List of Maghrebis

Listed below are Maghrebis of note.

Modern

Actors

Architects

Artists

Musicians

• Faouzia Ouihya – Moroccan-Canadian singer-songwriter, born in Casablanca

Philosophers

Politicians

Royalty

Sportspersons

Writers

Other notables

• Touria Chaoui (1936–1956), first female Maghrebi and Moroccan pilot at the age of fifteen

Ancient

• Shoshenq I, Egyptian Pharaoh of Libyan origin, founder of the Twenty-second dynasty of Egypt.
• Tefnakht, Pharaoh of Libyan origin, who reigned 732–725 BC
• Masinissa, King of Numidia, North Africa, present day Algeria and Tunisia
• Jugurtha, King of Numidia
• Juba II, King of Numidia
• Macrinus, Roman emperor for 14 months in 217 and 218
• Lusius Quietus, governor of Judaea under the emperor Trajan
• Quintus Lollius Urbicus, governor of Britannia from 138 to 144
• Terence, (Publius Terentius Afer), Roman writer
• Apuleius, Roman writer ("half-Numidian, half-Gaetulian")
• Marcus Cornelius Fronto, Roman grammarian, rhetorician and advocate, was born at Cirta in modern Algeria
• Tertullian, an early Christian theologian (born in the highly multiethnic, Phoenician-founded city of Carthage)
• Saint Monica of Hippo, Saint Augustine's mother
• Arius, who proposed the doctrine of Arianism
• Donatus Magnus, leader of the Donatist schism
• Gelasius I between 492 and 496
• Victor I between 186 and 201
• Miltiades between 311 and 314
• Tacfarinas, who fought the Romans in the Aures Mountains,
• Firmus, who fought the Romans Between 372 and 375
• Gildo, who fought the Romans in 398
• Abd ar-Rahman I (731–788), his mother was a Berber.
• Al-Mansur (712–775), his mother was a Berber. Generally regarded as the real founder of the Abbasid Caliphate, his descendants Al-Mahdi, Harun al-Rashid etc. were therefore also partially Berber.
• Tariq ibn Ziyad, one of the leaders of the Moorish conquest of Iberia in 711.
• Adrian of Canterbury, Abbot of St Augustine's Abbey in Canterbury
• Dihya or al-Kahina
• Aksil or Kusayla
• Salih ibn Tarif of the Berghouata
• Abbas Ibn Firnas, inventor and aviator who made the first attempt at controlled flight
• Ibn Tumart, founder of the Almohad dynasty
• Yusuf ibn Tashfin, founder of the Almoravid dynasty
• Ibn Battuta (1304–1377), Moroccan traveller and explorer
• Abu Yaqub Yusuf I, who had the Giralda in Seville built.
• Abu Yaqub Yusuf II, who had the Torre del Oro in Seville built.
• Ziri ibn Manad founder of the Zirid dynasty
• Muhammad Awzal (ca. 1680–1749), prolific Sous Berber poet (see also Ocean of Tears)
• Muhammad al-Jazuli, author of the Dala'il al-Khairat, Sufi
• Abu Ali al-Hassan al-Yusi
• Imam al-Busiri, poet and author of the famous poem Qasida Burda – lived in Alexandria

People of mixed Maghrebi and European ancestry

Modern

• Cédric Ben Abdallah (Ben) – French humorist, Algerian father and French mother
• Yasmine golotchoglova – French youtubeuse, Russian father and algérian mother
• Robert Abdesselam – French politician and tennis player, Algerian father and French mother
• Ramzi Abid – Canadian professional ice hockey player, Tunisian father and Scottish mother
• Karima Adebibe – English model and actress, Moroccan father and Greek-Irish mother
• Damien Saez – French musicien, Spanish father and algérian mother
• Fu'ad Aït Aattou – French Actor, Moroccan Berber father and French mother
• Isabelle Adjani – French actress, Algerian father and German mother
• Alejandro Agag – Spanish businessman and former politician, Algerian father and Spanish mother
• Laurent Agouazi – Soccer player, Algerian father and French mother
• Natacha Amal – Belgian Actress, Moroccan father and Russian mother
• Amina Allam – Moroccan model, Moroccan father and Finnish mother
• Aure Atika – French actress, French father and Moroccan mother
• Malika Ayane – Italian singer, Moroccan father and Italian mother
• Malika zouhali–worrall – English documentary filmmaker, English father and Moroccan mother
• Jordan Bardella – French politician, President of the National Rally (previously the National Front) since September 2021 (Acting), Algerian great-grandfather
• Samir Barris – Belgian singer, Algerian father and Flemish Belgian mother
• Alain Bashung – French singer, songwriter and actor, Algerian father and French mother
• Kader Belarbi – French choreographer, Algerian father and French mother
• Mehdi Belhaj Kacem – French-Tunisian actor, philosopher, and writer, Tunisia father and French mother
• Catherine Belkhodja – French artist, actress and film director. Algerian father and a French mother
• Jeanne Benameur – French writer, Tunisian father and Italian mother
• Djemila Benhabib – Canadian opponent of Muslim fundamentalism, Algerian father and Cypriot mother
• Malik Bendjelloul – was a Swedish documentary filmmaker, journalist and former child actor. He directed the 2012 documentary Searching for Sugar Man, which won an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award, Algerian father and Swedish mother
• Farouk Bermouga – French actor, Algerian father and French mother
• Big flo et oli – French band, Argentine father and Algerian mother
• Dany Boon – French actor, Algerian father and French mother. Best-paid actor in European film history
• Assaad Bouab – Moroccan actor, Moroccan father and French mother.
• Tarik O'Regan – English musician, Irish father and Algerian mother
• Ali Boulala – Swedish professional skateboarder, Algerian father and Swedish mother
• Josef Boumedienne – Swedish professional hockey defenceman, Algerian father and Finnish mother
• Nina Bouraoui – French writer, Algerian father and French mother
• Daniel Brückner – Soccer player, Algerian father and German mother
• Bushido – German Rapper, Tunisian father and German mother
• Mehdi Carcela-González – Moroccan Soccer player, Spanish father and Moroccan mother
• Samir Carruthers – English Soccer player, Irish-Italian father and Moroccan mother
• Nicolas Cazalé – French actor, French father and Algerian mother
• Liassine cadamuro – French footballer, Italian father and Algerian mother
• Sara Chafak – Finnish beauty pageant titleholder, Moroccan father and Finnish mother
• Manuel da Costa – Soccer player, Portuguese father and Moroccan mother
• Gérald Darmanin – Minister of the Interior since 2020, Algerian grandfather
• Jean-Baptiste Djebbari – Minister for Transport, Algerian great-grandfather
• Sofia Essaidi – Moroccan French singer, Moroccan father and French mother
• Michaël Fabre – French Soccer player, Algerian father and French mother
• Adrien Gallo – French musician and actor, French father and Algerian mother
• Julien Gerbi – French race car driver, Algerian father and French mother
• Mehdi El Glaoui – French actor, Moroccan father and French mother
• Brice Guilbert – French singer, French father and Moroccan mother
• Karim Hendou – Algerian Soccer player, Algerian father and Ukrainian mother
• Hédi Kaddour – French writer, Tunisian father and French mother
• Hakim El Karoui – French politician, Tunisian father and French mother
• Saïd El Khadraoui – Belgian politician, Moroccan father and Flemish Belgian mother
• Sami Khedira – German football player, Tunisian father and German mother
• Rani Khedira – German football player, Tunisian father and German mother
• Jonas Hassen Khemiri – Swedish novelist, Tunisian father and Swedish mother
• Marina Kaye – French singer, French father and Algerian mother
• Reem Kherici – French actress, Tunisian father and Italian mother
• Myriam El Khomri – current French Minister of Labour (2016), Moroccan father and French mother
• Taïg Khris – French inline skater, Algerian father and Greek mother
• Simone Lahbib – Scottish actress, Algerian father and Scottish mother
• Mehdi Lacen – French Soccer player, Algerian father and Italian mother
• Hind Laroussi Tahiri – Dutch singer, Moroccan father and Dutch mother
• Maïwenn Le Besco and Isild Le Besco – French actress, Algerian grandfather
• Amine Lecomte – Soccer player, French father and Moroccan mother
• Jalil Lespert – French actor, French father and Algerian mother
• Sheryfa Luna – French singer, Algerian father and French mother
• Ali Magoudi – French psychoanalyst and writer, Algerian father and Polish mother
• Yannis Marshall – French dancer, English father and Algerian mother
• Florian Makhedjouf – Soccer player, Algerian father and Italian mother
• Elyas M’Barek – German Actor, Tunisian father and German mother
• Carl Medjani – French Soccer player, Algerian father and French mother
• Mourad Meghni – French footballer, Algerian father and Portuguese mother
• Kad Merad – French actor, Algerian father and French mother
• Maxime Mermoz – French Rugby player, French father and Algerian mother
• MC Rene – German rapper, Moroccan father and German mother
• Arnaud Montebourg – French politician, Algerian grandfather, France's Minister of Industrial Renewal
• Mehdi Mostefa – French Soccer player, Algerian father and French mother
• Marcel Mouloudji – French singer and actor, Algerian father and French mother
• Cyril Mourali – French actor, Tunisian father and French mother
• Chazia Mourali – Dutch TV presenter, Tunisian father and Dutch mother
• Kerim Mrabti – Swedish Soccer player, Tunisian father and Swedish-Finnish mother
• Lee Lamrani Ibrahim "Lightning" Murray – British-Moroccan cage fighter turned gangster, Moroccan father and English mother
• Samy Naceri – French actor, Algerian father and French mother
• Mehdi Nebbou – French actor, Algerian father and German mother
• Marie-José Nat – French actress, Algerian father and French mother
• Malika Nedir – Swiss TV presenter, Algerian father and Swiss mother
• Juliette Noureddine – French singer, Algerian grandfather
• Laurette Onkelinx – Belgian politician, Belgian father and Algerian mother
• Artur Partyka – Polish high jumper, Algerian father and Polish mother
• Pnl – French band, Corsica father and Algerian mother
• Édith Piaf – French singer, Moroccan great-grandfather
• Jérome Polenz – Soccer player, Algerian father and German mother
• Daniel Prévost – French comedian, Algerian father and French mother
• Karim Rekik – Dutch football player, Tunisian father and Dutch mother
• Damien Saez – French singer, Spanish father and Algerian mother
• Leila Sebbar – French writer, Algerian father and French mother
• Adam Sioui – Canadian college and international swimmer, Algerian father and Canadian mother
• Myriam Sif – Moroccan singer, Moroccan father and Hungarian mother
• Hedi Slimane – French fashion designer, Tunisian father and Italian mother
• Benjamin Stambouli – Soccer player, Algerian father and French mother
• Jacques Villeret – French actor, Algerian father and French mother
• Najat Vallaud-Belkacem – first French woman to be appointed Minister of Education, Higher Education, and Research on 25 August 2014, Moroccan father and Spanish grandmother
• Karim Ziani – French footballer, Algerian Algerian father and French mother
• Enzo Zidane (1995-), Luca Zidane (1998-), Elyaz Zidane (2005-) - Soccer players, Algerian father
• Claude Zidi – French film director, Algerian father and French mother
• Malik Zidi – French actor, Algerian father and French mother
• Kenza Zouiten – Swedish fashion blogger, Moroccan father and Swedish mother
• Aladdin Meier – Swiss radio presenter, Swiss Father and Moroccan Mother

Maxime Mermoz- French father and algérian mother

Ancient

• Septimius Severus, Roman Emperor who reigned from 14 April 193 until his death in 211
• Augustine of Hippo, Latin Church Father, one of the most important figures in the development of Western Christianity
• Abd-ar-Rahman III, Emir and Caliph of Córdoba (912–961) of the Umayyad dynasty in al-Andalus

People of mixed Maghrebi and Asian ancestry

• Erika Sawajiri – Japan-based actress, model, and musician. Japanese father and an Algerian Berber mother
• Maïwenn Le Besco and Isild Le Besco – French actress, Algerian grandfather, Vietnamese grandfather

See also

• Maghrebis

Notes