List of Famous people born in Algeria
Mohamed Rabie Meftah
Mohamed Rabie Meftah is an Algerian footballer. He currently plays for NA Hussein Dey in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.
Hassiba Boulmerka
Hassiba Boulmerka is a former Algerian middle distance athlete.
Philippe Cataldo
Philippe Cataldo is a French singer and composer. He is best known for his 1986 hit single "Les Divas du dancing", which deals with the suave swingers of tropical nights and which reached number 8 in the French charts that year. Cataldo himself composed the music for the song, but the lyrics were by musician and translator Jean Schultheis.
Malik Asselah
Malik Asselah is an Algerian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Al-Hazem and the Algeria national football team.
Pierre Rehov
Pierre Rehov is the pseudonym of a French–Israeli documentary filmmaker, director and novelist, most known for his movies about the Arab–Israeli conflict and Israeli–Palestinian conflict, its treatment in the media, and about terrorism.
Djaffar Gacem
Djafar Gacem, sometimes as Djaâfar Gacem, is an Algerian director. He is best known as the director of popular television serials and films Nass Mlah City, Djemai Family, Sultan Achour 10 and Bouzid Days.
Houria Aïchi
Houria Aïchi is an Algerian Berber singer of chaoui music. Aïchi sings songs that she learnt in her childhood, accompanied by bendir.
Sara Lalama
Sara Lalama, is an Algerian actress. She had roles in the television serials Masha'er, Le rendez-vous and Hob Fi Kafas El Itiham.
Cheb Kader
Kouider Morabet, better known as Cheb Kader, is a Moroccan singer, songwriter, composer and pioneer of raï music. He is born in 1966 in Oran, Algeria.
Abdelhakim Serrar
Abdelhakim Serrar is an Algerian former professional football player who won the African Nations Cup in 1990 and is one of a few that won the Afro-Asian Cup for both club and country. Serrar played as a central defender throughout his career for Entente sportive de Sétif. He is currently the president of ES Sétif, and since his presidency the club has been arguably one of the best teams in the division, if not the best. He retired from football on 1 July 1991 at the age of 30.