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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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0226 BUSINESS

Francisco Correa Sánchez

Born 1955

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0233 BUSINESS

Olivier Brandicourt

Born 1956

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0276 BUSINESS

Ralph Toledano

Born 1951

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0288 BUSINESS

Miriem Bensaleh-Chaqroun

Born 1962

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0330 BUSINESS

Sidney Toledano

Born 1951

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0398 BUSINESS

Noël Goutard

Born 1931

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0408 BUSINESS

Salwa Idrissi Akhannouch

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0410 BUSINESS

Gabriel Banon

Born 1928

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0452 BUSINESS

Fatine Layt

Born 1967

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0459 BUSINESS

Georges Cohen

Born 1953

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0472 BUSINESS

Mohamed Boudrika

Born 1983

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0513 BUSINESS

Frédéric Sebag

Born 1962

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0587 BUSINESS

Yves Lambelin

1942 - 2011

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0604 BUSINESS

Robert Obadia

Born 1942

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0617 BUSINESS

Yann Caillère

Born 1953

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0636 BUSINESS

Mehdi El Idrissi

Born 1977

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0643 BUSINESS

Driss Bencheikh

Born 1961

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0673 BUSINESS

Charles de Vaulx

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