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 or of Maltese descent.
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Actors
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- Gillian Attard (born 1983) – actress, singer
- Valerie Buhagiar (born 1964)
- Joseph Calleia (1897–1975)
- Terry Camilleri (born 1949)
- Paul Capsis
- Charles Clews (1919–2009)
- Ivan De Battista (born 1977)
- Simone De Battista (born 1977)
- Danielle Fishel (born 1981)
- Shaun Micallef (born 1962)
- Anthony J. Mifsud
- Angelo Muscat (1930–1977)
- Melissa Tkautz (born 1974)
- Davide Tucci (born 1987) – actor, model
- Kym Valentine (born 1977)
- Joseph Vassallo (born 1964)
Architects
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- Lino Bianco (born 1965) – practicing architect and academic
- Michele Cachia (1760–1839) – architect and military engineer
- Girolamo Cassar (c. 1520 – c. 1589–1592) – designed most buildings in Valletta
- Vittorio Cassar (c. 1550 – 1607 or 1609) – designed various churches and fortifications
- Cesar Castellani (died 1905) – worked in Guyana
- Tumas Dingli (1591–1666) – designed various churches
- Richard England (born 1937)
- Lorenzo Gafà (1638–1703) – Baroque architect
- Carlo Gimach (1651–1730) – architect, engineer and poet
Composers
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- Girolamo Abos (1715–1760)
- Francesco Azopardi (1748–1809)
- Charles Camilleri (1931–2008)
- Alessandro Curmi (1801–1857)
- Albert Garzia (born 1977) – composer and musician
- Nicolas Isouard (1775–1818)
- Carmelo Pace (1906–1993) – composer; professor of musical theory and harmonics
- Robert Samut (1869–1934) – composer of "L-Innu Malti" (the national athem of Malta); professor of physiology and bacteriology
- Philip Vella
- Benigno Zerafa (1726–1804)
Filmmakers
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- Mario Philip Azzopardi (born 1950) – director
- Jon Cassar (born 1958) – director; producer
Military figures
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- Juan Bautista Azopardo (1772–1848) – founder of the Argentine Navy
- Toni Bajada (16th century) – spy during the Great Siege of Malta
- Orlando E. Caruana (1844–1917) – fought during the American Civil War
- Emmanuele Vitale (1758–1802) – general of the Maltese forces in the Siege of Malta (1798–1800)
- Antonio Williams (1825–1908) – United States Navy seaman
- Brigadier Martin Xuereb (born 1968) – commander of the Armed Forces of Malta
Musicians (including singers)
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- Lauren Aquilina (born 1995) – singer-songwriter
- Gillian Attard (born 1983) – actress, singer
- Graziana Axisa (born 1986) – vocalist
- 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, the Australian ska band Melbourne Ska Orchestra and the Australian mento band Bustamento
- 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
- Miriam Gauci – opera singer
- Natalie Gauci (born 1981) – singer
- Ludwig Galea (born 1977) – singer
- Marie Galea aka Galea (born 1959) – bassist singer-songwriter NYC bands Vicious Country and Popa Chubby Band and Galea and the Galvanizers
- 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
- 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
- Debbie Scerri (born 1969) – singer and television presenter
- Kelly Schembri (born 1986) – model, singer-songwriter, dancer and actress
- 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
- Julie Zahra (born 1982) – singer
- Aidan Zammit (born 1965) – composer, musician and singer
Painters and sculptors
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- Melchiorre Cafà (1636–1667) – Baroque sculptor
- Giuseppe Calì (1846–1930) – painter
- Antoine Camilleri (1922–2005) – painter; teacher; stamp designer
- Emvin Cremona (1919–1987) – painter; stamp designer
- Francesco Maltese (1610–1670) – Baroque painter
- Amedeo Preziosi (1816–1882) – painter
- Antonio Sciortino (1879–1947) – sculptor
Poets and writers
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- Rużar Briffa (1906–1963) – poet
- Anton Buttigieg (1912–1983) – poet
- Ray Buttigieg (born 1955) – composer; poet; producer
- Francis Ebejer (1925–1993) – dramatist; novelist
- Joe Friggieri (born 1946) – philosophy professor; poet
- Oliver Friggieri (born 1947) – novelist; poet; minor philosopher
- Carlo Gimach (1651–1730) – architect, engineer and poet
- Immanuel Mifsud (born 1967) – novelist; poet
- Pierre J. Mejlak (born 1982) – short-story writer
- Dun Karm Psaila (1871–1961) – poet; lyricist of "L-Innu Malti" (in English: "The Maltese Hymn"), the national anthem of Malta
- Marjanu Vella (1927–1988) – poet; writer
- Pietru Caxaro (c. 1400 – 1485) – poet; philosopher
Politicians
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- George Abela (born 1948) – President of Malta (2009–2014)
- Wistin Abela (1933–2014) – Deputy Prime Minister of Malta (1981–1983)
- Eddie Fenech Adami (born 1934) – Prime Minister of Malta (1987–1996, 1998–2004); President of Malta (2004–2009)
- John Aquilina (born 1950) – Australian politician and Maltese diplomat
- Agatha Barbara (1923–2002) – government minister; member, Parliament of Malta; President of Malta (1982–1987)
- Paul Boffa (1890–1962) – Prime Minister of Malta (1947–1950)
- Joe Borg (born 1952) – European Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries; European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection
- Tonio Borg (born 1957) – European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy
- George Borg Olivier (1911–1980) – Prime Minister of Malta (1950–1955, 1962–1971)
- Tony Briffa – first publicly Intersex mayor; Australian-Maltese dual national
- Francesco Buhagiar (1876–1934) – Prime Minister of Malta (1923–1924)
- Simon Busuttil (born 1969) – leader, Nationalist Party (since 2013)
- Anton Buttigieg (1912–1983) – President of Malta (1976–1981)
- Arnold Cassola (born 1956) – professor of comparative literature; former chairperson, Democratic Alternative
- Joseph Cefai (1921–1996) – member, Parliament of Malta (1947–1953); Secretary of Gozo Affairs (until 1981)
- Marie Louise Coleiro Preca (born 1958) – President of Malta (since 2014)
- Joe Debono Grech (born 1939) – member, Parliament of Malta (since 1971)
- Guido de Marco (1931–2010) – Deputy Prime Minister of Malta; President of Malta (1999–2004)
- Joseph De Piro – member, Parliament of Malta (early 1900s)[clarification needed]
- Manwel Dimech (1860–1921) – politician; social reformer; philosopher; journalist; writer
- Cyrus Engerer (born 1981) – 2014 European Parliament election (Malta) candidate, Labour Party
- Giovanni Felice (1899–1977) – Minister of Industry and Tourism (1962–1966); Finance Minister of Malta (1966–1971) in the Giorgio Borġ Olivier cabinet
- Joseph Flores (1907–1974) – Speaker of the House of Representatives of Malta; judge
- Lawrence Gonzi (born 1953) – Prime Minister of Malta (2004–2013)
- Louis Grech (born 1947) – Deputy Prime Minister of Malta (since 2013)
- Joseph Howard (1862–1925) – Prime Minister of Malta (1921–1923)
- Albert Hyzler (1916–1993) – Acting President of Malta (1981–1982)
- Norman Lowell (born 1946) – founder and leader, Imperium Europa
- Anthony Mamo (1909–2008) – Governor-General of Malta (1971–1974); President of Malta (1974–1976)
- Francesco Masini (1894–1964) – founder, Gozo Party; member, Parliament of Malta (1947–1950)
- Sir Ugo Pasquale Mifsud (1889–1942) – Prime Minister of Malta (1932–1933)
- Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici (born 1933) – Prime Minister of Malta (1984–1987)
- Ugo Mifsud Bonnici (born 1932) – government minister; President of Malta (1994–1999)
- Dom Mintoff (1916–2012) – Prime Minister of Malta (1955–1958, 1971–1984)
- Enrico Mizzi (1885–1950) – Prime Minister of Malta (1950)
- Joseph Muscat (born 1974) – Member of the European Parliament (2004–2008); leader, Labour Party (since 2008), Prime Minister of Malta (since 2013)
- Guglielmo Rapinett (1843–1912) – member, Council of Government
- Alfred Sant (born 1948) – Prime Minister of Malta (1996–1998)
- Gerald Strickland (1861–1940) – Prime Minister of Malta (1927–1932); Governor of Tasmania; Governor of Western Australia; Governor of New South Wales
- Ċensu Tabone (1913–2012) – government minister; President of Malta (1989–1994)
- George William Vella (born 1942) – government minister; Deputy Prime Minister of Malta (1996–1998)
- Paul Xuereb (1923–1994) – Speaker of the House of Representatives of Malta (1986–1987); Acting President of Malta (1987–1989)
Religious dignitaries
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- 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 Kliem il-Hajja (English language: The Word of Life)
- Dun Mikiel Xerri (1737–1799) – national hero of Malta
Scholars and academics
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- Joseph Aquilina (1911–1997) – author and linguist
- Joseph Baldacchino (1894–1974) – archaeologist
- Edward de Bono (born 1933) – creator, lateral thinking
- 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
- 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
- Mikiel Anton Vassalli (1764–1829) – promoter, Maltese language; compliler, first Maltese dictionary
- Themistocles Zammit (1864–1935) – archaeologist; historian
Sports figures
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- Gilbert Agius (born 1974) – football player
- Larry Attard (born 1951) – jockey; inductee, Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame
- Sid C. Attard (born 1950) – thoroughbred-horse trainer in Canada
- Etienne Barbara (born 1982) – football player
- Carmel Busuttil (born 1964) – football player
- Jamie Carragher (born 1978) – football player of Maltese descent
- Andrew Chetcuti (born 1992) – swimmer
- Luke Dimech (born 1977) – football player
- Tony Drago (born 1965) – snooker player
- Ray Farrugia (born 1955) – football coach
- Jeff Fenech (born 1964) – boxer; former world champion
- Mario Fenech (born 1961) – former rugby-league player (South Sydney Rabbitohs)
- Charlie Magri (born 1956) – boxer
- John Magri (born 1941) – cyclist; participated in two Olympics
- David Millar (born 1977) – racing cyclist
- Michael Mifsud (born 1981) – football player
- Kevin Muscat (born 1973) – former football player; head coach, Melbourne Victory FC
- Laurie Pace (born 1966) – judo player; bronze medalist, 1990 Commonwealth Games
- André Schembri (born 1986) – football player
- Nino Schembri (born 1974) – martial artist
- Mikel Scicluna (1929–2010) – professional wrestler; inductee, WWE Hall of Fame
- Tony Tanti (born 1963) – ice-hockey player
- Charlie Williams (born 1944) – football player (Malta and the United States)
Others
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- 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
- Madeleine Collinson (1952–2014) – actress, model
- Mary Collinson (born 1952) – actress, model
- Massimo Ellul (born 1970) – businessman
- Maxim Gauci (1774–1854) – lithographer
- Paul Gauci (19th century) – lithographer; of Maltese descent
- 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
- Karl Schembri (born 1978) – author
- Alex Vella (born 1954) – businessman, boxer and outlaw motorcycle club leader
