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CASABLANCA

Most Famous People Born in Casablanca, Morocco

Notable people
710
Peak decade
1950s
Median birth year
1960
Most distinctive
Fencer 5.1×

The twentieth-century arrival on this list, almost entirely post-war and very much a port city's portfolio: a Football bench north of two times global, a Singer and Film cluster that tracks Morocco's Francophone entertainment pipeline, and a Journalist bench that reads as the quiet signature of a newspaper town. The Boxer roster, running at nearly five times baseline, gives the whole thing its particular Casablanca swagger.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Casablanca during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1950s with 133 notable births.

What Casablanca Is Known For

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Football is Casablanca's biggest profession — 24% of all notables (171).

Casablanca over-indexes on fencer5.1× the global rate.

Casablanca under-produces politician — only 0.6× the global rate.

  1. Football171
  2. Politician52
  3. Actor43
  4. Writer39
  5. Singer35
  6. Journalist27
  7. Player20
  8. Film20
  1. Fencer75.1×
  2. Boxer145.0×
  3. Business182.5×
  4. Journalist272.4×
  5. Singer352.4×
  6. Swimmer82.3×
  7. Film202.3×
  8. Football1712.2×
  1. Politician520.6×
  2. Painter130.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Casablanca's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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0001 ACTOR

Jean Reno

Born 1948

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0003 WRITER

Daniel Pennac

Born 1944

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0004 PHYSICIST

Serge Haroche

Born 1944

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0005 ACTOR

Alain Souchon

Born 1944

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0006 ARCHITECT

Christian de Portzamparc

Born 1944

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0008 SINGER

Frida Boccara

1940 - 1996

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0017 FASHION DESIGNER

Jean-Charles de Castelbajac

Born 1949

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0035 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Franck Goddio

Born 1947

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0045 FILM

Alberto Negrin

Born 1940

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0088 RABBI

Yitzhak Levy

Born 1947

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0089 HISTORIAN

Michel Abitbol

Born 1943

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0103 WRITER

Anne Bragance

Born 1945

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0107 ACTOR

Jean-Paul Tribout

Born 1941

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0111 FOOTBALL

Houmane Jarir

1944 - 2018

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0112 FILM

Ahmed El Maanouni

Born 1944

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0132 HISTORIAN

Claude Liauzu

1940 - 2007

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0146 SWIMMER

Alain Gottvallès

1942 - 2008

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0148 NOVELIST

Youssef Fadel

Born 1949

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0158 FOOTBALL

Mustapha Choukri

1947 - 1980

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0161 FILM

Izza Génini

Born 1942

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0162 SINGER

Morice Benin

Born 1947

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0169 SONGWRITER

Sharif Dean

1947 - 2019

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0173 CINEMA

Robert Alazraki

Born 1944

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0177 COMPOSER

Graciane Finzi

Born 1945

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0178 MUSIC

Alain Mion

Born 1947

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0180 PHYSICIAN

Abderrahim Harouchi

1944 - 2011

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0183 FOOTBALL

Said Ghandi

Born 1948

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0186 POLITICIAN

Abdelouahed Souhail

Born 1946

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0195 PHILOSOPHER

Hourya Benis Sinaceur

Born 1940

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0204 RABBI

Shlomo Amar

Born 1948

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0207 POET

Mostafa Nissaboury

Born 1943

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0210 WRITER

David Haziot

Born 1947

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0219 HISTORIAN

Gilbert Dahan

Born 1943

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0222 PSYCHOANALYST

Michèle Barzach

Born 1943

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0227 WRITER

François Salvaing

Born 1943

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0232 SINGER

Isaac Bitton

Born 1947

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0241 ACTOR

Mohamed Miftah

Born 1947

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0243 GUITAR

Paul Martinez

Born 1947

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0245 POLITICIAN

Khalid Naciri

Born 1946

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0247 FILM

Victor Drai

Born 1947

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0249 ACTIVIST

Aïcha Chenna

Born 1941

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0250 POLITICIAN

Yves Deniaud (politician)

Born 1946

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0256 SINGER

Jean Schultheis

Born 1943

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0266 WRITER

Mohammed Sabila

Born 1942

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0270 ARCHITECT

Yves Lion

Born 1945

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0271 POLITICIAN

Charlie Biton

Born 1947

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0291 FOOTBALL

Philippe Piat

Born 1942

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0302 WRITER

René Guitton

Born 1944

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0315 PLAYWRIGHT

Charles Tordjman

Born 1947

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0320 DESIGNER

Alberto Pinto (interior designer)

1944 - 2012

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0323 GEOGRAPHER

Rémy Knafou

Born 1948

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0334 PSYCHOLOGIST

Monique Eleb

Born 1945

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0337 SWIMMER

Catherine Grosjean

Born 1947

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0340 JOURNALIST

Abderrahim Bargache

1949 - 2007

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0359 DRIVER

Max Cohen-Olivar

1945 - 2018

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0371 LEXICOGRAPHER

Daniel Sivan

Born 1949

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0377 FOOTBALL

Mohamed Bouassa

1944 - 1971

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0386 POLITICIAN

Jean-Claude Méry

1942 - 1999

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0392 MUSIC

Avraham Eilam-Amzallag

Born 1941

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0406 ECONOMIST

Mohamed Berrada

Born 1944

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0424 SCREENWRITER

Chafik Shimi

Born 1948

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0441 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Joseph Josy Lévy

Born 1944

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0443 PLAYER

Alain Lévy

Born 1949

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0451 SCREENWRITER

Raphaël Rebibo

Born 1942

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0463 ATHLETIC

Alain Levèvre

Born 1942

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0466 LAWYER

Hammouda El Caïd

Born 1942

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0468 POLITICIAN

David Agmon

Born 1947

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0470 ACTOR

Thierry Destrez

1942 - 2009

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0473 SPORT

Eli Avikzar

1947 - 2004

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0484 SINGER

Mohamed al Hayani

1947 - 1996

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0488 BASKET

Farouk Dioury

Born 1943

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0500 BOXER

Marcel Cerdan Jr

Born 1943

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0503 ARTIST

Joëlle de La Casinière

Born 1944

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0507 ACTIVIST

Abdelaziz Mouride

1949 - 2013

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0509 ART DEALER

Patricia Asbæk

Born 1945

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0523 JOURNALIST

Patrice de Nussac

1942 - 2019

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0529 DEPUTY

Yitzhak Eldan

Born 1943

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0530 SCULPTOR

Carmen Giménez Martín

Born 1943

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0535 MISSING

Jean-Claude Correia

1945 - 2016

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0537 HISTORIAN

Armand Cosson

Born 1943

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0540 ACTOR

Jacques Peyrac

Born 1948

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0544 PLAYER

Luis Hernández Cotter

Born 1948

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0547 JOURNALIST

Bernard Chabbert

Born 1944

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0582 NOVELIST

Joël Haroche

Born 1947

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0583 EDITOR

Abdelkader Retnani

Born 1945

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0585 FOOTBALL

Mohammed Sahraoui

1942 - 2016

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0587 BUSINESS

Yves Lambelin

1942 - 2011

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0589 POLITICIAN

Mohamed Abied

Born 1941

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0591 POET

Juan Garcia

Born 1945

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0592 PRODUCER

Jean-Louis Méchali

Born 1947

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0595 MANAGEMENT

Jean-Louis Vinciguerra

Born 1944

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0604 BUSINESS

Robert Obadia

Born 1942

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0610 FOOTBALL

Serge Dumas

Born 1942

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0620 RACER

Victor Soussan

Born 1946

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0627 RADIO

Lino Bacco

Born 1946

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0629 MUSIC

Armand Lemal

Born 1944

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0630 ART HISTORIAN

Jean Stern (art historian)

Born 1946

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0640 LAWYER

Mustapha Farès

Born 1947

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0648 WRITER

Christina Mirjol

Born 1949

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0649 SINGER

Jo Leb

Born 1948

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0661 PAINTER

Mohamed Hamidi (peintre)

Born 1941

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0668 POLITICIAN

Idriss Hani

Born 1944

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0674 FILM

Farida Bourquia

Born 1948

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0684 DRIVER

Denis Dayan

1942 - 1970

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0688 SWIMMER

Bernard Gruener

Born 1949

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