List of Famous people born in Tunisia

Nouri Bouzid is a Tunisian film director and screenwriter. He has directed seven films between 1986 and 2006. His film Man of Ashes was screened in the Un Certain Regard section the 1986 Cannes Film Festival. Three years later, his film Golden Horseshoes was screened in the same section at the 1989 festival.

Mago Barca, was a Barcid Carthaginian who played an important role in the Second Punic War, leading forces of Carthage against the Roman Republic in Iberia and northern and central Italy. Mago was the third son of Hamilcar Barca, was the brother of Hannibal and Hasdrubal, and was the brother-in-law of Hasdrubal the Fair.

Iheb Mbarki is a Tunisian footballer who plays as a right back for Espérance Sportive de Tunis and formerly played for Evian Thonon Gaillard in Ligue 1.

Husain Bey Gouta, Crown Prince of Tunisia was the titular head of the Husainid Dynasty. He was the third son of Muhammad V al-Nasir, Bey of Tunis, by his second wife, Lalla Husn ul-Ujud, from 1906 until 1922.

Abu Mansur Nizar, known by his regnal name as al-Aziz Billah, was the fifth caliph of the Fatimid dynasty, from 975 to his death in 996.

Ahmed Mestiri was a Tunisian politician who served as Minister of the Interior.