List of Libyans
This is a list of notable people from Libya and of Libyan ancestry. == Artists == === Writers (including poets) === Callimachus, ancient poet and librarian Philostephanus, Hellenistic writer Eugammon of Cyrene, flourished 567/6 BC. Sextus Julius Africanus Ahmed Rafiq Almhadoui (1898–1961), poet Khadījah Jahamī Saddeka Arebi (died 2007), author and anthropologist Ibrahim Al-Koni (born 1948) Hisham Matar (born 1970) Heba Shibani Ahmed Fouad Shennib (died 2007), poet and Minister of Culture and Education === Actors === Amos Lavi Baz Ashmawy Mario Donatone Marisa Abela Rossana Podestà === Directors and filmmakers === Vittorio De Sisti Don Coscarelli Robert Haggiag Maysoon Shaladi, British actress, model, TV presenter, Big Brother UK contestant Fadwa El Gallal == Leaders and politicians == === Ancient Libya === Shoshenq I, founder of the Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt.