List of Famous people born in Tunisia

Macrobius, fully Macrobius Ambrosius Theodosius, also known as Theodosius, was a Roman provincial who lived during the early fifth century, during Late Antiquity, the period of time corresponding to the late Roman Empire to the early Middle Ages, and when Latin was as widespread as Greek among the elite. He is primarily known for his writings, which include the widely copied and read Commentarii in Somnium Scipionis about Somnium Scipionis, which was one of the most important sources for Neoplatonism in the Latin West during the Middle Ages; the Saturnalia, a compendium of ancient Roman religious and antiquarian lore; and De differentiis et societatibus graeci latinique verbi, which is now lost.

Saber Khalifa is a Tunisian international footballer who plays for Club Africain as a winger and striker.

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.

Mohamed Zouari, was born in 1967 and assassinated on December 15, 2016 in Sfax when he was shot dead in a drive-by shooting operation generally attributed to Mossad. Zouari was a Tunisian Aerospace engineer working for Hamas military wing The Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades.

Hamed Karoui was Prime Minister of Tunisia from 27 September 1989 to 17 November 1999. From 1986 to 1987 he was Minister of Youth and Sports and from 1988 to 1989 he was Minister of Justice. Born in Sousse, he was a member of the Constitutional Democratic Rally party, and the longest-serving president of Étoile Sportive du Sahel from 1961 to 1981.

Prince Emmanuel de Merode has been the director of Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since 2008.

Hédi Kaddour is a French poet and novelist.

Mohamed Talbi, was a Tunisian historian and professor. He was the author of many books about Islam.

Brigitte Engerer was a French pianist.

Abbas Bahri was a Tunisian mathematician. He was the winner of the Fermat Prize and the Langevin Prize in mathematics. He was a professor of mathematics at Rutgers University.