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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
  • Sports
  • Politics & Law
  • Writing
  • Film & TV
  • Music
  • Science
  • Other
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Showing 34 of 1,110 notable people

0031 FILM

Tarak Ben Ammar

Born 1949

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Serge Moati

Born 1946

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0042 FILM

Ariel Zeitoun

Born 1949

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0064 FILM

Raja Amari

Born 1971

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0078 FILM

Leyla Bouzid

Born 1984

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0124 FILM

Nejib Belkadhi

Born 1972

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0128 FILM

Kalthoum Bornaz

1945 - 2016

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0159 FILM

Saïd Ben Saïd

Born 1966

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0162 FILM

Mohamed Ben Attia

Born 1976

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André Djaoui

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Roger Boussinot

1921 - 2001

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Paul Boujenah

Born 1958

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0225 FILM

Claude d'Anna

Born 1945

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Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud

Born 1947

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Jacques Haïk

1893 - 1950

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0279 FILM

Albert Samama-Chikli

1872 - 1933

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0309 FILM

Selma Baccar

Born 1945

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Elyes Baccar

Born 1971

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0339 FILM

Piero Costa

1913 - 1975

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0402 FILM

Laurent Jaoui (réalisateur)

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0431 FILM

Claude Duty

Born 1946

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Rachid Ferchiou

Born 1941

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0498 FILM

Jean-Denis Bonan

Born 1942

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Jean-Paul Sassy

1915 - 1962

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0518 FILM

Abdellatif Ben Ammar

Born 1943

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0582 FILM

Christian Viviani

Born 1948

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0677 FILM

Mishka Saal

1949 - 2017

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0689 FILM

Chawki El Mejri

1961 - 2019

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0770 FILM

Mourad Ben Cheikh

Born 1964

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0797 FILM

Dominique Barouch

Born 1960

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0886 FILM

Hichem Ben Ammar

Born 1958

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0895 FILM

Mohamed Charbagi

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0930 FILM

Walid Mattar

Born 1980

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1081 FILM

Abdelhamid Bouchnak

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