producer, songwriter; French-Algerian artist, worked with several famous artists. Jazz Franck Amsallem, jazz pianist, arranger, composer and singer Michel Benita, double bass player Mohamed Rouane, Casbah-jazz, mondol player Martial Solal, jazz pianist and composer Musiques du monde Mohamed Abdennour (Ptit Moh) composer, arranger, instrumentalist, variety of musical forms, Algerian mandole player Djamel Laroussi, singer, composer, songwriter, arranger and guitar player Pop Baaziz, singer Enrico Macias (Gaston Ghrenassia), singer Souad Massi, singer Line Monty (Eliane Sarfati), singer Rajae El Mouhandiz, Dutch/Moroccan/Algerian singer, recording artist, storyteller and poet Zaho, singer Rai Messaoud Bellemou, raï musician, one of the most influential musicians of modern raï Safy Boutella, musician, composer Cheb Hasni, raï musician Cheb Mami, raï musician, also known as Mohamed Khelifati Faudel, raï musician Khaled, raï musician, also known as Khaled El Hadj Brahim Raïna Raï, band Cheikha Rimitti, rai musician Rachid Taha, raï–rock musician Cheb Tarik, raï musician Rap Fianso, Franco-Algerian rapper. Kenza Farah, Algerian singer-songwriter, Rap, R&B and Hip-Hop; sings in French language. Lacrim, French-Algerian rapper, songwriter, has many hits in French game and American game. L'Algerino, singer and rapper. Double Kanon, rapper, MC, producer, songwriter; songs engaging tracks against political system. PNL (Rap Duo), acronym of Peace N' Lovés, rap duo composed of two brothers: Ademo & N.O.S. Soolking, Algerian singer and rapper; he incorporates reggae, soul, hip hop and Algerian raï in his music. Rock Rachid Taha, singer, musician Religious figures Abdelkader El Djezairi, religious and military leader, Islamic scholar and Sufi Augustine of Hippo, Christian theologian Ahmad al-Alawi, Founder of the Sufi Alawiyya order Abdul Baqi Miftah, Sunni Muslim scholar and writer Scholars and academics Economists Jacques Attali, economist, writer, and senior civil servant Historians Mohamed Harbi, independence war historian Ibn Hammad (historian), medieval historian Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari, Algerian historian born in the 16th century Linguistics Abderrahmane Hadj-Salah, 20th century linguist and president of the Algerian Academy of the Arabic Language Saïd Cid Kaoui, 19th century lexicographer and interpreter focusing on Berber Judah ibn Kuraish, 9th century Algerian grammarian and lexicographer focusing on Hebrew Ibn Muti al-Zawawi, 13th century Algerian grammarian focusing on Arabic Mouloud Mammeri, 20th century anthropologist, linguist, poet, writer Mohamed Bencheneb, 19th century linguist and historian Science Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, physicist, Nobel prize (1997) Elias Zerhouni, radiologist and medical researcher Henri Atlan, biophysicist and philosopher Maamar Bettayeb, control theorist and systems scientist Mohamed Belhocine, internal medicine and epidemiology researcher Mustapha Ishak Boushaki, cosmologist and relativity