List of Famous people born in Tunisia
Ahmed Brahim
Ahmed Brahim was a Tunisian politician. He was the First Secretary of Ettajdid Movement and the leader of the Democratic Modernist Pole until April 2012, when his party merged into the Social Democratic Path of which he became the president. He was the Ettajdid Movement's candidate for President of Tunisia in the 2009 presidential election. A linguist by profession, he was a professor of French at Tunis University; his area of study was comparative linguistics.
Oussama Darragi
Oussama Darragi is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for JS Kabylie and the Tunisia national team.
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.
Sophien Kamoun
Sophien Kamoun is a Tunisian biologist. He is a senior scientist at the Sainsbury Laboratory and professor of biology at the University of East Anglia (UEA). Kamoun is known for contributions to our understanding of plant diseases and plant immunity.
Erno Crisa
Erno Crisa was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 52 films between 1944 and 1968. His last film was the spaghetti western Sugar Colt.
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.
Zouheira Salem
Zouheïra Salem was a Tunisian singer. She was part of the same generation of singers as Naâma, Oulaya, and Safia Chamia. Her most famous song, Baja bled el mandara wa sabba, was a tribute to her hometown of Béja. She died on 27 December 2020 in Tunis.
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.
Taha Yassine Khenissi
Taha Yassine Khenissi is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Tunisian top division club ES de Tunis and the Tunisian national team.
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.