Bahrainis are better off than many other Arabs. We have a welfare state, everybody gets a salary whether they have a job or not. Electricity and food are subsidized; school and healthcare are free. And we don't differentiate between Bahrainis and foreigners. We are very proud of that.
| Conrad Aiken, Author (1889) |
| Al Alvarez, Poet (1929) |
| David Baldacci, Novelist (1960) |
| Bruce Barton, Author (1886) |
| Rick Derringer, Musician (1947) |
| Patrick Ewing, Athlete (1962) |
| Lorrie Fair, Athlete (1978) |
| Friedrich Engels, Philosopher (1895) |
| Josh Ryan Evans, Actor (2002) |
| Millicent Fawcett, Activist (1929) |
| Marilyn Monroe, Actress (1962) |

