List of Famous people born in Tunis Governorate, Tunisia
Balti
Mohamed Salah Balti is a Tunisian rapper, composer and music producer.
Victor Perez
Messaoud Hai Victor Perez was a Tunisian Jewish boxer, who became the World Flyweight Champion in 1931 and 1932, fighting under his ring name Young Perez. He was managed by Leon Bellier. He was murdered in the Holocaust.
Leïla Menchari
Leïla Menchari was a Tunisian designer and decorator.
Lotfi Bouchnak
Lotfi Bouchnak is a Tunisian singer, oud player, composer and public figure. He is considered one of the best tenors in the Middle East, North Africa, and the Arab world and has been dubbed as Tunisia's "Pavarotti". He also played in Tunisian TV series and movies including Maktoub, La boîte magique, Halou u mer and El paraíso ya no es lo que era.
Yazid Zerhouni
Noureddine Yazid Zerhouni was the interior minister of Algeria. He was born in Tunis. In 2000, he was hospitalized in Baltimore, Maryland with an undisclosed condition. and died in Algiers on 18 December 2020.
Rym Saidi
Rym Saidi Breidy is a Tunisian International topmodel and actress.
Nikola Bilyk
Nikola Bilyk is an Austrian handball player for THW Kiel and the Austrian national team.
Aïcha Ben Ahmed
Aïcha Ben Ahmed is a Tunisian actress who has performed in film, on the stage and on television. She became widely known in Tunisia in 2012 when she appeared in the series Pour les beaux yeux de Catherine. More recently, she has appeared in several Egyptian films including Saint Augustin, La cellule and Zizou. For her appearance as Hind in Narcisse, Aziz Rouhou, she won the award for best actress at the 2016 Al Hoceïma Film Festival in Morocco.
Christian de la Mazière
Christian de la Mazière was a journalist and member of the Charlemagne Division of the Waffen-SS. He is known for discussing his role in the documentary The Sorrow and the Pity and also wrote a book titled The Captive Dreamer. At the start of the war, he served in the French Army and remained in the military of Vichy France until 1942. After being discharged, he worked for the fascist newspaper Le Pays Libre, joining the Charlemagne Division just before the Liberation of Paris in 1944. He was taken prisoner in Pomerania by Polish forces in the Red Army.
Chadlia Caid Essebsi
Chadlia Saïda Farhat Essebsi was the First Lady of Tunisia (2014–2019) as the wife of President Beji Caid Essebsi. She was Tunisia's fifth first lady, as well as the second following the Tunisian Revolution.