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

0301 SWIMMER

Sarra Lajnef

Born 1989

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0302 FOOTBALL

Walid Azaiez

Born 1976

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0303 ACTOR

Kamel Touati

Born 1952

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0304 ACTOR

Hassen Khalsi

1931 - 2007

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0305 PRIEST

André Collini

1921 - 2003

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0306 BUSINESS

Guy Mamou-Mani

Born 1957

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0307 WRITER

Claude Brami

Born 1948

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0308 PLAYWRIGHT

Elisabeth Bouchaud

Born 1961

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0309 FILM

Selma Baccar

Born 1945

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0310 POLITICIAN

Khelil Bouhageb

1863 - 1942

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0311 SPORT

Ali Nouisri

Born 1994

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0312 POLITICIAN

Ali Belhouane

1909 - 1958

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0313 ATTORNEY

Ahmed Najib Chebbi

Born 1944

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0314 POLITICIAN

Yazid Zerhouni

Born 1937

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0315 FOOTBALL

Lassaad Chabbi

Born 1961

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0316 PAINTER

Hédi Khayachi

1882 - 1948

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0317 FENCER

Amira Ben Chaabane

Born 1990

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0318 POET

Salah Garmadi

1933 - 1982

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0319 POET

Alain Suied

1951 - 2008

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0320 PRESENTER

Daniela Lumbroso

Born 1961

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0321 FILM

Elyes Baccar

Born 1971

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0322 POLITICIAN

Mohamed Salah Ben Aïssa

Born 1948

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0323 POLITICIAN

Mahmud ibn Muhammad

1757 - 1824

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0324 FOOTBALL

Arbi Jabeur

Born 1985

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0325 PLAYER

Paul Chemla

Born 1944

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0326 ACTOR

Alain Attal

Born 1959

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0327 HISTORIAN

Yahya Ibn Khaldoun

1332 - 1379

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0328 WRITER

Ahmed Kheireddine

1905 - 1967

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0329 ACTOR

Agata Flori

Born 1938

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0330 BUSINESS

Sakher El Materi

Born 1981

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0331 SCREENWRITER

Nicole de Buron

1929 - 2019

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0332 SINGER

Raoul Journo

1911 - 2001

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0333 WRESTLER

Radhouane Chebbi

Born 1985

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0334 ACADEMIC

Mohamed Abdelaziz Djaït

1886 - 1970

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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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0337 POLITICIAN

Muhammad IV al-Hadi

1855 - 1906

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0338 ESSAYIST

Alain-Gérard Slama

Born 1942

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0339 FILM

Piero Costa

1913 - 1975

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0340 FONCTIONNAIRE

Agnès Saal

Born 1957

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0341 HISTORIAN

Mohamed Hédi Chérif

Born 1932

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0342 HANDBALL

Jaleleddine Touati

Born 1982

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0343 POLITICIAN

Habib Ben Yahia

Born 1938

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0344 WRITER

Gilbert Naccache (écrivain)

Born 1939

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0345 FENCER

Mohamed Samandi

Born 1986

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0346 GYMNAST

Wajdi Bouallègue

Born 1982

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0347 WRESTLER

Maroi Mezien

Born 1988

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0348 RUNNER

Ali Hakimi

Born 1976

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0349 BUSINESS

Imed Trabelsi

1974 - 2011

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0350 SCHOLAR

Mohamed Bayram II

1748 - 1831

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0351 FOOTBALL

Abdelkader Ben Hassen

Born 1969

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0352 POLITICIAN

Habib Thameur

1909 - 1949

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0353 ATHLETIC

Mohsen Mohamed Anani

Born 1985

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0354 ACTOR

Henri Kassagi

1932 - 1997

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0355 ACTOR

Mariem Ben Chaâbane

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0356 SOCIOLOGIST

Moncef Guitouni

1939 - 2011

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0357 ACTOR

Raouf Ben Amor

Born 1946

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0358 SINGER

Cheikh El Afrit

1897 - 1939

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0359 FOOTBALL

Maher Sdiri

Born 1971

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0360 BOXER

Naoufel Ben Rabah

Born 1977

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0361 PHILOSOPHER

Moncef Chelli

1936 - 1994

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0362 JUDO

Iskander Hachicha

Born 1972

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0363 PAINTER

Jellal Ben Abdallah

1921 - 2017

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0364 JUDO

Hana Mareghni

Born 1989

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0365 ACTOR

Aïcha Ben Ahmed

Born 1989

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0366 ACTOR

Jamil Joudi

1934 - 2012

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0367 WRITER

Nicolas Bonnal (écrivain)

Born 1961

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0368 FENCER

Farès Ferjani

Born 1997

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0369 ARCHITECT

Ali Tur

1889 - 1977

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0370 JUDO

Saida Dhahri

Born 1979

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0371 WRITER

Lucien Sfez

1937 - 2018

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0372 SOCIOLOGIST

Hachemi Baccouche

1916 - 2008

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0373 ACTOR

Christian Duvaleix

1923 - 1979

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0374 RABBI

Meir Mazuz

Born 1945

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0375 FENCER

Hichem Samandi

Born 1986

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0376 ACTOR

Camille Corney

Died 1952

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0377 CONDUCTOR

Gilbert Bezzina

Born 1946

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0378 POLE VAULTER

Syrine Ebondo

Born 1983

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0379 PAINTER

Pierre Boucherle

1894 - 1988

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0380 FOOTBALL

Mokhtar Tlili

Born 1942

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0381 HANDBALL

Oussama Boughanmi

Born 1990

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0382 WRESTLER

Hassine Ayari

Born 1985

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0383 POLITICIAN

Tarak Mekki

1958 - 2012

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0384 ACTOR

Ahmed Landolsi

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0385 HISTORIAN

Jamila Binous

Born 1939

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0386 SWIMMER

Ali Gharbi

1955 - 2009

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0387 FOOTBALL

Ahmed Sassi

Born 1993

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0388 HANDBALL

Makrem Missaoui

Born 1981

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0389 FOOTBALL

Mohammad Mothnani

Born 1992

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0390 POLITICIAN

Yassine Ayari

Born 1981

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0391 BOXER

Tahar Ben Hassen

Born 1941

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0392 ACTOR

Jean Michaud

1921 - 2001

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0393 FOOTBALL

Taoufik Hicheri

Born 1965

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0394 WRESTLER

Fadhila Louati

Born 1979

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0395 PLAYER

Ahmed Kadhi

Born 1989

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0396 PHYSICIAN

Béchir Dinguizli

1869 - 1934

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0397 ACTOR

Slim Mahfoudh

1942 - 2017

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0398 MARTIAL ART

Houda Ben Daya

Born 1979

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0399 ATHLETIC

Walid Ktila

Born 1985

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0400 JOURNALIST

Guillaume Duval

Born 1957

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0401 ORIENTALIST

David Santillana

1855 - 1931

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0402 FILM

Laurent Jaoui (réalisateur)

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0403 FOOTBALL

Noël Sciortino

Born 1971

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0404 PSYCHIATRIST

Gérard Haddad

Born 1940

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0405 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Bruno Lussato

1932 - 2009

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0406 POLITICIAN

Farhat Rajhi

Born 1952

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0407 RAPPER

Psycho-M

Born 1986

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0408 PRODUCER

Colette Fellous

Born 1950

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0409 POLITICIAN

Kamel Omrane

1951 - 2018

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0410 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Yoelle Maarek

Born 1962

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0411 SWIMMER

Maroua Mathlouthi

Born 1988

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0412 ACTOR

Jamel Madani

Born 1963

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0413 PHILOSOPHER

Mélika Ouelbani

Born 1953

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0414 BASKET

Adel Tlatli

Born 1958

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0415 LINGUIST

David Cohen (linguiste)

1922 - 2013

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0416 ACTOR

Beya Zardi

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0417 COMPOSER

Oswald d'Andréa

Born 1934

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0418 HANDBALL

Oussama Hosni

Born 1992

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0419 POLITICIAN

Nejmeddine Hamrouni

Born 1965

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0420 PRESENTER

Frédéric Zeitoun

Born 1961

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0421 HANDBALL

Marouan Chouiref

Born 1990

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0422 ZOOLOGIST

Michel Luc

1927 - 2010

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0423 PLAYER

Skander Mansouri

Born 1995

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0424 POLITICIAN

Elyes Fakhfakh

Born 1972

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0425 MISSING

Dov Zerah

Born 1954

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0426 FONCTIONNAIRE

Pierre Racine

1909 - 2011

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0427 COMPOSER

Chedly Anouar

1925 - 1995

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0428 WRITER

Sylvaine Jaoui

Born 1962

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0429 ARTIST

Aïcha Filali

Born 1956

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0430 POET

Michel Cosem

Born 1939

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0431 FILM

Claude Duty

Born 1946

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0432 PLAYER

Elyes Karamosli

Born 1989

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0433 DRUG TRAFFICK

Guiga Lyes Ben Laroussi

Born 1969

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0434 SPORT

Ala Zoghlami

Born 1994

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0435 PHYSICIST

Sydney Galès

Born 1943

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0436 MODEL

Rym Breidy

Born 1986

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0437 JOURNALIST

Sophie Bramly

Born 1959

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0438 SINGER

Michel Corringe

1946 - 2001

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0439 ULAMA

Mohamed Chedly Ennaifer

1911 - 1997

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0440 POLITICIAN

Sana Hassainia

Born 1974

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0441 POLITICIAN

Mohamed Arbi Zarrouk Khaznadar

1760 - 1822

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0442 ARCHITECT

Victor Valensi

1883 - 1977

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0443 FILM

Rachid Ferchiou

Born 1941

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0444 BOXER

Kamel Bou Ali

Born 1958

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0445 ACTOR

Moncef Souissi

1944 - 2016

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0446 PLAYWRIGHT

Georges Soria

1914 - 1991

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0447 WRESTLER

Zied Ayet Ikram

Born 1988

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0448 PLAYER

Hamza Nagga

Born 1990

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0449 POLITICIAN

Mahmoud Mestiri

1929 - 2006

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0450 FOOTBALL

Raoul Chaisaz

1908 - 1978

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0451 FOOTBALL

Rached Meddeb

Born 1940

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0452 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Claude Poinssot

1928 - 2002

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0453 SOCIOLOGIST

Serge Dufoulon

Born 1956

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0454 POLITICIAN

Abbès Mohsen

Born 1945

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0455 POLITICIAN

Hela Cheikhrouhou

Born 1972

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0456 FOOTBALL

Marouane Bokri

Born 1974

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0457 CONDUCTOR

Mohamed Garfi

Born 1948

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0458 HISTORIAN

Leyla Dakhli

Born 1973

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0459 BOXER

Aldo Cosentino

Born 1947

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0460 ACTOR

Saoussen Maalej

-

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0461 ACTOR

Saskia Cohen-Tanugi

1959 - 2020

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0462 BOXER

Ahmed Mejri

Born 1990

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0463 FOOTBALL

Marouène Tej

Born 1988

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0464 JOURNALIST

Patrick Bourrat

1952 - 2002

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0465 OLYMPIC

Youssef Akrout

Born 1990

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0466 FOOTBALL

Boubaker Ezzitouni

Born 1965

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0467 FOOTBALL

Patrick Gonfalone

Born 1955

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0468 POLITICIAN

Jacques Saada

Born 1947

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0469 ATHLETE

Yassine Trabelsi

Born 1990

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0470 MATHEMATICIAN

Emilio Baiada

1914 - 1984

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0471 WRITER

Khaoula Hosni

Born 1982

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0472 PAINTER

Noureddine Khayachi

1918 - 1987

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0473 FOOTBALL

Marouene Guezmir

Born 1974

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0474 SCULPTOR

Hédi Selmi

1934 - 1995

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0475 MEDIA

Robert Lafont (patron de presse)

Born 1957

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0476 COMPOSER

Ali Sriti

1919 - 2007

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0477 FOOTBALL

Taoufik Ben Othman

Born 1939

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0478 BOXER

Gratien Tonna

Born 1949

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0479 MUSIC

Claude Salmiéri

-

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0480 SPORT

Jérôme Stoll

Born 1954

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0481 BASKET

Omar Abada

Born 1993

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0482 ACTOR

Marwane Ariane

Born 1980

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0483 FOOTBALL

Khaled Ben Yahia

Born 1959

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0484 HISTORIAN

Zeineb Benzina

-

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0485 POLITICIAN

Nadia Gallico Spano

1916 - 2006

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0486 ACTOR

Sabine Mamou

1948 - 2003

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0487 ACTOR

Dominot

1930 - 2014

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0488 CANOE

Afef Ben Ismail

Born 1994

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0489 BOXER

Omrane Sadok

Born 1937

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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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0492 WRITER

Ryvel

1898 - 1972

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0493 SINGER

Hedi Habbouba

-

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0494 SCREENWRITER

Thierry Crifo

Born 1954

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0495 POLITICIAN

Fethia Mzali

1927 - 2018

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0496 THEATRE

Lotfi Achour

-

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0497 ACTOR

Helmi Dridi

Born 1980

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0498 FILM

Jean-Denis Bonan

Born 1942

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0499 PHOTOGRAPHER

Hichem Driss

Born 1968

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0500 PRESENTER

Martine Chardon

1947 - 2003

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0501 ACTOR

Oulaya

1936 - 1990

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0502 POLITICIAN

Hassib Ben Ammar

1924 - 2008

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0503 BLOGGER

Mohamed Ali Ben Ammar

Born 1988

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0504 MUSIC

Danny Marino

1936 - 2003

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0505 FOOTBALL

Mohamed Ali Ben Hammouda

Born 1989

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0506 HISTORIAN

François Broche

Born 1939

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0507 FOOTBALL

Anis Ben Chouikha

Born 1975

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0508 ACTOR

Vicky Messica

1939 - 1998

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0509 DECORATOR

Leïla Menchari

1927 - 2020

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0510 OLYMPIC

Ines Gmati

Born 1997

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0511 WRITER

Nafila Dhahab

Born 1947

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0512 POLITICIAN

Nebiha Gueddana

Born 1949

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0513 ECONOMIST

Gérard Maarek

Born 1939

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0514 FILM

Jean-Paul Sassy

1915 - 1962

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0515 FOOTBALL

Mohamed Zouabi

Born 1973

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0516 BUSINESS

Belhassen Trabelsi

Born 1962

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0517 JOURNALIST

Pierre Briançon

Born 1954

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0518 FILM

Abdellatif Ben Ammar

Born 1943

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0519 ACTOR

Yveline Ailhaud

-

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0520 FEMINIST

Radhia Haddad

1922 - 2003

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0521 RAPPER

Klay BBJ

Born 1989

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0522 PLAYER

Aziz Zouhir

Born 1953

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0523 PLAYER

Slim Chiboub

Born 1959

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0524 WRITER

Yamen Manaï

Born 1980

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0525 ACTOR

Farès Naânaâ

Born 1975

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0526 PAINTER

Giovanni March

1894 - 1974

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0527 ACTOR

Ramla Ayari

Born 1977

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0528 KILLER

Naceur Damergi

1944 - 1990

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0529 PHOTOGRAPHER

Habib Osman

1910 - 1986

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0530 LAWYER

Mohamed Snoussi

1851 - 1900

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0531 PHYSICIAN

Marcel Bessis

1917 - 1994

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0532 FOOTBALL

Hamza Agrebi

Born 1991

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0533 ACTOR

Fadhila Khetmi

1905 - 1992

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0534 LITERARY

Mahmoud Aslan

1902 - 1971

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0535 FOOTBALL

Larbi Touati

Born 1936

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0536 SWIMMER

Faten Ghattas

Born 1964

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0537 FOOTBALL

Houssem Tabboubi

Born 1991

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0538 ACTIVIST

Béchir Sfar

1856 - 1917

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0539 POLITICIAN

Bernard Deladrière

Born 1952

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0540 BASKET

Amine Maghrebi

Born 1984

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0541 SINGER

Sabri Mosbah

Born 1982

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0542 NOVELIST

René-Charles Rey

Born 1934

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0543 BUSINESS

Hamdi Meddeb

Born 1952

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0544 BOXER

Rim Jouini

Born 1980

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0545 PAINTER

Edgard Naccache

1917 - 2006

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0546 WRITER

Daniel Rousseau

Born 1951

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0547 ACTOR

Mohamed Ben Ali

1932 - 1998

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0548 SPORT

Moataz Zemzemi

Born 1999

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0549 POLITICIAN

Mohamed Harmel

1929 - 2011

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0550 MUSIC

Slah Mosbah

-

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0551 FOOTBALL

Hamadi Dhaou

Born 1968

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0552 FOOTBALL

Bilel Mejri

Born 1996

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0553 POET

Bernard Hreglich

1943 - 1996

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0554 LAWYER

Laurent Cohen-Tanugi

Born 1957

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0555 LAWYER

Samir Dilou

Born 1966

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0556 LAWYER

Mohamed Abbou (homme politique tunisien)

Born 1966

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0557 CONDUCTOR

Amina Srarfi

Born 1958

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0558 FOOTBALL

Marcel Lanfranchi

1921 - 2013

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0559 FOOTBALL

Mourad Hedhli

Born 1990

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0560 POLITICIAN

Georges Adda

1916 - 2008

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0561 MILITANT

Nicolas Kayanakis

1931 - 2008

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0562 POLITICIAN

Taïeb Mhiri

1924 - 1965

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0563 AGRONOMIST

Michel Sebillotte

1934 - 2010

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0564 PLAYWRIGHT

Abdelaziz Meherzi

Born 1948

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0565 PUBLISHER

Maurice Darmon

Born 1943

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0566 PLAYER

Hichem Kaabi

Born 1986

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0567 FOOTBALL

Lotfi Rouissi

Born 1965

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0568 SONGWRITER

Dian HP

Born 1965

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0569 POLITICIAN

Mohamed Nouri Jouini

Born 1961

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0570 ACTOR

Majdi Smiri

-

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0571 PLAYER

Anouer Taouerghi

Born 1983

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0572 POLITICIAN

Slaheddine Baly

1926 - 2002

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0573 MILITANT

Élie Cohen-Hadria

1898 - 1987

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0574 LAWYER

Ridha Belhaj (politician)

Born 1962

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0575 PHILOSOPHER

Jacqueline Genot-Bismuth

1938 - 2004

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0576 JOURNALIST

Sadok Zmerli

1893 - 1983

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0577 ACTOR

Lucia Bensasson

Born 1960

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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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0580 SINGER

Louisa Tounsia

1905 - 1966

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0581 POLITICIAN

Abdelhamid Escheikh

1935 - 1999

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0582 FILM

Christian Viviani

Born 1948

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0583 HANDBALL

Slim Zehani

Born 1978

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0584 ACTOR

Bob Ingarao

1916 - 1998

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0585 FOOTBALL

Belhassen Aloui

Born 1973

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0586 HISTORIAN

Annie Rey-Goldzeiguer

1925 - 2019

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0587 FOOTBALL

Moncef Chargui

Born 1958

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0588 ACTOR

Yassine Ben Gamra

-

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0589 WRITER

Hassan Amdouni

Born 1955

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0590 ETHNOLOGIST

Georgette Soustelle

1909 - 1999

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0591 POLITICIAN

Afif Chelbi

Born 1953

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0592 MUSIC

Martine Cadieu

1924 - 2008

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0593 ACTOR

Moncef Lazaâr

Died 2018

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0594 ACTOR

Faisal Bezzine

Born 1964

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0595 HISTORIAN

Sonia Fellous

Born 1956

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0596 POLITICIAN

Khalil Amiri

Born 1971

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0597 WRESTLER

Adnan Rhimi

Born 1988

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0598 SINGER

Choubeila Rached

1933 - 2008

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0599 MILITANT

Georges Cipriani

Born 1950

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0600 LAWYER

Abderrazak Kilani

Born 1954

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