The following is a list of notable East Timorese people:

• Marí Alkatiri
• Maria Domingas Alves (born 1959), women's rights activist
• Francisco Xavier do Amaral
• Norberto Do Amaral
• Aliança de Araújo (born 1952), politician
• Aicha Bassarewan, politician
• Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo
• Madalena Boavida, politician
• Rosa Bonaparte (born 1975), politician and women's rights activist
• Maria Ângela Carrascalão (born 1951), writer and former minister
• Avelino Coelho
• Ilda Conceição (born 1957), politician
• Rosária Corte-Real, politician and former minister
• Maria de Lourdes Martins Cruz (born 1962), Roman Catholic missionary
• Alberto Ricardo da Silva
• Fernando de Araújo
• Rosa Garcia, journalist
• Xanana Gusmão
• Eurico Guterres
• Francisco Guterres
• Hamis Hatta^[1]
• Nicolau dos Reis Lobato
• Martinho da Costa Lopes
• Manuel Magalhaes de Oliveira, resistance leader
• Olinda Morais (born 1951), politician
• Basilio do Nascimento
• Anna Pessoa Pinto (born 1956), politician
• José Ramos-Horta
• Alfredo Reinado
• Taur Matan Ruak
• Kirsty Sword Gusmão (born 1966), first lady
• Fernando Sylvan
• Gil da Cruz Trindade
• Maria Terezinha Viegas (born 1964), politician
• Aurora Ximenes (born 1955), politician