List of Famous people born in United Arab Emirates

Ayyan Ali is a Pakistani model and singer. She started modeling in 2010 and won the title of Best Female Emerging Model. She was nominated four times for the Lux Style Awards. In 2013, she clarified that she only wanted to be publicly referred to as "Ayyan" and not "Ayyan Ali".

Mai Abdel-Jabbar Hamdan Selim, commonly known as Mai Selim, is a Jordanian singer and actress. Her sisters are Mais Hamdan and Dana Hamdan.

Sheikha Bodour bint Sultan Al Qasimi is the founder and CEO of children's publisher Kalimat Group, founder and chairperson of Kalimat Foundation, founder and president of the Emirates Publishers Association, founder and patron of the UAE Board on Books for Young People, and president of the International Publishers Association (2021–2023), after being vice president (2019–2021). Her father is Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi, since 1972 the ruler of the Emirate of Sharjah. In 2014, she was ranked at number 34 by Forbes in its list of 200 Most Powerful Arab Women in Family Business.

Mana Al Otaiba Al Marar was born on 15 May 1946 to Saeed Al Otaiba in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. Al Otaiba is the former Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources of the United Arab Emirates under the presidency of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. Al Otaiba then became his Personal Adviser until the president's death, after which he became the Private Advisor to Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, as well as a member of the Royal Moroccan Academy under King Hassan II.

Dhahi Khalfan Tamim is a Lieutenant General and the current Deputy Chief of Police and General Security. He was chief of the Dubai Police Force until the end of the 2013, which is when Khamis Al-Mazeina took over. He came to international attention while overseeing the investigation of the group suspected of the assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh.

Anwar Mohammed Gargash is an Emirati politician who served as the minister of state for foreign affairs between February 2008 and February 2021.

Mariam al-Mansouri, , is the first female fighter pilot of the United Arab Emirates. She was one of the first women to join the United Arab Emirates Air Force (UAEAF) academy, graduating in 2007. She flies an F-16 Fighting Falcon and led UAE mission airstrikes against ISIS over Syria.

Mohamed Alabbar, is an Emirati businessman and global entrepreneur. He is best known as the founder of Emaar Properties, the developer of assets such as the Burj Khalifa and the Dubai Mall, as well as the chairman of Eagle Hills, the Abu Dhabi-based private investment and real estate development company. He is also the founder and director of noon.com, an e-commerce ecosystem for the Arab world and largest GCC e-commerce company and the chairman of Americana Group, in food industries.

Zahra Lari is an Emirati figure skater and the first figure skater from the United Arab Emirates to compete internationally. She is a five-time Emirati national champion.

Lieutenant General Sheikh Ahmed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum is the Deputy Chairman of Dubai Police & Public Security, Group Chairman of A.R.M. Holding and Dubai Real Estate Centre and Chairman of the Al Wasl FC club located in Dubai.