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

0601 POLITICIAN

Henri Borgeaud

1895 - 1963

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0602 PAINTER

Noël Pasquier

Born 1941

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0603 HISTORIAN

Xavier Yacono

1912 - 1990

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0604 ARTIST

Sid Ali Melouah

1949 - 2007

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0605 FOOTBALL

Abderrahmane Meziani

1942 - 2016

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0606 DOCTEUR

Claude Cherki

Born 1940

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0607 WRITER

Hadi Barkat

Born 1977

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0608 FOOTBALL

Saïd Haddad

1922 - 1981

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0609 PHILOSOPHER

Yvonne Pellé-Douël

1918 - 1987

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0610 ACTOR

Marcel Daxely

1914 - 1989

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0611 ACTIVIST

Djamila Bouazza

1938 - 2015

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0612 FOOTBALL

Fahem Ouslati

Born 1986

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0613 PHYSICIAN

Jean-Jacques Eledjam

Born 1943

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0614 POLITICIAN

Mokhtar Hasbellaoui

Born 1963

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0615 ECONOMIST

Abderrahmane Hadj-Nacer

Born 1951

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0616 SINGER

Meriem Fekkaï

1889 - 1961

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0617 MUSIC

Boualem Bensaïd

Born 1967

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0618 RESEARCH

Jean-François Laslier

Born 1959

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0619 FOOTBALL

Billel Benaldjia

Born 1988

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0620 JOURNALIST

Christian Cascio

Born 1960

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0621 HANDBALL

Abdelmalek Slahdji

Born 1983

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0622 FOOTBALL

Samir Galloul

Born 1976

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0623 ACTOR

Alberte Aveline

Died 2018

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0624 PHOTOGRAPHER

Françoise Saur

Born 1949

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0625 FILM

Sid Ali Mazif

Born 1943

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0626 FOOTBALL

Farid Djahnine

Born 1976

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0627 POET

Chantal Danjou

Born 1960

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0628 MAN OF LETTERS

Simone Balazard

Born 1935

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0629 PLAYWRIGHT

Jean Magnan

1939 - 1983

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0630 PRIEST

Vincent-Paul Toccoli

1942 - 2013

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0631 POLITICIAN

Jean-Luc Cazettes

1943 - 2005

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0632 SINGER

Anissa Mezaguer

Born 1944

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0633 SINGER

Nouara

Born 1945

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0634 ARTIST

Jean-François Galéa

Born 1944

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0635 FILM

Norbert Terry

Born 1924

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0636 SINGER

Mathilde Saïman

1891 - 1940

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0637 INDÉPENDANCE

Little Omar

1944 - 1957

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0638 ACTOR

René Boyer

1930 - 2007

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0639 JOURNALIST

Hichem Aboud

Born 1955

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0640 POLITICIAN

Jean-Baptiste Amable Chanot

1855 - 1920

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0641 PHYSICIAN

Maurice Marois

1922 - 2004

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0642 BASSIST

Dominique Bertram

Born 1954

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0643 ARCHITECT

Marc Saltet

1906 - 2008

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0644 FOOTBALL

Jean-Charles De Bono

Born 1960

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0645 JOURNALIST

Rosemonde Pujol

1917 - 2009

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0646 ARTIST

Norma (dessinateur)

Born 1946

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0647 MUSIC

Sid-Ahmed Serri

1926 - 2015

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0648 COMPOSER

Hadj M'rizek

1912 - 1955

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0649 FOOTBALL

Abdelmoumen Kherbache

Born 1986

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0650 ENGINEER

Michel Carayol

1934 - 2003

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0651 DRIVER

Pierre Dumay

Born 1928

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0652 POET

Anne-Lise Blanchard

Born 1956

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0653 PAINTER

Xavier Longobardi

1923 - 2010

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0654 ARTIST

Miloud Oukili

Born 1972

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0655 POLITICIAN

Nadia Boubeghla

-

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0656 FOOTBALL

Rachid Adane

Born 1964

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0657 POET

Jean-Claude Xuereb

Born 1930

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0658 BUSINESS

Henri Dresch

1900 - 1978

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0659 NAVY

Raymond de Belot

1899 - 1978

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0660 CHEF

Jacques Torres

Born 1959

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0661 FOOTBALL

Khalil Boukedjane

Born 1981

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0662 PAINTER

Freddy Tiffou

1933 - 2002

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0663 POLITICIAN

Djaouida Sellah

-

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0664 MILITANT

Évelyne Safir Lavalette

1927 - 2014

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0665 POET

Jacques Guhl

Born 1922

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0666 POLITICIAN

Fatima Zohra Karadja

Born 1949

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0667 FILM

Ariel Askénazi

-

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0668 FOOTBALL

Adel Bougueroua

Born 1987

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0669 ARCHITECT

Charles Adda

1873 - 1938

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0670 FOOTBALL

Smaïl Khabatou

1920 - 2014

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0671 FOOTBALL

Abdennour Kaoua

Born 1949

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0672 POET

Jean Pierre Vidal

Born 1952

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0673 WRITER

Nadia Sebkhi

Born 1965

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0674 PHYSICIAN

Jean-Pierre Coudray

1926 - 1989

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0675 MILITANT

Abderrahmane Taleb

1930 - 1959

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0676 ATHLETIC

Lynda Hamri

Born 1989

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0677 FOOTBALL

Rafik Deghiche

Born 1983

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0678 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Pierre Alexandre (anthropologue)

1922 - 1994

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0679 SWIMMER

Monique Piétri

Born 1945

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0680 ARTIST

Rimka

Born 1966

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0681 MUSIC

Jean-Claude Sillamy

Born 1932

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0682 FOOTBALL

Nasser Bouiche

Born 1960

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0683 SINGER

Allalou

1902 - 1992

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0684 PSYCHOANALYST

Alice Cherki

Born 1936

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0685 FILM

Kamal Dehane

Born 1954

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0686 MILITAIRE

Baba Mohammed ben-Osman

Died 1791

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0687 POLITICIAN

Raymond Laquière

1881 - 1973

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0688 FOOTBALL

Zoubir Bachi

Born 1950

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0689 NOVELIST

Houda Darwish

Born 1991

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0690 JOURNALIST

Roger-Luc Mary

1930 - 2002

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0691 FILM

Michel Béna

1950 - 1991

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0692 MILITAR

Jean-Michel Palagos

Born 1951

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0693 POLITICIAN

Haji Ali (Dey of Algiers)

Died 1815

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0694 ACTOR

François Viguier

1885 - 1946

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0695 BADMINTON

Linda Mazri

Born 2001

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0696 SINGER

Momo Djender

Born 1970

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0697 PHILOLOGIST

Juliette Ernst

1900 - 2001

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0698 WRESTLER

Mohamed Serir

Born 1984

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0699 DIPLOMAT

Jacques Tiné

1914 - 2008

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0700 PAINTER

René Sintès

1933 - 1962

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0701 NATIONALIST

Jean-Pierre Maïone-Libaude

Died 1982

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0702 PAINTER

Jean Simian

1910 - 1991

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0703 WRITER

Frédérique Villemur

Born 1960

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0704 SINGER

Irène Jaumillot

1938 - 1994

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0705 JOURNALIST

André Passeron

1926 - 1994

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0706 WRITER

Sue Youcef Nabi

Born 1968

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0707 SCREENWRITER

Marc Eisenchteter

Born 1960

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0708 RESEARCH

Philippe Amouyel

Born 1959

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0709 FOOTBALL

Mohamed Ait Mouhoub

Born 1952

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0710 BUSINESS

Grégoire Olivier

Born 1960

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0711 PALAEONTOLOGIST

Jules Welsch

1858 - 1929

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0712 FOOTBALL

Kamel Belarbi

Born 1997

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0713 FOOTBALL

Mohamed Amine Aouamri

Born 1983

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0714 RABBI

Zécharia Zermati

Born 1964

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0715 MILITAR

Ali Khodja

1933 - 1956

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0716 FOOTBALL

Frédéric Pons (football)

Born 1962

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0717 FOOTBALL

Lahcène Nazef

Born 1974

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0718 FILM

Patrick Chaput

Born 1951

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0719 POLITICIAN

Jules Cuttoli

1871 - 1942

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0720 SCULPTOR

Danielle Souanin

Born 1934

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0721 SCULPTOR

Yvana Stella

1945 - 2005

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0722 ARCHITECT

Régine Charvet Pello

Born 1957

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0723 WRITER

Joëlle Allouche-Benayoun

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0724 LAWYER

Richard Dupuy

1914 - 1985

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0725 PAINTER

Ali Ali-Khodja

1923 - 2010

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0726 POLITICIAN

Laurent Schiaffino

1897 - 1978

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0727 JOURNALIST

Akram Belkaïd

Born 1964

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0728 FOOTBALL

Smaïn Ibrir

Born 1932

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0729 FOOTBALL

Fodil Dob

Born 1975

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0730 SCULPTOR

Hippolyte Marius Galy

1847 - 1929

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0731 ILLUSTRATOR

Victor Fulconis

1851 - 1913

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0732 SINGER

Omar Benamara

Born 1950

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0733 PROFESSEUR

Michel Combarnous

1940 - 2018

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0734 SPORT

Éric de Cromières

Born 1953

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0735 POLITICIAN

Gaston Ricci

1869 - 1952

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0736 MUSIC

Boualem Titiche

1908 - 1989

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0737 PAINTER

Ismaïl Samsom

1934 - 1988

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0738 COMPOSER

Bernard Kesslair

1939 - 1994

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0739 WRITER

Lucien Laugier

1909 - 1992

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0740 PAINTER

Daniel Gaemperle

Born 1954

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0741 PAINTER

René Hanin

1871 - 1943

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0742 MISSING

Marcel Ronda

1922 - 2015

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0743 GUANTANAMO

Sufyian Barhoumi

Born 1973

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0744 ART HISTORIAN

Élisabeth Cazenave

Born 1940

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0745 ACTOR

Lucette Sahuquet

1926 - 1987

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0746 CHOREOGRAPHER

Philippe Saire

Born 1957

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0747 PHOTOGRAPHER

Pierre-Jean Amar

Born 1947

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0748 SCULPTOR

Michel Levy

Born 1949

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0749 WRITER

Liliane Raspail

Born 1935

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0750 PLAYER

Feriel Esseghir

Born 1983

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0751 REVOLUTIONARY

Zoubir Bouadjadj

1925 - 2014

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0752 MILITAR

Paul Louis Anne Toulorge

1862 - 1959

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0753 PEINTURE

Georges Zérapha

1887 - 1979

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0754 ARCHITECT

Jules Voinot

1855 - 1913

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0755 REVOLUTIONARY

Baya Hocine

1940 - 2000

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0756 RÉALISATEUR

Luc Bernard (journaliste)

1947 - 2002

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0757 PRÉFET

Chérif Mécheri

1902 - 1990

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0758 SINGER

Abderrahmane Aziz

1920 - 1992

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0759 POLITICIAN

Micheline Spoerri

Born 1946

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0760 FOOTBALL

Kamel Aouis

1952 - 2010

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0761 TEACHER

Jean Harzic

1936 - 2009

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0762 SINGER

Mustapha Nador

1874 - 1926

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0763 FOOTBALL

Mohamed Boumezrag

1921 - 1969

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0764 GENEALOGIST

Michel Gasse

1943 - 2012

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0765 ENTREPRENEUR

Karim Oumnia

Born 1967

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0766 FOOTBALL

Lamara Douicher

Born 1980

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0767 FOOTBALL

Hocine Saâdi

Born 1936

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0768 HANDBALL

Riadh Chahbour

Born 1985

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0769 FOOTBALL

Fouad Allag

Born 1985

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0770 WRITER

Jean-Jacques Launier

Born 1958

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0771 SINGER

Luc Cherki

Born 1933

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0772 CARTOGRAPHER

Nestor Larras

1868 - 1955

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0773 GEOGRAPHER

Pierre Rognon

1931 - 2010

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0774 WRITER

Daniel Fohr

Born 1956

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0775 JOURNALIST

Philippe Carles

Born 1941

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0776 SCULPTOR

Ahmed Kara-Ahmed

1923 - 2018

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0777 PENCILLER

Redouane Assari

Born 1952

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0778 PAINTER

Louis Maurice Pierrey

1854 - 1912

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0779 FOOTBALL

Jean-Michel Raymond (football)

Born 1959

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0780 COACH

Kamel Akkeb

Born 1959

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0781 PAINTER

Pierre Tritsch

Born 1929

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0782 FOOTBALL

Mohamed Rahem

Born 1970

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0783 POLITICIAN

Albert Peyron (homme politique)

1943 - 2001

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0784 POLITICIAN

Flavia D'Angeli

Born 1973

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0785 FOOTBALL

Alfred Vitalis

Born 1953

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0786 FILM

Lotfi Bouchouchi

Born 1964

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0787 WRITER

Pierre Fréha

Born 1953

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0788 FOOTBALL

Adem Izghouti

Born 1996

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0789 COMPOSER

Malika Makouf Rasmussen

Born 1965

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0790 FOOTBALL

Smaïn Slimani

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0791 THEATRE

Alice Ronfard

Born 1956

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0792 FARMER

Guy Forzy

1925 - 2015

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0793 AUTHOR

Émile Moussat

1885 - 1965

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0794 FILM

Geneviève Baïlac

1922 - 2019

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0795 ACTOR

Abdelhalim Rais

-

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0796 ILLUSTRATOR

Paul Victor Avril

1843 - 1904

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0797 ATHLETIC

Réda Abdenouz

Born 1968

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0798 FOOTBALL

Mohamed Ghalem

Born 1977

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0799 POLITICIAN

Dahmane Deriche

1905 - 1979

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0800 POLITICIAN

Marcel Saint-Germain (homme politique)

1853 - 1939

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0801 SINGER

Charles Cluny

1882 - 1962

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0802 MINISTER

Mohamed Aziz Derouaz

Born 1950

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0803 ACTOR

Antoine Mayor

1914 - 1997

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0804 WRITER

François Cerutti

Born 1941

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0805 FOOTBALL

Abdelkrim Oudni

Born 1982

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0806 FINANCIER

Éric de Sérigny

Born 1946

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0807 SINGER

Édouard Kriff

1905 - 1966

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0808 POLITICIAN

Farida Haddouche

Born 1959

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0809 MATHEMATICIAN

Rudolf Bkouche

1934 - 2016

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0810 POLITICIAN

Omar Boudjellab

1930 - 2006

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0811 POET

Frédéric Musso

1941 - 2020

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0812 PHYSICIAN

Dorothée Chellier

1860 - 1930

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0813 NOVELIST

Pierre Maldonado

1948 - 2009

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0814 ACTOR

Louis Mercier (acteur)

1901 - 1993

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0815 BUSINESS

Michel Tomi

Born 1947

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0816 COMEDIAN

Mehdi Bousaidan

Born 1991

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0817 DIPLOMAT

Jean-Pierre Campredon

1916 - 2006

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0818 WRITER

Sophie Dressler

Born 1942

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0819 PAINTER

Léon Geille de Saint-Léger

1863 - 1937

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0820 ROWER

Mohamed Ryad Garidi

Born 1977

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0821 POLITICIAN

Mohammed El-Ghazali Ben El-Haffaf

1923 - 1945

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0822 CHANSONNIER

Michel Guidoni

Born 1956

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0823 SAXOPHONIST

René Franc

1929 - 2002

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0824 CHANSONNIER

Mohamed el Kamel

1919 - 1956

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0825 MILITAR

Eugène François Germain Vuillemot

1864 - 1928

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0826 ACTOR

Anouar H. Smaine

Born 1976

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0827 PSYCHIATRIST

Jean Sutter

1911 - 1998

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0828 LAWYER

Kaddour Sator

1911 - 1997

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0829 POLITICIAN

André-Jean Godin

1900 - 1989

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0830 SPORT

Alain Migliaccio

Born 1952

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0831 FOOTBALL

Sid Ali Ammoura

-

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0832 PAINTER

Eugène François Deshayes

1868 - 1939

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0833 FOOTBALL

Lotfi Laggoun

Born 1984

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0834 FOOTBALL

Mohamed Azzouz

Born 1920

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0835 PLAYER

Danièle Allouche

Born 1956

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0836 FOOTBALL

Rachid Aftouche

Born 1933

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0837 FILMMAKER

Claude Santiago

1950 - 2012

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0838 GUANTANAMO

Djamel Ameziane

Born 1967

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0839 MANDOLINIST

Sylvain Dagosto

1917 - 2015

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0840 PAINTER

Sauveur Galliéro

1914 - 1963

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0841 ACTOR

Bruno Guillain

1961 - 2011

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0842 SPORT

Ahmed Chibane

Born 1917

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0843 ACTOR

Anes Tina

Born 1989

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0844 MILITANT

Izza Bouzekri

1929 - 2017

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0845 PAINTER

Paul Fenasse

1899 - 1976

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0846 SPORT

Hubert Ferrer

Born 1937

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0847 FOOTBALL

Ali Doudou

1927 - 2014

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0848 DANSE

Jean-Paul Montanari

Born 1947

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0849 FOOTBALL

Mohamed Soukhane

Born 1931

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0850 BOTANIQUE

Annie-Hélène Dufour

1947 - 2002

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0851 FOOTBALL

Mohamed Mezzara

Born 1937

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0852 PAINTER

Linda Bougherara

Born 1966

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0853 WRITER

Pierre-François Moreau (écrivain)

Born 1954

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0854 FOOTBALL

Yacine Kechout

Born 1982

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0855 POLITICIAN

Nafissa Hamoud

1924 - 2002

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0856 POLITICIAN

Louis Garrigou

1884 - 1947

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0857 POLITICIAN

Charles Lussy

1883 - 1967

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0858 PLAYER

Redouane Aouachria

Born 1969

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0859 SINGER

Aziouz Raïs

Born 1954

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0860 PAINTER

Camille Garbell

Born 1945

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0861 JOURNALIST

Élisabeth Schemla

Born 1948

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0862 POLITICIAN

Andrée Defferre-Aboulker

1912 - 1993

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0863 FOOTBALL

Lyes Benyoucef

Born 1996

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0864 POLITICIAN

Pierre Griffi

1914 - 1943

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0865 POLITICIAN

Ahcène Ioualalen

1910 - 1968

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0866 POLITICIAN

Mohamed Benmeradi

Born 1954

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0867 AVIATEUR

Pierre Brisdoux Galloni d'Istria

1914 - 1944

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0868 SINGER

Cheb Rabah

Born 1962

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0869 POLITICIAN

Sid Ahmed Ferroukhi

Born 1967

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0870 WRITER

Anys Mezzaour

Born 1996

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0871 ACTOR

Adryen Mehdi

Born 1986

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0872 INDÉPENDANCE

Raymonde Peschard

1927 - 1957

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0873 FILM

Serge Hanin

1929 - 1992

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0874 PAINTER

Knud Jacobsen (Maler)

1928 - 2019

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0875 PLAYER

Mohamed Hassan (Tennisspieler)

Born 1995

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0876 SCULPTOR

Georges Béguet

1884 - 1952

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0877 BASKET

Sofiane Boulaya

Born 1973

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0878 POLITICIAN

Jean Tavernier

Died 2020

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0879 WEIGHTLIFTER

René Aleman

1913 - 1989

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0880 OFFICER

Gustave Lager

1913 - 1995

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0881 THEATRE

Jean-Marie Papapietro

Born 1939

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0882 ACADEMIC

Paul Nayrac

1899 - 1973

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0883 POLITICIAN

Nicole Chouraqui

1938 - 1987

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0884 PLAYWRIGHT

Paul Max

1886 - 1944

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0885 MAGISTRAT

Bernard Legras

Born 1948

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0886 SOLDIER

Étienne Fiori

Born 1893

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0887 POLITICIAN

Guy Lemaire

Born 1938

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0888 BASKET

Abdelhalim Sayah

Born 1975

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0889 FOOTBALL

Anouar Bachta

Born 1948

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0890 PHYSICIAN

Louise Kassis

1924 - 1991

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0891 FILME

Gilbert Chomat

1931 - 1970

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0892 JOURNALIST

Malika Nedir

Born 1968

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0893 ATHLETIC

Sara Bouaoudia

Born 1983

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0894 LAWYER

Élie Énos

1833 - 1885

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0895 JAZZ

Benoît Charvet

Born 1938

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0896 RÉVOLUTIONNAIRE

Robert Martel

1921 - 1997

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0897 MILITANT

Nassima Hablal

1928 - 2013

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0898 POLITICIAN

Franck Thomas-Richard

Born 1950

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0899 FOOTBALL

Paul Lévin

Born 1924

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0900 SAILOR

Marcel Troupel

1930 - 2019

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