List of Berber People - in Medieval Times

In Medieval Times

• Adrian of Canterbury, Abbot of St Augustine's Abbey in Canterbury
• Dihya or al-Kahina
• Aksil or Kusayla
• Salih ibn Tarif of the Berghouata
• Tariq ibn Ziyad, one of the leaders of the Moorish conquest of Iberia in 711.
• Ibn Tumart, founder of the Almohad dynasty
• Yusuf ibn Tashfin, founder of the Almoravid dynasty
• Mundhir bin Sa'īd al-Ballūṭī, judge for the Caliph of Cordoba
• Ibn Battuta (1304–1377), Moroccan traveller and explorer
• al-Ajurrumi (famous grammarian of Arabic)
• Fodhil al-Warthilani, traveler and religious scholar of the 18th century
• Abu Yaqub Yusuf I, who had the Giralda in Seville built.
• Abu Yaqub Yusuf II, who had the Torre del Oro in Seville built.
• Ziri ibn Manad founder of the Zirid dynasty
• Sidi Mahrez Tunisian saint
• Ibn al-Jazzar famous doctor of Kairouan, 980.
• Muhammad Awzal (ca. 1680–1749), prolific Sous Berber poet (see also Ocean of Tears)
• Muhammad al-Jazuli, author of the Dala'il al-Khairat, Sufi
• Imam Busiri, poet and author of the famous poem Qasida Burda – lived in Alexandria