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 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
Mohamed A. Lahlou, cofounder of the FFS party
Said Sadi, founder and leader of the RCD party
Farouk Tebbal, minister for the environment in the 1992 government^[3]
Liamine Zeroual, President of Algeria, 1994–1999

Martyrs

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
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

Aïssa Djermouni, singer, poet
Boualem Boukacem, singer, poet, musician
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

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

Contemporary

DJ Snake, DJ, producer, songwriter; French-Algerian artist, worked with several famous artists
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^[4]

Pop

Baaziz, singer
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
Cheb Hasni, raï musician
Cheb Mami, raï musician, also known as Mohamed Khelifati
Faudel, raï musician
Khaled, raï musician, also known as Khaled El Hadj Brahim
Raïna Raï, band^[5]
Cheikha Rimitti, rai musician
Rachid Taha, raï–rock musician
Cheb Tarik, raï musician

Rapedit

Fianso, Franco-Algerian rapper.
Kenza Farah, Algerian singer-songwriter, rap, R&B and hip-hop; sings in French
Lacrim, French-Algerian rapper, songwriter, has many hits in French game and American game
L'Algerino, singer and rapper
Double Kanon, rapper, MC, producer, songwriter; songs engaging tracks against political system
PNL (Rap Duo), 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

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