List of Libyans

Shoshenq I, founder of the Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt.
Shoshenq II, pharaoh of the Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt.
Osorkon the Elder, fifth king of the twenty-first dynasty of Ancient Egypt and was the first Pharaoh of Libyan origin^[1]
Tefnakht, founder of the Twenty-fourth Dynasty of Egypt.
Siamun the sixth pharaoh of Egypt
Septimius Severus (146–211), 21st Roman Emperor (193–211), born in Libya
Geta, shared his brother Caracalla the throne of Rome before he was murdered in 211
Caracalla 23rd Caesar of Rome, son of Septimius Severus
Meryey, king of Ancient Libya
Ankhhor, great chief of the Libu
Battus II 583–560 BC
Arcesilaus II 560–550 BC
Learchus 550 BC (disputed)
Battus III 550–530 BC
Arcesilaus III 530–515 BC
Battus IV 515–465 BC
Arcesilaus IV 465–440 BC
Magas of Cyrene 276–250 BC
Berenice II (Queen) 258–246 BC, alongside a series of her co-rulers: Magas, Demetrius and a republican government
Demetrius the Fair 250–249 BC
Ptolemy Apion 116–96 BC
Cabaon, berber chief of Tripolitania, against the Byzantine Empire
Ierna, leader of the Laguatan
Carcasan, berber rebel and leader of the Laguatan
Ahmed Karamanli (1686–1745), pasha (ruler) of Tripolitania (1711–1745)
Muhammad al-Amin al-Kanemi (1776–1837), ruler of the Sayfawa dynasty (1809–1837)
Umar of Borno, successor of his father and ruler of the Sayfawa dynasty (1837–1881)
Yusuf Karamanli (died 1838), pasha of Tripolitania (1795–1832)

Idris I of Libya (1890–1983), King of Libya (1951–1969).
Umar Mihayshi (died 1984), Libyan army officer
Muammar Gaddafi (1942–2011), Libyan leader (1969–2011).
Mustafa Abdul Jalil (born 1952), former Minister of Justice, and President of the National Transitional Council (5 March 2011 – 8 August 2012)
Zentani Muhammad az-Zentani

Arete of Cyrene
Carneades, Hellenistic academic skeptic philosopher
Aristippus, Ancient Greek philosopher, founder of Cyrenaicism
Lacydes of Cyrene, Academic Skeptic philosopher, was head of the Platonic Academy at Athens
Zuhra Ramdan Agha Al-Awji
Mohammed Shegewi (died 2007)

Ehtuish Ehtuish
Alaa Murabit
Eratosthenes (276 BC–194 BC), Hellenistic mathematician, geographer and astronomer, born in Libya
Theodorus of Cyrene (c. 5th century BC), mathematician
Ahmed K. Elmagarmid (born 1954), computer scientist

Resistance fighters

Sulaiman al-Barouni (1872–1940), resistance leader against Italian colonization
Omar al-Mukhtar (1862–1931), Libyan hero and resistance leader under against Italian colonization
Sayyid Ahmed Sharif as-Senussi, Libyan resistance leader and chief of the Senussi order
Ramadan Sewehli (1879–1920), Libyan resistance leader and the founder of Tripolitanian Republic
Omar Shegewi (unknown–1928), Libyan resistance fighter who was later sentenced to death
Muhammad Tariq Abd al-Qadir al-Afriqi (1886–1963), Libyan hero who fought against colonialism in many countries

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Artists