Editing Birgu (section)

==Notable people==
The architects and engineers [[Girolamo Cassar]], his brother Andrew Cassar, and his son [[Vittorio Cassar]] were all born in Birgu in the sixteenth century. The Cassar family moved to Valletta after the new city was built in the 1570s.

Architect [[Lorenzo Gafà]] (1638–1703), who worked on a number of churches in Malta including [[St. Paul's Cathedral, Mdina|St. Paul's Cathedral]] in [[Mdina]], was born in Birgu.<ref>[http://schoolnet.gov.mt/lorenzogafa/l.gafa.htm Lorenzo Gafa] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723211224/http://schoolnet.gov.mt/lorenzogafa/l.gafa.htm |date=23 July 2011 }} ''schoolnet.gov.mt''</ref> He also designed many of the historic buildings in the Vittoriosa Waterfront area, some of which have recently been restored.<ref name="Restore" />

[[Paul Boffa]] (1890–1962), the [[Prime Minister of Malta]] between 1947 and 1950 and the country's first [[Labour Party (Malta)|Labour Party]] Prime Minister, was also born in the city.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20040324/local/gonzi-maltas-second-youngest-pm.126952 |last=Massa |first=Ariadne |title=Gonzi Malta's second youngest PM |work=The Times of Malta |date=24 March 2004}}</ref>

[[St Monica Choir#Founder and Director|Sr. Beniamina Portelli]], founder and director of the [[St Monica Choir|St. Monica Choir]] was born in Birgu.<ref>{{cite web |title=Vittoriosa HCS - news |url=http://www.vittoriosahistorica.org/news-2008-05.html |website=www.vittoriosahistorica.org}}</ref>

[[Prosper Grech|Prospero Grech]] (1925–2019) was an Augustinian friar, who co-founded the Patristic Institute Augustinianum in Rome and was created a cardinal in 2012.

===Honorary citizens===
People awarded the [[honorary citizenship]] of Birgu are:

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||27 April 2003||[[Andrew Bertie]] || [[List of Princes and Grand Masters of the Knights Hospitaller|78th Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller]] 1988-2008.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://birgu.gov.mt/node/25 |title=Knights' Grand Master made honorary citizen of Birgu |access-date=20 September 2018 |archive-date=1 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901113145/http://birgu.gov.mt/node/25 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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||15 April 2015||[[Matthew Festing]] || [[List of Princes and Grand Masters of the Knights Hospitaller|79th Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller]] 2008-2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/51831/knights_of_malta_grand_master_in_official_state_visit_to_malta_tomorrow#.W4nxUrgnaUk|title = Knights of Malta Grand Master in official state visit to Malta tomorrow}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=April 17, 2015 |title=State visit by H.M.E.H. Fra' Matthew Festing Prince and Grand Master Of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order |url=https://www.gov.mt/en/government/press%20releases/press%20photos/pages/2015/april/17/smom1704.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901080523/https://www.gov.mt/en/government/press%20releases/press%20photos/pages/2015/april/17/smom1704.aspx |archive-date=September 1, 2018 |website=gov.mt}}</ref>
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