This is a list of prominent Emirati people who are United Arab Emirates nationals.

Royal families

Al Nahyan family (Al Nahyan royal family – Abu Dhabi)

  • Sheikh Mohammad bin Zayed Al Nahyan – Ra'is (President) of UAE, Ruler of Abu Dhabi and Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces
  • The Late Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan – Second Ra'is (President) of UAE and former Ruler of Abu Dhabi
  • Sheikh Sultan bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan – President's Representative
  • Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan – Ruler's Representative in the Western Region of Abu Dhabi
  • Sheikh Hamdan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan – Minister of Higher Education and Research Of Science
  • Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan – Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs
  • Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan – Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • The Late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan – founding father of the United Arab Emirates and first Ra'is (President)
  • Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Al Ketbi – referred to as the Mother of the United Arab Emirates

Al Maktoum royal family – Dubai

  • The Late Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum – Second Prime Minister of the UAE and founder of modern Dubai
  • The Late Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum – First Prime Minister of the UAE
  • Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum – Vice President & Prime Minister of UAE; Ruler of Dubai
  • The Late Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum – Minister of Finance & Industry
  • Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum – Crown Prince of Dubai, & Chairman of Dubai Executive Council

Al-Qasimi royal family – Sharjah

  • Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi – Ruler of Sharjah
  • Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi – Minister of Foreign Trade

Al-Qasimi royal family – Ras al-Khaimah

  • Sheikh Saud bin Saqr al Qasimi – Ruler of RAK

Al Nuaimi royal family – Ajman

  • Sheikh Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi III – Ruler of Ajman
  • Sheikh Ammar bin Humaid Al Nuaimi – Crown Prince of Ajman
  • Sheikh Rashid Bin Humaid Al Nuaimi IV

Al Sharqi royal family – Fujairah

  • Sheikh Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi – Ruler of Fujairah
  • Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi – Crown Prince of Fujairah

Al-Mualla royal family – Umm Al Quwain

  • Sheikh Saud bin Rashid Al Mualla – Ruler of Umm Al Quwain
  • Sheikh Rashid bin Saud bin Rashid Al Mualla – Crown Prince of Umm Al Quwain

Council of Ministers

  • Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum – Minister of Finance
  • Lt-General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan – Minister of Interior
  • Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan – Minister of Presidential Affairs
  • Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan – Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan – Minister of Tolerance
  • Rashid Ahmad Muhammad Bin Fahad – Minister of Environment and Water
  • Reem Al Hashimi – Minister of State and managing director for the Dubai World Expo 2020 Bid Committee
  • Mohammed Al Gergawi – Minister of Cabinet Affairs in the Federal Government of the United Arab Emirates
  • Noura Al Kaabi – Minister of Culture and Knowledge Development and former member of the Federal National Council (15th and 16th Legislative Terms)

Other Federal Government Officials

  • Lubna Khalid Al Qasimi – former Minister and former Speaker of the Federal National Council
  • Hawaa Saaed Al Thahak Al Mansoori – Member of the Federal National Council
  • Jouan Salem Al Dhaheri – Secretary-General and Member of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC)
  • Khalifa Shaheen Al Marar – Minister of State and former United Arab Emirates Ambassador to Iran
  • Saeed Khalifa Humeid Al Rumaithi – former secretary of the Ministry of Labor in Abu Dhabi

Businessmen

  • Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum – CEO of the airline Emirates
  • Hussain Sajwani – CEO, Damac (real estate)
  • Ahmad Ali Al Sayegh – CEO, Dolphin Energy Limited (UAE)
  • Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair – banker, chairman, MashreqBank, former president of the Federal National Council, prominent businessman and among Forbes List of Billionaires
  • Majid Al Futtaim – Majid Al Futtaim & Co, prominent billionaire businessman
  • Mohammed bin Ali Al Abbar – chairman, Emaar and director, Dubai Economic Department
  • Saif Ahmad Al Ghurair – UAE, Al-Ghurair Group CEO
  • Suhail Galadari – UAE, Director, Khaleej Times
  • Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem – chairman and CEO of DP World
  • Mohammad Al Gaz – chairman, United Arab Agencies
  • Mohamed Juma Al Shamisi – CEO, Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC)
  • Juma al Majid – businessman – CEO and founder of Juma al majid holding groups
  • Issa bin Zayed Al Nahyan – businessman and relative of the royal family
  • Abdulraheem Al Masaood - son of Mahmoud Al Masaood; businessman and relative of the royal family prominent billionaire businessman resides in Canada

Businesswomen

  • Amina Al Rustamani – chief executive officer of AWR Properties, director and board member of the family-owned AW Rostamani Group
  • Hend Faisal Al Qassemi – businesswoman, author and journalist
  • Muna Al Gurg – Managing director of Retail at Easa Saleh Al Gurg Group
  • Her Excellency Dr. Shaikha Ali Salem Al Maskari – Chairperson of Al Maskari Holding (AMH), Emirates & Al Maskari Holdings, and Tricon Energy Operations

Medicine

  • Dr. Ali Al Numairy – first Emirati plastic surgeon
  • Dr. Moza Sultan Al Kaabi – first Emirati woman orthopedic surgeon.

Astronauts

  • Hazza Al Mansouri – first Emirati in space and first Arab to board the International Space Station
  • Sultan Al Neyadi – second of the two first Emirati astronauts
  • Nora Al Matrooshi – second group of astronauts.
  • Mohammad Al Mulla – second group of astronauts.

Arts and entertainment

  • Amal Al-Agroobi – famous Emirati film director
  • Abdul Qader Al Raes – famous Emirati painter
  • Ousha the Poet – famous Nabati poet
  • Mehad Hamad
  • Najat Makki
  • Wafa Hasher Al Maktoum
  • Mohammed Kazem
  • Hussain Sharif
  • Ebtisam Abdulaziz
  • Abdullah Al Saadi
  • Mohammed Ahmed Ibrahim
  • Mattar Bin Lahej
  • Moosa Al Halyan
  • Abdulraheem Salim
  • Ihab Darwish – famous Emirati composer and founder of Emirati Musicians' Association

Innovations

  • Reem Al Marzouqi

Sports

Cricketers

  • Ali Asad Abbas
  • Arshad Ali
  • Asghar Ali
  • Asim Saeed
  • Mohammad Aslam (UAE cricketer)
  • Shaukat Dukanwala
  • Fahad Usman
  • Mazhar Hussain
  • Kashif Ahmed
  • Khurram Khan
  • Arshad Laeeq
  • Rizwan Latif
  • Ganesh Mylvaganam
  • Naeemuddin
  • Riaz Poonawala
  • Suhail Galadari
  • Abdul Rehman (UAE cricketer)
  • Azhar Saeed
  • Saeed-Al-Saffar
  • Johanne Samarasekera
  • Sameer Zia
  • Shehzad Altaf
  • Sohail Butt
  • Syed Maqsood
  • Sultan Zarawani

ODI cricketers

  • Imtiaz Abbasi
  • Ali Asad Abbas
  • Arshad Ali
  • Asghar Ali
  • Asim Saeed
  • Mohammad Aslam (UAE cricketer)
  • Shaukat Dukanwala
  • Fahad Usman
  • Mazhar Hussain
  • Khurram Khan
  • Arshad Laeeq
  • Rizwan Latif
  • Mohammad Ishaq
  • Ganesh Mylvaganam
  • Naeemuddin
  • Riaz Poonawala
  • Ramveer Rai
  • Saleem Raza (cricketer)
  • Abdul Rehman (UAE cricketer)
  • Azhar Saeed
  • Saeed-Al-Saffar
  • Johanne Samarasekera
  • Sameer Zia
  • Shehzad Altaf
  • Sohail Butt
  • Syed Maqsood
  • Mohammad Tauqeer
  • Sultan Zarawani

Bowlers

  • Rizwan Latif
  • Sameer Zia
  • Syed Maqsood

Footballers

  • Abdulrahman Al-Haddad
  • Álvaro de Oliveira
  • Adli Mohamed
  • Adel Al-Hosani
  • Adel Mohammed
  • Adnan Al-Talyani
  • Ahmed Al-Attas
  • Ahmed Barman
  • Ahmed Khalil
  • Ala Zhir
  • Ali Al-Saadi
  • Ali Al-Wehaibi
  • Ali Khasif
  • Ali Mabkhout
  • Ali Saleh
  • Ali Thani Jumaa
  • Amer Abdulrahman
  • Abdullah Al-Naqbi
  • Abdullah Musa
  • Abdullah Ramadan
  • Abdulqadir Hassan
  • Abdullah Suhail
  • Abdulrahman Ibrahim
  • Abdulrahman Saleh
  • Abdulaziz Mohamed
  • Abdulla Hamad
  • Abdulla Idrees
  • Bader Nasser
  • Bandar Al-Ahbabi
  • Bruno
  • Bakheet Saad Mubarak
  • Caio Canedo
  • Caio Lucas
  • Cartabia
  • Erik
  • Fahad Badr
  • Fábio Lima
  • Faris Khalil
  • Fahad Al-Dhanhani
  • Faisal Khalil
  • Fares Jumaa
  • Fahad Abdulrahman
  • Fahad Khamees
  • Gastón Suárez
  • Gustavo Alemão
  • Habib Al Fardan
  • Hamad Al-Balooshi
  • Hamad Al-Meqbaali
  • Hamdan Al-Kamali
  • Hassan Mubarak
  • Harib Abdalla
  • Hussain Ghuloum
  • Ismail Ahmed
  • Ismail Al Hammadi
  • Isam Faiz
  • Ismail Rashid Ismail
  • Ismail Matar
  • Ibrahim Meer
  • Juma Rashed
  • Jassim Yaqoob
  • Junior Ndiaye
  • Jonatas Santos
  • Khaled Ibrahim
  • Khalid Al-Baloushi
  • Khalid Eisa
  • Khalid Al-Hashemi
  • Khalifa Al Hammadi
  • Khalfan Al-Shamsi
  • Khaled Ibrahim
  • Khaled Tawhid
  • Khalil Ibrahim (footballer)
  • Kouame Autonne
  • Luanzinho
  • Lithierry Silva
  • Hassan Mohamed (footballer)
  • Hassan Mohammed (footballer)
  • Mahmoud Khamees
  • Majed Hassan
  • Majed Naser
  • Majid Rashid
  • Mackenzie Hunt
  • Mansoor Al-Menhali
  • Marcus Meloni
  • Matías Palacios
  • Mohammed Abdulbasit
  • Mohamed Omer
  • Mohamed Al-Shamsi
  • Mohamed Awadh-Allah
  • Mohammed Abbas
  • Mohammed Abdulrahman
  • Mohammed Al-Attas
  • Mohammed Al-Menhali
  • Mohammed Jumaa
  • Mohammed Marzooq
  • Mohammed Rabii
  • Munther Ali Abdullah
  • Nasser Khamis
  • Nicolás Giménez
  • Omar Abdulrahman
  • Rashed Ahmed
  • Richard Akonnor
  • Rúben Canedo
  • Saeed Al-Kathiri
  • Saeed Juma
  • Salim Saleh
  • Saile Souza
  • Saša Ivković
  • Sebastián Tagliabúe
  • Shahin Abdulrahman
  • Solomon Sosu
  • Sultan Adil
  • Sultan Al-Shamsi
  • Tahnoon Al-Zaabi
  • Yahya Al Ghassani
  • Yahya Nader
  • Yousif Jaber
  • Yousif Al-Zaabi
  • Yousuf Hussain
  • Zayed Al-Ameri
  • Zayed Sultan
  • Zuhair Bakheet
  • Eissa Meer
  • Mubarak Ghanim
  • Sultan Al-Mantheri
  • Yuri Cesar
  • Mohammed Bu Sanda
  • Abdullah Ali Sultan

Rally drivers

  • Khalid Al Qassimi
  • Mohammed Ben Sulayem

Sport shooters

  • Ahmad Mohammad Hasher Al Maktoum – Saeed Mansoor Al Abdulla

Other

  • Sheikh Ahmad Mohammad Hasher Al Maktoum – ace-shooter and Olympic medalist
  • Sheikha Maitha bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum – karate and taekwondo practitioner
  • Elham Al Qasimi – first Arab woman to reach the North Pole
  • Sergiu Toma – Judoka and Olympic medalist
  • Hamda Taryam Al Shamsi- Professional drag racer, Philanthropist and Businesswoman
  • Khamzat Chimaev — professional mixed martial artist and freestyle wrestler

Politics

  • Ahmad Al Tayer
  • Ali bin Abdulla Al Kaabi
  • Saeed Mohammad Al Gandi
  • Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
  • Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum
  • Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
  • Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum
  • Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan
  • Mohammad bin Zayed Al Nahyan
  • Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan
  • Lubna Khalid Al Qasimi
  • Rashid ibn Abdullah Al Nuaimi
  • Shakhbut Bin-Sultan Al Nahyan
  • Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan
  • Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan
  • Sultan bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
  • Ahmed bin Mahmoud Al Blooshi
  • Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansoori
  • Anwar Gargash

Writers

See also

  • Emiratis
  • United Arab Emirates

References