Moroccan
Find out more about the greatest Moroccans, including Ibn Battuta, RedOne, Michel Qissi, Hicham El Guerrouj and Muhammad al-Idrisi.
Pokimane14 May 1996
Gamer
Jean Reno30 July 1948
Actor
Mobutu Sese Seko14 October 1930
Dictator
Ibn Battuta25 February 1304
Explorer
Mohammed VI of Morocco21 August 1963
King of Morocco
Michel Qissi12 September 1962
Actor, Director
Hicham El Guerrouj14 September 1974
Athlete
RedOne09 April 1972
Songwriter
Micheline Roquebrune1929 AD
Wife of Sir Sean Connery
Muhammad al-Idrisi1100 AD
Cartographer, Geographer, Traveler
Hakim Ziyech19 March 1993
Association football player
Adel Taarabt24 May 1989
Association football player
Riyad Mahrez22 February 1991
Association football player
Ibrahim Afellay02 April 1986
Association football player
Gad Elmaleh19 April 1971
Stand-up comedian
Medhi Benatia17 April 1987
Footballer
Hassan II of Morocco09 July 1929
Former King of Morocco
Just Fontaine18 August 1933
Association football player, Association football
Marc Lasry30 September 1959
American-Moroccan executive
Mordechai Vanunu14 October 1954
Technician
Jamel Debbouze18 June 1975
Actor, Cabaret artist, Radio personality,
Mohammed V of Morocco10 August 1909
Sultan of Morocco
Victor Drai25 July 1947
Entrepreneur
Romain Saïss26 March 1990
Footballer
Khalid Boulahrouz28 December 1981
Association football player
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem04 October 1977
Politician
Sofiane Boufal17 September 1993
Footballer
Younès Belhanda25 February 1990
French-Moroccan Footballer
Nordin Amrabat31 March 1987
Association football player
Yasmine Lafitte01 October 1973
French-Moroccan Adult Film Star
Jan Janszoon1570 AD
Pirate
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Ibn Tufail1105 AD
Polymath
Samira Said10 January 1958
Singer
Paul Marciano1952 AD
Fashion Designer
Tarik Elyounoussi23 February 1988
Moroccan-Norwegian footballer
Dounia Batma01 April 1991
Singer
Achraf Bencharki24 September 1994
Moroccan footballer
Yassine Bounou05 April 1991
Footballer
Mbark Boussoufa15 August 1984
Footballer
Mehdi Ben Barka31 December 1920
Politician
Sofyan Amrabat21 August 1996
Footballer
Nabil Dirar25 February 1986
Footballer
Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco20 June 1970
Diplomat
Joe Mimran02 December 1952
Canadian designer
Fatema Mernissi27 September 1940
Sociologist
Abul Hasan ash-Shadhili1196 AD
Scholar
La Fouine25 December 1981
Actor, Singer
Serge Haroche11 September 1944
Physicist, University teacher
Tahar Ben Jelloun01 December 1944
Writer, Poet, Psychotherapist, Novelist
Karim El Ahmadi27 January 1985
Association football player
Alexander Spotswood1676 AD
Lieutenant-Colonel
Omar El Kaddouri21 August 1990
Footballer
Abdelaziz of Morocco24 February 1878
Sultan of Morocco
Hassan I of Morocco1836 AD
Sultan of Morocco
Abd al-Rahman of Morocco19 February 1778
Sultan
Ayoub El Kaabi26 June 1993
Moroccan footballer
Abd al-Hafid of Morocco24 February 1875
Sultan
Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur1160 AD
Military commander
Mohamed Choukri15 July 1935
Author
Edith Lucie Bongo10 March 1964
Omar Bongo's wife
Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman1297 AD
Sultan
Ibn Bajjah1095 AD
Author
Ahmed Sefrioui01 January 1915
Novelist
Driss Chraïbi15 July 1926
Author
Driss Basri08 November 1938
Politician
Ibn Abbad al-Rundi1333 AD
Theologian
Mohammed Khaïr-Eddine1941 AD
Writer
Mohammed Aziz Lahbabi25 December 1922
Philosopher
Mohamed Abdelaziz17 August 1946
President
Said Aouita02 November 1959
Athlete
Jeanne-Claude13 June 1935
Artist
Abu l-Mahasin Yusuf al-Fasi1530 AD
Theologian
Aḥmad al-Manṣūr1549 AD
Ruler of Morocco
Dunash Ben Labrat0920 AD
Poet
Ibn Tūmart1077 AD
Spiritual leader