The presence of Algerians in Italy dates back to the 1980s.
Numbers
As of 2019, in Italy, there are 19,661 regular immigrants from Algeria. The three cities with most number of Algerians are: Naples, Rome and Milan.
Notable Algerians in Italy
Matteo Ferrari (1979), footballer
Samir Lacheheb (1988), footballer
Faouzi Ghoulam (1991), footballer
Saphir Taïder (1992), footballer
Mohamed Salim Fares (1996), footballer
Tahar Lamri (1958), writer
Amara Lakhous (1970), writer and anthropologist
Luca Guadagnino (1971), filmmaker born to an Italian father and an Algerian mother Yaniss Saidi