and comedian Rouiched, comedy actor Lyes Salem, actor and film director Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir, actor, director, and man of stage Patrick Timsit, comedian, writer, and film director Larbi Zekkal, actor and comedian Marlène Jobert, actress, singer and author Eva Green, actress and model Directors and filmmakers Merzak Allouache, film director Abdelkader Alloula, theatre producer Jean-Luc Azoulay, television producer Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, film director, Palme d'Or at the 1975 Cannes Festival Ahmed Rachedi, film director–producer, pioneer of Algerian cinema Fatma Zohra Zamoum, film director Illustrators Ali Dilem, editorial cartoonist Baya, painter Feriel Boushaki, contemporary artist Hocine Ziani, painter Le Hic, editorial cartoonist Rezki Zerarti, painter Leaders and politicians Ancient Algeria Juba I, 1st-century BC, King of Numidia under Roman rule Juba II, 1st-century BC, King of Numidia under Roman rule Jugurtha, 2nd-century BC, King of Numidia Massinissa, 3rd-century BC, King of Numidia Tacfarinas, leader of a rebellion against the Romans Macrinus, Roman Emperor Pope Gelasius I, Pope from 1 March 492 to his death in 496 Quintus Lollius Urbicus, Governor of Roman Britain Early Islamic Algeria Abu Qurra, proclaimed Caliph by the banu ifran Berber tribe, founder of the indigenous Berber Muslim movement of Kharijite tendencies in North Africa and also founder of the Emirate of Tlemcen. Ibn Rustom, of Persian descent, founder of the Rustamid dynasty centered around Tiaret in modern-day Algeria. Buluggin ibn Ziri, 10th-century Emir; founder of the city of Algiers (Ed'Zayer in Algerian Arabic refers to his father Ziri ibn Menad, founder of the Zirid dynasty) Hammad ibn Buluggin, founder and first Sultan of the Hammadid dynasty centered around Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad from 1008 to 1090 then Béjaïa from 1090 to 1152. Abd al-Mu'min, first Caliph and founder of the Almohad dynasty. Yaghmurasen Ibn Zyan, founder and first Sultan of the Zayyanid dynasty centered around Tlemcen in modern-day Algeria. Ottoman Algeria Hassan Agha, 16th-century Prince of Algiers; defeated Emperor Charles V in Algiers Baba Aruj, 16th-century corsair; leader of the Regency of Algiers Hayreddin Barbarossa, brother and successor of Aruj Rais Hamidou, Nicknamed 'Amir el Bihar' (leader of the seas) Admiral and last great leader of the Algerian Navy, of Berber descent. Zymen Danseker, A Dutch privateer during the Eighty Years' War, became admiral of the Algerian fleet from 1600 to 1610. He is said to have introduced the round ship to the Algerians. Sulayman Reis, A Dutch privateer during the Eighty Years' War; later