List of Algerians
Notable Algerians include:
Artists
Writers (including poets)
- Ferhat Abbas (1899–1985), political leader and essayist
- Mohamed Aïchaoui (1921–1959), political leader and journalist
- Abdelkader Alloula (1939–1994), playwright
- Al-Akhdari (1512–1575), Arab-Algerian poet, Alim, astronomer, jurist and logician of Sherifian descent
- Malek Alloula (1937–2015), poet, writer, and critic
- Djamal Amrani (1935–2005), poet and essayist
- Jean Amrouche (1906–1962), 20th-century poet and writer
- Taos Amrouche (1913–1976), singer and writer
- Apuleius (c. 125–c. 180 C.E.), Latin prose writer
- Mohammed Arkoun (born 1928), scholar and thinker
- Leila Djabali (born 1933)
- Zighen Aym (born 1957), writer and engineer
- Farida Belghoul (born 1958), author
- Omar Belhouchet (born 1954), journalist
- Albert Camus (1913–1960), journalist, author, philosopher
- Mohammed Benchicou (born 1952), director and publisher of the Algerian newspaper Le Matin
- Salah Benlabed (born 1950), architect, academic, novelist and poet
- Latifa Ben Mansour (born 1950), writer, psychoanalyst, and linguist
- Malek Bennabi (1905–1973), writer and philosopher
- Rachid Boudjedra (born 1941), poet, novelist, playwright and critic
- Mohamed Cherak, journalist
- Hélène Cixous, feminist writer
- Mohammed Dib (1920–2003), 20th-century writer
- Tahar Djaout (1954–1993), poet, journalist, critic
- Assia Djebar (1936–2015), novelist, translator and filmmaker
- Mouloud Feraoun (1913–1962), writer and independence war hero
- Mohamed Hassaïne (1945–1994), journalist
- Miloud Hmida (born 1961), poet, critic, translator
- Yasmina Khadra (also known as Mohamed Moulessehoul) (born 1955), writer
- Aïssa Khelladi, journalist, novelist and playwright
- Ahmed Mahsas (1923–2013), political leader and writer
- Fodil Mezali (born 1959), journalist and writer
- Hocine Mezali (born 1938), journalist and writer
- Rachid Mimouni (1945–1995), writer, poet
- Ahlam Mostaghanemi, writer
- Sarah Rivens, writer
- Othmane Senadjki (1959–2010), journalist
- Kateb Yacine (1929–1989), 20th-century writer
- Moufdi Zakaria (1908–1977), lyricist of the Algerian national anthem "Kassaman"
New media
- Maurice Benayoun, artist and theorist
- Yves Saint Laurent (designer), clothing and fashion designer
Actors
- Hadj Abderrahmane, actor and comedian[1]
- Isabelle Adjani, French actress
- Allalou, playwright, theatre director, and actor known as the father of Algerian theater
- Mahieddine Bachtarzi, singer of opera (tenor), actor, writer, and director of the TNA (Théâtre National Algérien)
- Jean-Pierre Bacri, actor and screenwriter
- Ramzy Bedia, French-Algerian actor
- Leïla Bekhti, French-Algerian actress
- Alice Belaïdi, French-Algerian actress
- Catherine Belkhodja, French-Algerian actress
- Adila Bendimerad, actress and screenwriter
- M'hamed Benguettaf, actor and playwright
- Jean Benguigui, stage, screen, and television actor
- Dali Benssalah, actor in James Bond movie No Time to Die (2021)
- Biyouna, singer, actress and comedian
- Mohamed Bouchaïb, Libya-born Algerian actor
- Sofia Boutella, actress, model and dancer
- Rachida Brakni, French actress
- Patrick Bruel, singer, actor, and professional poker player
- Alain Chabat, actor and director
- Mohamed Chouikh, filmmaker
- Mohamed Fellag, actor and comedian
- Eva Green, actress and model
- Khaled Habib, singer-songwriter, composer, actor, film director
- Roger Hanin, film actor and director
- Marlène Jobert, actress, singer and author
- Reda Kateb, actor
- Sid Ali Kouiret, actor
- Rachid Ksentini, actor and comedian
- Karim Leklou, actor
- Nassim Lyes, actor
- Maïwenn, actress, film director and producer
- Hanaa Mansour, actress
- Imen Noel, actress
- Tahar Rahim, actor
- Rouiched, comedy actor
- Lyes Salem, actor and film director
- Samy Seghir, French-Algerian actor
- Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir, actor, director, and man of stage
- Smaïn, actor and humorist
- Patrick Timsit, comedian, writer, and film director
- Larbi Zekkal, actor and comedian
Directors and filmmakers
- Merzak Allouache, film director
- Abdelkader Alloula, theatre producer
- Jean-Luc Azoulay, television producer
- Yamina Benguigui, filmmaker
- Malek Bensmaïl, film director
- Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, film director, Palme d'Or at the 1975 Cannes Festival
- Damien Ounouri, French-Algerian film director and screenwriter
- Ahmed Rachedi, film director–producer, pioneer of Algerian cinema
- Fatma Zohra Zamoum, film director
Illustrators
- Ali Dilem, editorial cartoonist
- Baya, painter
- Feriel Boushaki, contemporary artist
- Hocine Ziani, painter
- Le Hic, editorial cartoonist
- Rezki Zerarti, painter
Fashion (designers, models)
- Loli Bahia, model
- Younes Bendjima, model
- Farida Khelfa, former model and actress
Leaders and politicians
Ancient Algeria
- Juba I, 1st-century BC, king of Numidia under Roman rule
- Saburra, Numidian general
- Juba II, 1st-century BC, king of Numidia under Roman rule
- Naravas Numidian chief
- Jugurtha, 2nd-century BC, king of Numidia
- Zelalsen, king of the Massylii
- Ozalces, king of the Massylii
- Capussa, king of the Massylii tribe and brother to King Gaia
- Gala (king), king of the Massylii tribe
- Lacumazes, king of the Massylii tribe
- Syphax, king of the Massylii tribe
- Vermina, son of Sypbax and king of the Masaesyli tribe
- Archobarzane, last king of the Masaesylians
- Massinissa, 3rd-century BC, king of Numidia
- Micipsa, king of Numidia
- Gulussa, king of Numidia along with his two brothers
- Mastanabal, king of Numidia
- Adherbal, king of Numidia
- Hiempsal I, king of Numidia
- Gauda, Jugurtha's brother; a king of Numidia
- Iarbas, Gaetulian king
- Hiarbas, king, usurped the throne of Numidia
- Hiempsal II, son of Gauda and king of Numidia
- Masteabar, king of western Numidia
- Massinissa II, king of western Numidia
- Arabio, last independent king of Numidia
- Cleopatra Selene II, wife of juba II
- Ptolemy of Mauretania, last king of Mauretania
- Tacfarinas, leader of a rebellion against the Romans
- Firmus, Numidian prince and Roman usurper
- Gildo, Roman Berber general
- Macrinus, Roman emperor
- Pope Gelasius I, pope from 1 March 492 to his death in 496
- Quintus Lollius Urbicus, governor of Roman Britain
- Masuna, first recorded king of the Mauro-Roman Kingdom
- Mastigas, Masuna's successor
- John (Mauro-Roman king), Berber military leader
- Garmul, last recorded king of the Mauro Roman kingdom
- Masties, founder and first king of the Kingdom of the Aurès
- Iaudas, Berber leader and king of the Aurès
- Kusaila, last king of Altava who led a resistance against Islam
- Dihya, uncontested ruler of the whole Maghreb
- Tabat, Dihya's father
Early Islamic Algeria
- Abu Qurra, proclaimed caliph by the banu ifran Berber tribe; founder of the indigenous Berber Muslim movement of Kharijite tendencies in North Africa; founder of the Emirate of Tlemcen
- Abd al-Rahman ibn Rustam, of Persian descent, founder of the Rustamid dynasty centered around Tiaret in modern-day Algeria
- Buluggin ibn Ziri, 10th-century emir; founder of the city of Algiers (Dzayer in Algerian Arabic refers to his father Ziri ibn Manad, founder of the Zirid dynasty)
- Hammad ibn Buluggin, founder and first Sultan of the Hammadid dynasty centered around Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad from 1008 to 1090, then Béjaïa from 1090 to 1152
- Abd al-Mu'min, first caliph and founder of the Almohad dynasty
- Yaghmurasen Ibn Zyan, founder and first sultan of the Zayyanid dynasty centered around Tlemcen in modern-day Algeria
Ottoman Algeria
- Hassan Agha, 16th-century Prince of Algiers; defeated Emperor Charles V in Algiers
- Baba Aruj, 16th-century corsair; leader of the Regency of Algiers
- Hayreddin Barbarossa, brother and successor of Aruj
- Rais Hamidou, Nicknamed 'Amir el Bihar' (leader of the seas), admiral and last great leader of the Algerian Navy, of Berber descent
- Zymen Danseker, Dutch privateer during the Eighty Years' War, became admiral of the Algerian fleet from 1600 to 1610. He is said to have introduced the round ship to the Algerians
- Sulayman Reis, Dutch privateer during the Eighty Years' War; later turned to the corsair activity swearing allegiance to the Sultan of Algiers and became an officer under Zymen Danseker
Algeria under French colonization
- Emir Abdelkader, 19th-century leader of the resistance against French colonisation
- Mohamed ben Zamoum, 19th-century leader of the resistance against French colonisation
- Hadj Ahmed Bey, last Bey of Constantine; fought the French Army during two sieges in 1836 and 1837
- Cheikh Boumerdassi, 19th-century leader of the resistance against French colonisation
- Omar ben Zamoum, 19th-century leader of the resistance against French colonisation
- Messali Hadj, founder of the first North African and then Algerian Nationalist Parties
- Lalla Fatma N'Soumer, 19th-century female leader of the Kabyle resistance against the French
- Mohamed Seghir Boushaki, 20th-century leader of the Kabyle political resistance against the French
- Mohamed Deriche, 20th-century leader of the Kabyle political resistance against the French
- Messali Hadj, nationalist politician
Revolutionary War of Independence
- Ferhat Abbas, president of the provisional government of Algeria before independence, 1958–1961
- Mohamed Aïchaoui, journalist and independence war hero
- Colonel Amirouche, independence war hero
- Ali La Pointe, also known as Ali Ammar; independence war hero
- Krim Belkacem, independence war hero; vice president of the provisional government of Algeria
- Mostefa Benboulaid, Commander of Zone 1 during the independence war
- Hassiba Benbouali, female hero of the independence war
- Djamila Bouhired, female hero of the revolution
- Ahmed Mahsas, sociologist and independence war hero
- Larbi Ben M'hidi, Commander of Zone 5 during the independence war
- Abane Ramdane, political leader of the independence war; author of the "political over military" and "interior over exterior" principles
- Yacef Saadi, fighter in the independence war in the 1957 Battle of Algiers; actor in the 1966 war film by the same name after independence
- Mohamed Rahmoune, political and military leader of the independence war
- Abderrahmane Boushaki, political and military leader of the independence war
- Lyès Deriche, political leader of the independence war; member of the Revolutionary Committee of Unity and Action
- Yahia Boushaki, political and military leader of the independence war
Independent Algeria
- Hocine Ait Ahmed, political leader and head of the Socialist Forces Front opposition party (also a prominent independence war leader)
- Ahmed Ben Bella, Algeria's first President, 1962–1965
- Mourad Benachenou, Minister for the restructure of industry, 1995[2]
- Chadli Bendjedid, President of Algeria, 1979–1992
- Maamar Benguerba, Minister for labour and social affairs in the 1992 government[3]
- Rabah Bitat, vice president of Algeria's first government, president of parliament
- Mohamed Boudiaf, President of Algeria, 1992 (also a prominent Independence war leader)
- Houari Boumedienne, President of Algeria, 1965–1978
- Abdelaziz Bouteflika, President of Algeria, 1999–2019
- Saïd Bouteflika, brother of Abdelaziz Bouteflika
- Lakhdar Brahimi, former Foreign Affairs Minister, Peace Envoy in Lebanon, Afghanistan and Iraq
- Émilie Busquant, French feminist, anarcho-syndicalist and anti-colonial activist; best known for the role in the creation of the Algerian flag
- Abdallah Djaballah, founder and leader of Al-Islah party
- Louisa Hanoune, founder and female leader of the PT (Workers Party)
- Chakib Khelil, former Minister of Energy and Mines, former OPEC president
- Abassi Madani, founder and leader of the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) party
- Ahmed Mahsas, sociologist and founder and leader of the Union of Democratic Forces (UFD) party (also a prom.wi(eaa>o htydirectnh ieied Mahsa< cnydirectniAeo ciholMMenheirectniMFihlMMenh cpnki%2FAhmeiaaas" rDMita-hrm9c> and leaderrtki/Ah ont 2rxia8> aale="l, soc s:/ erxia8> a.wikisttps%3A%2F% lnct wia.oass="mwirmabassi Madani, founder and leader of the Islamic Salvation>dadera andlpnki% 6(also udhrj&pedudera hc> eirectniMFihlMMenh cpnki%2FAhmeiaaas" rDMita-hrm9c> and lea< ecttwtmnr snf Detgte3t
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