Tunis
Tunis ranks 229th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Leeds, Busan, and Kagoshima Prefecture. Memorable people born in Tunis include Ibn Khaldun, Claudia Cardinale, and Sandra Milo. Memorable people who died in Tunis include Louis IX of France, Beji Caid Essebsi, and Leo Africanus. Tunis has been the birth place of many soccer players, and athletes and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Tunis is located in Tunisia.
Tunis is the capital and largest city of Tunisia. The greater metropolitan area of Tunis, often referred to as "Grand Tunis", has about 2,700,000 inhabitants. As of 2020, it is the third-largest city in the Maghreb region and the eleventh-largest in the Arab world. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 0 and 2001, Tunis was the birth place of 71 globally memorable people, including Ibn Khaldun, Claudia Cardinale, and Sandra Milo. Additionaly, 17 globally memorable people have passed away in Tunis including Louis IX of France, Beji Caid Essebsi, and Leo Africanus.
People Born in Tunis
Go to all RankingsIbn Khaldun
HISTORIAN
1332 - 1406
HPI: 82.30
Rank: 1
Claudia Cardinale
ACTOR
1938 - Present
HPI: 75.21
Rank: 2
Sandra Milo
ACTOR
1933 - 2024
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 3
Fouad Mebazaa
POLITICIAN
1933 - Present
HPI: 60.95
Rank: 4
Georges Wolinski
COMIC ARTIST
1934 - 2015
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 5
Kais Saied
POLITICIAN
1958 - Present
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 6
Azzedine Alaïa
POLITICIAN
1935 - 2017
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 7
Albert Memmi
WRITER
1920 - 2020
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 8
Nicola Pietrangeli
TENNIS PLAYER
1933 - Present
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 9
Abdellatif Kechiche
ACTOR
1960 - Present
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 10
Ahmed Hachani
POLITICIAN
1956 - Present
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 11
Bertrand Delanoë
POLITICIAN
1950 - Present
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Tunis
Go to all RankingsAhmed Hachani
POLITICIAN
1956 - Present
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 11
Tewhida Ben Sheikh
PHYSICIAN
1909 - 2010
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 16
Carlos Marcello
MAFIOSO
1910 - 1993
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 17
Pierre Darmon
TENNIS PLAYER
1934 - Present
HPI: 47.90
Rank: 19
Ammar Souayah
SOCCER PLAYER
1957 - Present
HPI: 41.87
Rank: 32
Emel Mathlouthi
SINGER
1982 - Present
HPI: 38.25
Rank: 39
Seifeddine Jaziri
SOCCER PLAYER
1993 - Present
HPI: 30.44
Rank: 47
Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane
SOCCER PLAYER
1999 - Present
HPI: 29.10
Rank: 50
Emna Mizouni
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1987 - Present
HPI: 21.68
Rank: 54
Mariem Homrani
ATHLETE
1991 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 55
Wassim Ben Tara
ATHLETE
1996 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 56
Teresa Portela
ATHLETE
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 57
People Deceased in Tunis
Go to all RankingsLouis IX of France
POLITICIAN
1214 - 1270
HPI: 77.59
Rank: 1
Beji Caid Essebsi
POLITICIAN
1926 - 2019
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 2
Leo Africanus
WRITER
1494 - 1554
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 3
Charles Nicolle
PHYSICIAN
1866 - 1936
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 4
John Tristan, Count of Valois
POLITICIAN
1250 - 1270
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 5
Gnassingbé Eyadéma
POLITICIAN
1935 - 2005
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 6
Khalil al-Wazir
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1935 - 1988
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 7
Muhammad VIII al-Amin
POLITICIAN
1881 - 1962
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 8
Gerald Gardner
WRITER
1884 - 1964
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 9
Ibn Sa'id al-Maghribi
HISTORIAN
1213 - 1286
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 10
Abdelmajid Lakhal
ACTOR
1939 - 2014
HPI: 52.59
Rank: 11
Alfonso of Brienne
NOBLEMAN
1227 - 1270
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Tunis
Go to all RankingsAlfonso of Brienne
NOBLEMAN
1227 - 1270
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 12
Lina Ben Mhenni
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1983 - 2020
HPI: 35.21
Rank: 17
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Tunis were soccer players (20), athletes (15), politicians (11), actors (4), and tennis players (3), while most who died were politicians (6), writers (3), physicians (1), military personnels (1), and historians (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Tunis, including Sadok Sassi, Tarak Dhiab, and Ziad Tlemçani. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Tunis, including Sadok Sassi, Tarak Dhiab, and Ziad Tlemçani.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 12 globally memorable people born in Tunis since 1700.