List of Algerians

Notable Algerians include:

Artists

Writers (including poets)

New media

Actors

Directors and filmmakers

Illustrators

Leaders and politicians

Ancient Algeria

Early Islamic Algeria

Ottoman Algeria

Algeria under French colonization

  • Emir Abdelkader, 19th-century leader of the resistance against French colonisation
  • Hadj Ahmed Bey, last Bey of Constantine; fought the French Army during two sieges in 1836 and 1837
  • Messali Hadj, founder of the first North African and then Algerian Nationalist Parties
  • Lalla Fatma N'Soumer, 19th-century female leader of the Kabyle resistance against the French

Revolutionary War of Independence

Independent Algeria

Martyrs

Scientists and philosophers

Military and intelligence services

Musicians and singers

Berber

Classical

Jazz

Musiques du monde

Pop

Rai

Rock

Religious figures

Scholars and academics

Economists

Historians

Sports

Association football

  • William Ayache, footballer
  • Lakhdar Belloumi, footballer; world cup participation in 1982, 1986
  • Zahir Belounis, footballer
  • Abdelaziz Ben Tifour, footballer; one of the founders of the Algerian football team
  • Karim Benzema, French national footballer; parents are Algerian
  • Said Brahimi, footballer; one of the founders of the Algerian football team
  • Ali Fergani, footballer and trainer
  • Rabah Gamouh, international footballer; finished twice as the top scorer of the Algerian Champion at National with 25 goals in 1970/71 and 24 goals in 1971/72
  • Abdelhamid Kermali, footballer; one of the founders of the Algerian football team
  • Mahieddine Khalef, footballer and trainer
  • Rabah Madjer, footballer; two world cup participations with Algeria, European champion with Porto, etc.
  • Rachid Mekhloufi, footballer; one of the founders of the Algerian football team
  • Samir Nasri, French national footballer; parents are Algerian
  • Islam Slimani, Algerian national footballer; His goal against Russia 1-1 (World Cup 2014) made Algeria get into the history of World Cup by arriving to the 2nd tour for the first time ever
  • Karim Ziani , Algerian national footballer; world cup participation in 2010
  • Zinedine Zidane, French national footballer; parents are Algerian

Athletics

Boxing

Fencing

Ice hockey

Other sports

  • Ali Boulala, professional skateboarder; Algerian and Swedish descent
  • Sofia Boutella, rhythmic gymnast; in France, appeared in several Nike commercials; model for H&M; French national of Algerian descent
  • Alfred Nakache, Olympian world champion swimmer and water polo player

Criminals

  • Djamel Beghal, French Algerian convicted of terrorism
  • Abdul Nacer Benbrika, found guilty of being the leader of a terrorist organisation
  • Mokhtar Belmokhtar, sentenced to death for murder and terrorism
  • Slimane Khalfaoui, French-Algerian terrorist convicted of the Strasbourg cathedral bombing plot
  • Ahmed Ressam, Algerian al-Qaeda member convicted of attempting to bomb the Los Angeles International Airport on New Year's Eve 1999
  • Abu Musab Abdel Wadoud, leader of the Algerian Islamic militant group Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb

See also

References

  1. fr:Hadj Abderrahmane
  2. "Biographie De Djamel Laroussi". arabestar.com.
  3. Official Website of The Muslim500. http://www.themuslim500com. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
  4. Raïna Raï songs – maghrebspace.com
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