List of Bahranis

The Baharna are one of the many East Arabian groups. The following is a list of notable Bahrani figures.

Academics

• Ali Al-Ahmed, Bahraini political activist, public speaker, scholar, writer
• Abdulhadi Khalaf, Bahraini leftist political activist and academic

Actors

• Ali Al-Sebaa, Saudi television actor
• Sabrin Burshid, actress

Artists

• Abdullah Al Muharraqi, Bahraini artist considered the founder of modern art in the Persian Gulf region
• Sara Qaed, Bahraini political cartoonist

Bloggers

• Ali Abdulemam, Bahraini blogger and contributor to Global Voices
• Mahmood Al-Yousif, Bahrani blogger and political activist

Businesspeople

• Amin H. Nasser, CEO of Saudi Arabian oil company Saudi Aramco
• Nadhmi Al-Nasr, CEO of NEOM
• Mahdi Al Tajir, businessman from the United Arab Emirates, based in the United Kingdom
• Yara Salman, Bahraini businesswomen who introduced cryotherapy to the country

Journalists

• Mansoor Al-Jamri, son of Bahrain's spiritual leader, Sheikh Abdul-Amir Al-Jamri
• Leila Al Mutawa (born 1987), novelist and journalist

Musicians

• Mohammed Haddad, composer and music critic
• Majeed Marhoon, saxophonist and a former Leftist political activist with the National Liberation Front of Bahrain
• Majid Al-Maskati, singer of the Canadian R&B duo Majid Jordan

Philosophers

• Kamal al-Deen Maitham al-Bahrani, famous 13th century philosopher

Poets and writers

• Ebrahim Al-Arrayedh, one of the greatest poets of Bahrain and the Persian Gulf region
• Thuraya Al Arrayedh, daughter of Ebrahim Al-Arrayedh
• Ali Al Jallawi, poet, researcher, and writer
• Ayat Al-Qurmezi, poet
• Mohammed Hasan Kamaluddin, Bahraini former minister, poet, ex-diplomat, historian, writer, and researcher

Politicians

• Masouma Abdelrahim, Bahraini politician sworn into the 2018 Council of Representatives; head of drug and alcohol unit at the Ministry of Health
• Majeed Al Alawi, Bahrain's Minister of Labour Affairs
• Jawad Al-Arrayedh, Bahrain's first Shia Deputy Prime Minister
• Nazar Al Baharna, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Bahrain
• Massouma al-Mubarak, Kuwait's first female minister
• Hussain Al-Qallaf Al-Bahrani, member of the Kuwaiti National Assembly
• Nada Haffadh, Bahrain's first ever female cabinet minister when she was appointed Minister of Health
• Ali Salman, secretary general of Al Wefaq, Bahrain's biggest opposition party.
• Hussain Al Baharna, Minister of State for Legal Affairs in Bahrain
• Isa bin Abdulrahman Al Hammadi, Minister of Information Affairs

Activists

• Abdul Amir al-Jamri, spiritual leader of the Bahrani people
• Isa Qassim, spiritual leader of Al Wefaq, Bahrain's biggest opposition society; leader and founder of the Islamic Awareness Institution
• Abdulhadi Al Khawaja, Bahraini human rights activist and hunger striker
• Nimr al-Nimr, spiritual leader of the 2011 Saudi Arabian protests
• Hasan Mushaima, Bahraini political activist
• Nabeel Rajab, Bahraini human rights activist
• Abdulwahid AlAbduljabbar, Saudi political activist

Rebels

• Abu al-Bahlul al-Awwam, member of the Abdul Qays tribe who deposed the Qarmatians in Bahrain
• Sayyid Shubar al-Sitri, attempted a coup d'état in 1895, however it failed due to lack of support from Shi'a clerics
• Abdullah bin Ali Al Uyuni, rebel against the Qarmatians in the Overthrowing of the Qarmatians

Religious figures

Sports

• Ismael Abdullatif, Bahraini football player
• Sayed Mohamed Adnan, Bahraini football player
• Hamad Al Fardan, Bahraini racing driver
• Tareq Al-Farsani, Bahraini bodybuilder
• Husain Ali, Bahraini football player
• Hussein Taher Al-Sabee, Saudi long jumper
• Hussein Al-Sadiq, Bahraini football player
• Jamal Al-Saffar, Saudi sprinter
• Abbas Ayyad, Bahraini football player
• A'ala Hubail, Bahraini football player
• Mohamed Hubail, Bahraini football player
• Sayed Mohammed Jaffer, Bahraini football player
• Abbas Ahmed Khamis, Bahraini football player
• Hussain Salman, Bahraini football player

Others

• Tekken Master (Sayed Hashem Ahmed), professional esports player

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