Egypt
People of this nationality
Pope John XVI of Alexandria
1630 β 1718
Eastern Orthodox priest
Anwar Tawfik
1914 β 1999
fencer
Marwan El Shorbagy
b. 1993
squash player
Leila Ahmed
b. 1940
university teacher
Siliman Eid
1961 β 2025
actor
Ahmed Soliman
b. 1965
basketball player
Ahmad Fuad Mohieddin
1926 β 1984
politician
IsmaΚΏil Sidqi
1875 β 1950
minister
Wael Abbas
b. 1974
journalist
Atef Salem
1927 β 2002
film director
Nahla Ramadan
b. 1985
weightlifter
Abu Zubair al-Masri
2000 β 2008
Mustafa al-Nahhas
1879 β 1965
politician
Psammuthes
500 β 391 BC
statesperson
Mohamed Magdy Afsha
b. 1996
association football player
James II
1908 β 1956
Gemenefhorbak
Ahmed Haggag
b. 1987
association football player
Helmy Afify Abd El-Bar
1922 β 2011
Minmontu
High Priest of Amun
Emad El-Din Shafei
1931 β 1961
sprinter
Pope Matthew I of Alexandria
Eastern Orthodox priest
Nabil Nosair
1938 β 2016
association football player
Ghada Amer
b. 1963
painter
Hamza Ali
1923 β 1987
association football player
Moustafa Soheim
1937 β 2008
fencer
Mohamed El Gawarhy
b. 1996
squash player
Asim Abdulrahman
b. 1953
mujahid
Gamal Esmat
b. 1956
physician
Ahmed Nabil
b. 1986
fencer
Sherihan
b. 1964
actor
Kiya
consort
Mohsen Saleh
b. 1949
association football player
Pambo
350 β 375
monk
Hamza El-Gamal
b. 1970
association football player
Farida Mohamed
b. 2002
squash player
Fifi Abdou
b. 1953
dancer
Ahmed Ahmed
b. 1970
actor
Nadia Hamza
1939 β 2012
film director
Bassem Youssef
b. 1974
cardiac surgeon
Riad al Sunbati
1906 β 1981
singer
Tamer Ashour
b. 1984
actor
Ayman Mazhar
b. 1959
sport shooter
Yehia El-Deraa
b. 1995
handball player
Dalia Mostafa
b. 1980
actor
Mahmoud Hassab Alla
b. 1986
handball player
Refaat Al-Gammal
1927 β 1982
spy
Karim Nagi
musician
Psamtik III
600 β 525 BC
statesperson
Yasser Ibrahim Farag
b. 1984
athletics competitor
Safaa Eltoukhi
b. 1964
actor
Sekina Fouad
b. 1945
journalist
Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah
1963 β 2020
terrorist
Ismail Mustafa al-Falaki
1825 β 1901
mathematician
Amir Eid
b. 1983
guitarist
Mariam Fakhr Eddine
1931 β 2014
actor
Ezz El-Din Nasir
boxer
Sahar Helal
1969 β 2004
synchronized swimmer
Essam Ramadan
b. 1957
volleyball player
Mary Queeny
1913 β 2003
actor
Mohamed Nagieb
b. 1983
association football player
Hussein El-Sayed
b. 1964
association football player
Hend Kheera
b. 1981
painter
Nimlot of Hermopolis
monarch
Ahmed Mohamed Al-Hofi
1910 β 1983
literary scholar
Mohamed Haggag
b. 1985
association football player
Moustafa Bakri
b. 1939
water polo player
youssef shahheen Mahmoud Abdel Aziz
b. 1981
film producer
Wafaa El-Sadr
b. 1950
physician
Ahmed Nasser
b. 1953
modern pentathlete
Galal Abou El-Kheir
b. 1927
water polo player
Esmat Ahmed
b. 1986
weightlifter
Zeid Mohamed
civil servant
Tefnakhte
statesperson
Omar Abdel-Rahman
1938 β 2017
theologian
Ilana Salama Ortar
b. 1949
photographer
Adel Emam
b. 1940
actor
Mahmoud Al Sayed
b. 1985
association football player
Mohamed Attia
b. 1973
art director
Mahmoud Riad
1917 β 1992
politician
Adel Hekal
1934 β 2018
association football player
Ahmed Hussien
1911 β 1982
politician
Basim Magdy
b. 1977
photographer
Nayel Nassar
b. 1991
equestrian
Rawhiya al-Qallini
1915 β 1980
poet
Muhammad Afifi Matar
1935 β 2010
poet
Moushira Khattab
b. 1944
diplomat
Karim Amer
b. 1984
film producer
Aiman El-Shewy
b. 1968
athlete
Mohamed Anwar Esmat Sadat
b. 1955
politician
Mohamed El Atek
b. 1970
rower
Abdel Moneim Amin
1912 β 1996
politician
Salma Abohegazy
b. 2003
taekwondo athlete
Youssef Selim
b. 1997
competitive diver
Haggagovic
b. 1984
world traveler
Emad Shahin
b. 1957
political scientist
Amanie Abdelmessih
mechanical engineer
Saleh Selim
1930 β 2002
association football player
Hasan Elsifi
1927 β 2005
film director
Mostafa Dorgham
b. 1996
snooker player