List of Libyans

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A list of noteworthy people from Libya sorted by occupation.

Contents

[edit] Artists

[edit] Business People

[edit] Educators and Teachers

[edit] Extrajudicial prisoners of the United States

[edit] Lawyers

[edit] Linguists

[edit] Musicians

[edit] Poets

  • al-Jilani Traibshan: (1944–2001) Libyan poet
  • Rafiq al-Mahdawi: (1898–1961) Libyan poet.
  • Ibaraheem Abo-Mostafa:
  • Saiied Gadhaf Al-dam
  • Rjab Bu Hwesh
  • Ahmed Alsharef

[edit] Politicians

List of Libyan politicians by position:

[edit] Foreign Ministers

[edit] Prime Ministers

[edit] Religious Figures

[edit] Resistance Leaders

  • Sulaiman al-Barouni:(1872–1940), resistance leader against Italian colonization.
  • Omar al-Mukhtar: (1862–1931), Libyan hero and resistance leader under Al-Shareef Ahamad Al-Zwai against Italian colonization.
  • Abd al-Nabi Bilkhair:Head of the Wirfala Tribe and resistance leader during Italian colonization.
  • Ramadan al-Swehli: (c. 1880 – 1930), resistance leader against Italian colonization.
  • Khalifa Tekbali: (born 1942), Libyan Poet and Revolutionary
  • Omar Shegewi: (died 1928) resistance leader during the Italian colonization.

[edit] Royalty

[edit] Rulers

[edit] Scientists and Mathematicians

  • Eratosthenes: (276 BC – 194 BC), Hellenistic mathematician, geographer and astronomer, born in Libya.
  • Ali Tekbali: (born 1952), Geologist and Poet Laureate.
  • Omar Mohammed Shegewi: (1952 - 1993), Petroleum Geologist

[edit] Sportspeople

[edit] Basketball

[edit] Footballers

[edit] Sportscasters

[edit] Writers

  • Ibrahim Al-Koni: (born 1948).
  • Hisham Matar: (born 1970)
  • Sadiq Neihoum: (1937–1994)
  • Khalifa al-Tilisi: (born 1930).
  • Ahmed Fagih: (born 1942), Writer of novels , short stories, plays, and essays.
  • Abdullah Ali Algazal: novel, short stories writer
  • Daif Al-Ghazal: (1976–2005) Writer and journalist who was murdered in 2005
  • Saddeka Arebi: (died 2007) Author and anthropologist.

[edit] Film Makers

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