Driss

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

Given name

• Driss Basri (1938–2007), Moroccan politician, Interior Minister 1979–1999
• Driss Ben-Brahim, 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, (1926–2007), Moroccan author
• Driss Debbagh (died 1986), Moroccan ambassador to Italy (1959–1961)
• Driss El Himer (born 1974), French long-distance runner
• Driss El Khouri, Moroccan novelist
• Driss Jettou (born 1945), Prime Minister of Morocco (2002–2007)
• Driss Ksikes, Moroccan journalist
• Driss Maazouzi (born 1969), French 1500 metre runner
• Driss Moussaid (born 1988), boxer from Morocco
• Driss Seghir, Moroccan short-story writer
• Driss Temsamani, Moroccan-American author and community organizer

Surname

• Mohamed Driss, Tunisian writer, actor, and director of theatre
• Rachid Driss (1917–2009), Tunisian diplomat and writer
• Messaoud Dris (born 2001), Algerian judoka
• Youcef Dris (born 1945), Algerian writer and journalist

See also

• Bordj Omar Driss, municipality in Illizi Province, Algeria
• Ouled Driss District, district in Souk Ahras Province, Algeria