List of Famous people born in Algeria

Jean-Michel Cohen is a French nutritionist and author, best known for the Parisian Diet.

Jacques Rancière is a French philosopher, Professor of Philosophy at European Graduate School in Saas-Fee and Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Paris VIII: Vincennes—Saint-Denis. After co-authoring Reading Capital (1965) with the structuralist Marxist philosopher Louis Althusser and others, his work turned against Althusserian Marxism, and he later came to develop an original body of work focused on aesthetics.

Assia is an Algerian-born French singer with Kabyle origins. Her albums mixed pop, R&B and oriental music. She had great success with her hit singles "Elle est à toi" and "Là-bas".

Jean-Yves Ferri is a French writer, designer, and colourist of comics.

Noureddine Bahbouh was the Algerian minister of agriculture in the 1995 government of Mokdad Sifi. He was born in Bordj Bou Arréridj, Algeria, France.

Colette Giudicelli was a French politician and a member of the Senate of France. She represented the Alpes-Maritimes department and was a member of the Union for a Popular Movement party and later of the The Republicans.

Marie-France Garcia is a French singer and actress. She is transsexual and a Parisian pop icon of the 1970s.

Dalil Boubakeur is a physician, a Mufti, and current rector of the Great Mosque of Paris. He is also the president of the French Council of the Muslim Faith. He was born on 2 November 1940 in the Algerian city of Skikda, to Hamza Boubakeur. He studied at Lycées Bugeaud in Algiers, before moving to France and studying at Lycée Louis-le-Grand. He graduated from the Faculty of Sciences et Medicine of Paris and holds degrees in Quranic studies, theology and Muslim civilization.

Marc Esposito is a French film director and screenwriter. Esposito was first a journalist, critic and press manager. He created two movie magazines: "Premiere" with Jean-Pierre Frimbois in 1976, and "Studio Magazine" in 1987. His film Patrick Dewaere was screened out of competition at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival. He directed the film Le Coeur des Hommes in 2003 and its two sequels. Since Mon Pote in 2010, Esposito is also a producer.

Khadija Benguenna is an Algerian journalist working in the Al Jazeera channel in Qatar. Born in Algeria in 1965, Khadija Benguenna graduated from the radio and television section of the Media Institute at the University of Algiers.