List of Famous people born in Tunis Governorate, Tunisia

Oussama "Ous" Mellouli is a Tunisian swimmer who competes in the freestyle and medley events. He is a three-time Olympic medalist, is an African record holder, and trains with the USC Trojans team based at the University of Southern California, where he studied as a computer science undergraduate and swam collegiately.

Elyes Fakhfakh is a Tunisian politician. He served as the Minister of Tourism and, starting on 19 of December 2012, as the Minister of Finances as well, under Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali. He served as the Prime Minister of Tunisia from 27 February to 2 September 2020.

Faten Fazaâ is a Tunisian novelist and the first woman to write a novel in Tunisian Arabic.

Youssef Chahed is a Tunisian politician who served as the 14th Prime Minister of Tunisia from 27 August 2016 to 27 February 2020. Previously he was Secretary of State for Fishing from 2015 to 2016 and Minister of Local Affairs in 2016. He was a member of the Nidaa Tounes party until he formed Tahya Tounes. By profession he is an agricultural engineer, researcher and university professor. He was elected president of the newly founded Tahya Tounes party on 2 June 2019.

Nabil Maâloul, is a Tunisian football coach currently in charge of Syria and former footballer who was capped 74 times for his country, and participated in 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. He is currently the coach of Al-Duhail SC. He spent most of his playing career with his home club, ES Tunis and won it a historic treble as a coach in 2011. During his managerial career, he was in charge of three national teams: the Tunisian, Kuwaiti, and Syrian national football teams, but he also managed clubs in Tunisia and Qatar.

Edgard Pisani was a French statesman, philosopher, and writer.

Jean Vuarnet was an alpine ski racer from France. An Olympic gold medalist, he was born in Le Bardo, Tunisia.

Chawki Mejri was a Tunisian film director, noted for his films realisation in Syria and Egypt, best known as the director of the Kingdom of Ants movie.

Leïla Ben Ali is the widow of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, who was President of Tunisia from 1987 to 2011. She married Ben Ali in 1992.

Gilbert Naccache was a Tunisian Jewish writer and leftist activist.