List of Famous people born in Tunis Governorate, Tunisia

Phillip King PRA is a British sculptor. He is one of Anthony Caro's best known students, even though the two artists are near contemporaries. Their education followed similar trajectories and they both worked as assistants to Henry Moore. Following the "New Generation" show at the Whitechapel Gallery, both Caro and King were included in the seminal 1966 exhibit, "Primary Structures" at the Jewish Museum in New York representing the British influence on the "New Art". In 2011, his work was represented in the Royal Academy exhibition on Modern British Sculpture which explored British sculpture of the twentieth century.

Abderrazak Kilani is a Tunisian politician and lawyer. In 2010 and during the Tunisian Revolution, he was the chairman of the National Bar of Lawyers In 2012, he served as the Deputy Prime Minister for Relations With the Constituent Assembly under Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali. Since 2013, he has been Ambassador of Tunisia to the United Nations. In October 20, 2020, Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi decided to appoint Abderrazak Kilani as President of the General Authority of Resisters, Martyrs and Wounded of the Revolution and Terrorist Operations, a Prime Ministry press release announces.

Nine Moati, is a French novelist, with Tunisian-Jewish origins. Nine Moati is the sister of the French film director Serge Moati.

Jean-Paul Costa is a French jurist and was the President of the European Court of Human Rights from 19 January 2007 until his term at the Court ended on 3 November 2011. He was first appointed a judge of the Court on 1 November 1998, and in 2009 was elected to serve an additional three years as President.

Max Karoubi is a French mathematician, topologist, who works on K-theory, cyclic homology and noncommutative geometry and who founded the first European Congress of Mathematics.

Dalenda Abdou, stage name of Khira Bent Abdelkader Gharbi, was a Tunisian actress.