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[edit] Contemporary
- Ahlam, popular Bahraini singer who became a UAE citizen in 1996
- Salman Al Abbasi [1], poet
- Zainab Al Askari, actress
- Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa, President of the United Nations General Assembly
- Ali Al Jallawi, poet
- Rashed Al-Majed, popular Saudi singer resident in Bahrain
- Sawsan Al Sha'er, writer
- Ali Al Shargawi, poet
- Khalid Al Sheikh, singer/composer
- Zahra Arafat, a Bahraini actress
- Jenson Button, Formula One driver has bought a house in the Amwaj Islands
- Adrian Edmondson, British comic, grew up in Bahrain
- Jermaine Jackson, singer and producer, signed to Bahrain based 2 Seas Records
- Michael Jackson, singer/songwriter who has made Bahrain his permanent legal residence and bought a property in the Amwaj Islands.
- Jack Vettriano, painter, began his professional career while living in Bahrain
[edit] Historical
- Tarafa ibn Al Abd, Bahraini poet, considered one of the greatest Arab poets from the pre Islamic period.
- Ebrahim Al-Arrayedh, poet
- Al-Ala'a Al-Hadrami, envoy of the Prophet who brought Islam to Bahrain
- Rahmah bin Jabir al-Jalahimah, pirate
- Shiekh Ibrahim bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, Poet
- Sheikh Kasim Al Mihzah, religious leader
- Al Khirniq, pre-Islamic Arab poetess, sister of Tarafa ibn Al Abd
- Amin Al Raihani, writer 1920s
- Munzir ibn Sawa Al Tamimi, Bahrain king at the time of the arrival of Islam.
- Ahmad Bin Majid, fifteen century navigator and writer
- Charles Belgrave, British political advisor
- King Muqrin, Bahraini ruler deposed by the Portuguese
