Monastir as a birthplace has produced a number of famous personalities of various fields (e.g. Leader of the Tunisian National Movement, founder of the Tunisian Republic and the first President of the Tunisian Republic after independence, Tunisian politician, Tunisian politician): Habib Bourguiba, Taieb Hadhri, Abdelwahab Abdallah and some more.
Celebrities from Monastir