List of Famous people born in Tunisia

Ahmed Mathlouthi is a Tunisian swimmer. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Olympics. As well as being a multiple times All-Africa Games medalist, he has also won 3 medals at Swimming World Cup events.

Mondher Kebaier is a Tunisian football coach who is currently manager of Tunisia.

Michèle Fitoussi is a French writer. She is of Tunisian descent.

Mohamed Gueddiche was a Tunisian cardiologist, who also held a senior military rank. His national significance in Tunusia was based in part on his position as the personal physician to President Ben Ali, and previous to that as a physician for Ben Ali's predecessor, Habib Bourguiba.

Rami Jridi is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for ES Tunis in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1.

Mohamed Amine Ben Amor is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Étoile du Sahel and the Tunisia national team.

Abu Tamim Ma'ad al-Muizz li-Din Allah was the fourth Fatimid Caliph and 14th Ismaili imam, reigning from 953 to 975. It was during his caliphate that the center of power of the Fatimid dynasty was moved from Ifriqiya to Egypt. The Fatimids founded the city of al-Qāhirah (Cairo) "the Victorious" in 969 as the new capital of the Fatimid caliphate in Egypt.

Muhammad al-Ṭāhir ibn ʿĀshūr was a graduate of University of Ez-Zitouna and a well known Islamic scholar. He studied classical Islamic scholarship with reform-minded scholars. He became a judge then Shaikh al-Islām in 1932. He was a writer and author on the subject of reforming Islamic education and jurisprudence. He is best remembered for his Qur'anic exegesis, al-Tahrir wa'l-tanwir.

Radhia Haddad was a Tunisian feminist activist, and former chairperson of the National Union of Women of Tunisia for fifteen years.

Pierre Haski is a French journalist, co-founder of Rue 89. He was deputy editor of Libération from January 2006 till his departure in 2007 from the daily.