A List of people from Marrakesh. See also :Category:People from Marrakesh.
Yusuf ibn Tashfin, prominent Almoravid king and founder of the city Amine Amamou, footballer Averroes, 12th-century Muslim philosopher Abd al-Mu'min, first Almohad caliph Qadi Ayyad, 12th-century Moroccan Maliki scholar Ibn al-Banna' al-Marrakushi, 13th-century Moroccan mathematician and astronomer Ibn Idhari, 13th-century Moroccan historian Abdelwahid al-Marrakushi, 13th-century Moroccan historian Ahmad al-Mansur, prominent Saadi dynasty king Abd el-Ouahed ben Messaoud, 16th-century Moroccan diplomat and ambassador to Elizabeth I of England; possible inspiration for Shakespeare's Othello character Ahmad ibn Qasim Al-Hajarī, prominent 16th-century Morisco who escaped the Spanish Inquisition and worked as an ambassador for Morocco Mohamed Abdelaziz, president of the Polisario Front Juan Goytisolo, Spanish novelist Yves Saint-Laurent, French designer and artist (1936–2008) Jean-Paul Gaultier, French fashion designer and grand couturier Elias Canetti, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1981 (1905–1994) Claude Auchinleck, British field marshal (1884–1981) Josephine Baker, American-French singer and dancer (1906–1975) Abdelali Mhamdi, professional goalkeeper
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