List of Egyptians
The following is a list of notable Egyptians:
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Actors
- Samira Ahmed
- Nermin Al-Fiqy
- Lobna Abdel Aziz
- Lebleba
- Bushra
- Assia Dagher
- Mariam Fakhr Eddine
- Laila Elwi
- Faten Hamama
- Leila Mourad
- Nadine
- Mary Queeny
- Gehan Rateb
- Amina Rizq
- Hend Rostom
- Shadia
- Sherihan
- Shwikar
- Hanan Tork
- Mona Zaky
Male actors
- Rushdy Abaza
- Khalid Abdulla
- Adel Adham
- Kamal Al-Shennawi
- Rami Malek
- Mostafa Qamar
- Adel Emam
- Hussein Fahmy
- Emad Hamdy
- Ahmed Helmy
- Ahmed Ramzy
- Stephan Rosti
- Shoukry Sarhan
- Fareed Shawky
- George Sidhom
- Anwar Wagdy
- Amr Waked
- Ismail Yaseen
- Saeed Saleh
- Ahmad Zaky
Female models
Dancers and choreographers
- Nagua Fouad
- Samia Gamal
- Tahiya Karioka
- Nelly Mazloum
- Zeinat Olwi
Filmmakers and television directors
- Frank Agrama
- Atef AlTayyeb
- Ash Atalla
- Henry Barakat
- Ibrahim El Batout
- Khairy Beshara
- Youssef Chahine
- Assia Dagher
- Tarek El-Telmissany
- Fadwa El Guindi
- André Hakim
- Robert and Raymond Hakim
- Helmy Halim
- Hassan Al Imam
- Hussein Kamal
- Mohammed Karim
- Asaad Kelada
- Mohamed Khan
- Nasr Mahrous
- Yousry Nasrallah
- Jehane Noujaim
- Mary Queeny
- Maher Sabry
- Daoud Abdel Sayed
- Salah Abu Seif
- Tamer El Said
- Tamer Shaaban
- Khaled Youssef
- Ezzel Dine Zulficar
Theater actors, directors and playwrights
- Tawfiq al-Hakeem
- Abo El Seoud El Ebiary
- Alfred Farag
- Abdel Moneim Madbouly
- Naguib Al Rehani
Film critics
Radio and television personalities
- Moutaz Al-Demirdash
- Tamer Amin
- Mona El-Saghir
- Mona El-Shazly
- Lamis Elhadidy
- Amr Ellissy
- Ahmed El Esseily
- Mofeed Fawzy
- Bob Francis (radio)
- Hamed Gohar
- Hamdi Qandil
- Osama Mounir
- Nagui
- Mahmoud Saad
- Akmal Saleh
- Ali Faik Zaghloul
Music
Musicians and composers
See also: List of Egyptian composers
- Gamal Abdel-Rahim
- Mohamed Abdelwahab Abdelfattah
- Zakaria Ahmed
- Abdu al-Hamuli
- Kamel al-Khola'ie
- Rageh Daoud
- Sayed Darwish
- Halim El-Dabh
- Aziz El-Shawan
- Moustafa Amar
- Mohamed Fawzi
- Soliman Gamil
- Rifaat Garrana
- Yusef Greiss
- Saleh Abdel Hai
- Baligh Hamdi
- Tarek Ali Hassan
- Dawood Hussnei
- Sheikh Imam
- Abu Bakr Khayrat
- Tarek Madkour
- Sayed Mekawy
- Mounir Mourad
- Mohamed El Qasabgi
- Hasan Rashid
- Kamal Al Taweel
- Mohammed Abdel Wahab
- Ramzi Yassa
- Amr Diab
Music directors and conductors
Songwriters
Singers and pop stars
- Amr Diab
- Mohamed Hamaki
- Ahmed Adaweyah
- Fayza Ahmed
- Farid al-Atrash
- Moustafa Amar
- Angham
- Dalida
- Mohammad Fouad
- Abdel Halim Hafez
- Hakim
- Hamada Helal
- Kamal Hosni
- Tamer Hosny
- Tony Kaldas
- Mostafa Kamel
- Umm Kulthum
- Mounira El Mahdeya
- Amal Maher
- Karem Mahmoud
- Mohamed Mounir
- Laila Mourad
- Shaaban Abdel Rahim
- Gehan Rateb
- Demis Roussos
- Ruby
- Rami Sabry
- Kareem Salama
- Shadia
- Hani Shaker
- Sherine
- Ehab Tawfik
- Sherine Wagdy
- Mohamed Abdel Wahab
- Oka
- Ortega
Arts
Architects
Main article: List of Egyptian architects
Cartoonists and comic artists
- George Bahgoury
- Hussein Bikar
- Gomaa
- Mustafa Hussein
- Salah Jahin
- Ahmad Nady
- Ahmed Ragab
- Alexander Sarukhan
- Tarek Shahin
- Ahmed Toughan
Painters
- Injy Aflatoun
- Ghada Amer
- Kamal Amin
- Evelyn Ashamallah
- George Bahgoury
- Hussein Bikar
- Chafik Charobim
- Isaac Fanous
- Abdel Hadi Al Gazzar
- Hussein El Gebaly
- Tahia Halim
- Hassan Mohamed Hassan
- Farouk Hosny
- Mahmoud Mokhtar
- Margaret Nakhla
- Adel Nassief
- Georges Hanna Sabbagh
- Gazbia Sirry
- Salah Taher
- Adham Wanly
- Seif Wanly
Sculptors
Literature
Main article: List of Egyptian authors
Authors
- Fekry Pasha Abaza
- Muhammad Sa'id al-'Ashmawi
- Muhammad Aladdin
- Gamal Al-Ghitani
- Tawfiq al-Hakeem
- Alaa Al Aswany
- Louis Awad
- Abo El Seoud El Ebiary
- Ahmed Lutfi el-Sayed
- Iris Habib Elmasry
- Alfred Farag
- Nabil Farouk
- Mohammad Moustafa Haddara
- Yehia Hakki
- Muhammad Husayn Haykal
- Sonallah Ibrahim
- Yusuf Idris
- Edmond Jabès
- Naguib Mahfouz
- Ezzat el Kamhawi
- Suzy Kassem
- Mostafa Mahmoud
- Zaki Naguib Mahmoud
- Salama Moussa
- Abdel Hakim Qasem
- Nawal El Saadawi
- Gilbert Sinoué
- Ahdaf Soueif
- Bahaa Taher
- Moawad GadElrab
Historians
- Raouf Abbas
- Ibn Abd-el-Hakem
- Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti
- Al-Maqrizi
- Al-Mufaddal
- Severus Ibn al-Muqaffa
- Abd al-Rahman al-Rafai
- Al-Sakhawi
- Imam Al-Suyuti
- George Antonius
- Rifa'a el-Tahtawi
- George Elmacin
- Iris Habib Elmasry
- Gawdat Gabra
- John of Nikiû
- Menassa Youhanna
Poets
Writers
Main article: List of Egyptian writers
- Fekry Pasha Abaza
- Khalil Abdel-Karim
- Leila Ahmed
- Gamal al-Banna
- Mustafa Lutfi al-Manfaluti
- Abbass AlAqqad
- Mostafa Amin
- Adel Darwish
- Abo El Seoud El Ebiary
- Kamal el-Mallakh
- Abdel Wahab el-Miseiri
- Mansoura Ez Eldin
- Masri Feki
- Farag Foda
- Mohammad Moustafa Haddara
- Hasan Hanafi
- Tarek Heggy
- Mohammad Hassanein Heykal
- Taha Hussein
- Adel Iskandar
- Suzy Kassem
- Said El Kemny
- Naguib Mahfouz
- Salama Moussa
- Ihsan Abdel Quddous
- Ahmed Shawki
- Yasser Thabet
- Nasr Abu Zayd
- Ayman Zohry
- Moawad GadElrab
Journalists
- Wael Abbas
- Farouk Abdul-Aziz
- Khouloud Al-Gamal
- Tawfiq al-Hakim
- Ahmad Al-Khamisi
- Ibrahim al-Mazini
- Mostafa Amin
- Shahira Amin
- Rawya Ateya
- Hala El Badry
- Adel Darwish
- Abo El Seoud El Ebiary
- Yousef Gamal El-Din
- Ethar El-Katatney
- Helal El-Saaed
- Mohamed El-Tabii
- Rifa'a el-Tahtawi
- Amr Ellissy
- Mona Eltahawy
- Mansoura Ez-Eldin
- Farag Foda
- Yosri Fouda
- Zain Abdul Hady
- Yasser Abdel Hafez
- Sabah Hamamou
- Muhammad Husayn Haykal
- Tarek Heggy
- Mohamed Hassanein Heikal
- Reda Helal
- Ezzat el Kamhawi
- Safinaz Kazem
- Soliman Kenawy
- Momtaz Al Ket
- Yasser Khalil
- Mohamed Said Mahfouz
- Ayman Mohyeldin
- Khalil Mutran
- Ola Naguib
- Iris Nazmy
- Nawara Negm
- Gamal Nkrumah
- Osama Anwar Okasha
- Younan Labib Rizk
- Salama Ahmed Salama
- Yaqub Sanu
- Said Sonbol
- Assaad Taha
- Yasser Thabet
- Ahmed Toughan
Intellects
Lawyers
Business
- Mohamed A. El-Erian
- Youssef Boutros Ghali
- Talaat Pasha Harb
- Mahmoud Mohieldin
Government
Activists
Diplomats
Caliphs
- Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah
- Ali az-Zahir
- al-Mustansir
- Al-Musta'li
- Al-Amir
- Al-Hafiz
- Al-Zafir
- Al-Faiz
- al-Adid
Monarchs
- Menes
- Abbas Hilmi Pasha
- Abbas I
- Cleopatra VII
- Farouk of Egypt
- Fuad I of Egypt
- Fuad II of Egypt
- Ibrahim Pasha
- Muhammad Ali of Egypt
- Ptolemy I of Egypt
- Ptolemy II of Egypt
- Ptolemy III of Egypt
- Ptolemy IV of Egypt
- Ptolemy V of Egypt
- Ptolemy VI of Egypt
- Ptolemy VII of Egypt
- Ptolemy XII of Egypt
- Ptolemy XIII of Egypt
Queens of Egypt
- Cleopatra VII
- Hatshepsut
- Nefertiti
- Queen Karomama
- Sitt al-Mulk
- Shajar al-Durr
- Farida of Egypt
- Narriman Sadek
- Nazli Sabri
Politicians
- Ahmad Najib al-Hilali
- Mohamed AlBaradei
- Abdul Rahman Hassan Azzam
- Stephan Bassily
- Youssef Darwish
- Atef Ebeid
- Makram Ebeid
- Ahmed Lutfi el-Sayed
- Abaza Family
- Mohammad Farid
- Boutros Ghali
- Boutros Boutros Ghali
- Ahmed Aboul Gheit
- Numan Gumaa
- Rafik Habib
- Mokhtar Khattab
- Ahmad Esmat Abdel Meguid
- Zakaria Mohieddin
- Amr Moussa
- Ali Pasha Mubarak
- Ahmed Nazif
- Ayman Nour
- Ahmad Mahir Pasha
- Bahey El Din Barakat Pasha
- Muhammad Mahmoud Pasha
- Mustafa an-Nahhas Pasha
- Mustafa Kamil Pasha
- Mostafa Elwi Saif
- Fouad Serageddin
- Hussein Al Shafei
- Isma'il Sidqi
- Ahmad Fathi Sorour
- Kamal Ramzi Stino
- Mohammed Tayea
- Ahmed Urabi
- Saad Zaghloul
- Ahmed Shafiq
Presidents
- Muhammad Naguib
- Gamal Abdel Nasser
- Muhammad Anwar Al Sadat
- Muhammad Hosni Mubarak
- Mohamed Morsi
Scholars
Egyptologists
Explorers
Philosophers
- Arnouphis
- Abdel Rahman Badawi
- Rifa'a el-Tahtawi
- Abdel Wahab Elmessiri
- Hassan Hanafi
- Ihab Hassan
- Zaki Naguib Mahmoud
- Plotinus
- Suzy Kassem
Scientists
- Ahmes
- Hero of Alexandria
- Hypatia of Alexandria
- Theon of Alexandria
- Sharif Basyouni
- Ctesibius
- Diophantus
- Djer
- Farouk El-Baz
- Wafik El-Deiry
- Yehia El-Mashad
- Mostafa A. El-Sayed
- Taher ElGamal
- Euclid
- Caleb Gattegno
- Eman Ghoneim
- Hamed Gohar
- Farkhonda Hassan
- Tarek Ali Hassan
- Gamal Hemdan
- Riad Higazy
- Rashad Khalifa
- Mostafa Mahmoud
- Mahmoud El Manhaly
- Moustafa Mousharafa
- Sameera Moussa
- Ptolemy
- Rushdi Said
- Tarek Shawki
- Elsayed Elsayed Wagih
- Ibn Yunus
- Ahmed ibn Yusuf
- Ahmed H. Zewail
- Abbas El Gamal
- Zed Khaled
- Zosimos of Panopolis
Mathematicians
Physicians and surgeons
- Da'ud Abu al-Fadl
- Yahya of Antioch
- Samy Azer
- Paul Ghalioungui
- Nagy Habib
- Mohammed Aboul-Fotouh Hassab
- Tarek Ali Hassan
- Yusuf Idris
- Imhotep
- Magdy Ishak
- Naguib Pasha Mahfouz
- Ibrahim Nagi
- Emin Pasha
- Muhammed Taher Pasha
- Ali ibn Ridwan
- Nawal El Saadawi
- Hilana Sedarous
- Gorgi Sobhi
- Isaac Israeli ben Solomon
- Sir Magdi Yacoub
Pioneering women
- Kamilia Abdelfattah
- Hypatia of Alexandria
- Lotfia ElNadi
- Ester Fanous
- Farkhonda Hassan
- Hatshepsut
- Jihan Sadat
- Doria Shafik
- Hoda Sharawy
- Cleopatra VII
- Safeya Zaghloul
- Suzy Kassem
Religion
Religious scholars and preachers
- Abassad
- Muhammad Abduh
- Hassan Al-Banna
- Severus Ibn al-Muqaffa
- Yusuf Al-Qaradawi
- Safwat Al-Shwadfy
- Origen of Alexandria
- Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria
- Bishop Angaelos
- Abadiu of Antinoe
- Saint Paphnutius the Bishop
- Abraam, Bishop of Faiyum
- Habib Girgis
- Amr Khaled
- Abd al-Hamid Kishk
- Meletius of Lycopolis
- Abdel-Halim Mahmoud
- Matta El Meskeen
- Anba Mikhail
- John of Nikiû
- Sayyed Qutb
- Bishop Serapion
- Muhammad Metwally Al Shaarawy
- Ahmed Shaker
- Athanasius, Metropolitan of Beni Suef
- Muhammad Sayyid Tantawi
- Pope Cyril VI
- Muhammad Hussein Yacoub
- Menassa Youhanna
Saints
- Abdel Messih El-Makari
- Pope Abraham of Alexandria
- Abraam Bishop of Fayoum
- Alexander of Alexandria
- Saint Amun
- Anianus of Alexandria
- Anthony the Great
- Saint Apollonia
- Athanasius of Alexandria
- Mar Awgin
- Catherine of Alexandria
- Saints Chrysanthus and Daria
- Cyril of Alexandria
- Cyril VI
- Cyrus and John
- Demetrius of Alexandria
- Demiana
- Dorothea
- Dioscorus of Alexandria
- Euphrosyne of Alexandria
- Felix and Regula
- Hilarion
- Hyacinth and Protus
- John the Short
- Macarius of Egypt
- Macarius of Alexandria
- Mary of Egypt
- Pope Matthew I of Alexandria
- Saint Maurice
- Saint Menas
- Moses the Black
- Saint Nilus
- Onuphrius
- Pakhom
- Saint Pambo
- Parsoma
- Paul of Tammah
- Paul the Simple
- Pavly the Anchorite
- Peter of Alexandria
- Pishoy
- Samuel the Confessor
- Saint Sarah
- Serapion Bishop of Thmuis
- Saint Shenouda the Archimandrite
- Simon the Tanner
- Verena
Sports personalities
Athletes
Main article: List of Egyptian athletes
Football/soccer players
- Mohamed Aboutreika
- Taher Abouzaid
- Mahmoud El-Gohary
- Essam El-Hadary
- Mahmoud El-Khateeb
- Hazem Emam
- Ahmed Fathi
- Hossam Ghaly
- Gamal Abdel Hamid
- Gamal Hamza
- Ahmed Hassan
- Hossam Hassan
- Mido
- Emad Moteab
- Hany Ramzy
- Ibrahim Said
- Saleh Seleem
- Hassan Shehata
- Shikabala
- Amr Zaki
- Mohamed Zidan
Wrestlers
Other sports
Pharaohs
Main article: List of pharaohs
See also: Pharaoh
Prime Ministers of Egypt
Main article: List of Prime Ministers of Egypt
- Kamal Hassan Ali
- Atef Ebeid
- Mahmoud Sami el-Baroudi
- Mustafa el-Nahhas
- Mahmoud Fawzi
- Kamal Ganzouri
- Boutros Ghali
- Abd El Aziz Muhammad Hejazi
- Mustafa Khalil
- Ali Lutfi Mahmud
- Ahmad Fuad Mohieddin
- Zakaria Mohieddin
- Hosni Mubarak
- Muhammad Naguib
- Gamal Abdel Nasser
- Ahmed Nazif
- Abdel Fattah Yahya Ibrahim Pasha
- Abdel Khaliq Sarwat Pasha
- Adli Yakan Pasha
- Ahmad Mahir Pasha
- Ahmad Ziwar Pasha
- Ali Mahir Pasha
- Hassan Sabry Pasha
- Hussein Rushdi Pasha
- Hussein Sirri Pasha
- Isma'il Pasha
- Mahmoud an-Nukrashi Pasha
- Muhammad Mahmoud Pasha
- Muhammad Said Pasha
- Muhammad Sharif Pasha
- Muhammad Tawfiq Nasim Pasha
- Nubar Pasha
- Raghib Pasha
- Riyad Pasha
- Tewfik Pasha
- Ali Sabri
- Anwar El Sadat
- Mamdouh Salem
- Atef Sedki
- Aziz Sedki
- Essam Sharaf
- Youssef Wahba
- Saad Zaghloul
Egyptian military personnel
- Aibik
- Ahmed Ali al-Mwawi
- Ahmad Ismail Ali
- Kamal Hassan Ali
- Abdel Hakim Amer
- Murad Bey
- Abdel Ghani el-Gamasy
- Mahmoud Abdel Rahman Fahmy
- Mohammed Aly Fahmy
- Mahmoud Fehmy
- Abd al-Halim Abu Ghazala
- Adel Amin Hafez
- Mahmoud Kabil
- Abd-Al-Minaam Khaleel
- Suleiman Khater
- Rashad Mehanna
- Ali Mohamed
- Zakaria Mohieddin
- Hussein Refki Pasha
- Ibrahim Pasha
- Frederick Peake
- James F. M. Prinsep
- Abdul Munim Riad
- Reda Seireg
- Magdy Galal Sharawi
- Saad El Shazly
- Youssef Sabri Abu Taleb
- Nabil Barakat
- Abdul Munim Wassel
- Abu Zikry