List of Famous people born in Morocco
Fatima Yvelain
Fatima Yvelain is a French long-distance runner. She competed in the women's 10,000 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Amina Bouayach
Amina Bouayach is a Moroccan human rights activist. Since December 2018, Bouayach has served as the president of the Moroccan National Human Rights Council.
Moncef Belkhayat
Moncef Belkhayat is a Moroccan entrepreneur who founded and developed various companies in Morocco under the holding H&S. A former politician, he left politics on 26 December 2019 to focus on his various businesses. He served as the Minister of Youth and Sports in Abbas El Fassi's government in 2009.
Najat El Hachmi
Najat El Hachmi is a Moroccan-Spanish writer. She holds a degree in Arabic Studies from the University of Barcelona. She is the author of a personal essay on her bicultural identity, and three previous novels, the first of which earned her the 2008 Ramon Llull Prize, the 2009 Prix Ulysse, and was a finalist for the 2009 Prix Méditerranée Étranger.
Saida Fikri
Saida Fikri is a Moroccan singer and composer. Her songs are blend between Moroccan folk and Western rock music.
Housni Benslimane
General Housni Benslimane is a senior Moroccan Gendarmerie officer who has served since 1972 as the Commander-in-Chief of this unit. He also presides over the Moroccan Olympic Committee and was president of the Moroccan FA between 1994 and 2009.
Princess Lalla Asma of Morocco
Princess Lalla Asma of Morocco is the second daughter and third eldest child of Hassan II of Morocco and his second wife, Lalla Latifa Hammou.
Omar Radi
Omar Radi is a Moroccan investigative journalist and human rights activist. He has worked at Lakome, Atlantic Radio, Media 24, TelQuel and Le Desk focusing on investigations about human rights, corruption and social movements. He was detained in Casablanca on 26 December 2019 for criticizing a judge in a tweet posted six months earlier. His arrest triggered a movement of solidarity among his sympathizers. He was handed a suspended four-month prison sentence, a verdict criticized by some NGOs and human rights groups.
Yassine Salhi
Yassine Salhi is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Raja Beni Mellal.
Hicham Aboucherouane
Hicham Aboucherouane is a Moroccan footballer.