- Source: 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.
Actors
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
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
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
Mario Philip Azzopardi (born 1950) – director
Jon Cassar (born 1958) – director; producer
Rebecca Cremona – director
Military figures
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
List of people on stamps of Malta
Lists of people by nationality
References
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