List of Famous people born in Algeria
Ahmed Ouyahia
Ahmed Ouyahia is an Algerian politician who was Prime Minister of Algeria four times. A career diplomat, he also served as Minister of Justice, and he was one of the founders of the Democratic National Rally (RND) as well as the party's secretary-general. He is considered by Western observers to be close to the military of Algeria and a member of the "eradicator" faction in the 1990s civil war against Islamist militants.
Jean-Luc Azoulay
Jean-Luc Azoulay is a French television producer. He was born in Algeria to a Sephardic Jewish family.
Laurent Tillie
Laurent Tillie is a former French male volleyball player and coach.
Houcine Benayada
Houcine Benayada is an Algerian footballer who currently plays for Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 club Club Africain. He plays primarily as a centre-back but can also play as a right-back.
Ali La Pointe
Ali Ammar, better known by his nickname Ali la Pointe, was an Algerian revolutionary fighter and guerrilla leader of the National Liberation Front who fought for Algerian independence against the French colonial regime, during the Battle of Algiers.
Mohamed Sifaoui
Mohamed Sifaoui is an Algerian-French journalist and writer who claimed that he managed to infiltrate al-Qaeda. He wrote a book about the experience, Mes "frères" assassins. Comment j'ai infiltré une cellule d'Al-Qaïda . Many journalists criticize his ethics as his TV documentaries relate fictive situations and are polemical staging. Sifaoui has also been reprimanded by the Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel, the institution regulating the French media, for several racist comments related to the case of Estelle Mouzin.
Rabah Madjer
Rabah "Mustapha" Madjer is an Algerian former footballer who played as a striker.
Said Chengriha
Saïd Chengriha is a senior official in the Algerian People's National Army. He was the commander of the ground forces and served as the army's interim chief of staff after the death of Ahmed Gaid Salah on 23 December 2019 until 3 July 2020 when he was officially appointed by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune.
Yasmine Nayar
Yasmine Nayar is an Algerian pop singer whose diverse vocal ability and style has attracted a following from different countries in the Arab world. Nayar started her music career at a young age; in 2016 she released her first single Bechwech. She released her second single Eysh Eysh in the same year.
Mustapha Bouchachi
Mostefa Bouchachi, born in 1954 in Sidi Abdelaziz, in the current Jijel Province Algeria, is an Algerian lawyer and politician.