List of Maltese people

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This is a list of notable Maltese people including those not born in, or current residents of, Malta; they are Maltese nationals.

Actors[]

Architects[]

Composers[]

  • Girolamo Abos (1715–1760)
  • Francesco Azopardi (1748–1809)
  • Charles Camilleri (1931–2008)
  • Alessandro Curmi (1801–1857)
  • Albert Garzia (born 1977)
  • (1938–2021)
  • Nicolas Isouard (1775–1818)
  • Carmelo Pace (1906–1993) – composer; professor of musical theory and harmonics
  • Reuben Pace (born 1974)
  • Robert Samut (1869–1934) – composer of "L-Innu Malti" (the national anthem of Malta); professor of physiology and bacteriology
  • Benigno Zerafa (1726–1804)
  • (born 1973)

Filmmakers[]

  •  – director
  • Mario Philip Azzopardi (born 1950) – director
  • Jon Cassar (born 1958) – director; producer
  • Rebecca Cremona  – director

Military figures[]

Musicians (including singers)[]

  • Sebastian Calleja (born 1998) – singer; winner OGAE Eurovision Weekend 2016 Berlin, Germany
  • Gillian Attard (born 1983) – actress, singer
  • Dario Bezzina (born 1989) – pop singer
  • Gianluca Bezzina (born 1989) – singer; medical doctor
  • Nicky Bomba (born 1963) – drummer; leads the Australian funk and reggae band Bomba.
  • Amber Bondin (born 1991) – singer
  • Gerard James Borg – songwriter
  • Kevin Borg (born 1986) – singer-songwriter; producer; winner of the Swedish reality-competition talent show Idol 2008
  • Joe C. (1974–2000) – rapper; of Maltese descent
  • Joseph Calleja (born 1978) – tenor singer
  • Kurt Calleja (born 1989) – singer
  • Joe Camilleri (born 1948) – singer-songwriter; saxophonist
  • Pawlu Camilleri (born 1958) – harmonica musician
  • Capitol K – musician
  • Lydia Caruana – soprano
  • Eleanor Cassar (born 1982) – singer
  • Gaia Cauchi (born 2002) – child singer, winner of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013
  • Lynn Chircop (born 1980) – singer and television presenter
  • Miriam Christine (born 1978) – singer
  • Destiny Chukunyere (born 2002) – child singer, winner of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015
  • Federica Falzon (born 2003) – operatic pop singer
  • Claudia Faniello (born 1988) – singer
  • Fabrizio Faniello (born 1981) – singer
  • (born 1992) – musician
  • Miriam Gauci – opera singer
  • Natalie Gauci (born 1981) – singer
  • Ludwig Galea (born 1977) – singer
  • Robert Galea (born 1981) – Christian singer-songwriter
  • Stefan Galea (born 1996) – singer
  • Thea Garrett (born 1992) – singer
  • Albert Garzia (born 1977) – composer and musician
  • Lawrence Gray (born 1975) – singer
  • Joe Grech (born 1934) – singer-songwriter
  • Martin Grech (born 1983) – singer-songwriter
  • Enzo Gusman (born 1947) broadcaster – singer-songwriter
  • Sarah Harrison (born 1993) – singer, DJ, producer, musician
  • Hooligan (born 1980) – rapper
  • Rosa Judge (born 1919) – musician
  • Oreste Kirkop (1923–1998) – opera singer; film actor
  • La Barokka – singer
  • Olivia Lewis (born 1978) – singer
  • Ira Losco (born 1981) – singer-songwriter
  • William Mangion (born 1958) – singer
  • Walter Micallef (born 1955) – singer-songwriter
  • Renato Micallef (born 1951) – pop singer
  • Anthony J. Mifsud – singer-songwriter
  • Sigmund Mifsud – trumpeter
  • Antoinette Miggiani (born 1937) – opera singer
  • Morena (born 1984) – singer
  • Brent Muscat (born 1967) – guitarist
  • Muxu (born 1990) – singer-songwriter
  • Gabriela N (born 1993) – singer-songwriter
  • Antonio Olivari (born 1980) – songwriter and composer
  • Claudette Pace (born 1968) – singer and politician
  • Freddie Portelli (born 1944) – singer-songwriter
  • Jes Psaila (born 1964) – guitarist
  • Veronica Rotin (born 2004) – child singer
  • Roger Scannura – flamenco guitarist
  • Christabelle (born 1992) – singer-songwriter
  • Debbie Scerri (born 1969) – singer and television presenter
  • Chiara Siracusa (born 1976) – singer
  • Mary Spiteri (born 1947) – singer
  • Renzo Spiteri – percussionist
  • Sharleen Spiteri (born 1967) – singer-songwriter; guitarist; lead vocalist of the Scottish pop-rock band Texas
  • Marc Storace (born 1949) – singer of the Swiss hard-rock band Krokus
  • Daniel Testa (born 1997) – singer, radio and television presenter
  • Melissa Tkautz (born 1974) – singer
  • Glen Vella (born 1983) – singer
  • Philip Vella
  • Julie Zahra (born 1982) – singer
  • Aidan Zammit (born 1965) – composer, musician and singer

Painters and sculptors[]

  • Vincent Apap (1909–2003) – sculptor
  • Willie Apap (1918–1970) – painter
  • Isabelle Borg (1959–2010) – painter
  • Giuseppe Briffa (1901-1987) artist painter
  • Tony Briffa (artist) (born 1959)
  • Gio Nicola Buhagiar (1698–1752) – painter
  • Giuseppe Calì (1846–1930)  – painter
  • Antoine Camilleri (1922–2005) – painter; teacher; stamp designer
  • Gabriel Caruana (1929–2018) – artist
  • Debbie Caruana Dingli (born 1962) – painter
  • Edward Caruana Dingli (1876–1950) – painter
  • Emvin Cremona (1919–1987) – painter; stamp designer
  • Maria de Dominici (1645–1703) – Baroque painter & sculptor
  • Vincenzo Dimech (1768–1831) – sculptor
  • Alessio Erardi (1669–1727) – painter
  • Pietro Erardi (1644–1727) – painter; chaplain
  • Stefano Erardi (1630–1716) – painter
  • Melchiorre Gafà (1636–1667) – Baroque sculptor
  • Francesco Noletti (1611–1654) – Baroque painter
  • Andrew Micallef (born 1969) – painter and musician
  • Amedeo Preziosi (1816–1882) – painter
  • Alberto Pullicino (1719–1759) – painter
  • Giorgio Pullicino (1779–1851) – painter and architect
  • Antonio Sciortino (1879–1947) – sculptor
  • Pietro Paolo Troisi (1686–1743) – sculptor, silversmith, designer, engraver
  • Gianni Vella (1885–1977) – painter
  • Francesco Zahra (1710–1773) – painter
  • Jean Zaleski (1920–2010) – Maltese-American painter
  • Carlo Zimech (1696–1766) – painter and priest
  • (1920–2004) – sculptor and painter and art restorer

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  • (1960–2019) – sculptor and bronzesmith

Poets and writers[]

  • Clare Azzopardi (born 1977)  – writer
  • Rużar Briffa (1906–1963) – poet
  • (born 2002)  – author and short story writer
  • Amante Buontempo (1920-2005) priest poet
  • Anton Buttigieg (1912–1983) – poet
  • Ray Buttigieg (born 1955) – composer; poet; producer
  • Antoine Cassar (born 1978) – poet
  • Pietru Caxaro (c. 1400–1485) – poet; philosopher
  • Francis Ebejer (1925–1993) – dramatist; novelist
  • (born 1980) – novelist
  • Joe Friggieri (born 1946) – philosophy professor; poet
  • Oliver Friggieri (1947–2020) – novelist; poet; minor philosopher
  • Carlo Gimach (1651–1730) – architect, engineer and poet
  • Elizabeth Grech (born 1978)  – writer; poet; translator
  • Doreen Micallef (1949–2001) – poet
  • Immanuel Mifsud (born 1967) – novelist; poet
  • Mary Meilak (1905–1975) – poet
  • Pierre J. Mejlak (born 1982) – short-story writer
  • Dun Karm Psaila (1871–1961) – poet; lyricist of the national anthem of Malta
  • Frans Sammut (1945–2011) – novelist, short-story writer, essayist, historian
  • Karl Schembri (born 1978) – poet; novelist; journalist
  • Mario Vella (born 1953) – poet; philosopher; economist; political theorist
  • Marjanu Vella (1927–1988) – poet; writer
  • Trevor Żahra (born 1947) – novelist, poet and illustrator
  • Michael Zammit (born 1954) – philosophy professor; poet

Politicians[]

Religious dignitaries[]

  • Saint Publius (33–112) – first Bishop of Malta; martyr and saint.
  • Joseph De Piro (1877–1933) – founder, Missionary Society of St. Paul
  • Saint George Preca (1880–1962) – canonized saint, Roman Catholic Church; founder, Society of Christian Doctrine
  • Donat Spiteri (1922–2011) – Biblical scholar; founder and editor, booklet (English language: The Word of Life)
  • Dun Mikiel Xerri (1737–1799) – national hero of Malta

Scholars and academics[]

  • Joseph Aquilina (1911–1997) – author and linguist
  • Joseph Baldacchino (1894–1974) – archaeologist
  • Edward de Bono (1933–2021) – creator, lateral thinking
  • Joseph Buttigieg (1947-2019) – literary scholar and translator
  • George Mifsud Chircop (1951–2007) – linguist
  • Joe Friggieri (born 1946) – professor of philosophy; poet
  • Oliver Friggieri (born 1947) – poet; novelist; literary critic
  • Henry Frendo (born 1948) – historian
  • Gorg Mallia (born 1957) – communications academic; author; cartoonist
  • (born 1973) – professor of education;
  • Dominic Pace (1851–1907) – theologian; philosopher
  • Arvid Pardo (1914–1999) – diplomat
  • Eric Scerri (born 1953) – author; historian; philosopher of chemistry; educator
  • Peter Serracino Inglott (1936–2012) – Roman Catholic priest; philosopher; former rector, University of Malta
  • Stephen C. Spiteri (born 1963) – military historian
  • Anthony Valletta (1908–1988), lepidopterist and educationalist
  • Mikiel Anton Vassalli (1764–1829) – promoter, Maltese language; compiler, first Maltese dictionary
  • Themistocles Zammit (1864–1935) – archaeologist; historian

Sports figures[]

Others[]

  • Andrea Ashworth (born 1969) – English author; of Italian-Maltese descent
  • Peppi Azzopardi (born 1959) – television presenter
  • Ruth Baldacchino – LGBT activist
  • O. J. Borg (born 1979) – English radio and television personality; of Maltese descent
  • Angelik Caruana – alleged Marian visionary
  • Adelaide Conroy (fl 1871–1879), photographer
  • Massimo Ellul (born 1970) – businessman
  • Maxim Gauci (1774–1854) – lithographer
  • Paul Gauci (19th century) – lithographer; of Maltese descent
  • Charlon Gouder, journalist
  • Karin Grech (1962–1978) – letter bomb victim
  • Mikiel'Ang Grima (1729–1798) – surgeon
  • Suzanne Mizzi (1967–2011) – glamour model
  • Alfred Pisani – businessmen
  • Tiffany Pisani (born 1992) – fashion model
  • Joe Sacco (born 1960) – cartoonist
  • Alex Vella (born 1954) – businessman, boxer and outlaw motorcycle club leader
  • Grandayy (born 1994) – YouTuber, memer and music producer
  • (born 1956) – Created a High School in the Selva of Peru 'Colegio I.E. Anthony Zammit.

See also[]

References[]

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