Driss is a given name and surname. Dris is a surname. Notable people with the name include:

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Driss Basri Driss Basri (, 8 November 1938 – 27 August 2007) was a Moroccan politician who served as interior minister from 1979 to 1999. His name has been associated with the Years of Lead in Morocco.Driss Ben-Brahim Driss Ben-Brahim (born 1964) is a Moroccan-Austrian trader and investor based in London, England. Early life Ben-Brahim is an engineer and mathematician by education. He graduated from École Centrale Paris (1987), studied Artificial Intelligence ...

, former partner and head of Goldman Sachs trading * Driss Ben Hamed Charhadi (1937–86), the pseudonym for Larbi Layachi, a Moroccan story-teller * Driss Benhima, chairman of the board and CEO of Royal Air Maroc, the national airline of Morocco * Driss Benzekri (activist) (1950–2007), Moroccan left-wing political and human rights activist * Driss Benzekri (footballer) (born 1970), Moroccan retired football goalkeeper *

Driss Chraïbi Driss Chraïbi (; July 15, 1926 – April 1, 2007) was a Moroccan author whose novels deal with colonialism, culture clashes, generational conflict and the treatment of women and are often perceived as semi-autobiographical. Born in El Jadida ...

, (1926–2007), Moroccan author * Driss Debbagh (died 1986), Moroccan ambassador to Italy (1959–1961) *

Driss El Himer Driss El Himer () (born 1 January 1974 in Khezazna, Morocco) is a Moroccan-French long-distance runner. He acquired French nationality by naturalization on 24 January 2001. He competed in the marathon at the 2004 Olympics The 2004 Summer Ol ...

(born 1974), French long-distance runner * Driss El Khouri, Moroccan novelist *

Driss Jettou Driss Jettou (, ; born 24 May 1945) is a Moroccan politician, who served as the 13th prime minister of Morocco from 2002 to 2007. Early life and education Jettou was born in the town of El Jadida on 24 May 1945. He's of Soussi origin. After sec ...

(born 1945), Prime Minister of Morocco (2002–2007) *

Driss Ksikes Driss Ksikes (born 1968 in Casablanca) is a Moroccan writer. Career Driss Ksikes is a Moroccan fiction and nonfiction writer, playwright and scholar. He is professor of methodology and creative writing, and director of Economia, HEM research ce ...

, Moroccan journalist *

Driss Maazouzi Driss Maazouzi (; born 15 October 1969 in Meknès) is a French 1500 metres runner who won a bronze medal at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton. He won the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships. Maazouzi represented Morocco up to and during ...

(born 1969), French 1500 metre runner *

Driss Moussaid Driss Moussaid (born March 29, 1988) is a boxer from Morocco who won bronze at the World Junior Championships 2006 and qualified for the Olympics 2008 at Junior Welter. Career He won a bronze medal in 2006 at the World Junior Championship in his n ...

(born 1988), boxer from Morocco *

Driss Seghir Driss Seghir is a Moroccan short-story writer. He was born on May 21, 1948, in Kenitra, Morocco Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to ...

, Moroccan short-story writer *

Driss Temsamani Driss R. Temsamani (; born 1966) is an American banker, author, and public speaker specializing in digital transformation, financial technology, and diaspora advocacy. He began his career at Citigroup in 1995 and is currently a Managing Directo ...

, Moroccan-American author and community organizer

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Mohamed Driss Mohamed Driss (born 1944) is a Tunisian writer, actor, and director of theatre. Since 1988 he has been the director of the National Theatre of Tunisia. He began his career in 1961 and is, subsequently, an actor, both amateur and professional, a ...

, Tunisian writer, actor, and director of theatre *

Rachid Driss Rachid Driss (Arabic: الرشيد إدريس) (January 27, 1917 – September 5, 2009) was a Tunisian diplomat and writer. He held the position of the Ambassador of Tunisia to the United States, and was President of the United Nations' Social a ...

(1917–2009), Tunisian diplomat and writer *

Messaoud Dris Messaoud Redouane Dris ( Arabic: مسعود رضوان دريس; born 13 September 2001) is an Algerian judoka. He was ranked fourteenth in the lightweight division in May 2024. Career Dris started his career with in Oran, Algeria. In January ...

(born 2001), Algerian judoka *

Youcef Dris Youcef Dris (born 15 October 1945, in Tizi Ouzou) is an Algerian writer and journalist. He started as a journalist in 1970 writing publications for '' El Moujahid''. Afterwards, he became Editor in chief of the press group West Oran Tribune. He ...

(born 1945), Algerian writer and journalist

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