List of Famous people born in Saudi Arabia
Saad Hariri
Saad El-Din Rafik Al-Hariri is a Lebanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Lebanon from 2009 to 2011 and 2016 to 2020. He is the second son of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri, who was assassinated in 2005. Hariri has also been the leader of the Future Movement party since 2005. He is seen as "the strongest figurehead" of the March 14 Alliance.
Shams
Shams Bandar Al-Aslami, known simply as Shams, is a Saudi-Kuwaiti-born singer. She dropped her Arab citizenship denouncing her Arab and Gulf culture and origins, including her Kuwaiti nationality, gaining citizenship of Saint Kitts and Nevis instead.
Omar bin Laden
Omar bin Osama bin Mohammed bin 'Awad bin Laden, better known as Omar bin Laden, is one of the sons of Osama bin Laden and his first wife and first cousin Najwa Ghanem. He is the fourth-eldest son among 20 children of Osama bin Laden. Older reports have described Omar and his brother Abdallah bin Laden as nephews or cousins of Osama bin Laden.
Tawfiq Al Rabiah
Tawfig F. Al Rabiah is the current Minister of Health for Saudi Arabia. He also notably served as the Minister for Commerce & Industry from December 2011 to May 2016. While in his first ministerial role, he focused on transforming the way businesses interact with the Government of Saudi Arabia. This led to fairer and tighter regulations for businesses, while also making it easier for businesses to register and interact with the government. This often focused on streamlined digital processes, which in some cases completely transformed entire government departments.
Turki bin Faisal Al Saud
Turki bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, known also as Turki Al Faisal, is a Saudi politician and diplomat. A member of the House of Saud, he currently serves as the chairman of King Faisal Foundation's Center for Research and Islamic Studies.
Ahmad Al Shugairi
Ahmad Mazin Alshugairi, is a Saudi activist and media figure. He is best known for his program Khawatir that spanned from 2005 to 2015, which was a critical and a commercial success within Saudi Arabia. He has notable social media exposure with 18.2 million followers, ranked in the world top 100 as well as #1 in Saudi Arabia in 2015 on Twitter.
Dina Shihabi
Dina Shihabi is a Saudi Arabian-Palestinian actress working in the United States.
Salem Al-Dawsari
Salem Muhamed al-Dawsari is a Saudi Arabian footballer who plays as a winger for Al-Hilal and the Saudi Arabia national team.
Nura
Nura Habib Omer is a German rapper of Saudi-Arabian and Eritrean descent.
She is known for being part of Die toten Crackhuren im Kofferraum and SXTN.
Following the split of SXTN in 2018, she has pursued a solo career.
Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais
Abdul Rahman Ibn Abdul Aziz al-Sudais better known as Abdulrahman Al-Sudais is the imam of the Grand Mosque Masjid al-Haram in Makkah, Saudi Arabia; the president of the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques; a renowned Qāriʾ ; and was the Dubai International Holy Qur'an Award's "Islamic Personality Of the Year" in 2005. Al-Sudais has preached Islam's opposition to "explosions and terrorism", and has called for peaceful inter-faith dialogue, but also been sharply criticized for vilifying non-Muslims and especially Jews in his sermons. He has denounced the treatment of Palestinians by Israelite settlers and the state of Israel, and called for more aid to be sent to Palestinians. He has also been noted for identifying women's un-Islamic behavior as in part responsible for the winter 2006 drought in Saudi Arabia. In 2016, he delivered the very important Hajj sermon to a multitude of pilgrims gathered at Arafat after prayers.