List of Famous people born in Tunis Governorate, Tunisia

Muhammad VII al-Munsif, ) commonly known as Moncef Bey was the Bey of Tunis between 19 June 1942 and 14 May 1943. He was the penultimate ruler of the Husainid dynasty.

Slim Mahfoudh was a Tunisian actor. He acted on the stage, in feature films like L'Étoile du Nord and on television series like Al Khottab Al Bab and Choufli Hal.

Fethia Mokhtar Mzali was a Tunisian teacher and politician who became one of the country's first two female ministers in 1983. Her husband, Mohammed Mzali served as the country's Prime Minister from 1980 to 1986.

Joseph Roger Bismuth was a Tunisian businessman and senator. He was elected into the newly formed upper chamber, the Chamber of Advisors in July 2005 and was the only Jewish elected legislator in the Arab world. Senator Bismuth was also a member of the International Council of Jewish Parliamentarians.

Kamel Omrane was a Tunisian scholar of Islam and politician. He was the Tunisian Minister of Religious Affairs.

Nejib Ben Khalfallah was a Tunisian dancer and choreographer.

Mohamed Hatem Ben Salem is a Tunisian politician. He was the Minister of Education under former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.

Carlos Joseph Marcello was an American crime boss of the New Orleans crime family from 1947 until the late 1980s. G. Robert Blakey and other conspiracy theorists have asserted that Marcello along with Santo Trafficante Jr. and Sam Giancana masterminded the 1963 assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy in retaliation for federal prosecution that threatened their secret criminal organization's multibillion-dollar international organized crime empires.

Radhi Ben Abdelmajid Jaïdi is a Tunisian former footballer who played as a centre back. He is currently an assistant coach at Belgian side Cercle Brugge and was previously head coach of the under-23 team at Southampton and head coach of USL Championship team Hartford Athletic.

Michèle Fitoussi is a French writer. She is of Tunisian descent.