List of Famous people born in Tunisia

Olfa Youssef is a Tunisian university professor and a writer specializing in Arabic linguistics, psychoanalysis and Applied Islamic Studies. Her publications deal with themes related to Islam, the Quran, the place of women in Islam, religious freedom and cross-religious dialogue.

Salah Farhat was a Tunisian politician who was a founder of the Constitutional Liberal Party (Destour) after having campaigned in the Young Tunisians Movement.

Abu Said ibn Khalef ibn Yahia Al-Tamimi Al-Baji, commonly known as Sidi Bou Said was a Tunisian Sufi scholar (wali). A disciple of Abu Madyan, he is mostly remembered for being Abul Hasan ash-Shadhili's teacher during his stay in Tunisia. He likely met with the Andalusian philosopher Ibn Arabi during his pilgrimage and few-years stay in Damascus and Mecca.

Oulaya, born "Beya Bent Béchir Ben Hédi Rahal", was a Tunisian singer and actress.

Fouad Mebazaa is a Tunisian politician who was President of Tunisia from 15 January 2011 to 13 December 2011. He was active in Neo Destour prior to Tunisian independence, served as Minister of Youth and Sports, Minister of Public Health, and Minister of Culture and Information, and was Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of Tunisia from 1991 to 2011.

Marthe Franceschini, renamed Lalla Dawiya was a slave concubine and then the wife of Sultan Mohammed ben Abdallah of Morocco.