List of Famous people born in Tunis Governorate, Tunisia
Abdelfattah Mourou
Abdelfattah Mourou is a Tunisian politician and lawyer. He is a co-founder of the Ennahdha Party and serves as its Vice-President. He has been First Deputy Speaker of the Assembly of the Representatives of the People since 2014.
Chedli Klibi
Chedli Klibi was a Tunisian politician. He was Secretary General of the Arab League, and the only non-Egyptian to hold the post.
Sandra Milo
Sandra Milo is an Italian actress. She won a Silver Ribbon best supporting actress award for each of her roles in Federico Fellini's 8½ and Juliet of the Spirits.
Ali Belhadj
Ali Belhadj is an Algerian Islamist activist and preacher and cofounder of the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) political party, the winner of the June 1990 local elections and the 1991 Algerian legislative election.
Fethi Haddaoui
Fethi Haddaoui is a Tunisian actor, director, writer and producer. He is the main actor in several plays, including Arab and El Aouada, he is also a television personality thanks to his participation in several soap operas and series, as well in Tunisia as in Syria, in Jordan, in Morocco, in Turkey. in the United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, Italy and France. In the cinema, he plays in several European films under the direction of directors like Franco Rossi, Serge Moati, Jean Sagols Peter Kassovitz and others.
Zeineb Benzina
Zeineb Benzina, whose full name is Zeïneb Benzina Ben Abdallah, born in Tunis, Tunisia, is an archeologist, and Director of Research at the Institut national du patrimoine based in Tunis.
Roland Dyens
Roland Dyens was a French classical guitarist, composer, and arranger.
Kalthoum Bornaz
Kalthoum Bornaz was a Tunisian screenwriter, film editor, and director who belonged to the first generation of women filmmakers in Tunisia. She was born in Tunisia on 24 August 1945 and moved to France in order to continue her education abroad. She worked both in Tunisia and overseas on the development of many feature-length films as an editor and director.
Nicola Pietrangeli
Nicola "Nicky" Pietrangeli is a former Italian tennis player. He won two singles titles at the French Championships and is considered by many to be Italy's greatest tennis champion.
Muhammad III as-Sadiq
Muhammad III as-Sadiq GCB was the Husainid Bey of Tunis from 1859 until his death. Invested as Bey al-Mahalla on 10 June 1855, he succeeded his brother Muhammad II ibn al-Husayn on 23 September 1859. Named as divisional General in the Imperial Ottoman Army on 10 June 1855, he was promoted to the rank of Marshal on 10 December 1859.