List of Famous people born in Algiers Province, Algeria

Assia is an Algerian-born French singer with Kabyle origins. Her albums mixed pop, R&B and oriental music. She had great success with her hit singles "Elle est à toi" and "Là-bas".

Jacques Rancière is a French philosopher, Professor of Philosophy at European Graduate School in Saas-Fee and Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Paris VIII: Vincennes—Saint-Denis. After co-authoring Reading Capital (1965) with the structuralist Marxist philosopher Louis Althusser and others, his work turned against Althusserian Marxism, and he later came to develop an original body of work focused on aesthetics.

Colette Giudicelli was a French politician and a member of the Senate of France. She represented the Alpes-Maritimes department and was a member of the Union for a Popular Movement party and later of the The Republicans.

Marc Esposito is a French film director and screenwriter. Esposito was first a journalist, critic and press manager. He created two movie magazines: "Premiere" with Jean-Pierre Frimbois in 1976, and "Studio Magazine" in 1987. His film Patrick Dewaere was screened out of competition at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival. He directed the film Le Coeur des Hommes in 2003 and its two sequels. Since Mon Pote in 2010, Esposito is also a producer.

Boudjemaâ El Ankis, also known as Mohammed Boudjemaâ, was an Algerian performer of chaâbi music, who also played the mondol.

Pierre Dukan is a French former nutritionist, and the creator of the fad diet named after him, the Dukan Diet.

Frédéric Musso was an Algerian-born French writer, poet, and journalist.

Christian Gregorio Poveda Ruiz, known as Christian Poveda, was a Hispanic-French photojournalist and film director. He covered the world's conflict zones for more than 30 years. Poveda's documentary film La Vida Loca (2008) is about two rival gangs in El Salvador.

Françoise Dürr is a retired French professional tennis player. She won 26 singles titles and over 60 doubles titles.

Abdelaziz Ben Tifour was a professional French-Algerian footballer who played as a midfielder.