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'{{Short description|none}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2015}} Notable '''[[Algeria]]ns''' include: {{clear}} ==Artists== {{see also|List of Algerian artists|List of Algerian women artists}} ===Actors=== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} [[File:Sofia Boutella (34705024651).jpg|thumb|180px|[[Sofia Boutella]]]] * [[Hadj Abderrahmane]], actor and comedian<ref>[[:fr:Hadj Abderrahmane]]</ref> * [[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 * [[Fellag|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 {{div col end}} ===Directors and filmmakers=== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * [[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)|Ahmed Rachedi]], film director–producer, pioneer of Algerian cinema * [[Fatma Zohra Zamoum]], film director {{div col end}} ===Fashion (designers, models)=== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * [[Loli Bahia]], model * [[Farida Khelfa]], former model and actress {{div col end}} ===Illustrators=== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * [[Baya (artist)|Baya]], painter * [[Ali Dilem]], editorial cartoonist * [[:fr:Le Hic|Le Hic]], editorial cartoonist * [[Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer]], artist * [[Rezki Zerarti]], painter * [[Hocine Ziani]], painter {{div col end}} === New media === * [[Maurice Benayoun]], artist and theorist * [[Yves Saint Laurent (designer)|Yves Saint Laurent]], clothing and fashion designer ===Writers (including poets)=== {{See also|List of Algerian women writers}} {{div col|colwidth=30em}} [[File:Assia Djebar.jpg|thumb|180px|[[Assia Djebar]]]] [[File:Moufdi_Zakaria_1964.jpg|thumb|180px|[[Moufdi Zakaria]]]] *[[Ferhat Abbas]] (1899–1985), political leader and essayist *[[Mohamed Aïchaoui]] (1921–1959), political leader and journalist *[[Al-Akhdari]] (1512&ndash;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&ndash;1962), 20th-century poet and writer *[[Taos Amrouche]] (1913&ndash;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&ndash;2003), 20th-century writer *[[Leila Djabali]] (born 1933) *[[Tahar Djaout]] (1954&ndash;1993), poet, journalist, critic *[[Assia Djebar]] (1936–2015), novelist, translator and filmmaker *[[Mouloud Feraoun]] (1913&ndash;1962), writer and independence war hero *[[Mohamed Hassaïne]] (1945&ndash;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&ndash;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&ndash;1995), writer, poet *[[Ahlam Mostaghanemi]], writer * [[Sarah Rivens]], writer *[[Othmane Senadjki]] (1959&ndash;2010), journalist *[[Ahmed Ben Triki]] (1650-1750), Algerian poet from Tlemcen *[[Kateb Yacine]] (1929&ndash;1989), 20th-century writer *[[Moufdi Zakaria]] (1908&ndash;1977), lyricist of the Algerian [[national anthem]] "[[Kassaman]]" {{div col end}} ==Criminals== <!-- Commented out: [[File:Mokhtar Belmokhtar.png |thumb|180px|[[Mokhtar Belmokhtar]]]] --> {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * [[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 {{div col end}} == Journalists == * [[Abdessami' Abdelhaï]], journalist ==Leaders and politicians== ===Ancient Algeria=== [[File:Portrait Juba II Louvre Ma1886.jpg|thumb|180px|[[Juba II]]]] [[File:Marabout.jpg|thumb|180px]] {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * [[Juba I]], 1st century BC, king of Numidia under [[Ancient Rome|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)|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)|Adherbal]], king of Numidia * [[Hiempsal I]], king of Numidia * [[Gauda (king)|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 (4th-century usurper)|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)|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 {{div col end}} ===Early Islamic Algeria=== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * [[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]] * [[Sulyaman I 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 {{div col end}} === Ottoman Algeria === {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * [[Hassan Agha]], 16th-century Prince of Algiers; defeated Emperor [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]] in Algiers * [[Aruj|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]] {{div col end}} === Algeria under French colonization === {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * [[Emir Abdelkader]], 19th-century leader of the resistance against French colonisation * [[Ahmed Bey|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 {{div col end}} ===Revolutionary War of Independence=== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * [[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 (Shahid)|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 [[Battle of Algiers (1957)|1957 Battle of Algiers]]; actor in the [[The Battle of Algiers|1966 war film by the same name]] after independence {{div col end}} ===Independent Algeria=== [[File:Président Ahmed Ben Bella (mono).jpg|thumb|180px|[[Ahmed Ben Bella]]]] {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * [[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 {{birth based on age as of date|40|2024|10|8|noage=1|slash=y}}), 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<ref>Hunter, Brian. (Ed.) (1995) ''[[The Statesman's Year-Book 1995-96]]''. 132nd edition. London: Macmillan. p. 71. {{ISBN|0333620747}}</ref> * [[Chadli Bendjedid]], president of Algeria, 1979–1992 * [[Maamar Benguerba]], minister for labour and social affairs in the 1992 government<ref name="hunter1993">Hunter, Brian. (Ed.) (1993) ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=447JDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA81 The Statesman's Year-Book 1993-94]''. 130th edition. London: Macmillan. p. 81. {{ISBN|9780230271227}}</ref> * [[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<ref>Hunter, Brian. (Ed.) (1993) ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=447JDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA81 The Statesman's Year-Book 1993-94]''. 130th edition. London: Macmillan. p. 81. {{ISBN|9780230271227}}</ref> * [[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<ref name="hunter1993"/> * [[Liamine Zeroual]], president of Algeria, 1994–1999 {{div col end}} ===Outside Algeria=== * [[Haim Amsalem]], Israeli member of the Knesset * [[André Chouraqui]], French-Algerian-Israeli Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem ==Martyrs== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * [[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 La Pointe|Ali Ammar]] {{div col end}} ==Military and intelligence services== [[File:José Aboulker.jpg|thumb|180px|[[José Aboulker]]]] {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * [[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 [[Département du Renseignement et de la Sécurité|Department of Information and Security]] * [[Khaled Nezzar]], retired general {{div col end}} ==Musicians and singers== {{main|List of Algerian musicians}} ===Berber=== * [[Boualem Boukacem]], singer, poet, musician * [[Aïssa Djermouni]], singer, poet * [[Idir (singer)|Idir]], singer, musician, composer * [[Lounès Matoub|Lounes Matoub]], rebel singer of Kabyle music * [[Lounis Ait Menguellet]], singer, poet, musician * [[Erika Sawajiri]], singer, Algerian mother and Japanese father * [[Takfarinas]], singer ===Classical=== <!-- Commented out: [[File:Dahman harrachi.jpg|thumb|180px|[[El Hachemi Guerouabi]]]] --> <!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:El Hadj M'Hamed El Anka plays the Oud.jpg|thumb|180px|[[El Hadj M'Hamed El Anka]]]] --> {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * [[Farid Ali (singer)|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)|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 {{div col end}} ===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<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arabestar.com/biographie-Djamel-Laroussi.php|title=Biographie De Djamel Laroussi|work=arabestar.com|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081014141046/http://www.arabestar.com/biographie-Djamel-Laroussi.php|archivedate=14 October 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref> * [[Cheb i Sabbah]], DJ and composer/producer ===Pop=== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * [[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 people|Dutch]]/[[Moroccan people|Moroccan]]/[[Algeria]]n singer, recording artist, storyteller and poet * [[Zaho]], singer {{div col end}} ===Rai=== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * [[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 (musician)|Khaled]], [[raï]] musician, also known as Khaled El Hadj Brahim * [[Cheb Mami]], raï musician, also known as Mohamed Khelifati * [[Raïna Raï]], band<ref>Raïna Raï songs – maghrebspace.com</ref> * [[Cheikha Rimitti]], rai musician * [[Rachid Taha]], raï–rock musician * [[Cheb Tarik]], raï musician {{div col end}} ===Rap=== * [[Boef]], Algerian rapper; one of the Netherlands' most successful rappers * [[Didine Canon 16]] * [[:fr:Lotfi Double Kanon Lotfi|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 (rap duo)|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== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * [[Oury Amos Cherki]], has published numerous works on Jewish thought and philosophy * [[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]] {{div col end}} ==Scholars and academics== ===Historians=== * [[Annie Cohen-Solal]], writer, historian, cultural diplomat and public intellectual * [[Ibn Hammad (historian)|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 * [[Bernard-Henri Georges Lévy]], philosopher ==Sports== ===Association football=== [[File:Madjer, rabah 1986.jpg|thumb|180px|[[Rabah Madjer]]]] {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * [[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 {{div col end}} ===Athletics=== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * [[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 {{div col end}} ===Basketball=== *[[Abdesslem Dekkiche]] ===Boxing=== * [[Abdelhafid Benchabla]], boxer * [[Amine Boushaki]], judoka * [[Robert Cohen (boxer)|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=== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * [[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 {{div col end}} ===Ice hockey=== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * [[Josef Boumedienne]], professional ice hockey player; Algerian and Finnish descent {{div col end}} === Judo === {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * [[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 {{div col end}} ===Other sports=== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * [[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 {{div col end}} ==See also== {{Portal|Biography|Lists|Algeria }} * [[List of people by nationality]] {{clear}} ==References== {{reflist}} {{Algeria topics}} [[Category:Lists of Algerian people|*]] [[Category:Lists of Arabs|Algerians notable]]'