This is a list of notable people from Libya.
Writers (including poets)
Ancient Libya
- 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)
Modern Libya
- Muammar Gaddafi, (died 2011)
- Wahbi al-Bouri, foreign minister
- Abdul Salam al-Buseiri, foreign minister
- Mohieddin Fikini, foreign minister
- Abdul Majid Kubar, foreign minister
- Hussein Maziq, foreign minister
- Mahmud al-Muntasir, foreign minister
- Umar Mustafa al-Muntasir, foreign minister
- Muhammad Sakizli, foreign minister
- Abdel Rahman Shalgham, foreign minister
- Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi, foreign minister
- Hassan Tatanaki,
- Dr. Ali Abdulsalam Treki
- Abdulrahman Sewehli