List of Maltese people

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

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

## Actors

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* Valerie Buhagiar (born 1964)
* Joseph Calleia (1897–1975)
* Terry Camilleri (born 1949)
* Charles Clews (1919–2009)
* Madeleine Collinson (1952–2014) – actress, model
* Mary Collinson (born 1952) – actress, model
* Ivan De Battista (born 1977)
* Simone De Battista (born 1977)
* Joseph Gatt (born 1974) actor, model, voice artist
* Anthony J. Mifsud \- actor, (singer, songwriter)
* Eileen Montesin
* Angelo Muscat (1930–1977)
* Charles Thake (1927–2018)
* Davide Tucci (born 1987) – actor

## Architects

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* Giovanni Attard (c. 1570–1636) - architect, military engineer and stone carver
* Giovanni Barbara (1642–1728) - architect and military engineer
* Isabelle Barratt-Delia (born 1938) - architect
* Andrea Belli (1703–1772) - architect and businessman
* Lino Bianco (born 1965) - practicing architect and academic
* Giuseppe Bonavia (1821–1885) - draughtsman and architect
* Giuseppe Bonici (1707–1779) - architect and military engineer
* Antonio Cachia (1739–1813) - architect, civil and military engineer and archaeologist
* Domenico Cachia (c. 1690–1761) - master builder
* Michele Cachia (1760–1839) - architect and military engineer
* Girolamo Cassar (c. 1520 - c. 1592) - designed many buildings in Valletta
* Vittorio Cassar (c. 1550 - c. 1609) - military engineer
* Cesar Castellani (died 1905) - worked in Guyana
* Tommaso Dingli (1591–1666) - designed various churches
* Richard England (born 1937)
* Antonio Falzon (16th century) - military engineer, worked in Germany
* Lorenzo Gafà (1638–1703) - Baroque architect
* Emanuele Luigi Galizia (1830–1907) - designed many public buildings
* Carlo Gimach (1651–1730) - architect, engineer and poet
* Roger de Giorgio (1922–2016) - architect
* Giorgio Grognet de Vassé (1774–1862) - architect and antiquarian
* Joseph G. Huntingford (1926–1994) - Modernist architect
* Giuseppe Psaila (1891–1960) - Art Nouveau architect
* Giorgio Pullicino (1779–1851) - painter and architect
* Giorgio Costantino Schinas (1834–1894) - architect and civil engineer
* Andrea Vassallo (1856–1928) - eclectic architect
* Gustavo R. Vincenti (1888–1974) - architect and developer
* Francesco Zerafa (1679–1758) - architect and capomastro

## 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)
* 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)

## Filmmakers

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* Mario Philip Azzopardi (born 1950) - director
* Jon Cassar (born 1958) - director; producer
* Rebecca Cremona - director

## 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
* Clemente Tabone (c. 1575–1665) - landowner and militia member
* 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) - former commander of the Armed Forces of Malta

## Musicians (including singers)

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* Sebastian Calleja (born 1998) - singer; winner OGAE Eurovision Weekend 2016 Berlin, Germany
* 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) - 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
* 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 (1947-2021) 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, CEO Malta Philharmonic Orchestra
* Antoinette Miggiani (born 1937) - opera singer
* Morena (born 1984) - singer
* Brent Muscat (born 1967) - guitarist
* Emma Muscat (born 1999) singer, model (from one of Malta's wealthiest families)
* 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
* Mario Vella (born 1976) - singer and songwriter, frontman of Brikkuni
* Philip Vella
* Julie Zahra (born 1982) - singer, member Parliament of Malta
* Aidan Zammit (born 1965) - composer, musician and singer

## Painters and sculptors

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* Vincent Apap (1909–2003) - sculptor
* Willie Apap (1918–1970) - painter
* Isabelle Borg (1959–2010) - 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

## Poets and writers

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* Clare Azzopardi (born 1977)  - writer
* Louis Briffa (born 1971)  - poet
* Rużar Briffa (1906–1963) - poet
* Anton Buttigieg (1912–1983) - poet
* Ray Buttigieg (born 1955) - composer; poet; producer
* Mark Camilleri (born 1988) – historian, writer, publisher
* Daphne Caruana Galizia (1964–2017) - journalist; writer; activist
* Antoine Cassar (born 1978) - poet
* Pietru Caxaro (c. 1400–1485) - poet; philosopher
* Francis Ebejer (1925–1993) - dramatist; 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
* Mary Meilak (1905–1975) - poet
* Doreen Micallef (1949–2001) - poet
* Immanuel Mifsud (born 1967) - novelist; poet
* Nadia Mifsud (born 1976) - poet; writer; literary translator
* 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

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See also: Category:Lists of Maltese politicians

* George Abela (born 1948) - President of Malta (2009–2014)
* Robert Abela (born 1977) - Prime Minister of Malta (since 2020)
* 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)
* Claudette Abela Baldacchino (born 1973), journalist, Labour Party politician and Member of the European Parliament
* Leo Brincat - Member of the European Court of Auditors
* 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)
* Francesco Buhagiar (1876–1934) - Prime Minister of Malta (1923–1924)
* Simon Busuttil (born 1969) - leader, Nationalist Party (2013-2017), Member of European Parliament (2004-2013)
* 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)
* John Dalli (born 1948) - European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy (2010–2012)
* 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)
* Manwel Dimech (1860–1921) - politician; social reformer; philosopher; journalist; writer
* Cyrus Engerer (born 1981) - Member of European Parliament (2020-present)
* 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 (2008–2020), Prime Minister of Malta (2013–2020)
* Alfred Sant (born 1948) - Prime Minister of Malta (1996–1998)
* Lorry Sant (1937–1995) - government minister
* Carm Lino Spiteri (1932–2008) - Nationalist Party politician
* Gerald Strickland (1861–1940) - Prime Minister of Malta (1927–1932); Governor of Tasmania; Governor of Western Australia; Governor of New South Wales
* Mabel Strickland, journalist, newspaper proprietor and politician, daughter of the above
* 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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* 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 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 (1933–2021) - creator, lateral thinking
* James J Busuttil (born 1958) - legal scholar
* 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
* Suzanne Mizzi (1969–2011) – assistant principal, educator
* 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

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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
* Christian Brown (born 1989) - amateur golfer & triathlete
* Jamie Carragher (born 1978) - football player of Maltese descent[citation needed]
* Andrew Chetcuti (born 1992)  - swimmer
* William Chetcuti (born 1985)  - sport shooter
* Joe Cordina (born 1991) - Boxer and current IBF super-featherweight title champion
* Alex DeBrincat (born 1997)  - ice hockey player
* Samuel Deguara, (born 1991) - basketball player
* Luke Dimech (born 1977) - football player
* Tony Drago (born 1965) - snooker player
* Ray Farrugia (born 1955) - football coach
* Tony Farrugia  - strongman
* Aaron Falzon (born 1996) - basketball player
* Joe Falzon (strongman) (1932-2023) - strongman
* Jeff Fenech (born 1964) - boxer; former world champion
* Mario Fenech (born 1961) - former rugby league footballer (South Sydney Rabbitohs)
* Xandru Grech (born 1974) - athlete and coach
* Paul Grima (born 1950) - strongman
* Rebecca Madyson (born 1979) - sport shooter[1]
* 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
* Charles Saliba (1929-1982) - strongman
* 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
* Teddy Teuma (born 1993)  - football player
* Paul Tisdale (born 1973)  - football coach
* Francesca Vincenti (born 1965) - Windsurfing/Sailing/Hall of Fame
* Charlie Williams (born 1944) - football player (Malta and the United States)
* Anthony Zarb (1904-1993) - strongman

## 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
* 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

## See also

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* Biography portal
* Lists portal
* Malta portal

* List of people on stamps of Malta
* Lists of people by nationality

## References

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1. ^ "Rebecca Madyson". Maltese Olympic Committee. Retrieved 8 November 2023.

*[c.]: circa