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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

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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Showing 140 of 1,110 notable people

0007 POLITICIAN

Philippe Séguin

1943 - 2010

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0021 POET

Abdelwahab Meddeb

1946 - 2014

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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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0042 FILM

Ariel Zeitoun

Born 1949

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0049 POET

Hédi Kaddour

Born 1945

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0050 CONVICT

Hamida Djandoubi

1949 - 1977

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0052 ACTOR

Danièle Évenou

Born 1943

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0053 POET

Hubert Haddad

Born 1947

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0056 RABBI

Joseph Sitruk

1944 - 2016

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0061 LAWYER

Jean-Paul Costa

Born 1941

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0073 WRITER

Hélé Béji

Born 1948

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0077 SINGER

Jacqueline Taïeb

Born 1948

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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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0097 WRITER

Serge Bramly

Born 1949

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0099 FOOTBALL

Sadok Sassi

Born 1945

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0108 MATHEMATICIAN

Roger Temam

Born 1940

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0111 HISTORIAN

Sophie Bessis

Born 1947

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0128 FILM

Kalthoum Bornaz

1945 - 2016

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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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0138 ACTOR

Plinio Fernando

Born 1947

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0148 ACTOR

Mohamed Driss

1944 - 2018

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0150 POLITICIAN

Abdelfattah Mourou

Born 1948

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0157 MATHEMATICIAN

Alain Bensoussan

Born 1940

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0169 ACTOR

Fadhel Jaziri

Born 1948

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0184 SCULPTOR

Ofer Lellouche

Born 1947

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0200 DIPLOMAT

Freddy Eytan

Born 1947

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0202 TEACHER

Yves Chevallard

Born 1946

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0204 THEOLOGIAN

Hmida Ennaifer

Born 1942

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0205 SINGER

Fabienne Shine

Born 1944

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0217 MUFTI

Othman Battikh

Born 1941

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0222 JOURNALIST

Bernard Lecomte (écrivain)

Born 1949

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0225 FILM

Claude d'Anna

Born 1945

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0229 FILM

Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud

Born 1947

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0240 POLITICIAN

Mahmoud Ben Romdhane

Born 1948

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0243 HISTORIAN

Naïdé Ferchiou

1945 - 2013

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0244 WRITER

Jean Pavans

Born 1949

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0247 PHILOSOPHER

Emna Belhadj Yahia

Born 1945

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0253 FOOTBALL

Tahar Chaïbi

1946 - 2014

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0261 POET

Ali Louati

Born 1947

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0264 ACTOR

Fatma Ben Saïdane

Born 1949

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0307 WRITER

Claude Brami

Born 1948

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0309 FILM

Selma Baccar

Born 1945

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0313 ATTORNEY

Ahmed Najib Chebbi

Born 1944

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0322 POLITICIAN

Mohamed Salah Ben Aïssa

Born 1948

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0325 PLAYER

Paul Chemla

Born 1944

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0338 ESSAYIST

Alain-Gérard Slama

Born 1942

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0357 ACTOR

Raouf Ben Amor

Born 1946

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0374 RABBI

Meir Mazuz

Born 1945

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0377 CONDUCTOR

Gilbert Bezzina

Born 1946

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0380 FOOTBALL

Mokhtar Tlili

Born 1942

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0391 BOXER

Tahar Ben Hassen

Born 1941

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0397 ACTOR

Slim Mahfoudh

1942 - 2017

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0404 PSYCHIATRIST

Gérard Haddad

Born 1940

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0431 FILM

Claude Duty

Born 1946

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0435 PHYSICIST

Sydney Galès

Born 1943

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0438 SINGER

Michel Corringe

1946 - 2001

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0443 FILM

Rachid Ferchiou

Born 1941

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0445 ACTOR

Moncef Souissi

1944 - 2016

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0451 FOOTBALL

Rached Meddeb

Born 1940

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0454 POLITICIAN

Abbès Mohsen

Born 1945

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0457 CONDUCTOR

Mohamed Garfi

Born 1948

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0459 BOXER

Aldo Cosentino

Born 1947

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0468 POLITICIAN

Jacques Saada

Born 1947

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0478 BOXER

Gratien Tonna

Born 1949

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0486 ACTOR

Sabine Mamou

1948 - 2003

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0498 FILM

Jean-Denis Bonan

Born 1942

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0500 PRESENTER

Martine Chardon

1947 - 2003

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0511 WRITER

Nafila Dhahab

Born 1947

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0512 POLITICIAN

Nebiha Gueddana

Born 1949

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0518 FILM

Abdellatif Ben Ammar

Born 1943

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0528 KILLER

Naceur Damergi

1944 - 1990

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0553 POET

Bernard Hreglich

1943 - 1996

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0564 PLAYWRIGHT

Abdelaziz Meherzi

Born 1948

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0565 PUBLISHER

Maurice Darmon

Born 1943

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0582 FILM

Christian Viviani

Born 1948

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0608 POET

Mohamed Aziza

Born 1940

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0612 WRITER

Alain Bron

Born 1948

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0620 SINGER

Michel Laurent (chanteur)

Born 1944

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0636 POLITICIAN

Abderrahman Ladgham

Born 1947

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0637 GRAND MAÎTRE

José Gulino

Born 1949

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0646 POLITICIAN

Saida Agrebi

Born 1945

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0647 ECONOMIST

Ahmed Abdelkefi

Born 1941

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0656 JOURNALIST

Hervé Martin

Born 1948

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0674 FOOTBALL

Ange Di Caro

Born 1949

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0677 FILM

Mishka Saal

1949 - 2017

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0678 HISTORIAN

Hassine Raouf Hamza

1949 - 2011

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0680 WRITER

Charles Lancar

Born 1943

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0681 POLITICIAN

Abderraouf El Basti

Born 1947

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0692 HISTORIAN

Jean-Luc Monterosso

Born 1947

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0703 PAINTER

Foued Zaouche

1944 - 2015

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0708 WRITER

Bernard Boudeau

Born 1949

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0713 POLITICIAN

Mohamed Bouchiha

Born 1948

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0729 MILITAR

Pierre Garrigou Grandchamp

Born 1949

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0731 FENCER

Jean Khayat

Born 1942

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0735 POLITICIAN

Fabien Limonta

Born 1946

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0736 POLITICIAN

Larbi Nasra

Born 1947

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0750 HANDBALL

Hammouda Ben Ammar

Born 1948

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0756 PHOTOGRAPHER

Franco Pace

Born 1942

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0757 REGISTA

Jocelyn Hattab

Born 1945

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0759 BUSINESS

Chérif Bellamine

1940 - 2011

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0766 POLITICIAN

Faïza Kefi

Born 1949

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0769 POLITICIAN

Ridha Ferchiou

Born 1945

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0773 TRADE UNION

Abdeljelil Zaouche (médecin)

1949 - 2015

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0810 PHYSICIST

Daniel S. Chemla

1940 - 2008

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0848 DRUMMER

Christian Lété

Born 1944

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0849 HANDBALL

Hachemi Razgallah

Born 1942

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0851 ACTOR

Mahmoud Larnaout

1945 - 2012

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0867 POLITICIAN

Hédi Djilani

Born 1948

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0877 POLITICIAN

Moncef Ben Abdallah

Born 1946

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0926 TEACHER

Claude Riahi

Born 1940

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0951 SINGER

Jean-Pierre d'Amico

Born 1949

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0953 POLITICIAN

Abdelbacet Becheikh

Born 1941

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0954 BOXER

Simon Bellaiche

1940 - 2010

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0966 FOOTBALL

Ali Retima

Born 1949

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0974 HANDBALL

Fawzi Sbabti

Born 1949

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0979 FOOTBALL

Hassen Bayou

Born 1949

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0980 DRIVER

Michel Saliba

Born 1946

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0990 FENCER

Silvana Sconciafurno

Born 1941

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0993 PAINTER

Yves Lagraulet

Born 1944

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1005 PLAYER

Khaled Sanchou

Born 1942

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1010 FOOTBALL

Jalloul Chaoua

1943 - 2006

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1021 FOOTBALL

Abdeljabar Machouche

Born 1945

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1029 PAINTER

Jean-Pierre Poisson (peintre)

Born 1947

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1032 FOOTBALL

Béchir Kekli

1940 - 1996

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1034 FOOTBALL

Ahmed Hammami

Born 1944

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1038 FOOTBALL

Salah Chaoua

1946 - 2020

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1044 FOOTBALL

Rachid Troudi

Born 1943

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1045 FOOTBALL

Amor Amri

Born 1941

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1052 ATHLETIC

Sylvain Bitan

Born 1941

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1068 POLITICIAN

Mouldi Riahi

Born 1949

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1078 FOOTBALL

Ahmed Bouajila

Born 1944

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1088 FOOTBALL

Abderrahmane Nasri

Born 1949

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1092 CIVIL SERVICE

Mouldi Aïssaoui

Born 1946

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1098 PAINTER

Sadok Gmech

Born 1940

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1102 POET

Ridha Khouini

1940 - 2015

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1103 POLITICIAN

Néziha Escheikh

Born 1945

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