List of Famous people born in Algeria

Lyna Khoudri is an Algerian-French actress. For her role in the Sofia Djama-directed film Les Bienheureux (2017), she won the Orizzonti Award for Best Actress at the 74th Venice International Film Festival and received a César Award nomination for Most Promising Actress.

Marthe Villalonga is a French actress. She was born in Fort-de-l'Eau, Algeria.

Paul Quilès is a French Socialist politician.

Mohamed Saïd Benrahma is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Premier League club West Ham United and the Algeria national team. Benrahma began his professional career with Nice, later spending time on loan with Angers, Gazélec Ajaccio and Châteauroux during his early career. He came to prominence in the EFL Championship after a move to Brentford in 2018, scoring 27 goals in 83 appearances for the West London outfit before moving to the Premier League with West Ham on a permanent basis following a loan spell in 2021.

Henri Parot is a member of the Basque separatist group ETA. He was born in Algiers in 1958, the son of a Basque-French marriage that migrated to Algeria. When the Algerian War ended and he was three years old, he returned to France and in the Basque-French city of Bayona when he was 16 years old, where he learned the Basque language.

Abdelmadjid Tebboune is an Algerian politician currently serving as the President of Algeria since December 2019 and as Minister of Defence. He took over the power from former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and former Acting Head of State Abdelkader Bensalah. Previously, he was Prime Minister of Algeria from May 2017 to August 2017. In addition, he was also Minister of Housing from 2001 to 2002 for a year and again from 2012 to 2017 for 5 years.

Hassiba Ben Bouali was a militant in the Algerian independence war (1954–62).

Zahia Dehar is a French-Algerian fashion and lingerie designer, model and actress who was once known for her role in an underage prostitution scandal.

Amir Selmane Ramy Bensebaïni is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as a left back or centre back for Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach and the Algeria national team.

Loucif Hamani was an Algerian boxer who competed at the 1972 Summer Olympic Games in the light-middleweight event where he reached the quarter finals before losing to Alan Minter of Great Britain. Earlier, Hamani defeated José Antonio Colon of Puerto Rico in his first bout and Anthony Richardson of the Netherlands in his second. Hamani was born in Igoufaf, Tizi Ouzou Province.