List of Famous people born in Algiers Province, Algeria

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 "Mustapha" Madjer is an Algerian former footballer who played as a striker.

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.

Baya Mahieddine or Fatima Haddad was an Algerian artist. While she did not self-identify as belonging to a particular art genre, critics have classified her paintings as being surrealist, primitive, naïve, and modern. Her works are mainly paintings, though she did pottery as well, all completely self-taught.

Tony Gatlif is a French film director of Romani ethnicity who also works as a screenwriter, composer, actor, and producer.

Hafid Derradji in El Harrach, is a sports commentator of the Qatar channel beIN SPORTS in Arabic formerly on Télévision Algérienne, and former Algerian footballer.

Odile Schmitt was a French actress. She often dubbed the French language-versions of films featuring Eva Longoria.

Alexandre Arcady is a French actor, film director, producer and screenwriter.

Roger Hanin was a French actor and film director, best known for playing the title role in the 1989–2006 TV police drama, Navarro.

Taïg Khris is an Algerian-born French entrepreneur and former professional vert skater. He is the founder and CEO of Onoff Telecom, developer of the mobile app "Onoff."