List of Arabs
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This is a list of famous Arabs.
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[edit] Algerians
- Lakhdar Brahimi - Diplomat (Ambassador, Minister, former UN Undersecretary General, and Special Adviser / Special Envoy to the UN Secretary General)
- Salah Brahimi - Adviser & Senior Cofinancing Officer, CGIAR, The World Bank
- Princess Rym Ali (of Jordan) - a.k.a Rym Brahimi, former CNN International Reporter
- Abdur Rahman Farès, President of the Provisional Executive Council
- Rabah Bitat - interim President
- Chadli Bendjedid - President
- Mohamed Boudiaf - Chairman of the High Council of State
- Ali Kafi - Chairman of the High Council of State
- Abdelaziz Bouteflika - President
- Mohamed Ben Ahmed Abdelghani
- Abdelhamid Brahimi - Prime Minister of Algeria, 1984-1988
- Mouloud Hamrouche - Prime Minister of Algeria, 1989-1991
- Belaid Abdessalam - Prime Minister of Algeria, 1992-1993
- Ahmed Benbitour - Prime Minister of Algeria, 1999–2000
- Hassiba Boulmerka - athlete
- Noureddine Morceli - athlete
- Elias Zerhouni - Director of National Institutes of Health (United States)
[edit] Bahrainis
- Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifah - King
- Isa ibn Salman Al Khalifah - Emir
- Khalifah bin Sulman Al Khalifah, Crown Prince and Prime Minister
[edit] Egyptians
[edit] Emiratis (UAE Nationals)
- Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan — late president, Billionaire & one of the founding fathers of the nation
- Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan — President of UAE
- Sheikh Mohammad bin Zayed Al Nahyan — Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi & Commander of UAE Armed Forces
- Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum — Vice-President & Prime Minister
- Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammad Al Qassimi — Ruler of Sharjah
- Sheikh Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi — Ruler of Ajman
- Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum — Vice President of UAE & Ruler of Dubai
- Sheikh Ahmad bin Hasher Al Maktoum — Ace-shooter and Olympic medallist
- Obaid bin Saif Al Nassiri — Minister of Oil
- HE Yousef Al Omeir — Chairman, Abu Dhabi National Oil Corporation; Member of Supreme Petroleum Council
- Ahmed Humaid Al Tayer — Prominent businessman & Minister of Communications
- Sheikha Lubna Al Qassimi — Businesswoman; Minister of Economy & Commerce
- Khalifa bin Mohammad Al Kindi — Chairman, Abu Dhabi Investment Company
- Mohammad Al Fahim — Chairman, Al Fahim Group of Companies
- Obeid Mohammad Al Jaber — Chairman, Al Jaber Group
- Anis Al Jallaf — Chairman, Dubai Investments & CEO, Emirates Bank International
- HE Ahmad Ali Al Sayegh — Vice-Chairman, Offsets Group & First Gulf Bank
- HE Easa Saleh Al Gurg — UAE's Ambassador to the UK & Vice-Chairman, National Bank of Fujairah
- Hareb bin Masoud Al Darmaki — Chairman, Abu Dhabi Securities Market
- Mohammad bin Ali Al Abbar — Chairman, Emaar Group
- Hussain Jassem Al Nowais — Chairman, Emirates Holdings
- Mahdi Al Tajir — UK-based billionaire
- Majid Al Futtaim — Billionaire businessman
- Khalaf Al Habtoor — Prominent businessman & Forbes List of Billionaires
- HE Humaid bin Nasser Al Owais — Vice-Chairman, National Bank of Dubai
- Saif Ahmad Al Ghurair - UAE, Al-Ghurair Group CEO
- Abdelaziz Al Ghurair — Banker - Chairman, MashreqBank & Forbes List of Billionaires
- Mohammed Al-Fayed — Egyptian-born Owner of Harrods (carries a UAE passport)
- Sultan bin Nasser Al Suwaidi — Banker, Central Bank Chairman
- Abdurrahman Bukhathir — Businessman; Chairman, Sharjah Cricket Stadium
- Mohammad bin Sulayem — Race Car Champion
- Sultan bin Sulayem — Chairman, Dubai Ports
- Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan — ex-President & Billionaire
- Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan — President of
- Sheikh Mohammad bin Zayed Al Nahyan — Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi & Commander of UAE Armed Forces
- Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum — Vice-President & Prime Minister
- Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammad Al Qassimi — Ruler of Sharjah
- Sheikh Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi — Ruler of Ajman
- Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum — Minister of Defence & Crown Prince of Dubai
- Sheikh Ahmad bin Hasher Al Maktoum — Ace-shooter and Olympic medallist
- Obaid bin Saif Al Nassiri — Minister of Oil
- HE Yousef Al Omeir — Chairman, Abu Dhabi National Oil Corporation; Member of Supreme Petroleum Council
- Ahmed Humaid Al Tayer — Prominent businessman & Minister of Communications
- Sheikha Lubna Al Qassimi — Businesswoman; Minister of Economy & Commerce
- Khalifa bin Mohammad Al Kindi — Chairman, Abu Dhabi Investment Company
- Mohammad Al Fahim — Chairman, Al Fahim Group of Companies
- Obeid Mohammad Al Jaber — chairman, Al Jaber Group
- HE Mohammed Saeed Al Mulla — Ex minster of communication
- Anis Al Jallaf — Chairman, Dubai Investments & CEO, Emirates Bank International
- HE Ahmad Ali Al Sayegh — Vice-Chairman, Offsets Group & First Gulf Bank
- HE Easa Saleh Al Gurg — UAE's Ambassador to the UK & Vice-Chairman, National Bank of Fujairah
- Hareb bin Masoud Al Darmaki — Chairman, Abu Dhabi Securities Market
- Mohammad bin Ali Al Abbar — Chairman, Emaar Group
- Hussain Jassem Al Nowais — Chairman, Emirates Holdings
- Mahdi Al Tajir — UK-based billionaire
- Majid Al Futtaim — Billionaire businessman
- Khalaf Al Habtoor — Prominent businessman & Forbes List of Billionaires
- HE Humaid bin Nasser Al Owais — Vice-Chairman, National Bank of Dubai
- Abdelaziz Al Ghurair — Banker - Chairman, MashreqBank & Forbes List of Billionaires
- Mohammed Al-Fayed — Owner of Harrods (born in Egypt) (carries a UAE passport)
- Sultan bin Nasser Al Suwaidi — Banker, Central Bank Chairman
- Abdurrahman Bukhathir — Businessman; Chairman, Sharjah Cricket Stadium
- Khalid bin Sulayem-- Director General of Dubai Tourism and Commerce Marketing, praised business man
- Mohammad bin Sulayem — Race Car Champion
- Sultan bin Sulayem — Chairman, Dubai Ports
- Abdullah Mohamed Saleh — Chairman, National Bank Of Dubai, and co-founder Dutco
[edit] Iraqis
- Uday Hussein - son of Saddam Hussein
- Qusay Hussein - son of Saddam Hussein
- Ali Hassan al-Majid
- Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti
- Hussein Kamel
- Raghad Hussein
- Rana Hussein
- Sabawi Ibrahim al-Tikriti
- Saddam Hussein
- Saddam Kamel
- Sajida Talfah
- Watban Ibrahim al-Tikriti
- Abd-el-latif
- Abdul Razak al-Hashimi
- Ala al-Maliki
- Ali Fadel
- Aras Habib
- Hamid Raja Shalah
- Hassan Massoudy
- Hussein Kamel al-Majid
- Issam Arif
- Lamiya Abed Khadawi
- Salam Pax
- Fairuz Yamulky
- Kazem al-Haeri
- Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim
- Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr
- Sayed Muhsin al-Hakim
- Abd al-Muhsin as-Sa'dun
- Abd al-Wahhab Marjan
- Abd ar-Rahman al-Haydari al-Kaylani
- Abdul Karim Qassim
- Ali Jawdat al-Aiyubi
- Bakr Sidqi
- Hikmat Sulayman
- Ibrahim al-Jaafari
- Iyad Allawi
- Jafar al-Askari
- Jamil al-Midfai
- Mohammed Amza Zubeidi
- Naji Shawkat
- Nuri as-Said
- Rashid Ali al-Kaylani
- Taha al-Hashimi
- Tawfiq al-Suwaidi
- Yasin al-Hashimi
- Abd ar-Rahman al-Bazzaz
- Abdul Rahman Arif
- Abdul Salam Arif
- Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
- Faisal I of Iraq
- Faisal II of Iraq
- Ghazi of Iraq
- Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i
- Abdel-Karim Mahoud al-Mohammedawi
- Abdul Aziz al-Hakim
- Abdul-Ameer Abboud Rahima
- Abdul-Basit Turki
- Abdul-Latif Rashid
- Abdul-Rahman Sidiq Kareem
- Ahmed Chalabi
- Ahmed al-Barak
- Ali Al-Haidri
- Ibrahim Mohamed Bahr al-Uloum
- Alaudin Abdul-Saheb al-Alwan
- Ali Adbul-Amir Allawi
- Ali Faik al-Ghadban
- Ali Hassan al-Majid (aka "Chemical Ali")
- Aqila al-Hashimi
- Ayham al-Samaraie
- Ezzedine Salim
- Haidar al-Abbadi
- Hamid Majid Mousa
- Hashim Abdul-Rahman al-Shibli
- Hajim al-Hassani
- Ibrahim al-Jaafari
- Iyad Allawi
- Kamil Mubdir al-Gailani
- Hatem Kamil
- Khudayer Abbas
- Mahdi al-Hafidh
- Mofeed Mohammed Jawad al-Jazaeri
- Mohammed Amza Zubeidi
- Mohammed Bahr al-Uloum
- Mohammed Jassem Khudair
- Mohammed Tawfik Raheem
- Mehro Mohammed
- Mohsen Abdel Hamid
- Mowaffak al-Rubaie
- Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf (aka "Baghdad Bob" and "Comical Ali")
- Muqtada al-Sadr
- Naji Sabri
- Naseer al-Chaderchi
- Nori al-Badran
- Adnan Pachachi
- Raja Habib al-Khuzaai
- Rashad Mandan Omar
- Salaheddine Bahaaeddin
- Salama al-Khufaji
- Sami Izara al-Majoun
- Samir Shakir Mahmoud
- Hussain al-Shahristani
- Sharif Ali bin al-Hussein
- Sultan Hashim Ahmad al-Tal
- Taha Yassin Ramadan
- Talib Shabib
- Tawfiq al-Suwaidi
- Wael Abdul Latif
- Watban Ibrahim al-Tikriti
- Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer
- Zeyad Abdul-Razzaq Mohammed Aswad
- April Fool (double agent)
- Nadhmi Auchi- Businessman
[edit] Jordanians
- King Abdullah I of Jordan - Emir of Trans-Jordan (1921–1946), King of Transjordan (1946–1949), 1st King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (1949–1951)
- King Abdullah II of Jordan - King of Jordan 1999–present, Son of King Hussein of Jordan
- Queen Rania of Jordan - Wife of King Abdullah II
- Toujan al-Faisal
- Faisal al-Fayez - Prime Minister of Jordan (2003–2005)
- Ibn al-Khattab
- Ali Abu al-Ragheb
- Sherif Hussein ibn Ali
- Mazen Asfour
- Mahmoud Mahmoud Atta
- King Hussein of Jordan
- Rania Kurdi
- Samer Kamal
- Samer Majali
- Khaled Mardam-Bey
- Queen Noor of Jordan
- Nadim Sawalha
- King Talal of Jordan
- Prince Hamzah of Jordan
- Prince Ali bin Hussein of Jordan
- Princess Rym Ali of Jordan
[edit] Kuwaitis
- Abd Allah III al-Salim al-Sabah
- Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
- Sulaiman Abu Ghaith
- Helal Al-Mutairi
- Ahmed Al-Sadoon
- Abdullah Al-Nibari
- Ibrahim Al-Mudhaf
- Abdullatif Al-Ghanim
- Yousef Al-Ibrahim
- Jaber Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah
- Jaber bin Abdullah
- Nasser Al-Kharafi
- Jassem Al-Kharafi
- Sabah bin Jaber
- Emir Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah
- Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah
- Saad Al Abdullah Al Salem Al Sabah
- Sheikh Sabah I bin Jabir
- Sheikh Abdallah I al-Sabah
- Sheikh Jabir I al-Sabah
- Sheikh Sabah II al-Sabah
- Sheikh Abdallah II al-Sabah
- Sheikh Muhamad al-Sabah
- Sheikh Mubarak al-Sabah
- Sheikh Jabir II al-Sabah
- Sheikh Salim al-Mubarak al-Sabah
- Sheikh 'Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah
- Sheikh 'Abd Allah III al-Salim al-Sabah
- Emir Sabah III al-Salim al-Sabah
- Emir Jabir III al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah
[edit] Lebanese
[edit] Libyans
- Shukri Ghanem - Prime Minister of Libya, (2003 - 2006)
- Idris I of Libya - King of Libya, (1951 - 1969)
- Anas Al-Liby - Al-Qaeda operative wanted for the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings
- Muammar al-Qaddafi
- Al-Saadi Qadhafi
- Ayesha Qaddafi
- Saif al-Islam Qaddafi
- Zentani Muhammad az-Zentani
[edit] Mauritanians
Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya - former president.
[edit] Moroccans
- Abdelaziz of Morocco
- Abdelhafid of Morocco
- Ahmed Bouchiki
- Chico Bouchikhi
- Zakariyah Essabar
- Ha-Mim
- Hassan I of Morocco
- Ismail of Morocco
- HRH Princess Lalla Asma of Morocco
- Lalla Hasna Mohamed Benaissa
- Mohamed Benaissa
- Mohammed Ben Aarafa
- Mohammed III of Morocco
- Mohammed V of Morocco
- Mounir El Motassadeq
- Khalil el-Moumni
- Zacarias Moussaoui
- Muhammad al-Muqri
- Abdelghani Mzoudi
- Samira Said
- Slimane of Morocco
- Yazid of Morocco
- Yusef of Morocco
- Abdellatif Filali
- HRH Princess Lalla Meryem of Morocco
- HRH Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco
- Younes El Aynaoui
- Karim Alami
- Hicham Arazi
- Said Aouita
- Hasna Benhassi
- Brahim Boutayeb
- Hicham El Guerrouj
- Nawl El Moutawakel
- Khalid Khannouchi
- Nezha Bidouane
- Khalid Skah
- Jamal Alioui
- Mustapha Allaoui
- Omar Charef
- Salaheddine Aqqal
- Bouabid Bouden
- Otmane El Assas
- Badr El Kaddouri
- Bouchaib El Moubarki
- Mamine Erbate
- Mustapha Hadji
- Yazid Kaissi
- Nadir Lamyaghri
- Mehdi Taouil
- Nayim
- Azzeddine Ourahou
- Tajeddine Sami
- Oussama Souaidy
- Farid Talhaoui
- Merouane Zemmama
- Moncef Zerka
- Tahar Ben Jelloun
- Paul Bowles
- Driss Chraïbi
- Fatema Mernissi
- Idris I (787-793)
- Idris II (807-827)
- Mohammed I (1554-1557)
- Abdallah al-Ghalib(1557-1574)
- Abu Abdallah Mohammed II (1574-1576)
- Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik I (1576-1578)
- Ahmad I al-Mansur (1578-1603)
- Abdul Abdallah Mohammed III (1603-1607)
- Zaidan Al Nasir (1607-1628)
- Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik II (1628-1631)
- Al-Walid (1631-1636)
- Mohammed IV (1636-1654)
- Ahmad II (1654-1659)
- Al-Raschid (1666-1672)
- Muhammad I (1672)
- Al-Harrani, Abu'l Abbas Ahmad I, and Ismail (1672-1684)
- Ismail (1684-1727)
- Abu'l Abbas Ahmad II (1727-1728) (first time)
- Abdalmalik (1728)
- Abu'l Abbas Ahmad II (1728-1729) (second time)
- Abdallah (1729-1735) (first time)
- Ali 1735-1736)
- Abdallah (1736) (second time)
- Mohammed II then 1736-1738
- Al-Mostadi (1738-1740)
- Abdallah III (1740-1745)
- Zin al-Abidin (1745)
- Abdallah IV (1745-1757)
- Mohammed III (1757-1790)
- Yazid (1790 - 1792)
- Slimane of Morocco (1792 - 1822)
- Abderrahmane (1822 - 1859)
- Mohammed IV (1859 - 1873)
- Hassan I (1873 - 1894)
- Abdelaziz (1894 - 1908)
- Abdelhafid (1908 - 1912)
- Yusef (1912 - 1927)
- Mohammed VI (1999 –) King
- Princess Lalla Salma - Princess, wife of current King.
[edit] Omanis
- Said bin Sultan - Sultan of Muscat and Oman
- Thuwaini bin Said, Sultan of Muscat and Oman
- Salim bin Thuwaini, Sultan of Muscat and Oman
- Azzan bin Qais, Sultan of Muscat and Oman
- Turki bin Said, Sultan of Muscat and Oman
- Faisal bin Turki, Sultan of Muscat and Oman
- Taimur bin Faisal, Sultan of Muscat and Oman
- Said Bin Taimur
- Qaboos Bin Said
- Hamad Al Wahaibi - rally champion
- Ali Al Habsi - soccer player
- Lamya - singer
[edit] Palestinians
[edit] Qataris
- Sheikh Ahmad ibn 'Ali Al Thani (technically a "hakim" or "ruler")
- Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani
- Sheikh Hamad ibn Khalifa Al Thani
- Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani
- Saleh Abdulla Haroon Saleh (Director of Civil Aviation Affairs in Qatar and member of Chamber of Commerce)
- Khalifa Saleh Abdulla Haroon Saleh (Son of Saleh Haroon)
[edit] Saudis
- King Fahd — King
- King Abdullah — King
- Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz — Crown Prince
- Prince Alwaleed bin Talal — Billionaire Investor
- Prince Saud bin Faisal bin Abdul Aziz — Foreign Minister
- Sulaiman S. Olayan — Business Magnate
- Khalid Bin Mahfouz — Banker, Forbes 100 Wealthiest Men
- Adnan Khashoggi — Defense Contractor & formerly World's Richest Man
- Adel al-Jubeir — Advisor to Crown Prince's Court
- Mansour Ojjeh - Businessman
- Saleh Abdullah Kamel - Businessman
- Mohammed Bin Issa Al-Jaber - Businessman
[edit] Sudanese
- Ali Ahmed Aljaaly
- Abdel Fattah Muhammad al-Maghrabi
- Muhammad Ahmad Yasin
- Ahmad Muhammad Salih
- Muhammad Othman al-Dardiri
- Siricio Iro Wani
- Ibrahim Abboud
- Sirr Al-Khatim Al-Khalifa
- Abdel Halim Muhammad
- Jaafar Abbas
- Tijani al-Mahi
- Mubarak Shaddad
- Ibrahim Yusuf Sulayman
- Luigi Adwok
- Ismail al-Azhari
- Abdullah al-Fadil al-Mahdi
- Luigi Adwok
- Abdel Halim Muhammad
- Khidr Hamad
- Ismail al-Azhari
- Jaafar Muhammad al-Nemieri
- Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab
- Ahmad al-Mirghani
- Omar Hasan Ahmad al-Bashir
[edit] Syrians
- Michel Aflaq - political theorist
- Maher Arar - arrested under suspicion of having links with Al-Qaeda, later released without charge
- Ahmad al-Assad - politician
- Bashar al-Assad - President of Syria
- Hafez al-Assad - former President of Syria
- Sarkis Assadourian - Canadian politician
- Hashim al-Atassi - President
- Nureddin al-Atassi - President
- Nazim al-Kudsi - former President
- Sabah Fakhri - musician
- Yusuf Faysal - politician
- Amin Hafiz - former President of Syria
- Fayiz Ismail - politician
- John of Ephesus - church leader and historian
- Abd al-Ghani Kannut - politician
- Shukri al-Kuwatli - president
- Nur Mahana - musician
- Carlos Menem - former President of Argentina
- Sabri Moudallal - musician
- Mohammed Naji al-Otari - Prime Minister of Syria
- Nizar Qabbani - poet and diplomat
- Edmond Safra - founder of Republic Bank of New York
- Ali Ahmad Said - poet
- Sami Moubayed - writer
- Yasser Seirawan - chess grandmaster
- Imam Shafi - Islamic scholar
- Adib Shishakli - army colonel
- Ghada Shouaa - heptathlete
- Publilius Syrus - writer
- 'Abd-al-Aziz Uthman - politician
- George Wasoof - musician
- Mahmoud Zuabi - Prime Minister
- Constantin Zureiq - historian and activis
- Wafic Said- Businessman
- Kinan Issa - American University of Sharjah Alumni Association Kuwait Chapter President
[edit] Tunisians
- Zine El Abidine Ben Ali - Tunisian politician
- Habib Bourguiba - Tunisian politician
- Mohamed Ghannouchi - Tunisian politician
- Al-Husayn I ibn Ali at-Turki - Bey of Tunisia
- Ali I - Bey of Tunisia
- Muhammad I ar-Rashid - Bey of Tunisia
- Ali II ibn Hussein - Bey of Tunisia
- Hammuda ibn Ali - Bey of Tunisia
- Uthman ibn Ali - Bey of Tunisia
- Mahmud ibn Muhammad - Bey of Tunisia
- Al-Husayn II ibn Mahmud - Bey of Tunisia
- Al-Mustafa ibn Mahmud - Bey of Tunisia
- Ahmad I ibn Mustafa - Bey of Tunisia
- Muhammad II ibn al-Husayn - Bey of Tunisia
- Muhammad III as-Sadiq - Bey of Tunisia
- Ali Muddat ibn al-Husayn - Bey of Tunisia
- Muhammad IV al-Hadi - Bey of Tunisia
- Muhammad V an-Nasir - Bey of Tunisia
- Muhammad VI al-Habib - Bey of Tunisia
- Ahmad II ibn Ali - Bey of Tunisia
- Muhammad VII al-Munsif - Bey of Tunisia
- Muhammad VIII al-Amin - Bey of Tunisia
- Muhammad al-Amin - King of Tunisia
- Tarak Ben Ammar - International Movie Producer
- Azzedine Alaia - International Fashion designer
[edit] Moroccan Sahara
- Mohamed Lamine Ould Ahmed - politician
- Mahfoud Ali Beiba - politician
- Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun - politician
- Abdelkader Taleb Oumar - politician
- Mohamed Abdelaziz - politician
[edit] Yemenis
- Abdullah as-Sallal, (1917 - 1994) President and Prime Minister of North Yemen (27 September 1962 - 5 November 1967)
- Abdul Rahman al-Iryani, (1908 - 1998) President and Prime Minister of North Yemen (5 November 1967 - 13 June 1974)
- Ibrahim al-Hamadi, (1943 - October 11, 1977) former military head of state (1974 – 1977)
- Ahmed al-Ghashmi, (1941 - June 24, 1998) President of North Yemen (11 October 1977 - 24 June 1998)
- Abdul Karim Abdullah al-Arashi, (1934 - 2006) President of North Yemen
- Abdul Latif Dayfallah, (1930 - ) Prime Minister of North Yemen
- Mahmoud al-Gayifi, (1918 - ) Prime Minister of North Yemen
- Hassan al-Amri, (1916 - ) Prime Minister of North Yemen
- Ahmad Muhammad Numan, (1909 - 1996) Prime Minister of North Yemen
- Mohsin Ahmad al-Aini, (1932 - ) Prime Minister of North Yemen
- Abdullah Kurshumi, Prime Minister of North Yemen
- Abdul Salam Sabrah, Prime Minister of North Yemen
- Kadhi Abdullah al-Hagri, (1911 - 1977) Prime Minister of North Yemen
- Hassan Muhammad Makki, (1933 - ) Prime Minister of North Yemen
- Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani, (1939 - ) Prime Minister of North Yemen
- Abdul Karim al-Iryani, (October 12 - ) Prime Minister of North Yemen
- Qahtan Mohammed al-Shaabi, (1920 - 1976) President of South Yemen
- Salim Ali Rubai, (1935 - 1978) President of South Yemen
- Ali Nasir Mohammed, (1939 - ) President of South Yemen
- Abdul Fattah Ismail, (1939 - 1986) President of South Yemen
- Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas, (April 15, 1939 - )President and Prime Minister of South Yemen
- Ali Salim al-Baidh, (1940 - ) President of South Yemen
- Faysal al-Shaabi, (1971 - ) Prime Minister of South Yemen
- Muhammad Ali Haitham, (1940 - 1993) Prime Minister of South Yemen
- Yasin Said Numan, (1947 - ) Prime Minister of South Yemen
- Sallam Ali Thabet al-Adeemy - Revolutionary and a major funder of the 1962 revolution
- Syed Hamid Albar - Malaysian Foreign Minister
- Syed Jaafar Albar - Malaysian politician. Father of Syed Hamid Albar
- Betty Banafe - Malaysian actress
- Sharifah Aini - Malaysian singer
- Abdullah Al-Baradouni (1929 - 1999)
- Naseem Hamed, (February 12, 1974) featherweight boxer of British nationality
- Muhammad al-Gharsi
- Abu Muhammad Al-hasan Ibn Ahmad Al-hamdani, (893 - 945) a geographer, poet, grammarian, historian, and astronomer.
- Ayoob Tarish Absey singer
- Sharifa Fatima, was a Zaydi chief in 15th century Yemen
- Al-Khayzuran (? - 789) wife of the Abbasid Caliph Al-Mahdi and mother of both Caliphs Al-Hadi and the most famous Abbasid Caliph Harun al-Rashid
- Musa bin Nusair, (640 - 716) was a Yemeni Muslim governor and general under the Umayyads
- Rabiah ibn Mudhar, was a Jewish king of Himyar
- Abd al-Aziz ibn Musa had a significant role in the Muslim invasion of the Iberian Peninsula. He was the son of Musa ibn Nusayr
- Dhu Nuwas, (515 - 525) last king of the Himyarite kingdom of Yemen
- Arwa al-Sulayhi, (1048 - 1138) Sulayhid Queen of Yemen
[edit] Other
- Alhazen - mathematician
- Averroës - philosopher
- Muhammad ibn Abd al Wahhab - theologian
- Muhammad al-Idrisi - cartographer, geographer and traveller
- Rahmah bin Jabir al-Jalahimah - pirate
- Geber - chemist