List of Kuwaitis

The following is a list of notable Kuwaitis:

Ruling family[]

Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah (1895-1965), the eleventh ruler of Kuwait and the first Emir of the State of Kuwait

House of Al Sabah

• Abdullah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah
• Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
• Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah — former Emir of Kuwait
• Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah
• Mubarak Al-Sabah
• Muhammad I Al Sabah
• Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah
• Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah
• Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah — current Emir of Kuwait
• Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah
• Sabah I bin Jaber — born c. 1700, first ruler of Kuwait
• Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah — former Emir of Kuwait
• Sabah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah
• Salem Al-Ali A-Sabah
• Salem Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah
• Salim Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah

Politics[]

• Alaa Hussein Ali
• Ahmed Al-Sadoun
• Rola Dashti
• Massouma al-Mubarak
• Bader Al-Nashi
• Ahmed al-Rubei
• Nabil Al Fadl

Members of the National Assembly

• Daifallah Bouramiya
• Hussain al-Qallaf
• Rija Hujailan Al-Mutairi
• Mohammed Hayef AlـMutairi
• Adnan Zahid Abdulsamad
• Musallam Al-Barrak
• Marzouq Al-Ghanim
• Safa Al Hashem
• Ibrahim Khraibut
• Mohammed Al-Abduljader
• Saleh Ashour
• Abdulwahed Al-Awadhi
• Aseel al-Awadhi
• Abdulatif Al-Ameeri
• Adel Al-Saraawi

Businesspeople[]

• Abdullah Saleh Al Mulla — Politician and founder of Al-Mulla Group
• Jassem Al Kharafi — Billionaire heir and politician
• Nasser Al Kharafi — Former Chairman and President of M. A. Kharafi & Sons
• Abdullah Abdul Latif Al Othman — Businessman and philanthropist
• Fahad AlSharekh
• Yousuf Saleh Alyan — Founder and former editor-in-chief of Kuwait Times
• Fahed Boodai — Chairman and co-founder of Gatehouse Financial Group
• Fawaz Al Hasawi — Former owner of Nottingham Forest F.C.
• Maha Al Ghunaim — Co-founder of Global Investment House (GIH)
• Souad Al Humaidhi — Businesswoman
• Saad Bin Tefla — Businessman and politician
• Bader Nasser Al Kharafi — Vice Chairman and CEO, Zain Group
• Mohammad Al Duaij — CEO, Alea Global Group
• Nejoud Boodai — Fashion designer and businesswoman
• — CEO, Prophema Inc

Sports[]

Fathi Kamel in the 1982 FIFA World Cup

• Fehaid Al Deehani
• Ali Mohamed Al-Zinkawi — Hammer thrower
• Mohammed al Ghareeb — Tennis player
• Zed Al Refai (Zeddy) — Climber

Soccer players

• Faisal Al-Dakhil
• Mohammed Ibrahem
• Ahmed Al-Tarabilsi
• Fayez Bandar
• Fathi Kamel
• Nawaf Al Mutairi
• Fahad Al-Rashidi
• Fawzi Al Shammari
• Nohair Al-Shammari
• Khaled Khalaf
• Abdullah Al-Buloushi
• Abdulaziz Al-Anberi
• Jamal Mubarak
• Jassem Al Houwaidi
• Bader Al-Mutwa
• Musaed Neda
• Jasem Yacob
• Wael Sulaiman Al-Habashi
• Ahmad Ajab
• Nawaf Mohammad Al-Otaibi

Arts[]

Abdallah Al Rowaished (born 1961), a noted Khaliji singer

• Abdallah Al Rowaished — Singer
• Bashar Al Shatty — Singer, musician, actor
• Amal Al-Awadhi — actress and TV presenter
• Thuraya Al-Baqsami — Artist and writer
• Mojeb al-Dousari
• Khalifa Alqattan — Artist
• Shemayel — Retired singer
• Iqbal al-Gharaballi — Novelist
• Nawal El Kuwaiti — Singer
• Zaid Al-Harb — Poet
• Ema Shah — Singer, musician, actress and dancer
• Hayat Al-Fahad — Actress, broadcaster, writer and producer
• Shujoun Al-Hajri — Actress and broadcaster

Others[]

Nabil AL Awadi, scholar and TV presenter

Shujoun Al-Hajri, actress and broadcaster

• Ahmad Abdulal
• Ahmad Meshari Al-Adwani
• Dr. Abdul-Razzak Al-Adwani
• Abdul Rahman Al-Sumait
• Nabil Al Awadi
• Abdulhadi Al-Khayat
• Abdallah Saleh Ali Al Ajmi
• Ibrahim Al-Mudhaf
• Faiza Al-Kharafi
• Abu Obeida Tawari al-Obeidi
• Abdullah Al-Refai
• Tareq Al-Suwaidan
• Sara Akbar
• Adil Zamil Abdull Mohssin Al Zamil
• Saad Madhi Saad Howash Al Azmi
• Khalid Syed Fouwaz
• Abbas Almohri
• Fouzi Khalid Abdullah Al Awda
• Kazem Behbehani
• Ibtihal Al-Khatib

See also[]

• List of Kuwaitis by net worth
• List of people on the postage stamps of Kuwait
• List of people by nationality