List of Famous people born in Casablanca-Settat, Morocco
Zineb El Rhazoui
Zineb El Rhazoui is a Moroccan-born French journalist. She was a columnist for Paris-based satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo from 2011 to 2017. She was in Morocco during the Charlie Hebdo massacre on 7 January 2015.
Guy Forget
Guy Forget is a French tennis administrator and retired professional tennis player. During his career, he helped France win the Davis Cup in both 1991 and 1996. Since retiring as a player, he has served as France's Davis Cup team captain.
Yves Lévy
Yves Lévy is a French physician researcher and professor of clinical immunology who served as CEO of the French Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) from 2014 until 2018.
Pokimane
Imane Anys, better known by her online alias Pokimane, is a Moroccan-Canadian Internet personality. As a Twitch streamer and YouTuber, Anys is best known for her live streams on Twitch, where she showcases her video gaming experiences, most notably in League of Legends and Fortnite. She is a member of OfflineTV, an online social entertainment group of content creators.
Nabil Dirar
Nabil Dirar is a Moroccan professional footballer who currently plays as a winger for Belgian club Club Brugge on loan from Turkish club Fenerbahçe, and the Morocco national team.
Nicole Ferroni
Nicole Ferroni is a French comedian, actress, columnist in France Inter and former biology teacher. She is known for participating in Laurent Ruquier's show On n'demande qu'à en rire.
Richard Virenque
Richard Virenque is a retired French professional road racing cyclist. He was one of the most popular French riders with fans for his boyish personality and his long, lone attacks. He was a climber, best remembered for winning the King of the Mountains competition of the Tour de France a record seven times and also for being one of the central figures in a widespread doping scandal in 1998: the Festina Affair.
Izza Génini
Izza Génini is a Moroccan movie producer and director. She has lived and worked in Paris, France since 1960.
Jean Schultheis
Jean Edouard Louis Schultheis, better known as Jean Schultheis is a Moroccan-born French singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer. He was made famous by his single, "Confidence pour confidence", released in 1981.
Nabila Mounib
Nabila Mounib, born in 1960 in Casablanca, is a Moroccan politician who currently serves as the General Secretary of the Unified Socialist Party (PSU). She is the first woman elected at the head of a Moroccan party.