List of Algerians

Writers (including poets)

• Ferhat Abbas (1899–1985), political leader and essayist
• Mohamed Aïchaoui (1921–1959), political leader and journalist
• Abdelkader Alloula (1939–1994), playwright
• Al-Akhdari (1512–1575), Arab-Algerian poet, Alim, astronomer, jurist and logician of Sherifian descent
• Malek Alloula (1937–2015), poet, writer, and critic
• Djamal Amrani (1935–2005), poet and essayist
• Jean Amrouche (1906–1962), 20th-century poet and writer
• Taos Amrouche (1913–1976), singer and writer
• Apuleius (c. 125–c. 180 C.E.), Latin prose writer
• Mohammed Arkoun (born 1928), scholar and thinker
• Leila Djabali (born 1933)
• Zighen Aym (born 1957), writer and engineer
• Farida Belghoul (born 1958), author
• Omar Belhouchet (born 1954), journalist
• Albert Camus (1913–1960), journalist, author, philosopher
• Mohammed Benchicou (born 1952), director and publisher of the Algerian newspaper Le Matin
• Salah Benlabed (born 1950), architect, academic, novelist and poet
• Latifa Ben Mansour (born 1950), writer, psychoanalyst, and linguist
• Malek Bennabi (1905–1973), writer and philosopher
• Rachid Boudjedra (born 1941), poet, novelist, playwright and critic
• Mohamed Cherak, journalist
• Hélène Cixous, feminist writer
• Mohammed Dib (1920–2003), 20th-century writer
• Tahar Djaout (1954–1993), poet, journalist, critic
• Assia Djebar (1936–2015), novelist, translator and filmmaker
• Mouloud Feraoun (1913–1962), writer and independence war hero
• Mohamed Hassaïne (1945–1994), journalist
• Miloud Hmida (born 1961), poet, critic, translator
• Yasmina Khadra (also known as Mohamed Moulessehoul) (born 1955), writer
• Aïssa Khelladi, journalist, novelist and playwright
• Ahmed Mahsas (1923–2013), political leader and writer
• Fodil Mezali (born 1959), journalist and writer
• Hocine Mezali (born 1938), journalist and writer
• Rachid Mimouni (1945–1995), writer, poet
• Ahlam Mostaghanemi, writer
• Sarah Rivens, writer
• Othmane Senadjki (1959–2010), journalist
• Kateb Yacine (1929–1989), 20th-century writer
• Moufdi Zakaria (1908–1977), lyricist of the Algerian national anthem "Kassaman"

New media

• Maurice Benayoun, artist and theorist
• Yves Saint Laurent (designer), clothing and fashion designer

Actors

Directors and filmmakers

Illustrators

Fashion (designers, models)

Ancient Algeria

Early Islamic Algeria

Ottoman Algeria

Algeria under French colonization

Revolutionary War of Independence

Independent Algeria

Berber

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

Classical

Contemporary

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

Jazz

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

Musiques du monde

• Mohamed Abdennour (Ptit Moh) composer, arranger, instrumentalist, variety of musical forms, Algerian mandole player
• Djamel Laroussi, singer, composer, songwriter, arranger and guitar player^[4]

Pop

Rai

Rap

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

Rock

• Rachid Taha, singer, musician

Historians

• Mohamed Harbi, independence war historian
• Ibn Hammad, 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
• Rekia Oumeur-Lahlou, 20th century linguist, plurilinguisme

Science

• Elias Zerhouni, radiologist and medical researcher
• 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
• Malek Bennabi, social and religious philosopher
• Frantz Fanon, psychologist

Association football

Athletics

Basketball

• Shahnez Boushaki, basketball player on Algeria women's national basketball team

Boxing

• Abdelhafid Benchabla, boxer
• Amine Boushaki, judoka
• 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
• Lhouari Godih

Fencing

Ice hockey

Judo

Other sports

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