List of Famous people born in Monastir Governorate, Tunisia

Ons Jabeur is a Tunisian professional tennis player. She has a career-high Women's Tennis Association (WTA) ranking of No. 30 in the world. At the 2020 Australian Open, Jabeur became the first Arab woman to reach quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament. She is also the highest-ranked Arab player in WTA history. Jabeur has won 11 singles titles and one doubles title on the ITF Women's Circuit. She reached her only WTA final in 2018 at the Premier-level Kremlin Cup in Russia.

Amel Majri is a French-Tunisian professional footballer, who currently plays in the French First Division for Olympique Lyon, with whom she has also played the Champions League with, and won. She is naturally a midfielder, but has been playing as a left-back for Lyon in recent seasons. She also plays for the France national team.

Ahmed Ben Salah was a Tunisian politician and trade union leader. His power and influence peaked between 1957 and 1969 when he was able to implement his ideas for a planned economy, holding simultaneously several key ministerial posts.

Faouzi Benzarti, is a Tunisian former footballer and current football coach of CS Sfaxien. He spent his entire career as a player at his home club US Monastir without any achievements. His training career began and was only 29 years old, making it the youngest Tunisian coach at the time. He is considered one of the most successful coaches in Tunisia: he is most coach holding the Tunisian League with 9 Titles. He usually uses offensive play and a high-pressure plan as he is known for his toughness in training and his excessive anger towards his players and referees. During his managerial career, he was in charge of two national teams: the Tunisian and Libyan national football teams, he was also close to signing with the Moroccan team in 2016 before appointing Hervé Renard.

Lotfi Benzarti is a Tunisian football manager.

Heykel Megannem is a Tunisian handball player who competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics tournament where Tunisia lost in the quarterfinals. He was also the flag bearer of the Tunisia sports team at the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.