List of Moroccan people explained
This list of Moroccan people includes people who were born in Morocco and people who are of Moroccan ancestry, who are significantly notable for their life and/or work.
Academics
- Michel Abitbol, Moroccan-born Israeli historian, professor and chair of the Department of African Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
- Robert Assaraf (1936–2018), Moroccan-born French historian
- David Assouline, Moroccan-born French historian and politician
- Moshe Bar-Asher (Moshe Ben Harush), Moroccan-born Israeli linguist and the president of the Academy of the Hebrew Language in Jerusalem.
- Baruj Benacerraf (1920–2011), Venezuelan-born American immunologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- Samuel Benchimol (1923–2002), Brazilian economist, scientist and one of the leading experts on the Amazon region
- Sara Bendahan (1906–1946), first Venezuelan woman to complete her medical studies in Venezuela
- Alegría Bendayán de Bendelac, Venezuelan philologist, professor, writer and poet
- Kamal Benslama, Moroccan experimental particle physicist and professor of physics in the USA. Selected in 2020 as a person of extraordinary ability in Sciences by the US Government.
- David Bensoussan, Moroccan-born Canadian historian, author, and educator
- Georges Bensoussan, Moroccan-born French historian
- Latifa El Bouhsini, Moroccan professor and scholar on the history of the Moroccan feminist movement and women's rights issues.
- Nadia Bouras, Dutch historian
- David Cazès, Moroccan Jewish writer and educator
- Merieme Chadid, astronomer and researcher
- Rajaâ Cherkaoui El Moursli, Moroccan nuclear physicist. Winner of a L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science for her work on the Higgs Boson.
- Sami Shalom Chetrit, Moroccan Israeli University professor, Hebrew poet and Peace activist.
- Isaac Chocrón (1930–2011), Venezuelan economist, playwright and translator.
- Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, Algerian-born French physicist who won the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics (with Steven Chu and William Daniel Phillips)
- Henriette Dahan Kalev, Moroccan-born Israeli scholar, founder of the Gender Studies Program at Ben Gurion University.
- Yossi Dahan, Moroccan-born Israeli scholar, law professor, and the Head of the Human Rights Division at the College of Law and Business.
- Yvette Duval (née Benchettrit) (1931–2006), Moroccan-born French historian who specialized in North Africa during Antiquity.
- Latifa Elouadrhiri, Moroccan experimental physicist and researcher
- Mahdi Elmandjra, Moroccan futurologist
- Abdul Salam Al Haras, Moroccan professor considered one of the pioneers of Islamic work in Morocco
- Eva Illouz, Moroccan-born Israeli scholar, professor of sociology at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
- Raphael Israeli, Moroccan-born Israeli scholar, Professor Emeritus of Middle Eastern, Islamic and Chinese history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
- Asma Lamrabet, Moroccan doctor, scholar, Islamic feminist and author
- Marcelle Machluf, Moroccan-born Israeli biologist, director of the Laboratory for Cancer Drug Delivery & Cell Based Technologies
- Adnane Remmal, Moroccan biologist
- Avraham Avi Simhon, Israeli economist
- Hourya Benis Sinaceur, Moroccan philosopher
- Daniel Sivan, specialist of Hebrew language from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
- Moncef Slaoui, chief adviser of Operation Warp Speed
- Mohammed Amine Smaili, theologian and author
- Abdelhadi Tazi (1921–2015), scholar, writer, historian, and former Moroccan ambassador in various countries
- Rachid Yazami, co-inventor of the lithium-ion battery
- Mimoun Azizi,German-Maroccan neurologist, philosopher, political scientist and sociologist. Head of a German clinic
- Haim Zafrani, Moroccan historian, specialist of Moroccan and North African history and Mediterranean Jewish history
Activists
- Mustapha Adib, human rights activist
- Reuven Abergel, Saadia Marciano and Charlie Biton, Moroccan-born Israeli activists, founders of the Israeli Black Panthers
- Hélène Cazès-Benatar (1898–1979), Moroccan human rights activist and the country's first female lawyer
- Fatna El Bouih, democracy activist who was imprisoned during the Years of Lead
- Kacem El Ghazzali, secular blogger and activist
- Carmen Elmakiyes, Amos, Israeli social and political activist, medical clown, and filmmaker
- Miriam Peretz (née Ohayon), Moroccan-born Israeli educator and activist
- Mohamed Rabbae, Dutch-Moroccan politician and activist
- Rudy Rochman, French-born Israeli-Jewish rights activist
- Abraham Serfaty, prominent dissident, militant, and political activist
- Mordechai Vanunu, Israeli activist
- Aladdin Meier, Swiss-Moroccan activist
Actors
- Avital Abergel, Israeli actress
- Ahmed Salah Abdelfatah, Dutch actor
- Mina El Hammani, Spanish-Moroccan actress
- Yael Abecassis, Israeli actress
- Loubna Abidar, Moroccan actress
- Morjana Alaoui, Moroccan actress
- Sanâa Alaoui, French-Moroccan actress
- Fu'ad Aït Aattou, French actor
- Achmed Akkabi, Dutch actor
- Natacha Amal, Belgian actress
- Oulaya Amamra, French actress
- Najib Amhali, Moroccan-born Dutch stand-up comedian and actor
- Reymond Amsalem, Israeli actress
- Richard Anconina, French actor
- Shiri Appleby, American actress
- Moran Atias, Israeli actress
- Aure Atika, French actress
- Amal Ayouch (born 1966), stage and film actress
- Mohammed Azaay, Moroccan-born Dutch actor
- Lubna Azabal, Belgian actress
- Shmil Ben Ari, Israeli actor
- Samuel Benchetrit, French actor, scenarist, writer and director
- Marc Bendavid, Canadian actor
- Amador Bendayán, Venezuelan actor and comedian
- Omar Berdouni, Moroccan actor
- Raquel Bitton, singer, French actress, scenarist, writer, producer
- Miri Bohadana, Israeli actress and TV presentator.
- Mohammed Chaara, Dutch actor
- Touria Chaoui (1936–1956), actress, first female Moroccan to gain a pilots license
- Emmanuelle Chriqui, Canadian actress
- Philippe Clair (Charles Bensoussan), Moroccan-born French actor, director, producer and screenwriter
- Paul Danan, British actor
- Gérard Darmon, Algerian-born French actor. He was granted the Moroccan citizenship in 2012.
- Nasrdin Dchar Dutch actor and presenter
- Adam Deacon, British actor and rapper
- Vincent Elbaz, French actor
- Jérémie Elkaïm, French actor
- Houda Echouafni, Moroccan actress
- Mehdi El Glaoui, French actor
- Ronit Elkabetz, Israeli actress
- Ouidad Elma, French-Moroccan actress
- Mamoun Elyounoussi, Dutch actor
- Nabil Elouahabi, British actor
- Nadia Farès, French actress
- Nora Fatehi, Canadian actress and dancer who works in Indian cinema
- Jenette Goldstein, American actress
- Tzachi Halevy, Israeli actor, singer and musician
- Evelin Hagoel, Moroccan-born Israeli actress
- Maryam Hassouni, Dutch actress
- Aharon Ipalé, Moroccan-born Israeli actor
- Dana Ivgy, Israeli actress
- Moshe Ivgy, Moroccan-born Israeli actor
- Touriya Jabrane (Saadia Kraytif), Moroccan actress, theatre director and politician
- Paul Karo, Australian actor
- Shlomi Koriat, Israeli actor and comedian
- Yasmine Lafitte (Hafida El Khabchi), Moroccan-born French pornographic actress
- Karen Lancaume (Karine Bach), French pornographic actress
- Inbar Lavi, Israeli actress
- Danny Nucci, Italian-American actor
- Mimoun Oaïssa, Moroccan-born Dutch actor
- Mimoun Ouled Radi, Dutch actor
- Zineb Oukach, Moroccan actress and model
- Ze’ev Revach, Moroccan-born Israeli actor, comedian and director
- Laila Rouass, British actress
- Daniela Ruah, Portuguese-American actress
- Agam Rudberg, Israeli actress and model
- Nasser Saleh, Spanish actor
- Rosalinda Serfaty, Argentinian actress
- Leila Shenna, Moroccan former actress
- Benjamin Siksou, French actor and singer
- Noah Schnapp, American-Canadian actor
- Saïd Taghmaoui, French and American actor
- Elisa Tovati, French actress and singer
- Zineb Triki, French-Moroccan actress
- Jake Weber, British actor
- Roschdy Zem, French actor and director
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Business people and entrepreneurs
- Sylvain Abitbol, Canadian engineer and entrepreneur in the telecommunications industry as CEO of NHC Communications Inc
- Abdeslam Ahizoune, businessman, the chairman and chief executive officer of Maroc Telecom
- Aziz Akhannouch, businessman and current Minister of Agriculture
- Modar Alaoui, Moroccan-American serial entrepreneur based in Silicon Valley, California in the United States
- Nezha Alaoui, Moroccan entrepreneur and founder of the Mayshad brand
- David Amar (1920–2000), Moroccan businessman, leader of the Moroccan Jewish community, politician, and philanthropist
- Richard Attias, businessman, events producer, founder and former chairman of PublicisLive and presently the executive chairman of Richard Attias and Associates
- Elie Azagury (1918–2009), Moroccan architect, considered the first Moroccan modernist architect
- Bettina Banoun, Norwegian barrister and businesswoman
- Alain J. P. Belda, Canadian-Moroccan businessman, former CEO of Alcoa
- Isaac Benayon Sabba, Brazilian entrepreneur, founder of the IB Sabbá Ltda. group and Petroleo Sabbá S.A.
- Yoshua Bengio, French-Canadian computer scientist, most noted for his work on artificial neural networks and deep learning
- Othman Benjelloun, Moroccan businessman CEO of the BMCE
- Albert "Aldo" Bensadoun, Moroccan-born Canadian businessman, founder and chief executive of the ALDO Group
- Miriem Bensalah-Chaqroun, Moroccan businesswoman
- Dror Benshetrit, Israeli artist, designer and inventor based in New York City.
- Babette Bensoussan, Australian author and competitive intelligence specialist, who has written several books on competitive intelligence and analysis.
- Moses Bensusan, Canadian-American real estate developer CEO of Liberty Grande and Logictech Construction Group.
- Jacky Ben-Zaken
- Miloud Chaabi
- Joseph Chetrit, Moroccan American real estate investor and developer
- Salomón Cohen Levy, Venezuelan-Israeli engineer and a real estate businessman
- Albert Dadon, Moroccan Australian businessman
- Patrick Drahi, Moroccan businessman CEO of telecom group Altice
- Victor Drai, Moroccan American night-club owner
- Victor Elmaleh (1918–2014), Moroccan-born American businessman and real estate developer
- Mahdi ElMandjra
- Sonia Gardner (née Lasry), Moroccan American billionaire hedge fund manager and co-founder of hedge fund Avenue Capital Group.
- Salwa Idrissi Akhannouch, businesswoman, the founder and CEO of the Aksal Group
- Daniel Iffla, French financier and philanthropist
- Amina Lahbabi-Peters, branding, marketing and Communication for Development specialist
- Marc Lasry, Moroccan American billionaire hedge fund manager and co-founder and chief executive officer of hedge fund Avenue Capital Group
- Maurice Lévy, Moroccan French businessman, CEO of Publicis
- Sarah Saddouk, French-Moroccan, Head of Innovation and Strategy of BNC Publishing, entrepreneur.com
- David Serero, French award-winning architect
- Mostafa Terrab, businessman, current CEO of the Moroccan state-owned phosphate-mining company OCP
- Ralph Toledano, French-Moroccan businessman
- Sidney Toledano, French-Moroccan businessman, CEO of LMVH Fashion Group since February 2018, and former CEO of Fashion House Dior.
Comedians
- Ary Abittan, French stand-up comedian
- Najib Amhali, Dutch-Moroccan stand-up comedian and actor
- Rachid Badouri, Canadian-Moroccan stand-up comedian
- Jamel Debbouze, French-Moroccan stand-up comedian, actor and producer
- Hanane el-Fadili, Moroccan comedian and actress
- Gad Elmaleh, French-Moroccan stand-up comedian, actor and producer
- Anne Roumanoff, French humorist and actress
- Élie Semoun, French stand-up comedian and actor
Directors and producers
- Abdou Achouba, Moroccan filmmaker, film-critic, and producer
- Dan Attias, American television director and producer
- Nabil Ayouch, Moroccan French film director
- Lisa Azuelos, French director
- Jom Tob Azulay, Brazilian producer, director, writer, director of photography and soundman
- Margot Benacerraf
- Hicham Bennir, Canadian director cinematographer editor and photographer
- Faouzi Bensaïdi
- Jacques Bensimon, Canadian public film and television director, producer and executive in Canada
- Houda Benyamina, French director
- Simone Bitton
- André Elbaz
- Ronit Elkabetz, Israeli filmmaker, screenwriter, and actress
- Shlomi Elkabetz, Israeli filmmaker, screenwriter, and actor
- Olivier Dahan, French filmmaker
- Ismaël Ferroukhi
- Sanaa Hamri
- Tala Hadid
- Laila Marrakchi
- Hakim Nouri
- Michèle Ohayon, Academy Award-nominated film director, screenwriter and producer
- Mohamed Reggab, film director
- Heinz Tietjen
- Abdelhadi Tazi
- Éric Toledano, French filmmaker
- Malika Zouhali-Worrall
Fashion (designers, models)
- Karima Adebibe, British model
- Nora Attal, British model
- Yigal Azrouël, Israeli American New York based fashion designer
- Elena Benarroch, Moroccan-Spanish fashion designer
- Sara Chafak, Finnish model, winner of Miss Finland 2012
- Alber Elbaz, Moroccan-born Israeli fashion designer, who worked for the Lanvin house
- Joseph Ettedgui, British-Moroccan retailer, designer and founder of the Joseph brand
- Bouchra Jarrar, French haute couture fashion designer for Balenciaga and Lanvin
- Shlomit Malka, Israeli fashion model and television host.
- Paul Marciano, American-Moroccan fashion designer and co-founder of GUESS? Inc
- Joe Mimran, Canadian-Moroccan fashion designer and entrepreneur
- Pnina Tornai (Pnina Assis), Israeli fashion and wedding dress designer, reality and daytime TV personality
- Imaan Hammam, Dutch fashion model of Moroccan and Egyptian descent
Historical figures
- Al-Marrakushi
- Ahmed el Inglizi
- Averroes (Abu El Walid Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Ibn Rushd)
- Judah ben David Hayyuj
- Maimonides
- Merieme Chadid
- Mohammed El Ifrani
- Moses Elias Levy
- Mouha ou Hammou Zayani, military figure who played an important role in the fight against French colonials
- Muhammad al-Idrisi
- Muhammad al-Muqri
- Muhammad Ben 'Abd al-Karim al-Khattabi
- Muley Xeque (1566–1621), Moroccan noble who converted to Catholicism in the 16th century
- Mohammed Abed Al-Jabri
- Robert Purvis (4 August 1810 – 15 April 1898), American abolitionist in the United States
- David Pallache, member of the Pallache family
- Isaac Pallache, member of the Pallache family
- Joseph Pallache, member of the Pallache family
- Moses Pallache, member of the Pallache family
- Solika, famous Jewish martyr of the 19th century
- Ibn battuta, famous explorer
- Tariq ibn Ziyad, famous Berber warrior
- Yusuf ibn Tashfin, famous Berber warrior and leader
- Estevanico, famous explorer
Islamic religious leaders
- Ahmad ibn Ajiba, 18th century Sufi saint
- Muhammad al-Jazuli, 15th century Sufi leader of the Berber tribe of the Jazulah
- Sidi Ahmed al-Tidjani, 18th century Sufi scholar, founder of the Tijaniyya Sufi order
- Ahmad al-Ghumari, traditionalist and scholar of Hadith
- Abdullah al-Ghumari, 20th century Muslim preacher, jurist and theologian
- Abd al-Aziz al-Ghumari, 20th century Muslim scholar
- Mohammed Moussaoui, Moroccan-born French Islamic theologist, president of the French Council of Muslim Faith
- Muhammad Abu Khubza, Muslim theologian, jurist, bibliographer and linguist
- Sidi Heddi, 13th century marabout
Jewish religious leaders
- Solomon Abudarham
- Baruch Abuhassira
- Yaakov Abuhassira
- Israel Abuhassira, known as Baba Sali
- Amram Aburbeh
- Zechariah Aghmati
- Samuel Albas
- Isaac Alfassi, 11th-century Rabbi, Talmudist and posek
- Shlomo Amar, Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem
- Raphael Ankawa
- Shalom Arush, Moroccan-born Israeli Breslov rabbi and founder of the Chut Shel Chessed Institutions
- Abraham Azulai
- Raphael Isaiah Azulai (1743–1830), rabbi and Jewish scholar in Ancona, Italy
- Elijah Benamozegh (1822–1900), Italian rabbi and Kabbalist, considered as one of Italy's most eminent Jewish scholars
- Amram ben Diwan
- David Ben Hassin
- Dunash ben Labrat
- David ben Shimon
- Isaac Ben Walid (1777–1870), one of the greatest Moroccan rabbi
- Raphael Berdugo
- Salomon Berdugo
- Yehuda Bibas
- Shalom Buzaglo
- Kotel Dadon
- Makhlouf Eldaoudi, Hakham Bashi of the Jewish communities of Acre, Haifa, Safed and Tiberias (1889–1909).
- Yisroel Meir Gabbai
- Baruch Gigi, Moroccan-born Israeli rabbi and co-Rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat Har Etzion in Gush Etzion, south of Jerusalem.
- Shimon Hakham (1843–1910), Bukharian rabbi, descendant of Yosef Maimon
- Haim Ibn Attar
- Issachar ben Mordecai ibn Susan
- Abraham ibn Zimra
- Jacob ben Reuben ibn Zur
- Yaakov Israel Ifargan
- Zion Levy
- Yosef Maimon (1741–1822), Moroccan rabbi who took care of the Bukharian Jewish community in the late 18th, early 19th century.
- David Messas
- Chalom Messas
- Haim Pinto
- Yosef Yitzhak Shloush
- David Rebibo, Moroccan-born American Rabbi
- Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto, Israeli Orthodox rabbi who leads a global organization called Mosdot Shuva Israel
Media (journalist, TV presenter, radio)
- Laïla Abid, Dutch-Moroccan journalist, presenter and news anchor
- Esmaa Alariachi, Hajar Alariachi and Jihad Alariachi, Dutch-Moroccan presenters
- Arthur (born Jacques Essebag), Moroccan-born French TV presenter, producer and comedian
- Tristane Banon, French journalist and writer
- Valérie Bénaïm, Moroccan-born French journalist, columnist, writer, TV presenter and radio host
- Abdelkader Benali, Dutch-Moroccan writer and journalist
- Robert Benayoun (1926–1996), Moroccan-born French film critic and author.
- Ahmed Benchemsi
- Sonia Benezra, Canadian TV and radio personality and actress
- Ralph Benmergui, Moroccan-Canadian television and radio personality
- Mohammed Benzakour, Dutch-Moroccan columnist, essayist, poet, politician and writer
- Hassnae Bouazza, Dutch-Moroccan journalist, columnist, writer, translator, TV program maker
- Karim Boukhari
- Abdellah Dami, Dutch-Moroccan presenter, journalist, writer
- Gilberto Dimenstein, Brazilian journalist (Moroccan mother)
- Naima El Bezaz, Dutch-Moroccan writer, essayist, and journalist
- Dudu Elharrar, Moroccan-born Israeli singer, music producer, actor and television and radio presenter.
- Ruth Elkrief, French television journalist
- Nassima el Hor, Moroccan television presenter
- Salim Jay
- Najat Kaanache, Spanish cook and host of AMC Networks’ cooking series ‘’Cocina Marroqui’’
- Driss Ksikes
- Liran Kohner-Geyor, Israeli model, actress and TV personality.
- Ali Lmrabet
- Omar Nasiri
- James Poniewozik, American journalist, and television critic (Moroccan mother)
- Ariel Wizman, French-Moroccan journalist, television personality, musician, DJ
- Richard Wolffe, British journalist
- Michaël Youn (Michaël Benayoun), French TV and radio personality, actor, singer, and comedian
Miscellaneous arts (other than music and cinema)
- Albert Almoznino, Moroccan-born Israeli hand shadow artist.
- Rachid Ben Ali
- Mahi Binebine
- Chaïbia
- Pinchas Cohen Gan, Moroccan-born Israeli award-winning painter and mixed-media artist.
- Noureddine Daifallah
- Abdellah Derkaoui, cartoonist
- Latifa Echakhch, French-Moroccan visual artist
- Bouchta El Hayani
- Mohamed Hamri
- Ikram Kabbaj, Moroccan sculptor artist.
- Bouchra Khalili
- Édouard Lock, Canadian dance choreographer and the founder of the Canadian dance group, La La La Human Steps
- Radia Bent Lhoucine, Moroccan painter
- Shuli Nachshon
- Kanza Omar, dancer
- Alberto Pinto, Moroccan-born French photographer and interior designer
- Pokimane (born Imane Anys), Moroccan-Canadian Twitch streamer and YouTube personality
- Salah (dancer), French award-winning competitive hip-hop dancer
- Daniel Siboni, Moroccan-born French photographer
- Cyril Takayama, Japanese Illusionist
- Abdelilah Ennassef, conceptual artist https://ennassef.weebly.com/
Musicians
- Mohamed Aarab, Moroccan singer, composer, and producer
- Armand Amar, French composer
- Omer Avital, Israeli musician
- Shlomo Bar, Israeli musician and singer of Mizrahi music
- Henri Belolo, Moroccan-born French music producer active during the disco era
- French Montana, Moroccan-born American musician
- Faouzia, Moroccan-born Canadian musician
- La Zarra, Canadian-Moroccan singer
- Ohad Benchetrit, Canadian musician
- Chico Bouchikhi (Jalloul Bouchikhi), French musician and a co-founder of the Gipsy Kings
- Avraham Eilam-Amzallag, Israeli musician
- David Guetta, French DJ
- Mahmoud Guinia, Gnawa music maâlem
- Hassan Hakmoun, Los Angeles-based Moroccan Gnawa musician
- Abdelkrim Rais (1912–1996), Moroccan writer and musician of traditional Andalusian music
- Alain Macklovitch, Canadian DJ
- Maurice Ohana, French composer
- RedOne (Nadir Khayat), Moroccan-Swedish record producer/songwriter
- Aziz Sahmaoui, Moroccan musician and vocalist specialized in the modern Gnawa music
- Adil Takhssait, Canadian rap and hip hop musician
- Adam Zindani
Singers
Moroccan Arabic/Berber music (traditional, folk)
- Mohamed Aarab, Traditional Moroccan singer
- Najat Aatabou, Moroccan singer
- Bouchaib Abdelhadi, American-Moroccan singer
- Meryem Aboulouafa, Moroccan singer
- Zainab Afailal, Moroccan singer of Andalusian music
- Zohra Al Fassiya (Zohra Ben Hamou, 1905–1994), Moroccan classical singer of Malhoun music
- Yosef "Jo" Amar (1930–2009), Moroccan-born Israeli singer of Mizrahi music
- Mohamed Bajeddoub, acclaimed Moroccan artist of the traditional Andalusian music
- Laarbi Batma (1948–1998), Moroccan singer, leader of Nass El Ghiwane
- Habib Belk (Habib Belkziz), Moroccan gnawa singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist
- Mohamed Benomar Ziani, Moroccan singer and musician specialized in the Aita and Chaabi music
- Raquel Bitton, French Singer
- Saïda Charaf, Moroccan singer of Sahrawi music
- Abdessadeq Cheqara (1931–1998), Moroccan musician and Andalusi singer
- Abdelwahab Doukkali, singer-songwriter and composer
- Haja El Hamdaouia, Moroccan folk singer
- Rhoum El Bakkali, Moroccan Sufi singer and musician, leader of Hadra Chefchaounia, an all-female Sufi musical group
- Mohamed El Hayani (1945–1996), Moroccan singer
- Samy Elmaghribi (Salomon Amzallag, 1922–2008), Moroccan singer-songwriter and musician
- Jedwan (El Mokhtar Jedouane), Moroccan singer of chaabi music
- Nabyla Maan, Moroccan singer
- Younes Megri, Moroccan singer, musician and actor
- Reinette L'Oranaise (Sultana Daoud), Algerian singer of Arab-Andalusian music
- Oum (Oum El Ghaït Bent el Sahraoui), Moroccan singer-songwriter
- Avi Peretz (singer), Israeli singer of Moroccan music
- Mohamed Rouicha (1950–2012), Moroccan folk singer
- Naima Samih, Moroccan singer, one of Morocco's most acclaimed singer
- Mohammed El-Arabi Serghini, Moroccan classical singer and musician
- Houcine Slaoui (Houcine Ben Bouchaïb, 1921–1951), Moroccan singer and composer
Moroccan music
- AnoGhan (Anouar EL Ghannam), Moroccan singer-songwriter
- French Montana Moroccan-American rapper
- Elgrandetoto, Moroccan rapper
- OUBEL (Oussama Belhcen), Moroccan singer
- Hamid Bouchnak, Moroccan singer
- Karima Gouit, Moroccan singer, model and actress
- Ahmed Chawki, Moroccan pop singer
- Cheba Maria (Maria Zine), Moroccan singer of pop music
- Cheb Kader (Kouider Morabet), Algerian-born Moroccan singer
- Douzi (Abdelhafid Douzi), Moroccan singer
- Boussouar El Maghnaoui
- Mimoun El Oujdi (Mimoun Bakoush, 1950–2018), Moroccan singer of Raï music
- Saida Fikri, Moroccan-born American singer of Moroccan music
- Saad Lamjarred, Moroccan singer of Arabic pop music
- Manal (Manal Benchlikha), Moroccan singer of Rap and Hip Hop music
- H kayne, Moroccan rappers
- Ahmed Soultan, Moroccan singer of Afro-Arabian Soul
- Vigon (Mohsine Abdelghafour), Moroccan singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer and bandleader
- Hindi Zahra, French-Moroccan singer
Moroccan Amazigh music
Arabic music (Tarab, Middle-East Arabic pop)
- Dounia Batma, Moroccan singer of Arabic pop music
- Rajae Belmlih (1962–2007), Moroccan singer of Arabic pop music
- Abdou Cherif, Moroccan singer
- Sofia El Marikh, Moroccan singer
- Laila Ghofran (Jamila Omar Bouamrout), Moroccan singer of Arabic pop music
- Shatha Hassoun, Iraqi-Moroccan singer of Arabic pop music
- Aziza Jalal, Moroccan singer
- Rajaa Kasabni, Arabic singer, winner of the first season of the Arabic version of The X-Factor
- Asma Lamnawar, Moroccan singer of Arabic pop music
- Jannat (Jannat Mahid), Moroccan singer of Arabic pop music
- Salma Rachid, Moroccan pop singer
- Hoda Saad, Moroccan singer-songwriter and composer of Arabic pop music
- Samira Said, Moroccan-Egyptian singer of Arabic pop music
- Yousra Saouf, Moroccan pop singer
- Ibtissam Tiskat, Moroccan pop singer
Rap (Moroccan, French or international)
- Appa (Rachid El Ghazoui), Dutch-Moroccan rapper
- Ali B (Ali Bouali), Dutch rapper and stand-up comedian
- Isam Bachiri, Danish rapper and member of Outlandish
- Farid Bang, born Farid El Abdellaoui, Spanish-born German rapper, songwriter, producer, CEO at Banger Musik Label
- Faouzia, Moroccan-born Canadian pop singer
- Canardo (Hakim Mouhid), French rapper
- Cilvaringz (Tarik Azzougarh), Dutch rapper and hip hop producer associated with the Wu-Tang Clan
- Dizzy DROS, rapper from Casablanca
- DJ Izm (Tarik Ejjamai), Australian rapper, member of the Multi-Platinum ARIA Award-winning Australian hip hop band Bliss n Eso
- Leila K (Laila El Khalifi), Swedish Eurodance singer and former rapper
- La Fouine (Laouni Mouhid), French rapper
- French Montana (Karim Kharbouch), American rapper
Israeli music
- Zehava Ben, Israeli singer of Mizrahi music
- Ofir Ben Shitrit, Israeli singer
- Eden Ben Zaken, Israeli singer
- Maya Bouskilla, Israeli pop singer
- Yosefa Dahari, Israeli singer of Mizrahi music
- Yuval Dayan, Israeli singer of pop music
- Alon De Loco (Alon Cohen), Israeli singer and music producer
- Gad Elbaz, Israeli singer of Sephardic Jewish music
- Esther Galil, Moroccan-born French-Israeli singer
- Eyal Golan, Israeli singer of Mizrahi music
- Ishtar (Esther Eti Bitton), Israeli singer of Mizrahi and Arabic pop music
- Mor Karbasi, Israeli singer of Sephardic music
- Kineret (Kineret Sarah Cohen), Israeli-American singer of Jewish music
- Noa Kirel, Israeli pop singer
- Daniella Lugassy, Israeli opera singer
- Shiri Maimon, Israeli pop singer
- Harel Moyal, Israeli pop singer
- Netta Barzilai, Israeli singer, winner of the 2018 Eurovision contest
- Kobi Peretz, Israeli singer of Mizrahi and pop music
- Moshe Peretz, Israeli singer of Mizrahi and pop music
- Kathleen Reiter, Canadian-Israeli pop singer, winner of the first season of The Voice Israel
- Ninet Tayeb, Israeli singer and actress
- Avi Toledano, Israeli singer of Mizrahi music
- Haim Ulliel, Israeli singer of Mizrahi music
Western music
- Zak Abel, British singer
- Amine (Amine Mounder), French-Moroccan R&B singer
- Malika Ayane, Italian singer
- Basim, Danish singer (Danish Representative In Eurovision Song Contest 2014)
- Madison Beer, American pop singer and model
- Najoua Belyzel, French pop rock/electronic singer
- Nadja Benaissa, singer-songwriter and actress, member of No Angels
- Amel Bent, French pop singer
- Amelle Berrabah, British singer and member of girl band Sugababes
- Isaac Bitton, drummer for Les Variations
- Raquel Bitton, French-Moroccan singer
- Soukaina Boukries, Moroccan pop singer
- Cut Killer (Anouar Hajoui), French DJ, actor and hip-hop recording artist
- Younes Elamine, Moroccan-born French singer-songwriter, music producer and entrepreneur
- Rajae El Mouhandiz, singer, poet and producer
- Empire I (Miriam Moufide), Jamaica-based British singer-songwriter and social activist
- Sofia Essaïdi, French-Moroccan singer
- Nadia Essadiqi, Canadian singer
- Faouzia (Faouzia Ouihya), Moroccan-born Canadian singer
- Fouradi (Mohamed and Brahim Fouradi), Dutch hip hop duo
- Senna Gammour, German singer-songwriter and a member of the pop group Monrose
- Amir Haddad, French-Israeli singer of pop music
- Raphaël Haroche, French singer-songwriter and actor
- Bilal Hassani, French singer
- Elam Jay, Moroccan Swiss singer-songwriter
- Imad Kotbi, DJ and radio presenter
- La Caution (Ahmed and Mohammed Mazouz), French hip-hop duo
- Hind Laroussi, Dutch singer
- Loreen (Lorine Zineb Nora Talhaoui), Swedish singer (winner of Eurovision Song Contest 2012 and 2023)
- Malek (Malek Belarbi), French-Moroccan singer
- Sofia Mestari, French singer
- Édith Piaf (Édith Gassion), French cultural icon and France's greatest popular singer
- R3hab (Fadil El Ghoul), Dutch-Moroccan DJ/producer
- Sapho (Danielle Ebguy), Moroccan-born French singer
- David Serero, French opera singer
- Chico Slimani (Youssef Slimani), Moroccan British singer
- Sliimy (Yanis Sahraoui), French pop musician
- Wallen (Nawell Azzouz), French R&B singer
- Brigitte Zarie, Canadian singer-songwriter and composer
Poets
Kings and sultans
See main article: List of rulers of Morocco.
Ministers, politicians and public servants
Morocco
- M'hammed Abdenabaoui, first president of the Court of Cassation (appointed 2021)
- Idriss Azami Al Idrissi, politician, Minister-Delegate for the Budget (2012-2016)
- Chadi Abdalla, American ambassador for the Kingdom of Morocco, appointed in 2020, being the youngest Ambassador in Africa. He currently works with the Biden Administration.
- Aïcha Belarbi, Moroccan sociologist, women's rights activist and diplomat. She was ambassador to the European Union from 2000 to 2008.
- Mohamed Benaissa, foreign minister
- Aziz Akhannouch, Prime Minister from October 2021, businessman and billionaire
- Mehdi Ben Barka, politician, head of the left-wing National Union of Popular Forces (UNPF) and opponent of Hassan II
- Ahmed Benkirane, ambassador, delegate, and politician; negotiator during the French independence
- Aziza Bennani, Moroccan academic and politician.
- Jamal Benomar, diplomat, who worked at the UN for 25 years, including as a special envoy for Yemen and a special adviser to former Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
- Yahya Bennani, diplomat
- Fadel Benyaich, Moroccan-Spanish politician and businessman, ambassador of Morocco in Spain
- Abderrahman Bouftas, businessman, politician, and technocrat, President of the Royal Moroccan Golf Federation
- Leon Benzaquen (1928–1977), Moroccan personal doctor for King Mohammed V of Morocco, and the first Jewish minister after Morocco's independence.
- Rachad Bouhlal, diplomat
- Ahmed Boukhari, former agent of the Moroccan Secret Service
- Asma Chaabi
- Driss Debbagh, former ambassador and minister
- Abdellatif Filali, foreign minister (1985–1989); prime minister (1994–1998)
- Saadeddine Othmani, Prime Minister (2017-2021), Minister of Foreign Affairs (2012-2013)
- Driss Jettou, Prime Minister (2002–2007)
- Omar Kabbaj, diplomat
- Fatima Marouan (born 1952), politician, endocrinologist
- Mohamed Mediouri, politician, personal security of Hassan II and his senior bodyguard
- Aziz Mekouar, Moroccan diplomat, former Moroccan ambassador to the U.S.
- Abdelaziz Meziane Belfqih, civil servant and senior advisor of king Mohammed VI
- Nasser Bourita, diplomat serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates since 5 April 2017
- Ahmed Osman, former party leader
- Fathallah Oualalou, government minister
- Abderrahim Qanir
- Abdelkrim Ragoun, former Moroccan diplomat
- Léon Sultan, French Algerian-born Moroccan lawyer, and politician, founder of the Moroccan Communist Party.
- Mahjoub Tobji, retired Commandant of the Royal Moroccan Army
- Abderrahmane Youssoufi, Prime Minister (1998–2002)
- Mustafa Ramid, Minister of Justice and Liberties (2012-2017)
Israel
- Shai Abuhatsira
- Aharon Abuhatzira
- Eli Aflalo, Moroccan-born Israeli politician
- Eli Alaluf, Moroccan-born Israeli politician
- Roni Alsheikh
- Jacques Amir
- Shaul Amor
- David Dudi Amsalem, Israeli politician
- Haim Amsalem, French Algerian-born Israeli politician
- Danny Atar
- Ariel Atias
- Shmuel Avital, Moroccan-born Israeli former politician who served as a minister responsible for social co-ordination from March 2001 to February 2002
- Yosef Azran
- Aryeh Azulai
- David Azulai
- Yinon Azulai, Israeli politician
- Eli Ben-Dahan
- Shlomo Benizri
- Daniel Benlulu, Moroccan-born Israeli former politician
- Daniel Ben-Simon, Moroccan-born Israeli politician
- Ya'akov Ben-Yezri (1927–2018), Moroccan-born Israeli politician. He served as Israel's Minister of Health between 2006 and 2009.
- David Bitan
- Shlomo Bohbot
- Yoni Chetboun
- Meir Cohen
- Yitzhak Cohen
- Meirav Cohen
- Nissim Dahan
- David Danino (1924–1990), Moroccan-born Israeli politician
- Yohanan Danino
- Danny Danon
- Eli Dayan
- Shlomo Dayan
- Aryeh Deri
- Rafael Edri
- Yaakov Edri
- Gadi Eizenkot
- Rafael Eldad, Moroccan-born Israeli diplomat
- Karin Elharar
- Mordechai Elgrably, Moroccan-born Israeli politician
- Rafi Elul
- Leah Fadida, Israeli politician
- Avraham "Avi" Gabbay, Israeli businessman and politician
- Sharren Haskel
- Tzachi Hanegbi
- Fleur Hassan-Nahoum, British-born Israeli politician and public servant
- Asher Hassin
- Avraham Kalfon
- Moshe Karadi
- Yehuda Lancry, Moroccan-born Israeli politician and previous ambassador to France and the United Nations
- Yehiel Lasri, Moroccan-born Israeli physician and politician who currently serves as mayor of Ashdod
- David Levy
- Daniel-Yitzhak Levy, Spanish-Moroccan born Israeli politician
- Jackie Levy
- Maxim Levy
- Orly Levy
- Yitzhak Levy
- David Magen
- Rahamim Malul, Moroccan-born Israeli politician
- Yoram Marciano
- Ya'akov Margi, Moroccan-born Israeli politician
- Eliyahu Moyal (1920–1991), Moroccan-born Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Alignment between 1974 and 1981
- Shuli Mualem
- Aharon Nahmias
- Yitzhak Navon
- Amir Ohana
- Asher Ohana
- Shimon Ohayon
- Amir Peretz
- Rafael "Rafi" Peretz, Israeli Orthodox rabbi and politician
- Yair Peretz
- Yitzhak Peretz (politician born 1938)
- Yitzhak Peretz (politician born 1936)
- Zion Pinyan, Moroccan-born Israeli politician
- Elad Ratson, Israeli diplomat and a Digital Diplomacy expert
- Miri Regev (née Miriam Siboni), Israeli politician
- Uri Sebag, Moroccan-born Israeli politician
- Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit
- Yifat Shasha-Biton, Israeli educator and politician. She held the post of Minister of Construction and Housing from 2019 to 2020.
- Meir Sheetrit
- Shimon Shetreet
- Keti Shitrit, Moroccan-born Israeli politician
- Yoel Strick, Israeli General (Aluf) who commands the Ground Forces Command
- Eli Suissa, Moroccan-born Israeli politician
- Rafael Suissa, Moroccan-born Israeli politician
- Avraham Toledano
- Samuel Toledano (1929–1996), Moroccan-born Spanish Jewish community leader
- Shmuel Toledano
- Sami Turgeman (Shlomo "Sami" Turgeman), major general in the IDF and is the current commander of the IDF Southern Command
- Yitzhak Vaknin
- Yosef Vanunu, Moroccan-born Israeli economist and former politician who served as a member of the Knesset from 1992 until 1996
- Yehonatan Yifrah
Elsewhere
- Mustafa Aberchán, Spanish politician leader of the political organization Coalition for Melilla.
- Ahmed Aboutaleb, Moroccan-born Dutch politician, Mayor of Rotterdam
- Davi Alcolumbre, Brazilian politician
- Lolita Aniyar de Castro, Venezuelan teacher, lawyer, politician, and criminologist. She became the first Venezuelan woman to be elected as a senator to the National Congress of Venezuela.
- Khadija Arib, Dutch politician of the Labour Party serving as Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands since 2015.
- Dalya Attar, American politician
- Farid Azarkan, Dutch politician
- Audrey Azoulay, French politician Minister of Culture since February 2016
- Rachel Bendayan, Canadian politician
- Abraham Bentes, Brazilian Army commander
- Alima Boumediene-Thiery, French politician, member of the European Parliament (1999–2004), of the Senate of France (2004–2011), and member of the French Green party.
- Kamal El-Hajji, British security official and civil servant, Serjeant-at-Arms of the House of Commons
- Saïd El Khadraoui, Belgian politician
- Myriam El Khomri, Moroccan-born French politician, current Minister of Labour
- Sari Essayah, Finnish member of the European Parliament
- John Fritchey, Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives, representing the 11th District (1996–present)
- Bernard Guetta, French politician and journalist.
- Sir Joshua Abraham Hassan (1915–1997), Gibraltarian politician, and the first mayor and Chief Minister of Gibraltar.
- Fatima Houda-Pepin, Canadian politician and a member of the National Assembly of Quebec
- Leslie Hore-Belisha
- Roger Karoutchi, French ambassador to the OECD and former secretary of state to the French prime minister
- Ahmed Lakhrif, Moroccan politician who held the position of secretary of state for foreign affairs (2007–2008)
- Waldemar Levy Cardoso
- Ahmed Marcouch, Moroccan-Dutch politician and former police officer, civil servant and educator serving as Mayor of Arnhem since 2017.
- Joël Mergui, Moroccan-born French Jewish dermatologist and community leader, serving as the president of the Israelite Central Consistory of France.
- Mohammed Moussaoui, president of the French Council of Muslim Faith
- Jorge Sampaio, Portuguese lawyer and politician who was the 18th president of Portugal (1996–2006) (Moroccan maternal grandmother)
- Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, Moroccan-born French politician, became the first French woman to be appointed Minister of Education, Higher Education, and Research
- Olga Zrihen, Moroccan-born Belgian politician
Royal Family members
Sportspeople
Archery
Athletism
- Abderrahman Ait Khamouch, Spanish-Moroccan Paralympic athlete
- Saïd Aouita
- Hasna Benhassi
- Abdellah Béhar
- Nezha Bidouane
- Brahim Boulami
- Hind Dehiba
- Hicham El Guerrouj
- Driss El Himer
- Nawal El Moutawakel
- Yousef El Nasri, Spanish retired long-distance runner
- Jaouad Gharib
- Bouchra Ghezielle
- Salah Hissou
- Adil Kaouch
- Abderrahman Ait Khamouch, Spanish paralympic athlete
- Khalid Khannouchi, Moroccan American marathoner
- Brahim Lahlafi
- Driss Maazouzi
- Adel Mechaal, Spanish middle-distance runner
- Abdelaziz Merzougui, Spanish runner
- Mohamed Ouaadi
- Muncef Ouardi, Canadian speed skater
- Zahra Ouaziz
- Rashid Ramzi
- Ismaïl Sghyr
- Khalid Skah
- Achraf Tadili, Canadian runner competing over 800 meters
- Mounir Yemmouni
- Kamal Ziani, retired Spanish long-distance runner
- Bouchra Ghezielle, French-Moroccan track and field athlete
• soufiane bakkali, Moroccan athlete
Basketball
Boxers
Chess
Cyclism
Fencing
Footballers
- Zakariya Abarouai, French football player
- Yassine Abdellaoui, Dutch-Moroccan football player
- Yacine Abdessadki, French-Moroccan football player
- Luciano Abecasis, Argentine football player
- Laurent Abergel, French football player
- Youssef Adnane, French-Moroccan football player
- Ibrahim Afellay, Dutch football player
- Achmed Ahahaoui, Dutch-Moroccan football player
- Ismail Aissati, Dutch-Moroccan football player
- Jamel Aït Ben Idir, French-Moroccan football player
- Karim Aït-Fana, French-Moroccan football player
- Jamal Akachar, Dutch-Moroccan football player
- Zakaria Alaoui, football player
- Rachid Alioui, French-Moroccan football player
- Mustapha Allaoui, football player
- Mohammed Alí Amar, Spanish football player
- Ahmed Ammi, Dutch-Moroccan football player
- Nordin Amrabat, Dutch football player
- Mohamed Amsif, German-born Moroccan football goalkeeper
- Kamal Anis, Moroccan football player
- Mimoun Azaouagh, Moroccan-born German footballer
- Karim Azizou, French-Moroccan football player
- Nabil Baha, French-Moroccan football player
- Otman Bakkal, Dutch-Moroccan football player
- Said Bakkati, Dutch-Moroccan football player
- Yacine Bammou, French-Moroccan football player
- Nacer Barazite, Dutch-Moroccan football player
- Abdelaziz Barrada, French-Moroccan football player
- Michaël Chrétien Basser
- Chahir Belghazouani, French-Moroccan football player
- Younès Belhanda, French-Moroccan football player
- Aziz Ben Askar, French football player
- Medhi Benatia, French-Moroccan football player
- Yossi Benayoun, Israeli football player
- Larbi Benbarek, Moroccan football player
- Ismaël Bennacer, French football player
- Younes Bnou Marzouk, French-Moroccan football player
- Rachid Bouaouzan, Dutch-Moroccan football player
- Elbekay Bouchiba, Dutch-Moroccan football player
- Aziz Bouderbala, football player
- Sofiane Boufal, French-Moroccan football player
- Kamel Boughanem, French-Moroccan football player
- Samir Boughanem, French-Moroccan football player
- Khalid Boulahrouz, Dutch-Moroccan football pla
- Nourdin Boukhari, Dutch-Moroccan football player
- Mourad Bounoua, French-Moroccan football player
- Ali Boussaboun, Dutch-Moroccan football player
- Dries Boussatta, Dutch-Moroccan football player
- Mbark Boussoufa, Dutch-Moroccan football player
- Khalid Boutaïb, French-Moroccan football player
- Said Boutahar, Dutch-Moroccan football player
- Ben Butbul, Israeli football player
- Mehdi Carcela-Gonzalez (Spanish father, Moroccan mother)
- Samir Carruthers, Israeli football player
- Kamel Chafni, French-Moroccan football player
- Aatif Chahechouhe, French-Moroccan football player
- Abdelhali Chaiat, Dutch-Moroccan football player
- Khalid Chalqi, Moroccan-born French football player
- Marouane Chamakh, French-Moroccan football player
- Mohammed Chaouch, football player
- Issam Chebake, football player
- Mehdi Courgnaud, French football player
- Manuel da Costa (footballer) (Portuguese father, Moroccan mother)
- Karim Dahou, French football player
- Kenza Dali
- Guy Dayan, Israeli football player
- Roei Dayan, Israeli football player
- Anouar Diba, Dutch-Moroccan football player
- Kieran Djilali, British football player
- Olivier Echouafni, French football player
- Issam El Adoua, football player
- Karim El Ahmadi, Dutch-Moroccan football player
- Youssef El Akchaoui, Dutch-Moroccan football player
- Ahmed El Aouad, French-Moroccan football player
- Youssef El-Arabi, French-born football player
- Yassin El-Azouzi, French-Moroccan football player
- Hakim El Bounadi, French-Moroccan football player
- Faouzi El Brazi, football player
- Samir El Gaaouiri, Dutch-Moroccan football player
- Mustafa El Haddaoui, football player
- Mounir El Haimour, French-Moroccan football player
- Oualid El Hajjam, French football player
- Mounir El Hamdaoui, Dutch-Moroccan football player
- Karim El Idrissi, French-Moroccan football player
- Faysal El Idrissi, French-Moroccan football player
- Shavit Elimelech, Israeli football player
- Alharbi El Jadeyaoui, French-Moroccan football player
- Moestafa El Kabir, Dutch-Moroccan football player
- Badr El Kaddouri
- Abdelhamid El Kaoutari, French football player
- Aziz El Khanchaf, French-Moroccan football player
- Ali El Khattabi, Dutch-Moroccan football player
- Abdou El-Kholti, French football player
- Bouchaib El Moubarki
- Karim El Mourabet, French-Moroccan football player
- Samir El Moussaoui, Dutch-Moroccan football player
- Ali El-Omari, French-Moroccan football player
- Moha
- Tarik Elyounoussi
- Nabil El Zhar, French football player
- Saïd Ennjimi, Moroccan-born French football player
- Hen Ezra, Israeli football player
- Karim Fachtali, Dutch-Moroccan football player
- Omer Fadida, Israeli football player
- Fayçal Fajr, French-Moroccan football player
- Mohammed Faouzi, Dutch-Moroccan football player
- Marouane Fellaini
- Rayan Frikeche, French-Moroccan football player
- Mustapha Hadji
- Youssef Hadji
- Youssouf Hadji, Moroccan football player
- Samir Hadji, French-Moroccan football player
- Anouar Hadouir, Dutch-Moroccan football player
- Achraf Hakimi, Spanish-Moroccan football player
- Adil Hermach, French-Moroccan football player
- Golan Hermon, Israeli football player
- Samy Houri, French-Moroccan football player
- Lyes Houri, French-Moroccan football player
- Youssef Idrissi, French-Moroccan football player
- Younès Kaabouni, French football player
- Younès Kaboul, French football player
- Abderrahman Kabous, French-Moroccan football player
- Ahmed Kantari, French-Moroccan football player
- Sakina Karchaoui, French female football player
- David Keltjens, Israeli football player
- Houssine Kharja, Moroccan football player
- Younes Khattabi, Moroccan rugby league player
- Avi Knafo, Israeli football player
- Zakaria Labyad
- Hoda Lattaf, French female football player
- Amine Lecomte, French football player
- Moshe Lugasi, Israeli football player
- Nassir Maachi, Dutch-Moroccan football player
- Mouaad Madri, French-Moroccan football player
- Zinédine Machach, French football player
- Riyad Mahrez, French-Moroccan football player
- Mehdi Messaoudi, French-Moroccan football player
- Mourad Mghizrat, Dutch-Moroccan football player
- Smail Morabit, French-Moroccan football player
- Yassin Moutaouakil, French football player
- Chafik Najih, French football player
- Noureddine Naybet
- Mounir Obbadi, French-Moroccan football player
- Leila Ouahabi, Spanish-Moroccan football player
- Amine Oudrhiri, French football player
- Yacine Qasmi, French-Moroccan football player
- Adil Rami, French football player
- Adil Ramzi
- Adrien Regattin, French football player
- Walid Regragui, French-Moroccan football player and manager
- Hamid Rhanem, French football player
- Romain Saïss, French football player
- Hamza Sakhi, French-Moroccan football player
- Victor Sarusi, Israeli football player
- Salaheddine Sbai, football player
- Youssef Sekour, French-Moroccan football player
- Tarik Sektioui, football player
- Khalid Sinouh, Dutch-Moroccan football player
- Hassan Souari, football player
- Mounir Soufiani, French football player
- Tomer Swisa, Israeli football player
- Adel Taarabt, Moroccan football player
- Idan Tal, Israeli football player
- Farid Talhaoui, French football player
- Mehdi Taouil, French football player
- Eitan Tibi, Israeli football player
- Karim Touzani, Dutch-Moroccan football player
- Yoann Touzghar, French football player
- Smahi Triki, football player
- Badou Zaki
- Merouane Zemmama
- Roei Zikri, Israeli football player
- Hakim Ziyech, Dutch-Moroccan football player
- Abdellah Zoubir, French football player
- Niv Zrihan, Israeli football player
Ice hockey
Kickboxers
Martial artists
Rugby footballers
Racers
Rowing
Ski
Runners
- Abdelhakim Bagy, Moroccan-born French long-distance runner
- Abdellah Béhar, Moroccan-born runner specialized in the 5000 metres and cross-country running
- Fouad Chouki, French middle-distance runner, specialized in the 1500 metres
- Driss El Himer, Moroccan-born long-distance runner
- Abderrahim El Haouzy, Moroccan-born French sprinter
- Mustapha Essaïd, Moroccan-born French runner who specialized in the 5000 meters
- Mohamed Ezzher, Moroccan-born French long-distance runner
- Adam Gemili, British sprinter
- Brahim Lahlafi, Moroccan former long-distance runner
- Driss Maazouzi, Moroccan-born 1500 meters athlete runner
- Mohamed Ouaadi, Moroccan-born French long-distance runner who specialized in the marathon
- Yamna Oubouhou, Moroccan-born French long-distance runner
- Ismaïl Sghyr, French-Moroccan long-distance runner
- Mounir Yemmouni, Moroccan-born French middle-distance runner specialized in the 1500 meters
Tennis players
Wrestlers
Writers
See main article: List of Moroccan writers.
Twentieth century
- Eliette Abécassis, French writer, novelist and playwright
- Leila Abouzeid, Arabic-language novelist
- Mohammed Achaari, writer, poet and politician
- Said Achtouk, poet, musician and songwriter
- Mririda n’Ait Attik (c. 1900–c. 1930), Tashelhit-language poet
- Lotfi Akalay, writer and businessman
- Idriss ibn al-Hassan al-Alami (1925–2007)
- Mohammed ibn Mohammed Alami, poet
- Allal al-Fassi (1910–1974)
- Malika al-Fassi, journalist, playwright, novelist
- Mohammed al-Habib al-Fourkani (1922–2008)
- Abd al-Aziz al-Ghumari (1920–1997)
- Abdullah al-Ghumari (1910–1993)
- Ahmad al-Ghumari (1902–1961)
- Mohammed Abed al-Jabri (1936–2010)
- Ahmad al-Tayyeb Aldj (born 1928)
- Tewfik Allal (born 1947)
- Ahmed al-Madini (born 1949)
- Mohammed al-Makki al-Nasiri (1906–1994)
- Tuhami al-Wazzani (1903–1972)
- Ali ibn Qasim al-Zaqqaq (died 1506)
- Ali Azaykou (1942–2004)
- Latifa Baka, novelist, short story writer
- Muriel Barbery, Moroccan-born French novelist, educator
- Leigh Bardugo, Israeli-born American young adult and fantasy author
- Hafsa Bekri, poet, short story writer, feminist writer
- Abdelmalek Belghiti (1906–2010)
- Abdelkader Benali (born 1975)
- Mehdi Ben Barka (1920–1965)
- Siham Benchekroun, novelist, poet, short story writer
- Rajae Benchemsi, poet, essayist, novelist
- Esther Bendahan, Moroccan-born Spanish non-fiction writer, novelist
- Abdelmajid Benjelloun (1919–1981)
- Abdelmajid Benjelloun (born 1944)
- Tahar Ben Jelloun (born 1944)
- Abdelwahab Benmansour (1920–13 November 2008)
- Mohammed Suerte Bennani (born 1961)
- Mohammed Bennis (born 1948)
- Khnata Bennouna, novelist, short story writer
- Khnata bent Bakkar, dowager sultana, biographer, letter writer
- Mohammed Benzakour (born 1972)
- Mohammed Berrada (born 1938)
- Hafsa Bikri
- Mahi Binebine (born 1959)
- Ali Bourequat
- Ahmed Bouzfour (born 1954)
- Al-Yazid al-Buzidi Bujrafi (1925–2011)
- Mohamed Chafik (born 1926)
- Nadia Chafik, novelist, non-fiction writer, educator
- Driss Ben Hamed Charhadi (1937–1986)
- Isaac Chocrón, Venezuelan economist, playwright and translator
- Sonia Chocrón, Venezuelan poet, novelist, screenwriter and playwright
- Mohamed Choukri (1935–2003)
- Driss Chraïbi (1926–2007)
- Mohammed Daoud (1901–1984)
- Zakya Daoud, French-born Moroccan journalist, magazine editor, non-fiction writer
- Farida Diouri, novelist
- Najat El Hachmi (born 1979)
- Youssouf Amine Elalamy (born 1961)
- Nicole Elgrissy, Moroccan writer and activist
- Mohammed Aziz El-Hababi (1922–1993)
- Najat El Hachmi, Spanish-Moroccan writer
- Allal El Hajjam (born 1948)
- Driss El Khouri
- Edmond Amran El Maleh (1917–2010)
- Mahdi Elmandjra (1933–2014)
- Mohammed El-Moustaoui (born 1943)
- Youssef Fadel (born 1949)
- Halima Ferhat
- Éric Fottorino, French writer and journalist
- Abdelkrim Ghallab (1919–2006)
- Soumya Naâmane Guessous, best-selling non-fiction writer, sociologist, educator
- Abdallah Guennoun (1910–1989)
- Ali Haddani (1936–2007)
- Badia Hadj Nasser
- Ahmed Harrak Srifi (died 1925)
- Ben Salem Himmich (born 1947)
- Ali Squalli Houssaini (1932–2018)
- Salim Jay (born 1951)
- Liz Jensen
- Abderrafi Jouahri (born 1943)
- Abdelkarim Jouiti (born 1962)
- Ahmed Joumari (1939–1995)
- Maati Kabbal
- Maguy Kakon, non-fiction writer, women's rights activist
- Mohammed Kaghat (1942–2001)
- Mohammed Khammar Kanouni (1938–1991)
- Mohammed Khaïr-Eddine (1941–1995)
- Abdelkebir Khatibi (1938–2009)
- Rita El Khayat, psychiatrist, publisher, women's rights activist, non-fiction writer
- Abdelfattah Kilito (born 1945)
- Driss Ksikes
- Abdellatif Laabi (born 1942)
- Leila Lahlou, author of the novel Do Not Forget God (1987)
- Mohammed Aziz Lahbabi (1922–1993)
- Abdelrahim Lahbibi (born 1950)
- Laila Lalami, Moroccan-American novelist, essayist
- Wafaa Lamrani, poet
- Abdallah Laroui (born 1933)
- Fouad Laroui (born 1958), Moroccan economist and writer
- Mohammed Leftah (1946–2008)
- Ahmed Lemsih (born 1950)
- Ali Lmrabet (born 1959)
- Zahra Mansouri
- Ahmed Mejjati (1936–1995)
- Saida Menebhi, poet, Marxist activist
- Fatema Mernissi, feminist writer, sociologist
- Mohamed Mrabet (born 1936)
- Mostafa Nissaboury (born 1943)
- Rachid O (born 1970)
- Malika Oufkir, memoirist, author of Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail
- Touria Oulehri, novelist, critic
- Bachir Qamari (1951–2021)
- Mubarak Rabi (born 1938)
- Mohamed Said Raihani (born 1968)
- Fouzia Rhissassi, educator, women's rights activist, non-fiction writer
- Najima Rhozali, non-fiction writer, politician
- Mohammed Sabila
- Abdelhadi Said (born 1974)
- Thouria Saqqat, children's writer
- Simon Sebag Montefiore
- Tayeb Seddiki (born 1938)
- Ahmed Sefrioui (1915–2004)
- Mohamed Serghini (born 1930)
- Abdelhak Serhane
- Mohamed Sibari (born 1945)
- Hourya Sinaceur, philosopher, non-fiction writer
- Mohammed Allal Sinaceur (born 1941)
- Ali Siqli (born 1932)
- Leïla Slimani, French-Moroccan writer
- Mohammed al-Mokhtar Soussi (1900–1963)
- Abdelkarim Tabbal (born 1931)
- Abdellah Taïa (born 1973)
- Abdelhadi Tazi (1921–2015)
- Mahjoub Tobji (born 1942)
- Ralph de Toledano (1916–2007)
- Abdelkhalek Torres (1910–1970)
- Houcine Toulali (1924–1998)
- Ahmed Toufiq (born 1943)
- Bahaa Trabelsi, novelist, journalist, magazine editor
- Said Yaktine (born 1955)
- Nadia Yassine (born 1958)
- A.B. Yehoshua, Israeli novelist, essayist, and playwright
- Mohamed Zafzaf (1942–2001)
- Mohammed Zniber (1923–1993)
- Abdallah Zrika (born 1953)
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