List of Famous people born in Morocco

Latifa Ibn Ziaten, is a French-Moroccan activist. She is the mother of Imad ibn Ziaten, born in 1981, the first service member in Toulouse killed by Mohammed Merah on 11 March 2012.

Katherine Pancol is a journalist and bestselling French novelist. Her books have been translated into some 30 languages, and sold millions of copies worldwide. In the United States, she is known as the author of The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles and its sequel, The Slow Waltz of Turtles, both translated by William Rodarmor.

Zineb Triki is a French actress of Moroccan descent, known for her role as Nadia El Mansour in the French television series The Bureau.

Hamza Mendyl is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Schalke 04.

Youssef Akdim, better known as Lartiste, is a French-Moroccan singer and rapper. Born in Marrakesh, Morocco, he emigrated to France at 7 years old, having lived in Bondy and later in Le Blanc-Mesnil, outside of Paris. At age 13, he became part of the rap band Malédiction and at 16 he adopted the stage name Lartiste.

Íñigo Méndez de Vigo y Montojo, 9th Baron of Claret is a Spanish aristocrat and politician. He served as Minister of Education, Culture and Sport between 26 June 2015 and 1 June 2018, when a vote of no-confidence against Mariano Rajoy ousted the government. He was also the Spokesperson of the Government from 4 November 2016 until his departure on 1 June 2018.

Soufiane El Bakkali is a Moroccan male steeplechase runner. He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Abderrahmane Youssoufi was a Moroccan politician who served as the Prime Minister of Morocco from 1998 to 2002. He was a human rights lawyer.

Aziza Jalal is a Moroccan Arabic pop singer.

Loubna Abidar is a Moroccan actress. Abidar was born in Marrakesh.