Notable people of Kouba

Ferhat Abbas

1899-1985 · First president of the GPRA

Married in Kouba and lived there until his death. Verified

Mohamed Bachir El Ibrahimi

1889-1965 · Scholar, president of the Ulema

The Association of Ulema was seated in Kouba; the commune's ENS bears his name. Verified

Mohamed Lamine Debaghine

1917-2003 · GPRA minister

Lived on rue Dixmude, in Kouba. Verified

Saïd Mohammedi

1912-1994 · ALN colonel

Lived in Kouba after independence. Verified

Djilali Liabès

1948-1993 · Sociologist, minister

Assassinated outside his home in the Ben Omar estate in 1993. Honour and memory. Verified

Sheikh Mohamed Ali Ferkous

Born 1954 in Old Kouba · Scholar of Islamic sciences

Born 25 November 1954 in Old Kouba — his very name “El-Koubi” carries the town. Professor at the faculty of Islamic sciences in Algiers, author of more than twenty works. Verified

Source: official biography (ferkous.app).

Fernand Sastre

1923-1998 · French football executive

Born in Kouba; president of the FFF, then co-president of the 1998 World Cup. Verified

Salah Assad

Born 1958 · Algerian international

Pride of the Kouba school and of the 1982 World Cup · see the legends page. Verified

Boualem Amirouche

Born 1942 · Algerian international

An entire career (1962-1979) at RC Kouba. Verified

Mehdi Cerbah

1953-2021 · International goalkeeper

1981 Algerian champion with the Raed. Verified

Naïma Dziria

Born 1968 · Singer (hawzi)

Born in Kouba, one of the great voices of Algiers song. Verified

Michel Crémadès

Born 1955 · Actor

Born in Kouba; a career in French theatre and cinema. Verified

Paul Belmondo & André Greck

Sculptors

Workshops and residences reported in Kouba.