I of Libya, King of Libya (1951–1969) and the Chief of the Senussi Muslim order
  • Sayyid Hassan ar-Rida
  • Sayyid Ahmed Sharif es Senussi, Chief of the Senussi Muslim order
  • Muhammad as-Senussi (born 1969)
  • Omar Faiek Shennib, Head of the Royal Diwan, Royal Court

Rulers
  • Battaros, legendary Libyan king
  • Muammar Gaddafi (1942–2011), Libyan leader (1969–2011).
  • Idris I of Libya (1890–1983), King of Libya (1951–1969).
  • Mustafa Abdul Jalil (born 1952), Former Minister of Justice, and President of the National Transitional Council (2011–present)
  • Ahmed Karamanli (1686–1745), pasha (ruler) of Tripolitania (1711–1745)
  • Yusuf Karamanli (died 1838), pasha of Tripolitania (1795–1832)
  • Umar Mihayshi (died 1984), Libyan army officer
  • Septimius Severus (146–211), Roman Emperor (193–211), born in Libya
  • Caracalla ceaser of Rome, son of septimius severus
  • Geta shared his brother Caracalla the throne of Rome before he was murdered in AD 211
  • Osorkon The Elder, the first Libyan king of Egypt and founder of the Libyan Dynasty in face actually nearly all of the 22, 23, 24 dynasties in ancient Egypt were ruled by Libyans
  • Zentani Muhammad az-Zentani

Scientists and mathematicians
  • Eratosthenes (276 BC–194 BC), Hellenistic mathematician, geographer and astronomer, born in Libya

Sportspeople

Basketball

Footballers

Writers

Filmmakers
  • Don Coscarelli, horror film director
  • Maysoon Shaladi, British actress, model, TV presenter, Big Brother UK contestant
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References
  1. ar:شمس الدين عرابي
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