24.6533° N, 46.7048° E
RIYADH
Most Famous People Born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Notable people
- 314
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1971
- Most distinctive
- Principe 405.5×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Riyadh during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Riyadh Is Known For
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Football is Riyadh's biggest profession — 30% of all notables (94).
Riyadh over-indexes on principe — 405.5× the global rate.
Riyadh under-produces actor — only 0.7× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Riyadh's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Sports
- Politics & Law
- Royalty
- Business
- Film & TV
- Writing
- Other
Osama bin Laden
1957 - 2011
Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab
1703 - 1792
Ibn Saud
1876 - 1953
Faisal of Saudi Arabia
1906 - 1975
Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
1924 - 2015
Fahd of Saudi Arabia
1921 - 2005
Khalid of Saudi Arabia
1913 - 1982
Salman of Saudi Arabia
Born 1935
Saad Hariri
Born 1970
Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
1930 - 2011
Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz
1912 - 1999
Sultan bin Salman Al Saud
Born 1956
Al-A'sha
570 - 629
Walid Atta
Born 1986
Salem Al-Dawsari
Born 1991
Sami Al-Jaber
Born 1972
Yasser Al-Shahrani
Born 1992
Taisir Al-Jassim
Born 1984
Reem Abdullah
Born 1987
Nawaf Al Abed
Born 1990
Saad Al-Harthi
Born 1984
Muhammad bin Saud
1692 - 1765
Abdullah Otayf
Born 1992
Mohammad bin Salman
Born 1985
Alaa Wardi
Born 1987
Mohammed Hasan Alwan
Born 1979
Rajaa al-Sanea
Born 1981
Saeed Al-Owairan
Born 1967
Fuad Anwar Amin
Born 1972
Khaled Aziz
Born 1981
Ibrahim Al-Harbi
Born 1975
Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Al ash-Sheikh
1893 - 1969
Hassan Abdel-Fattah
Born 1982
Abdullah Al-Mayouf
Born 1987
Mohamed Abdulrahman
Born 1989
Waleed Abdullah
Born 1986
Ahmed Dokhi
Born 1976
Khamis Al-Dosari
1973 - 2020
Abdul-Aziz ibn Abdullah Al ash-Sheikh
Born 1943
Abdul-Aziz bin Muhammad
1720 - 1803
Nawaf Al-Temyat
Born 1976
Ali Al-Bulaihi
Born 1989
Abdullah Al-Enezi
Born 1990
Yousuf Al-Thunayan
Born 1963
Ameera al-Taweel
Born 1983
Turki II bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
1934 - 2016
Mohaisen Al-Jam'an
Born 1966
Faisal bin Fahd
1945 - 1999
Abdulmalek Al-Khaibri
Born 1986
Khalid Al Temawi
Born 1969
Michael Mmoh
Born 1998
Saud Al-Shuraim
Born 1964
Mabrouk Zaid
Born 1979
Ahmed Otaif
Born 1983
Abdullah Al-Zori
Born 1987
Abdoh Otaif
Born 1984
Saleh Al-Dawod
Born 1968
Mohammed Salem Al-Enazi
Born 1976
Khaled Al-Eid
Born 1969
Basmah bint Saud Al Saud
Born 1964
Abu Zubaydah
Born 1971
Saud bin Abdul-Aziz bin Muhammad bin Saud
1748 - 1814
Kamal Bahamdan
Born 1970
Faisal bin Musaid
1944 - 1975
Yazeed Al-Rajhi
Born 1981
Amiri Kurdi
Born 1991
Amr Salama
Born 1981
Nasser Al-Johar
Born 1943
Maureen Wroblewitz
Born 1998
Reema bint Bandar Al Saud
-
Abdulmajeed Al-Sulayhem
Born 1994
Mohammad Al-Anbar
Born 1985
Ali Al-Nemer
Born 1991
Majdi Siddiq
Born 1985
Mohammed Al-Kharashy
Born 1956
Ramzy Al-Duhami
Born 1972
Muqrin bin Abdulaziz
Born 1945
Ahmed bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Born 1942
Yousef Al-Mohaimeed
Born 1964
Hussa bint Ahmed Al Sudairi
1900 - 1969
Satam al-Suqami
1976 - 2001
Abdul Rahman bin Faisal
1850 - 1928
Abdullah bin Musa'ad bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Born 1965
Mutaib bin Abdullah
Born 1952
Abdul-Rahman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
1931 - 2017
Yahya Dagriri
Born 1991
Samer Ismail
Born 1985
Sattam bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
1941 - 2013
Mutaib bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
1931 - 2019
Abdullah bin Saud
Died 1818
Abdul Majeed bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
1942 - 2007
Yassin Barnawi
Born 1993
Khalid Sharahili
Born 1987
Khalil Al Ghamdi
Born 1970
Saad bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
1915 - 1993
Turki bin Abdullah bin Muhammad
1755 - 1834
Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Born 1988
Abdullah bin Faisal Al Saud
1921 - 2007
Saad bin Laden
1979 - 2009
Ahmed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
1958 - 2002
Nasser Al Qasabi
Born 1961
Sabine (musician)
Born 1988
Rania al-Baz
Born 1975
Saleh bin Abdul-Aziz Al ash-Sheikh
Born 1959
Dina Shihabi
Born 1989
Abdullah ibn Muhammad Al ash-Sheikh
Born 1948
Hathloul bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
1942 - 2012
Said Ali al-Shihri
1973 - 2013
Mashhur bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Born 1942
Faisal bin Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Born 1954
Waad Mohammed
Born 1999
Sultan Al-Bishi
Born 1990
Turki Aldakhil
Born 1973
Adil al-Kalbani
Born 1959
Fahad Hamad
Born 1989
Faisal bin Turki I bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
1918 - 1968
Seeta bint Abdulaziz Al Saud
1930 - 2011
Salman bin Abdulaziz bin Salman Al Saud
Born 1980
Mundhir Qabbānī
Born 1970
Abdulaziz Othman Al-Twaijri
Born 1950
Fahad Al-Musaibeah
Born 1961
Azad Al-Barazi
Born 1988
Fahad bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
1923 - 2006
Ghaith Pharaon
1940 - 2017
Saud al-Qahtani
Born 1978
Shaye Ali Sharahili
Born 1990
Feras Bugnah
Born 1987
Mishaal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
1926 - 2017
Tawfiq Al Rabiah
-
Abdul Rahman Al-Zaid
Born 1959
Muhammad bin Fahd Al Saud
Born 1950
Saqer Otaif
Born 1990
Khalid A. Al-Falih
Born 1960
Abdulaziz bin Mohammed bin Ayyaf Al Muqrin
Born 1958
Fahad Al-Mirdasi
Born 1985
Majid bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
1938 - 2003
Nawwaf bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
1932 - 2015
Tariq Ahmed Al-Amri
Born 1990
Omer Al Mehannah
Born 1959
Nasser bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
1911 - 1984
Abdulaziz bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Born 1963
Hind Mohammed
Born 1981
Samir Khan
1985 - 2011
Saud bin Nayef Al Saud
Born 1956
Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Saud
Born 1983
Abdul Aziz bin Fahd
Born 1973
Badr bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
1932 - 2013
Musa'id bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
1923 - 2013
Turki bin Mohamed bin Fahd Al Saud
Born 1979
Mosaab Al-Otaibi
Born 1992
Bandar bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
1923 - 2019
Saud bin Abdulaziz bin Nasser Al Saud
Born 1977
Mansour bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
1921 - 1951
Turki bin Salman Al Saud
Born 1987
Bandar bin Khalid Al Saud
Born 1965
Ibrahim al-Asiri
1982 - 2017
Fahd bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
1955 - 2001
Turki bin Nasser Al Saud
Born 1948
Khaled bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud
Born 1962
Saud bin Faisal bin Turki
Died 1875
Saud ibn Muhammad ibn Muqrin
1640 - 1725
Abdul Elah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Born 1939
Abdulaziz Al-Jebreen
Born 1990
Faisal bin Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Saud
Born 1950
Mansour bin Muqrin
1974 - 2017
Mansor Joher
Born 1995
Abdul Muhsin bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
1925 - 1985
Fahd bin Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Saud
Born 1941
Khalid bin Bandar Al Saud
Born 1951
Noura bint Abdul Rahman Al Saud
1875 - 1950
Saleh Al-Qumaizi
Born 1991
Khalid bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Born 1950
Mohammed bin Nawwaf bin Abdulaziz
Born 1953
Rayan Al-Boqami
Born 1992
Sayaf Al-Bishi
Born 1980
Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud
Born 1971
Mamdouh bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Born 1940
Abdullah Al-Sobeai
Born 1993
Abdul Rahman bin Saud Al Saud
1946 - 2004
Muhammad bin Abdul-Rahman
1882 - 1943
Saud bin Abdul Muhsin Al Saud
Born 1947
Khalid Abdulrahman
Born 1965
Mishari bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
1932 - 2000
Mishaal bin Abdullah Al Saud
Born 1971
Lina Lazaar
Born 1983
Fahd bin Sultan Al Saud
Born 1950
Waleed bin Ibrahim Al Ibrahim
-
Hamoud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
1947 - 1994
Thamir bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
1937 - 1958
Mishaal bin Saud Al Saud
Born 1947
Abdullah Al-Ammar
Born 1994
Sultan bin Mohammed bin Saud Al Kabeer
Born 1954
Saeed Al-Dossari
Born 1990
Abdulaziz bin Ahmed Al Saud
Born 1963
Hasan Ghoneim
Born 1982
Awwad Alawwad
Born 1972
Mishaal bin Majid
Born 1957
Waleed Al-Enezi
Born 1994
Bandar bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
1926 - 2016
Turki bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud
Born 1968
Abdurahman Khairallah
Born 1996
Abdallah bin Muhammad bin Saud
1725 - 1812
Ahmed Al-Swaileh
Born 1986
Bader bin Saud bin Mohammed Al Saud
Born 1969
Mishari bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Born 1954
Sultan bin Turki II bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Born 1968
Sanad Sharahili
Born 1986
Mahmod Hejazi
Born 1984
Faisal bin Fahd bin Abdullah Al Saud
-
Abdul Al-Rozan
Born 1966
Muhammad bin Saad Al Saud
Born 1944
Fahda bint Saud Al Saud
Born 1953
Mutaeb Sharahili
Born 1992
Turki Sufyani
Born 1992
Faisal bin Mishaal bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Born 1959
Ayman Ftayni
Born 1994
Hisham Fageeh
Born 1987
Mohammed Awaji
Born 1994
Faisal bin Turki bin Nasser
Born 1973
Mohammad Al-Ali
1949 - 2002
Salman bin Sa'ud Al Sa'ud
Born 1953
Nayef bin Mamdouh bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Born 1971
Jamaan Al-Dossari (footballer, born 1987)
Born 1987
Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Rabeeah
Born 1954
Bader Al-Shahrani
Born 1989
Ali al-Khudair
Born 1954
Habib Al-Habib
Born 1976
Ahmed Al-Jahawi
Born 1979
Hassan Raghfawi
Born 1995
Saud bin Fahd Al Saud
Born 1950
Mohammed Al-Assa
Born 1971
Abdullah al-Asiri
1986 - 2009
Yussef al-Shihri
1985 - 2009
Ali al-Faraj
Born 1969
Vipa Bernhardt
Born 1982
Muhammad bin Abdul Karim Issa
Born 1965
Nasir al-Fahd
Born 1969
Talal Qureshi
-
Qusai (musician)
Born 1978
Riyadh Sharahili
Born 1993
Ali Komaikh
Born 1960
Ferit Cömert
Born 1983
Khalid Batarfi
Born 1978
Simon Bairu
Born 1983
Umaima al-Khamis
Born 1966
Mohammed Al-Shahrani (footballer, born 1982)
Born 1982
Saleh Nu'eimeh
Born 1959
Abou El Leef
Born 1968
Khalid Al-Shenaif
Born 1973
Mesfer Al-Qahtani
Born 1984
Sultan Al-Bargan
1983 - 2018
Ahd Kamel
Born 1987
Mazen Gamal
Born 1986
Saud Al Kabeer bin Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Faisal Al Saud
1878 - 1959
Abdelrahman ben Mohammed ben Ayyaf Al Mouqrin
Born 1961
Fawziyya Abu Khalid
Born 1955
Musa'id bin Sa'ud Al Sa'ud
1927 - 2012
Rabee Sufyani
Born 1987
Faisal bin Khalid bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Born 1973
Abdullah Al-Jumah
Born 1987
Abdulmohsen Assiri
Born 1990
Abdullah Al-Shammeri
Born 1991
Nahar The Mask
Born 1986
Sara Abdel Gawad
Born 1982
Hind Hariri
Born 1984
Faysal bin Sa'ud Al Sa'ud
1926 - 2012
Heba Abdel Gawad
Born 1982
Bader Al-Muhana
Born 1985
Fahed Al-Mofarij
Born 1978
Saleh Fouzan
Born 1956
Saif al-Islam bin Sa'ud Al Sa'ud
Born 1956
Amy Roko
Born 1992
Majid bin Sa'ud Al Sa'ud
1929 - 1969
Mansur bin Sa'ud Al Sa'ud
Born 1941
Hussam bin Abdulmohsen Alangari
Born 1966
Saeed Al-Mutairi
Born 1968
Issa Al-Ghaith
Born 1972
Faisal Al-Essa
Born 1982
Rashad Murad
Born 1970
Abd al-Majid bin Sa'ud Al Sa'ud
1943 - 1991
Abd al-Ilah bin Sa'ud Al Sa'ud
Born 1941
Sattam bin Sa'ud Al Sa'ud
Born 1954
Abdul Malik bin Sa'ud Al Sa'ud
1953 - 2005
Said Abdu
Born 1986
Sultan bin Turki Al Sedairy
Born 1955
Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Bishr
Born 1955
Firas Al-Buraikan
Born 2000
Abdulellah Al-Nassar
Born 1992
Yousef Algafari
Born 1972
Naser Al-Halawi
Born 1979
Mohamed Atiq Awayd Al Harbi
Born 1973
Abdulaziz Al-Dhiyabi
Born 1992
Skinny (rapper)
Born 1988
Asim Thahit Abdullah al Khalaqi
1968 - 2015
Bianca Elmir
Born 1981
Sultan Asiri
Born 1987
Ahmed Alhatti
Born 1968
Abduaziz al Hussan
Born 1981
Rhys Norrington-Davies
Born 1999
Sara bint Abdulaziz Al Saud
1916 - 2002