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 B\arbara (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
Antonio Williams (1825–1908) – United States Navy seaman
Brigadier Martin Xuereb (born 1968) – former commander of the Armed Forces of Malta

Military figures - Siege of Malta (1798–1800)

Emmanuele Vitale (1758–1802) – general of the Maltese forces^[1]^[2] and representing Città Vecchia or Città Notabile (Mdina), Rabat and Dingli
Don Francesco Saverio Caruana – rebel leader
Vincenzo Borg – rebel leader and representing Birkirkara

Other National Assemby representatives coordinating the Maltese Battalions^[1]^[3]^[4]^[5]:

Chierico Giuseppe Abdilla for Safi
Notary Pietro Buttigieg for Zebbug
Michele Cachia for Zejtun
Parish Priest Don Felice Calleja for Mosta
Parish Priest Don Bartolomeo Caraffa for Mqabba
Rev. Fr. Giuseppe Casha for Luqa
Filippo Castagna for Gudja
Parish Priest Don Salvatore Corso for Siggiewi
Rev. Fortunato Dalli for Zurrieq
Giuseppe Frendo for Balzan
Chevalier Giovanni Gafa’ for Gharghur
Salvatore Gafà for Lia (Lija)
Stanislao Gatt for Casal Fornaro (Qormi)
Don Pietro Mallia for Ghaxaq
Gregorio Mifsud for Qrendi
Giuseppe Montebello for Tarxien
Chev. Baron Paolo Parisio Muscati for Naxxar
Agostino Sayd for Zabbar
Dr Enrico Xerri for Kirkop
Notary Saverio Zarb for Attard

Leaders of the Gozitan Battalion:

Leader: Rev Saver Cassar, Archpriest of the Matrice assisted by Fortunato Spiteri
Tommaso Cassar and Felice Grech for Gharb
Liberato Grech and Liberato Sultana for Xagħra
Giuseppe Grima and Martino Asciak for Zebbug
Dr Francesco Pace for Rabat
Angelo Vella and Giuseppe Zammit for Sannat
Francesco Zammit and Francesco Refalo for Xewkija

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
Myriam Spiteri Debono (born 1952) – President of Malta (2024–)
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^{[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^[6]
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

References

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^ Malta, Times of (2021-09-05). "The Maltese revolt against the French in 1798 ‒ causes and 'coincidences'". Times of Malta. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
^ "Gold Medal awarded to leaders of the Maltese for the zeal and courage shown during the defence of their country and for offering themselves to represent inhabitants of their Casali in the National Assembly - Malta Maritime Museum". Retrieved 2025-01-02.
^ Mifsud, Alfredo (1907). Origine della Sovranità Inglese su Malta. Tipografia del Malta. p. 379.
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[:0-1] "Malta Historical Society (MHS)". web.archive.org. 2019-08-18. Retrieved 2025-01-02.

[2] Malta, Times of (2021-09-05). "The Maltese revolt against the French in 1798 ‒ causes and 'coincidences'". Times of Malta. Retrieved 2025-01-02.

[3] "Gold Medal awarded to leaders of the Maltese for the zeal and courage shown during the defence of their country and for offering themselves to represent inhabitants of their Casali in the National Assembly - Malta Maritime Museum". Retrieved 2025-01-02.

[4] Mifsud, Alfredo (1907). Origine della Sovranità Inglese su Malta. Tipografia del Malta. p. 379.

[5] 1809 request for a pension made by Salvatore Gafà found in the National Archives, Rabat, Ordini e Decreti (Gennaio 1808-Dicembre 1811), ff. 72-73

[6] "Rebecca Madyson". Maltese Olympic Committee. Retrieved 8 November 2023.

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