List of Famous people born in Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceïma, Morocco
Jean-Luc Mélenchon
Jean-Luc Antoine Pierre Mélenchon is a French politician serving as the member of the National Assembly for the 4th constituency of Bouches-du-Rhône since 2017.
Bibiana Fernández
Bibiana Manuela Fernández Chica, better known as Bibiana Fernández and also known as Bibi Andersen, is a Spanish actress, singer, TV presenter and model.
Ibn Battuta
Ibn Battuta was a Muslim Berber-Moroccan scholar and explorer who widely travelled the Old World, travelling more than any other explorer in history, totaling around 117,000 km, surpassing Zheng He with about 50,000 km and Marco Polo with 24,000 km. Over a period of thirty years, Ibn Battuta visited most of the Old World, including Central Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, China, and the Iberian Peninsula. Near the end of his life, he dictated an account of his journeys, titled A Gift to Those Who Contemplate the Wonders of Cities and the Marvels of Traveling, but commonly known as The Rihla.
María Teresa Campos Luque
María Teresa Campos Luque is a Spanish journalist and television presenter.
Jorge Verstrynge Rojas
Jorge Verstrynge Rojas is a Spanish former politician, activist and political scientist, professor in the Complutense University of Madrid. Close to neofascist movements in his youth and Secretary-General of People's Alliance in the 1980s, he experimented along his political career an ideological switch towards leftist positions.
Mohamed Elyounoussi
Mohamed Amine Elyounoussi, also known by his nickname Moi (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈmùːɪ], is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a forward or winger for Celtic, on loan from Southampton, and the Norway national team.
Mohamed Abarhoun
Mohamed Abarhoun was a Moroccan professional footballer who played as a defender. He played domestic football for hometown club Moghreb Tétouan, Portuguese club Moreirense, and Turkish club Çaykur Rizespor. Abarhoun also represented Morocco at under-20, under-23 and senior level. He died of stomach cancer at the age of 31.
Pedro Reyes
Pedro Reyes was a Spanish comedian, humorist, actor and television presenter. He was known for his surreal humour and collaboration with Pablo Carbonell in the 1980s.
Youssef Amrani
Youssef Amrani is a Moroccan diplomat and politician of the Istiqlal Party. Since October 2021, Amrani has served as the Moroccan ambassador to the European Union. He has previously held positions as Morocco's ambassador to South Africa, Chile, Colombia, and Mexico. He also held the position as the Delegate-Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation in the cabinet of Abdelilah Benkirane. Before this nomination he worked since 1978 as a civil servant at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Rabat. He also served as Consul and Ambassador of Morocco to multiple Spanish-speaking countries and was Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean until February 2012.
Latifa Ibn Ziaten
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.