List of Famous people born in Oriental, Morocco

Abdelaziz Bouteflika is an Algerian politician who served as President of Algeria for almost 20 years, from 1999 to his resignation in 2019.

Najat Vallaud-Belkacem is a former French lawyer and politician of the Socialist Party (PS) who was the first French woman to serve as Minister of Education, Higher Education, and Research in the governments of successive Prime Ministers Manuel Valls and Bernard Cazeneuve from 2014 until 2017. Since 2020, she has been the director of the One Campaign in France.

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.

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.

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.

Aziz Bouhaddouz is a Moroccan footballer who currently plays as a striker for SV Sandhausen.

Maurice Lévy is Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Publicis Groupe, the world's third largest advertising and communications group.

Nouria Benghabrit-Remaoun is an Algerian sociologist and researcher who serves in the government of Algeria as Minister of National Education.

Chakib Khelil is an Algerian political figure who served in the government of Algeria as Minister of Energy and Mines from 1999 to 2010.

Michel Qissi is a Moroccan-Belgian actor, best known for his role as Tong Po in the 1989 martial arts film Kickboxer.