List of Famous people born in Oriental, Morocco

Abdel Qissi is a Moroccan-Belgian actor and former boxer with eight recorded fights in the early 1980s.

Saïd Bouteflika is an Algerian politician and academic. He is the brother and was a special adviser of Abdelaziz Bouteflika in his former role as President of Algeria, on whom he would have had "considerable influence", especially after the president suffered a serious stroke in 2013. He was also an assistant professor at the University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene (USTHB).

Mohamed Hassan Bensalah is the chairman and CEO of the Moroccan group Holarcom. He is the brother of Moroccan businesswoman Miriem Bensalah-Chaqroun.

Mbarek Bekkay was the Prime Minister of Morocco between December 7, 1955 and April 15, 1958. Bekkay held the rank of colonel in the French army.

Abdelouafi Laftit is a Moroccan politician, currently serving as Minister of the Interior since 5 April 2017.

Fouzi Lekjaa is a Moroccan football administrator and businessman, who is the president of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation since 2014, and a member of the FIFA Council since 2021. On 7 October 2021 he was appointed Minister Delegate to the Minister of Finance, responsible for the budget.