Notable

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Artists

Writers (including poets)

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(1899–1985), political leader and essayist *

Mohamed Aïchaoui Mohamed Aïchaoui (29 January 1921 - 1959) was an Algerian journalist and militant in the nationalist movement against French Algeria. Aïchaoui wrote the ''Declaration of 1 November 1954'', the National Liberation Front's first appeal to the A ...

(1921–1959), political leader and journalist *

Abdelkader Alloula Abdelkader Alloula ar, عبد القادر علولة‎ (1939 in Ghazaouet, Algeria – March 14, 1994, in Oran, Algeria) was an Algerian playwright. He was assassinated by GIA terrorists. Biography Alloula was born in Ghazaouet in western ...

(born 1939), playwright * Al-Akhdari (1512–1575), Arab-Algerian poet, Alim, Astronomer, Jurist and Logician of sherifian descent. *

Malek Alloula Malek Alloula (1937–2015) was an Algerian poet, writer, editor, and literary critic. He is chiefly notable for his poetry and essays on philosophy. He wrote several books, including ''Le Harem Colonial'' in 1981, translated into English as '' ...

(born 1937), poet, writer, and critic * Djamal Amrani (1935–2005), poet and essayist *

Jean Amrouche Jean el Mouhouv Amrouche (7 February 1906 in Ighil Ali, Algeria – 16 April 1962 in Paris, France) was an Algerian francophone writer, poet and journalist. Biography Jean el Mouhouv Amrouche was born February 7, 1906, in Ighil Ali, in the val ...

(1906–1962), 20th-century poet and writer *

Taos Amrouche Marie-Louise-Taos Amrouche (born 4 March 1913 in Tunis, Tunisia; died 2 April 1976 in Saint-Michel-l'Observatoire, France) was an Algerian writer and singer. In 1947, she became the first Algerian woman to publish a novel. Biography She was ...

(1913–1976), singer and writer *

Apuleius Apuleius (; also called Lucius Apuleius Madaurensis; c. 124 – after 170) was a Numidian Latin-language prose writer, Platonist philosopher and rhetorician. He lived in the Roman province of Numidia, in the Berber city of Madauros, modern-day ...

(c. 125–c. 180 C.E.),

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...

prose writer *

Mohammed Arkoun Mohammed Arkoun ( ar, محمد أركون; 1 February 1928 – 14 September 2010) was an Algerian scholar and thinker. He was considered to have been one of the most influential secular scholars in Islamic studies contributing to contemporary inte ...

(born 1928), scholar and thinker * Leila Djabali (born 1933) *

Zighen Aym Zighen Aym (born 1957 in Kabylie in Algeria) is an Algerian writer and engineer. After graduating with an engineering degree in the United States in 1982, he went back to his native Algeria and worked as a maintenance engineer in the Sahara for S ...

(born 1957), writer and engineer *

Farida Belghoul Farida Belghoul (born 1958) is a French author of Algerian descent who was raised in France. She was the main spokesperson for the second March for Equality and Against Racism which took place throughout France in 1984. Her novel ''Georgette!' ...

(born 1958), author *

Omar Belhouchet Omar Belhouchet (born 9 February 1954 in Sétif) is an Algerian journalist who is renowned for his investigative reporting and supporting freedom of the press; his work and persistence have received international recognition. During the civil w ...

(born 1954), journalist *

Albert Camus Albert Camus ( , ; ; 7 November 1913 – 4 January 1960) was a French philosopher, author, dramatist, and journalist. He was awarded the 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature at the age of 44, the second-youngest recipient in history. His work ...

(born 1913), journalist, author, philosopher *

Mohammed Benchicou Mohammed Boualem Benchicou ( ar, محمد بنشيكو) (born 1952 in Miliana, Aïn Defla Province) was the director and publisher of the Algerian newspaper '' Le Matin ( en, the sunrise)'', closed in August 2006. Career In 1989, he was one of ...

(born 1952), director and publisher of the Algerian newspaper Le Matin *

Salah Benlabed Salah Benlabed (born 1950) is an Algerian architect, academic, novelist and poet. Formerly a professor of architecture at the University of Algiers, he has been based in Montreal for more than a decade. He has designed numerous architectural projec ...

(born 1950), architect, academic, novelist and poet *

Latifa Ben Mansour Latifa Ben Mansour ( ar, لطيفة بن منصور) (born 1950 in Tlemcen) is an Algerian writer, psychoanalyst, and linguist. Her work deals with issues such as the role of women in Algerian society, Islamic extremism, storytelling, trauma, and me ...

(born 1950), writer, psychoanalyst, and linguist *

Malek Bennabi Malek Bennabi (1 January 1905 – 31 October 1973) ( ar, مالك بن نبي) was an Algerian writer and philosopher, who wrote about human society, particularly Muslim society with a focus on the reasons behind the fall of Muslim civilizatio ...

(born 1905), writer and philosopher *

Rachid Boudjedra Rachid Boudjedra ( ar, رشيد بوجدرة) (b. 5 September 1941 in Aïn Beïda, Algeria) is an Algerian poet, novelist, playwright and critic. Boudjedra wrote in French from 1965 to 1981, at which point he switched to writing in Arabic, often ...

(born 1941), poet, novelist, playwright and critic *

Mohamed Cherak Mohamed Cherak ( ar, محمد شراق; 14 August 1977 – 17 November 2018) was an Algerian journalist and editor-in-chief. Early life Cherak was born in 1977 in the town of Hammadi, in the lower Kabylia region of Algeria, west of the Khachna ...

, journalist *

Hélène Cixous Hélène Cixous (; ; born 5 June 1937) is a French writer, playwright and literary critic. She is known for her experimental writing style and great versatility as a writer and thinker, her work dealing with multiple genres: theater, literary a ...

, feminist writer *

Mohammed Dib Mohammed Dib ( ar, محمد ديب; 21 July 1920 – 2 May 2003) was an Algerian author. He wrote over 30 novels, as well as numerous short stories, poems, and children's literature in the French language. He is probably Algeria's most prolific ...

(1920–2003), 20th-century writer *

Tahar Djaout Tahar Djaout (11 January 1954 – 2 June 1993) was an Algerian journalist, poet, and fiction writer. He was assassinated in 1993 by the Armed Islamic Group. Early life He was born in 1954 in Oulkhou, a village in the Kabylie region. After unive ...

(1954–1993), poet, journalist, critic *

Assia Djebar Fatima-Zohra Imalayen (30 June 1936 – 6 February 2015), known by her pen name Assia Djebar ( ar, آسيا جبار), was an Algerian novelist, translator and filmmaker. Most of her works deal with obstacles faced by women, and she is noted fo ...

(born 1936), novelist, translator and filmmaker *

Mouloud Feraoun Mouloud Feraoun (8 March 1913 – 15 March 1962) was an Algerian writer and martyr of the Algerian revolution born in Tizi Hibel, Kabylie. Some of his books, written in French, have been translated into several languages including English and Ge ...

(1913–1962), writer and independence war hero *

Mohamed Hassaïne Mohamed Hassaïne ( ar, محمد حساين) (born in Beni Amrane on 5 January 1945, and died in Larbatache on 28 February 1994) was an Algerian journalist. Early life Hassaïne was born in 1945 in the village of Azela within the Thénia Dis ...

(1945–1994), journalist *

Miloud Hmida Miloud Homida () (born 1976) is an Algerian poet, critic and translator. He was born at Djelfa Djelfa ( ar, الجلفة, link=no, al-Ǧilfah) is the capital city of Djelfa Province, Algeria and the site of ancient city and former bishopric Falla ...

(born 1961), poet, critic, translator *

Yasmina Khadra Mohammed Moulessehoul ( ar, محمد مولسهول; born January 10, 1955), better known by the pen name Yasmina Khadra ( ar, ياسمينة خضراء), is an Algerian author living in France, who writes in French. One of the most famous Algeri ...

(also known as Mohamed Moulessehoul) (born 1955), writer * Aïssa Khelladi, journalist, novelist and playwright *

Ahmed Mahsas Ahmed Mahsas (November 17, 1923 – February 24, 2013) was an Algerian militant in the nationalist movement against French Algeria. Early life Ahmed Mahsas was born on 17 November 1923 in Boudouaou, Kabylia (now Boumerdès). He grew up in the ...

(1923–2013), political leader and writer *

Fodil Mezali Fodil Mezali ( ar, فضيل مزالي) (born in Thénia on 23 April 1959) is an Algerian journalist, editor-in-chief and managing editor. Early life Mezali was born in 1959 in the town of Thénia in the lower Kabylia region of Algeria, east ...

(born 1959), journalist and writer * Hocine Mezali (born 1938), journalist and writer *

Rachid Mimouni Rachid Mimouni (In Arabic:رشيد ميموني) (20 November 1945 – 12 February 1995) was an Algerian writer, teacher and human rights activist. Mimouni wrote novels describing Algerian society in a realist style. He was threatened by Is ...

(1945–1995), writer, poet *

Ahlam Mostaghanemi Ahlem Mosteghanemi ( ar, أحلام مستغانمي), alternatively written Ahlam Mosteghanemi (born 1953) is an Algerian writer who has been called "''probably the world's best-known Arabophone woman novelist''". She was the first Algerian wom ...

, writer *

Othmane Senadjki Othmane Senadjki ( ar, عثمان سناجقي) (born in Khemis El Khechna on 23 May 1959 and died in Béni Messous on 29 December 2010) was an Algerian journalist and editor-in-chief of El Khabar newspaper. Early life Senadjki was born in 1959 ...

(1959–2010), journalist *

Kateb Yacine Kateb Yacine (; 2 August 1929 or 6 August 1929 – 28 October 1989) was an Algerian writer notable for his novels and plays, both in French and Algerian Arabic, and his advocacy of the Berber cause. Biography Kateb Yacine was officially b ...

(1929–1989), 20th-century writer * Moufdi Zakaria (1908–1977), lyricist of the Algerian

national anthem A national anthem is a patriotic musical composition symbolizing and evoking eulogies of the history and traditions of a country or nation. The majority of national anthems are marches or hymns in style. American, Central Asian, and European n ...

Kassaman "Kassaman", or "Qassaman" ( ar, قَسَمًا, "we pledge", "the oath" or "we swear"), is the national anthem of Algeria. Moufdi Zakaria authored the lyrics, while the music was composed by Egyptian composer Mohamed Fawzi. Th ...

New media

Maurice Benayoun Maurice Benayoun (aka MoBen or 莫奔) (born 29 March 1957) is a French new-media artist, curator, and theorist based in Paris and Hong Kong. His work employs various media, including video, computer graphics, immersive virtual reality, th ...

, artist and theorist *

Yves Saint Laurent (designer) Yves Henri Donat Mathieu-Saint-Laurent (1 August 1936 – 1 June 2008), referred to as Yves Saint-Laurent (, also , , ) or YSL, was a French fashion designer who, in 1962, founded his eponymous fashion label. He is regarded as being among the f ...

, clothing and fashion designer

Actors

Hadj Abderrahmane :''not to be confused with Slimane Hadj Abderrahmane'' Hadj Abderrahmane (Arabic:حاج عبد الرحمان; October 12, 1941 - October 5, 1981) was an Algerian actor from Télemly, Algiers.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 Jean-Pierre Bacri (24 May 1951 – 18 January 2021) was a French actor and screenwriter. He frequently worked in collaboration with Agnès Jaoui. Life and career One of Bacri's earliest film appearances was '' Subway''. He co-wrote with Jaoui ...

, actor and screenwriter *

M'hamed Benguettaf M'hamed Benguettaf ( – 5 January 2014) was an Algerian actor and playwright. M'hamed Benguettaf died following a long illness on 5 January 2014, aged 75, in his hometown of Algiers. He was buried in El Alia Cemetery El Alia Cemeter ...

, actor and playwright *

Jean Benguigui Jean Benguigui (born 8 April 1944 in Oran) is a French actor. He is of Jewish-Algerian descent. In 2006 and 2007 he played the role of impresario Cartoni in a new adaptation of the operetta Le Chanteur de Mexico at the Théâtre du Châtelet ...

, stage, screen, and television actor *

Dali Benssalah Dali Benssalah ( Dali Bnessleh), (born 8 January 1992) is a French-Algerian actor. Biography Benssalah was born in Rennes to a family of Algerian descent. He was a Muay Thai martial artist champion before graduating from the Cours Florent dra ...

, actor in James Bond movie ''

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'' (2021) *

Biyouna Baya Bouzar ( ar, باية بوزار, 13 September 1952), known by the stage name Biyouna () is an Algerian singer, dancer, actress born in Belcourt, now known as Belouizdad, Algiers, Algeria. Early life Having a very early passion for singin ...

, singer, actress and comedian *

Mohamed Bouchaïb Mohamed Bouchaïb (Arabic: محمد بوشعيب) (Benghazi, 17 July 1984) is an Libya-born and Algerian actor. He is best known for his role in '' Mascarades'' (Arabic:مسخرة) directed by Lyes Salem (Arabic:إلياس سالم). Bouchaïb ...

, Libya-born Algerian actor *

Sofia Boutella Sofia Boutella ( ar, صوفيا بوتلة; born 3 April 1982) is an Algerian actress, model, and dancer. Early life Boutella was born in the Bab El Oued district of Algiers, Algeria, to an architect mother and a jazz musician father, Safy Boute ...

, actress, model and dancer *

Patrick Bruel Patrick Benguigui (; born 14 May 1959), better known by his stage name Patrick Bruel (), is a French singer-songwriter, actor and professional poker player. Biography Early life Patrick is the son of Pierre Benguigui and Augusta Kammoun, d ...

, singer, actor, and professional poker player *

Alain Chabat Alain Chabat (; born 24 November 1958) is a French actor, comedian, director, screenwriter, producer and television presenter. He was originally known for his work in the comedy group Les Nuls, including as the co-writer and lead actor of ''La C ...

, actor and director *

Mohamed Chouikh Mohamed Chouikh (born 1943) is an Algerian film-maker and actor. Mohamed Chouikh was born at Mostaganem, Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 ...

, filmmaker *

Mohamed Fellag Mohamed Fellag (born 31 March 1950 in Azeffoun, Tizi Ouzou) is an Algerian comedian, writer, humorist, and actor. In 1958, at the height of the Algerian war of independence, his father took him and his younger brother, for their safety, to stay w ...

, actor and comedian *

Khaled Habib Khaled Habib El-Kebich (born January 24, 1970 in Tiaret, Algeria) is an Algerian film director, composer, singer-songwriter and an actor. Early life He composes and performs a genre of music which is both traditional and modern. He has develope ...

, singer-songwriter, composer, actor, film director *

Roger Hanin Roger is a given name, usually masculine, and a surname. The given name is derived from the Old French personal names ' and '. These names are of Germanic origin, derived from the elements ', ''χrōþi'' ("fame", "renown", "honour") and ', ' ( ...

, film actor and director *

Sid Ali Kouiret Sid Ali Kouiret (3 January 1933 – 5 April 2015) was an Algerian actor. Biography Kouiret was born at Algiers. He was a theater and cinema comedian. He had a difficult childhood. His father was a taxi driver, coming frequently drunk at home ...

, actor *

Rachid Ksentini Rachid Ksentini (November 11, 1887 – August 4, 1944) was an Algerian actor and comedian. Biography Rachid Ksentini was born Rachid Belakhdar on November 11, 1887 in the Casbah of Algiers. He left school early to work as an apprentice carpenter ...

, actor and comedian *

Rouiched Ahmed Ayad (Arabic: أحمد عياد) better known by his stage name as Rouiched; was an Algerian comedy actor and singer, born on April 28, 1921, at Algiers and died on January 28, 1999, at El Biar (Algiers). Biography Rouiched was from Ka ...

, comedy actor *

Lyes Salem Lyès Salem (Arabic: إلياس سالم) (Algiers, 1966) is an Algerian actor and film director. His first film as director, Masquerades, won several prizes in France. Filmography As director * ''Lhasa'' short 1999 * '' :fr:Cousines'' short. ...

, actor and film director * Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir, actor, director, and man of stage *

Patrick Timsit Patrick Timsit () is a French comedian, writer and film director. He has been nominated for four César Awards – three times as an actor and once as a writer. He is best known for the French comedy ''Un indien dans la ville''. In 2006, he pa ...

, comedian, writer, and film director *

Larbi Zekkal Larbi Zekkal (19 May 1934 – 17 September 2010) was an Algerian film actor and comedian. Personal life Larbi Zekkal was born on May 19, 1934, in Algiers, Algeria. He died on September 17, 2010, in Algiers, Algeria at age 76 after falling from ...

, actor and comedian *

Marlène Jobert Marlène Jobert (born 4 November 1940) is a French actress and author. Life and career Jobert was born in Algiers, Algeria, to a Sephardic Jewish and Pied-Noir family, the daughter of Eliane Azulay and Charles Jobert, who served in the French A ...

, actress, singer and author *

Eva Green Eva Gaëlle Green (, ; born ) is a French actress and model. The daughter of actress Marlène Jobert, she began her career in theatre before making her film debut in Bernardo Bertolucci's '' The Dreamers'' (2003). She achieved international reco ...

, actress and model

Directors and filmmakers

Merzak Allouache Merzak Allouache (born 6 October 1944) is an Algerian film director and screenwriter. His 1976 film ''Omar Gatlato'' was later entered into the 10th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Silver Prize. His 1996 ''Salut cousin!'' was ...

, film director *

, theatre producer *

Jean-Luc Azoulay Jean-Luc Azoulay also known by the pseudonym Jean-François Porry (born 1947 in Sétif, then French Algeria) is a French television producer. He was born in Algeria to a Sephardic Jewish family. In 1987, with the ''Club Dorothée'', he developed ...

, television producer *

Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina ( ar, محمد الأخضر حمينة; born in M'sila in 1934) is an Algerian film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his 1975 film ''Chronicle of the Years of Fire''. He is one of the most prominent figures ...

, film director, Palme d'Or at the 1975 Cannes Festival * Ahmed Rachedi, film director–producer, pioneer of Algerian cinema *

Fatma Zohra Zamoum Fatma Zohra Zamoum (born 19 January 1967) is a Franco-Algerian writer, filmmaker and educator. Biography Zamoun was born in Bordj Menaïel in the north of Algeria, within a well-known family whose ancestors are Omar ben Zamoum and Mohamed ben ...

, film director

Illustrators

* Ali Dilem, editorial cartoonist * Baya, painter * Feriel Boushaki, contemporary artist *

Hocine Ziani Hocine Ziani (born in Sidi Daoud on 3 May 1953) is an Algerian painter and artist in plastic arts. Early years Ziani was born in 1953 in a Kabyle people, Kabyle family living in the countryside of lower Kabylia near Zawiyet Sidi Amar Cherif and ...

, painter * Le Hic, editorial cartoonist * Rezki Zerarti, painter

Leaders and politicians

Ancient Algeria

Juba I Juba I of Numidia ( lat, IVBA, xpu, ywbʿy; –46BC) was a king of Numidia (reigned 60–46 BC). He was the son and successor to Hiempsal II. Biography In 81 BC Hiempsal had been driven from his throne; soon afterwards, Pompey was sent to Afr ...

, 1st-century BC, King of Numidia under

Roman Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *''Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a letter ...

rule *

Juba II Juba II or Juba of Mauretania (Latin: ''Gaius Iulius Iuba''; grc, Ἰóβας, Ἰóβα or ;Roller, Duane W. (2003) ''The World of Juba II and Kleopatra Selene'' "Routledge (UK)". pp. 1–3. . c. 48 BC – AD 23) was the son of Juba I and client ...

, 1st-century BC, King of Numidia under Roman rule *

Jugurtha Jugurtha or Jugurthen (Libyco-Berber ''Yugurten'' or '' Yugarten'', c. 160 – 104 BC) was a king of Numidia. When the Numidian king Micipsa, who had adopted Jugurtha, died in 118 BC, Jugurtha and his two adoptive brothers, Hiempsal and Adh ...

, 2nd-century BC, King of Numidia *

Massinissa Masinissa ( nxm, , ''MSNSN''; ''c.'' 238 BC – 148 BC), also spelled Massinissa, Massena and Massan, was an ancient Numidian king best known for leading a federation of Massylii Berber tribes during the Second Punic War (218–201 BC), ult ...

, 3rd-century BC, King of

Numidia Numidia ( Berber: ''Inumiden''; 202–40 BC) was the ancient kingdom of the Numidians located in northwest Africa, initially comprising the territory that now makes up modern-day Algeria, but later expanding across what is today known as Tunis ...

Tacfarinas Tacfarinas ( Latinised form of Berber Tikfarin or Takfarin; died AD 24) was a Numidian Berber from Thagaste, located in the province of Proconsular Africa (now Souk Ahras, in Algeria), who was a deserter from the Roman army who led his own Mus ...

, leader of a rebellion against the Romans *

Macrinus Marcus Opellius Macrinus (; – June 218) was Roman emperor from April 217 to June 218, reigning jointly with his young son Diadumenianus. As a member of the equestrian class, he became the first emperor who did not hail from the senatori ...

, Roman Emperor *

Pope Gelasius I Pope Gelasius I was the bishop of Rome from 1 March 492 to his death on 19 November 496. Gelasius was a prolific author whose style placed him on the cusp between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages.The title of his biography by Walter Ullma ...

, Pope from 1 March 492 to his death in 496 *

Quintus Lollius Urbicus Quintus Lollius Urbicus was a Numidian Berber governor of Roman Britain between the years 139 and 142, during the reign of the Emperor Antoninus Pius. He is named in the ''Historia Augusta'', although it is not entirely historical, and his name ...

, Governor of Roman Britain

Early Islamic Algeria

Abu Qurra ''For the Melkite theologian, see Theodore Abu Qurrah'' Abu Qurra () a member of the Sufrite tribe Banu Ifran of Tlemcen, was the founder of the indigenous Berber Muslim movement with Kharijite tendencies in North Africa after the overthrow of ...

, proclaimed Caliph by the

banu ifran The Banu Ifran ( ar, بنو يفرن, ''Banu Yafran'') or Ifranids, were a Zenata Berber tribe prominent in the history of pre-Islamic and early Islamic North Africa. In the 8th century, they established a kingdom in the central Maghreb, with ...

Berber tribe, founder of the indigenous Berber Muslim movement of Kharijite tendencies in North Africa and also founder of the

Emirate of Tlemcen The Ifranid Emirate of Tlemcen or Ifranid Kingdom of Tlemcen, was a Kharijite state, founded by Berbers of the Banu Ifran in the eighth century, with its capital at Tlemcen in modern Algeria. Background After the Muslim conquest of the ...

. * Ibn Rustom, of Persian descent, founder of the

Rustamid dynasty The Rustamid dynasty () (or ''Rustumids'', ''Rostemids'') was a ruling house of Ibāḍī imāms of Persian descent centered in Algeria. The dynasty governed as a Muslim theocracy for a century and a half from its capital Tiaret (present day Tag ...

centered around Tiaret in modern-day Algeria. *

Buluggin ibn Ziri Buluggin ibn Ziri, often transliterated Bologhine, in full ʾAbū al Futūḥ Sayf ad Dawlah Bulukīn ibn Zīrī ibn Manād aṣ Ṣanhājī ( ar, أبو الفتوح سيف الدولة بلكين بن زيري بن مناد الصنهاجي; die ...

, 10th-century Emir; founder of the city of

Algiers Algiers ( ; ar, الجزائر, al-Jazāʾir; ber, Dzayer, script=Latn; french: Alger, ) is the capital and largest city of Algeria. The city's population at the 2008 Census was 2,988,145Census 14 April 2008: Office National des Statistiques ...

(''Ed'Zayer'' in

Algerian Arabic Algerian Arabic (natively known as Dziria) is a dialect derived from the form of Arabic spoken in northern Algeria. It belongs to the Maghrebi Arabic language continuum and is partially mutually intelligible with Tunisian and Moroccan. Like ...

refers to his father Ziri ibn Menad, founder of the

Zirid dynasty The Zirid dynasty ( ar, الزيريون, translit=az-zīriyyūn), Banu Ziri ( ar, بنو زيري, translit=banū zīrī), or the Zirid state ( ar, الدولة الزيرية, translit=ad-dawla az-zīriyya) was a Sanhaja Berber dynasty from ...

) *

Hammad ibn Buluggin Hammad ibn Buluggin () (died 1028) was the first ruler of the Hammadid dynasty in what is now Algeria (1014–1028). Life After the death of his father Buluggin ibn Ziri, al-Mansur ibn Buluggin (984–995), Hammad's brother, became the head o ...

, founder and first Sultan of the

Hammadid dynasty The Hammadid dynasty () was a branch of the Sanhaja Berber dynasty that ruled an area roughly corresponding to north-eastern modern Algeria between 1008 and 1152. The state reached its peak under Nasir ibn Alnas during which it was briefly the m ...

centered around Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad from 1008 to 1090 then

Béjaïa Béjaïa (; ; ar, بجاية‎, Latn, ar, Bijāya, ; kab, Bgayet, Vgayet), formerly Bougie and Bugia, is a Mediterranean port city and commune on the Gulf of Béjaïa in Algeria; it is the capital of Béjaïa Province, Kabylia. Béjaïa is ...

from 1090 to 1152. *

Abd al-Mu'min Abd al Mu'min (c. 1094–1163) ( ar, عبد المؤمن بن علي or عبد المومن الــكـومي; full name: ʿAbd al-Muʾmin ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿAlwī ibn Yaʿlā al-Kūmī Abū Muḥammad) was a prominent member of the Almohad move ...

, first Caliph and founder of the

Almohad dynasty The Almohad Caliphate (; ar, خِلَافَةُ ٱلْمُوَحِّدِينَ or or from ar, ٱلْمُوَحِّدُونَ, translit=al-Muwaḥḥidūn, lit=those who profess the unity of God) was a North African Berber Muslim empire fo ...

. *

Yaghmurasen Ibn Zyan Yaghmurasen Ibn Zyan (1206 – February/March 1283, ar, يغمراسن إبن زيان, long name: ''Yaghmurasan ben Ziyan ben Thabet ben Mohamed ben Zegraz ben Tiddugues ben Taaullah ben Ali ben Abd al-Qasem ben Abd al-Wad'') was the founder of ...

, founder and first Sultan of the

Zayyanid dynasty The Zayyanid dynasty ( ar, زيانيون, ''Ziyānyūn'') or Abd al-Wadids ( ar, بنو عبد الواد, ''Bānu ʿabd āl-Wād'') was a Berber Zenata dynasty that ruled the Kingdom of Tlemcen, mainly in modern Algeria centered on the town of ...

centered around

Tlemcen Tlemcen (; ar, تلمسان, translit=Tilimsān) is the second-largest city in northwestern Algeria after Oran, and capital of the Tlemcen Province. The city has developed leather, carpet, and textile industries, which it exports through the por ...

in modern-day Algeria.

Ottoman Algeria

* Hassan Agha, 16th-century Prince of Algiers; defeated Emperor

Charles V Charles V may refer to: * Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1500–1558) * Charles V of Naples (1661–1700), better known as Charles II of Spain * Charles V of France (1338–1380), called the Wise * Charles V, Duke of Lorraine (1643–1690) * Infan ...

in Algiers * Baba Aruj, 16th-century corsair; leader of the Regency of Algiers *

Hayreddin Barbarossa Hayreddin Barbarossa ( ar, خير الدين بربروس, Khayr al-Din Barbarus, original name: Khiḍr; tr, Barbaros Hayrettin Paşa), also known as Hızır Hayrettin Pasha, and simply Hızır Reis (c. 1466/1478 – 4 July 1546), was an Ot ...

, brother and successor of ''Aruj'' *

Rais Hamidou ( ar, رئیس), plural , is an Arabic title meaning 'chief' or 'leader'. It comes from the word for head, . The corresponding word for leadership or chieftaincy is . It is often translated as 'president' in Arabic language, Arabic, and as 'boss' ...

, Nicknamed 'Amir el Bihar' (leader of the seas) Admiral and last great leader of the Algerian Navy, of Berber descent. *

Zymen Danseker Siemen Danziger ( – c. 1615), better known by his anglicized names Zymen Danseker and Simon de Danser, was a 17th-century Dutch privateer and corsair. His name is also written ''Danziker'', ''Dansker'', or ''Danser''. Danseker and the English ...

, A Dutch privateer during the

Eighty Years' War The Eighty Years' War or Dutch Revolt ( nl, Nederlandse Opstand) ( c.1566/1568–1648) was an armed conflict in the Habsburg Netherlands between disparate groups of rebels and the Spanish government. The causes of the war included the Refo ...

, became admiral of the Algerian fleet from 1600 to 1610. He is said to have introduced the round ship to the Algerians. *

Sulayman Reis Ivan Dirkie de Veenboer (died October 10, 1620 near Cartagena) was a 17th-century Dutch corsair. A privateer during the Eighty Years' War, he later turned to piracy and became an officer under Simon the Dancer. He later converted to Islam, be ...

, A Dutch privateer during the

; later turned to the corsair activity swearing allegiance to the Sultan of Algiers and became an officer under

Algeria under French colonization

Emir Abdelkader Abdelkader ibn Muhieddine (6 September 1808 – 26 May 1883; ar, عبد القادر ابن محي الدين '), known as the Emir Abdelkader or Abdelkader El Hassani El Djazairi, was an Algerian religious and military leader who led a struggl ...

, 19th-century leader of the resistance against French colonisation *

Mohamed ben Zamoum Mohamed ben Zamoum (born in Boghni on 1795 and died also in Boghni on 1843) was a Kabyle marabout who participated in the Algerian resistance against the French conquest of Algeria. Family Mohamed ben Zamoum was born during the year 1795 i ...

, 19th-century leader of the resistance against French colonisation * Hadj Ahmed Bey, last Bey of Constantine; fought the

French Army The French Army, officially known as the Land Army (french: Armée de Terre, ), is the land-based and largest component of the French Armed Forces. It is responsible to the Government of France, along with the other components of the Armed For ...

during two sieges in 1836 and 1837 * Cheikh Boumerdassi, 19th-century leader of the resistance against French colonisation *

Omar ben Zamoum Omar ben Zamoum (born in Naciria on 1836 and died also in Naciria on 1898) was a Kabyle marabout who participated to the Algerian resistance during Mokrani Revolt against the French conquest of Algeria. Family Omar ben Zamoum was born during ...

, 19th-century leader of the resistance against French colonisation *

Messali Hadj Ahmed Ben Messali Hadj (May 16, 1898 - June 3, 1974), commonly known as Messali Hadj, ar, مصالي الحاج, was an Algerian nationalist politician dedicated to the independence of his homeland from French colonial rule. He is often called ...

, founder of the first North African and then Algerian Nationalist Parties *

Lalla Fatma N'Soumer Lalla Fatma N'Soumer (c.1830 – c. 1863) ( kab, Lalla Faḍma n Sumer; ar, لالة فاطمة نسومر) was an Algerian anti-colonial leader during 1849–1857 of the French conquest of Algeria and subsequent Pacification of Algeria. ...

, 19th-century female leader of the Kabyle resistance against the French *

Mohamed Seghir Boushaki Mohamed Seghir Boushaki (), (born 27 November 1869 in Thénia, Boumerdès Province, Kabylie, Algeria; died 1959 in Thenia, Algeria) was an Algerian Berber politician after the French conquest of Algeria. Presentation Mohamed Seghir Bousha ...

, 20th-century leader of the Kabyle political resistance against the French *

Mohamed Deriche Mohamed Deriche (, ), (born 1865 in Souk El-Had, Boumerdès Province, Kabylie, Algeria; died 1948 in Boudouaou, Algeria) was an Algerian Berber politician after the French conquest of Algeria. Presentation Mohamed Deriche was born in the Ka ...

, 20th-century leader of the Kabyle political resistance against the French *

, nationalist politician

Revolutionary War of Independence

, president of the provisional government of Algeria before independence, 1958–1961 *

, 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 Djamila Bouhired ( ar, جميلة بوحيرد, born c. 1935) is an Algerian militant. Bouhired is a nationalist who opposed the French colonial rule of Algeria. She was raised in a middle-class family by a Tunisian mother and an Algerian father ...

, female hero of the revolution *

, sociologist and independence war hero * Larbi Ben M'hidi, Commander of Zone 5 during the independence war *

Abane Ramdane Abane Ramdane (June 10, 1920 – December 26, 1957) was an Algerian political activist and revolutionary. He played a key role in the organization of the independence struggle during the Algerian war. His influence was so great that he was know ...

, political leader of the independence war; author of the "political over military" and "interior over exterior" principles *

Yacef Saadi Saadi Yacef (; 20 January 1928 – 10 September 2021) was an Algerian independence fighter, serving as a leader of the National Liberation Front during his country's war of independence. He was a Senator in Algeria's Council of the Nation unti ...

, 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 Mohamed Rahmoune (1940 – 4 February 2022), commonly known as Si Rabah or simply as Rahmoune, was a prominent revolutionary leader during the Algerian war of independence as a member of the Front de Libération Nationale (FLN; National Libera ...

, political and military leader of the independence war * Abderrahmane Boushaki, political and military leader of the independence war *

Lyès Deriche Lyes Derriche (, (born 1928 in Casbah of Algiers, Algiers, Algeria; died 2001 in El Madania, Algeria) was an Algerian politician. Algerian War Lyès Deriche, the son of Mouhamed Deriche, housed in his villa in the Algerian commune of Clos-S ...

, 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 , Berber: Tirni Iɣallen Inemlayen (RƔN) , logo = Socialist Forces Front.png , leader1_title = First National Secretary , leader1_name = Youcef Aouchiche , leader2_title = , leader2_name = , foundation = ...

opposition party (also a prominent independence war leader) *

Ahmed Ben Bella Ahmed Ben Bella ( ar, أحمد بن بلّة '; 25 December 1916 – 11 April 2012) was an Algerian politician, soldier and socialist revolutionary who served as the head of government of Algeria from 27 September 1962 to 15 September 1963 an ...

, Algeria's first President, 1962–1965 *

Chadli Bendjedid Chadli Bendjedid ( ar, الشاذلي بن جديد; ALA-LC: ''ash-Shādhilī bin Jadīd''; 14 April 1929 – 6 October 2012) was the third President of Algeria and an Algerian Nationalist. His presidential term of office ran from 9 February 19 ...

, President of Algeria, 1979–1992 *

Rabah Bitat Rabah Bitat ( ar, رابح بيطاط; ALA-LC: ''Rābaḥ Bīṭāṭ''; 19 December 1925 in Aïn Kerma – 10 April 2000) was an Algerian Nationalist and politician. He served as interim President of Algeria from 1978 to 1979, after Houari ...

, vice president of Algeria's first government, president of parliament *

Mohamed Boudiaf Mohamed Boudiaf (23 June 1919 – 29 June 1992, ar, محمد بوضياف; ALA-LC: ''Muḥammad Bū-Ḍiyāf''), also called Si Tayeb el Watani, was an Algerian political leader and one of the founders of the revolutionary National Liberat ...

, President of Algeria, 1992 (also a prominent Independence war leader) *

Houari Boumedienne Houari is a given name and surname. It may refer to: Persons Given name *Houari Boumédiène, also transcribed Boumediene, Boumedienne etc. (1932–1978), served as Chairman of the Revolutionary Council of Algeria from 19 June 1965 until 12 Decembe ...

, President of Algeria, 1965–1978 *

Abdelaziz Bouteflika Abdelaziz Bouteflika (; ar, عبد العزيز بوتفليقة, ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Būtaflīqa ; 2 March 1937 – 17 September 2021) was an Algerian politician and diplomat who served as President of Algeria from 1999 to his resignation in 2019 ...

, President of Algeria, 1999–2019 *

Saïd Bouteflika Saïd Bouteflika ( ar, سعيد بوتفليقة; ber, ⵙⵄⵉⴷ ⴰⵠⵓⵜⴼⵉⵇⴰ; born January 1958) is an Algerian politician and academic. He is the brother and was a special adviser of Abdelaziz Bouteflika in his former role as Pr ...

, brother of Abdelaziz Bouteflika *

Lakhdar Brahimi Lakhdar Brahimi (Algerian pronunciation: ; ar, الأخضر الإبراهيمي; '; born 1 January 1934) is an Algerian United Nations diplomat who served as the United Nations and Arab League Special Envoy to Syria until 14 May 2014. He was Mi ...

, former Foreign Affairs Minister, Peace Envoy in Lebanon, Afghanistan and Iraq *

Émilie Busquant Émilie Busquant, born in Neuves-Maisons March 3, 1901 and died in Algiers October 1953, was a French feminist, anarcho-syndicalist and anti-colonial activist who was married to the Algerian nationalist leader Messali Hadj. One of nine children, ...

, French feminist, anarcho-syndicalist and anti-colonial activist; best known for the role in the creation of the Algerian flag *

Abdallah Djaballah Saad Abdallah Djaballah ( ar, سعد عبدالله جاب الله (born on May 2, 1956) in Skikda) is an Algerian politician and leader of the Movement for National Reform (''Ḥarakat al-Iṣlāḥ al-Waṭaniyy'', also known as the ''MRN'' and ...

, founder and leader of Al-Islah party * Louisa Hanoune, founder and female leader of the PT (Workers Party) *

Chakib Khelil Chakib Khelil ( ar, شكيب خليل; born 8 August 1939) is an Algerian political figure who served in the government of Algeria as Minister of Energy and Mines from 1999 to 2010. Early life and education Khelil was born on 8 August 1939 in Ou ...

, former Minister of Energy and Mines, former OPEC president *

Abassi Madani Abbassi Madani (; 28 February 1931 – 24 April 2019) was an Algerian politician who was the President of the Islamic Salvation Front. As its leader, he became the voice of a large part of the dispossessed Algerian youth. Career Madani was born ...

, founder and leader of the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) party *

, sociologist and founder and leader of the Union of Democratic Forces (UFD) party (also a prominent Independence war leader) *

Redha Malek Redha Malek ( ar, رضا مالك) (21 December 1931 – 29 July 2017) was an Algerian politician who served as Prime Minister of Algeria from 21 August 1993 to April 1994. During his short term of office, which came in the early years of the Alge ...

, founder and leader of the ANR party *

Mahfoud Nahnah Mahfoud Nahnah ( ar, محفوظ نحناح; 27 January 1942 – 19 June 2003) was an Algerian politician who served as the leader of the Islamist political party Movement of Society for Peace (commonly referred to as ''Hamas'') in Algeria. N ...

, founder and former leader of the HMS party *

Ahmed Ouyahia Ahmed Ouyahia ( ar, rtl=yes, أحمد أويحيى, Aḥmad ʾŪyaḥyā; 2 July 1952) is an Algerian politician who was Prime Minister of Algeria four times (1995–98, 2004–2006, 2008–2012, 2017–2019). A career diplomat, he also served as ...

, former Prime Minister *

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, Minister for Family and Women * Said Sadi, founder and leader of the RCD party * Liamine Zeroual, President of Algeria, 1994–1999

Martyrs

* Colonel Amirouche *

Hassiba Ben Bouali Hassiba Ben Bouali ( ar, حسيبة بن بوعلي) (18 January 1938 – 9 October 1957) was a leader and fighter in the Algerian independence war (1954–62). Biography Hassiba Ben Bouali was born in El-Asnam (Today, Chlef), Algeria, into an ...

* Larbi Ben M'hidi * Cheikh Bouamama *

Houari Boumédiène Houari Boumédiène ( ar, ; ALA-LC: ''Hawwārī Būmadyan''; born Mohammed Ben Brahim Boukherouba; 23 August 1932 – 27 December 1978) was an Algerian politician and army colonel who served as Chairman of the Revolutionary Council of Alge ...

Mourad Didouche Mourad Didouche (1927–1955 in Kabyle: Diduc Muṛad, Arabic: ديدوش مراد ) was a veteran of the Algerian War of independence (1954–1962). Biography Mourad Didouche, nicknamed si Abdelkader, was born on July 13, 1927 at ...

* Malika Gaïd * Zighoud Youcef * Ahmed Zabana * Moufdi Zakaria

Military and intelligence services

José Aboulker José Aboulker (5 March 1920 – 17 November 2009) was a French Algerian Jew and the leader of the anti-Nazi resistance in French Algeria in World War II. He received the U.S. Medal of Freedom, the Croix de Guerre, and was made a Compani ...

, member of the anti-Nazi resistance; later a neurosurgeon and political figure in France *

Larbi Belkheir Maj.-Gen. Larbi Belkheir ( ar, العربي بلخير) was a noted Algerian retired general and political figure. Biography He was born in Frenda (now in Tiaret Province) in 1938, and joined the French army, reaching the rank of second lieute ...

, (Aboulker) former general, Ambassador to Morocco *

Mohamed Lamari Lt. Gen. Mohamed Lamari (7 June 1939 – 13 February 2012) ( ar, محمد العماري) was Chief of Staff of the Algerian army during most of the Algerian Civil War. Personal life He was born on 7 June 1939 in Biskra, to a family originall ...

, former

Chief of Staff of the People's National Army Chief may refer to: Title or rank Military and law enforcement * Chief master sergeant, the ninth, and highest, enlisted rank in the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force * Chief of police, the head of a police department * Chief of the boa ...

* Smain Lamari, head of the Department of Counter-Espionage and Internal Security *

Mohamed Mediène General Mohamed Mediène ( ar, الجنرال محمد مدين), also known as Toufik (توفيق), is an Algerian intelligence officer who formerly served as head of the country's secret services, the Intelligence and Security Department (''D� ...

("Toufik"), head of the Department of Information and Security *

Khaled Nezzar Major-General Khaled Nezzar ( ar, خالد نزّار; born 25 December 1937) is an Algerian general and former member of the High Council of State of Algeria. He was born in the ''douar'' of Thlet, in Seriana in the Batna region. His father, ...

, retired general

Musicians and singers

Berber

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

Idir Idir may refer to: People * Ali Idir (born 1966), Algerian judoka * Idir (singer) (1949–2020), Algerian singer-songwriter and musician * Idir Khourta (born 1986), French-born Algerian table tennis player * Idir Ouali (born 1988), French-Alger ...

, singer, musician, composer * Lounes Matoub, rebel singer of Kabyle music * Lounis Ait Menguellet, singer, poet, musician *

Erika sawajiri is a Japanese former actress, singer, and model. After starting out as a junior model, Sawajiri transitioned to acting in 2002 and has starred in ''Break Through!'', ''Shinobi: Heart Under Blade'', and ''1 Litre no Namida (TV series), 1 Litre of ...

, singer, Algerian mother and Japanese father * Takfarinas, singer *

Marina Kaye Marina Kaye (born 9 February 1998), born Marina Marie Madeleine Dalmas, is a French singer, songwriter and composer. Most famous for the hit " Homeless", she has released the EP ''Homeless'' in 2014 and the album ''Fearless'' in 2015. On Octobe ...

, singer, French father and Algerian mother

Classical

El Hachemi Guerouabi El-Hadj El Hachmi Guerouabi (Arabic: الهاشمي القروابي; January 6, 1938 in Boudouaou, Algeria – July 17, 2006 in Zeralda, Algeria) was an Algerian singer and composer of Chaâbi and one of the Grand Masters of the Algiers-based C ...

, musician and reformer of the Chaabi classical style * Tarik o'reagan, musician, Irish father and Algerian mother *

Dahmane El Harrachi Dahmane El Harrachi (real name Abderrahmane Amrani), (July 7, 1926 – August 31, 1980), was an Algerian Chaâbi singer of Chaoui origin. His song Ya Rayah made him the best exported and most translated Chaabi artist. He moved to France in 1 ...

, singer, composer and songwriter of

Chaabi Chaabi ( in Arabic), also known as Chaâbi, Sha-bii, or Sha'bii meaning "folk", refers to different music genres in North Africa and the Middle East such as Algerian chaabi, Moroccan chaabi and Egyptian Shaabi. Chaabi music just means 'music ...

music *

El Hadj M'Hamed El Anka El Hadj M'Hamed El Anka ( ar, الحاج محمد العنقة}), (May 20, 1907 in Algiers – November 23, 1978 in Algiers) also known as Hadj Muhammed Al Anka, El-Hadj M'Hamed El Anka (and various other combinations), was considered a Grand Ma ...

, the Grand Master of

Andalusian classical music Andalusi classical music ( ar, طرب أندلسي, ṭarab ʾandalusī; es, música andalusí), also called Andalusi music or Arab-Andalusian music, is a genre of music originally developed in al-Andalus by the Muslim population of the region a ...

and Chaabi (Algeria) music. *

Warda Al-Jazairia Warda Al-Jazairia ( ar, وردة الجزائرية; born Warda Mohammed Ftouki (); 22 July 1939 – 17 May 2012) was an Algerian singer. She was well known for her Egyptian Arabic songs and music. Her name was sometimes shortened to just Warda ( ...

, singer *

Boudjemaâ El Ankis Boudjemaâ El Ankis (born Casbah of Algiers, 17 June 1927 – died Algiers, 2 September 2015), also known as Mohammed Boudjemaâ, was an Algerian performer of chaâbi music, who also played the mondol. He was known in Algeria for his more than ...

, singer, musician, a performer of chaâbi music *

Kamel Messaoudi Kamel Messaoudi ( ar, كمال مسعودي), (30 January 1961; Bouzaréah, Algeria – 10 December 1998; Algiers) was an Algerian Chaabi music performer, highly regarded as one of the greatest musicians in Algeria history. Biography He was ...

, performer of chaâbi music *

Abdelkader Chaou Abdelkader Chaou (born November 10, 1941, in the Casbah of Algiers) is an Algerian musician who is well known in Algeria for his own style of chaabi music, both as a singer and a mondol virtuoso. He is considered important enough as a musician t ...

, chaabi music interpreter *

Cheikh El Hasnaoui Cheikh El Hasnaoui (1910–2002) was a Berber singer born in a small town near Tizi Ouzou in Algeria. Career He sang Algerian chaabi music, and was, along with Slimane Azem, responsible for laying the foundations of modern popular Kabyle music i ...

, singer *

Mustapha Toumi Mustapha Toumi (July 14, 1937 – April 3, 2013) was an Algerian songwriter, lyricist, composer, poet and painter. Biography Coming from a family of Bordj Menaïel, he was born on July 14, 1937, in the Casbah of Algiers. Long before the outbrea ...

, songwriter * Hadj Bouchiba, songwriter, lyricist, composer, poet and painter * Reda Doumaz, singer *

Mustapha Skandrani Mustapha Skandrani, (17 November 1920 in the Casbah of Algiers, Lower Casbah, Algiers – 8 October 2005) was an Algerian pianist, performer of chaabi (Algeria), chaâbi music. Early life Born in 1920, in the Casbah of Algiers, in Algeria, Sk ...

, pianist, performer of chaâbi music * Khelifa Belkacem, singer *

Mohamed Boumerdassi Mohamed Boumerdassi ( ar, ), (March 18, 1936, in Ouled Boumerdès – December 7, 2010, in Thénia) was considered a Grand Master of Bedouin music, Malhun and Algerian music. Life He was born on March 18, 1936, under the name ''Mohamed ben Mu ...

, singer *

Hsissen Hsissen (December 8, 1929 – September 29, 1958) was an Algerian singer. Biography Hsissen was born at 15 rue Monthabor in the Casbah of Algiers to a modest family, originally from Maâtkas (Tizi Ouzou Province). From a very young age, he w ...

, singer * Farid Ali, singer *

Hadj M'rizek Hadj M'rizek (1912 – February 12, 1955) was an Algerian songwriter, lyricist, composer, poet and painter. Biography Arezki Chaïeb was born in the Casbah of Algiers in 1912. He is interested in music through his half-brother, a promoter ...

, songwriter, lyricist, composer, poet and painter * Hadj Menouar, singer

Contemporary

DJ Snake William Sami Étienne Grigahcine (born 13 June 1986), known by his stage name DJ Snake, is an Algerian French music producer and DJ, first achieving international recognition in 2013 by releasing an instrumentation-oriented single called " Turn D ...

, DJ, producer, songwriter; French-Algerian artist, worked with several famous artists.

Jazz

Franck Amsallem Franck Amsallem is a French-American jazz pianist, arranger, composer, singer and educator. He was born in 1961 in Oran, French Algeria, but grew up in Nice, France. Early years Amsallem was born in Oran (Algeria) to Elie Amsallem (1922-2019) a ...

, jazz pianist, arranger, composer and singer * Michel Benita,

double bass The double bass (), also known simply as the bass () (or #Terminology, by other names), is the largest and lowest-pitched Bow (music), bowed (or plucked) string instrument in the modern orchestra, symphony orchestra (excluding unorthodox addit ...

player *

Mohamed Rouane Mohamed Rouane (born at Belouizdad, Algiers in 1968) is an Algerian musician and recording artist, well known in his own country for his performances of flamenco and "Casbah-style jazz" and especially for his use of the mondol. Beyond the busine ...

, Casbah-jazz,

mondol The Algerian mandole (mandol, mondol) is a steel-string fretted instrument resembling an elongated mandolin, widely used in Algerian music such as Chaabi, Kabyle music and Nuubaat (Andalusian classical music). The name can cause confusion, as ...

player *

Martial Solal Martial Solal (born August 23, 1927) is a French jazz pianist and composer. Biography Solal was born in Algiers, French Algeria, to Algerian Jewish parents. He was persuaded to study clarinet, saxophone, and piano by his mother, who was an opera ...

, jazz pianist and composer

Musiques du monde

Mohamed Abdennour (Ptit Moh) Mohamed Abdennour (stage name Ptit Moh) is an Algerian composer, arranger and instrumentalist, active in France and playing a fusion of different musical forms mixed with chaabi. Early life He has been called a virtuoso on the Algerian mandole ...

composer, arranger, instrumentalist, variety of musical forms,

Algerian mandole The Algerian mandole (mandol, mondol) is a steel-string fretted instrument resembling an elongated mandolin, widely used in Algerian music such as Chaabi, Kabyle music and Nuubaat (Andalusian classical music). The name can cause confusion, as " ...

player *

Djamel Laroussi Djamel Laroussi is an Algerian singer, composer, songwriter, arranger and guitar player. Laroussi was born in Sidi Ben Adda, Algeria, moved to Cologne, Germany, to attend Cologne Academy of Music. Since 2018 he is Member of the Group :de:Wildes ...

, singer, composer, songwriter, arranger and guitar player

Pop

* Baaziz, singer *

Enrico Macias Gaston Ghrenassia (born 11 December 1938), known by his stage name Enrico Macias, is an Algerian-French singer, songwriter and musician of Algerian Jewish descent. Early years Gaston Ghrenassia was born to a Sephardic Algerian Jewish family i ...

(Gaston Ghrenassia), singer *

Souad Massi Souad Massi (سعاد ماسي; born August 23, 1972), is an Algerian Berber singer, songwriter and guitarist. She began her career performing in the Kabyle political rock band Atakor, before leaving the country following a series of death thre ...

, singer *

Line Monty Line Monty, born as Éliane Serfati, also known by her stage name Leïla Fateh (1926 in Algiers – 19 August 2003 in Paris), was a Jewish Algerian singer who sang in Arabic and French. Career She first appeared on a short movie by Alberto Spado ...

(Eliane Sarfati), singer * Rajae El Mouhandiz,

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

/ Moroccan/

Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algiers , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , relig ...

n singer, recording artist, storyteller and poet *

Zaho Zahera Darabid ( ar, زهيرة درابيد ; born May 10, 1980), known by her stage name Zaho (), is an Algerian-Canadian R&B singer. Biography Zahera Darabid was born on May 10, 1980, in Bab Ezzouar, a suburb of the Algerian capital Algi ...

, singer

Rai

Messaoud Bellemou Messaoud Bellemou ( ar, مسعود بلمو) is an Algerian musician and one of the most influential performers of modern raï music. He is considered by some people like one of the fathers of Modern Raï Music. Messaoud began his career playing ...

, raï musician, one of the most influential musicians of modern raï *

Safy Boutella Safy Boutella ( ar, صافي بوتلة; born 6 January 1950) is an Algerian musician, arranger, composer, and record producer who graduated from Berklee College of Music. He is the father of dancer and actress Sofia Boutella. He is best known ...

, musician, composer *

Cheb Hasni Cheb Hasni ( ar, الشاب حسني), born Hasni Chakroun ( ar, حسني شقرون), (1 February 1968 – 29 September 1994), was an Algerian raï singer. He was popular across the Maghreb, having reached the height of his career in the late 1 ...

, raï musician *

Cheb Mami Mohamed Khelifati ( ar, محمد خليفاتي, ), better known by his stage name Cheb Mami ( ar, شاب مامي, link=no, , born 11 July 1966), is an Algerian musician and singer-songwriter. He sings and speaks in Algerian Arabic and sometim ...

, raï musician, also known as Mohamed Khelifati *

Faudel Faudel Belloua ( ar, فُضيل بيلوى; born June 6, 1978) is a French raï singer and actor of Algerian descent. He released studio albums, notably '' Baïda'', '' Samra'', ''Un Autre Soleil'' and ''Mundial Corrida'' and the live album '' ...

, raï musician * Khaled,

raï Raï (, ; ar, راي, Latn, ar, rāʾy, ), sometimes written rai, is a form of Algerian traditional music, folk music that dates back to the 1920s. Singers of Raï are called ''cheb'' (Arabic: شاب) (or ''shabab,'' i.e. young) as opposed ...

musician, also known as Khaled El Hadj Brahim *

Raïna Raï Raïna Raï, ( ar, راينا راي) is an Algerian raï band from Sidi Bel Abbès. It formed in 1980 in Paris and continues to this day. The founding members are Tarik Naïmi Chikhi, Kaddour Bouchentouf, Lotfi Attar and Hachemi Djellouli. ...

, bandRaïna Raï songs – maghrebspace.com *

Cheikha Rimitti Cheikha Rimitti ( ar, شيخة ريميتي) (born سعدية الغيزانية Saadia El Ghizania, 8 May 1923 – 15 May 2006) was an Algerian raï female singer. Early life Cheikha Rimitti was born in Tessala, a small village in western ...

, rai musician *

Rachid Taha Rachid Taha ( ar, رشيد طه, Latn, ar, Rashīd Ṭāhā, ; 18 September 1958 – 12 September 2018) was an Algerian singer and activist based in France described as "sonically adventurous". His music was influenced by many different styles i ...

, raï–rock musician * Cheb Tarik, raï musician

Rap

* Fianso, Franco-Algerian rapper. *

Kenza Farah Kenza Farah (born 8 July 1986) is a Franco-Algerian singer-songwriter. Her album '' Authentik'' won gold in its second week. It was followed up by '' Avec le cœur'' and ''Trésor''. Career Kenza Farah was born on 8 July 1986 in Béjaïa, Algeri ...

, Algerian singer-songwriter, Rap, R&B and Hip-Hop; sings in French language. *

Lacrim Karim Zenoud (; ar, كريم زنود, born 19 April 1985), better known by his stage name Lacrim (, ; sometimes stylized as LaCrim), is a French rapper of Algerian descent. Career After collaborations with various rappers, he released his ...

, 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) PNL (; acronym for Peace N' Lovés, ) is a French rap duo consisting of siblings Ademo (born Tarik Andrieu, ) and N.O.S (born Nabil Andrieu, ), from Corbeil-Essonnes. Formed in 2014, they released their debut studio album, ''Le Monde Chico'' next ...

, acronym of Peace N' Lovés, rap duo composed of two brothers: Ademo & N.O.S. *

Soolking Abderraouf Derradji ( ar, عبد الرؤوف درّاجي; born 10 December 1989), known professionally as Soolking, is an Algerian singer and rapper. He started his career under the pseudonym MC Sool until 2013 before adopting his new stage na ...

, Algerian singer and rapper; he incorporates reggae, soul, hip hop and Algerian raï in his music.

Rock

, singer, musician

Religious figures

Abdelkader El Djezairi Abd al-Qadir or Abdulkadir ( ar, عبد القادر) is a male Muslim given name. It is formed from the Arabic words '' Abd'', ''al-'' and '' Qadir''. The name means "servant of the powerful", ''Al-Qādir'' being one of the names of God in the ...

, religious and military leader, Islamic scholar and Sufi *

Augustine of Hippo Augustine of Hippo ( , ; la, Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis; 13 November 354 – 28 August 430), also known as Saint Augustine, was a theologian and philosopher of Berber origin and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia, Roman North Af ...

, Christian theologian *

Ahmad al-Alawi Ahmad al-Alawi (1869–14 July 1934), (in full, Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Muṣṭafā ibn ʿAlīwa, known as al-ʿAlāwī al-Mustaghānimī ar, أبو العباس أحمد بن مصطفى بن عليوة المعروف بالعلاوي � ...

, Founder of the Sufi Alawiyya order * Abdul Baqi Miftah, Sunni Muslim scholar and writer

Scholars and academics

Economists

Jacques Attali Jacques José Mardoché Attali (; born 1 November 1943) is a French economic and social theorist, writer, political adviser and senior civil servant, who served as a counselor to President François Mitterrand from 1981 to 1991, and was the firs ...

, economist, writer, and senior civil servant

Historians

* Mohamed Harbi, independence war historian * Ibn Hammad (historian), medieval historian * Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari, Algerian historian born in the 16th century

Linguistics

* 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 * Ibn Muti al-Zawawi, 13th century Algerian grammarian focusing on Arabic * Mouloud Mammeri, 20th century anthropologist, linguist, poet, writer * Mohamed Bencheneb, 19th century linguist and historian

Science

* Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, physicist, Nobel prize (1997) * Elias Zerhouni, radiologist and medical researcher * Henri Atlan, biophysicist and philosopher * Maamar Bettayeb, control theorist and systems scientist * Mohamed Belhocine, internal medicine and epidemiology researcher * Mustapha Ishak Boushaki, cosmologist and relativity researcher * Noureddine Melikechi, atomic, molecular, and optical physicist researcher * Rachid Deriche, computational imaging researcher

Philosophy

* Mohamed Arkoun, author, philosopher, historian *

, social and religious philosopher * Jacques Derrida, deconstructionist philosopher * Frantz Fanon, psychologist * Bernard-Henri Lévy, philosopher and intellectual

Sports

Association football

* Adlene Guedioura, footballer & African champion * Sarah Bouhaddi, football goalkeeper * William Ayache, footballer * Christian Baudry (born 1955), footballer * Lakhdar Belloumi, footballer; world cup participation in 1982, 1986 * Djamel Belmadi, coach, former footballer; * Zahir Belounis, footballer * Saïd Benrahma, footballer * Abdelaziz Ben Tifour, footballer; one of the founders of the Algerian football team * Karim Benzema, French national footballer; parents are Algerian * Said Brahimi, footballer; one of the founders of the Algerian football team * Ali Fergani, footballer and trainer * Rabah Gamouh, international footballer; * 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, etc. * Riyad Mahrez, footballer; played in one world cup ; * Rachid Mekhloufi, footballer; one of the founders of the Algerian football team * Said Belmokhtar, Kazakhstani-born Ukrainian footballer of Algerian descent * Samir Nasri, French national footballer; parents are Algerian * Yahia Ouahabi, retired player for JS Kabylie * Islam Slimani, Algerian national footballer; (World Cup 2014) * Mohamed Yahi, footballer for JS Kabylie and NA Hussein Dey * Karim Ziani, Algerian national footballer; world cup participation in 2010 * Zinedine Zidane, French national footballer; parents are Algerian * Kylian Mbappe, French national footballer, parents are Algerian and Cameroonese

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

* Shahnez Boushaki, basketball player in Algeria women's national basketball team

Boxing

* Abdelhafid Benchabla, boxer * Amine Boushaki, judoka * Robert Cohen (boxer), Robert Cohen, world-champion bantamweight boxer * 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

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 * Ines Ibbou, tennis player * Kahina Bounab, volleyball player * Alfred Nakache, Olympian world champion swimmer and water polo player * Ramzi Boudjatit, professional windsurfer (fin and foil.kitsurf too)

Terrorists

* Djamel Beghal, French Algerian convicted of terrorism * Abdul Nacer Benbrika, found guilty of being the leader of a terrorist organisation * Mokhtar Belmokhtar, sentenced to death for murder and terrorism * 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

References

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Ancient Algeria

Early Islamic Algeria

Ottoman Algeria

Algeria under French colonization

Revolutionary War of Independence

Independent Algeria

Martyrs

Military and intelligence services

Musicians and singers

Berber

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Jazz

Musiques du monde

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Other sports

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See also

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