List of Libyans - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Artists

Ali Omar Ermes
Ali Omar Ermes
Ali Omar Ermes is an artist, writer and community activist. Having spent a period in Libya during which he wrote constantly and published in Arabic, he continues to write on various issues in both Arabic and English, but today his primary focus is on conference papers...

: (born 1945) Libyan born globally renowned artist.
Farah Abushwesha
Farah Abushwesha
Farah Abushwesha is an award-winning filmmaker of Libyan and Irish descent.-Biography:Abushwesha was born to an Irish mother and Libyan father. She grew up in Dublin and Tripoli. She has worked for Warner Brothers Television, the TNT, Cartoon Network and Moving Picture Company. She is currently...

: Award winning filmmaker of Libyan and Irish decent.

Business people

Hassan Tatanaki
Hassan Tatanaki
Hassan Tatanaki is a Libyan born philanthropist who has contributed substantial financial resources and time to the building of local Libyan communities civil society programs ranging from organic farming, water resource management, water and waste water treatment, the construction of educational...

- Chairman and managing director of oil company, Challenger Limited.
Husni Bey
Husni Bey
Husni Bey is a well-known Libyan businessperson and Chairman of HB Group, one of the most prominent businesses in the Libyan private sector. HB Group started in logistics and then expanded by diversifying into services in fields like import-export, trading, and most recently tourism.HB Group's...

- Chairman of HB Group.

Extrajudicial prisoners of the United States

Abdel Hamid Ibn Abdussalem Ibn Mifta Al Ghazzawi
Omar Khalifa Mohammed Abu Bakr
Omar Khalifa Mohammed Abu Bakr
Omar Khalifa Mohammed Abu Bakr is currently held in the United States' Guantanamo Bay detention camp.As of August 18, 2011, Omar Khalifa Mohammed Abu Bakr has been held at Guantanamo for nine years.-External links:* Andy Worthington, May 10, 2010...
Muhammad Abd Allah Mansur Al Futuri
Muhammad Abd Allah Mansur Al Futuri
Muhammad Abd Allah Mansur Al Futuri is a citizen of Libya, who was held in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.The Department of Defense reports that al-Futuri was born on December 1, 1968, in Al Rimi, Libya.-External links:...
Abdul Rauf Omar Mohammed Abu Al Qusin
Abdul Rauf Omar Mohammed Abu Al Qusin
Abdul Rauf Omar Mohammed Abu Al Qusin is a citizen of Libya who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 709....
Omar Deghayes
Omar Deghayes
Omar Deghayes is a Libyan citizen with residency status in the United Kingdom, who was arrested in Pakistan in 2002. He currently lives in the United Kingdom....
Abu Yahia al-Libi
Salem Abdul Salem Ghereby
Salem Abdul Salem Ghereby
Salem Abdul Salem Ghereby is a citizen of Libya held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba....
Ashraf Salim Abd Al Salam Sultan
Ashraf Salim Abd Al Salam Sultan
Ashraf Salim Abd Al Salam Sultan is a citizen of Libya, currently held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, in Cuba. The Department of Defense reports that he was born on July 5, 1971, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia...
Ibrahim Mahdy Achmed Zeidan
Ibrahim Mahdy Achmed Zeidan
Ibrahim Mahdy Achmed Zeidan is a citizen of Libya, who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.The Department of Defense reports that Zeidan was born on 6 November 1976, in Sorman, Libya....

Musicians

Ahmed Fakroun
Ahmed Fakroun
Ahmed Fakroun is a singer and songwriter from Benghazi, Libya. He is a pioneer of modern Arabic World Music.John Storm Roberts, of Original Music, Allmusic, wrote that among rai singers, the pop-oriented Ahmed Fakroun stands out on two grounds. First, he is influenced by Euro-pop and French...

: Libyan singer, composer and producer.
Hamid El Shari
Hamid El Shari
Abdel Hamid Ali Ahmed El Shari , known as Hamid El Shaeri, is a Libyan musician and singer currently residing in Egypt. He has also been credited as Hameed Al Shaeri and Hamid El Shaery. He is the founder of Egyptian Al Jeel music.- External links :**...

: (born 1961) Libyan singer, composer and producer.
Nasser el-Mizdawi
Nasser el-Mizdawi
Nasser El Mezdawi , is a Libyan singer, guitarist, songwriter and composer. Born in Tripoli, Mezdawi Study in Jamal Eddin Almiladi Institute of Music in Tripoli...

: (born 1950) Libyan singer, guitarist and composer.
Ayman El Aatar
Ayman El Aatar
Ayman El Aatar is a Libyan singer. El Aatar was the winner of Super Star 2, the pan-Arab version of Pop Idol in 2004.Before entering the Superstar competition, Ayman was a dentistry student.-References:...

: (born 1982) Libyan singer.

Foreign ministers and ambassadors

Abdul Ati al-Obeidi
Abdul Ati al-Obeidi
Abdul Ati al-Obeidi is a Libyan politician and diplomat. He has held various top posts in Libya under Muammar Gaddafi; he was Prime Minister from 1977 to 1979 and Head of State from 1979 to 1981. Abdul Ati al-Obeidi was one of three main negotiators in Libya's decision to denounce and drop their...

- Foreign minister
Wahbi al-Bouri
Wahbi al-Bouri
Wahbi al-Bouri was the foreign minister of Libya from 1957 to 1958 and later from 1965 to 1966.He was also the first Libyan petroleum minister, the first Libyan ambassdor in the United Nations, and the first Libyan short stories writer....

- Foreign minister
Abdul Salam al-Buseiri
Abdul Salam al-Buseiri
Abdul Salam al-Buseiri was the Foreign Minister of Libya from 1954 to 1957 ....

- Foreign minister
Mohieddin Fikini
Mohieddin Fikini
Mohieddin Fikini was the Prime Minister of Libya from 19 March 1963 to 22 January 1964. He was also the Minister of foreign affairs from 19 March 1963 to 22 January 1964.-Family background:...

- Foreign minister
Abdul Majid Kubar
Abdul Majid Kubar
Abdul Majid Kabar was the Prime minister of Libya from 26 May 1957 to 17 October 1960, and he is from a Circassian origin....

- Foreign minister
Hussein Maziq
Hussein Maziq
Hussein Yousef Maziq a Libyan politician was Prime Minister of Libya from 20 March 1965 to 2 July 1967. He was one of the most important men in the Kingdom era of Libya.-Family background:...

- Foreign minister
Mahmud al-Muntasir
Mahmud al-Muntasir
Mahmud al-Muntasir was the first Prime minister of Libya from 29 March 1951 to 19 February 1954, and his second term was from 20 January 1964 to 20 March 1965...

- Foreign minister
Umar Mustafa al-Muntasir
Umar Mustafa al-Muntasir
Umar Mustafa al-Muntasir was General Secretary of the People's Committee in Libya from 1 March 1987 to 7 October 1990 and the foreign minister from 1992 until 2000....

- Foreign minister
Wanis al-Qaddafi
Wanis al-Qaddafi
Wanis al-Qaddafi was Prime Minister of Libya from 4 September 1968 to 31 August 1969.-References:...

- Foreign minister
Muhammad Sakizli
Muhammad Sakizli
Muhammad Sakizli was the Prime Minister of Cyrenaica from 18 March 1950 to 24 December 1951 he was later appointed as the Prime minister of Libya from 19 February 1954 to 12 April 1954.-Government of Cyrenaica:...

- Foreign minister
Abdel Rahman Shalgham
Abdel Rahman Shalgham
Abdel Rahman Shalgam is a Libyan politician. He was Foreign Minister of Libya from 2000 to 2009.From 1984 to 1995, before taking the office of Foreign Minister, Abdel Rahman Shalgham was Secretary of Libya's People's Bureau to Rome, Italy.From 1998 to 2000 he was appointed Secretary of Foreign...

- Foreign minister
Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi
Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi
Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi is Libya's UN ambassador and held a Security Council chair for the January 2008 – December 2009 term. He was General Secretary of the People's Committee in Libya for two terms, the first term from 2 March 1979 to 16 February 1984 and the second term from September, 1986 to...

- Foreign minister
Ali Treki - Foreign minister
Moussa Koussa - Foreign minister

Defence ministers

Major General Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr
Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr
Major General Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr was the Libyan Minister of Defence under the regime of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. His official position was Secretary of the Libyan General Interim Committee for Defence.There is disagreement about the year of Jabr's birth. According to the UN he was born in 1952...

- Minister of Defence
Omar Faiek Shennib
Omar Faiek Shennib
Omar al Fayek Shennib was Libyan Minister of Defence, Chief of the Royal Diwan, Vice President of the Libyan National Assembly under the reign of King Idris Al Senussi.-1941 Cyrenaican Delegation to the UN:...

- Minister of Defence, 1951-1953 (death)

Prime ministers

Abdul Ati al-Obeidi
Abdul Ati al-Obeidi
Abdul Ati al-Obeidi is a Libyan politician and diplomat. He has held various top posts in Libya under Muammar Gaddafi; he was Prime Minister from 1977 to 1979 and Head of State from 1979 to 1981. Abdul Ati al-Obeidi was one of three main negotiators in Libya's decision to denounce and drop their...
Abdul Qadir al-Badri
Abdul Qadir al-Badri
Abd al-Qadir al-Badri was Prime Minister of Libya from 2 July 1967 to 25 October 1967....

: Prime minister of Libya from July 2, 1967 to October 25, 1967.
Abdul Hamid al-Bakkoush
Abdul Hamid al-Bakkoush
Abdul Hamid al-Bakkoush was Prime Minister of Libya from 25 October 1967 to 4 September 1968. After the proclamation of the Jamahiriya by Gaddafi, he went into exile to Egypt and became one of the leaders of the opposition to the Libyan government.- As Prime Minister :During his term as PM ,...
Mustafa Ben Halim
Mustafa Ben Halim
Mustafa Ahmed Ben Halim was the Prime minister of Libya from 12 April 1954 to 25 May 1957. Mustafa was born in exile on 29 January 1921 in Alexandria, Egypt. He graduated with a BS in Civil Engineering from The Egyptian University in Alexandria in 1943. He returned to Libya in 1950 to help with...
Abuzed Omar Dorda
Abuzed Omar Dorda
Abuzed Omar Dorda was General Secretary of the People's Committee of Libya from 7 October 1990 to 29 January 1994, and as Libya's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 1997 to 2003....
Mohieddin Fikini
Mohieddin Fikini
Mohieddin Fikini was the Prime Minister of Libya from 19 March 1963 to 22 January 1964. He was also the Minister of foreign affairs from 19 March 1963 to 22 January 1964.-Family background:...
Abdessalam Jalloud
Abdessalam Jalloud
Abdessalam Jalloud was the Prime Minister of Libya from 16 July 1972 to 2 March 1977. He was also Finance Minister from 1970 until 1972....
Mahmud Sulayman al-Maghribi
Mahmud Sulayman al-Maghribi
Mahmood Suleiman Maghribi was Prime Minister of Libya from 8 September 1969 to 16 January 1970. He died 17 July 2009.- Biography :...
Hussein Maziq
Hussein Maziq
Hussein Yousef Maziq a Libyan politician was Prime Minister of Libya from 20 March 1965 to 2 July 1967. He was one of the most important men in the Kingdom era of Libya.-Family background:...
Muhammad Ahmad al-Mangoush
Muhammad Ahmad al-Mangoush
Muhammad Ahmad al-Mangoush was General Secretary of the People's Committee in Libya from 29 December 1997 to 1 March 2000.-References:*...
Mahmud al-Muntasir
Mahmud al-Muntasir
Mahmud al-Muntasir was the first Prime minister of Libya from 29 March 1951 to 19 February 1954, and his second term was from 20 January 1964 to 20 March 1965...
Umar Mustafa al-Muntasir
Umar Mustafa al-Muntasir
Umar Mustafa al-Muntasir was General Secretary of the People's Committee in Libya from 1 March 1987 to 7 October 1990 and the foreign minister from 1992 until 2000....
Abdul Majid al-Qa′ud
Wanis al-Qaddafi
Wanis al-Qaddafi
Wanis al-Qaddafi was Prime Minister of Libya from 4 September 1968 to 31 August 1969.-References:...
Muhammad az-Zaruq Rajab
Muhammad az-Zaruq Rajab
Muhammad az-Zaruq Rajab was a former Head of State and General Secretary of the People's Committee in Libya.-References:...
Muhammad Osman Said
Muhammad Osman Said
Mohammed Othman As-said was Prime Minister of Libya from 17 October 1960 to 19 March 1963....
Muhammad Sakizli
Muhammad Sakizli
Muhammad Sakizli was the Prime Minister of Cyrenaica from 18 March 1950 to 24 December 1951 he was later appointed as the Prime minister of Libya from 19 February 1954 to 12 April 1954.-Government of Cyrenaica:...
Embarek shamekh
Imbarek Shamekh
Imbarek Shamekh
Imbarek Shamekh was the Secretary General of the General People's Congress of Libya from 2009 to 2010. He was Prime Minister from 2000 to 2003.-Life:Shamekh was born on 15 May 1952 in Benghazi, Libya...
Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi
Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi
Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi is Libya's UN ambassador and held a Security Council chair for the January 2008 – December 2009 term. He was General Secretary of the People's Committee in Libya for two terms, the first term from 2 March 1979 to 16 February 1984 and the second term from September, 1986 to...
Baghdadi Mahmudi
Baghdadi Mahmudi
Baghdadi Ali Mahmudi was Secretary of the General People's Committee of Libya from 5 March 2006 to as late as 1 September 2011, when he acknowledged the collapse of the GPCO and the ascendance of the National Transitional Council as a result of the Libyan civil war...
Mahmoud Jibril
Mahmoud Jibril
Mahmoud Jibril el-Warfally , also transcribed Jabril or Jebril or Gebril, is a Libyan politician who served as the interim Prime Minister of Libya for seven and a half months during the 2011 Libyan civil war, chairing the executive board of the National Transitional Council from 5 March 2011 to 23...

Religious figures

Abd As-Salam Al-Asmar
Abd As-Salam Al-Asmar
Sidi Abd As-Salam Al-Asmar was a renowned religious Libyan Muslim saint who lived and died during the 15th century . The name al-Asmar is translated as meaning "black" or "brown skinned".-Life:...
Ahmad Zarruq
Ahmad Zarruq
Ahmed Zarruq was a Shadhili Sufi Sheikh and founder of the Zarruqiyye branch of the Shadhili Sufi order...
Simon of Cyrene
Simon of Cyrene
Simon of Cyrene was the man compelled by the Romans to carry the cross of Jesus as Jesus was taken to his crucifixion, according to all three Synoptic Gospels...
Sharif El Gariani
Sharif El Gariani
Sharif El Gariani was a Libyan religious sheik and statesman.Born in Janzour, near Tobruk, Libya, he was the nephew of Hussein El Gariani , co-founder of the first senussi Zawia at Bayda in 1844, and the man who took care of an orphan boy named Omar Mukhtar, .After the...
Mustafa Abdussalam Treki (1929-2010)

Resistance leaders

Sulaiman al-Barouni
Sulaiman al-Barouni
Sulaiman al-Barouni was ruler of Tripolitania and part of the resistance movement against the Italian military occupation of Libya from 1911 to 1916. He was a Berber, originally from the Nafusa region in western Libya...

:(1872–1940), resistance leader against Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

colonization.
Omar al-Mukhtar
Omar Mukhtar
Omar Mukhtar , of the Mnifa, was born in the small village of Janzour, near Tobruk in eastern Barqa in Libya. Beginning in 1912, he organized and, for nearly twenty years, led native resistance to Italian colonization of Libya. The Italians captured and hanged him in 1931...

: (1862–1931), Libyan hero and resistance leader under against Italian colonization.
Sayyid Ahmed Sharif es Senussi
Ahmed Sharif es Senussi
Ahmed Sharif as-Senussi , the supreme leader of the Senussi order , although his leadership between the years could be considered nominal...

: Libyan resistance leader and chief of the Senussi
Senussi
The Senussi or Sanussi refers to a Muslim political-religious order in Libya and the Sudan region founded in Mecca in 1837 by the Grand Senussi, Sayyid Muhammad ibn Ali as-Senussi. Senussi was concerned with both the decline of Islamic thought and spirituality and the weakening of Muslim political...

order.
Omar Shegewi
Omar Shegewi
Omar Shegewi or Sheghewi was a Libyan resistance leader who fought against Italian colonization. Shegewi came from the town of Hun in central Libya...

: (died 1928) resistance leader during the Italian colonization.
Ramadan al-Swehli
Ramadan al-Swehli
Ramadan Al-Swehli was a well known Libyan Muslim resistance leader fighting against Italian colonization....

: (c. 1880 – 1930), resistance leader against Italian colonization.

Royalty

Idris I of Libya
Idris I of Libya
Idris, GBE , , was the first and only king of Libya, reigning from 1951 to 1969, and the Chief of the Senussi Muslim order.- Early life :...

: King of Libya (1951 to 1969) and the Chief of the Senussi Muslim order.
Sayyid Ahmed Sharif es Senussi
Ahmed Sharif es Senussi
Ahmed Sharif as-Senussi , the supreme leader of the Senussi order , although his leadership between the years could be considered nominal...

: Chief of the Senussi Muslim order.
Queen Fatima
Queen Fatima
Sayyida Fatima el-Sharif , after her marriage Fatima as-Senussi, or Fatima Al-Shifa Al-Sinousi , was Queen of the Kingdom of Libya, the spouse of King Idris I, until Muammar al-Gaddafi's coup in 1969....

:(b.1918): Former queen of Libya.
Sayyid Hassan ar-Rida
Muhammad as-Senussi: (born 1962)
Sayyid Muhammad bin 'Ali as-Senussi

Rulers

Idris I of Libya
Idris I of Libya
Idris, GBE , , was the first and only king of Libya, reigning from 1951 to 1969, and the Chief of the Senussi Muslim order.- Early life :...

: (1890–1983), King of Libya (1951-1969).
Muammar al-Gaddafi
Muammar al-Gaddafi
Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar Gaddafi or "September 1942" 20 October 2011), commonly known as Muammar Gaddafi or Colonel Gaddafi, was the official ruler of the Libyan Arab Republic from 1969 to 1977 and then the "Brother Leader" of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya from 1977 to 2011.He seized power in a...

: (1942-2011), Libyan leader (1969-2011).
Ahmed Karamanli
Ahmed Karamanli
Ahmed or Ahmad Karamanli or Qaramanli or al-Qaramanli, was of Turkish origin. He founded the Karamanli dynasty of Tripolitania or Tripoli...

: (1686–1745), Pasha
Pasha
Pasha or pascha, formerly bashaw, was a high rank in the Ottoman Empire political system, typically granted to governors, generals and dignitaries. As an honorary title, Pasha, in one of its various ranks, is equivalent to the British title of Lord, and was also one of the highest titles in...

(ruler) of Tripolitania
Tripolitania
Tripolitania or Tripolitana is a historic region and former province of Libya.Tripolitania was a separate Italian colony from 1927 to 1934...

(1711–1745).
Yusuf Karamanli: (died 1838), Pasha (ruler) of Tripolitania (1795–1832).
Shoshenq I
Shoshenq I
Hedjkheperre Setepenre Shoshenq I , , also known as Sheshonk or Sheshonq I , was a Meshwesh Berber king of Egypt—of Libyan ancestry—and the founder of the Twenty-second Dynasty...

: Libyan king of Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...

(c. 945 – c. 924 BCE) and founder of the Twenty-second Egyptian dynasty
Twenty-second dynasty of Egypt
The Twenty-First, Twenty-Second, Twenty-Third, Twenty-Fourth and Twenty-Fifth Dynasties of ancient Egypt are often combined under the group title, Third Intermediate Period.-Rulers:...

.
Septimius Severus
Septimius Severus
Septimius Severus , also known as Severus, was Roman Emperor from 193 to 211. Severus was born in Leptis Magna in the province of Africa. As a young man he advanced through the customary succession of offices under the reigns of Marcus Aurelius and Commodus. Severus seized power after the death of...

: (146–211) Roman Emperor
Roman Emperor
The Roman emperor was the ruler of the Roman State during the imperial period . The Romans had no single term for the office although at any given time, a given title was associated with the emperor...

(193–211), born in Libya.
Battaros: legendary Libyan king.
Zentani Muhammad az-Zentani
Zentani Muhammad az-Zentani
- References :...
Umar Mihayshi
Umar Mihayshi
Umar Abdullah el Mihayshi was a Libyan of Circassian origin, an army officer and a member of the Libyan Revolutionary Command Council that ruled Libya after the coup d'état of 1 September 1969.-Life:...

: (d.1984) Libyan army officer.
Mustafa Abdul Jalil
Mustafa Abdul Jalil
Mustafa Abdul Jalil or Abdul-Jalil is the Chairman of the National Transitional Council of Libya, and as such serves as head of state in Libya's caretaker government which was formed as a result of the 2011 Libyan civil war. He is also a spokesman for the city of Bayda...

: (1952-) Anti-Gaddafi resistance leader, Former Minister of Justice, and President of the National Transitional Council
National Transitional Council
The National Transitional Council of Libya , sometimes known as the Transitional National Council, the Interim National Council, or the Libyan National Council,...

(2011-Present)

Scientists and mathematicians

Eratosthenes
Eratosthenes
Eratosthenes of Cyrene was a Greek mathematician, poet, athlete, geographer, astronomer, and music theorist.He was the first person to use the word "geography" and invented the discipline of geography as we understand it...

: (276 BC – 194 BC), Hellenistic mathematician, geographer and astronomer, born in Libya.
Omar Mohammed Shegewi
Omar Mohammed Shegewi
Omar Mohammed Shegewi , was a distinguished U.S. educated Libyan petroleum geologist. Omar is best known for his work on the Onshore & Offshore Basins of Northeast Libya and The Paleozoic Sandstones of the Rub Al Khali Basin....

: (1952 - 1993), Petroleum Geologist

Footballers

Samir Aboud
Samir Aboud
Samir Aboud is a Libyan footballer who plays for Al-Ittihad as a goalkeeper. He is a member of the Libya national team.-Honours:...
Osama Al Hamady
Osama Al Hamady
Osama Al Hamadi is a Libyan football defender. He currently plays for Al-Ittihad, and is also a member of the Libya national football team.Al Hamadi featured for Libya at the 2009 African Championship of Nations....
Muhammed Alsnany
Akram Ayyad
Akram Ayyad
Akram Ayyad Omar is a Libyan football midfielder. He currently plays for Al Ahly Benghazi, and is a member of the Libya national football team.Ayyad played for Al-Hilal in the 2003-04 Arab Champions League.-External links:...
Mansour Al Borki
Mansour Al Borki
Mansour Al Borki is a Libyan football midfielder who plays for Al-Jazira.Al Borki was a member of the Libya squad at the 2009 African Championship of Nations, but did not appear in any matches at the finals.-References:...
Ehab Al Bousefi
Omar Daoud
Luis de Agustini
Luis de Agustini
Luis Alejandro Rubén de Agustini Varela , known simply as Luis de Agustini, is a Uruguayan, naturalized Libyan football goalkeeper, who plays for Plaza Colonia in the Uruguayan Segunda División.-Biography:...
Ahmed Faraj El Masli
Ahmed Faraj El Masli
Ahmed Fraj Hussein Al Masli is a Libyan international footballer. He currently plays for the Libyan Premier League club Ahly Benghazi, as a striker. He is also a member of the Libyan national team.-Career:...
Tarik El Taib
Tarik El Taib
Tariq Ibrahim Mohammad al Tayib, , also written as Tareq Al Tayeb, is a Libyan football midfielder. He currently plays for Kuwaiti Premier League Side Al Naser.-Club career:...
Meftah Ghazalla
Meftah Ghazalla
Meftah Ghazalla is a Libyan football goalkeeper. He currently plays for Al-Ittihad, and is a member of the Libya national football team.- External links :***...
Khaled Hussein
Khaled Hussein
Khaled Hussein Mohamed al Tarhouni is a Libyan football midfielder. As of the 2009–10 season, he plays for the Libyan Premier League club Nasr. He is the captain of Nasr and has played in the first team for over 10 years....
Abdesalam Kames
Abdesalam Kames
Abdesalam Kames is a Libyan football attacker. As of the 2006/2007 season, he plays for Al Olympic Zaouia.-Career:Kames was a member of the Libyan 2006 African Nations Cup team, which finished bottom of its group in the first round of competition, thus failing to secure qualification for the...
Nader Kara
Nader Kara
Nader Mohammed Kara is a Libyan football attacker who, as of 2006/2007 season is playing for Al Ahly Tripoli. Having received offers to play abroad, by the Bahraini and Turkish national leagues, he decided instead to remain in Libya, instead moving to Al- Ahly Tripoli from Al Olympic Zaouia.He...
Abdusalam Khames
Mohmoud Maklouf Shafter
Mohmoud Maklouf Shafter
Mahmoud Makhlof Shafter is a Libyan football defender. He currently plays for Al-Ittihad. He is a member of the Libya national football team.- External links :***...
Waled Mhadeb
Rabe Al Msellati
Rabe Al Msellati
Rabee Al Msellati is a Libyan football defender. He currently plays for Rafik in the Libyan Premier League.Msellati made a substitute appearance for the Libya national football team in a friendly against Ukraine on 5 June 2006.-External links:...
Jehad Muntasser
Jehad Muntasser
Jehad Abdussalam Muntasser is a Libyan football midfielder who, as of the 2006/2007 season plays for Treviso.Muntasser started his career at Italian side Pro Sesto, before being signed by English Premier League side Arsenal in 1997...
Arafa Nakuaa
Arafa Nakuaa
Arafa Ammar Nakuaa is a Libyan football midfielder. He currently plays for Al-Ittihad.Nakuaa plays for the Libya national football team and made two substitute appearances at the 2009 African Championship of Nations...
Walid Ali Osman
Walid Ali Osman
Walid Ali Osman is a Libyan football defender currently playing for Al-Ittihad. He is a member of the Libya national football team.- External links :***...
Al-Saadi Gaddafi
Ali Rahuma
Ali Rahuma
Ali Khalifa Rahuma is a Libyan football midfielder. He currently plays for Al-Ittihad, and is a member of the Libya national football team.-External links:*...
Marei Al Ramly
Marei Al Ramly
Marei Al Ramly is a Libyan football midfielder. He currently plays for Al-Nasr, and is a member of the Libya national football team.-External links:*...
Salem Ibrahim Al Rewani
Salem Ibrahim Al Rewani
Salem Rewani is a Libyan football Striker currently playing for Al Nasr. He is a member of the Libya national football team.-Honours:*Libyan Premier League 4**Al Madina 2001 and Al-Ittihad 2005, 2006, 2007...
Alejandro Ruben
Hesham Shaban
Hesham Shaban
Hesham Shaban is a Libyan football defender currently playing for Al-Ittihad. Shaban has been a member of the Libya national football team. In 2008, Shaban appeared five times for the Libya national team in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying rounds, scoring in a 4–0 win over Lesotho...
Younes Al Shibani
Younes Al Shibani
Younes Hussein Al Shibani is a Libyan footballer who plays for Al-Ittihad as a defender. He is a member of the Libya national team.-External links:**...
Naji Shushan
Naji Shushan
Naji Shushan is a Libyan football defender currently playing for Alahly. He was a member of the Libya national football team.- External links :***...
Abdulnaser Slil
Abdulnaser Slil
Abdulnaser Slil is a Libyan football midfielder currently playing for Al-Ittihad. He is a member of the Libya national football team.- External links :***...
Reda Al Tawrghe
Reda Al Tawrghe
Reda Milad Al Tawerghi is a Libyan football defender. He currently plays for Al Tersana and is a member of the Libya national football team.- External links :*...
Mohamed Zubya
Mohamed Zubya
Mohammad Noureddine Abdusalam Za'abia is a Libyan footballer. He currently plays for Al Arabi in Kuwaiti Premier League as a striker....
Ahmed Mahmoud Zuway
Ahmed Mahmoud Zuway
Ahmed Mahmoud Zuway , better known better as Kabila, is a Libyan football striker. He currently plays for CA Bizertin in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1. He is a member of the Libyan national football team...

Writers

Ibrahim Al-Koni
Ibrahim Al-Koni
Ibrahim Al-Koni is a Libyan writer and one of the most prolific Arabic novelists.Born in 1948 in the Fezzan Region, Ibrahim al-Koni was brought up on the tradition of the Tuareg, popularly known as "the veiled men" or "the blue men." Mythological elements, spiritual quest and existential...

: (born 1948).
Hisham Matar
Hisham Matar
Hisham Matar is a Libyan author. His debut novel In the Country of Men was shortlisted for the 2006 Man Booker Prize. Matar’s essays have appeared in the Asharq Alawsat, The Independent, The Guardian, The Times and The New York Times. His second novel, Anatomy of a Disappearance, was published on...

: (born 1970)
Daif Al-Ghazal: (1976–2005) Writer and journalist who was murdered in 2005
Saddeka Arebi
Saddeka Arebi
Dr. Saddeka Mohammed Arabi was a Libyan-American social anthropologist and author. Born in the Libyan capital of Tripoli, she immigrated with her family to the United States during the late 1970s, eventually settling in Northern California...

: (died 2007) Author and anthropologist.
Ahmed Fouad Shennib
Ahmed Fouad Shennib
Ahmed Fouad Shennib ' was a Libyan poet, politician and ambassador.Born in Hama, Syria in 1923 of Libyan parents in exile. Shennib was educated at the Sorbonne in Paris and served as cultural attache to UNESCO until 1959. He then served as cultural attache in Washington DC , then Paris, France in...

: (died 2007) Poet and Minister of Culture and Education.
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Film makers

Maysoon Shaladi British actress, model, tv presenter, Big Brother contestant UK
Farah Abushwesha
Farah Abushwesha
Farah Abushwesha is an award-winning filmmaker of Libyan and Irish descent.-Biography:Abushwesha was born to an Irish mother and Libyan father. She grew up in Dublin and Tripoli. She has worked for Warner Brothers Television, the TNT, Cartoon Network and Moving Picture Company. She is currently...
Don Coscarelli
Don Coscarelli
Don Coscarelli is an American film director, producer and screenwriter best known for horror films. His credits include the Phantasm series, The Beastmaster, and Bubba Ho-Tep.-Biography:...

: Horror film director.

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