This is a list of Bruneians, people who are identified with Brunei through residential, legal, historical or cultural means, grouped by their area of notability.
Academicians
- Jamil Al-Sufri, historian and writer
- Othman Bidin, teacher
- Abdul Mokti Nasar, Muslim scholar
- Pengiran Shariffuddin, historian and museum director
- Zohrah Sulaiman, ichthyologist and professor
- Basir Taha, teacher and welfare officer
- Rozan Yunos, historian and writer
- Husain Yusof, teacher
Architects
Artists
Businesspeople
- Prince Abdul Fattaah of Brunei
- Musa Adnin
- Abdul Hapidz
- Abdullah Mahmoud Al-Hashimi
- Ahmad Morshidi
- Anisha Rosnah
- Goh King Chin
- Hong Kok Tin
- Mohamad Shuif Hussain
- Lau Ah Kok
- Lau How Teck
- Mary Lim
- Lim Cheng Choo
- Lim Teck Hoo
- Nik Hafimi
- Ong Boon Pang
- Ong Kim Kee
- Onn Siew Siong
- Ong Tiong Oh
- Haslina Taib
Diplomacy
- Shofry Abdul Ghafor
- Rakiah Abdul Lamit
- Johariah Abdul Wahab
- Aziyan Abdullah
- Yusof Abu Bakar
- Abu Sufian Ali
- Sidek Ali
- Jemat Ampal
- Emran bin Bahar
- Adnan Buntar
- Janin Erih
- Kamilah Hanifah
- Maidin Hashim
- Norazlianah Ibrahim
- Abdul Ghafar Ismail
- Nor Jeludin
- Lim Jock Hoi
- Lim Jock Seng
- Dayangku Mazlizah
- Megawati Manan
- Masurai Masri
- Pengiran Anak Puteh
- Adnan Mohd Ja'afar
- Malai Ahmad Murad
- Pengiran Abdul Momin (born 1923)
- Roderick Yong
- Noor Qamar Sulaiman
- Alaihuddin Taha
- Pengiran Krtini
- Tan Bee Yong
- Magdalene Teo
- Wan Hadfi Lutfan
- Erywan Yusof
- Malai Halimah Yusoff
- Pengiran Nooriyah
Entertainers
- Syafiq Abdillah, singer and actor
- Prince Abdul Azim of Brunei, film producer
- Meria Aires, singer-songwriter
- Wu Chun, actor
- Eqah, singer
- Zul F, actor and singer-songwriter
- Aziz Harun, singer
- Jaz (singer), singer
- Siti Kamaluddin, film director
- Clinton Kane, singer
- Maria Grace Koh, singer-songwriter
- Paula Malai Ali, reporter
- Fakhrul Razi, singer
- Samantha Richelle, actress and fashion designer
- Chloe Ting, YouTuber
- Hill Zaini, actor and singer-songwriter
Lawyers
Military
- Abdu'r Rahmani
- Alirupendi
- Jaafar Abdul Aziz
- Khairil Abdul Rahman
- Abdul Razak Abdul Kadir
- Saifulrizal Abdul Latif
- Wardi Abdul Latip
- Ariffin Abdul Wahab
- Pengiran Abidin
- Husin Ahmad
- Shari Ahmad
- Pengiran Aminan
- Aminuddin Ihsan
- Azman Bangkol
- Haszaimi Bol Hassan
- Sulaiman Damit
- Mohammad bin Daud
- Khairul Hamed
- Mohammad Sharif Ibrahim
- Pengiran Ibnu Basit
- Jocklin Kongpaw
- Mohamad Sarif Pudin
- Mohammad Tawih
- Muhammad Wata
- Halbi bin Mohammad Yussof
- Abdul Halim Mohd Hanifah
- Abdul Aziz Mohd Tamit
- Pengiran Norazmi
- Kefli Razali
- Hamzah Sahat
- Spry Serudi
- Shahril Anwar
- Othman Suhaili
- Shanonnizam Sulaiman
- Musa Yakub
- Ismaon Zainie
Government
- Abbas Al-Sufri
- Khairuddin Abdul Hamid
- Yusoff Abdul Hamid
- Idris Abdul Kahar
- Pengiran Muda Abdul Kahar
- Abdul Mokti
- Rosmawatty Abdul Mumin
- Abdul Mutalib
- Ahmaddin Abdul Rahman
- Pengiran Mohammad Abdul Rahman
- Pengiran Mohammed Abdul Rahman Piut
- Abidin Abdul Rashid
- Juanda Abdul Rashid
- Taha Abdul Rauf
- Hamdillah Abdul Wahab
- Bahrin Abdullah
- Hazair Abdullah
- Yakub Abu Bakar
- Yassin Affandi
- Iswandy Ahmad
- Zaini Ahmad
- Pengiran Bahrom
- Abu Bakar Apong
- Ali Apong
- Khairunnisa Ash'ari
- A. M. Azahari
- Abdul Hamid Bakal
- Abdullah Bakar
- Yahya Bakar
- Taib Besar
- Elinda C.A. Mohammad
- Queenie Chong
- Suhaimi Gafar
- Abdul Aziz Hamdan
- Abdullah Hanafi
- Yusof Husain
- Pengiran Ismail
- Dani Ibrahim
- Isa bin Ibrahim
- Yahya Ibrahim
- Eusoff Agaki Ismail
- Abu Bakar Jambol
- Ahmad Jumat
- Pengiran Anak Kemaluddin Al-Haj
- Salleh Masri
- Mat Suny
- Marsal Maun
- Matnor McAfee
- Pengiran Muhammad Ali
- Ahmad Daud
- Ali Mohammad Daud
- Ibrahim Mohammad Jahfar
- Pengiran Mohammad Tashim
- Hussain Mohammad Yusof
- Azmi Mohd Hanifah
- Hisham Mohd Hanifah
- Romaizah Mohd Salleh
- Marzuke Mohsin
- Pengiran Muhammad Yusuf
- Pengiran Mokhtar Puteh
- Pengiran Shamhary
- Johar Nordin
- Suyoi Osman
- Adina Othman
- Badaruddin Othman
- Yasmin Umar
- Hasrin Sabtu
- Sufian Sabtu
- Pengiran Abu Bakar Salleh
- Zain Serudin
- Mustappa bin Sirat
- Zasia binti Sirin
- Ahmad Wally Skinner
- Matsatejo Sokiaw
- Pengiran Zety Sufina
- Salbiah binti Sulaiman
- Zakaria Sulaiman
- Abdul Rahman Taha
- Lukan Uking
- Othman Uking
- Riza Yunos
- Ya'akub Zainal
Religious
- Ismail Omar Abdul Aziz, muslim scholar
- Abdul Aziz Juned, muslim scholar
- Mahmud Saedon, muslim scholar
- Cornelius Sim, cardinal
Sportspeople
- Maizurah Abdul Rahim
- Said Abdullah
- Muhammad Isa Ahmad
- Jimmy Anak Ahar
- Anisah Najihah
- Haseri Asli
- Haji Naim Brahim
- Zeke Chan
- Sallehuddin Damit
- Zainuddin Kassim
- Feisal Eusoff
- Imay Hendra
- Fakhri Ismail
- Shari Haji Juma'at
- Basma Lachkar
- Lee Ying Shi
- Anderson Lim
- Maziah Mahusin
- Amalia Matali
- Yusof Matyassin
- Pengiran Mohamed
- Moksen Mohammad
- Mohammad Adi Salihin
- Ali Momin
- Muhd Noor Firdaus Ar-Rasyid
- Ali Mustafa (footballer)
- Christian Nikles
- Nur Wasiqah Aziemah
- Helme Panjang
- Ak Hafiy Tajuddin Rositi
- Rosanan Samak
- Adee Suhardee Muhidin
- Tong Kit Siong
- Hosea Wong
- Faustina Woo Wai Sii
- Joshua Yong
- Jaspar Yu Woon Chai
Writers
Miscellaneous
- Pengiran Umar, police commissioner
- Sharifah Czarena, first Bruneian woman to captain a commercial airliner
- Dayangku Najibah Eradah, first Bruneian to reach South Pole
- Sariana Nordin, first Bruneian female pilot to work at Royal Brunei Airlines
- Abdullah bin Othman, social worker and activist
- Pengiran Jaya, police commissioner
- Jammy Shah Al-Islam, police commissioner