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Casablanca (mar)

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Casablanca ranks 211th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Nashville, Tennessee, Bogotá, and Thessaloniki. Memorable people born in Casablanca include Jean Reno, Serge Haroche, and Frida Boccara. Memorable people who died in Casablanca include Larbi Benbarek, Abderrahmane Youssoufi, and Mohammed Karim Lamrani. Casablanca has been the birth place of many soccer players, and singers and the death place of many politicians, and soccer players. Casablanca is located in Morocco.

Casablanca is the largest city in Morocco and the country's economic and business centre. Located on the Atlantic coast of the Chaouia plain in the central-western part of Morocco, the city has a population of about 3.71 million in the urban area, and over 4.27 million in Greater Casablanca, making it the most populous city in the Maghreb region, and the eighth-largest in the Arab world. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1914 and 2000, Casablanca was the birth place of 59 globally memorable people, including Jean Reno, Serge Haroche, and Frida Boccara. Additionaly, 9 globally memorable people have passed away in Casablanca including Larbi Benbarek, Abderrahmane Youssoufi, and Mohammed Karim Lamrani.

People Born in Casablanca

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People Deceased in Casablanca

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Casablanca were soccer players (30), singers (5), actors (4), tennis players (4), and writers (3),  while most who died were politicians (5), soccer players (3), and pilots (1).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Casablanca, including Noureddine Naybet, Abderrahmane Mahjoub, and Abdelmajid Dolmy. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Casablanca, including Larbi Benbarek, Noureddine Naybet, and Abderrahmane Mahjoub.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 9 globally memorable people born in Casablanca since 1700.