List of Famous people named Mokhtar

Mokhtar Belmokhtar, also known as The One-Eyed, Nelson, The Uncatchable, is an Algerian leader of the group Al-Murabitoun, former military commander of Al-Qaeda in the Maghreb, smuggler and weapons dealer. He was twice convicted and sentenced to death in absentia under separate charges in Algerian courts: in 2007 for terrorism and in 2008 for murder. In 2004, he was sentenced to life imprisonment in Algeria for terrorist activities.

Mokhtar Belkhiter is an Algerian international football player. He is currently playing for CR Belouizdad in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.

Mukhtar Omar Othman Fallatah is a Saudi Arabian footballer who plays as a striker for Al-Tai and the Saudi Arabia national team.

Mokhtar Kechamli was an Algerian football manager and player.

Mokhtar Yahyaoui was a human rights activist and a Tunisian judge. He was opposed to the system of former Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. Yahyaoui was born on June 1, 1952 in the village of Ksar Hadada in southern Tunisia, and died in September 22, 2015 in Teskrayah in the village of Ghazaleh from the region of Bizerte.