List of Maghrebis

Listed below are Maghrebis of note.

Musicians

 * Faouzia Ouihya – Moroccan-Canadian singer-songwriter, born in Casablanca

Other notables

 * Touria Chaoui (1936–1956), first female Maghrebi and Moroccan pilot at the age of fifteen

Ancient

 * Shoshenq I, Egyptian Pharaoh of Libyan origin, founder of the Twenty-second dynasty of Egypt.
 * Tefnakht, Pharaoh of Libyan origin, who reigned 732–725 BC
 * Masinissa, King of Numidia, North Africa, present day Algeria and Tunisia
 * Jugurtha, King of Numidia
 * Juba II, King of Numidia
 * Macrinus, Roman emperor for 14 months in 217 and 218
 * Lusius Quietus, governor of Judaea under the emperor Trajan
 * Quintus Lollius Urbicus, governor of Britannia from 138 to 144
 * Terence, (Publius Terentius Afer), Roman writer
 * Apuleius, Roman writer ("half-Numidian, half-Gaetulian")
 * Marcus Cornelius Fronto, Roman grammarian, rhetorician and advocate, was born at Cirta in modern Algeria
 * Tertullian, an early Christian theologian (born in the highly multiethnic, Phoenician-founded city of Carthage)
 * Saint Monica of Hippo, Saint Augustine's mother
 * Arius, who proposed the doctrine of Arianism
 * Donatus Magnus, leader of the Donatist schism
 * Gelasius I between 492 and 496
 * Victor I between 186 and 201
 * Miltiades between 311 and 314
 * Tacfarinas, who fought the Romans in the Aures Mountains,
 * Firmus, who fought the Romans Between 372 and 375
 * Gildo, who fought the Romans in 398
 * Abd ar-Rahman I (731–788), his mother was a Berber.
 * Al-Mansur (712–775), his mother was a Berber. Generally regarded as the real founder of the Abbasid Caliphate, his descendants Al-Mahdi, Harun al-Rashid etc. were therefore also partially Berber.
 * Tariq ibn Ziyad, one of the leaders of the Moorish conquest of Iberia in 711.
 * Adrian of Canterbury, Abbot of St Augustine's Abbey in Canterbury
 * Dihya or al-Kahina
 * Aksil or Kusayla
 * Salih ibn Tarif of the Berghouata
 * Abbas Ibn Firnas, inventor and aviator who made the first attempt at controlled flight
 * Ibn Tumart, founder of the Almohad dynasty
 * Yusuf ibn Tashfin, founder of the Almoravid dynasty
 * Ibn Battuta (1304–1377), Moroccan traveller and explorer
 * Abu Yaqub Yusuf I, who had the Giralda in Seville built.
 * Abu Yaqub Yusuf II, who had the Torre del Oro in Seville built.
 * Ziri ibn Manad founder of the Zirid dynasty
 * Muhammad Awzal (ca. 1680–1749), prolific Sous Berber poet (see also Ocean of Tears)
 * Muhammad al-Jazuli, author of the Dala'il al-Khairat, Sufi
 * Abu Ali al-Hassan al-Yusi
 * Imam al-Busiri, poet and author of the famous poem Qasida Burda – lived in Alexandria

Modern
Maxime Mermoz- French father and algérian mother
 * Cédric Ben Abdallah (Ben) – French humorist, Algerian father and French mother
 * Yasmine golotchoglova – French youtubeuse, Russian father and algérian mother
 * Robert Abdesselam – French politician and tennis player, Algerian father and French mother
 * Ramzi Abid – Canadian professional ice hockey player, Tunisian father and Scottish mother
 * Karima Adebibe – English model and actress, Moroccan father and Greek-Irish mother
 * Damien Saez – French musicien, Spanish father and algérian mother
 * Fu'ad Aït Aattou – French Actor, Moroccan Berber father and French mother
 * Isabelle Adjani – French actress, Algerian father and German mother
 * Alejandro Agag – Spanish businessman and former politician, Algerian father and Spanish mother
 * Laurent Agouazi – Soccer player, Algerian father and French mother
 * Natacha Amal – Belgian Actress, Moroccan father and Russian mother
 * Amina Allam – Moroccan model, Moroccan father and Finnish mother
 * Aure Atika – French actress, French father and Moroccan mother
 * Malika Ayane – Italian singer, Moroccan father and Italian mother
 * Malika zouhali–worrall – English documentary filmmaker, English father and Moroccan mother
 * Jordan Bardella – French politician, President of the National Rally (previously the National Front) since September 2021 (Acting), Algerian great-grandfather
 * Samir Barris – Belgian singer, Algerian father and Flemish Belgian mother
 * Alain Bashung – French singer, songwriter and actor, Algerian father and French mother
 * Kader Belarbi – French choreographer, Algerian father and French mother
 * Mehdi Belhaj Kacem – French-Tunisian actor, philosopher, and writer, Tunisia father and French mother
 * Catherine Belkhodja – French artist, actress and film director. Algerian father and a French mother
 * Jeanne Benameur – French writer, Tunisian father and Italian mother
 * Djemila Benhabib – Canadian opponent of Muslim fundamentalism, Algerian father and Cypriot mother
 * Malik Bendjelloul – was a Swedish documentary filmmaker, journalist and former child actor. He directed the 2012 documentary Searching for Sugar Man, which won an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award, Algerian father and Swedish mother
 * Farouk Bermouga – French actor, Algerian father and French mother
 * Big flo et oli – French band, Argentine father and Algerian mother
 * Dany Boon – French actor, Algerian father and French mother. Best-paid actor in European film history
 * Assaad Bouab – Moroccan actor, Moroccan father and French mother.
 * Tarik O'Regan – English musician, Irish father and Algerian mother
 * Ali Boulala – Swedish professional skateboarder, Algerian father and Swedish mother
 * Josef Boumedienne – Swedish professional hockey defenceman, Algerian father and Finnish mother
 * Nina Bouraoui – French writer, Algerian father and French mother
 * Daniel Brückner – Soccer player, Algerian father and German mother
 * Bushido – German Rapper, Tunisian father and German mother
 * Mehdi Carcela-González – Moroccan Soccer player, Spanish father and Moroccan mother
 * Samir Carruthers – English Soccer player, Irish-Italian father and Moroccan mother
 * Nicolas Cazalé – French actor, French father and Algerian mother
 * Liassine cadamuro – French footballer, Italian father and Algerian mother
 * Sara Chafak – Finnish beauty pageant titleholder, Moroccan father and Finnish mother
 * Manuel da Costa – Soccer player, Portuguese father and Moroccan mother
 * Gérald Darmanin – Minister of the Interior since 2020, Algerian grandfather
 * Jean-Baptiste Djebbari – Minister for Transport, Algerian great grandfather
 * Sofia Essaidi – Moroccan French singer, Moroccan father and French mother
 * Michaël Fabre – French Soccer player, Algerian father and French mother
 * Adrien Gallo – French musician and actor, French father and Algerian mother
 * Julien Gerbi – French race car driver, Algerian father and French mother
 * Mehdi El Glaoui – French actor, Moroccan father and French mother
 * Brice Guilbert – French singer, French father and Moroccan mother
 * Karim Hendou – Algerian Soccer player, Algerian father and Ukrainian mother
 * Hédi Kaddour – French writer, Tunisian father and French mother
 * Hakim El Karoui – French politician, Tunisian father and French mother
 * Saïd El Khadraoui – Belgian politician, Moroccan father and Flemish Belgian mother
 * Sami Khedira – German football player, Tunisian father and German mother
 * Rani Khedira – German football player, Tunisian father and German mother
 * Jonas Hassen Khemiri – Swedish novelist, Tunisian father and Swedish mother
 * Marina Kaye – French singer, French father and Algerian mother
 * Reem Kherici – French actress, Tunisian father and Italian mother
 * Myriam El Khomri – current French Minister of Labour (2016), Moroccan father and French mother
 * Taïg Khris – French inline skater, Algerian father and Greek mother
 * Simone Lahbib – Scottish actress, Algerian father and Scottish mother
 * Mehdi Lacen – French Soccer player, Algerian father and Italian mother
 * Hind Laroussi Tahiri – Dutch singer, Moroccan father and Dutch mother
 * Maïwenn Le Besco and Isild Le Besco – French actress, Algerian grandfather
 * Amine Lecomte – Soccer player, French father and Moroccan mother
 * Jalil Lespert – French actor, French father and Algerian mother
 * Sheryfa Luna – French singer, Algerian father and French mother
 * Ali Magoudi – French psychoanalyst and writer, Algerian father and Polish mother
 * Yannis Marshall – French dancer, English father and Algerian mother
 * Florian Makhedjouf – Soccer player, Algerian father and Italian mother
 * Elyas M’Barek – German Actor, Tunisian father and German mother
 * Carl Medjani – French Soccer player, Algerian father and French mother
 * Mourad Meghni – French footballer, Algerian father and Portuguese mother
 * Kad Merad – French actor, Algerian father and French mother
 * Maxime Mermoz – French Rugby player, French father and Algerian mother
 * MC Rene – German rapper, Moroccan father and German mother
 * Arnaud Montebourg – French politician, Algerian grandfather, France's Minister of Industrial Renewal
 * Mehdi Mostefa – French Soccer player, Algerian father and French mother
 * Marcel Mouloudji – French singer and actor, Algerian father and French mother
 * Cyril Mourali – French actor, Tunisian father and French mother
 * Chazia Mourali – Dutch TV presenter, Tunisian father and Dutch mother
 * Kerim Mrabti – Swedish Soccer player, Tunisian father and Swedish-Finnish mother
 * Lee Lamrani Ibrahim "Lightning" Murray – British-Moroccan cage fighter turned gangster, Moroccan father and English mother
 * Samy Naceri – French actor, Algerian father and French mother
 * Mehdi Nebbou – French actor, Algerian father and German mother
 * Marie-José Nat – French actress, Algerian father and French mother
 * Malika Nedir – Swiss TV presenter, Algerian father and Swiss mother
 * Juliette Noureddine – French singer, Algerian grandfather
 * Laurette Onkelinx – Belgian politician, Belgian father and Algerian mother
 * Artur Partyka – Polish high jumper, Algerian father and Polish mother
 * Pnl – French band, Corsica father and Algerian mother
 * Édith Piaf – French singer, Moroccan great-grandfather
 * Jérome Polenz – Soccer player, Algerian father and German mother
 * Daniel Prévost – French comedian, Algerian father and French mother
 * Karim Rekik – Dutch football player, Tunisian father and Dutch mother
 * Damien Saez – French singer, Spanish father and Algerian mother
 * Leila Sebbar – French writer, Algerian father and French mother
 * Adam Sioui – Canadian college and international swimmer, Algerian father and Canadian mother
 * Myriam Sif – Moroccan singer, Moroccan father and Hungarian mother
 * Hedi Slimane – French fashion designer, Tunisian father and Italian mother
 * Benjamin Stambouli – Soccer player, Algerian father and French mother
 * Jacques Villeret – French actor, Algerian father and French mother
 * Najat Vallaud-Belkacem – first French woman to be appointed Minister of Education, Higher Education, and Research on 25 August 2014, Moroccan father and Spanish grandmother
 * Karim Ziani – French footballer, Algerian Algerian father and French mother
 * Enzo Zidane (1995-), Luca Zidane (1998-), Elyaz Zidane (2005-) - Soccer players, Algerian father
 * Claude Zidi – French film director, Algerian father and French mother
 * Malik Zidi – French actor, Algerian father and French mother
 * Kenza Zouiten – Swedish fashion blogger, Moroccan father and Swedish mother
 * Aladdin Meier – Swiss radio presenter, Swiss Father and Moroccan Mother

Ancient

 * Septimius Severus, Roman Emperor who reigned from 14 April 193 until his death in 211
 * Augustine of Hippo, Latin Church Father, one of the most important figures in the development of Western Christianity
 * Abd-ar-Rahman III, Emir and Caliph of Córdoba (912–961) of the Umayyad dynasty in al-Andalus

People of mixed Maghrebi and Asian ancestry

 * Erika Sawajiri – Japan-based actress, model, and musician. Japanese father and an Algerian Berber mother
 * Maïwenn Le Besco and Isild Le Besco – French actress, Algerian grandfather, Vietnamese grandfather