List of Famous people born in Algeria
Philippe Draï
Djamel Ould Abbes
Henri Lanoë
Mourad Dhina
Dr. Mourad Dhina is an Algerian physicist and activist living in Switzerland.Mourad is the executive director of the Alkarama NGO.
Zuhur Wanasi
Zuhur Wanasi is a prolific Algerian author and politician. She is known for her powerful short stories and for her role as one of the first women in Algerian government.
Abu Ubaidah Youssef al-Annabi
Abu Ubaidah Youssef al-Annabi is an Algerian Islamist jihadi militant who is the current emir, or leader, of the Algerian Islamic militant group Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), formerly the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC). In November 2020, he was named emir, replacing Abdelmalek Droukdel who was killed during a French special operation during the Battle of Talahandak.
Rayhana
Rayhana Obermeyer, also known as Rayhana, is an Algerian actress, comedienne and playwright and director.
Elias Zerhouni
Elias Zerhouni is an Algerian-born American scientist, radiologist and biomedical engineer.
Ahmed Reda Houhou
Ahmad Rida Huhu, a writer, novelist, and journalist was born on the 15th of December 1910 in the village of Sidi Okba in the Biskra Province. He grew up in Algeria and moved to Hejaz to complete his higher education in 1935. In 1956, Huhu was arrested by the French police and taken to Djebel El Wahch, where has was executed.
Rachid Mekhloufi
Rachid Mekhloufi is a French-Algerian former football striker. He later became a manager and coached the Algeria national football team.