List of Famous people born in Libya
Fayez al-Sarraj
Fayez Mustafa al-Sarraj is the head of the Presidential Council of Libya and former prime minister of the Government of National Accord of Libya, formed on 17 December 2015 under the Libyan Political Agreement. He has been a member of the Parliament of Tripoli.
Kamal Elgargni
Kamal Abdulsalam El-Gargni is a Libyan professional bodybuilder residing in England. He won the 212 Mr. Olympia in 2019.
Abdallah Senussi
Abdullah (al) Senussi is a Libyan national who was the intelligence chief and brother-in-law of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. He was married to Gaddafi's sister-in-law.
Nadia Ali
Nadia Ali is a Libyan-born American singer-songwriter based in New York City. Ali gained prominence in 2001 as the frontwoman and songwriter of the band iiO after their debut single "Rapture" reached No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart. The song also charted across several countries in Europe. Their 2006 single, "Is It Love?", reached the top of the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Chart.
Aguila Saleh Issa
Aguila Saleh Issa is a Libyan jurist and politician who is President of the Libyan House of Representatives since 5 August 2014. He is also a representative of the town of Al Qubbah, in the east of the country.
Hamid El Shaeri
Hamid Al-Shaeri is a Libyan-Egyptian singer, songwriter, and musician resident in Cairo. He is known as Egypt's leading representative of westernized synthesizer pop, or Arabic pop. His best known songs include "Law laki", sung by Ali Hemeida, and "Jaljili", which he sang himself.
Fathi Bashagha
Fathi Ali Abdul Salam Bashagha, known simply as "Fathi Bashagha", or "Fathi Ali Pasha" on his website, was born on 20 August 1962 in Misrata and is the current Minister of Interior of the Government of National Accord (GNA) appointed by Fayez al-Sarraj on 7 October 2018.
Lorenzo Bandini
Lorenzo Bandini was an Italian motor racing driver who raced in Formula One for the Scuderia Centro Sud and Ferrari teams.
Hamdou Elhouni
Hamdou Mohamed Elhouni is a Libyan professional footballer who plays for Tunisian club Espérance Sportive de Tunis and the Libya national team as a left winger.
Tarik El Taib
Tarek Al Taib is a Libyan football midfielder.