Famous People
Famous or notable people from Malta include:
Authors, Artists and Musicians
- Giuseppe Cali (1846-1930) - painter
- Immanuel Mifsud (born 1967) - author
- Joe Sacco (born 1960) - cartoonist
- Joseph Calleja (born 1978) - tenor
- Ray Buttigieg (born 1955) - poet, composer, producer
- Ruzar Briffa (1906-1963) - poet
- Walter Micallef (born 1955) singer-songwriter
Composers
- Carmelo Pace (1906-1993) - composer, professor of musical theory and harmonics
- Girolamo Abos (1715-1760)
Film and Theatre
- Angelo Muscat - actor
- Coryse Borg - actor
- Ino Bonello (born 1949) - production designer, art director and film producer
- Jon Cassar (born 1958) - film director and producer
- Joseph Calleia (1897- 1975) - actor
- Kym Valentine (born 1977) - actor
- Mario Azzopardi (born 1950) - director
- Marylu Coppini - actor
- Melissa Tkautz (born 1974) - actor
- Ninette Micallef - actor
- Peppi Azzopardi - presenter of the popular TV program Xarabank
- Pia Zammit - actor
Politicians
- Agatha Barbara (1923-2002) - politician, Government Minister and President of the Republic
- Alfred Sant (born 1948) - Prime Minister (1996-98)
- Censu Tabone - politician, Government Minister and President of the Republic (1989-1994)
- Dom Mintoff (born 1916) - Prime Minister (1955-58, 1971-84)
- Eddie Fenech Adami (born 1934) - Prime Minister (1987-96, 1998-2004), President (2004-)
- Enrico Mizzi (1885-1950) - Prime Minister (1950)
- Francesco Buhagiar (1876-1934) - Prime Minister
- George Borg Olivier (1911-1980) - Prime Minister (1950-55, 1962-71)
- Gerald Strickland (1861-1940) - Prime Minister of Malta, Governor of Tasmania, Western Australia and New South Wales.
- Guido de Marco (born 1931) - President (1999-2004)
- Harry Vassallo (born 1956) - The Green Party leader Alternattiva Demokratika
- Harry Vassallo (born 19560 - The Green Party leader Alternattiva Demokratika
- Joe Borg (born 1952) - politician and European commissioner
- Lawrence Gonzi (born 1953) - Prime Minister (2004-)
- Paul Boffa (1890-1962) - Prime Minister (1947-50)
Sportspeople
- Carmel Busuttil - soccer player
- David Millar(born 1977) - UCI ProTour Cyclist
- Jeff Fenech (born 1964) - former World Champion boxer
- Michael Mifsud (born 1981) - football player
- Tony Drago (born 1965) - snooker player
Other Famous Maltese People
- Arvid Pardo (1914-1999) - diplomat
- Edward De Bono (born 1933) - creator of lateral thinking
- Fr Donat Spiteri OFMCap - (born 1922) - Biblical scholar
- Gorg Mallia (born 1957) - communications academic, author and cartoonist
- Henry Frendo - historian
- Joseph De Piro (1877-1933) - Founder of the Missionary Society of St. Paul (MSSP)
- Massimo Ellul (born 1970) - entrepreneur
- Norman Lowell (born 1946) - founder and leader of Imperium Europa.
- St.George Preca (1880-1962) - Canonised Saint of the Roman Catholic Church, Founder of the Society of Christian Doctrine
- Suzanne Mizzi (born 1967) - glamour model