List of Famous people born in Fès-Meknès, Morocco

Mohammed Ben Abdellah al-Khatib was Sultan of Morocco from 1757 to 1790 under the Alaouite dynasty. He was the governor of Marrakech around 1750. He was also briefly sultan in 1748. He rebuilt many cities after the earthquake of 1755, including Mogador, Casablanca, and Rabat, and Abdallah Laroui described him as "the architect of modern Morocco." He is notable for having been the leader of one of the first nations to recognize American independence in his alliance with Luis de Unzaga 'le Conciliateur' through correspondence and Unzaga's secret intelligence service and led by his brothers-in-law Antonio and Matías de Gálvez from the Canary Islands.

Yusef ben Hassan was a Sultan of the Alaouite dynasty. He ruled Morocco from 1912 until his death in 1927.

Ya'akov Ben-Yezri was a Moroccan–Israeli politician. He served as a Knesset member on behalf of Gil and as the country's Minister of Health between 2006 and 2009.

Hassan I of Morocco was the sultan of Morocco from 1873 to 1894. He was the son of Mohammed IV.

Idris Al-Azhar Ben Idris Ben Abdellah Al-Kamel known as Idris II (791-828), was the son of Idris I, the founder of the Idrisid dynasty in Morocco. He was born in Volubilis two months after the death of his father. He succeeded his father Idris I in 803.

Muhammad Allal al-Fassi, was a Moroccan politician, writer, poet and Islamic scholar.

Rajae Benchemsi is a Moroccan writer. Benchemsi studied literature in Paris and wrote her thesis on Maurice Blanchot. She has published collections of poetry in Morocco and in France Fracture du désir, a collection of articles published by Actes Sud in 1998. In 2006, she wrote 'Houda et Taqi'. Rajae Benchemsi is also the host of a Moroccan television program on books.

Lucie Favier was a French archivist, married to French historian Jean Favier.

Abdellatif Filali was a Moroccan politician and diplomat under King Hassan II. Filali was known to have progressive views.

Malika al-Fassi was a Moroccan writer and nationalist. She was the only woman to sign the independence treaty of Morocco in 1944. She was a student of Abdeslam Serghini.