Driss

Driss or Dris is a masculine given name and surname of Arabic origin. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

• Driss El-Asmar (born 1975), Moroccan footballer
• Driss Bamous (1942–2015), Moroccan footballer
• Driss Barid (born 1986), Moroccan hammer thrower
• Driss Basri (1938–2007), Moroccan politician, Interior Minister 1979–1999
• Driss Benhima (born 1954), Moroccan businessman
• Driss Bensari (born 1942), Moroccan professor
• Driss Benzekri (activist) (1950–2007), Moroccan left-wing political and human rights activist
• Driss Benzekri (footballer) (born 1970), Moroccan retired football goalkeeper
• Driss Ben-Brahim (born 1964), Moroccan-Austrian trader and investor
• Driss Ben Hamed Charhadi (1937–1986), the pseudonym for Larbi Layachi, a Moroccan story-teller
• Driss Ben Omar El Alami (1937–1986), Moroccan army general
• Driss Chraïbi, (1926–2007), Moroccan author
• Driss Dacha (born 1962), Moroccan runner
• Driss Dahak (born 1939), Moroccan civil servant
• Driss Dallahi, American cheerleader
• Driss Debbagh (1921–1986), Moroccan ambassador to Italy (1959–1961)
• Driss Fettouhi (born 1989), Moroccan footballer
• Driss Guiga (1924–2026), Tunisian lawyer and politician
• Driss El Himer (born 1974), French long-distance runner
• Driss Himmes (born 1983), French footballer
• Driss Jettou (born 1945), Prime Minister of Morocco (2002–2007)
• Driss Joumad (1927–2009), Moroccan footballer
• Driss Khalid (born 1999), French-Moroccan footballer
• Driss El Khouri (1939–2022), Moroccan novelist
• Driss Ksikes (born 1968), Moroccan journalist
• Driss Lachgar (born 1954), Moroccan politician
• Driss Lahrichi (born 1997), Moroccan swimmer
• Driss Maazouzi (born 1969), French 1500 metre runner
• Driss El Maloumi (born 1970), Moroccan composer
• Driss El-Mamoun (born 1962), Moroccan judoka
• Driss M'Hammedi (1912–1969), Moroccan politician and diplomat
• Driss Moussaid (born 1988), Moroccan boxer
• Driss Moussaoui, Moroccan professor
• Driss Mouttaqui (born 1956), Moroccan footballer
• Driss El Mrabet (born 1967), Moroccan footballer and manager
• Driss Mrini (born 1950), Moroccan film and television director, producer, and writer
• Driss Ouadahi (born 1959), Algerian painter and architect
• Driss Roukhe (born 1968), Moroccan actor and director
• Driss Seghir (born 1948), Moroccan short-story writer
• Driss Sekkat (born 1985), Moroccan-American television producer
• Driss Temsamani (born 1966), Moroccan-American author and community organizer
• Driss Trichard (born 1995), French footballer
• Driss el-Yazami (born 1952), Moroccan human rights activist

Surname

• Messaoud Dris (born 2001), Algerian judoka
• Mohamed Driss (born 1944), Tunisian writer, actor, and director of theatre
• Rachid Driss (1917–2009), Tunisian diplomat and writer
• 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