Egypt
People of this nationality
Merkawre Sobekhotep
sovereign
Zeinab Abdel Hamid
1919 – 2002
visual artist
Ahmed Baly
b. 1976
judoka
Miral al-Tahawy
b. 1968
writer
Talaat Mansour
b. 1967
association football player
Hany Abo Rida
b. 1953
association football player
Kamal Darwish
b. 1942
athlete
Ayman Mansour
b. 1963
association football player
Yossef Greiss
1899 – 1961
composer
Ibrahim Khalil
1909 – 1998
competitive diver
Ghada Fathi Waly
b. 1966
civil servant
Hany Abdel-Aziz
b. 1946
diplomat
Mohamed Hefzy
b. 1975
film producer
Ahmed Mohamed
b. 1988
weightlifter
Ahmed Mohamed
b. 1994
fencer
Ramy Rabia
b. 1993
association football player
Kareem Rahma
b. 1986
film producer
Yusuf Abu Rayya
1954 – 2009
writer
Galal Saeed
b. 1948
civil engineer
Tawfiq al-Hakim
1898 – 1987
writer
Samia Ahmed
b. 1996
synchronized swimmer
Rasha Kelej
b. 1972
businessperson
William Selim Hanna
1896 – 1980
engineer
Shaban Yusuf
b. 1955
literary critic
Hany Moussa
b. 1966
basketball player
Hasan al-Haddad
1957 – 2017
amateur wrestler
Ahmed Gamal
b. 1994
association football player
Ahmed El-Hamy El-Husseini
1939 – 1993
fencer
Shebitku
800 – 700 BC
statesperson
Tara Emad
b. 1993
model
Mohamed Abouelghar
b. 1993
squash player
Botros Kamal Fahim Awad Hanna
b. 1961
Catholic priest
Ahmed Maher El Sayed
1935 – 2010
diplomat
Hamza Namira
b. 1980
singer
Youssef El Sherif
b. 1978
actor
Pope Shenouda I of Alexandria
Eastern Orthodox priest
Wael Talaat
1964 – 2025
snooker player
Medhat Moataz
b. 2000
fencer
Ahmed Hassan Mekky
b. 1987
association football player
Iris Habib Elmasry
1918 – 1994
historian
Mukhtar Gomaa
b. 1966
minister
Mohamed Abdel-El
wrestler
Reda Haikal
b. 1990
volleyball player
Amr Moussa
b. 1936
politician
Mustafa Amin
1914 – 1997
journalist
Mansúra Izz ad-Dín
b. 1976
journalist
Taharqa
720 – 664 BC
statesperson
Neferneferure
politician
Hussein El Husseiny
b. 1991
association football player
Ahmed Abdelmonem
b. 1973
association football player
Ibrahim Salah
b. 1987
association football player
Chaim HaKohen
1585 – 1655
rabbi
Manetho
b. 201 BC
high priest
Shaʻrāwī Jumʻah
1920 – 1988
civil servant
Sherif Sonbol
1956 – 2023
photographer
Mohamed Mousa
b. 1977
weightlifter
Ptolemy IV Philopator
244 – 204 BC
sovereign
Mahmoud Saber
b. 2001
association football player
Yasser Khalil
b. 1972
journalist
Walid Mohamed
b. 1977
field hockey player
Wael Ghonim
b. 1980
computer scientist
C. K. Alexander
1923 – 1980
composer
Emadeldin Elsayed
b. 1986
documentary filmmaker
Salah El-Din Shalabi
b. 1949
water polo player
Dina Talaat
b. 1964
belly dancer
Ahmad Shedid Qinawi
b. 1986
association football player
Georges Bakar
b. 1946
Catholic priest
Arto Tchakmaktchian
1933 – 2019
sculptor
Ibrahim Hamato
b. 1973
table tennis player
Ka
3200 – 3100 BC
statesperson
John the Dwarf
339 – 405
monk
Yusef Wahba
1852 – 1934
economist
Aa
architect
Ahmed Hegazi
1935 – 2002
actor
Jana Mahmoud
b. 2004
gymnast
Hala Fouad
1958 – 1993
actor
Tamer Farid
b. 1968
competitive diver
Mohamed Elbaaly
b. 1993
association football player
Ḥāfiẓ ʻAfīfī
1886 – 1961
civil servant
Alaa Abdel-Ghany
b. 1979
association football player
Nectanebo I
450 – 362 BC
statesperson
Hassan El-Sayed Attia
b. 1931
sport shooter
Samiha Naili
table tennis player
Abu Muhsin al-Masri
1958 – 2020
Essam Abd El Fatah
b. 1965
association football referee
Tefibi
Iman Yehia
b. 1954
writer
Mo'men osman
b. 1987
association football player
Mohamed Abdelsalam
b. 1987
association football player
Fawzi Rasmy
b. 1935
athlete
Moustafa Elmekawi
b. 1994
basketball player
Mohab Samer
b. 1995
fencer
Neferkheperuhesekheper
mayor
Shery
2800 – 2700 BC
Sahure
2600 – 2475 BC
statesperson
Ahmed Hijazi
1936 – 2011
cartoonist
Akhenaten
1400 – 1336 BC
pharaoh
Salah Nasr
1920 – 1982
politician
Alam al-Din al-Hanafi
1178 – 1251
mathematician
Ehab Tawfik
b. 1966
actor