35.6970° N, 0.6331° W
ORAN
Most Famous People Born in Oran, Algeria
- Notable people
- 437
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- Median birth year
- 1949
- Most distinctive
- Handball 5.1×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Oran during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Oran Is Known For
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Football is Oran's biggest profession — 28% of all notables (123).
Oran over-indexes on handball — 5.1× the global rate.
Oran under-produces politician — only 0.6× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Oran's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Sports
- Writing
- Music
- Film & TV
- Politics & Law
- Art & Design
- Other
Yves Saint Laurent (designer)
1936 - 2008
Khaled (musician)
Born 1960
Alain Chabat
Born 1958
Hélène Cixous
Born 1937
Nicole Garcia
Born 1946
Valérie Benguigui
1965 - 2013
Étienne Daho
Born 1956
Robert Ménard
Born 1953
Anne Alvaro
Born 1951
Cheb Hasni
1968 - 1994
Catherine Destivelle
Born 1960
Jean-Pierre Elkabbach
Born 1937
Emmanuel Roblès
1914 - 1995
Jean Benguigui
Born 1944
Baghdad Bounedjah
Born 1991
Orane Demazis
1894 - 1991
Daniel Arasse
1944 - 2003
Philippe Parreno
Born 1964
Edmond Jouhaud
1905 - 1995
Ali Benarbia
Born 1968
Pierre Bensusan
Born 1957
Guy Mardel
Born 1944
Cheba Zahouania
Born 1959
Hicham Belkaroui
Born 1990
Abdelhafid Tasfaout
Born 1969
Laurence Tubiana
Born 1951
Youcef Belaïli
Born 1992
Eugène Étienne
1844 - 1921
Henri Hauser
1866 - 1946
Marcel Pérès
Born 1956
Léon Ashkenazi
1922 - 1996
Julien Dray
Born 1955
Marie France
Born 1946
Chaba Fadela
Born 1962
Henri Stambouli
Born 1961
Jean-François Mattéi
1941 - 2014
Ysa Ferrer
Born 1972
Jean-Paul Benzécri
1932 - 2019
Jacques Fieschi
Born 1948
Mokhtar Belkhiter
Born 1992
Louis Bertignac
Born 1954
Mohamed Benkhemassa
Born 1993
Malek Alloula
1937 - 2015
Kader Firoud
1919 - 2005
Maurice El Mediouni
Born 1928
Ahmed Mekky
Born 1980
Ernest Libérati
1906 - 1983
Joseph Alcazar
1911 - 1979
Franck Amsallem
Born 1961
Slimane Raho
Born 1975
Abdellah Liegeon
Born 1957
Sophie Garel
Born 1942
Mohamed Ben Ahmed Abdelghani
1927 - 1996
François Valéry
Born 1954
Louise Lagrange
1897 - 1979
Renée Gailhoustet
Born 1929
Haim Amsalem
Born 1959
Pierre Bénichou
1938 - 2020
Jacob ben Aaron Sasportas
1610 - 1698
Noureddine Daham
Born 1977
Oscar Brenifier
Born 1954
Jean Bastien
1915 - 1969
Habib Benglia
1895 - 1960
Lise Sarfati
Born 1958
Jean-Michel Cohen
Born 1959
Mustapha Moussa
Born 1962
Mourad Satli
Born 1990
Abdelkader Ferhaoui
Born 1965
Mohamed Benkablia
Born 1993
Thierry Pastor
Born 1960
Richard Ayoun
1948 - 2008
Michel Brusseaux
1913 - 1986
Antoine Grumbach
Born 1942
Blaoui Houari
1926 - 2017
Hemza Mihoubi
Born 1986
Jean-Pierre Bansard
Born 1940
Chantal Guittet
Born 1955
Moulay Haddou
Born 1975
Émilie Ambre
1854 - 1898
Salim Iles
Born 1975
Daniel Charles
1935 - 2008
Houari Benchenet
Born 1960
Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani
Born 1966
Errol Parker
1930 - 1998
Kaddour Beldjilali
Born 1988
Robert Rey
1888 - 1964
Pierre de Lescure
1891 - 1963
Gaston Thomson
1848 - 1932
Omar Belatoui
Born 1969
Lynda Thalie
Born 1978
Ali Benhalima
Born 1962
Georges Elgozy
1909 - 1989
Bouteldja Belkacem
1951 - 2015
Francisco Dionisio Vives
1755 - 1840
Bernard Murat (metteur en scène)
Born 1941
Abdelkader Fréha
1942 - 2012
Cheb Kader
Born 1966
Marc Missonnier
Born 1970
Erez Biton
Born 1942
Armand Mouyal
1925 - 1988
Mohammed Chaouki Zine
Born 1972
Léon Sazie
1862 - 1939
Hamid Skif
1951 - 2011
Frédéric Perez
Born 1961
Kheira Bouziane
Born 1953
Claude Vital
Born 1933
Saïd Amadis
-
Pierre-Alain Dahan
1943 - 2013
Bouazza Feham
Born 1986
Antonia La Negra
1936 - 2018
Houcine Benayada
Born 1992
Philippe Corcuff
Born 1960
Mohamed Bentiba
Born 1989
Amel Bouchoucha
Born 1980
Joseph Martinez
1878 - 1945
Miloud Hadefi
1949 - 1994
Jacqueline Bir
Born 1934
Mohamed Benouza
Born 1972
Mohamed Salem (footballer, born 1940)
1940 - 2008
Paul Grossin
1901 - 1990
Fatiha Boudiaf
Born 1944
Jean-Paul Sevilla
Born 1934
Tayeb Berramla
Born 1985
Réda Halaïmia
Born 1996
François Boulanger
Born 1961
Blond-Blond
1920 - 1999
Chemseddine Nessakh
Born 1988
Daniel Leconte
Born 1949
Régis Obadia
Born 1958
Michèle Perret
Born 1937
Sid Ahmed Aouedj
Born 1991
André Maman
1927 - 2018
Jean-Claude de Goros
Born 1939
André Mallabrera
1934 - 2017
Cheb Anouar
Born 1974
Louis Musy
1902 - 1981
Charles Allé
1904 - 1994
Hicham Chérif
Born 1987
Sid Ahmed Zerrouki
Born 1970
François Missen
Born 1933
Jean-François Coen
Born 1959
Gabriel Martinez-Gros
Born 1950
Mohamed Boualem
Born 1987
Jacques Davila
1941 - 1991
Patricia Lavila
Born 1957
Abdennour Chérif El-Ouazzani
Born 1986
Arslane Mazari
Born 1989
Robert Pansard-Besson
1950 - 2011
Seddik Berradja
Born 1983
Antoinette Moya
-
André Benzimra
Born 1931
Sid-Ahmed Benamara
Born 1973
Michel Abécassis (journaliste)
Born 1952
Abdelmadjid Benatia
Born 1984
Rachid Ferrahi
Born 1985
Aharon Chelouche
1827 - 1920
Claude Chabauty
1910 - 1990
Houari Djemili
Born 1987
Saïd Sayah
Born 1989
Zine El-Abidine Sebbah
Born 1987
Bouabdellah Daoud
Born 1978
Léon Cayla
1881 - 1965
Jean Cohen (professeur)
1919 - 1994
Jean-Baptiste Gourion
1934 - 2005
Sofiane Selmouni
Born 1989
Marc Soula
1945 - 2012
Charles Ortega
1925 - 2006
Mohamed Boudchiche
Born 1962
Roger Dadoun
Born 1928
Kouider Boukessassa
Born 1974
Denis Guénoun
Born 1946
Karim Saoula
Born 1975
Patrick Tudoret
Born 1961
Bernard Paganotti
Born 1950
Abdelkrim Bendjemil
Born 1959
Ramón García de León y Pizarro
1745 - 1815
Zakaria Ramdane
Born 1980
Abdelkader Djemaï
Born 1948
Sofia Djama
Born 1979
Antoine Porcel
1937 - 2014
Martine Barrat
Born 1933
Jean-Paul Dréau
Born 1953
Angèle Koster
Born 1946
Bernard Andrès
Born 1949
Farid Bellabès
Born 1985
Kada Kechamli
Born 1978
Jean-Claude Darmon
Born 1941
Jérôme-Arnaud Wagner
Born 1962
Joe Gracy
1931 - 2019
Sofiane Daoud
Born 1975
Jean-Charles Asselain
1942 - 2013
Berthe Bénichou-Aboulker
1886 - 1942
Frankie Jordan
Born 1938
Fabien Collin
Born 1917
Yahia Belaskri
Born 1952
Reda Acimi
Born 1969
Laurent Pariente
Born 1962
Abdou Elimam
Born 1949
Joseph Rodriguez
1908 - 1985
Gilbert Tordjman
1927 - 2009
Emilio Ortuño Berte
1862 - 1936
Francine Faure
1914 - 1979
Yasmina Djaballah
Born 1971
Marcel Pouget
1923 - 1985
Pierre Micheletti
Born 1958
Daphna Poznanski-Benhamou
Born 1950
Hamid Remas
1949 - 2016
André Akoun
1924 - 2010
Sophie Avon
Born 1959
Pierre Zémor
Born 1938
Achille Cesbron
1849 - 1913
Gilles Adrien
1951 - 2017
Maurice Abiteboul
Born 1936
Monique Cara
-
André Zaoui
1916 - 2009
Mohamed Hansal
Born 1947
Gerhard Dammann (Psychiater)
1963 - 2020
Abou Sofiane Balegh
Born 1988
Claude-Jean Darmon
Born 1934
Mohamed Firoud
1921 - 2007
André Ascencio
1938 - 2017
Mohamed Mezghrani
Born 1994
Sèrgi Javaloyès
Born 1951
Brigitte Benkemoun
Born 1959
Pierre Darmon (historien)
Born 1939
Francis Affergan
Born 1945
Gérard Israël
1928 - 2018
César Trouin
1866 - 1919
Marc Cuadrado
Born 1959
Mustapha Boukar
Born 1962
Marcel Karsenty
1904 - 1997
Marie-Françoise Collière
1930 - 2005
Georges Dayan
1915 - 1979
Fares Djabelkheir
Born 1975
Michel Frutoso
1914 - 2003
André Renoux
1939 - 2002
Messaoud Berkous
Born 1989
Roméo Carles
1897 - 1971
Abder El Kebir
1930 - 2017
Jame's Prunier
Born 1959
Christophe Prazuck
Born 1960
Josep de Boltas
1738 - 1795
Ali Moumen
Born 1977
Gérard Crespo
Born 1951
Messaoud El Mediouni
1886 - 1943
Alain Sirvent
Born 1961
Francis Kalifat
Born 1952
Yasmine Ammari
Born 1985
Pierre Nahon
1935 - 2020
Zinedine Hameur-Lain
Born 1986
Gine
Born 1947
Henri Fouques-Duparc
1903 - 1976
Zakaria Benchaâ
Born 1997
Alain Cadix
Born 1948
Paul Détrie (1872-1962)
1872 - 1962
Abdesslam Benabdellah
Born 1964
Abdelkader Reguig (football)
1938 - 1999
Monique Tello
Born 1958
André Gomis
1926 - 1971
Pierre Garsau
1961 - 1997
Gildas Sagot
1958 - 2018
Germaine Laborde
Born 1905
Mehdi Labdouni
Born 1966
Lakhdar Bentaleb
Born 1988
Sid Ahmed Belkedrouci
Born 1950
Larbi Tabti
Born 1993
Gladys (photographe)
Born 1950
Françoise Borie
Born 1947
Ivan Bertrand
1893 - 1965
Françoise Merle
Born 1946
Lucette Lousteau
Born 1948
Léo Palacio
1913 - 2008
Houari Dauphin
Born 1971
Sofiane Bouterbiat
Born 1983
Jean Lancri
Born 1936
Jean-Claude Hernandez
Born 1936
Mohamed Redouane Guemri
Born 1956
Abdellah El Moudene
Born 1994
Kouider Berkane
Born 1941
Fatiha Saïdi
Born 1961
Suzanne Joly
1914 - 2012
Mohamed Megherbi
Born 1984
Serge Martinez
Born 1944
Jean-Louis Guilhaumon
Born 1948
Amou Yazid
Born 1970
Claude Romain
Born 1928
Maurice Adrey
1899 - 1950
Mokhtar Kechamli
1962 - 2019
Paul Pernin
1914 - 2006
Mohamed Reda Boumechra
Born 1997
Armand Touati
1952 - 2005
Guy Mazars
1947 - 2016
Pierre Donnersberg
Born 1947
Djamel Ibouzidène
Born 1994
Salim Benali
Born 1992
Mustapha Barat
Born 1959
Hichem Chérif El-Ouazzani
Born 1996
Claire-Éliane Engel
1903 - 1976
Jacques Syreigeol
1935 - 1992
Cheïkh Benzerga
Born 1972