List of Famous people born in Murqub, Libya

Lucius Septimius Severus was a Roman emperor from 193 to 211. He was born in Leptis Magna in the Roman province of Africa. As a young man he advanced through the customary succession of offices under the reigns of Marcus Aurelius and Commodus. Severus seized power after the death of the emperor Pertinax in 193 during the Year of the Five Emperors.

Gaius or Lucius Fulvius Plautianus was a member of the Roman gens Fulvia. Like Sejanus, Perennis and Cleande, as head of the Praetorian Guard, he was formally extraordinary powerful and influential in the administration of state affairs, and was involved with Julia Domna, the powerful wife of Septimius Severus, who played a prominent public and political role, in influencing the emperor's decisions.

Lucius Annaeus Cornutus, a Stoic philosopher, flourished in the reign of Nero, when his house in Rome was a school of philosophy.

Bashir Saadawi, also transcribed Basher Es'sadawy, was a Libyan politician and the founder and leader of the Libyan National Congress Party.

Muaid Ellafi is a Libyan international footballer who last played for Wydad AC. He mainly plays on the left wing in the role of inside-forward.