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The Most Famous

MUSICIANS from Tunisia

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This page contains a list of the greatest Tunisian Musicians. The pantheon dataset contains 2,662 Musicians, 3 of which were born in Tunisia. This makes Tunisia the birth place of the 56th most number of Musicians behind Hong Kong and Indonesia.

Top 3

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Tunisian Musicians of all time. This list of famous Tunisian Musicians is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Anouar Brahem (1957 - )

With an HPI of 46.46, Anouar Brahem is the most famous Tunisian Musician.  His biography has been translated into 16 different languages on wikipedia.

Anouar Brahem (Arabic: أنور براهم أنور براهم; born on 20 October 1957) is a Tunisian oud player and composer. He is widely acclaimed as an innovator in his field. Performing primarily for a jazz audience, he combines Arabic classical music, folk music and jazz and has been recording since at least 1991, after becoming prominent in his own country in the late 1980s.

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2. Brigitte Engerer (1952 - 2012)

With an HPI of 45.46, Brigitte Engerer is the 2nd most famous Tunisian Musician.  Her biography has been translated into 18 different languages.

Brigitte Engerer (French: [ɑ̃ɡəʁɛʁ]; 27 October 1952 – 23 June 2012) was a French pianist.

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3. Dhafer Youssef (1967 - )

With an HPI of 41.64, Dhafer Youssef is the 3rd most famous Tunisian Musician.  Her biography has been translated into 18 different languages.

Dhafer Youssef (Arabic: ظافر يوسف; born 19 November 1967) is a Tunisian composer, singer and oud player.

Pantheon has 3 people classified as musicians born between 1952 and 1967. Of these 3, 2 (66.67%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living musicians include Anouar Brahem and Dhafer Youssef. The most famous deceased musicians include Brigitte Engerer.

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