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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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  • Writing
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Showing 158 of 1,110 notable people

0005 POLITICIAN

Bertrand Delanoë

Born 1950

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0008 PIANIST

Brigitte Engerer

1952 - 2012

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0010 PHILOSOPHER

Pierre Lévy

Born 1956

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0012 COMPOSER

Anouar Brahem

Born 1957

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0013 POLITICIAN

Claude Bartolone

Born 1951

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0016 COMPOSER

Roland Dyens

1955 - 2016

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0019 WRITER

Ahlam Mosteghanemi

Born 1953

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0020 COMEDIAN

Michel Boujenah

Born 1952

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0023 WRITER

Sorj Chalandon

Born 1952

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0028 POLITICIAN

Pierre Lellouche

Born 1951

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0038 WIFE OF

Leïla Ben Ali

Born 1956

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0059 MATHEMATICIAN

Abbas Bahri

1955 - 2016

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0060 POLITICIAN

Sylvie Hubac

Born 1956

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0066 ECONOMIST

Daniel Cohen (economist)

1953 - 2018

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0070 WRITER

René de Ceccatty

Born 1952

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0072 JOURNALIST

Pierre Haski

Born 1953

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0083 FOOTBALL

Tarak Dhiab

Born 1954

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0085 JOURNALIST

Michèle Fitoussi

Born 1954

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0087 LIBRETTIST

Dove Attia

Born 1957

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0095 PHILOSOPHER

Yves Charles Zarka

Born 1950

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0103 MATHEMATICIAN

Karine Chemla

Born 1957

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0132 BOXER

Charlie Magri

Born 1956

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0137 GUITAR

Corinne Allal

Born 1955

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0142 FOOTBALL

Mokhtar Naili

Born 1953

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0145 SINGER

Lotfi Bouchnak

Born 1954

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0152 LAWYER

Radhia Nasraoui

Born 1953

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0154 POLITICIAN

Hatem Ben Salem

Born 1956

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0156 POET

Amina Said

Born 1953

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0164 FOOTBALL

Néjib Ghommidh

Born 1953

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0175 CHESS

Aldo Haïk

Born 1952

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0176 ACTIVIST

Sadri Khiari

Born 1958

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0178 SCREENWRITER

Éric Assous

1956 - 2020

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0180 WRITER

Brigitte Smadja

Born 1955

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0181 PAINTER

Michel Bouvet

Born 1955

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0185 POLITICIAN

Farhat Horchani

Born 1953

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0188 LINGUIST

Georges-Elia Sarfati

Born 1957

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0190 SINGER

Félix Gray

Born 1958

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0196 POLITICIAN

Claudio Martini

Born 1951

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0208 POLITICIAN

Ali Benhadj

Born 1956

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0213 FOOTBALL

Néjib Limam

Born 1953

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0219 FOOTBALL

Abdelhamid Hergal

Born 1959

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0221 FILM

Paul Boujenah

Born 1958

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0231 FOOTBALL

Mohsen Labidi

Born 1954

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0233 SOCIOLOGIST

Margaret Maruani

Born 1954

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0234 POLITICIAN

Mondher Zenaidi

Born 1950

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0252 MATHEMATICIAN

Hajer Bahouri

Born 1958

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0255 CHESS

Slim Bouaziz

Born 1950

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0259 ACTOR

Jalila Baccar

Born 1952

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0262 ART DEALER

Sylvana Lorenz

Born 1953

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0269 COACH

Ulrik Wilbek

Born 1958

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0276 CREATIVE

Jean Touitou

Born 1951

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0296 ENTREPRENEUR

Pierre Besnainou

Born 1955

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0303 ACTOR

Kamel Touati

Born 1952

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0306 BUSINESS

Guy Mamou-Mani

Born 1957

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0319 POET

Alain Suied

1951 - 2008

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0326 ACTOR

Alain Attal

Born 1959

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0335 DRUMMER

Gérard Siracusa

Born 1957

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0336 POLITICIAN

Mohamed Salah Ben Ammar

Born 1955

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0340 FONCTIONNAIRE

Agnès Saal

Born 1957

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0383 POLITICIAN

Tarak Mekki

1958 - 2012

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0386 SWIMMER

Ali Gharbi

1955 - 2009

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0400 JOURNALIST

Guillaume Duval

Born 1957

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0406 POLITICIAN

Farhat Rajhi

Born 1952

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0408 PRODUCER

Colette Fellous

Born 1950

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0409 POLITICIAN

Kamel Omrane

1951 - 2018

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0413 PHILOSOPHER

Mélika Ouelbani

Born 1953

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0414 BASKET

Adel Tlatli

Born 1958

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0425 MISSING

Dov Zerah

Born 1954

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0429 ARTIST

Aïcha Filali

Born 1956

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0437 JOURNALIST

Sophie Bramly

Born 1959

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0444 BOXER

Kamel Bou Ali

Born 1958

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0453 SOCIOLOGIST

Serge Dufoulon

Born 1956

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0461 ACTOR

Saskia Cohen-Tanugi

1959 - 2020

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0464 JOURNALIST

Patrick Bourrat

1952 - 2002

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0467 FOOTBALL

Patrick Gonfalone

Born 1955

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0475 MEDIA

Robert Lafont (patron de presse)

Born 1957

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0480 SPORT

Jérôme Stoll

Born 1954

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0483 FOOTBALL

Khaled Ben Yahia

Born 1959

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0490 HISTORIAN

Abdelkrim Mejri

Born 1950

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0491 POLITICIAN

Selma Elloumi Rekik

Born 1956

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0494 SCREENWRITER

Thierry Crifo

Born 1954

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0517 JOURNALIST

Pierre Briançon

Born 1954

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0522 PLAYER

Aziz Zouhir

Born 1953

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0523 PLAYER

Slim Chiboub

Born 1959

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0539 POLITICIAN

Bernard Deladrière

Born 1952

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0543 BUSINESS

Hamdi Meddeb

Born 1952

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0546 WRITER

Daniel Rousseau

Born 1951

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0554 LAWYER

Laurent Cohen-Tanugi

Born 1957

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0557 CONDUCTOR

Amina Srarfi

Born 1958

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0578 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Michel L'Hour

Born 1954

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0579 MAGISTRAT

Ghazi Jeribi

Born 1955

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0587 FOOTBALL

Moncef Chargui

Born 1958

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0589 WRITER

Hassan Amdouni

Born 1955

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0591 POLITICIAN

Afif Chelbi

Born 1953

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0595 HISTORIAN

Sonia Fellous

Born 1956

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0599 MILITANT

Georges Cipriani

Born 1950

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0600 LAWYER

Abderrazak Kilani

Born 1954

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0606 WRITER

Noëlle Mesny-Deschamps

Born 1956

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0610 BANDIT

André Bellaïche

Born 1950

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0618 WRITER

Perrine Rouillon

Born 1951

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0622 PAINTER

Marc Perez (peintre)

Born 1955

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0623 WRITER

Jacky Mamou

Born 1950

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0626 POLITICIAN

Samir Taïeb

Born 1957

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0629 WRITER

Alain Coelho

Born 1953

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0632 POLITICIAN

Abdelaziz Rassâa

Born 1957

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0643 PHOTOGRAPHER

Jellel Gasteli

Born 1958

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0659 PAINTER

Ali Zenaïdi

Born 1950

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0676 ACTIVIST

Kamel Jendoubi

Born 1952

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0683 POLITICIAN

Omar Mansour

Born 1958

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0684 JOURNALIST

Mohamed Rafrafi

Born 1950

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0688 SINGER

Mekdad Sehili

Born 1957

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0690 JOURNALIST

Soufiane Ben Farhat

Born 1959

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0700 HANDBALL

Kamel Idir

Born 1952

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0704 LAWYER

Kaïs Saïed

Born 1958

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0707 POLITICIAN

Issam Chebbi

Born 1957

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0712 CONSULTANT

Aldo Cardoso

Born 1956

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0720 PAINTER

Jean Dometti

Born 1950

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0721 PRÉFET

Yann Jounot

Born 1959

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0726 PHOTOGRAPHER

Marc Solal

Born 1952

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0741 POLITICIAN

Kalthoum Kannou

Born 1959

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0749 PAYSAGISTE

Thierry Huau

Born 1958

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0751 POLITICIAN

Bibya Chihi

Born 1952

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0761 POLITICIAN

Sliman Ourak

Born 1955

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0763 POET

Fadhel Sassi

1959 - 1984

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0764 FOOTBALL

Zoubeir Boughnia

Born 1955

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0771 ARTIST

Colette Justine

Born 1952

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0778 ACTOR

Nasreddine Ben Mokhtar

1959 - 2013

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0796 CHEF

Jean-Marc Banzo

Born 1955

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0798 FOOTBALL

Mohieddine Habita

Born 1953

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0818 TEACHER

Jean-Paul Moatti

Born 1951

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0820 POLITICIAN

Samira Khayach Belhaj

Born 1953

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0837 POLITICIAN

Mohamed Béji Ben Mami

Born 1950

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0869 MISSING

Claude Genova

1951 - 1994

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0871 POLITICIAN

Ferjani Doghmane

Born 1955

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0876 ACADEMIC

Chokri Mamoghli

1958 - 2018

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0884 ECONOMIST

Marouane Abassi

Born 1959

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0886 FILM

Hichem Ben Ammar

Born 1958

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0891 JOURNALIST

Jean-Yves Casgha

Born 1952

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0896 BUSINESS

Slim Othmani

Born 1957

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0900 ECOLOGIST

Elyes Ben Miled

Born 1956

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0920 SINGER

Carmen Amato

Born 1956

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0943 KARATE

Patrice Ruggiero

Born 1955

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0945 FOOTBALL

Noureddine Ben Arfa

Born 1953

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0967 FOOTBALL

Foued Bahri

Born 1959

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0977 POLITICIAN

Saloua Tarzi Ben Attia

Born 1951

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0978 POLITICIAN

Sarra Rejeb

Born 1959

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0981 THEATRE

Lassaâd Ben Abdallah

Born 1958

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0987 SAXOPHONIST

Fayçal Karoui (saxophoniste)

1959 - 2010

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0994 PHYSICIAN

Souhail Alouini

Born 1956

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0995 POLITICIAN

Mounir Majdoub

Born 1959

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1022 HANDBALL

Habib Yagouta

1959 - 2017

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1030 FOOTBALL

Mohamed Ali Klibi

Born 1955

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1036 JOURNALIST

Raouf Cheikhrouhou

Born 1953

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1047 FOOTBALL

Lotfi Laâroussi

Born 1955

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1070 JOURNALIST

Noureddine Mezni

Born 1950

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1071 HANDBALL

Chedly El Gaïed

Born 1956

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1075 POLITICIAN

Amel Nafti

Born 1956

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1082 PLAYER

Noureddine Karoui

Born 1956

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