List of Algerians

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Notable Algerians include:

Artists

Actors

Directors and filmmakers

Fashion (designers, models)

Illustrators

New media

Writers (including poets)

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Assia Djebar

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Criminals

Journalists

Leaders and politicians

Ancient Algeria

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Juba II
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Early Islamic Algeria

Ottoman Algeria

Algeria under French colonization

  • Emir Abdelkader, 19th-century leader of the resistance against French colonisation
  • Mohamed ben Zamoum, 19th-century leader of the resistance against French colonisation
  • Hadj Ahmed Bey, last Bey of Constantine; fought the French Army during two sieges in 1836 and 1837
  • Cheikh Boumerdassi, 19th-century leader of the resistance against French colonisation
  • Omar ben Zamoum, 19th-century leader of the resistance against French colonisation
  • Messali Hadj, Co-founder of "l'Etoile Nord-Africaine", the first Algerian Nationalist Party.
  • Belkacem Radjef, Kabyle Co-founder of ENA with Messali Hadj and Amar Imache.
  • Lalla Fatma N'Soumer, 19th-century female leader of the Kabyle resistance against the French
  • Mohamed Seghir Boushaki, 20th-century leader of the Kabyle political resistance against the French
  • Mohamed Deriche, 20th-century leader of the Kabyle political resistance against the French

Revolutionary War of Independence

Independent Algeria

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Ahmed Ben Bella

Martyrs

Military and intelligence services

Musicians and singers

Berber

Classical

Contemporary

Jazz

Musiques du monde

Pop

Rai

Rap

Rock

Religious figures

Scholars and academics

Historians

Linguistics

Science

Philosophy

Sports

Association football

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Rabah Madjer

Athletics

Basketball

Boxing

Fencing

Ice hockey

Judo

Other sports

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gharnati music</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">El Kettar Cemetery</span> Cemetery in Algeria

El Kettar Cemetery is one of the most famous cemeteries in Algeria. It is situated in a suburb of the city of Algiers in the commune of Oued Koriche. It opened in 1838 replacing the cemetery of Sidi Abderrahmane destroyed in 1830. It was previously known as Dar El Ghrib since foreigners of the city's limit were buried there. The current name, El Kettar, is due to the distillation of jasmine in the Bridja, a funeral monument dating from the Ottoman era. It was built on a steep hill cemetery, because at the time of colonization, the French authorities forbade Muslims to bury their dead in flat terrain.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">El Alia Cemetery</span> Cemetery in Algeria

El Alia Cemetery is a cemetery in a suburb of Algiers in the commune of Oued Smar in Algeria the result of the donation in 1928 of a 78 hectares plot of land by its owner called "El Alia" means in Arabic which is high, but came from the surname of the donor of the land in 1928, Hamza El-Alia before her departure to mecca.

Mustapha Sahnoune is an Algerian songwriter.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">USM Alger supporters</span>

USM Alger Supporters have special songs for each rival club. Their repertoire also includes sociopolitical songs with committed lyrics such as “Qilouna!”, La casa del Mouradia, Babur ellouh, etc. These songs resonate widely among the Algerian population. In 2019, during the protests that Algeria experienced, the songs of the group Ouled El Bahdja were covered by demonstrators across the country, thus propelling them to the forefront of the international scene. Some ultra groups existed such as the “I Rossi Algeri” or the “Ultras Diablos”, but they disbanded around 2010.

References

  1. ↑ fr:Hadj Abderrahmane
  2. ↑ Hunter, Brian. (Ed.) (1995) The Statesman's Year-Book 1995-96 . 132nd edition. London: Macmillan. p. 71. ISBN   0333620747
  3. 1 2 Hunter, Brian. (Ed.) (1993) The Statesman's Year-Book 1993-94 . 130th edition. London: Macmillan. p. 81. ISBN   9780230271227
  4. ↑ Hunter, Brian. (Ed.) (1993) The Statesman's Year-Book 1993-94 . 130th edition. London: Macmillan. p. 81. ISBN   9780230271227
  5. ↑ "Biographie De Djamel Laroussi". arabestar.com. Archived from the original on 14 October 2008.
  6. ↑ Raïna Raï songs – maghrebspace.com
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