List of Yemenis
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This is a list of famous or important Yemeni:
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[edit] Authors and poets
[edit] Religious Figures
- Nethanel ben Isaiah, was a Yemenite rabbi, who composed a compendium of midrashic literature, the Or HaAfeila ("Light of the Darkness")
[edit] Scholars and Academics
- Abu Muhammad Al-hasan Ibn Ahmad Al-hamdani, (893 - 945) a geographer, poet, grammarian, historian, and astronomer.
[edit] Traditional musicians
[edit] Leaders and politicians
[edit] Historical
- 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
- 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
- Musa bin Nusair, (640 - 716) was a Yemeni Muslim governor and general under the Umayyads
- Dhu Nuwas, (515 - 525) last king of the Himyarite kingdom of Yemen
- Arwa al-Sulayhi, (1048 - 1138) Sulayhid Queen of Yemen
[edit] Modern
[edit] Served in Yemeni Republic government
- Abdul Qadir Bajamal, (1946 - ) current Prime Minister
- Ali Abdullah Saleh, (March 21, 1942 - ) current President
- Faisal Bin Shamlan, (1934 - ) a member of the Yemeni parliament, currently running for president in coming presidential election
[edit] Served in pre-reunified Yemen governments
- 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
[edit] Not served or opposition
- Jarallah Omar, (1942 - December 28, 2002) Socialist Party deputy leader
- Abd Al-Rahman Ali Al-Jifri, (November, 1993 - ) Chairman of the National Opposition Front (MOWJ)
[edit] Entrepreneurs
- Mohammed bin Laden, (1908 - September 3, 1967) Yemeni-born entrepreneur, immigrated to Saudi Arabia
[edit] Yemeni Diaspora
- Syed Hamid Albar, (January 15, 1944 - ) Malaysian Foreign Minister
- Syed Jaafar Albar, (? - 1977) Malaysian politician. Father of Syed Hamid Albar
- Isra Girgrah (September 16, 1971 - ) female boxer
- Naseem Hamed, (February 12, 1974 - ) featherweight boxer of British nationality
- Jabir ibn Hayyan, (721 - 815) alchemist born to Yemeni parents
- Harbi al-Himyari, (7th century) scholar, and teacher of Yemeni alchemist Jabir ibn Hayyan
