List of Yemenis

Famous or important Yemenis include:

Yemeni early diaspora

• Ghassanids, tribes consisting of more than 50 families that migrated north to the Levant

Scholars and academics

• Amat Al Alim Alsoswa, first female journalist Yemen Arab Republic, first female deputy minister, first female ambassador and minister in the Republic of Yemen
• Al Kindi, from Al Kindah tribe of Qaht
• Phillip the Arab, (Roman emperor) from Aliya yafe
• Ibn Khaldun
• Jabir ibn Hayyan (721–815), alchemist and theologian
• Harbi al-Himyari, 7th-century scholar, and teacher of Yemeni alchemist Jabir ibn Hayyan
• Abdul Aziz bin Hars bin Asad Yemeni Tamimi (816–944), famous Sufi of Junaidia order
• Abu Al Fazal Abdul Wahid Yemeni Tamimi (842–1034), famous Sufi of Junaidia order
• Abu Muhammad Al-hasan Ibn Ahmad Al-hamdani (893–945), geographer, poet, grammarian, historian, and astronomer
• Abdullah Al-Baradouni (1929–1999)
• Muhammad al-Gharsi
• Nethanel ben Isaiah, Yemenite rabbi, who composed a compendium of midrashic literature, the Or HaAfeila "Light of the Darkness"
• Tawakel Karman, Yemeni journalist, peace activist, and Nobel Prize laureate
• Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i, Yemeni Muslim cleric, founder of the Dammaj madrasa
• Muhammad ash-Shawkani, Yemeni Sunni Salafi scholar
• Raufa Hassan al-Sharki, professor, journalist and founder of women's studies program at Sana'a University.

Athletes

• Naseem Hamed, former boxing champion
• Isra Girgrah, female five-time world champion
• Nashwan Al-Harazi, Golden Yemeni gymnast

Filmmakers

• Bader Ben Hirsi, Award-winning British Yemeni director and writer, made Yemen's first full-length feature film, A New Day in Old Sana'a

Musicians

• Mohammed Abdu
• Ayoob Tarish Absey
• Arwa (singer)
• Shoshana Damari (1923–2006), Israeli singer
• Dana International (born 1972), Israeli singer
• Inbar Bakal (half Yemeni)
• Ahmed Fathy
• Zion Golan
• Ofra Haza
• Boaz Mauda
• Achinoam Nini (better known as Noa)
• Rosana
• Ahmed Fathy
• Harel Skaat (half Yemeni)
• Jade Thirlwall (quarter Yemeni)

Writers and journalists

• Ramziya al-Iryani, novelist, diplomat and women's rights activist.
• Sumaya Ali Raja, journalist and first woman presidential candidate for post-revolution Yemen.
• Zahra Rahmat Allah, short story writer and journalist.
• Tawakkol Karman, journalist and politician.

Entrepreneurs

• Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden, founder of the construction conglomerate Saudi Binladin Group and the father of Osama Bin Laden
• Salem bin Mahfouz, founder of the National Commercial Bank of Saudi Arabia and the father of Khalid bin Mahfouz
• Shaher Abdulhak, billionaire and founder of Shaher Trading.
• Zahra Al-Harazi, founder of Foundry Communications in Calgary, Canada

Social workers and activists

• Amal Basha, considered "Yemen's most famous feminist."
• Jamala al-Baidhani, activist for human and civil rights for women and the disabled.
• Nujood Ali, activist against child brides and forced marriage.
• Fatima al-Aqel, activist for women with blindness.

Leaders and politicians

Historical figures

Sharifa Fatima, Zaydi chief in 15th-century Yemen

• Al-Khayzuran (died 789), wife of the Abbasid Caliph Al-Mahdi and mother of both Caliphs Al-Hadi and the most famous Abbasid Caliph Harun al-Rashid
• Rabiah ibn Mudhar, Jewish king of Himyar
• Abd al-Aziz ibn Musa had a significant role in the Muslim invasion of the Iberian Peninsula. He was the son of Musa ibn Nusayr
• Musa bin Nusair (640–716), Yemeni Muslim governor and general under the Umayyads
• Dhu Nuwas (515–525), last king of the Himyarite kingdom of Yemen
• Arwa al-Sulayhi, (1048–1138), Sulayhid Queen of Yemen

Award winners

• Reem Al Numery, recipient of the International Women of Courage Award.

See also

• List of people by nationality