List of Pieds-Noirs

This is a list of notable Pieds-Noirs (French pronunciation: [pjenwaʁ], Black-Foot), a term referring to French citizens who lived in French Algeria before independence, from 1830 to 1962. Specifically, Pieds-Noirs include those of European settlers descent from France or other European countries (such as Spain, Italy and Malta), who were born in Algeria.^[1][2]

French Algeria (1830–1962)

Louis Althusser, philosopher Jacques Attali, economist Daniel Auteuil, actor and director Jean-Pierre Bacri, actor Guy Bedos, comedian Paul Belmondo, sculptor Pierre Bensusan, guitarist Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle, resistant Patrick Bruel, singer Albert Camus, philosopher Marcel Cerdan, boxer Alain Chabat, comedian Hélène Cixous, philosopher Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, physicist (Nobel Prize winner 1997) Étienne Daho, singer Jacques Derrida, philosopher Julien Dray, politician

Edwige Fenech, actress Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, soldier Dinh Gilly, operatic baritone Roger Hanin, actor Marlène Jobert, actress Edmond Jouhaud, soldier Alphonse Juin, soldier Gaston Julia, mathematician Enrico Macias, singer Polaire, (Émilie Marie Bouchaud), actress and singer Paul Quilès, politician Emmanuel Roblès, writer Beatrice Romand, actress Yves Saint Laurent, designer Benjamin Stora, historian François Valéry, singer Édouard-Henri Avril, painter and illustrator

French protectorate of Morocco (1912–1956)

Jean-Paul Bertrand-Demanes, footballer Frida Boccara, singer Laurence de Cambronne, journalist Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, designer Just Fontaine, footballer Roland Giraud, actor

Élisabeth Guigou, politician Michel Jobert, politician Macha Méril, actress Philippe Morillon, military Daniel Pennac, writer Dominique de Villepin, politician

French protectorate of Tunisia (1881–1956)

Serge Adda, businessman Serge Bramly, writer Claudia Cardinale, actress Paul Chemla, bridge player Pierre Darmon, tennis player Bertrand Delanoë, politician Elie Lellouche, horse trainer Pierre Lellouche, politician

Albert Memmi, writer Nine Moati, writer Serge Moati, journalist Edgard Pisani, politician Jean Sassi, military Philippe Séguin, politician Joseph Sitruk, rabbi Jacqueline Taieb, pop singer Georges Wolinski, cartoonist

References

1. "pied-noir". Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Edition XI. Oxford, United Kingdom: Clarendon Press. 9989. pp.  799. ISBN 0-19-861223-0. Check date values in: |date= (help)
2. Naylor, Phillip Chiviges (2000). France and Algeria: A History of Decolonization and Transformation. University Press of Florida. pp. 9–23, 14. ISBN 0-8130-3096-X.