The Most Famous
MILITARY PERSONNELS from Morocco
This page contains a list of the greatest Moroccan Military Personnels. The pantheon dataset contains 2,058 Military Personnels, 2 of which were born in Morocco. This makes Morocco the birth place of the 83rd most number of Military Personnels behind Armenia, and Rwanda.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Moroccan Military Personnels of all time. This list of famous Moroccan Military Personnels is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Mohamed Oufkir (1920 - 1972)
With an HPI of 61.29, Mohamed Oufkir is the most famous Moroccan Military Personnel. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages on wikipedia.
General Mohamed Oufkir (Arabic: محمد أوفقير, romanized: Muḥammad Ūfqīr; 16 August 1920 − 16 August 1972) was a Moroccan senior military officer who held many important governmental posts like the minister of interior and minister of defense. Throughout the 60s, he rose to become the regime's strongman having a close relationship with Hassan II of Morocco and was partly responsible for the suppression of political opposition and riots. It is believed that he was involved in the Ben Barka affair and that he was assassinated for his alleged role in the failed 1972 Moroccan coup attempt.
2. Luke McCormack (b. 0)
With an HPI of 9.50, Luke McCormack is the 2nd most famous Moroccan Military Personnel. His biography has been translated into 1 different languages.
Luke J. McCormack was the chief information officer of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from December 16, 2013, to May 2, 2017.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Moroccan military personnels born between 1920 and 1920. Of these 2, 1 (50.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Moroccan military personnels include Luke McCormack. The most famous deceased Moroccan military personnels include Mohamed Oufkir. As of April 2024, 2 new Moroccan military personnels have been added to Pantheon including Mohamed Oufkir, and Luke McCormack.
