The following is a list of Kuwaitis (in order by occupation, and alphabetical order by last name), includes people of various genres, who are notable and are either born in Kuwait, of Kuwaiti descent or who produce works that are primarily about Kuwait.
Ruling family
House of Al Sabah
Abdullah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah
Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah — former Emir of Kuwait
Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah
Mubarak Al-Sabah
Muhammad I Al Sabah
Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah
Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah
Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah — former Emir of Kuwait
Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah
Sabah I bin Jaber — born c. 1700, first ruler of Kuwait
Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah — former Emir of Kuwait
Sabah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah
Salem Al-Ali A-Sabah
Salem Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah
Salim Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah
Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah — 17th Emir of Kuwait
Politics
Alaa Hussein Ali
Ahmed Al-Sadoun
Rola Dashti
Massouma al-Mubarak
Bader Al-Nashi
Ahmed al-Rubei
Nabil Al Fadl
Members of the National Assembly
Mohammed Faleh Al-Ajmi
Hussain al-Qallaf
Rija Hujailan Al-Mutairi
Mohammed Hayef Al-Mutairi
Adnan Zahid Abdulsamad
Musallam Al-Barrak
Daifallah Bouramiya
Marzouq Al-Ghanim
Safa Al Hashem
Mohammed Al-Abduljader
Saleh Ashour
Abdulwahed Al-Awadhi
Aseel al-Awadhi
Abdulatif Al-Ameeri
Adel Al-Saraawi
Businesspeople
Abdullah Saleh Al Mulla — Politician and founder of Al-Mulla Group
Jassem Al Kharafi — Billionaire heir and politician
Nasser Al Kharafi — Former Chairman and President of M. A. Kharafi & Sons
Abdullah Abdul Latif Al Othman — Businessman and philanthropist
Fahad AlSharekh
Yousuf Saleh Alyan — Founder and former editor-in-chief of Kuwait Times
Fahed Boodai — Chairman and co-founder of Gatehouse Financial Group
Fawaz Al Hasawi — Former owner of Nottingham Forest F.C.
Maha Al Ghunaim — Co-founder of Global Investment House (GIH)
Souad Al Humaidhi — Businesswoman
Saad Bin Tefla — Businessman and politician
Bader Nasser Al Kharafi — Vice Chairman and CEO, Zain Group
Mohammad Al Duaij — CEO, Alea Global Group
Nejoud Boodai — Fashion designer and businesswoman
H.H. Ouwair bin Zuwair - Sheikh Buty Sheikh
Sports
Fehaid Al Deehani
Ali Mohamed Al-Zinkawi — Hammer thrower
Mohammed al Ghareeb — Tennis player
Zed Al Refai (Zeddy) — Climber
Soccer players
Faisal Al-Dakhil
Mohammed Ibrahem
Ahmed Al-Tarabilsi
Fayez Bandar
Fathi Kamel
Nawaf Al-Mutairi
Fahad Al-Rashidi
Fawzi Al Shammari
Nohair Al-Shammari
Khaled Khalaf
Abdullah Al-Buloushi
Abdulaziz Al-Anberi
Jamal Mubarak
Jassem Al Houwaidi
Bader Al-Mutwa
Musaed Neda
Jasem Yacob
Wael Sulaiman Al-Habashi
Ahmad Ajab
Nawaf Mohammad Al-Otaibi
Arts and entertainment
Chelsea Abdullah — Novelist
Abdallah Al Rowaished — Singer
Bashar Al Shatty — Singer, musician, actor
Amal Al-Awadhi — actress and TV presenter
Thuraya Al-Baqsami — Artist and writer
Mojeb al-Dousari
Khalifa Alqattan — Artist
Shemayel — Retired singer
Iqbal al-Gharaballi — Novelist
Nawal El Kuwaiti — Singer
Zaid Al-Harb — Poet
Ema Shah — Singer, musician, actress and dancer
Hayat Al-Fahad — Actress, broadcaster, writer and producer