List of Moroccan people
This list of Moroccan people includes people who were born in Morocco and people who are of Moroccan ancestry , who are significantly notable for their life and/or work.
Academics
Baruj Benacerraf Merieme Chadid Serge Haroche Kamal Benslama Michel Abitbol , Moroccan-born Israeli historian, professor and chair of the Department of African Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem .Robert Assaraf (1936–2018), Moroccan-born French historianDavid Assouline , Moroccan-born French historian and politicianMoshe Bar-Asher (Moshe Ben Harush), Moroccan-born Israeli linguist and the president of the Academy of the Hebrew Language in Jerusalem .Baruj Benacerraf (1920–2011), Venezuelan-born American immunologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Paul Benacerraf , American philosopher working in the field of the philosophy of mathematics who has been teaching at Princeton University Shlomo Ben-Ami (born Shlomo Benabou), Moroccan-born Israeli scholar, diplomat and former politicianSamuel Benchimol (1923–2002), Brazilian economist, scientist and one of the leading experts on the Amazon regionSara Bendahan (1906–1946), first Venezuelan woman to complete her medical studies in VenezuelaAlegría Bendayán de Bendelac , Venezuelan philologist, professor, writer and poetKamal Benslama , Moroccan experimental particle physicist and professor of physics in the USA. Selected in 2020 as a person of extraordinary ability in Sciences by the US Government.David Bensoussan , Moroccan-born Canadian historian, author, and educatorGeorges Bensoussan , Moroccan-born French historianLatifa El Bouhsini , Moroccan professor and scholar on the history of the Moroccan feminist movement and women's rights issues.Nadia Bouras , Dutch historianDavid Cazès , Moroccan Jewish writer and educatorMerieme Chadid , astronomer and researcherRajaâ Cherkaoui El Moursli , Moroccan nuclear physicist. Winner of a L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science for her work on the Higgs Boson .Sami Shalom Chetrit , Moroccan Israeli University professor, Hebrew poet and Peace activist.Isaac Chocrón (1930–2011), Venezuelan economist, playwright and translator.Claude Cohen-Tannoudji , Algerian-born French physicist who won the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics (with Steven Chu and William Daniel Phillips)Henriette Dahan Kalev , Moroccan-born Israeli scholar, founder of the Gender Studies Program at Ben Gurion University .Yossi Dahan , Moroccan-born Israeli scholar, law professor, and the Head of the Human Rights Division at the College of Law and Business .Yvette Duval (née Benchettrit) (1931–2006), Moroccan-born French historian who specialized in North Africa during Antiquity.Latifa Elouadrhiri , Moroccan experimental physicist and researcherMahdi Elmandjra , Moroccan futurologistAbdul Salam Al Haras , Moroccan professor considered one of the pioneers of Islamic work in MoroccoSerge Haroche , Moroccan-born French physicist who was awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize for Physics Saïda Hossini , Moroccan palaeontologist, specializing in frogs of the Pleistocene.Eva Illouz , Moroccan-born Israeli scholar, professor of sociology at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem .Raphael Israeli , Moroccan-born Israeli scholar, Professor Emeritus of Middle Eastern, Islamic and Chinese history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem .Asma Lamrabet , Moroccan doctor, scholar, Islamic feminist and authorMarcelle Machluf , Moroccan-born Israeli biologist, director of the Laboratory for Cancer Drug Delivery & Cell Based TechnologiesAdnane Remmal , Moroccan biologistAvraham Avi Simhon , Israeli economistHourya Benis Sinaceur , Moroccan philosopherDaniel Sivan , specialist of Hebrew language from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Moncef Slaoui , chief adviser of Operation Warp Speed Mohammed Amine Smaili , theologian and authorAbdelhadi Tazi (1921–2015), scholar, writer, historian, and former Moroccan ambassador in various countriesRachid Yazami , co-inventor of the lithium-ion batteryMimoun Azizi , German-Maroccan neurologist, philosopher, political scientist and sociologist. Head of a German clinicHaim Zafrani , Moroccan historian, specialist of Moroccan and North African history and Mediterranean Jewish history
Activists
Abraham Serfaty Mustapha Adib , human rights activistReuven Abergel , Saadia Marciano and Charlie Biton , Moroccan-born Israeli activists, founders of the Israeli Black Panthers Hélène Cazès-Benatar (1898–1979), Moroccan human rights activist and the country's first female lawyerFatna El Bouih , democracy activist who was imprisoned during the Years of Lead Kacem El Ghazzali , secular blogger and activistCarmen Elmakiyes , Amos, Israeli social and political activist, medical clown, and filmmakerLamya Essemlali , French environmental activist, chairperson of Sea Shepherd France Latifa Ibn Ziaten , French-Moroccan activistMiriam Peretz (née Ohayon), Moroccan-born Israeli educator and activistMohamed Rabbae , Dutch-Moroccan politician and activistRudy Rochman , French-born Israeli-Jewish rights activistAbraham Serfaty , prominent dissident, militant, and political activistMordechai Vanunu , Israeli activistAladdin Meier , Swiss-Moroccan activist
Actors
Loubna Abidar Emmanuelle Chriqui Vincent Elbaz Ronit Elkabetz Maryam Hassouni Roschdy Zem Mustapha Aarab , Moroccan actorAvital Abergel , Israeli actressAhmed Salah Abdelfatah , Dutch actorYael Abecassis , Israeli actressLoubna Abidar , Moroccan actressMorjana Alaoui , Moroccan actressSanâa Alaoui , French-Moroccan actressFu'ad Aït Aattou , French actorAchmed Akkabi , Dutch actorNatacha Amal , Belgian actressOulaya Amamra , French actressNajib Amhali , Moroccan-born Dutch stand-up comedian and actorReymond Amsalem , Israeli actressRichard Anconina , French actorShiri Appleby , American actressMoran Atias , Israeli actressAure Atika , French actressAmal Ayouch , stage and film actressMohammed Azaay , Moroccan-born Dutch actorLubna Azabal , Belgian actressShmil Ben Ari , Israeli actorSamuel Benchetrit , French actor, scenarist, writer and directorMarc Bendavid , Canadian actorAmador Bendayán , Venezuelan actor and comedianOmar Berdouni , Moroccan actorRaquel Bitton , singer, French actress, scenarist, writer, producerMiri Bohadana , Israeli actress and TV presentator.Mohammed Chaara , Dutch actorTouria Chaoui (1936–1956), actress, first female Moroccan to gain a pilots licenseEmmanuelle Chriqui , Canadian actressPhilippe Clair (Charles Bensoussan), Moroccan-born French actor, director, producer and screenwriterPaul Danan , British actorGérard Darmon , Algerian-born French actor. He was granted the Moroccan citizenship in 2012.Nasrdin Dchar Dutch actor and presenterAdam Deacon , British actor and rapperVincent Elbaz , French actorJérémie Elkaïm , French actorHouda Echouafni , Moroccan actressMehdi El Glaoui , French actorMina El Hammani , Spanish actressRonit Elkabetz , Israeli actressOuidad Elma , French-Moroccan actressMamoun Elyounoussi , Dutch actorNabil Elouahabi , British actorNadia Farès , French actressNora Fatehi , Canadian actress and dancer who works in Indian cinema Jenette Goldstein , American actressTzachi Halevy , Israeli actor, singer and musicianEvelin Hagoel , Moroccan-born Israeli actressMaryam Hassouni , Dutch actressAharon Ipalé , Moroccan-born Israeli actorDana Ivgy , Israeli actressMoshe Ivgy , Moroccan-born Israeli actorTouriya Jabrane (Saadia Kraytif), Moroccan actress, theatre director and politicianPaul Karo , Australian actorShlomi Koriat , Israeli actor and comedianYasmine Lafitte (Hafida El Khabchi), Moroccan-born French pornographic actressKaren Lancaume (Karine Bach), French pornographic actressInbar Lavi , Israeli actressDanny Nucci , Italian-American actorMimoun Oaïssa , Moroccan-born Dutch actorMimoun Ouled Radi , Dutch actorZineb Oukach , Moroccan actress and modelZe’ev Revach , Moroccan-born Israeli actor, comedian and directorLaila Rouass , British actressDaniela Ruah , Portuguese-American actressAgam Rudberg , Israeli actress and modelNasser Saleh , Spanish actorRosalinda Serfaty , Argentinian actressLeila Shenna , Moroccan former actressBenjamin Siksou , French actor and singerNoah Schnapp , American-Canadian actorSaïd Taghmaoui , French and American actorElisa Tovati , French actress and singerZineb Triki , French-Moroccan actressJake Weber , British actorRoschdy Zem , French actor and director
Beauty pageant
Linor Abargil
Business people and entrepreneurs
Aziz Akhannouch Richard Attias Miloud Chaabi Sylvain Abitbol , Canadian engineer and entrepreneur in the telecommunications industry as CEO of NHC Communications IncAbdeslam Ahizoune , businessman, the chairman and chief executive officer of Maroc Telecom Aziz Akhannouch , businessman and current Minister of AgricultureModar Alaoui , Moroccan-American serial entrepreneur based in Silicon Valley, California in the United StatesNezha Alaoui , Moroccan entrepreneur and founder of the Mayshad brandDavid Amar (1920–2000), Moroccan businessman, leader of the Moroccan Jewish community, politician, and philanthropistRichard Attias , businessman, events producer, founder and former chairman of PublicisLive and presently the executive chairman of Richard Attias and AssociatesElie Azagury (1918–2009), Moroccan architect, considered the first Moroccan modernist architectBettina Banoun , Norwegian barrister and businesswomanAlain J. P. Belda , Canadian-Moroccan businessman, former CEO of Alcoa Isaac Benayon Sabba , Brazilian entrepreneur, founder of the IB Sabbá Ltda. group and Petroleo Sabbá S.A.Yoshua Bengio , French-Canadian computer scientist, most noted for his work on artificial neural networks and deep learningOthman Benjelloun , Moroccan businessman CEO of the BMCE Albert "Aldo" Bensadoun , Moroccan-born Canadian businessman, founder and chief executive of the ALDO Group Miriem Bensalah-Chaqroun , Moroccan businesswomanDror Benshetrit , Israeli artist, designer and inventor based in New York City.Babette Bensoussan , Australian author and competitive intelligence specialist, who has written several books on competitive intelligence and analysis.Moses Bensusan , Canadian-American real estate developer CEO of Liberty Grande and Logictech Construction Group.Jacky Ben-Zaken Miloud Chaabi Joseph Chetrit , Moroccan American real estate investor and developerSalomón Cohen Levy , Venezuelan-Israeli engineer and a real estate businessmanAlbert Dadon , Moroccan Australian businessmanPatrick Drahi , Moroccan businessman CEO of telecom group AlticeVictor Drai , Moroccan American night-club ownerVictor Elmaleh (1918–2014), Moroccan-born American businessman and real estate developerMahdi ElMandjra Sonia Gardner (née Lasry), Moroccan American billionaire hedge fund manager and co-founder of hedge fund Avenue Capital Group .Salwa Idrissi Akhannouch , businesswoman, the founder and CEO of the Aksal GroupDaniel Iffla , French financier and philanthropistAmina Lahbabi-Peters , branding, marketing and Communication for Development specialistMarc Lasry , Moroccan American billionaire hedge fund manager and co-founder and chief executive officer of hedge fund Avenue Capital Group Maurice Lévy , Moroccan French businessman, CEO of Publicis Sarah Saddouk , French-Moroccan, Head of Innovation and Strategy of BNC Publishing, entrepreneur.com David Serero , French award-winning architectMostafa Terrab , businessman, current CEO of the Moroccan state-owned phosphate-mining company OCPRalph Toledano , French-Moroccan businessmanSidney Toledano , French-Moroccan businessman, CEO of LMVH Fashion Group since February 2018, and former CEO of Fashion House Dior .
Gad Elmaleh Ary Abittan , French stand-up comedianNajib Amhali , Dutch-Moroccan stand-up comedian and actorRachid Badouri , Canadian-Moroccan stand-up comedianJamel Debbouze , French-Moroccan stand-up comedian, actor and producerHanane el-Fadili , Moroccan comedian and actressGad Elmaleh , French-Moroccan stand-up comedian, actor and producerAnne Roumanoff , French humorist and actressÉlie Semoun , French stand-up comedian and actorSoufiane El Khalidy , Moroccan actor, filmmaker and writer
Directors and producers
Nabil Ayouch Houda Benyamina Abdou Achouba , Moroccan filmmaker, film-critic, and producerDan Attias , American television director and producerNabil Ayouch , Moroccan French film directorLisa Azuelos , French directorJom Tob Azulay , Brazilian producer, director, writer, director of photography and soundmanMargot Benacerraf Hicham Bennir , Canadian director cinematographer editor and photographerFaouzi Bensaïdi Jacques Bensimon , Canadian public film and television director, producer and executive in CanadaHouda Benyamina , French directorSimone Bitton André Elbaz Ronit Elkabetz , Israeli filmmaker, screenwriter, and actressShlomi Elkabetz , Israeli filmmaker, screenwriter, and actorOlivier Dahan , French filmmakerIsmaël Ferroukhi Sanaa Hamri Tala Hadid Laila Marrakchi Hakim Nouri Michèle Ohayon , Academy Award -nominated film director, screenwriter and producerMohamed Reggab , film directorHeinz Tietjen Abdelhadi Tazi Éric Toledano , French filmmakerMalika Zouhali-Worrall
Bouchra Jarrar , French haute couture designerKarima Adebibe , British modelNora Attal , British modelYigal Azrouël , Israeli American New York based fashion designerElena Benarroch , Moroccan-Spanish fashion designerSara Chafak , Finnish model, winner of Miss Finland 2012Alber Elbaz , Moroccan-born Israeli fashion designer, who worked for the Lanvin house Joseph Ettedgui , British-Moroccan retailer, designer and founder of the Joseph brandBouchra Jarrar , French haute couture fashion designer for Balenciaga and Lanvin Shlomit Malka , Israeli fashion model and television host.Paul Marciano , American-Moroccan fashion designer and co-founder of GUESS? IncJoe Mimran , Canadian-Moroccan fashion designer and entrepreneurPnina Tornai (Pnina Assis), Israeli fashion and wedding dress designer, reality and daytime TV personalityImaan Hammam , Dutch fashion model of Moroccan and Egyptian descent
Al-Marrakushi Ahmed el Inglizi Averroes (Abu El Walid Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Ibn Rushd)Judah ben David Hayyuj Maimonides Merieme Chadid Mohammed El Ifrani Moses Elias Levy Mouha ou Hammou Zayani , military figure who played an important role in the fight against French colonialsMuhammad al-Idrisi Muhammad al-Muqri Muhammad Ben 'Abd al-Karim al-Khattabi Muley Xeque (1566–1621), Moroccan noble who converted to Catholicism in the 16th centuryMohammed Abed Al-Jabri Robert Purvis (4 August 1810 – 15 April 1898), American abolitionist in the United StatesDavid Pallache , member of the Pallache family Isaac Pallache , member of the Pallache family Joseph Pallache , member of the Pallache family Moses Pallache , member of the Pallache family Solika , famous Jewish martyr of the 19th centuryIbn battuta , famous explorerTariq ibn Ziyad , famous Berber warriorYusuf ibn Tashfin , famous Berber warrior and leaderEstevanico , famous explorer
Islamic religious leaders
Ahmad ibn Ajiba , 18th century Sufi saintMuhammad al-Jazuli , 15th century Sufi leader of the Berber tribe of the JazulahSidi Ahmed al-Tidjani , 18th century Sufi scholar, founder of the Tijaniyya Sufi orderAhmad al-Ghumari , traditionalist and scholar of HadithAbdullah al-Ghumari , 20th century Muslim preacher, jurist and theologianAbd al-Aziz al-Ghumari , 20th century Muslim scholarMohammed Moussaoui , Moroccan-born French Islamic theologist, president of the French Council of Muslim FaithMuhammad Abu Khubza , Muslim theologian, jurist, bibliographer and linguistSidi Heddi , 13th century marabout
Jewish religious leaders
Solomon Abudarham Baruch Abuhassira Yaakov Abuhassira Israel Abuhassira , known as Baba Sali Amram Aburbeh Zechariah Aghmati Samuel Albas Isaac Alfassi , 11th-century Rabbi, Talmudist and posekShlomo Amar , Sephardic Chief Rabbi of JerusalemRaphael Ankawa Shalom Arush , Moroccan-born Israeli Breslov rabbi and founder of the Chut Shel Chessed InstitutionsAbraham Azulai Raphael Isaiah Azulai (1743–1830), rabbi and Jewish scholar in Ancona , ItalyElijah Benamozegh (1822–1900), Italian rabbi and Kabbalist, considered as one of Italy's most eminent Jewish scholarsAmram ben Diwan David Ben Hassin Dunash ben Labrat David ben Shimon Isaac Ben Walid (1777–1870), one of the greatest Moroccan rabbiRaphael Berdugo Salomon Berdugo Yehuda Bibas Shalom Buzaglo Kotel Dadon Makhlouf Eldaoudi , Hakham Bashi of the Jewish communities of Acre, Haifa, Safed and Tiberias (1889–1909).Yisroel Meir Gabbai Baruch Gigi , Moroccan-born Israeli rabbi and co-Rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat Har Etzion in Gush Etzion , south of Jerusalem .Shimon Hakham (1843–1910), Bukharian rabbi, descendant of Yosef Maimon Haim Ibn Attar Issachar ben Mordecai ibn Susan Abraham ibn Zimra Jacob ben Reuben ibn Zur Yaakov Israel Ifargan Zion Levy Yosef Maimon (1741–1822), Moroccan rabbi who took care of the Bukharian Jewish community in the late 18th, early 19th century.David Messas Chalom Messas Haim Pinto Yosef Yitzhak Shloush David Rebibo , Moroccan-born American RabbiYoshiyahu Yosef Pinto , Israeli Orthodox rabbi who leads a global organization called Mosdot Shuva Israel
Laïla Abid , Dutch-Moroccan journalist, presenter and news anchorEsmaa Alariachi , Hajar Alariachi and Jihad Alariachi , Dutch-Moroccan presentersArthur (born Jacques Essebag), Moroccan-born French TV presenter, producer and comedianTristane Banon , French journalist and writerValérie Bénaïm , Moroccan-born French journalist, columnist, writer, TV presenter and radio hostAbdelkader Benali , Dutch-Moroccan writer and journalistRobert Benayoun (1926–1996), Moroccan-born French film critic and author.Ahmed Benchemsi Sonia Benezra , Canadian TV and radio personality and actressRalph Benmergui , Moroccan-Canadian television and radio personalityMohammed Benzakour , Dutch-Moroccan columnist, essayist, poet, politician and writerHassnae Bouazza , Dutch-Moroccan journalist, columnist, writer, translator, TV program makerKarim Boukhari Abdellah Dami , Dutch-Moroccan presenter, journalist, writerGilberto Dimenstein , Brazilian journalist (Moroccan mother)Naima El Bezaz , Dutch-Moroccan writer, essayist, and journalistDudu Elharrar , Moroccan-born Israeli singer, music producer, actor and television and radio presenter.Ruth Elkrief , French television journalistNassima el Hor , Moroccan television presenterSalim Jay Najat Kaanache , Spanish cook and host of AMC Networks’ cooking series ‘’Cocina Marroqui’’Driss Ksikes Liran Kohner -Geyor, Israeli model, actress and TV personality.Ali Lmrabet Omar Nasiri James Poniewozik , American journalist, and television critic (Moroccan mother)Ariel Wizman , French-Moroccan journalist, television personality, musician, DJRichard Wolffe , British journalistMichaël Youn (Michaël Benayoun), French TV and radio personality, actor, singer, and comedian
Albert Almoznino , Moroccan-born Israeli hand shadow artist.Rachid Ben Ali Mahi Binebine Chaïbia Pinchas Cohen Gan , Moroccan-born Israeli award-winning painter and mixed-media artist.Noureddine Daifallah Abdellah Derkaoui , cartoonistLatifa Echakhch , French-Moroccan visual artistBouchta El Hayani Mohamed Hamri Ikram Kabbaj , Moroccan sculptor artist.Bouchra Khalili Édouard Lock , Canadian dance choreographer and the founder of the Canadian dance group, La La La Human Steps Radia Bent Lhoucine , Moroccan painterShuli Nachshon Kanza Omar , dancerAlberto Pinto , Moroccan-born French photographer and interior designerPokimane (born Imane Anys), Moroccan-Canadian Twitch streamer and YouTube personalitySalah (dancer) , French award-winning competitive hip-hop dancerDaniel Siboni , Moroccan-born French photographerCyril Takayama , Japanese Illusionist Abdelilah Ennassef , conceptual artist [1]
Musicians
RedOne David Guetta Armand Amar , French composerOmer Avital , Israeli musicianShlomo Bar , Israeli musician and singer of Mizrahi musicHenri Belolo , Moroccan-born French music producer active during the disco eraFrench Montana , Moroccan-born American musicianFaouzia , Moroccan-born Canadian musicianLa Zarra , Canadian-Moroccan singerOhad Benchetrit , Canadian musicianChico Bouchikhi (Jalloul Bouchikhi), French musician and a co-founder of the Gipsy Kings Avraham Eilam-Amzallag , Israeli musicianDavid Guetta , French DJMahmoud Guinia , Gnawa music maâlemHassan Hakmoun , Los Angeles-based Moroccan Gnawa musician Abdelkrim Rais (1912–1996), Moroccan writer and musician of traditional Andalusian musicAlain Macklovitch , Canadian DJMaurice Ohana , French composerRedOne (Nadir Khayat), Moroccan-Swedish record producer/songwriterAziz Sahmaoui , Moroccan musician and vocalist specialized in the modern Gnawa musicAdil Takhssait , Canadian rap and hip hop musicianAdam Zindani
Singers
Naima Samih Najat Aatabou , Moroccan singerBouchaib Abdelhadi , American-Moroccan singerMeryem Aboulouafa , Moroccan singerZainab Afailal , Moroccan singer of Andalusian musicZohra Al Fassiya (Zohra Ben Hamou, 1905–1994), Moroccan classical singer of Malhoun musicYosef "Jo" Amar (1930–2009), Moroccan-born Israeli singer of Mizrahi musicMohamed Bajeddoub , acclaimed Moroccan artist of the traditional Andalusian musicLaarbi Batma (1948–1998), Moroccan singer, leader of Nass El Ghiwane Habib Belk (Habib Belkziz), Moroccan gnawa singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalistMohamed Benomar Ziani , Moroccan singer and musician specialized in the Aita and Chaabi musicRaquel Bitton , French SingerSaïda Charaf , Moroccan singer of Sahrawi musicAbdessadeq Cheqara (1931–1998), Moroccan musician and Andalusi singerAbdelwahab Doukkali , singer-songwriter and composerHaja El Hamdaouia , Moroccan folk singerRhoum El Bakkali , Moroccan Sufi singer and musician, leader of Hadra Chefchaounia, an all-female Sufi musical groupMohamed El Hayani (1945–1996), Moroccan singerSamy Elmaghribi (Salomon Amzallag, 1922–2008), Moroccan singer-songwriter and musicianJedwan (El Mokhtar Jedouane), Moroccan singer of chaabi musicNabyla Maan , Moroccan singerYounes Megri , Moroccan singer, musician and actorReinette L'Oranaise (Sultana Daoud), Algerian singer of Arab-Andalusian musicOum (Oum El Ghaït Bent el Sahraoui), Moroccan singer-songwriterAvi Peretz (singer) , Israeli singer of Moroccan musicMohamed Rouicha (1950–2012), Moroccan folk singerNaima Samih , Moroccan singer, one of Morocco's most acclaimed singerMohammed El-Arabi Serghini , Moroccan classical singer and musicianHoucine Slaoui (Houcine Ben Bouchaïb, 1921–1951), Moroccan singer and composer
Moroccan music
Douzi AnoGhan (Anouar EL Ghannam), Moroccan singer-songwriterFrench Montana Moroccan-American rapperElgrandetoto, Moroccan rapper
OUBEL (Oussama Belhcen), Moroccan singerHamid Bouchnak , Moroccan singerKarima Gouit, Moroccan singer, model and actress
Ahmed Chawki , Moroccan pop singerCheba Maria (Maria Zine), Moroccan singer of pop musicCheb Kader (Kouider Morabet), Algerian-born Moroccan singerDouzi (Abdelhafid Douzi), Moroccan singerBoussouar El Maghnaoui Mimoun El Oujdi (Mimoun Bakoush, 1950–2018), Moroccan singer of Raï musicSaida Fikri , Moroccan-born American singer of Moroccan musicSaad Lamjarred , Moroccan singer of Arabic pop musicManal (Manal Benchlikha), Moroccan singer of Rap and Hip Hop musicH kayne, Moroccan rappers
Ahmed Soultan , Moroccan singer of Afro-Arabian SoulVigon (Mohsine Abdelghafour), Moroccan singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer and bandleaderHindi Zahra , French-Moroccan singer
Moroccan Amazigh music
Aicha Tachinwit
Samira Said Aziza Jalal Dounia Batma , Moroccan singer of Arabic pop musicRajae Belmlih (1962–2007), Moroccan singer of Arabic pop musicAbdou Cherif , Moroccan singerSofia El Marikh , Moroccan singerLaila Ghofran (Jamila Omar Bouamrout), Moroccan singer of Arabic pop musicShatha Hassoun , Iraqi-Moroccan singer of Arabic pop musicAziza Jalal , Moroccan singerRajaa Kasabni , Arabic singer, winner of the first season of the Arabic version of The X-Factor Asma Lamnawar , Moroccan singer of Arabic pop musicJannat (Jannat Mahid), Moroccan singer of Arabic pop musicSalma Rachid , Moroccan pop singerHoda Saad , Moroccan singer-songwriter and composer of Arabic pop musicSamira Said , Moroccan-Egyptian singer of Arabic pop musicYousra Saouf , Moroccan pop singerIbtissam Tiskat , Moroccan pop singer
French Montana Appa (Rachid El Ghazoui), Dutch-Moroccan rapperAli B (Ali Bouali), Dutch rapper and stand-up comedianIsam Bachiri , Danish rapper and member of Outlandish Farid Bang , born Farid El Abdellaoui, Spanish-born German rapper, songwriter, producer, CEO at Banger Musik LabelCanardo (Hakim Mouhid), French rapperCilvaringz (Tarik Azzougarh), Dutch rapper and hip hop producer associated with the Wu-Tang Clan Dizzy DROS , rapper from CasablancaDJ Izm (Tarik Ejjamai), Australian rapper, member of the Multi-Platinum ARIA Award -winning Australian hip hop band Bliss n Eso Leila K (Laila El Khalifi), Swedish Eurodance singer and former rapper La Fouine (Laouni Mouhid), French rapperFrench Montana (Karim Kharbouch), American rapper
Israeli music
Eyal Golan Moshe Peretz Zehava Ben , Israeli singer of Mizrahi musicOfir Ben Shitrit , Israeli singerEden Ben Zaken , Israeli singerMaya Bouskilla , Israeli pop singerYosefa Dahari , Israeli singer of Mizrahi musicYuval Dayan , Israeli singer of pop musicAlon De Loco (Alon Cohen), Israeli singer and music producerGad Elbaz , Israeli singer of Sephardic Jewish musicEsther Galil , Moroccan-born French-Israeli singerEyal Golan , Israeli singer of Mizrahi musicIshtar (Esther Eti Bitton), Israeli singer of Mizrahi and Arabic pop musicMor Karbasi , Israeli singer of Sephardic musicKineret (Kineret Sarah Cohen), Israeli-American singer of Jewish musicNoa Kirel , Israeli pop singerDaniella Lugassy , Israeli opera singerShiri Maimon , Israeli pop singerHarel Moyal , Israeli pop singerNetta Barzilai , Israeli singer, winner of the 2018 Eurovision contest Kobi Peretz , Israeli singer of Mizrahi and pop musicMoshe Peretz , Israeli singer of Mizrahi and pop musicKathleen Reiter , Canadian-Israeli pop singer, winner of the first season of The Voice IsraelNinet Tayeb , Israeli singer and actressAvi Toledano , Israeli singer of Mizrahi musicHaim Ulliel , Israeli singer of Mizrahi music
Western music
Amel Bent David Serero Zak Abel , British singerAmine (Amine Mounder), French-Moroccan R&B singerLa Zarra , Canadian singerMalika Ayane , Italian singerBasim , Danish singer (Danish Representative In Eurovision Song Contest 2014 )Madison Beer , American pop singer and modelNajoua Belyzel , French pop rock /electronic singerNadja Benaissa , singer-songwriter and actress, member of No Angels Amel Bent , French pop singerAmelle Berrabah , British singer and member of girl band Sugababes Isaac Bitton , drummer for Les Variations Raquel Bitton , French-Moroccan singerSoukaina Boukries , Moroccan pop singerCut Killer (Anouar Hajoui), French DJ, actor and hip-hop recording artistYounes Elamine , Moroccan-born French singer-songwriter, music producer and entrepreneurRajae El Mouhandiz , singer, poet and producerEmpire I (Miriam Moufide), Jamaica-based British singer-songwriter and social activistSofia Essaïdi , French-Moroccan singerNadia Essadiqi , Canadian singerFaouzia (Faouzia Ouihya), Moroccan-born Canadian singerFouradi (Mohamed and Brahim Fouradi), Dutch hip hop duo Senna Gammour , German singer-songwriter and a member of the pop group Monrose Amir Haddad , French-Israeli singer of pop musicRaphaël Haroche , French singer-songwriter and actorBilal Hassani , French singerElam Jay , Moroccan Swiss singer-songwriterImad Kotbi , DJ and radio presenterLa Caution (Ahmed and Mohammed Mazouz), French hip-hop duoHind Laroussi , Dutch singerLoreen (Lorine Zineb Nora Talhaoui), Swedish singer (winner of Eurovision Song Contest 2012 and 2023)Malek (Malek Belarbi), French-Moroccan singerSofia Mestari , French singerÉdith Piaf (Édith Gassion), French cultural icon and France's greatest popular singerR3hab (Fadil El Ghoul), Dutch-Moroccan DJ/producerSapho (Danielle Ebguy), Moroccan-born French singerDavid Serero , French opera singerChico Slimani (Youssef Slimani), Moroccan British singerSliimy (Yanis Sahraoui), French pop musicianWallen (Nawell Azzouz), French R&B singerBrigitte Zarie , Canadian singer-songwriter and composer
Poets
Kings and sultans
Morocco
Aziz Akhannouch Nasser Bourita Mustafa Ramid M'hammed Abdenabaoui , first president of the Court of Cassation (appointed 2021)Idriss Azami Al Idrissi , politician, Minister-Delegate for the Budget (2012–2016)Chadi Abdalla , American ambassador for the Kingdom of Morocco, appointed in 2020, being the youngest Ambassador in Africa. He currently works with the Biden Administration.André Azoulay , politician, counsellor to late king Hassan II and king Mohammed VI Driss Basri , politician who served as Interior Minister from 1979 to 1999Aïcha Belarbi , Moroccan sociologist, women's rights activist and diplomat. She was ambassador to the European Union from 2000 to 2008.Mohamed Benaissa , foreign ministerAziz Akhannouch , Prime Minister from October 2021, businessman and billionaireMehdi Ben Barka , politician, head of the left-wing National Union of Popular Forces (UNPF) and opponent of Hassan IIAhmed Benkirane , ambassador, delegate, and politician; negotiator during the French independenceAziza Bennani , Moroccan academic and politician.Jamal Benomar , diplomat, who worked at the UN for 25 years, including as a special envoy for Yemen and a special adviser to former Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon .Yahya Bennani , diplomatFadel Benyaich , Moroccan-Spanish politician and businessman, ambassador of Morocco in SpainAbderrahman Bouftas , businessman, politician, and technocrat, President of the Royal Moroccan Golf Federation Leon Benzaquen (1928–1977), Moroccan personal doctor for King Mohammed V of Morocco , and the first Jewish minister after Morocco's independence.Rachad Bouhlal , diplomatAhmed Boukhari , former agent of the Moroccan Secret ServiceAsma Chaabi Driss Debbagh , former ambassador and ministerAbdellatif Filali , foreign minister (1985–1989); prime minister (1994–1998)Saadeddine Othmani , Prime Minister (2017–2021), Minister of Foreign Affairs (2012–2013)Driss Jettou , Prime Minister (2002–2007)Omar Kabbaj , diplomatAli Ben Lmadani (born 1982), former Parliament memberFatima Marouan (born 1952), politician, endocrinologistMohamed Mediouri , politician, personal security of Hassan II and his senior bodyguardAziz Mekouar , Moroccan diplomat, former Moroccan ambassador to the U.S.Abdelaziz Meziane Belfqih , civil servant and senior advisor of king Mohammed VINasser Bourita , diplomat serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates since 5 April 2017Ahmed Osman , former party leaderFathallah Oualalou , government ministerAbderrahim Qanir Abdelkrim Ragoun , former Moroccan diplomatLéon Sultan , French Algerian-born Moroccan lawyer, and politician, founder of the Moroccan Communist Party .Mahjoub Tobji , retired Commandant of the Royal Moroccan ArmyAbderrahmane Youssoufi , Prime Minister (1998–2002)Mustafa Ramid , Minister of Justice and Liberties (2012–2017)
Israel
Meir Cohen Karin Elharar Amir Peretz Miri Regev Shai Abuhatsira Aharon Abuhatzira Eli Aflalo , Moroccan-born Israeli politicianEli Alaluf , Moroccan-born Israeli politicianRoni Alsheikh Jacques Amir Shaul Amor David Dudi Amsalem , Israeli politicianHaim Amsalem , French Algerian-born Israeli politicianDanny Atar Ariel Atias Shmuel Avital , Moroccan-born Israeli former politician who served as a minister responsible for social co-ordination from March 2001 to February 2002Yosef Azran Aryeh Azulai David Azulai Yinon Azulai , Israeli politicianEli Ben-Dahan Shlomo Benizri Daniel Benlulu , Moroccan-born Israeli former politicianDaniel Ben-Simon , Moroccan-born Israeli politicianYa'akov Ben-Yezri (1927–2018), Moroccan-born Israeli politician. He served as Israel's Minister of Health between 2006 and 2009.David Bitan Shlomo Bohbot Yoni Chetboun Meir Cohen Yitzhak Cohen Meirav Cohen Nissim Dahan David Danino (1924–1990), Moroccan-born Israeli politicianYohanan Danino Danny Danon Eli Dayan Shlomo Dayan Aryeh Deri Rafael Edri Yaakov Edri Gadi Eizenkot Rafael Eldad , Moroccan-born Israeli diplomatKarin Elharar Mordechai Elgrably , Moroccan-born Israeli politicianRafi Elul Leah Fadida , Israeli politicianAvraham "Avi" Gabbay , Israeli businessman and politicianSharren Haskel Tzachi Hanegbi Fleur Hassan-Nahoum , British-born Israeli politician and public servantAsher Hassin Avraham Kalfon Moshe Karadi Yehuda Lancry , Moroccan-born Israeli politician and previous ambassador to France and the United NationsYehiel Lasri , Moroccan-born Israeli physician and politician who currently serves as mayor of Ashdod David Levy Daniel-Yitzhak Levy , Spanish-Moroccan born Israeli politicianJackie Levy Maxim Levy Orly Levy Yitzhak Levy David Magen Rahamim Malul , Moroccan-born Israeli politicianYoram Marciano Ya'akov Margi , Moroccan-born Israeli politicianEliyahu Moyal (1920–1991), Moroccan-born Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Alignment between 1974 and 1981Shuli Mualem Aharon Nahmias Yitzhak Navon Amir Ohana Asher Ohana Shimon Ohayon Amir Peretz Rafael "Rafi" Peretz , Israeli Orthodox rabbi and politicianYair Peretz Yitzhak Peretz (politician born 1938)Yitzhak Peretz (politician born 1936)Zion Pinyan , Moroccan-born Israeli politicianElad Ratson , Israeli diplomat and a Digital Diplomacy expertMiri Regev (née Miriam Siboni), Israeli politicianUri Sebag , Moroccan-born Israeli politicianBechor-Shalom Sheetrit Yifat Shasha-Biton , Israeli educator and politician. She held the post of Minister of Construction and Housing from 2019 to 2020.Meir Sheetrit Shimon Shetreet Keti Shitrit , Moroccan-born Israeli politicianYoel Strick , Israeli General (Aluf) who commands the Ground Forces Command Eli Suissa , Moroccan-born Israeli politicianRafael Suissa , Moroccan-born Israeli politicianAvraham Toledano Samuel Toledano (1929–1996), Moroccan-born Spanish Jewish community leaderShmuel Toledano Sami Turgeman (Shlomo "Sami" Turgeman), major general in the IDF and is the current commander of the IDF Southern CommandYitzhak Vaknin Yosef Vanunu , Moroccan-born Israeli economist and former politician who served as a member of the Knesset from 1992 until 1996Yehonatan Yifrah
Elsewhere
Ahmed Aboutaleb Rachida Dati Mustafa Aberchán , Spanish politician leader of the political organization Coalition for Melilla.Ahmed Aboutaleb , Moroccan-born Dutch politician, Mayor of Rotterdam Davi Alcolumbre , Brazilian politicianLolita Aniyar de Castro , Venezuelan teacher, lawyer, politician, and criminologist. She became the first Venezuelan woman to be elected as a senator to the National Congress of Venezuela .Khadija Arib , Dutch politician of the Labour Party serving as Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands since 2015.Dalya Attar , American politicianFarid Azarkan , Dutch politicianAudrey Azoulay , French politician Minister of Culture since February 2016Rachel Bendayan , Canadian politicianAbraham Bentes , Brazilian Army commanderAlima Boumediene-Thiery , French politician, member of the European Parliament (1999–2004), of the Senate of France (2004–2011), and member of the French Green party.Rachida Dati , first woman from a non-European immigrant background to occupy a key ministerial position in the French Cabinet Tofik Dibi , Dutch politicianKamal El-Hajji , British security official and civil servant, Serjeant-at-Arms of the House of CommonsSaïd El Khadraoui , Belgian politicianMyriam El Khomri , Moroccan-born French politician, current Minister of LabourSari Essayah , Finnish member of the European Parliament John Fritchey , Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives , representing the 11th District (1996–present)Bernard Guetta , French politician and journalist.Sir Joshua Abraham Hassan (1915–1997), Gibraltarian politician, and the first mayor and Chief Minister of Gibraltar.
Fatima Houda-Pepin , Canadian politician and a member of the National Assembly of QuebecLeslie Hore-Belisha Roger Karoutchi , French ambassador to the OECD and former secretary of state to the French prime ministerAhmed Lakhrif , Moroccan politician who held the position of secretary of state for foreign affairs (2007–2008)Waldemar Levy Cardoso Ahmed Marcouch , Moroccan-Dutch politician and former police officer, civil servant and educator serving as Mayor of Arnhem since 2017.Joël Mergui , Moroccan-born French Jewish dermatologist and community leader, serving as the president of the Israelite Central Consistory of France .Mohammed Moussaoui , president of the French Council of Muslim Faith Jorge Sampaio , Portuguese lawyer and politician who was the 18th president of Portugal (1996–2006) (Moroccan maternal grandmother)Najat Vallaud-Belkacem , Moroccan-born French politician, became the first French woman to be appointed Minister of Education, Higher Education, and Research Olga Zrihen , Moroccan-born Belgian politician
Royal Family members
Sportspeople
Archery
Athleticism
Hicham El Guerrouj Abderrahman Ait Khamouch , Spanish-Moroccan Paralympic athleteSaïd Aouita Hasna Benhassi Abdellah Béhar Nezha Bidouane Brahim Boulami Hind Dehiba Hicham El Guerrouj Driss El Himer Nawal El Moutawakel Yousef El Nasri , Spanish retired long-distance runnerSari Essayah , Finnish retired race walker Ilias Fifa , Spanish-Moroccan long-distance runnerJaouad Gharib Bouchra Ghezielle Salah Hissou Adil Kaouch Abderrahman Ait Khamouch , Spanish paralympic athleteKhalid Khannouchi , Moroccan American marathoner Brahim Lahlafi Driss Maazouzi Adel Mechaal , Spanish middle-distance runnerAbdelaziz Merzougui , Spanish runnerMohamed Ouaadi Muncef Ouardi , Canadian speed skaterZahra Ouaziz Rashid Ramzi Ismaïl Sghyr Khalid Skah Achraf Tadili , Canadian runner competing over 800 metersMounir Yemmouni Kamal Ziani , retired Spanish long-distance runnerBouchra Ghezielle , French-Moroccan track and field athlete • soufiane bakkali, Moroccan athlete
Basketball
Boxers
Chess
Cyclism
Fencing
Marouane Chamakh Youssef El-Arabi Ibrahim Affelay Medhi Benatia Adel Taarabt Nordin Amrabat Zakariya Abarouai , French football playerYassine Abdellaoui , Dutch-Moroccan football playerYacine Abdessadki , French-Moroccan football playerLuciano Abecasis , Argentine football playerLaurent Abergel , French football playerYoussef Adnane , French-Moroccan football playerIbrahim Afellay , Dutch football playerAchmed Ahahaoui , Dutch-Moroccan football playerIsmail Aissati , Dutch-Moroccan football playerJamel Aït Ben Idir , French-Moroccan football playerKarim Aït-Fana , French-Moroccan football playerJamal Akachar , Dutch-Moroccan football playerZakaria Alaoui , football playerRachid Alioui , French-Moroccan football playerMustapha Allaoui , football playerMohammed Alí Amar , Spanish football playerAhmed Ammi , Dutch-Moroccan football playerNordin Amrabat , Dutch football playerMohamed Amsif , German-born Moroccan football goalkeeperKamal Anis , Moroccan football playerMimoun Azaouagh , Moroccan-born German footballerKarim Azizou , French-Moroccan football playerNabil Baha , French-Moroccan football playerOtman Bakkal , Dutch-Moroccan football playerSaid Bakkati , Dutch-Moroccan football playerYacine Bammou , French-Moroccan football playerNacer Barazite , Dutch-Moroccan football playerAbdelaziz Barrada , French-Moroccan football playerMichaël Chrétien Basser Chahir Belghazouani , French-Moroccan football playerYounès Belhanda , French-Moroccan football playerAziz Ben Askar , French football playerMedhi Benatia , French-Moroccan football playerYossi Benayoun , Israeli football playerLarbi Benbarek , Moroccan football playerIsmaël Bennacer , French football playerYounes Bnou Marzouk , French-Moroccan football playerRachid Bouaouzan , Dutch-Moroccan football playerElbekay Bouchiba , Dutch-Moroccan football playerAziz Bouderbala , football playerSofiane Boufal , French-Moroccan football playerKamel Boughanem , French-Moroccan football playerSamir Boughanem , French-Moroccan football playerKhalid Boulahrouz , Dutch-Moroccan football plaNourdin Boukhari , Dutch-Moroccan football playerMourad Bounoua , French-Moroccan football playerAli Boussaboun , Dutch-Moroccan football playerDries Boussatta , Dutch-Moroccan football playerMbark Boussoufa , Dutch-Moroccan football playerKhalid Boutaïb , French-Moroccan football playerSaid Boutahar , Dutch-Moroccan football playerBen Butbul , Israeli football playerMehdi Carcela-Gonzalez (Spanish father, Moroccan mother)Samir Carruthers , Israeli football playerKamel Chafni , French-Moroccan football playerAatif Chahechouhe , French-Moroccan football playerAbdelhali Chaiat , Dutch-Moroccan football playerKhalid Chalqi , Moroccan-born French football playerMarouane Chamakh , French-Moroccan football playerMohammed Chaouch , football playerIssam Chebake , football playerMehdi Courgnaud , French football playerManuel da Costa (footballer) (Portuguese father, Moroccan mother)Karim Dahou , French football playerKenza Dali Guy Dayan , Israeli football playerRoei Dayan , Israeli football playerAnouar Diba , Dutch-Moroccan football playerKieran Djilali , British football playerOlivier Echouafni , French football playerIssam El Adoua , football playerKarim El Ahmadi , Dutch-Moroccan football playerYoussef El Akchaoui , Dutch-Moroccan football playerAhmed El Aouad , French-Moroccan football playerYoussef El-Arabi , French-born football playerYassin El-Azouzi , French-Moroccan football playerHakim El Bounadi , French-Moroccan football playerFaouzi El Brazi , football playerSamir El Gaaouiri , Dutch-Moroccan football playerMustafa El Haddaoui , football playerMounir El Haimour , French-Moroccan football playerOualid El Hajjam , French football playerMounir El Hamdaoui , Dutch-Moroccan football playerKarim El Idrissi , French-Moroccan football playerFaysal El Idrissi , French-Moroccan football playerShavit Elimelech , Israeli football playerAlharbi El Jadeyaoui , French-Moroccan football playerMoestafa El Kabir , Dutch-Moroccan football playerBadr El Kaddouri Abdelhamid El Kaoutari , French football playerAziz El Khanchaf , French-Moroccan football playerAli El Khattabi , Dutch-Moroccan football playerAbdou El-Kholti , French football playerBouchaib El Moubarki Karim El Mourabet , French-Moroccan football playerSamir El Moussaoui , Dutch-Moroccan football playerAli El-Omari , French-Moroccan football playerMoha Tarik Elyounoussi Nabil El Zhar , French football playerSaïd Ennjimi , Moroccan-born French football playerHen Ezra , Israeli football playerKarim Fachtali , Dutch-Moroccan football playerOmer Fadida , Israeli football playerFayçal Fajr , French-Moroccan football playerMohammed Faouzi , Dutch-Moroccan football playerMarouane Fellaini Rayan Frikeche , French-Moroccan football playerMustapha Hadji Youssef Hadji Youssouf Hadji , Moroccan football playerSamir Hadji , French-Moroccan football playerAnouar Hadouir , Dutch-Moroccan football playerAchraf Hakimi , Spanish-Moroccan football playerAdil Hermach , French-Moroccan football playerGolan Hermon , Israeli football playerSamy Houri , French-Moroccan football playerLyes Houri , French-Moroccan football playerYoussef Idrissi , French-Moroccan football playerYounès Kaabouni , French football playerYounès Kaboul , French football playerAbderrahman Kabous , French-Moroccan football playerAhmed Kantari , French-Moroccan football playerSakina Karchaoui , French female football playerDavid Keltjens , Israeli football playerHoussine Kharja , Moroccan football playerYounes Khattabi , Moroccan rugby league playerAvi Knafo , Israeli football playerZakaria Labyad Hoda Lattaf , French female football playerAmine Lecomte , French football playerMoshe Lugasi , Israeli football playerNassir Maachi , Dutch-Moroccan football playerMouaad Madri , French-Moroccan football playerZinédine Machach , French football playerRiyad Mahrez , French-Moroccan football playerMehdi Messaoudi , French-Moroccan football playerMourad Mghizrat , Dutch-Moroccan football playerSmail Morabit , French-Moroccan football playerYassin Moutaouakil , French football playerChafik Najih , French football playerLamine Yamal Nasraoui , Spanish football playerNoureddine Naybet Mounir Obbadi , French-Moroccan football playerLeila Ouahabi , Spanish-Moroccan football playerAmine Oudrhiri , French football playerYacine Qasmi , French-Moroccan football playerAdil Rami , French football playerAdil Ramzi Adrien Regattin , French football playerWalid Regragui , French-Moroccan football player and managerHamid Rhanem , French football playerYoussef Safri Karim Safsaf , French football playerRomain Saïss , French football playerHamza Sakhi , French-Moroccan football playerVictor Sarusi , Israeli football playerSalaheddine Sbai , football playerYoussef Sekour , French-Moroccan football playerTarik Sektioui , football playerKhalid Sinouh , Dutch-Moroccan football playerHassan Souari , football playerMounir Soufiani , French football playerTomer Swisa , Israeli football playerAdel Taarabt , Moroccan football playerIdan Tal , Israeli football playerFarid Talhaoui , French football playerMehdi Taouil , French football playerEitan Tibi , Israeli football playerKarim Touzani , Dutch-Moroccan football playerYoann Touzghar , French football playerSmahi Triki , football playerBadou Zaki Merouane Zemmama Roei Zikri , Israeli football playerHakim Ziyech , Dutch-Moroccan football playerAbdellah Zoubir , French football playerNiv Zrihan , Israeli football player
Ice hockey
Kickboxers
Badr Hari
Martial artists
Racers
Rowing
Ski
Runners
Abdelhakim Bagy , Moroccan-born French long-distance runnerAbdellah Béhar , Moroccan-born runner specialized in the 5000 metres and cross-country runningFouad Chouki , French middle-distance runner, specialized in the 1500 metresDriss El Himer , Moroccan-born long-distance runnerAbderrahim El Haouzy , Moroccan-born French sprinterMustapha Essaïd , Moroccan-born French runner who specialized in the 5000 metersMohamed Ezzher , Moroccan-born French long-distance runnerAdam Gemili , British sprinterBrahim Lahlafi , Moroccan former long-distance runnerDriss Maazouzi , Moroccan-born 1500 meters athlete runnerMohamed Ouaadi , Moroccan-born French long-distance runner who specialized in the marathonYamna Oubouhou , Moroccan-born French long-distance runnerIsmaïl Sghyr , French-Moroccan long-distance runnerMounir Yemmouni , Moroccan-born French middle-distance runner specialized in the 1500 meters
Tennis players
Wrestlers
Writers
Twentieth century
Leila Abouzeid Tahar Ben Jelloun Laila Lalami Leïla Slimani Fatema Mernissi Abdellah Taïa Leila Abouzeid , Arabic-language novelistMohammed Achaari , writer, poet and politicianSaid Achtouk , poet, musician and songwriterMririda n’Ait Attik (c. 1900–c. 1930), Tashelhit-language poetLotfi Akalay , writer and businessmanIdriss ibn al-Hassan al-Alami (1925–2007)Mohammed ibn Mohammed Alami , poetAllal al-Fassi (1910–1974)Malika al-Fassi , journalist, playwright, novelistMohammed al-Habib al-Fourkani (1922–2008)Abd al-Aziz al-Ghumari (1920–1997)Abdullah al-Ghumari (1910–1993)Ahmad al-Ghumari (1902–1961)Mohammed Abed al-Jabri (1936–2010)Ahmad al-Tayyeb Aldj (born 1928)Tewfik Allal (born 1947)Ahmed al-Madini (born 1949)Mohammed al-Makki al-Nasiri (1906–1994)Tuhami al-Wazzani (1903–1972)Ali ibn Qasim al-Zaqqaq (died 1506)Ali Azaykou (1942–2004)Hassan Bahara (born 1978), Moroccan-Dutch writerLatifa Baka , novelist, short story writerHafsa Bekri , poet, short story writer, feminist writerAbdelmalek Belghiti (1906–2010)Abdelkader Benali (born 1975)Mehdi Ben Barka (1920–1965)Siham Benchekroun , novelist, poet, short story writerRajae Benchemsi , poet, essayist, novelistMohammed Kaghat (1942–2001)Mohammed Khammar Kanouni (1938–1991)Mohammed Khaïr-Eddine (1941–1995)Abdelkebir Khatibi (1938–2009)Rita El Khayat , psychiatrist, publisher, women's rights activist, non-fiction writerAbdelfattah Kilito (born 1945)Driss Ksikes Abdellatif Laabi (born 1942)Leila Lahlou , author of the novel Do Not Forget God (1987)Mohammed Aziz Lahbabi (1922–1993)Abdelrahim Lahbibi (born 1950)Laila Lalami , Moroccan-American novelist, essayistWafaa Lamrani , poetAbdallah Laroui (born 1933)Fouad Laroui (born 1958), Moroccan economist and writerMohammed Leftah (1946–2008)Ahmed Lemsih (born 1950)Ali Lmrabet (born 1959)Zahra Mansouri Ahmed Mejjati (1936–1995)Saida Menebhi , poet, Marxist activistFatema Mernissi , feminist writer, sociologistMohamed Mrabet (born 1936)Mostafa Nissaboury (born 1943)Rachid O (born 1970)Malika Oufkir , memoirist, author of Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert JailTouria Oulehri , novelist, criticBachir Qamari (1951–2021)Mubarak Rabi (born 1938)Mohamed Said Raihani (born 1968)Fouzia Rhissassi , educator, women's rights activist, non-fiction writerNajima Rhozali , non-fiction writer, politicianMohammed Sabila Abdelhadi Said (born 1974)Thouria Saqqat , children's writer
Nineteenth century
Eighteenth century
Seventeenth century
Sixteenth century
Fifteenth century
Fourteenth century
Thirteenth century
Twelfth century
Eleventh century
Tenth century
See also
References
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