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Born in Oran, French Algeria in 1958, Alain Chabat moved with his family to Massy, a suburb of Paris, as the Algeria War came to an end in 1963. In 1987, he started a comedy sketch group for television called Les Nuls which developed a cult following. His acting career led to four Césars awards for films and a gig dubbing the character of Shrek for the French release versions of the franchise.

Nicole Garcia was born on 22 April 1946 in Oran, France [now Algeria]. She is an actress and writer, known for From the Land of the Moon (2016), My American Uncle (1980) and Alias Betty (2001).

Patrick Bruel was born on May 14, 1959 in Tlemcen, Oran, France as Patrick Benguigui. He is one of the most famous French singer and actor, known for Le prénom (2012), and Un secret (2007). He was married to writer Amanda Sthers from September 2004 to 2008 . They have two children Oscar and Leon.

Marilyne Canto was born on 18 October 1961 in Oran, Algeria. She is an actress and director, known for Fais de beaux rêves (2005), Sense of Humor (2013) and Nouilles (1987). She was previously married to Benoît Régent.

Saint Laurent was the son of senior insurance executive Charles Saint-Laurent and his wife Lucienne Mathieu. The grandparents of both families came from Alsace-Lorraine and fled to North Africa during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71. When he was 17, Saint Laurent moved alone to Paris, where he trained as a fashion and stage designer at the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture fashion school. Saint Laurent first gained recognition in 1954 when he won first prize from the International Wool Secretariat. Now the then editor-in-chief of "Vogue", Michel de Brunhoff, became aware of his work, and he published numerous designs in the French edition of the fashion magazine that same year.

The response was overwhelming and Saint Laurent got a job as a designer at Christian Dior, where he also received further training. Within a few months he rose to become the second key couturier, alongside Christian Dior as his protege, who was significantly involved in all the innovations. After a heart attack, Christian Dior died on October 24, 1957 and Saint Laurent became his successor as art director at Dior. In 1958 he created his first complete collection for Dior with great success, in which he continued Dior's typical "New Look line". In his 1959 collection, he broke the house's tradition and instead presented a completely new and avant-garde work with American influences, which he christened "Beat-Look". However, the House of Dior did not want to give up its traditional line, which is why Saint Laurent left the Dior company.

In 1960, after many years of exemption, Saint Laurent was drafted into military service. In 1962 he returned to Paris, where, with the help of his friend Pierre Bergé, he opened his own couture house under his own name. In the first year, Saint Laurent took part in the ready-to-wear show in Paris with the continuation of the "Beat Look" collection. He celebrated his international breakthrough as a fashion designer in 1963 with the so-called "Op Art fashion". Colorful costumes in the style of Piet Mondriaan followed in 1965 and the "Zhivago look" emerged in 1966 with the first transparent tops and trench coats. These models were sold within the newly founded "Rive Gauche" line, for which the first boutique was opened in Paris in 1966. Other popularizing impulses from the house of Yves Saint Laurent were a new "nostalgic look" at the end of the 1960s and the "noble farmer's wife look" in trendy colors in the mid-1970s.

At the beginning of the 1980s, Saint Laurent designed bolero and lift boy jackets and his fragrance "Opium" became the most internationally successful perfume alongside "No. 5" by Coco Chanel. He also attracted attention in the 1980s, as in 1967 for "Belle de Jour", with his design for numerous theater and ballet pieces. In 1983, works by Yves Saint Laurent were exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum in New York. He was the first living fashion designer to receive this honor. In 1985 he received the fashion world's highest award, the "Oscar de la mode", for his entire work and was elevated to the Legion of Honor by President François Mitterand. After further successful years in which Yves Saint Laurent was appointed Officer of the Legion of Honor in 1995, he showed the last ready-to-wear collection for the "Rive Gauche" label in October 1998.

In 1999, the company, which over the years also designed men's fashion, furs, jewelry, perfumes and a range of accessories in its haute couture, was acquired by the Italian fashion house Gucci. In the following years, Gucci designer Tom Ford was also one of the leading creative staff at Yves Saint Laurent. He also stepped down as a consultant and designer in 2002.

Yves Saint Laurent died on June 1, 2008 in Paris.

Miloud Mourad Benamara was born on 28 October 1977 in Oran, Algeria. He is an actor, known for House of Gucci (2021), Spectre (2015) and Humam (2019).

Bernard-Henri Lévy is a French philosopher and one of the most esteemed and bestselling writers in Europe. He is the author of over 30 books, including works of philosophy, fiction, and biography. American Vertigo: Traveling America in the Footsteps of Tocqueville was a New York Times bestseller (2006). Subsequent books in English are Left in Dark Times: A Stand Against the New Barbarism (2008) and, with Michel Houellebecq, Public Enemies: Dueling Writers Take on Each Other and the World (2011). His play, "Hotel Europe," which premiers in Sarajevo on June 27, 2014, and in Paris on September 9, is a cry of alarm about the crisis facing the European project and the dream behind it. Lévy gained renown for his documentary film about the Bosnian conflict, Bosna! (1994). After starting his career as a war reporter for Combat - the legendary newspaper founded by Albert Camus during the Nazi occupation of France - for which he covered the war between Pakistan and India over Bangladesh, Lévy was instrumental in the founding of the New Philosophers group. His 1977 book Barbarism with a Human Face launched an unprecedented controversy over the European left's complicity with totalitarianism. Lévy's cultural commentary, novels and journalism have continued to stir up such excitement that The Guardian noted he is 'accorded the kind of adulation in France that most countries reserve for their rock stars.' Lévy has undertaken several diplomatic missions for the French government. He was appointed by French President Jacques Chirac to head a fact-finding mission to Afghanistan in 2002 in the wake of the war against the Taliban, a war that Lévy supported. He has traveled to the world's most troubled areas. He followed the trail of Daniel Pearl in Pakistan to research his 'investigative novel' Who Killed Daniel Pearl? (2003). His book War, Evil, and the End of History (2004) took him to the sites of what he calls the world's forgotten wars, from Colombia to Sri Lanka. His reportage and commentary from Israel during the 2006 Lebanon war appeared to wide acclaim, in among others, the New York Times Magazine. And after an extensive, clandestine visit to Darfur in 2007, he reported on the ethnic cleansing and genocide there for Le Monde and for The New Republic. His first-hand account of the fall of Moammar Gaddafi in Libya appeared in the form of a writer's journal and a documentary film (The Oath of Tobruk, which debuted at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival). His new book "The Genius of Judaism", published in France this year, in February, is very successful. Since many months, Bernard-Henri Lévy is a strong support of the Kurdish cause in Irak against ISIS and he is working also on a film about the "Peshmergas", the Kurdish fighters in Iraq. His film Peshmerga (2016) has been added to the Cannes Film Festival in may 2016.

Jean Benguigui was born on 8 April 1944 in Oran, Oran, France [now Algeria]. He is an actor, known for Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002), Aïcha (2008) and Ali Baba (2007).

Born in Algeria but now based in France, Khaled is known as the king of rai. He was born Khaled Hadj Brahim in 1960 in Sidi-El-Houri. Along with Egyptian, Spanish and French music influences, Khaled also listened to the Beatles and James Brown as a child. After learning to sing and play accordion, he left school at age 16 to record his first single. With a blend of funk, reggae and Arabic music, Khaled soon pioneered the transformation of rai from a local style to worldwide popularity by adding a synthesizer and drum machine. He moved to France in 1986 and released Kutche, his debut album. His first domestic work was a 1993 self-titled album. N'ssi N'ssi appeared the following year. 1996 saw the release of Sahra, and three years later King of Rai appeared. In early 2000, 1,2,3 Soleils, a trio recording also featuring Rachid Taha and Faudel, was released. Elle Ne Peut Pas Vivre Sans Lui was issued later that fall with El Lil Ou Nour appearing in early 2001.

Anne Alvaro was born on 29 October 1951 in Oran, Algeria, France. She is an actress, known for The Taste of Others (2000), The Clink of Ice (2010) and Last Love (2013).

Valérie Benguigui was born on 8 July 1961 in Oran, Algeria. She was an actress, known for What's in a Name? (2012), The Class (2008) and I Got a Woman (1997). She was married to Eric Wapler. She died on 2 September 2013 in Paris, France.

Marcellin "Marcel" Cerdan was a French professional boxer and world middleweight champion who was considered by many boxing experts and fans to be France's greatest boxer, and beyond to be one of the best to have learned his craft in Africa. His life was marked by his sporting achievements, social lifestyle and ultimately, tragedy, being killed in an airplane crash.

Marc Missonnier was born on 21 November 1970 in Oran, Algeria. He is a producer, known for 8 Women (2002), Swimming Pool (2003) and The Next Three Days (2010).

Marie France was born on 9 February 1946 in Oran, Oran, France [now Algeria]. She is an actress, known for 4 Days in France (2016), Spermula (1976) and Hunter Nights.

Orane Demazis was born on 4 September 1894 in Oran, Oran, France [now Algeria]. She was an actress, known for Angele (1934), Marius (1931) and Les Misérables (1934). She died on 25 December 1991 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France.

Rachid Taha was born on 18 September 1958 in Sig, Oran, Algeria. He was a composer and actor, known for Lionheart (1990), The Hunting Party (2007) and Black Hawk Down (2001). He died on 12 September 2018 in Les Lilas, Seine-Saint-Denis, île-de-France, France.

Jacques Fieschi was born on 27 August 1948 in Oran, Algeria, France. He is a writer and actor, known for La Californie (2006), A Heart in Winter (1992) and Lost Illusions (2021).

Louise Lagrange was born on 19 August 1898 in Oran, Oran, France [now Algeria]. She was an actress, known for The Side Show of Life (1924), Judex 34 (1934) and Le petit écart (1932). She was married to Maurice Tourneur and William Elliott. She died on 28 February 1979 in Paris, France.

Yasmina Djaballah was born on 2 April 1971 in Oran, Algeria. She is an actress, known for Die Deutschen (2008), Tatort (1970) and Märzfieber (2003).

Descended from French naval officers, Simone Melchior married Jacques-Yves Cousteau in Paris on 12 July 1937. She was an integral part of the many expeditions of film-making and oceanography that made Cousteau famous. She spent years living about Calypso, the converted WWII minesweeper that Cousteau outfitted as an oceanographic vessel. Her two sons, Jean-Michel Cousteau (b. 1938) and Philippe Cousteau (b. 1940 d. 1979) were also active in film-making and marine exploration and conservation.

Mohamed Chouikh was born in 1943 in Mostaganem, Oran, France [now Algeria]. He is a director and actor, known for The Ark of the Desert (1997), The Citadel (1988) and Youcef (1994). He was previously married to Yamina Bachir.

Mehdi Charef was born on 21 October 1952 in Marnia, Oran, France [now Algeria]. He is a writer and director, known for Tea in the Harem (1985), Au pays des Juliets (1992) and Daughter of Keltoum (2001).

Mustapha Barat was born on 2 August 1959 in Oran, Algeria. He is a producer and cinematographer, known for Moisture (2023), Estátua de Lama (2004) and Pátria Minha (1994).

Étienne Daho was born on 14 January 1956 in Oran, Oran, France [now Algeria]. He is an actor and writer, known for Irreversible (2002), Killing Eve (2018) and The Pillow Book (1995).

Sofia Djama was born in Oran, Algeria. and grew up in Béjaïa. In 1999, she went to Algiers to study letters and foreign languages, the city which she settled in later. She then worked in the advertising field and simultaneously writes short stories, one of which she will shoot a few years later her short film: Mollement, un samedi matin (2012) the story of a rapist with broke erection. she won two prizes at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in 2012 for it.

Her 2017 feature film debut is The Blessed (2017) (Les Bienheureux), a coming-of-age story set in Algiers in 2008, starring Nadia Kaci and Sami Bouajila. The movie had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, and was one of only two films there from African directors. it won three awards in the Orizzonti section (Horizons) section of the Venice Film Festival, with the Best Actress award going to Lyna Khoudri, and the Brian Award for "best champions human rights, democracy, pluralism and freedom of thought", and the Lina Mangiacapre Award for a film which "changes the image of women in the cinema". and In January 2018, with her film "Les Bienheureux" she participated in the 19th edition of the Black Movie in Geneva, Switzerland where she won the public prize.