# List of Maghrebis

Listed below are Maghrebis of note.

## Modern
### Musicians

* Faouzia Ouihya – Moroccan-Canadian singer-songwriter, born in Casablanca

### Other notables

* Touria Chaoui (1936–1956), first female Maghrebi and Moroccan pilot at the age of fifteen

## Ancient

* Shoshenq I, Egyptian Pharaoh of Libyan origin, founder of the Twenty-second dynasty of Egypt.
* Tefnakht, Pharaoh of Libyan origin, who reigned 732–725 BC
* Masinissa, King of Numidia, North Africa, present day Algeria and Tunisia
* Jugurtha, King of Numidia
* Juba II, King of Numidia
* Macrinus, Roman emperor for 14 months in 217 and 218
* Lusius Quietus, governor of Judaea under the emperor Trajan
* Quintus Lollius Urbicus, governor of Britannia from 138 to 144
* Terence, (Publius Terentius Afer), Roman writer
* Apuleius, Roman writer ("half-Numidian, half-Gaetulian")
* Marcus Cornelius Fronto, Roman grammarian, rhetorician and advocate, was born at Cirta in modern Algeria
* Tertullian, an early Christian theologian (born in the highly multiethnic, Phoenician-founded city of Carthage)
* Saint Monica of Hippo, Saint Augustine's mother
* Arius, who proposed the doctrine of Arianism
* Donatus Magnus, leader of the Donatist schism
* Gelasius I between 492 and 496
* Victor I between 186 and 201
* Miltiades between 311 and 314
* Tacfarinas, who fought the Romans in the Aures Mountains,
* Firmus, who fought the Romans Between 372 and 375
* Gildo, who fought the Romans in 398
* Abd ar-Rahman I (731–788), his mother was a Berber.
* Al-Mansur (712–775), his mother was a Berber. Generally regarded as the real founder of the Abbasid Caliphate, his descendants Al-Mahdi, Harun al-Rashid etc. were therefore also partially Berber.
* Tariq ibn Ziyad, one of the leaders of the Moorish conquest of Iberia in 711.
* Adrian of Canterbury, Abbot of St Augustine's Abbey in Canterbury
* Dihya or al-Kahina
* Aksil or Kusayla
* Salih ibn Tarif of the Berghouata
* Abbas Ibn Firnas, inventor and aviator who made the first attempt at controlled flight
* Ibn Tumart, founder of the Almohad dynasty
* Yusuf ibn Tashfin, founder of the Almoravid dynasty
* Ibn Battuta (1304–1377), Moroccan traveller and explorer
* Abu Yaqub Yusuf I, who had the Giralda in Seville built.
* Abu Yaqub Yusuf II, who had the Torre del Oro in Seville built.
* Ziri ibn Manad founder of the Zirid dynasty
* Muhammad Awzal (ca. 1680–1749), prolific Sous Berber poet (see also Ocean of Tears)
* Muhammad al-Jazuli, author of the Dala'il al-Khairat, Sufi
* Abu Ali al-Hassan al-Yusi
* Imam al-Busiri, poet and author of the famous poem Qasida Burda – lived in Alexandria

## People of mixed Maghrebi and European ancestry
### Modern

* Cédric Ben Abdallah (Ben) – French humorist, Algerian father and French mother
* Yasmine golotchoglova – French youtubeuse, Russian father and algérian mother
* Robert Abdesselam – French politician and tennis player, Algerian father and French mother
* Ramzi Abid – Canadian professional ice hockey player, Tunisian father and Scottish mother
* Karima Adebibe – English model and actress, Moroccan father and Greek-Irish mother
* Damien Saez – French musicien, Spanish father and algérian mother
* Fu'ad Aït Aattou – French Actor, Moroccan Berber father and French mother
* Isabelle Adjani – French actress, Algerian father and German mother
* Alejandro Agag – Spanish businessman and former politician, Algerian father and Spanish mother
* Laurent Agouazi – Soccer player, Algerian father and French mother
* Natacha Amal – Belgian Actress, Moroccan father and Russian mother
* Amina Allam – Moroccan model, Moroccan father and Finnish mother
* Aure Atika – French actress, French father and Moroccan mother
* Malika Ayane – Italian singer, Moroccan father and Italian mother
* Malika zouhali–worrall – English documentary filmmaker, English father and Moroccan mother
* Jordan Bardella – French politician, President of the National Rally (previously the National Front) since September 2021 (Acting), Algerian great-grandfather
* Samir Barris – Belgian singer, Algerian father and Flemish Belgian mother
* Alain Bashung – French singer, songwriter and actor, Algerian father and French mother
* Kader Belarbi – French choreographer, Algerian father and French mother
* Mehdi Belhaj Kacem – French-Tunisian actor, philosopher, and writer, Tunisia father and French mother
* Catherine Belkhodja – French artist, actress and film director. Algerian father and a French mother
* Jeanne Benameur – French writer, Tunisian father and Italian mother
* Djemila Benhabib – Canadian opponent of Muslim fundamentalism, Algerian father and Cypriot mother
* Malik Bendjelloul – was a Swedish documentary filmmaker, journalist and former child actor. He directed the 2012 documentary Searching for Sugar Man, which won an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award, Algerian father and Swedish mother
* Farouk Bermouga – French actor, Algerian father and French mother
* Big flo et oli – French band, Argentine father and Algerian mother
* Dany Boon – French actor, Algerian father and French mother. Best-paid actor in European film history
* Assaad Bouab – Moroccan actor, Moroccan father and French mother.
* Tarik O'Regan – English musician, Irish father and Algerian mother
* Ali Boulala – Swedish professional skateboarder, Algerian father and Swedish mother
* Josef Boumedienne – Swedish professional hockey defenceman, Algerian father and Finnish mother
* Nina Bouraoui – French writer, Algerian father and French mother
* Daniel Brückner – Soccer player, Algerian father and German mother
* Bushido – German Rapper, Tunisian father and German mother
* Mehdi Carcela-González – Moroccan Soccer player, Spanish father and Moroccan mother
* Samir Carruthers – English Soccer player, Irish-Italian father and Moroccan mother
* Nicolas Cazalé – French actor, French father and Algerian mother
* Liassine cadamuro – French footballer, Italian father and Algerian mother
* Sara Chafak – Finnish beauty pageant titleholder, Moroccan father and Finnish mother
* Manuel da Costa – Soccer player, Portuguese father and Moroccan mother
* Gérald Darmanin – Minister of the Interior since 2020, Algerian grandfather
* Jean-Baptiste Djebbari – Minister for Transport, Algerian great grandfather
* Sofia Essaidi – Moroccan French singer, Moroccan father and French mother
* Michaël Fabre – French Soccer player, Algerian father and French mother
* Adrien Gallo – French musician and actor, French father and Algerian mother
* Julien Gerbi – French race car driver, Algerian father and French mother
* Mehdi El Glaoui – French actor, Moroccan father and French mother
* Brice Guilbert – French singer, French father and Moroccan mother
* Karim Hendou – Algerian Soccer player, Algerian father and Ukrainian mother
* Hédi Kaddour – French writer, Tunisian father and French mother
* Hakim El Karoui – French politician, Tunisian father and French mother
* Saïd El Khadraoui – Belgian politician, Moroccan father and Flemish Belgian mother
* Sami Khedira – German football player, Tunisian father and German mother
* Rani Khedira – German football player, Tunisian father and German mother
* Jonas Hassen Khemiri – Swedish novelist, Tunisian father and Swedish mother
* Marina Kaye – French singer, French father and Algerian mother
* Reem Kherici – French actress, Tunisian father and Italian mother
* Myriam El Khomri – current French Minister of Labour (2016), Moroccan father and French mother
* Taïg Khris – French inline skater, Algerian father and Greek mother
* Simone Lahbib – Scottish actress, Algerian father and Scottish mother
* Mehdi Lacen – French Soccer player, Algerian father and Italian mother
* Hind Laroussi Tahiri – Dutch singer, Moroccan father and Dutch mother
* Maïwenn Le Besco and Isild Le Besco – French actress, Algerian grandfather
* Amine Lecomte – Soccer player, French father and Moroccan mother
* Jalil Lespert – French actor, French father and Algerian mother
* Sheryfa Luna – French singer, Algerian father and French mother
* Ali Magoudi – French psychoanalyst and writer, Algerian father and Polish mother
* Yannis Marshall – French dancer, English father and Algerian mother
* Florian Makhedjouf – Soccer player, Algerian father and Italian mother
* Elyas M’Barek – German Actor, Tunisian father and German mother
* Carl Medjani – French Soccer player, Algerian father and French mother
* Mourad Meghni – French footballer, Algerian father and Portuguese mother
* Kad Merad – French actor, Algerian father and French mother
* Maxime Mermoz – French Rugby player, French father and Algerian mother
* MC Rene – German rapper, Moroccan father and German mother
* Arnaud Montebourg – French politician, Algerian grandfather, France's Minister of Industrial Renewal
* Mehdi Mostefa – French Soccer player, Algerian father and French mother
* Marcel Mouloudji – French singer and actor, Algerian father and French mother
* Cyril Mourali – French actor, Tunisian father and French mother
* Chazia Mourali – Dutch TV presenter, Tunisian father and Dutch mother
* Kerim Mrabti – Swedish Soccer player, Tunisian father and Swedish-Finnish mother
* Lee Lamrani Ibrahim "Lightning" Murray – British-Moroccan cage fighter turned gangster, Moroccan father and English mother
* Samy Naceri – French actor, Algerian father and French mother
* Mehdi Nebbou – French actor, Algerian father and German mother
* Marie-José Nat – French actress, Algerian father and French mother
* Malika Nedir – Swiss TV presenter, Algerian father and Swiss mother
* Juliette Noureddine – French singer, Algerian grandfather
* Laurette Onkelinx – Belgian politician, Belgian father and Algerian mother
* Artur Partyka – Polish high jumper, Algerian father and Polish mother
* Pnl – French band, Corsica father and Algerian mother
* Édith Piaf – French singer, Moroccan great-grandfather
* Jérome Polenz – Soccer player, Algerian father and German mother
* Daniel Prévost – French comedian, Algerian father and French mother
* Karim Rekik – Dutch football player, Tunisian father and Dutch mother
* Damien Saez – French singer, Spanish father and Algerian mother
* Leila Sebbar – French writer, Algerian father and French mother
* Adam Sioui – Canadian college and international swimmer, Algerian father and Canadian mother
* Myriam Sif – Moroccan singer, Moroccan father and Hungarian mother
* Hedi Slimane – French fashion designer, Tunisian father and Italian mother
* Benjamin Stambouli – Soccer player, Algerian father and French mother
* Jacques Villeret – French actor, Algerian father and French mother
* Najat Vallaud-Belkacem – first French woman to be appointed Minister of Education, Higher Education, and Research on 25 August 2014, Moroccan father and Spanish grandmother
* Karim Ziani – French footballer, Algerian Algerian father and French mother
* Enzo Zidane (1995-), Luca Zidane (1998-), Elyaz Zidane (2005-) - Soccer players, Algerian father
* Claude Zidi – French film director, Algerian father and French mother
* Malik Zidi – French actor, Algerian father and French mother
* Kenza Zouiten – Swedish fashion blogger, Moroccan father and Swedish mother
* Aladdin Meier – Swiss radio presenter, Swiss Father and Moroccan Mother
Maxime Mermoz- French father and algérian mother

### Ancient

* Septimius Severus, Roman Emperor who reigned from 14 April 193 until his death in 211
* Augustine of Hippo, Latin Church Father, one of the most important figures in the development of Western Christianity
* Abd-ar-Rahman III, Emir and Caliph of Córdoba (912–961) of the Umayyad dynasty in al-Andalus

## People of mixed Maghrebi and Asian ancestry

* Erika Sawajiri – Japan-based actress, model, and musician. Japanese father and an Algerian Berber mother
* Maïwenn Le Besco and Isild Le Besco – French actress, Algerian grandfather, Vietnamese grandfather