List of Famous people born in Algeria

Pierre Dukan is a French former nutritionist, and the creator of the fad diet named after him, the Dukan Diet.

Mouloud Hamrouche was the head of government of Algeria from 5 September 1989 to 5 June 1991.

Malika Belbey is an Algerian actress.

Nouria Yamina Zerhouni is an Algerian politician who served as governor of Boumerdès Province between 2015 and 2018.

Mokhtar Belkhiter is an Algerian international football player. He is currently playing for CR Belouizdad in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.

Ali Benarbia is an Algerian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. As of 2009, he was a consultant and presenter for Al-Jazeera Sports in Doha.

Noureddine Melikechi, D.Phil is an atomic, molecular, and optical physicist, educator and inventor. He is the author of more than 125 peer-reviewed publications, three book chapters and 15 patents. Melikechi is a member of the Mars Science Laboratory, NASA’s largest Mars exploration effort to date.

Hicham Belkaroui is an Algerian professional footballer who plays for MC Oran and the Algeria national team. He plays primarily as a centre-back.

Mohamed Fellag 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 with an aunt in Beni-Messous where they went to primary school. He did his secondary studies in Tizi-Ouzou He entered the School of Dramatic Arts of Algiers in 1968 and stayed there for four years performing in several theatres throughout Algeria.

Françoise Dürr is a retired French professional tennis player. She won 26 singles titles and over 60 doubles titles.