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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

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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
  • Sports
  • Politics & Law
  • Writing
  • Film & TV
  • Music
  • Science
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Showing 71 of 1,110 notable people

0009 WRITER

Albert Memmi

1920 - 2020

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0034 HISTORIAN

Mohamed Talbi

1921 - 2017

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0055 POLITICIAN

Chedli Klibi

1925 - 2020

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0076 COMPOSER

Salah El Mahdi

1925 - 2014

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0115 SINGER

Matteo Manuguerra

1924 - 1998

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0129 PAINTER

Zoubeir Turki

1924 - 2009

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0139 PAINTER

Abdelaziz Gorgi

1928 - 2008

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0147 PHOTOGRAPHER

Marcel Hanoun

1929 - 2012

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0174 PAINTER

Hedi Turki

1922 - 2019

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0194 MATHEMATICIAN

Adriano Garsia

Born 1928

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0211 ASTRONOMER

Paul G. Comba

1926 - 2017

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0215 FILM

Roger Boussinot

1921 - 2001

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0224 POET

Jomí García Ascot

1927 - 1986

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0241 ARCHITECT

Olivier-Clément Cacoub

1920 - 2008

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0250 ESSAYIST

Andrée Yanacopoulo

Born 1927

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0267 POLITICIAN

Joseph Franceschi

1924 - 1988

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0284 CHESS

Guy Mazzoni

1929 - 2002

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0305 PRIEST

André Collini

1921 - 2003

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0331 SCREENWRITER

Nicole de Buron

1929 - 2019

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0363 PAINTER

Jellal Ben Abdallah

1921 - 2017

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0373 ACTOR

Christian Duvaleix

1923 - 1979

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0392 ACTOR

Jean Michaud

1921 - 2001

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0415 LINGUIST

David Cohen (linguiste)

1922 - 2013

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0422 ZOOLOGIST

Michel Luc

1927 - 2010

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0427 COMPOSER

Chedly Anouar

1925 - 1995

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0449 POLITICIAN

Mahmoud Mestiri

1929 - 2006

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0452 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Claude Poinssot

1928 - 2002

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0495 POLITICIAN

Fethia Mzali

1927 - 2018

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0502 POLITICIAN

Hassib Ben Ammar

1924 - 2008

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0509 DECORATOR

Leïla Menchari

1927 - 2020

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0520 FEMINIST

Radhia Haddad

1922 - 2003

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0549 POLITICIAN

Mohamed Harmel

1929 - 2011

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0558 FOOTBALL

Marcel Lanfranchi

1921 - 2013

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0562 POLITICIAN

Taïeb Mhiri

1924 - 1965

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0572 POLITICIAN

Slaheddine Baly

1926 - 2002

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0586 HISTORIAN

Annie Rey-Goldzeiguer

1925 - 2019

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0592 MUSIC

Martine Cadieu

1924 - 2008

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0619 BOXER

Brahim Mahouachi

1924 - 2008

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0621 FOOTBALL

Jean Lanfranchi

Born 1923

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0691 PHYSICIST

Magda Ericson

Born 1929

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0694 PAINTER

Ali Bellagha

1924 - 2006

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0717 FOOTBALL

Abdelaziz Lasram

1928 - 2017

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0723 ACTOR

Dalenda Abdou

Born 1928

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0733 WRITER

Hind Azouz

1926 - 2015

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0772 POLITICIAN

Ezzeddine Abassi

Born 1920

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0787 PHOTOGRAPHER

Bernard Poinssot

1922 - 1965

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0792 POET

Béchir Laribi

1923 - 2018

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0806 ÉDITEUR

Yves Beccaria

1929 - 2017

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0823 POLITICIAN

Taïeb Sahbani

1925 - 2010

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0829 POLITICIAN

Lassaad Ben Osman

1926 - 2015

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0844 SINGER

Hédi Mokrani

1924 - 1998

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0883 PHYSICIAN

Mohamed El Kassab

1926 - 1986

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0890 SCREENWRITER

Maria Rosa Valenza

1923 - 2007

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0936 THEOLOGIAN

Mustapha Kamel Tarzi

1921 - 2000

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0961 JOURNALIST

Ezio Zefferi

Born 1926

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0962 MUSIC

Maurice Meimoun

1929 - 1993

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0976 FOOTBALL

Moncef Klibi

1922 - 2013

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0984 FOOTBALL

Moncef Zouhir

1920 - 2000

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0985 FOOTBALL

Ali Ben Brahim

1926 - 2017

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0988 SOCIOLOGIST

Fatma Djellouli

Born 1929

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1000 POLITICIAN

Mohamed Habib Gherab

1926 - 2011

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1007 FOOTBALL

Mounir Kebaili

1924 - 1976

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1018 THEATRE

René-André Lombard

1923 - 2019

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1033 MAGISTRAT

Abdelkrim Mahbouli

1928 - 2007

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1076 FOOTBALL

Mustapha Dhib

1921 - 1988

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1079 FOOTBALL

Ridha Bach Hamba

Born 1927

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1084 FOOTBALL

Mohamed Hosni

Born 1929

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1097 FOOTBALL

Abdelaziz Fayache

Born 1929

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1100 FOOTBALL

Giovanni Cascio

Born 1922

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1104 BOXER

Claude Milazzo

Born 1929

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1108 DIPLOMAT

Francesco Marcello Ruggirello

1929 - 2010

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