List of Famous people born in Ta'izz Governorate, Yemen

Tawakkol Abdel-Salam Khalid Karman is a Yemeni Nobel Laureate, journalist, politician, and human rights activist. She leads the group "Women Journalists Without Chains," which she co-founded in 2005. She became the international public face of the 2011 Yemeni uprising that is part of the Arab Spring uprisings. In 2011, she was reportedly called the "Iron Woman" and "Mother of the Revolution" by some Yemenis. She is a co-recipient of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, becoming the first Yemeni, the first Arab woman, and the second Muslim woman to win a Nobel Prize.

Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed is a Yemeni politician who has been the Prime Minister of Yemen since 18 October 2018. He previously served as the minister of public works in Bin Dagher's cabinet.

Hisham Sharaf Abdullah is a Yemeni civil engineer and politician, who served in different cabinet posts. He is Yemen's current minister of foreign affairs, and formerly the minister of higher education and scientific research.

Abdulmalik Abduljalil Al-Mekhlafi is Advisor to the president of the Republic of Yemen. He formerly served as Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister.

Ayoob Tarish Absi is a Yemeni singer and musician from the area of Al-Aboos in the Ta'izz Governorate. Tarish composed "United Republic", the national anthem of Yemen, which was adopted following the Yemenite reunification.