List of Famous people born in Ghardaïa Province, Algeria

Moufdi Zakaria was an Algerian activist, poet and writer. He wrote "Kassaman", the Algerian national anthem while in prison in 1955.

Mokhtar Belmokhtar, also known as The One-Eyed, Nelson, The Uncatchable, is an Algerian leader of the group Al-Murabitoun, former military commander of Al-Qaeda in the Maghreb, smuggler and weapons dealer. He was twice convicted and sentenced to death in absentia under separate charges in Algerian courts: in 2007 for terrorism and in 2008 for murder. In 2004, he was sentenced to life imprisonment in Algeria for terrorist activities.

Ahmed Benbitour is an Algerian politician who was Head of Government of Algeria from 1999 to 2000.