List of Famous people born in Tunisia

Élie Kakou was a French actor and stand-up comedian.

Sorj Chalandon is a French writer and journalist. From 1973 until 2007 he worked as a journalist on Libération where, among other things, he covered events in Lebanon, Iran, Iraq, Somalia and Afghanistan. In 1988 he received the Albert Londres Prize for his articles on Northern Ireland and the Klaus Barbie trial. Since then he has worked for the satirical-investigative newspaper Le Canard enchaîné. His second novel, Une promesse (2006), won the Prix Médicis. His 2011 novel Return to Killybegs won the Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française and was shortlisted for the Prix Goncourt.

Mohamed Beji Caid Essebsi was a Tunisian politician who was the President of Tunisia from 31 December 2014 until his death on 25 July 2019. Previously, he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1981 to 1986 and as Prime Minister from February 2011 to December 2011.

Kais Saied is a Tunisian politician, jurist and former lecturer serving as the President of Tunisia since October 2019. He was president of the Tunisian Association of Constitutional Law from 1995 to 2019. An independent candidate in the 2019 presidential election, he was elected against Nabil Karoui in the second round.

Kalthoum Sarrai كلثوم السراي in Arabic, best known as Cathy Sarrai, was a Tunisian-born French television presenter, anchorwoman and television personality. She was known to many French and Belgian television viewers for her role in the French version of Super Nanny, which began airing on M6 on 1 February 2005.

Azzedine Alaïa was a Tunisian couturier and shoe designer, particularly successful beginning in the 1980s.

Seifeddine Jaziri, is a Tunisian footballer who plays as a forward for Egyptian Premier League side Zamalek on loan from Al Mokawloon Al Arab. He was capped by the Tunisian national team once in 2016.

Aymen Abdennour is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Qatari club Umm Salal.

Daniel Cohen is a French economist and a professor at the École d'économie de Paris as well as a senior advisor to the bank Lazard.

Dhafer L'Abidine is a Tunisian actor and former professional football player.