List of Famous people born in Morocco

Ruth Elkrief

First Name Ruth
Last Name Elkrief
Born on December 1, 1960 (age 65)

Ruth Elkrief is a French-Moroccan television journalist.

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Philippe Barbarin

Philippe Xavier Christian Ignace Marie Barbarin
First Name Philippe
Last Name Barbarin
Born on October 17, 1950 (age 75)

Philippe Xavier Christian Ignace Marie Barbarin is a French Roman Catholic prelate who was the Archbishop of Lyon from 2002 to 2020. He was made a cardinal in 2003. He was charged in 2017 and convicted in 2019 of failing to report sex abuse allegedly committed by a priest and was given a suspended six-month prison sentence. On 24 June 2019, Barbarin lost his status as leader of the Archdiocese of Lyon, though he retained the title of Archbishop. His conviction was overturned on appeal on 30 January 2020. Despite the conviction being overturned, Pope Francis accepted Barbarin's resignation as Archbishop of Lyon on 6 March 2020.

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Valérie Bénaïm

First Name Valérie
Last Name Bénaïm
Born on August 30, 1969 (age 56)

Valérie Bénaïm is a French journalist, columnist, writer, TV Presenter and radio host.

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Nabila Rmili

First Name Nabila
Last Name Rmili
Born on June 5, 1974 (age 51)

Nabila Rmili is a Moroccan medic and National Rally of Independents (RNI) politician. In September 2021, she was elected as the mayor of Casablanca.

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Nathalie Delon

Francine Canovas
First Name Nathalie
Born on August 1, 1941
Died on January 21, 2021 (aged 79)
Born in Morocco, Oriental

Nathalie Delon was a French actress and film director. She is notable for her first acting role, appearing opposite her husband, actor Alain Delon, in the neo-noir film Le Samouraï directed by Jean-Pierre Melville (1967). Their highly publicized marriage dissolved after four-and-a-half years, but she went on to appear in some 30 films and directed two more.

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Chakib Benmoussa

First Name Chakib
Last Name Benmoussa
Born on February 24, 1958 (age 68)

Chakib Benmoussa is a former Interior Minister of Morocco and the lead negotiator for the Moroccan side in the Western Sahara conflict.

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María Teresa Campos Luque

First Name María
Last Name Luque
Born on June 18, 1941 (age 84)

María Teresa Campos Luque is a Spanish journalist and television presenter.

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Moulay Hafid Elalamy

First Name Moulay
Born on January 13, 1960 (age 66)

Moulay Hafid Elalamy is a Moroccan businessman and politician. He is the founder and owner of the Saham Group. He serves as the Minister of Industry, Trade, & New Technologies.

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Marion Game

First Name Marion
Last Name Game
Born on July 31, 1938 (age 87)

Marion Game is a French actress.

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Zineb El Rhazoui

First Name Zineb
Born on January 19, 1982 (age 44)

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.

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