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)

French protectorate of Morocco (1912–1956)

French protectorate of Tunisia (1881–1956)

References
  1. "pied-noir". Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Edition. XI. Oxford, United Kingdom: Clarendon Press. 1989. pp. 799. ISBN 0-19-861223-0.
  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.
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