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RIYADH

Most Famous People Born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Notable people: 314
Peak decade: 1980s
Median birth year: 1971
Most distinctive: Principe 405.5×

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Riyadh during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1980s with 74 notable births.

What Riyadh Is Known For

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Biggest Most distinctive Under-indexed

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.

Actor110.7×

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.

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Salman of Saudi Arabia

Born 1935

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Saad Hariri

Born 1970

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Mohammad bin Salman

Born 1985

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0046 POLITICIAN

Turki II bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

1934 - 2016

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0048 POLITICIAN

Faisal bin Fahd

1945 - 1999

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0078 POLITICIAN

Ahmed bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

Born 1942

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0084 POLITICIAN

Mutaib bin Abdullah

Born 1952

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0085 POLITICIAN

Abdul-Rahman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

1931 - 2017

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0088 POLITICIAN

Sattam bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

1941 - 2013

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0095 POLITICIAN

Saad bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

1915 - 1993

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Abdullah ibn Muhammad Al ash-Sheikh

Born 1948

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Faisal bin Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

Born 1954

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Faisal bin Turki I bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

1918 - 1968

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Fahad bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

1923 - 2006

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0128 POLITICIAN

Mishaal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

1926 - 2017

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0134 POLITICIAN

Abdulaziz bin Mohammed bin Ayyaf Al Muqrin

Born 1958

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0136 POLITICIAN

Majid bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

1938 - 2003

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Nawwaf bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

1932 - 2015

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Nasser bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

1911 - 1984

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0141 POLITICIAN

Abdulaziz bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

Born 1963

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0144 POLITICIAN

Saud bin Nayef Al Saud

Born 1956

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0146 POLITICIAN

Abdul Aziz bin Fahd

Born 1973

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0147 POLITICIAN

Badr bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

1932 - 2013

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0157 POLITICIAN

Fahd bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

1955 - 2001

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0162 POLITICIAN

Abdul Elah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

Born 1939

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Mansour bin Muqrin

1974 - 2017

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0167 POLITICIAN

Abdul Muhsin bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

1925 - 1985

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0168 POLITICIAN

Fahd bin Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Saud

Born 1941

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0169 POLITICIAN

Khalid bin Bandar Al Saud

Born 1951

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0172 POLITICIAN

Khalid bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

Born 1950

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0176 POLITICIAN

Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud

Born 1971

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0177 POLITICIAN

Mamdouh bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

Born 1940

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0180 POLITICIAN

Muhammad bin Abdul-Rahman

1882 - 1943

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0184 POLITICIAN

Mishaal bin Abdullah Al Saud

Born 1971

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0190 POLITICIAN

Mishaal bin Saud Al Saud

Born 1947

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0197 POLITICIAN

Mishaal bin Majid

Born 1957

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Mishari bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

Born 1954

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0211 POLITICIAN

Muhammad bin Saad Al Saud

Born 1944

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0215 POLITICIAN

Faisal bin Mishaal bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

Born 1959

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0219 POLITICIAN

Faisal bin Turki bin Nasser

Born 1973

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0236 POLITICIAN

Muhammad bin Abdul Karim Issa

Born 1965

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Khalid Batarfi

Born 1978

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Musa'id bin Sa'ud Al Sa'ud

1927 - 2012

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Abd al-Ilah bin Sa'ud Al Sa'ud

Born 1941

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Said Abdu

Born 1986

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