36.7759° N, 3.0569° E

ALGIERS

Most Famous People Born in Algiers, Algeria

Notable people
1,059
Peak decade
1950s
Median birth year
1944
Most distinctive
Philosopher 2.9×

The pied-noir capital of French Algeria, whose notables split between colonial-era Mediterranean France and the independence generation, the Sétif-to-Évian arc running right through the mid-century. The outsized Philosopher bench is almost entirely a French-Jewish and pied-noir intellectual cohort, while the thick Film and Singer counts carry the Kabyle diaspora soundtrack that moved to Paris with decolonization.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Algiers during each.

Notable Births by Decade

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What Algiers Is Known For

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Football is Algiers's biggest profession — 18% of all notables (187).

Algiers over-indexes on philosopher2.9× the global rate.

  1. Football187
  2. Politician104
  3. Actor77
  4. Singer56
  5. Writer47
  6. Painter44
  7. Film35
  8. Journalist23
  1. Philosopher112.9×
  2. Film352.7×
  3. Singer562.5×
  4. Sculptor131.9×
  5. Football1871.6×
  6. Painter441.6×
  7. Poet171.6×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Algiers's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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1,059 notable people

0301 SINGER

Jean-Pax Méfret

Born 1944

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0302 RESEARCH

Geneviève Almouzni

Born 1960

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0303 WRITER

Corinne Chevallier

Born 1935

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0304 POLITICIAN

Jean-Marie Rolland

Born 1950

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0305 PSYCHOANALYST

Willy Baranger

1922 - 1994

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0306 WRITER

Anna Rozen

Born 1960

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0307 FOOTBALL

Tarek Hadj Adlane

Born 1965

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0308 FOOTBALL

Mohamed Raouraoua

Born 1947

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0309 INDEPENDENCE

Mourad Didouche

1927 - 1955

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0310 SCULPTOR

André Greck

1912 - 1993

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0311 FOOTBALL

Hamid Berguiga

Born 1974

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0312 WRITER

M'hamed Benguettaf

1938 - 2014

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0313 ILLUMINATOR

Mohamed Temam

1915 - 1988

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0314 FOOTBALL

Hichem Nekkache

Born 1991

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0315 FOOTBALL

Abderrahmane Derouaz

Born 1955

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0316 EDITOR

Alain Ayache

1936 - 2008

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0317 FOOTBALL

Youssef Haraoui

Born 1965

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0318 ACTOR

Sylvie Granotier

Born 1951

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0319 PRODUCER

Marc Zermati

1945 - 2020

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0320 ATHLETIC

Luc Viudès

Born 1956

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0321 CHESS

Aimen Rizouk

Born 1979

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0322 FOOTBALL

Abdelaziz Benhamlat

Born 1974

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0323 ACTOR

Flora Balzano

Born 1951

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0324 FILM

Tariq Teguia

Born 1966

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0325 FOOTBALL

Tayeb Meziani

Born 1996

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0326 ACTOR

Jean Hébey

1916 - 1992

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0327 SERIAL KILLER

Sid Ahmed Rezala

1979 - 2000

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0328 MAN OF LETTERS

Béatrice Commengé

Born 1949

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0329 FOOTBALL

Karim Braham Chaouch

Born 1978

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0330 FOOTBALL

Nassim Dehouche

Born 1982

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0331 SOCIOLOGIST

Jean-Charles Chebat

Born 1945

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0332 SOCIOLOGIST

Jean-Louis Missika

Born 1951

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0333 FOOTBALL

Mohamed Naâmani

Born 1990

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0334 FOOTBALL

Hocine Gacemi

1974 - 2000

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0335 ACTOR

Robert Castel (acteur)

1933 - 2020

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0336 FOOTBALL

Hocine Harrouche

Born 1987

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0337 FOOTBALL

Michel Estevan

Born 1961

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0338 MILITAR

Mohamed Lamari

1939 - 2012

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0339 ACTOR

Anne Berger

Born 1928

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0340 WRITER

Maurice Attia

Born 1949

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0341 POLITICIAN

Colette Giudicelli

1943 - 2020

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0342 SINGER

Abdelmadjid Meskoud

Born 1953

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0343 FOOTBALL

Djamel Chettal

Born 1992

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0344 PHYSICIST

Bernard Picinbono

Born 1933

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0345 ACTOR

Jean-Michel Vovk

Born 1961

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0346 DERMATOLOGIST

Albert Sézary

1880 - 1956

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0347 BUSINESS

Bernard Caïazzo

Born 1954

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0348 PAINTER

Henry Valensi

1883 - 1960

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0349 BOXER

Samir Brahimi

Born 1990

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0350 POET

Raymond Farina

Born 1940

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0351 ACTOR

Axelle Abbadie

Born 1951

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0352 POLITICIAN

Jean-Pierre Dupont

Born 1933

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0353 FOOTBALL

Abdelmalek Merbah

Born 1985

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0354 POLITICIAN

Henri Fiori

1881 - 1963

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0355 COMPOSER

Victor Serventi

1907 - 2000

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0356 BOXER

Abdelmalek Rahou

Born 1986

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0357 ATHLETIC

Hakim Toumi

Born 1961

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0358 ACTOR

Julie Brochen

Born 1969

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0359 ARCHITECT

Francis Soler

Born 1949

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0360 ACTOR

Michel Such

Born 1944

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0361 POLITICIAN

Guy-Pierre Cabanel

1927 - 2016

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0362 JUDO

Kaouthar Ouallal

Born 1990

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0363 FOOTBALL

Sid Ahmed Khedis

Born 1985

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0364 POLITICIAN

Jacques Cresta

Born 1955

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0365 COMPOSER

Philippe Sellam

Born 1960

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0366 POET

Béatrice Bonhomme

Born 1956

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0367 POLITICIAN

René Lenoir (1927-2017)

1927 - 2017

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0368 LAWYER

William Oualid

1880 - 1942

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0369 FOOTBALL

Mohamed Abdelaziz Tchikou

Born 1985

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0370 WRITER

Alain Ferry (writer)

Born 1939

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0371 POLITICIAN

Charles Zorgbibe

Born 1935

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0372 SPORT

Marcel Molinès

1928 - 2011

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0373 PAINTER

Jean-Pierre Vielfaure

1930 - 2015

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0374 PLAYER

Nassima Ben Hamouda

Born 1973

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0375 RACER

Patrick Fernandez

Born 1952

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0376 ACTOR

Frédéric Valmain (acteur)

1931 - 2003

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0377 POET

Éric Sarner

Born 1943

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0378 SINGER

Meriem Beldi

Born 1973

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0379 ATHLETIC

Nadir Bosch

Born 1973

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0380 CORRESPONDENT

Jean-Paul Mari

Born 1950

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0381 PIANIST

Jean Fassina

Born 1936

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0382 HISTORIAN

Jean-Marie Lassère

1931 - 2011

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0383 POLITICIAN

Mateo Vázquez

1542 - 1591

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0384 WRITER

Albert Bensoussan

Born 1935

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0385 FOOTBALL

Dahmane Defnoun

Born 1936

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0386 JOURNALIST

Katia Hacène

Born 1961

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0387 ACTOR

Nadia Kaci

Born 1970

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0388 FOOTBALL

Marc Lévy (footballer)

Born 1961

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0389 HISTORIAN

Mahfoud Kaddache

1926 - 2006

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0390 FOOTBALL

Fawzi Moussouni

Born 1972

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0391 SINGER

Rachid Ksentini

1887 - 1944

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0392 POLITICIAN

Paul Cuttoli

1864 - 1949

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0393 FOOTBALL

Mouaouia Meklouche

Born 1990

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0394 COMPOSER

Mustapha Toumi

1937 - 2013

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0395 POLITICIAN

Jean-Pierre Caffet

Born 1951

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0396 HISTORIAN

Robert Fawtier

1885 - 1966

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0397 CONDUCTOR

François Méchali

Born 1950

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0398 PIANIST

Jean-Yves D'Angelo

Born 1959

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0399 OPERA

Louis Noguéra

1910 - 1984

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0400 ARTIST

Jacques Ferrandez

Born 1955

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0401 JOURNALIST

Jacques Tillier

Born 1947

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0402 PHOTOGRAPHER

Marie-Laure de Decker

Born 1947

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0403 PAINTER

Louis Nallard

1918 - 2016

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0404 CIVIL SERVICE

Michel Lévêque

Born 1933

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0405 POLITICIAN

Ahmed Djoghlaf

Born 1953

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0406 SWIMMER

Jean-Pascal Curtillet

1942 - 2000

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0407 CONDUCTOR

Albert Valsien

1882 - 1955

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0408 PRESENTER

Virginia Crespeau

Born 1951

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0409 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Jean Leca

Born 1935

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0410 FOOTBALL

Georges Bonello

Born 1898

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0411 PAINTER

Mohamed Aksouh

Born 1934

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0412 PHOTOGRAPHER

Zohra Bensemra

Born 1968

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0413 HISTORIAN

Jacques Frémeaux

Born 1949

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0414 FOOTBALL

Djamel Keddou

1952 - 2011

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0415 PAINTER

Hacène Benaboura

1898 - 1960

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0416 FILM

Mohamed Zinet

1932 - 1995

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0417 NAVY

Henry William Bayntun

1766 - 1840

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0418 FOOTBALL

Hocine Benmiloudi

1955 - 1981

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0419 FOOTBALL

Azzedine Rahim

Born 1972

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0420 PAINTER

Henri de Jordan

1944 - 1996

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0421 LAWYER

Roland Drago

1923 - 2009

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0422 PLAYWRIGHT

Christophe Léon

Born 1959

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0423 POLITICIAN

Lyne Cohen-Solal

Born 1947

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0424 POLITICIAN

Georges Chavanes

1925 - 2019

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0425 FOOTBALL

Lyes Boukria

Born 1981

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0426 ACTOR

Maurice Nasil

1913 - 2003

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0427 WRITER

Virginie Brac

Born 1955

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0428 POET

Roland Bacri

1926 - 2014

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0429 ACTOR

Bouchra Okbi

Born 1985

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0430 FOOTBALL

Nacer Guedioura

Born 1954

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0431 PAINTER

Jacques Martinez

Born 1944

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0432 FOOTBALL

Amokrane Oualiken

1933 - 2010

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0433 FOOTBALL

Abdelkader Amrani

Born 1956

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0434 NOVELIST

Bashir Mufti

Born 1969

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0435 MUSIC

Grégori Czerkinsky

Born 1959

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0436 PAINTER

Josette Spiaggia

Born 1939

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0437 PLAYER

Sarra Belhocine

Born 1994

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0438 JOURNALIST

Camille Galic

Born 1940

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0439 CHEMIST

Pierre Laszlo

Born 1938

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0440 POLITICIAN

Gérard Sebaoun

Born 1950

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0441 LAWYER

Michel Tubiana

Born 1952

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0442 FOOTBALL

Mohamed Maouche (football, 1936)

Born 1936

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0443 FOOTBALL

Mohamed Walid Bencherifa

Born 1988

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0444 HISTORIAN

Jean Monneret (historien)

Born 1939

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0445 SCIENTIFIQUE

Georges Vignaux

1940 - 2019

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0446 WRITER

Danielle Michel-Chich

Born 1951

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0447 POLITICIAN

Hamou Bouakkaz

Born 1964

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0448 PAINTER

Jean de Maisonseul

1912 - 1999

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0449 TERRORIST

Henri Parot

Born 1958

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0450 FOOTBALL

Larbi Hosni

Born 1981

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0451 SWIMMER

Sabria Dahane

Born 1985

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0452 WRITER

René Reouven

1925 - 2020

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0453 FOOTBALL

Mounir Dob

Born 1974

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0454 FOOTBALL

Ali Bendebka

Born 1976

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0455 GEOLOGIST

Louis Gentil

1868 - 1925

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0456 POLITICIAN

Stéphane Layani

Born 1960

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0457 FOOTBALL

Mohamed Remili

Born 1985

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0458 GYMNAST

Mohamed Lazhari

Born 1938

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0459 SINGER

Hassiba Amrouche

Born 1954

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0460 COMPOSER

Elie Paul Cohen

Born 1955

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0461 SINGER

Rocé (rappeur)

Born 1977

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0462 FOOTBALL

Riad Hammadou

Born 1976

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0463 POET

Nadia Guendouz

1932 - 1992

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0464 POLITICIAN

Mohamed Belouizdad

1924 - 1952

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0465 ACTOR

Odile Schmitt

Died 2020

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0466 POLITICIAN

Freddy Deschaux-Beaume

Born 1942

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0467 PHYSICIAN

Pierre Aboulker

1906 - 1976

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0468 SCULPTOR

Guy Ferrer

Born 1955

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0469 SPORT

Nassim Saidi

Born 1994

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0470 MILITAR

Maxime Destremau

1875 - 1915

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0471 ACTOR

Rachid Hami

Born 1985

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0472 WRITER

Guy Jimenes

Born 1954

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0473 JUDO

Omar Rebahi

Born 1978

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0474 MILITAR

Jean Colonna d'Ornano

1895 - 1941

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0475 THÉOLOGIEN

Jean-Michel Maldamé

Born 1939

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0476 SINGER

Mohamed Lamine

Born 1970

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0477 FONCTIONNAIRE

Jacques Darmon

Born 1940

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0478 PAINTER

Émile Gaudissard

1872 - 1956

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0479 ACTOR

Carole Brenner

-

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0480 FILM

Moussa Haddad

1937 - 2019

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0481 CONSEILLER

Jean-Ludovic Silicani

Born 1952

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0482 ACTOR

Pascale Ourbih

Born 2002

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0483 ARCHITECT

Franck Hammoutène

Born 1954

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0484 FOOTBALL

Abdelwahab Zenir

Born 1951

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0485 FOOTBALL

Merouane Anane

Born 1990

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0486 PAINTER

Marcelle Ackein

1882 - 1952

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0487 ACTOR

Marc Lamole

-

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0488 PAINTER

Armand Assus

1892 - 1977

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0489 MUSIC

Robert Cohen-Solal

Born 1943

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0490 FOOTBALL

Hacène El Okbi

Born 1989

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0491 JOURNALIST

Bernard Zekri

Born 1955

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0492 SINGER

Lucienne Vernay

1919 - 1981

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0493 SCREENWRITER

André Tabet

1902 - 1981

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0494 SINGER

Abderrahmane Djalti

Born 1958

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0495 ECOLOGIST

Marie Didier

Born 1939

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0496 ACTOR

Akim Isker

-

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0497 COMMUNICATION

Robert Zarader

Born 1955

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0498 ACTOR

Patrick Lancelot

1941 - 2000

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0499 ENGINEER

Philippe Carli

Born 1960

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0500 POET

Ismaël Aït Djafer

1929 - 1995

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0501 FOOTBALL

Marcel Salva

1922 - 2005

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0502 MISSING

Bernard Hagelsteen

Born 1947

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0503 PIANIST

Paul Castanier

1935 - 1991

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0504 PAINTER

Jean-Pierre Girerd

1931 - 2018

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0505 FOOTBALL

Rabah Deghmani

Born 1975

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0506 FOOTBALL

Louis Landi

1941 - 1977

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0507 ACTOR

Clara Gansard

1930 - 2013

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0508 SINGER

Hsissen

1929 - 1959

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0509 COMMUNICATION

Éric Giuily

Born 1952

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0510 FOOTBALL

Mokhtar Kalem

Born 1944

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0511 FILM

Nadia Labidi

Born 1954

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0512 PLAYER

Russlan Boukerou

Born 1989

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0513 BOXER

Louis Acariès

Born 1954

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0514 CARICATURIST

Pierre Bailly

Born 1970

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0515 ACTOR

Lucien Layani

1932 - 2017

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0516 BOXER

Cherif Hamia

1931 - 1991

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0517 PAINTER

Louis Bénisti

1903 - 1995

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0518 SINGER

Georges Vaillant

1912 - 2000

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0519 POLITICIAN

Jean-Marie Guastavino

1886 - 1960

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0520 FOOTBALL

Meziane Ighil

Born 1952

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0521 NOVELIST

Dick May

1859 - 1925

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0522 POLITICIAN

René-Paul Savary

Born 1953

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0523 JOURNALIST

Emmanuel Berretta

Born 1969

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0524 ACADEMIC

René Rodière

1907 - 1981

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0525 FOOTBALL

Mokhtar Amalou

Born 1971

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0526 FILM

Mustapha Badie

1927 - 2001

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0527 PHILOSOPHER

Hervé Pasqua

Born 1947

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0528 POLITICIAN

Pierre Milloz

Born 1927

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0529 PUBLISHER

Gérald Gassiot-Talabot

1929 - 2002

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0530 ACTOR

Fatima Belhadj

-

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0531 WRITER

Paul Achard

1887 - 1962

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0532 POLITICIAN

Pierre Maresca

1941 - 2020

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0533 HISTORIAN

Abderrahmane Djilali

1908 - 2010

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0534 POET

Amin Khan

Born 1956

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0535 WRITER

Erwan Evenou

1940 - 2020

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0536 SINGER

Hugo Chastanet

Born 1965

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0537 FOOTBALL

Nordine Ben Ali

Born 1919

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0538 ACTOR

Mustapha El Anka

1926 - 1993

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0539 DIPLOMAT

Alain Grenier

Born 1930

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0540 PSYCHIATRIST

Yves Pélicier

1926 - 1996

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0541 PAINTER

Jacques Benoit

Born 1955

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0542 FOOTBALL

Mohamed Amroune (born 1989)

Born 1989

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0543 FOOTBALL

Sid Ahmed Rafik Mazouzi

Born 1989

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0544 CONDUCTOR

Jean Claudric

Born 1930

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0545 PRODUCTEUR

Yves Riesel

Born 1958

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0546 SWIMMER

Héda Frost

Born 1936

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0547 FILM

Gérard Gozlan

Born 1935

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0548 FOOTBALL

Hassen Tahir

Born 1946

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0549 JUDO

Ali Idir

Born 1966

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0550 STOCKBROKER

Arthur Chassériau

1850 - 1934

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0551 TRANSLATOR

Pierre Guglielmina

Born 1958

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0552 LAWYER

Hervé Temime

Born 1957

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0553 FOOTBALL

Faouzi Bourenane

Born 1994

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0554 ACTOR

Lyna Khoudri

Born 1992

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0555 ESSAYIST

Jacques Marlaud

1944 - 2014

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0556 JOURNALIST

Thomas Ferenczi

Born 1944

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0557 WRITER

Raoul Fernand Jellinek-Mercedes

1888 - 1939

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0558 JOURNALIST

Claude-Jean Bertrand

1934 - 2007

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0559 FOOTBALL

Mourad Aït Tahar

Born 1969

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0560 SINGER

Rachid Bahri

Born 1949

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0561 ACTOR

Claude Chantal

1933 - 2016

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0562 COMPOSER

Edmond Yafil

1874 - 1928

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0563 FOOTBALL

Naçer Bouiche

Born 1963

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0564 HANDBALL

Sofiane Lamali

Born 1974

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0565 ACTOR

Ouardia Hamtouche

1931 - 1991

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0566 HUMOURIST

Lamine Lezghad

Born 1980

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0567 PAINTER

Mustapha Boutadjine

Born 1952

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0568 JOURNALIST

Jacques Paoli

1924 - 1990

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0569 FILM

Barthélémy Amengual

1919 - 2005

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0570 PAINTER

Kamel Yahiaoui

Born 1966

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0571 TEACHER

Abdelhalim Bensmaia

1866 - 1933

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0572 MAIRE

Jean-Paul Bolufer

Born 1946

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0573 FOOTBALL

Ali Lamine Kab

Born 1985

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0574 ACTIVIST

Bachir Hadj Ali

1920 - 1991

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0575 LAWYER

Paul Durand (juriste)

1908 - 1960

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0576 ART DEALER

François Laffanour

Born 1952

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0577 ORIENTALIST

Louis Machuel

1848 - 1922

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0578 FOOTBALL

Nassim Bounekdja

Born 1976

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0579 FOOTBALL

Mohamed Hamdoud

Born 1976

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0580 ENTREPRENEUR

Emmanuel de Buretel

Born 1958

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0581 SWIMMER

Kenza Bennaceur

Born 1976

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0582 ACTOR

Charles Tordjman-Darbaud

Born 1939

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0583 POLITICIAN

Michèle Victory

Born 1958

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0584 POET

Michelle Grangaud

Born 1941

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0585 MUSIC

Sylvio Gualda

Born 1939

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0586 OFFICER

Djelloul Khatib

1936 - 2017

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0587 WRITER

Jean-Philippe Ould Aoudia

Born 1941

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0588 POLITICIAN

Marc Lauriol

1916 - 2006

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0589 PHOTOGRAPHER

Hocine Zaourar

Born 1952

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0590 POLO

Mustapha Larfaoui

Born 1932

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0591 FOOTBALL

Hamid Zouba

Born 1930

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0592 MERCENARY

Jean-Pierre Cherid

1954 - 1984

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0593 FILM

Claude Guillemot (réalisateur)

1935 - 2014

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0594 SINGER

Patrick Bernard (musicien)

Born 1952

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0595 POLITICIAN

Alain Veyret

Born 1953

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0596 SCULPTOR

Claude Cehes

Born 1949

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0597 FOOTBALL

Abderrahmane Boubekeur

1932 - 1999

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0598 FOOTBALL

Ahmed Walid Chouih

Born 1982

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0599 FOOTBALL

Koceila Berchiche

Born 1985

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0600 COMPOSER

Thierry Alla

Born 1955

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