List of Famous people born in Saudi Arabia
Saud bin Abdulaziz
Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Rashid was the tenth Emir of Jabal Shammar between 1908 and 1920.
Ali Al-Sebaa
Ali Al-Sebaa is a Saudi Arabian actor, best known for his role in the Arabian series Fars Al-Janop. He has won thirty-two awards, including Best Actor of the Year in 1980 from the Culture and Arts Association.
Abdullah S. Jum'ah
Abdallah S. Jum'ah is a prominent Saudi business executive and the former President and CEO of Saudi Aramco, a position he held from January 1995 to December 2008.
Amr Salama
Amr Salama is an Egyptian film director, blogger, screenwriter, and author. Born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, later he moved with his family back to Egypt. He began his directing career primarily with short movies and commercials, after which he shifted to full-length movies.
Manal al-Sharif
Manal al-Sharif (Arabic: منال الشريف; born 25 April 1979 is a Saudi women's rights activist who helped start a right to drive campaign in 2011. Wajeha al-Huwaider filmed al-Sharif driving a car as part of the campaign. The video was posted on YouTube and Facebook. Al-Sharif was detained on 21 May 2011, released, and then rearrested the following day. On 30 May, al-Sharif was released on bail, on the conditions of returning for questioning if requested, not driving, and not talking to the media. The New York Times and Associated Press associated the women's driving campaign as part of the Arab Spring and the long duration of al-Sharif's detention due to Saudi authorities' fear of protests.
Habib Al-Wotayan
Habib Al-Wotayan is a Saudi Arabian professional footballer who plays as a Goalkeeper for Saudi Professional League side Al-Hilal.
Issa Al-Ghaith
Issa Abdullah bin Abdulrahman Al-Ghaith is a judge, Islamic scholar, author, and activist. He is a member of the Consultative Assembly of Saudi Arabia and King Abdulaziz Center for National Dialogue. He received a doctor's degree in Sharia and Law College in Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt.
Abdullah ibn Muhammad Al ash-Sheikh
Abdullah ibn Muhammad Al ash-Sheikh is the chairman of the Majlis ash-Shura of Saudi Arabia since February 2009. He was the minister of Justice from February 1992 to February 2009.
Ibtisam Lutfi
Ibtisam Lutfi is a blind Saudi singer. She was born Khayriyyah Qurban in Ta'if in Saudi Arabia, and is one of the first female singers of that country. She began her career singing at wedding feasts in the city of Jeddah in the 1960s, and over the next two decades became famous in her native country as well as in Egypt. In a phone call with Al Arabiya channel in November 2013, she confirmed that she would be returning to her singing career.
Abdullah Al-Jumah
Abdullah Al-Jumah is a 2013 Saudi Arabian #1 best-selling author of the book "Tales of a Saudi in Europe". Al-Jumah's influence in Arabic travel literature and social media made him one of the most powerful young Arabs, according to Arabian Business.