Egypt
People of this nationality
Ziad El-Sissy
b. 1994
fencer
Mohammad Najib Abdallah
b. 1974
writer
Youssef El Sebai
1917 – 1978
writer
Raed Salem
b. 1982
athlete
Hady Shahin
b. 1986
handball player
Ibrahim Abdulhalim
1933 – 1963
rower
Mehira Ali
b. 1997
association football player
Ahmed Yassin
b. 1997
association football player
Gumaa Al-Shawan
1937 – 2011
spy
Mohamed Moussa
b. 1995
association football player
Simon I
b. 350 BC
kohen
Rasha Adly
b. 1972
novelist
Hussein al-Zawahiri
b. 2000
Saad El-Katatni
b. 1952
politician
Zakya Kafafi
b. 1948
scientist
Madiha Salem
1944 – 2015
actor
Mohamed Abou El-Ghar
b. 1940
academic
Stéphanos I Sidarouss
1904 – 1987
Catholic priest
Pope Demetrius II of Alexandria
1800 – 1870
presbyter
Saleh Gomaa
b. 1993
association football player
Essam el-Erian
1954 – 2020
physician
Mamdouh Abouebaid
b. 1988
handball player
Harkhuf
2300 – 2259 BC
explorer
Ali Khattab
b. 1977
composer
Rashad Mehanna
1909 – 1996
politician
Adli El Shafei II
b. 1973
tennis player
Essam Mahmoud
b. 1977
association football player
Yahia Omar
b. 1997
handball player
Karim Handawy
b. 1988
handball player
Nesma Idris
b. 1973
writer
Amr Mosaad
powerlifter
Maryam Saleh
b. 1985
singer
Mohamed Thakil
b. 1986
volleyball player
Pope Gabriel VI of Alexandria
presbyter
Salwa Bakr
b. 1949
writer
Islam Abo-Ouffa
b. 1990
association football player
Bassel El Gharbawy
b. 1977
judoka
Princess Faiza Fuad of Egypt
1923 – 1994
humanitarian
Mozn Hassan
b. 1979
women's rights activist
Meral Abdelgawad
b. 1998
basketball player
Mohamed Sabry
1974 – 2025
association football player
Wageeh Aziz
b. 1961
singer
Aya Saeid Saber
b. 1991
mixed martial arts fighter
Mahmoud Younis
1911 – 1976
civil engineer
Mohamed Abougrisha
b. 1981
association football player
Bechara Wakim
1890 – 1949
film director
Bek
b. 1400 BC
sculptor
Amal Abul-Qassem Donqol
1940 – 1983
poet
Eudorus of Alexandria
philosopher
Ayman Abdelaziz
b. 1978
association football player
Abd Al-Qadir Al-Qit
1916 – 2002
journalist
Amal Ramsis
b. 1972
film director
Muhammad al-Chudari
b. 1966
amateur wrestler
Ayman Shawky
b. 1962
association football player
Mohamed Youssef
b. 1963
swimmer
Ahmed Khairy
b. 1987
association football player
Zarkashi
1344 – 1392
Islamic jurist
Khaled Sobhi
b. 1995
association football player
Mohamed Hamdi Osman
b. 1954
basketball player
Ahmed Fathy Khalifa
b. 1966
military officer
Omar Suleiman
1936 – 2012
diplomat
Mai El Kamash
b. 1994
tennis player
Mohamed Sallam
1969 – 2018
association football player
Mohamed Seif Elnasr
b. 1983
volleyball player
Sandy
b. 1986
singer
Hossam el-Hamalawy
b. 1977
journalist
Farah Abdelaziz
b. 1992
table tennis player
Sherif El-Saket
b. 1970
table tennis player
Samir Elmesirri
b. 1941
painter
Maged el-Kedwany
b. 1967
actor
Ismail Selim Mohamed
b. 1944
basketball player
Magy Aziz
b. 1987
tennis player
Rana El Nemr
b. 1974
photographer
Elham Shahin
b. 1960
actor
Ibrahim Noureldin
b. 1979
association football player
Ahmed F. Ghoniem
fluid mechanist
Hafez Al Mirazi
journalist
Hisham Bastawisy
1951 – 2021
judge
Samih Sawiris
b. 1957
entrepreneur
Ahmed Galal
b. 1948
economist
Noha Yossry
b. 1992
table tennis player
Omar Abdel Meguid
b. 1988
squash player
Pope John XI of Alexandria
Eastern Orthodox priest
Sennefer (Deir el-Medineh)
artisan
Lotfia Elnadi
1907 – 2002
aircraft pilot
Fatma Rashed
b. 1984
rower
Hassan Tuhami
1924 – 2009
politician
Said Sonbol
1929 – 2004
newspaper editor
Hesham Seliem
1958 – 2022
actor
Muhammad Hamid Abu al-Nasr
1913 – 1996
Ibrahim Said
b. 1979
association football player
Salvator Cicurel
1893 – 1975
fencer
Youssef Zulficar Pasha
1866 – 1952
diplomat
Ahmad Midhat Yeghen Pasha
1878 – 1944
civil servant
Samy Rashad
b. 1990
Television personality
Shabaka
sovereign
Phoebe Fawzy
politician
Qaitbay
1416 – 1496
politician
Ankhesenpepi III
b. 2250 BC
politician
Mohamed Noman Galal
b. 1943
diplomat