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

  • Hassan Agha, 16th-century Prince of Algiers; defeated Emperor Charles V in Algiers
  • Baba Aruj, 16th-century corsair; leader of the Regency of Algiers
  • Hayreddin Barbarossa, brother and successor of Aruj
  • Rais Hamidou, Nicknamed 'Amir el Bihar' (leader of the seas) He was the admiral and last great leader of the Algerian Navy. He was of berber descent and is said to have captured more than 200 ships during his career.
  • Zymen Danseker, A Dutch privateer during the Eighty Years' War, ended up becoming admiral of the Algerian fleet from 1600-1610. He is said to have introduced the round ship to the Algerians.
  • Sulayman Reis, A Dutch privateer during the Eighty Years' War he later turned to the corsair activity swearing allegiance to the Sultan of Algiers and became an officer under Zymen Danseker.

Algeria under French colonization

Revolutionary War of Independence

Independent Algeria

Martyrs

Military and intelligence services

Musicians and singers

Berber

Classical

Jazz

Musiques du monde

Pop

Rai

Rock

Religious figures

Scholars and academics

Economists

Historians

Linguistics

Science

Philosophy

Sports

Association football

Athletics

Boxing

Fencing

Ice hockey

Judo

Other sports

  • Ali Boulala, professional skateboarder; Algerian and Swedish descent
  • Kahina Bounab, volleyball player
  • 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

Terrorists

  • 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

  • List of people by nationality

References

  1. fr:Hadj Abderrahmane
  2. "Biographie De Djamel Laroussi". arabestar.com. Archived from the original on 14 October 2008.
  3. Raïna Raï songs – maghrebspace.com
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