List of Famous people born in Mascara Province, Algeria

Paul Quilès is a French Socialist politician.

Zahia Dehar is a French-Algerian fashion and lingerie designer, model and actress who was once known for her role in an underage prostitution scandal.

Jean-Paul Enthoven is a French publisher and journalist.

Fred Forest is a French new media artist making use of video, photography, the printed press, mail, radio, television, telephone, telematics, and the internet in a wide range of installations, performances, and public interventions that explore both the ramifications and potential of media space. He was a cofounder of both the Sociological Art Collective (1974) and the Aesthetics of Communication movement (1983).

Lakhdar Belloumi is an Algerian former football player and manager. He is widely considered as the best Algerian player of all time and one of the best players in Africa. He is said to have invented the "Blind Pass". He is awarded the 4th best African player of the century. He holds the record as the most capped Algerian player with 100 national caps and is also the third best goalscorer of the Algerian national team in all time with 28 goals.