List of Famous people born in Algeria
Adel Abdessemed
Adel Abdessemed is an Algerian contemporary artist. He has worked in a variety of media, including animation, installation, performance, sculpture and video. Some of his work relates to the topic of violence in the world.
Abderrahmane Meziane
Abderrahmane Meziane Bentahar is an Algerian footballer who plays as a striker for ES Tunis in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1.
Khalida Toumi
Khalida Toumi, aka Khalida Messaoudi, is an Algerian politician. She was the Minister of Communication and Culture until April 2014. She is also a feminist activist.
Martial Solal
Martial Solal is a French jazz pianist and composer.
Zouzou
Zouzou is an actress, model, singer and icon of the 1960s and early 1970s. She is known largely for her lead role in Éric Rohmer's Love in the Afternoon. Her career, however, was constantly hampered by her addiction to heroin and other drugs. She went for detox for 2 years away in the Antilles.
Mohamed Hilmi
Mohamed Hilmi is an Algerian actor and director. He is the brother of actor Saïd Hilmi.
Rabah Saâdane
Rabah Saâdane is an Algerian football manager and retired professional player whose playing career was abruptly interrupted at the age of 27 by a car accident. His last management job was of the Algerian national team before resigning in September 2010.
Raja Meziane
Raja Meziane, is an Algerian singer, songwriter, lawyer, and activist.
Kamel Beldjoud
Kamel Beldjoud is an Algerian politician.
Azzedine Lagab
Azzedine Lagab is an Algerian road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Groupement Sportif des Pétroliers. During his career he won medals in Algerian national championships, in African and Arab cycling championships as well as at the All Africa Games and the Pan-Arab Games.