Shaher Abdulhak founder Shaher Trading, "King of Sugar" (born in Egypt)
Muhammad Said al-Attar politician
Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas former prime minister
Abdullah Al-Baradouni writer, poet
Shoshana Damari singer
Sharifa Fatima zaydi chief
Abu Muhammad al-Hasan al-Hamdani geographer, historian, poet
Harbi al-Himyari scholar, teacher
Wahiba Fara'a first Yemen female cabinet minister
Ahmed Fathi musician
Muhammad al-Gharsi poet
Isra Girgrah boxer
Yahya Muhammad Hamidaddin imam
Nashwan Al-Harazi gymnast
Ali Nasir Muhammad al-Hasani former prime minister
Nethanel ben Isaiah rabbi, Biblical commentator
Edward "Eddie" Izzard comedian, actor
Shayef al-Khaledi poet
Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden investor, patriarch of bin Laden family
Rabiah ibn Mudhar king of Himayar (now Yemen)
Yusuf Dhu Nuwas last king of Himyarite kingdom
Ali Abdullah Saleh first president Republic of Yemen
Abdullah as-Sallal first president Yemen Arab Republic
Arwa al-Sulayhi ruler
Ayoob Tarish singer
Abdul Majeed al-Zindani academic, politician