# List of Algerians

Notable Algerians include:

## Artists
### Actors

* Hadj Abderrahmane, actor and comedian
* 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
* 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
* Maïwenn, actress, film director and producer
* Tahar Rahim, actor
* Rouiched, comedy actor
* Lyes Salem, actor and film director
* Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir, actor, director, and man of stage
* Samy Seghir, French-Algerian actor
* Smaïn, actor and humorist
* Marie Soussan, actress and singer
* 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
* Ahmed Rachedi, film director–producer, pioneer of Algerian cinema
* Fatma Zohra Zamoum, film director

### Fashion (designers, models)

* Loli Bahia, model
* Farida Khelfa, former model and actress

### Illustrators

* Baya, painter
* Ali Dilem, editorial cartoonist
* Le Hic, editorial cartoonist
* Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer, artist
* Rezki Zerarti, painter
* Hocine Ziani, painter

### New media

* Maurice Benayoun, artist and theorist
* Yves Saint Laurent, clothing and fashion designer

### Writers (including poets)

* Ferhat Abbas (1899–1985), political leader and essayist
* Mohamed Aïchaoui (1921–1959), political leader and journalist
* Al-Akhdari (1512–1575), Arab-Algerian poet, Alim, astronomer, jurist and logician of Sherifian descent
* Abdelkader Alloula (1939–1994), playwright
* 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
* Zighen Aym (born 1957), writer and engineer
* Farida Belghoul (born 1958), author
* Omar Belhouchet (born 1954), journalist
* Myriam Ben (1928–2001), novelist, poet, painter, and activist
* Berthe Bénichou-Aboulker (1888–1942), poet
* Mohammed Benchicou (born 1952), director and publisher of the Algerian newspaper Le Matin
* Salah Benlabed (born 1950), architect, academic, novelist and poet
* Malek Bennabi (1905–1973), writer and philosopher
* Rachid Boudjedra (born 1941), poet, novelist, playwright and critic
* Albert Camus (1913–1960), journalist, author, philosopher
* Mohamed Cherak, journalist
* Hélène Cixous, feminist writer
* Mohammed Dib (1920–2003), 20th-century writer
* Leila Djabali (born 1933)
* 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
* Latifa Ben Mansour (born 1950), writer, psychoanalyst, and linguist
* 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
* Ahmed Ben Triki (1650–1750), Algerian poet from Tlemcen
* Kateb Yacine (1929–1989), 20th-century writer
* Moufdi Zakaria (1908–1977), lyricist of the Algerian national anthem "Kassaman"

## Criminals

* Djamel Beghal, French Algerian convicted of terrorism
* Mokhtar Belmokhtar, sentenced to death for murder and terrorism
* Abdul Nacer Benbrika, found guilty of being the leader of a terrorist organisation
* Hamza Bendelladj, cyber-criminal also known as the "Smiling Hacker"
* Rédoine Faïd, French-Algerian bank robber and jailbreaker
* Slimane Khalfaoui, French-Algerian terrorist convicted of the Strasbourg cathedral bombing plot
* Ahmed Ressam, Algerian al-Qaeda member convicted of attempting to bomb the Los Angeles International Airport on New Year's Eve 1999
* Abu Musab Abdel Wadoud, leader of the Algerian Islamic militant group Al-Qaeda organization in the Islamic Maghreb

## Journalists

* Abdessami' Abdelhaï, journalist

## 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 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, 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
* Sulayman ibn Abd-Allah, known as "Sulayman I of Tlemcen"; emir of Tlemcen (786 / 7–813)
* 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
* Zymen Danseker, Dutch privateer during the Eighty Years' War, became admiral of the Algerian fleet from 1600 to 1610; said to have introduced the round ship to the Algerians
* Rais Hamidou, nicknamed 'Amir el Bihar' (leader of the seas), admiral and last great leader of the Algerian Navy, of Berber descent
* 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
* 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
* 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, co-founder of "l'Etoile Nord-Africaine", the first Algerian nationalist party
* Belkacem Radjef, co-founder of ENA with Messali Hadj and Amar Imache
* Lalla Fatma N'Soumer, 19th-century female leader of the Kabyle resistance against the French
* Mohamed ben Zamoum, 19th-century leader of the resistance against French colonisation
* Omar ben Zamoum, 19th-century leader of the resistance against French colonisation

### 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
* Krim Belkacem, independence war hero; vice president of the provisional government of Algeria
* Hassiba Benbouali, female hero of the independence war
* Mostefa Benboulaid, Commander of Zone 1 during the independence war
* Djamila Bouhired, female hero of the revolution
* Yahia 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
* Ali La Pointe, also known as Ali Ammar; independence war hero
* Ahmed Mahsas, sociologist and independence war hero
* Larbi Ben M'hidi, commander of Zone 5 during the independence war
* Mohamed Rahmoune, political and military leader of 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

### Independent Algeria

* Chaâbane Aït Abderrahim, Wali of M'Sila, Constantine, and Algiers provinces
* Hocine Ait Ahmed, political leader and head of the Socialist Forces Front opposition party (also a prominent independence war leader)
* Mohamed Bahi (born 1983/1984), American-Algerian former Chief Liaison of New York City Mayor Eric Adams to the Muslim community
* Ahmed Ben Bella, Algeria's first president, 1962–1965
* Mourad Benachenou, minister for the restructure of industry, 1995
* Chadli Bendjedid, president of Algeria, 1979–1992
* Maamar Benguerba, minister for labour and social affairs in the 1992 government
* 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
* Farida Haddouche, politician, party secretary general
* Louisa Hanoune, founder and female leader of the PT (Workers Party)
* Abelkader Khamri, former minister for youth and sport, 1992
* 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 prominent Independence war leader)
* Redha Malek, founder and leader of the ANR party
* Rabea Mechernane, minister of national solidarity and family in the 1990s
* Mahfoud Nahnah, founder and former leader of the HMS party
* Ahmed Ouyahia, former prime minister
* Nouara Saadia, Minister for Family and Women
* Said Sadi, founder and leader of the RCD party
* Farouk Tebbal, minister for the environment in the 1992 government
* Liamine Zeroual, president of Algeria, 1994–1999

## Martyrs

* Mohamed Aïchaoui
* Colonel Amirouche
* Hassiba Ben Bouali
* Larbi Ben M'hidi
* Cheikh Bouamama
* Houari Boumédiène
* Mourad Didouche
* Malika Gaïd
* Zighoud Youcef
* Ahmed Zabana
* Moufdi Zakaria
* Ali Ammar

## Military and intelligence services

* José Aboulker, member of the anti-Nazi resistance; later a neurosurgeon and political figure in France
* Larbi Belkheir (Aboulker), former general, Ambassador to Morocco
* Raïs Hamidou, Algerian corsair
* Mohamed Lamari, former Chief of Staff of the People's National Army
* Smain Lamari, head of the Department of Counter-Espionage and Internal Security
* Mohamed Mediène ("Toufik"), head of the Department of Information and Security
* Khaled Nezzar, retired general

## Musicians and singers
### Berber

* Boualem Boukacem, singer, poet, musician
* Aïssa Djermouni, singer, poet
* Idir, singer, musician, composer
* Lounes Matoub, rebel singer of Kabyle music
* Lounis Ait Menguellet, singer, poet, musician
* Erika Sawajiri, singer, Algerian mother and Japanese father
* Takfarinas, singer

### Classical

* Farid Ali, singer
* El Hadj M'Hamed El Anka, the Grand Master of Andalusian classical music and Chaabi (Algeria) music
* Boudjemaâ El Ankis, singer, musician, performer of chaâbi music
* Khelifa Belkacem, singer
* Hadj Bouchiba, songwriter, lyricist, composer, poet and painter
* Mohamed Boumerdassi, singer
* Abdelkader Chaou, chaabi music interpreter
* Reda Doumaz, singer
* El Hachemi Guerouabi, musician and reformer of the Chaabi classical style
* Dahmane El Harrachi, singer, composer and songwriter of Chaabi music
* Cheikh El Hasnaoui, singer
* Hsissen, singer
* Warda Al-Jazairia, singer
* Hadj Menouar, singer
* Kamel Messaoudi, performer of chaâbi music
* Hadj M'rizek, songwriter, lyricist, composer, poet and painter
* Tarik O'Regan, musician, Irish father and Algerian mother
* Mustapha Skandrani, pianist, performer of chaâbi music
* Mustapha Toumi, songwriter

### Contemporary

* DJ Snake, DJ, producer, songwriter; French-Algerian artist, worked with several famous artists
* Indila, French-Algerian singer
* Marina Kaye, singer, French father and Algerian mother
* Lolo Zouaï, American singer, born to a French mother and an Algerian father

### Jazz

* Franck Amsallem, jazz pianist, arranger, composer and singer
* Michel Benita, double bass player
* Mohamed Rouane, Casbah-jazz, mondol player
* Martial Solal, jazz pianist and composer

### Musiques du monde

* Mohamed Abdennour (Ptit Moh) composer, arranger, instrumentalist, variety of musical forms, Algerian mandole player
* Djamel Laroussi, singer, composer, songwriter, arranger and guitar player
* Cheb i Sabbah, DJ and composer/producer

### Pop

* Baaziz, singer
* Daniel Lévi, singer-songwriter, composer, and pianist
* Enrico Macias (Gaston Ghrenassia), singer
* Souad Massi, singer
* Line Monty (Eliane Sarfati), singer
* Rajae El Mouhandiz, Dutch/Moroccan/Algerian singer, recording artist, storyteller and poet
* Zaho, singer

### Rai

* Messaoud Bellemou, raï musician, one of the most influential musicians of modern raï
* Safy Boutella, musician, composer
* Faudel, raï musician
* Cheb Hasni, raï musician
* Khaled, raï musician, also known as Khaled El Hadj Brahim
* Cheb Mami, raï musician, also known as Mohamed Khelifati
* Raïna Raï, band
* Cheikha Rimitti, rai musician
* Rachid Taha, raï–rock musician
* Cheb Tarik, raï musician

### Rap

* Boef, Algerian rapper; one of the Netherlands' most successful rappers
* Didine Canon 16
* Double Kanon, rapper, MC, producer, songwriter; songs engaging tracks against political system
* Kenza Farah, Algerian singer-songwriter, rap, R&B and hip-hop; sings in French
* Fianso, Franco-Algerian rapper
* Lacrim, French-Algerian rapper, songwriter, has many hits in French game and American game
* L'Algerino, singer and rapper
* PNL, acronym of Peace N' Lovés, rap duo composed of two brothers: Ademo & N.O.S.
* Soolking, Algerian singer and rapper; incorporates reggae, soul, hip hop and Algerian raï in his music
* Soso Maness, rapper

### Rock

* Rachid Taha, singer, musician
* Marc Zermati, producer and promoter of punk rock music

## Religious figures

* Abdelkader El Djezairi, religious and military leader, Islamic scholar and Sufi
* Augustine of Hippo, Christian theologian
* Ahmad al-Alawi, founder of the Sufi Alawiyya order
* Abdul Baqi Miftah, Sunni Muslim scholar and writer
* Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine, founder of the Rahmaniyya Sufi order
* Ahmad al-Tijani, founder of the Tijaniyyah Sufi order
* Hud ibn Muhakkam al-Hawwari, Ibadi Quran exegete
* Abd al-Rahman al-Tha'alibi, Arab scholar and imam
* Abu Madyan, influential mystic and Sufi master
* Sidi El Houari, imam and a saint of Oran
* Muhammad ibn Ali al-Sanusi, founder of the Senussi Order

## Scholars and academics
### Historians

* Annie Cohen-Solal, writer, historian, cultural diplomat and public intellectual
* Ibn Hammad, medieval historian
* Mohamed Harbi, independence war historian
* Évariste Lévi-Provençal, medievalist, orientalist, Arabist, and historian of Islam
* Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari, Algerian historian born in the 16th century

### Linguistics

* Mohamed Bencheneb, 19th-century linguist and historian
* Abderrahmane Hadj-Salah, 20th-century linguist and president of the Algerian Academy of the Arabic Language
* Saïd Cid Kaoui, 19th-century lexicographer and interpreter focusing on Berber
* Judah ibn Kuraish, 9th-century Algerian grammarian and lexicographer focusing on Hebrew
* Mouloud Mammeri, 20th-century anthropologist, linguist, poet, writer
* Ibn Muti al-Zawawi, 13th-century Algerian grammarian focusing on Arabic

### Science

* Maamar Bettayeb, control theorist and systems scientist
* Mohamed Belhocine, internal medicine and epidemiology researcher
* Mustapha Ishak Boushaki, cosmologist and relativity researcher
* Rachid Deriche, computational imaging researcher
* Noureddine Melikechi, atomic, molecular, and optical physicist researcher
* Elias Zerhouni, radiologist and medical researcher

### Philosophy

* Mohamed Arkoun, author, philosopher, historian
* Malek Bennabi, social and religious philosopher
* Frantz Fanon, psychologist
* Mohamed Lakhdar Maougal, philosopher

## Sports
### Association football

* Lakhdar Belloumi, footballer; World Cup participation in 1982, 1986
* Djamel Belmadi, coach, former footballer
* Said Belmokhtar, Kazakhstani-born Ukrainian footballer of Algerian descent
* Zahir Belounis, footballer
* Saïd Benrahma, footballer
* Said Brahimi, footballer; one of the founders of the Algerian football team
* Ali Fergani, footballer and trainer
* Rabah Gamouh, international footballer
* Adlene Guedioura, footballer and African champion
* Abdelhamid Kermali, footballer; one of the founders of the Algerian football team
* Mahieddine Khalef, footballer and trainer
* Mustapha Khedali), footballer
* Rabah Madjer, footballer; played in two World Cup games with Algeria, European champion with Porto
* Riyad Mahrez, footballer; played in one World Cup
* Raïs M'Bolhi, Algerian goalkeeper
* Rachid Mekhloufi, footballer; one of the founders of the Algerian football team
* Yahia Ouahabi, retired player for JS Kabylie
* Islam Slimani, Algerian national footballer; (World Cup 2014)
* Abdelaziz Ben Tifour, footballer; one of the founders of the Algerian football team
* Mohamed Yahi, footballer for JS Kabylie and NA Hussein Dey
* Karim Ziani, Algerian national footballer; World Cup participation in 2010

### Athletics

* Hassiba Boulmerka, athlete; 1500 m world and Olympic champion
* Taoufik Makhloufi, athlete; 1500 m Olympic champion
* Nouria Mérah-Benida, athlete; 1500 m Olympic champion
* Noureddine Morceli, athlete; 1500 m world and Olympic champion
* Artur Partyka, Polish high jumper; father is Algerian

### Basketball

* Abdesslem Dekkiche

### Boxing

* Abdelhafid Benchabla, boxer
* Amine Boushaki, judoka
* Robert Cohen, world-champion bantamweight boxer
* Lahouari Godih
* Alphonse Halimi ("la Petite Terreur"), world-champion bantamweight boxer
* Myriam Lamare, boxer, French father and Algerian mother
* Mohamed Missouri, boxer

### Fencing

* Tahar Hamou, foil fencer
* Anissa Khelfaoui, foil fencer
* Armand Mouyal (1925–1988), French world champion épée fencer
* Ferial Salhi, foil fencer
* Michel Sebastiani, modern pentathlete and Olympic fencing coach

### Ice hockey

* Josef Boumedienne, professional ice hockey player; Algerian and Finnish descent

### Judo

* Hassane Azzoun, Algerian judoka
* Sami Belgroun, Algerian judoka
* Abderahmane Benamadi, Algerian judoka
* Mounir Benamadi, Algerian judoka
* Amar Benikhlef, Algerian judoka
* Mohamed Bouaichaoui, Algerian judoka
* Faycal Bousbiat, Algerian judoka
* Amine Boushaki, Algerian judoka
* Lyès Bouyacoub, Algerian judoka
* Khaled Meddah, Algerian judoka
* Amar Meridja, Algerian judoka
* Omar Rebahi, Algerian judoka
* Mohamed-Amine Tayeb, Algerian judoka
* Nourredine Yagoubi, Algerian judoka
* Houd Zourdani, Algerian judoka

### Other sports

* Ali Boulala, professional skateboarder; Algerian and Swedish descent
* Kahina Bounab, volleyball player
* Ines Ibbou, tennis player
* Salaheddine Mokdad Saidi, volleyball player
* Alfred Nakache, swimmer and water polo player