This is a list of Kabyle people.
Cinema
Isabelle Adjani (born 1955), actress and singer (half German) Karim Aïnouz (born 1966), film director and visual artist (half Brazilian) Rouiched (1921–1999), comedy actor and singer Ramzy Bedia (born 1972), actor, screenwriter and film director (half Algerian) Dany Boon (born 1966), actor, film director, screenwriter and producer (half French) Habiba Djahnine (born 1968), film producer, writer and essayist Fellag (born 1950), comedian, writer, humorist and actor Tony Gatlif (born 1948), film director, producer, screenwriter, actor and composer Mohamed Hilmi (1931–2022), actor and director Jalil Lespert (born 1976), actor, screenwriter and director (half French Pieds-noirs) Marie-José Nat (1940–2019), actress (half French) Daniel Prévost (born 1939), actor, comedian and writer (half French) Fatima Sissani (born 1970), documentary filmmaker Jacques Villeret (1951–2005), actor (half French) Fatma Zohra Zamoum (born 1967), filmmaker, writer and educator Claude Zidi (born 1934), film director and screenwriter (half French)
Artists
Baya (1931–1998), surrealist, primitive, naïve and modern painter and ceramist M'hamed Issiakhem (1928–1985), one of the founders of the modern Algerian painting Hamid Tibouchi (born 1951), painter and poet Rezki Zerarti (1938–2024), cubist painter Hocine Ziani (born 1953), painter and artist in plastic arts
Leaders and politicians
Modern
Ahmed Ait Mokran (died 1596), Amokrane of the Ait Abbas (1559–1596) Boumezrag Ait Mokran ( 1836–1905), last Amokrane of the Ait Abbas and caid of the Ouennougha, leader of the Mokrani Revolt Naceur Ait Mokran (died 1600), Amokrane of the Ait Abbas (1596–1600) Cheikh Mokrani (1815–1871), Amokrane, Caliph of the Medjana (1831–1838) and leader of the Mokrani Revolt Abdelaziz Ou Abbas (died 1559), Amokrane of the Ait Abbas (1510–1559) Ahmed Ou Lqadi ( 1480–1527), Agellid of Kingdom of Kuku
Comtemporary
Ferhat Abbas (1899–1985), Algerian politician Ali Yahia Abdennour (1921–2021), politician, lawyer and human rights activist Belaid Abdessalam (1928–2020), politician, Prime Minister of Algeria (1992–1993) Belaïd Abrika (born 1969), leader and spokesperson of the Arouch Movement, professor Hocine Aït Ahmed (1926–2015), politician and former rebel, founder of the FFS and lawyer Bouaziz Ait Chebib (born 1973), Kabyle nationalist politician, 4th president of the MAK (2011–2016), founder of the URK and the AKAL Fadela Amara (born 1964), French politician Mohand Arav Bessaoud (1924–2002), Amazighist politician, writer, activist and soldier of the ALN, co-founded of the Agraw Imazighen Djamel Beghal, French-Algerian islamic terrorist Yamina Benguigui, French politician, film director Ahmed Boumendjel (1908–1982), politician and lawyer Lyès Deriche (1928–2001), politician and revolutionary Abderrahmane Farès (1911–1991), Chairman of the Provisional Executive of Algeria (1962) Lydia Guirous (born 1984), French politician Smail Hamdani (1930–2017), politician, Prime Minister of Algeria (1998–1999) Aïssat Idir (1915–1959), syndicalist and founder of the UGTA Krim Belkacem (1922–1970), historical leader of National Liberation Front (Algeria), assassinated in 1970 Hadja Lahbib (born 1970), Belgian politician, journalist, television presenter and director Ramtane Lamamra (born 1952), diplomat and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2021–2023) Belkacem Lounes (born 1955), politician, economist, activist and President of the World Amazigh Congress (2002–2011) Ali André Mécili (born 1940), French-Algerian politician and lawyer, assassinated in 1987 Mohamed Mediène (born 1936), Algerian intelligence office, forger head of the DRS Ferhat Mehenni (born 1951), Kabyle nationalist politician, singer, writer, secularist, founder of the MAK and President of the Kabyle Government in Exile Kasdi Merbah (1938–1993), nationalist politician, member of the Oujda Group, assassinated in 1993 Mouloud Kacem Naît Belkacem (1927–1992), Pan-Arabist politician Karim Ouchikh (born 1965), French politician, vice-president of the National Council of European Resistance and co-founder of SIEL Belkacem Radjef (1909–1989), politician and militant for the independence of Algeria Abane Ramdane (1920–1957), politician activist and revolutionary, assassinated in 1957 Saïd Sadi (born 1947), politician, founder and president of the RCD (1989–2012) Mohand Cherif Sahli (1906–1989), ambassador of Algeria, historian and writer Abdelmadjid Sidi Said (born 1949), politician, President of the UGTA Hocine Zehouane (1935–2025), politician, human rights activist and president of the Algerian League for Human Rights (2005–2007)
Literature
Arezki Aït-Larbi (born 1955), journalist and human rights activist Fadhma Aït Mansour ( 1882–1967), poet and folksinger Jean Amrouche (1906–1962), writer, poet and journalist Taos Amrouche (1913–1976), Amazighist writer and singer, first Kabyle woman to publish a novel, co-founder of the Agraw Imazighen Rachid Arhab (born 1955), journalist and member of the CSA Ahmed Azeggagh (1942–2003), poet, novelist and journalist Mohammed Benchicou (born 1952), director and publisher of the newspaper Le Matin Aziz Chouaki (born 1951), writer and playwright Tahar Djaout (1954–1993), journalist, poet and fiction writer, assassinated by the Armed Islamic Group in 1993 Nabile Farès (1940–2016), novelist Mouloud Feraoun (1913–1962), writer and martyr of the Algerian revolution, assassinated by the OAS Salima Ghezali (born 1958), journalist and writer Malek Haddad (1927–1978), poet and writer and former Algerian Council of the Nation member (2016–2018) Louisette Ighilahriz (born 1936), writer Saïd Mekbel (1940–1994), journalist and satirist, assassinated in 1994 Arezki Metref (born 1952), writer, poet and journalist Rachid Mimouni (1945–1995), writer, teacher and human rights activist Salem Zenia (born 1962), writer, journalist and poet Alice Zeniter (born 1986), novelist, translator, scriptwriter, dramatist and director (half French) Youcef Zirem (born 1964), writer, activist and journalist
Military
Cheikh Aheddad (1790–1873), prominent leader in the Mokrani Revolt and chief of the Rahmaniyya brotherhood Amirouche Aït Hamouda (1926–1959), military leader and revolutionary during the Algerian War Safiyy al-Dawla, Kutama Fatimid Governor of Aleppo (1022–1023) Mourad Didouche (1927–1955), revolutionary, political and militant figure of the Algerian War Raïs Hamidou (1770–1815), Barbary corsair and Admiral in Ottoman Algeria Ahmed Mahsas (1923–2013), fighter in the Algerian nationalist movement and member of the Special Organisation Lalla Fatma N'Soumer ( 1830–1863), Igawawen member who led western Kabylia, in battle against French troops Al-Hasan ou Ahmad, Kutama Fatimid Governor of Sicily and kairouan (909–914), Da'i (902–914), Commander of the army (902–914) and navy (909–914) Ja'far ou Fallah (died 971), Kutama Fatimid military commander and governor Ali ou Ja'far, Kutama Fatimid military commander and governor (1000–1021) and son of Ja'far Mohand ou Zamoum (1795–1843), marabout who participated in the Kabyle resistance during the French conquest of Algeria Omar ou Zamoum (1836–1898), marabout who participated in the Mokrani Revolt Saïd Mohammedi (1912–1994), revolutionary soldier during the Algerian War Mohamed Saïl (1894–1953), journalist, revolutionary, participated at the Spanish Civil War
Musicians
Chaabi Abdelkader Chaou (born 1941), singer-songwriter and mandole player known for his own style of chaabi El Hadj M'Hamed El Anka (1907–1978), chaabi musician considered as a Grand Master of Andalusian classical music and chaabi Cheikh El Hasnaoui (1910–2002), composer, musician and singer Amar Ezzahi (1941–2016), singer and mandole player and figurehead of chaabi Hsissen (1929–1958), composer and singer of chaabi music Kamel Messaoudi (1961–1998), chaabi singer and instrumentalist Rachid Taha (1958–2018), singer-songwriter and activist (half Algerian) Mustapha Toumi (1937–2013), songwriter, composer, lyricist, composer, poet and painter
Classical Mohamed Iguerbouchène (1907–1966), composer, musician and musicologist Kabyle Abderrahmane Abdelli (born 1958), author, composer and singer Amour Abdenour (born 1952), singer, songwriter, composer Lounis Ait Menguellet (born 1950), singer and poet Farid Ali (1919–1981), singer and composer Slimane Azem (1918–1983), singer and poet Chérifa (1926–2014), singer-songwriter Malika Domrane (born 1956), singer and militant for women's rights and the Berber cultural identity Idir (1945–2020), singer-songwriter, record producer and musician referred to as the "King of Amazigh music" Lounès Matoub (1956–1998), singer, songwriter, poet, secularist and activist for the Amazigh cause assassinated in 1998 Akli Yahiatene singer and composer Others Alain Bashung (1947–2009), singer, songwriter, actor (half French) Baaziz (born 1963), singer and songwriter Chimène Badi (born 1982), singer, songwriter (half Algerian Harki) Étienne Daho (born 1956), singer-songwriter (half Spaniard Pieds-noirs) DJ Snake (born 1986), record producer, disc jockey and songwriter (half French) Kenza Farah (born 1986), singer, songwriter, rapper Juliette (born 1962), singer, songwriter, composer Souad Massi (born 1972), singer, songwriter and guitarist Marcel Mouloudji (1922–1994), singer, actor and writer (half French) Rim'K (born 1978), French singer Sinik (born 1980), French singer (half French) Soolking (born 1989), singer Takfarinas (born 1958), singer, songwriter and musician
Philosophers and humanists
Si Mohand ( 1848–1905), poet and philosopher
Religion
Mohammed Arkoun (1928–2010), Islamologist Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine (died 1793/1794), Muslim scholar, Sufi saint, founder and Sheikh of the Rahmaniyya
Sciences
Noureddine Melikechi (born 1958), atomic, molecular and optical physicist
Social scientists
Boulifa ( 1865–1931), linguist and precursor of Amazighist Mouloud Mammeri (1917–1989), writer, anthropologist and linguist, whose censorship sparked Berber Spring Abdelmalek Sayad (1933–1998), sociologist, first as an assistant to Pierre Bourdieu, research director at the CNRS Tassadit Yacine (born 1949), anthropologist specialised in Amazigh culture Salem Chaker (born 1950), linguist
Sports
Samir Aït Saïd (born 1989), artistic gymnast, 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships bronze medalist 2013 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships champion Martial arts Larbi Benboudaoud (born 1974), World (1999) and European champion (1998, 1999) Abdelhafid Benchabla (born 1986), amateur boxer and current World Series of Boxing Light heavyweight champion Loucif Hamani (1950–2021), boxer and African chanmpion Ali Idir (born 1966), judoka, European and World champion Salim Medjkoune (born 1972), boxer, French champion (1995, 2000), European champion (2001–2002) and super bantamweight World champion (2002–2003)
Football
Djamel Abdoun (born 1986), winger Maghnes Akliouche (born 2002), French footballer Hakim Arezki, French blind footballer, took part in the Black spring (Kabylia) Salah Assad (born 1958), forward for Algeria and holder of the record of most scored goals at the World Cup with Islam Slimani Karim Belhocine (born 1978), defensive midfielder and current head coach of JS Kabylie Abdelhak Benchikha (born 1963), football coach for IR Tanger and former player Abdelaziz Ben Tifour (1927–1970), midfielder, player for France then the FLN football team Karim Benzema (born 1987), striker for Real Madrid and France. 2022 UEFA Player of the Year and Ballon d'Or (half Algerian) Mustapha Dahleb (born 1952), midfielder and PSG player Ali Fergani (born 1952), midfielder Mohand Chérif Hannachi (1950–2020), central defender and chairman of JS Kabylie (1993–2017)