Notable natives and residents

Abbes Kabbage (died 1 May 1984) was a regional leader of the Istiqlal Party before joining the UNFP in 1960. Abdelaziz Lahrech (18 November 1918-14 March 1994), the PDI regional leader of the Party for Democracy and Independence Mohammed Khair-Eddine (1941-1995), Moroccan writer Abdellah Aourik, painter. Val Fouad, author of "Agadir", published by Editions Alan Sutton. Dominique Strauss-Kahn spent his childhood there from 1951 to 1960. Saphia Azzedine, screenwriter and writer, born in 1979 in Agadir Jacques Bensimon, Canadian filmmaker, was born in Agadir Michel Vieuchange, French adventurer and explorer, died in Agadir in 1930