Listed below are Maghrebis of note.

Modern Actors

Architects

Artists

Musicians

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

Philosophers

Politicians

Royalty

Sportspersons

Writers

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."He came from a line of princes or sheikhs of Libyan tribal descent", The New Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, 2002, v.7, p. 733. 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"Macrinus, by race a Moor, from Caesarea ", Cassius Dio, Dio's Rome, Kessinger Publishing, 2004, v.6, p. 21 Lusius Quietus, governor of Judaea under the emperor Trajan"Lusius Quietus was a Moor, himself a leader of the Moors", Cassius Dio, Dio's Rome, Kessinger Publishing, 2004, v.5, p. 117 Quintus Lollius Urbicus, governor of Britannia from 138 to 144"... a large Berber landowner like Lollius Urbicus governing Britain and conquering the Scottish lowlands ", Colin Wells, The Roman Empire, Harvard University Press, 2004, p. 151 Terence, (Publius Terentius Afer), Roman writer"...the playwright Terence was a Berber", Suzan Raven, Rome in Africa, Routledge, 1993, p. 122 Apuleius, Roman writer ("half-Numidian, half-Gaetulian")"Berbers : [...] The best known of them were the Roman author Apuleius, the Roman emperor Septimius Severus, and Augustine of Hippo, whose mother was a berber", Encyclopedia Americana, Scholastic Library Publishing, 2005, v.3, p. 569 Marcus Cornelius Fronto, Roman grammarian, rhetorician and advocate, was born at Cirta in modern AlgeriaAndré Berthier, L'Algérie et son passé (1951), Picard, 1951, p. 25 Tertullian, an early Christian theologian (born in the highly multiethnic, Phoenician-founded city of Carthage)"Un Berbère converti...", Charles-André Julien, Histoire de l'Afrique du Nord (1951), Payot, 2001, p. 226 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,"L'insurrection du berbère Tacfarinas...", Charles-André Julien, Histoire de l'Afrique du Nord (1951), Payot, 1951, v.1, p. 126 Firmus, who fought the Romans Between 372 and 375Charles-André Julien, Histoire de l'Afrique du Nord (1951), Payot, 1951, v.1, pp. 219–222 Gildo, who fought the Romans in 398 Abd ar-Rahman I (731–788), his mother was a Berber."Abd-ar-Rahman had lived for some time with his Berber mother's tribe", William Montgomery Watt, A History of Islamic Spain, Edinburgh University Press, 1996, p. 29. Al-Mansur (712–775), his mother was a Berber."his mother was a Berber slave", The New Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, 2002, v.7, p. 793. 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.Philip Khuri Hitti, The Arabs, A Short History, Regnery Gateway, 1996, p. 82 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

People of mixed Maghrebi and European ancestry Modern 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, Tunisian/French father and Algerian 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