36.8011° N, 10.1791° E

TUNIS

Most Famous People Born in Tunis, Tunisia

Notable people
1,110
Peak decade
1950s
Median birth year
1949
Most distinctive
Handball 6.3×

A Mediterranean port whose notables bend from medieval Arab scholarship to postcolonial francophone cinema, with a bench of combat athletes sitting oddly alongside the literary afterlife of French Tunisia. The outsized Handball and Boxer counts reflect the state sports academies that turned the city into a North African training ground for body disciplines, while the Film and Poet presence traces the Carthage Film Festival crowd and the Sidi Bou Saïd literary set.

Through the Decades

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

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1950s with 158 notable births.

What Tunis Is Known For

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Politician is Tunis's biggest profession — 16% of all notables (175).

Tunis over-indexes on handball6.3× the global rate.

  1. Politician175
  2. Football164
  3. Actor76
  4. Writer37
  5. Film34
  6. Singer31
  7. Painter31
  8. Poet27
  1. Handball226.3×
  2. Fencer115.2×
  3. Boxer194.3×
  4. Film342.5×
  5. Poet272.3×
  6. Historian242.0×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

170017501800185019001950
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  • Politics & Law
  • Writing
  • Film & TV
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1,110 notable people

0001 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Ibn Khaldun

1332 - 1406

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0002 ACTOR

Abdellatif Kechiche

Born 1960

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0003 CARTOONIST

Georges Wolinski

1934 - 2015

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0004 ACTOR

Sandra Milo

Born 1933

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0005 POLITICIAN

Bertrand Delanoë

Born 1950

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0006 COUTURIER

Azzedine Alaïa

1935 - 2017

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0007 POLITICIAN

Philippe Séguin

1943 - 2010

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0008 PIANIST

Brigitte Engerer

1952 - 2012

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0009 WRITER

Albert Memmi

1920 - 2020

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0010 PHILOSOPHER

Pierre Lévy

Born 1956

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0011 SKIER

Jean Vuarnet

1933 - 2017

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0012 COMPOSER

Anouar Brahem

Born 1957

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0013 POLITICIAN

Claude Bartolone

Born 1951

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0014 POLITICIAN

Edgard Pisani

1918 - 2016

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0015 ACTOR

Dany Brillant

Born 1965

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0016 COMPOSER

Roland Dyens

1955 - 2016

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0017 FOOTBALL

Fakhreddine Ben Youssef

Born 1991

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0018 ACTOR

Roberto Blanco

Born 1937

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0019 WRITER

Ahlam Mosteghanemi

Born 1953

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0020 COMEDIAN

Michel Boujenah

Born 1952

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0021 POET

Abdelwahab Meddeb

1946 - 2014

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0022 PLAYER

Nicola Pietrangeli

Born 1933

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0023 WRITER

Sorj Chalandon

Born 1952

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0024 FOOTBALL

Nabil Maâloul

Born 1962

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0025 WRITER

Taos Amrouche

1913 - 1976

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0026 CRIMINAL

Carlos Marcello

1910 - 1993

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0027 BOXER

Victor Perez

1911 - 1945

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0028 POLITICIAN

Pierre Lellouche

Born 1951

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0029 FOOTBALL

Aymen Mathlouthi

Born 1984

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0030 LIBRETTIST

Alain Boublil

Born 1941

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0031 FILM

Tarak Ben Ammar

Born 1949

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0032 FILM

Serge Moati

Born 1946

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0033 ACTIVIST

Amina Tyler

Born 1994

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0034 HISTORIAN

Mohamed Talbi

1921 - 2017

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0035 SINGER

Emel Mathlouthi

Born 1982

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0036 POLITICIAN

Youssef Chahed

Born 1975

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0037 FOOTBALL

Oussama Haddadi

Born 1992

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0038 WIFE OF

Leïla Ben Ali

Born 1956

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0039 ACTOR

Dhaffer L'Abidine

Born 1972

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0040 FOOTBALL

Ali Zitouni

Born 1981

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0041 SCHOLAR

Muhammad al-Tahir ibn Ashur

1879 - 1973

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0042 FILM

Ariel Zeitoun

Born 1949

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0043 PLAYER

Pierre Darmon

Born 1934

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0044 TRADE UNION

Tahar Haddad

1899 - 1935

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0045 POLITICIAN

Ahmad I ibn Mustafa

1806 - 1855

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0046 FOOTBALL

Oussama Darragi

Born 1987

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0047 MUSIC

Loco Dice

Born 1974

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0048 FOOTBALL

Khalil Chemmam

Born 1987

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0049 POET

Hédi Kaddour

Born 1945

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0050 CONVICT

Hamida Djandoubi

1949 - 1977

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0051 FOOTBALL

Yassine Meriah

Born 1993

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0052 ACTOR

Danièle Évenou

Born 1943

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0053 POET

Hubert Haddad

Born 1947

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0054 BLOGGER

Lina Ben Mhenni

1983 - 2020

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0055 POLITICIAN

Chedli Klibi

1925 - 2020

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0056 RABBI

Joseph Sitruk

1944 - 2016

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0057 SCULPTOR

Phillip King (sculptor)

Born 1934

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0058 POLITICIAN

Habib Boularès

1933 - 2014

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0059 MATHEMATICIAN

Abbas Bahri

1955 - 2016

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0060 POLITICIAN

Sylvie Hubac

Born 1956

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0061 LAWYER

Jean-Paul Costa

Born 1941

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0062 FOOTBALL

Anis Boussaïdi

Born 1981

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0063 PERFUMER

Loris Azzaro

1933 - 2003

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0064 FILM

Raja Amari

Born 1971

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0065 FOOTBALL

Rami Jridi

Born 1985

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0066 ECONOMIST

Daniel Cohen (economist)

1953 - 2018

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0067 POLITICIAN

Bahi Ladgham

1913 - 1998

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0068 FOOTBALL

Bassem Srarfi

Born 1997

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0069 FOOTBALL

Moez Ben Cherifia

Born 1991

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0070 WRITER

René de Ceccatty

Born 1952

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0071 POLITICIAN

Abdelaziz Thâalbi

1876 - 1944

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0072 JOURNALIST

Pierre Haski

Born 1953

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0073 WRITER

Hélé Béji

Born 1948

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0074 IMAM

Hassen Chalghoumi

Born 1972

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0075 POLITICIAN

Ahmed Tewfik El Madani

1898 - 1983

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0076 COMPOSER

Salah El Mahdi

1925 - 2014

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0077 SINGER

Jacqueline Taïeb

Born 1948

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0078 FILM

Leyla Bouzid

Born 1984

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0079 FOOTBALL

Karim Saidi

Born 1983

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0080 LITERARY

Ali Douagi

1909 - 1949

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0081 ACTOR

Hichem Yacoubi

Born 1964

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0082 PAINTER

Antonio Corpora

1909 - 2004

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0083 FOOTBALL

Tarak Dhiab

Born 1954

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0084 FOOTBALL

Maher Kanzari

Born 1973

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0085 JOURNALIST

Michèle Fitoussi

Born 1954

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0086 HISTORIAN

Hichem Djait

Born 1935

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0087 LIBRETTIST

Dove Attia

Born 1957

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0088 FOOTBALL

Ziad Tlemçani

Born 1963

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0089 POLITICIAN

Amel Karboul

Born 1973

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0090 LAWYER

Yadh Ben Achour

Born 1945

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0091 SOCIOLOGIST

Michel Seurat

1947 - 1986

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0092 PLAYER

Marc Gicquel

Born 1977

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0093 ACTOR

Luigi Almirante

1884 - 1963

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0094 FENCER

Inès Boubakri

Born 1988

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0095 PHILOSOPHER

Yves Charles Zarka

Born 1950

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0096 FOOTBALL

Khaled Mouelhi

Born 1981

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0097 WRITER

Serge Bramly

Born 1949

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0098 FOOTBALL

Chokri El Ouaer

Born 1966

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0099 FOOTBALL

Sadok Sassi

Born 1945

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0100 LAWYER

Charles Debbasch

Born 1937

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0101 ACTOR

Dorra Zarrouk

Born 1980

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0102 POLITICIAN

Muhammad III as-Sadiq

1813 - 1882

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0103 MATHEMATICIAN

Karine Chemla

Born 1957

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0104 POLITICIAN

Maurizio Valenzi

1909 - 2009

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0105 ACTOR

Mouna Noureddine

Born 1939

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0106 FOOTBALL

Chamseddine Dhaouadi

Born 1987

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0107 FOOTBALL

Mohamed Ali Mahjoubi

Born 1966

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0108 MATHEMATICIAN

Roger Temam

Born 1940

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0109 FOOTBALL

Hassen Gabsi

Born 1974

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0110 HANDBALL

Issam Tej

Born 1979

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0111 HISTORIAN

Sophie Bessis

Born 1947

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0112 DIPLOMAT

Mongi Slim

1908 - 1969

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0113 HISTORIAN

Azedine Beschaouch

Born 1938

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0114 GEOGRAPHER

Pierre Gourou

1900 - 1999

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0115 SINGER

Matteo Manuguerra

1924 - 1998

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0116 ACTOR

Aly Ben Ayed

1930 - 1972

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0117 FOOTBALL

Faouzi Rouissi

Born 1971

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0118 FOOTBALL

Haythem Jouini

Born 1993

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0119 FOOTBALL

Jameleddine Limam

Born 1967

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0120 MATHEMATICIAN

M. Salah Baouendi

1937 - 2011

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0121 PAINTER

Moses Levy

1885 - 1968

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0122 SCIENTIST

Jacob ben Hayyim ibn Adonijah

1470 - 1538

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0123 FOOTBALL

Idriss Mhirsi

Born 1994

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0124 FILM

Nejib Belkadhi

Born 1972

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0125 FOOTBALL

Mohamed Ben Othman

Born 1989

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0126 PHYSICIAN

Tewhida Ben Sheikh

1909 - 2010

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0127 MATHEMATICIAN

Max Karoubi

Born 1938

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0128 FILM

Kalthoum Bornaz

1945 - 2016

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0129 PAINTER

Zoubeir Turki

1924 - 2009

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0130 AUTHOR

Serge Adda

1948 - 2004

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0131 POLITICIAN

Mustapha Ben Jafar

Born 1940

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0132 BOXER

Charlie Magri

Born 1956

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0133 POLITICIAN

Chokri Belaid

1964 - 2013

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0134 POLITICIAN

Sonia Krimi

Born 1982

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0135 POLITICIAN

Mahmoud El Materi

1897 - 1972

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0136 MILITAR

Jean Sassi

1917 - 2009

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0137 GUITAR

Corinne Allal

Born 1955

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0138 ACTOR

Plinio Fernando

Born 1947

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0139 PAINTER

Abdelaziz Gorgi

1928 - 2008

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0140 POLITICIAN

Tahar Ben Ammar

1889 - 1985

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0141 HISTORIAN

Lucette Valensi

Born 1936

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0142 FOOTBALL

Mokhtar Naili

Born 1953

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0143 HANDBALL

Nikola Bilyk

Born 1996

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0144 WRESTLER

Marwa Amri

Born 1989

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0145 SINGER

Lotfi Bouchnak

Born 1954

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0146 IMAM

Ibn Arafa

1316 - 1401

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0147 PHOTOGRAPHER

Marcel Hanoun

1929 - 2012

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0148 ACTOR

Mohamed Driss

1944 - 2018

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0149 ARTIST

Nja Mahdaoui

Born 1937

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0150 POLITICIAN

Abdelfattah Mourou

Born 1948

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0151 FOOTBALL

Khaled Souissi

Born 1985

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0152 LAWYER

Radhia Nasraoui

Born 1953

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0153 PAINTER

Eugenio Álvarez Dumont

1864 - 1927

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0154 POLITICIAN

Hatem Ben Salem

Born 1956

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0155 POLITICIAN

Roger Romani

Born 1934

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0156 POET

Amina Said

Born 1953

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0157 MATHEMATICIAN

Alain Bensoussan

Born 1940

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0158 COMPETITOR

François Le Vot

Born 1970

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0159 FILM

Saïd Ben Saïd

Born 1966

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0160 FOOTBALL

Amine Ltaïef

Born 1984

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0161 PAINTER

Aly Ben Salem

1910 - 2001

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0162 FILM

Mohamed Ben Attia

Born 1976

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0163 BASKET

Mourad El Mabrouk

Born 1986

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0164 FOOTBALL

Néjib Ghommidh

Born 1953

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0165 JOURNALIST

Olivier Galzi

Born 1971

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0166 PHILOSOPHER

Pierre Cassou-Noguès

Born 1971

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0167 PROFESSOR

René-Jean Dupuy

1918 - 1997

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0168 FOOTBALL

Iheb Msakni

Born 1988

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0169 ACTOR

Fadhel Jaziri

Born 1948

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0170 POLITICIAN

Mohamed Chenik

1889 - 1976

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0171 FENCER

Alberto Pellegrino

1930 - 1996

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0172 JUDO

Anis Lounifi

Born 1978

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0173 FOOTBALL

Khaled Fadhel

Born 1976

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0174 PAINTER

Hedi Turki

1922 - 2019

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0175 CHESS

Aldo Haïk

Born 1952

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0176 ACTIVIST

Sadri Khiari

Born 1958

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0177 ACTOR

Poorna Jagannathan

Born 1972

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0178 SCREENWRITER

Éric Assous

1956 - 2020

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0179 SPORT

Ali Neffati

1895 - 1974

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0180 WRITER

Brigitte Smadja

Born 1955

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0181 PAINTER

Michel Bouvet

Born 1955

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0182 ACTOR

Georges Flamant

1903 - 1990

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0183 ESSAYIST

Walid Soliman (writer)

Born 1975

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0184 SCULPTOR

Ofer Lellouche

Born 1947

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0185 POLITICIAN

Farhat Horchani

Born 1953

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0186 FOOTBALL

Mohamed Larbi Arouri

Born 1983

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0187 FILM

André Djaoui

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0188 LINGUIST

Georges-Elia Sarfati

Born 1957

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0189 ACTOR

Haydée Tamzali

1906 - 1998

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0190 SINGER

Félix Gray

Born 1958

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0191 HISTORIAN

Hassan Hosni Abdelwaheb

1884 - 1968

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0192 CHEMIST

Jules Guéron

1907 - 1990

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0193 POLITICIAN

Chedly Ayari

Born 1933

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0194 MATHEMATICIAN

Adriano Garsia

Born 1928

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0195 DIPLOMAT

Rachid Driss

1917 - 2009

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0196 POLITICIAN

Claudio Martini

Born 1951

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0197 FOOTBALL

Youssef Mouihbi

Born 1985

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0198 POLITICIAN

Elyès Jouini

Born 1965

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0199 FOOTBALL

Emir Mkademi

Born 1978

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0200 DIPLOMAT

Freddy Eytan

Born 1947

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0201 ACTOR

Lotfi Abdelli

Born 1970

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0202 TEACHER

Yves Chevallard

Born 1946

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0203 FOOTBALL

Taoufik Salhi

Born 1979

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0204 THEOLOGIAN

Hmida Ennaifer

Born 1942

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0205 SINGER

Fabienne Shine

Born 1944

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0206 RAPPER

Balti (rappeur)

Born 1980

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0207 POLITICIAN

Ali Bach Hamba

1876 - 1918

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0208 POLITICIAN

Ali Benhadj

Born 1956

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0209 FOOTBALL

Oussama Sellami

Born 1979

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0210 POLITICIAN

Ahmed Ounaies

Born 1936

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0211 ASTRONOMER

Paul G. Comba

1926 - 2017

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0212 THEOLOGIAN

Mohamed Salah Ben Mrad

1881 - 1979

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0213 FOOTBALL

Néjib Limam

Born 1953

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0214 ECONOMIST

Paul Boccara

1932 - 2017

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0215 FILM

Roger Boussinot

1921 - 2001

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0216 FOOTBALL

Yamen Ben Zekry

Born 1979

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0217 MUFTI

Othman Battikh

Born 1941

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0218 SINGER

Hédi Jouini

1909 - 1990

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0219 FOOTBALL

Abdelhamid Hergal

Born 1959

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0220 PAINTER

Néjib Belkhodja

1933 - 2007

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0221 FILM

Paul Boujenah

Born 1958

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0222 JOURNALIST

Bernard Lecomte (écrivain)

Born 1949

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0223 SWIMMER

Ahmed Mathlouthi

Born 1989

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0224 POET

Jomí García Ascot

1927 - 1986

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0225 FILM

Claude d'Anna

Born 1945

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0226 WRITER

Shukri Mabkhout

Born 1962

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0227 POLITICIAN

Slim Amamou

Born 1977

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0228 HANDBALL

Mahmoud Gharbi

Born 1982

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0229 FILM

Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud

Born 1947

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0230 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Giacomo Lumbroso

1844 - 1925

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0231 FOOTBALL

Mohsen Labidi

Born 1954

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0232 THEOLOGIAN

Mahmud Qabadu

1812 - 1871

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0233 SOCIOLOGIST

Margaret Maruani

Born 1954

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0234 POLITICIAN

Mondher Zenaidi

Born 1950

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0235 PHILOLOGIST

Félix Lecoy

1903 - 1997

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0236 ATHLETE

Khaoula Ben Hamza

Born 1991

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0237 ACTOR

Mohamed Ali Ben Jemaa

Born 1970

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0238 SCREENWRITER

Mehdi Ben Attia

Born 1968

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0239 ARTIST

Nadia Kaabi-Linke

Born 1978

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0240 POLITICIAN

Mahmoud Ben Romdhane

Born 1948

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0241 ARCHITECT

Olivier-Clément Cacoub

1920 - 2008

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0242 CHESS

Slim Belkhodja

Born 1962

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0243 HISTORIAN

Naïdé Ferchiou

1945 - 2013

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0244 WRITER

Jean Pavans

Born 1949

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0245 FENCER

Tommaso Costantino

1885 - 1950

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0246 POLITICIAN

Fouad Mebazaa

Born 1933

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0247 PHILOSOPHER

Emna Belhadj Yahia

Born 1945

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0248 PAINTER

Nadia Khiari

Born 1973

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0249 PAINTER

Mahmoud Sehili

1931 - 2015

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0250 ESSAYIST

Andrée Yanacopoulo

Born 1927

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0251 ACTOR

Samia Trabelsi

Born 1985

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0252 MATHEMATICIAN

Hajer Bahouri

Born 1958

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0253 FOOTBALL

Tahar Chaïbi

1946 - 2014

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0254 POLITICIAN

Sadok Mokaddem

1914 - 1993

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0255 CHESS

Slim Bouaziz

Born 1950

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0256 POLITICIAN

Ahmed Ben Miled

1902 - 1994

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0257 FOOTBALL

Bassem Boulaâbi

Born 1984

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0258 ACTOR

Fethi Haddaoui

Born 1961

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0259 ACTOR

Jalila Baccar

Born 1952

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0260 SINGER

M'Barka Ben Taleb

Born 1966

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0261 POET

Ali Louati

Born 1947

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0262 ART DEALER

Sylvana Lorenz

Born 1953

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0263 FILM

Jacques Haïk

1893 - 1950

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0264 ACTOR

Fatma Ben Saïdane

Born 1949

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0265 FOOTBALL

Zied Bhairi

Born 1981

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0266 FOOTBALL

Zied Jebali

Born 1990

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0267 POLITICIAN

Joseph Franceschi

1924 - 1988

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0268 ACTOR

Feriel Graja

Born 1980

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0269 COACH

Ulrik Wilbek

Born 1958

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0270 FOOTBALL

Seif Teka

Born 1991

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0271 OPFER

Ghofrane Haddaoui

1980 - 2004

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0272 RABBI

Haï Taïeb Lo Met

1743 - 1836

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0273 BOXER

Mohamed Dridi (boxe)

1968 - 2016

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0274 MUSIC

Hamdi Makhlouf

Born 1980

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0275 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Lucien Sebag

1934 - 1965

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0276 CREATIVE

Jean Touitou

Born 1951

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0277 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Raffo

1795 - 1862

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0278 PHILOSOPHES

Mohamed Bayram V

1840 - 1889

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0279 FILM

Albert Samama-Chikli

1872 - 1933

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0280 JOURNALIST

Sonia Mabrouk

Born 1977

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0281 ACTOR

Isabelle Doval

Born 1962

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0282 POLITICIAN

Hammuda ibn Ali

1759 - 1814

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0283 POET

Marius Scalesi

1892 - 1922

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0284 CHESS

Guy Mazzoni

1929 - 2002

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0285 CIVIL SERVICE

Nessim Samama

1805 - 1873

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0286 POLITICIAN

Sayida Ounissi

Born 1987

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0287 ACTOR

Souhir Ben Amara

Born 1985

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0288 POLITICIAN

Muhammad II ibn al-Husayn

1811 - 1859

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0289 ARCHITECT

Antoine Stinco

Born 1934

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0290 RAPPER

Karkadan

Born 1983

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0291 FOOTBALL

Mohamed Achraf Khalfaoui

Born 1980

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0292 PAINTER

Raphaël Thierry

Born 1972

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0293 ATHLETIC

Féthi Baccouche

Born 1960

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0294 SOCIOLOGIST

Sofiane Bouhdiba

Born 1968

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0295 FOOTBALL

Khaled Melliti

Born 1984

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0296 ENTREPRENEUR

Pierre Besnainou

Born 1955

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0297 HISTORIAN

Paul Sebag

1919 - 2004

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0298 POLITICIAN

Béchir Ben Slama

Born 1931

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0299 POLITICIAN

Muhammad VI al-Habib

1858 - 1929

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0300 BIOLOGIST

Sophien Kamoun

Born 1965

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