List of Berber people

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This is a list of famous Amazigh people. The Amazigh are a transnational North African ethnic group who speak the Amazigh languages.

Royalty and nobility[]

Juba II

Ancient period[]

Macrinus
  • Osorkon the Elder, fifth king of the twenty-first dynasty of Ancient Egypt and was the first Pharaoh of Libyan origin
  • Shoshenq I, Egyptian Pharaoh of Libyan origin, founder of the Twenty-second dynasty of Egypt
  • , Numidian chieftain or King, ally of Agathocles of Syracuse.
  • Gaia, King of the Massylii (East-Numidia) until 206 BC.
  • Baga (also Bagas), king of Mauretania (or Maurusia, North Morocco) about 225 BC, ally of Massinissa of Numidia.
  • , King of Numidia for a short time in 206 BC, brother of King Gaia.
  • , member of the Massylii royal family. Led a coup to assassinate Capussa and install Lacumazes.
  • Capussa, son of Oezalces, King of Numidia for a short time in 206 BC, assassinated in a coup.
  • Lacumazes, youngest son of Oezalces, King of Numidia for a short time in 206 BC, puppet king installed in coup.
  • Syphax, King of the Masaesyli (West-Numidia) until 203 BC.
  • Masinissa, King of the Massylii, founder and King of Numidia, in present-day Algeria and Tunisia.
  • Vermina or Fermina, son of Syphax, King of the Masaesyli.
  • Archobarzane, son of Vermina, last King of the Masaesyli, led a failed attack against Massinissa.
  • Micipsa, King of Numidia, son of Massinissa.
  • Jugurtha, King of Numidia from 118 to 105 BC.
  • Hiempsal I, King of Numidia, son of Micipsa, assassinated by Jugurtha.
  • Adherbal, King of Numidia from 118 to 112 BC, son of Micipsa, murdered by Jugurtha.
  • Bocchus, king of Mauretania about 110 BC until 80 BC.
  • , son of Bocchus, army leader.
  • , son of Bocchus.
  • Gauda, King of Numidia from 105 to 88 BC, divided the kingdom between his sons upon his death.
  • Masteabar, petty king of West-Numidia.
  • Hiempsal II, king of Numidia, son of Gauda, 88 to 60 BC.
  • Hiarbas, usurper king of Numidia, defeated by Romans to restore Massinissa II on the throne. Died in 82 or 81 BC.
  • Masinissa II, petty king of West-Numidia (81 to 46 BC), son of Masteabar.
  • Mastanesosus, king of Mauretania from 80 to 49 BC, son of Bocchus.
  • Juba I, king of Numidia, 60 to 46 BC, son of Hiempsal II, defeated by Julius Caesar who annexed his kingdom.
  • Arabio or Arabion, last independent king of Numidia, son of Massinissa II.
  • Bogud, king of West-Mauretania, son of Mastanesosus, from 49 to 38 BC.
  • Bocchus II, king of East-Mauretania from 49 to 38 BC, then all of Mauretania until 33 BC. Son of Mastanesosus. Died without leaving heirs.
  • Juba II, son of Juba I. king of Numidia (30 to 25 BC) and then later moved to Mauretania (25 BC to 23 AD).
  • Ptolemy of Mauretania, last king of Mauretania (23 to 40 AD).
  • Macrinus, Roman emperor for 14 months in 217 and 218.
  • Aemilianus, Roman emperor.
  • Lusius Quietus, governor of Judaea and one of Trajan's chief generals
  • Quintus Lollius Urbicus, governor of Britannia from 138 to 144
  • Gildo, Roman general who turned against the Romans and fought them in 398
Kahina

Medieval period[]

Military[]

Antiquity[]

  • Aedemon, led a revolt against Romans after the assassination of King Ptolemy of Mauretania in 40 AD
  • Tacfarinas, fought the Romans in the Aures Mountains
  • Firmus, fought the Romans Between 372 and 375
  • Cutzinas (died January 563), Berber tribal leader who played a major role in the wars of the Byzantine Empire against the Berber tribes in Africa
  • Antalas (born c. 500), tribal leader who played a major role in the wars of the Byzantine Empire against the Berber tribes in Africa.
  • Ierna, tribal leader of the Laguatan and also high priest of the god Gurzil
  • Lusius Quietus, Roman general and governor of Judaea who conquered several cities in the middle east, as well as destroying the Jewish rebels of Judaea
  • Quintus Lollius Urbicus, governor of Britain and conquered Scotland, he also built the Antonine Wall

Medieval period[]

Lalla Fatma N'Soumer

Modern period[]

Larbi Ben M'Hidi
  • Abd el-Krim, leader of the Rif guerrillas against the Spanish and French colonizers
  • Larbi Ben M'Hidi
  • Abdelhafid Boussouf, founder of the Algerian Military intelligence
  • Mustapha Benboulaïd
  • Abane Ramdane, Algerian revolutionary fighter, assassinated in 1957 in an internal purge.
  • Krim Belkacem, Algerian revolutionary fighter, assassinated in 1970, allegedly by Algerian secret services.
  • Colonel Amirouche, Algerian revolutionary fighter, killed by French troops in 1959.
  • Lalla Fatma n Soumer, woman who led western Kabylie in battle against French troops.
  • Belkacem Radjef, early leading figure of the movement for independence.
  • Mohammed Ameziane, leader of the Moroccan Riffian resistance against the Spanish occupation of Northern Morocco.
  • Mulai Ahmed er Raisuni, leader of the Jebala tribal confederacy in Morocco
  • Mouha ou Hammou Zayani, Moroccan Berber military figure and tribal leader
  • Moha ou Said, Moroccan tribal leader who opposed French rule of the protectorate of Morocco.
  • Abdellah Zakour, Moroccan Soussi Berber military leader who opposed the French conquest of Morocco

Art[]

Terence
Kateb Yacine
Loreen
Ibn Battuta
Ahmed Ouyahia
Mouloud Mammeri
Souad Massi
Tinariwen

Writers and poets[]

Ancient period[]

  • Terence, (Publius Terentius Afer), Roman writer
  • Apuleius, (125–170), born in Madaurus (M'Daourouch), Philosopher and Rhetorician. Who wrote the only Latin novel to survive its entirety
  • Corippus, late Berber-Roman epic poet of the 6th century
  • Cresconius Africanus, Latin canon lawyer, possibly a Christian Bishop in the African Church

Medieval period[]

Modern period[]

  • Fadhma Aït Mansour, Algerian poet and folksinger. Mother of Jean Amrouche and Taos Amrouche
  • Taos Amrouche (4 March 1913 – 2 April 1976), Algerian writer and singer
  • Jean Amrouche (7 February 1906 – 16 April 1962), Algerian writer and Taos Amrouche's brother
  • Nadia Chafik (born 1962), Moroccan novelist
  • Mohamed Chafik (born 17 September 1926), Moroccan writer and the dean of the IRCAM.
  • Mohamed Choukri, Moroccan writer
  • Mouloud Kacem Naît Belkacem writer and defender of the Arab language in Algeria
  • Mouloud Feraoun, writer assassinated by the OAS
  • Assia Djebar, Algerian novelist, translator and filmmaker
  • Tahar Djaout, writer and journalisbet assassinated by the GIA in 1993
  • Hawad (born 1950), Tuareg poet and author
  • Issouf ag Maha Nigerien Tuareg writer
  • Kateb Yacine, Algerian writer
  • Mohammed Khaïr-Eddine, Moroccan poet and novelist
  • Ali Lmrabet, Moroccan journalist
  • Ahmed Sefrioui, Moroccan novelist and pioneer of Moroccan literature in the French language
  • Tahar Ouettar
  • Si Mohand, Kabyle folk poet

Music[]

Singers[]

Composers[]

  • Cheb i Sabbah, DJ and composer in Algeria

Bands[]

Performing Arts[]

Actors[]

  • Erika Sawajiri, Japanese actress, Japanese, Algerian mix
  • Isabelle Adjani, French actress and singer of Kabyle descent
  • Saïd Taghmaoui, French-American actor and screenwriter of Moroccan descent
  • Sofia Boutella, Algerian actress, model and dancer
  • El Hedi ben Salem, Moroccan Berber actor known for his work with German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Film directors[]

Dancers[]

  • Kamel Ouali, choreographer, dance teacher, teacher on the French reality TV show Star Academy France

Academic sciences[]

Linguistics and philology[]

Medieval times[]

  • Abu Hayyan al-Gharnati, commentator on the Quran and foremost Arabic grammarian of his era
  • Abu Musa al-Jazuli, philologian and grammarian
  • Ibn Adjurrum, famous grammarian of Arabic

Modern times[]

  • Saïd Cid Kaoui, Algerian berberologist and lexicographer
  • Boulifa, Algerian Berberologist and teacher
  • Salem Chaker, Algerian Berberologist and director of Berber at the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales in Paris. He is recognized as the "dean" of modern Berber studies
  • Mouloud Mammeri, writer, anthropologist and linguist.
  • Abdellah Bounfour, Moroccan linguist and philologist

History[]

Medieval period[]

Modern period[]

Science[]

Tertullian

Religion[]

Christians[]

Arius
St. Augustine
  • Tertullian, early Christian author
  • Pope Victor I, pope of the Roman Catholic Church (reigned 189–199)
  • Saint Cyprian of Carthage, bishop of Carthage and martyr (b. 200–210, d. 258)
  • Pope Miltiades, pope of the Roman Catholic Church (reigned 311–314)
  • Pope Gelasius I, pope of the Roman Catholic Church (reigned 492–496)
  • Saint Monica of Hippo (Thagaste/Souk Ahras), (322–387), Saint Augustine's mother
  • Saint Alypius, (360–430) from Thagaste, bishop of Thagaste (394)
  • Faustus of Mileve, from Milevis, bishop of Milevis (Mila) late 4th century
  • Saint Augustine of Hippo, (354–430), from Thagaste (Souk Ahras), bishop of Hippo Regius (Annaba) (395)
  • Arius, proposed the doctrine of Arianism
  • Donatus Magnus, leader of the Donatist schism
  • Adrian of Canterbury, Abbot of St Augustine's Abbey in Canterbury

Muslims[]

Other[]

Law[]

Travel[]

  • Ibn Battuta (1304–1377), Moroccan traveller and explorer
  • Leo Africanus (c. 1494 – c. 1554), Berber Andalusi diplomat and Travel writer
  • Estevanico (1500–1539), Moroccan explorer, who became the first North African of Berber origin to explore North America

Politics[]

Hocine Aït Ahmed

Politicians[]

  • Thami El Glaoui, Pasha of Marrakesh 1912–1956
  • Mohand Arav Bessaoud, Algerian writer and activist. He was described as the spiritual father of Berberism.
  • Saïd Sadi, secularist politician
  • Massinissa Akandouch, Riffian activist (2001)
  • Belkacem Radjef (1909–1989), politician; co-founder Etoile Nord-Africaine (1933); founder of Secours National Algerien (1962).
  • Hocine Aït Ahmed, Algerian revolutionary fighter and secularist politician
  • Sidi Said, leader of the Algerian syndicate of workers : UGTA
  • Khalida Toumi, Algerian feminist and secularist, currently spokesperson for the Algerian government
  • Ahmed Ouyahia, Prime Minister of Algeria
  • Belaïd Abrika, one of the spokesmen of the Arouch
  • Saadeddine Othmani, deputy of Inezgane, an outer suburb of Agadir, is the leader of the Justice and Development Party (Islamist) and head of the Moroccan government.
  • Liamine Zeroual and Houari Boumedienne, former Presidents of Algeria
  • Nouri Abusahmain, President of the Libyan General National Congress
  • Mohamed Seghir Boushaki
  • Liamine Zéroual, President of Algeria between 1994 and 1999
  • Hamid Algabid, Prime Minister of Niger 1983–1988 and Secretary General of the OIC 1989–1996
Zinedine Zidane

Sport[]

References[]

  1. ^ The Zīrids of Granada - Andrew Handler University of Miami Press, 1974
  2. ^ Ibn ?azm of Cordoba: The Life and Works of a Controversial Thinker
  3. ^ Al-Andalus: The Art of Islamic Spain
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