Birthdate: January 24, 1956

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Béni-Aïssi, Algeria

Died: June 25, 1998

Lounés Matoub was an Algerian singer, thinker, poet, and mandole player. An ardent advocate of human rights, secularism, and the Berber cause in Algeria, Matoub sparked an intellectual revolution. Lounès Matoub remained unpopular among the Muslim population for his secular and atheist politics and was assassinated on June 25, 1998.