List of Famous people born in Morocco
Ahmed Aboutaleb
Ahmed Aboutaleb is a Moroccan-Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and journalist. He has been the Mayor of Rotterdam since 5 January 2009.
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.
Nadia Farès
Nadia Farès is a French actress. She made her film debut in 1992, with My Wife's Girlfriends. She rose to fame with the police thriller Les Rivières pourpres. She appeared as Jade Agent Kinler in the 2007 action/thriller War, and as Pia in the 2007 horror film Storm Warning.
Patrick Drahi
Patrick Drahi is a French-Israeli billionaire businessman with French, Moroccan, Portuguese, and Israeli citizenship, living in Switzerland since 1999. He is the founder and controlling shareholder of the European based telecom group Altice, listed on the European Euronext Stock Exchange.
Henry de Lesquen
Henry de Lesquen is a French politician. A retired official and former radio host, De Lesquen has been the president of the Carrefour de l'Horloge, a national liberal think tank, since 1985. A blogger and YouTuber since the 2010s, he has participated in popularising the concept of "remigration" in France, as well as spreading racialist concepts built on anthropologist Carleton S. Coon's theories.
Hicham El Guerrouj
Hicham El Guerrouj is a retired Moroccan middle-distance runner. El Guerrouj is the current world record holder of the outdoor 1500 metres, mile, and 2000 metres events. He also held indoor world records for the mile and 1500 metres until 2019, and is the only man since Paavo Nurmi to earn a gold medal in both the 1500 metres and 5000 metres at the same Olympic Games.
Hussein Amotta
Hussein Ammouta is a Moroccan former footballer was a current coach of Wydad Casablanca. He previously played as a midfielder, and had spent his entire playing career in the Middle East and Africa. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Princess Lalla Salma of Morocco
Lalla Salma is the princess consort of Morocco. She is married to King Mohammed VI, and the first wife of a Moroccan ruler to have been publicly acknowledged and given a royal title.
Moulay Hassan, Crown Prince of Morocco
Moulay Hassan is the Crown Prince of Morocco. He is the elder child of King Mohammed VI of Morocco and Princess Lalla Salma. He has a younger sister, Princess Lalla Khadija. He is named after his grandfather Hassan II; when he ascends the throne, he is expected to reign as Hassan III. In 2015 Hassan began appearing in public with his father at official engagements.
Samira Said
Samira Said is a Moroccan pop singer.