List of Egyptians

Last updated February 09, 2025

The following is a list of some of the notable Egyptians inside and outside of Egypt:

Actors
Male actors
Actresses
Dancers and choreographers
Filmmakers and television directors
Theater actors, directors, producers and playwrights
Film critics
Radio and television personalities
Music
Musicians and composers
Music directors and conductors
Songwriters
Singers and pop stars
Architects, planners and engineers
Architects
Engineers
Arts
Cartoonists and comic artists
Painters
Sculptors
Literature
Authors
Historians
Poets
Journalists
Intellectuals
Lawyers
Business
19th — mid-20th Century Feudalists
Nationalists (1923 — 1952)
Post Infitah (1974 — )
Activists
Government
Diplomats
Caliphs
Monarchs
Queens of Egypt
Politicians
Presidents
Scholars
Egyptologists
Explorers
Mathematicians
Philosophers and Legal Scholars
Scientists
Physicians and surgeons
Pioneering women
Religion
Prophets
Saints
Preachers
Sports personalities
Athletes
Basketball players
Fencers
Soccer & handball players
Tennis players
Wrestlers
Other sports
Pharaohs
Prime Ministers of Egypt
Military leaders
Celebrity chefs
See also
References

Actors

Dancers and choreographers

Theater actors, directors, producers and playwrights

Film critics

Music

Music directors and conductors

Songwriters

Architects, planners and engineers

Architects

Engineers

Literature

Authors

Hussein Abdelfatah ^[5]^[6]^[7]

Historians

Poets

Intellectuals

Lawyers

Business

Government

Caliphs

Monarchs

Abbas I
Abbas Hilmi Pasha
Cleopatra VII
Farouk of Egypt
Fuad I of Egypt
Fuad II of Egypt
Hatshepsut
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

Politicians

Presidents

Scholars

Egyptologists

Explorers

Mathematicians

Philosophers and Legal Scholars

Pioneering women

Religion

Prophets

Saints

Sports personalities

Athletes

Basketball players

Zaki Harari (born 1936), basketball player
Abdel Nader, basketball player

Fencers

Alaaeldin Abouelkassem (born 1990), fencer, Olympic medalist^[12]
Salvator Cicurel (1893–1975), Olympic fencer and Jewish community leader
Mauro Hamza (born 1965 or 1966), fencing coach
Saul Moyal, Olympic fencer

Tennis players

Issam Haitham Taweel (born 1989), tennis player
Karim Maamoun (born 1979), tennis player
Mayar Sherif (born 1996), tennis player
Sandra Samir (born 1997), tennis player

Wrestlers

Other sports

Ramy Ashour, squash player
Lamia Bahnasawy, archer
Ahmed Barada, squash player
Ismail Essam
Magdy Gheriani, gymnast
Ibrahim Hamadtou
Abla Khairy, swimmer
Ōsunaarashi Kintarō, sumo wrestler
Esmat Mansour
Mahmoud Mersal
Amr Shabana, squash player
Sam Soliman, boxer
Lucy Rokach
Abdelrahman Sameh, swimmer
Mark Seif, poker player
Rami Serry, racing driver
Nasser El Sonbaty
Hossam Youssef, volleyball player

Pharaohs

Prime Ministers of Egypt

Celebrity chefs

References

↑ "The 35th Academy Awards 1963". Oscars.org. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
↑ "May El Calamawy". Time Out Dubai . 14 September 2011. Archived from the original on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
↑ Calamawy, May (11 June 2020). "Sharing My Alopecia Helped Me Set New Expectations for Myself". Glamour . Archived from the original on 5 June 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
↑ Rosenbaum, Jonathan (2004). Essential Cinema: On the Necessity of Film Canons. Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 423. ISBN 0-8018-7840-3.
↑ "worldcat".
↑ "ISNI".
↑ "Google Knowledge Panel".
↑ "The Top 100 Books of All Time". The Guardian. 8 May 2002. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
1 2 Bloom, Harold (1994). The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages. NY/San Diego/London: Harcourt Brace & Company. p. 559. ISBN 978-1-57322-514-4.
↑ "The Nobel Prize in Literature 1988". The Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
↑ Liang, Annabelle (7 July 2020). "MBS: most stay away but some single family offices bite". citywireasia.com.
↑ "Foil, Individual, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 6 March 2021.

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[1] "The 35th Academy Awards 1963". Oscars.org. Retrieved 6 March 2021.

[2] "May El Calamawy". Time Out Dubai . 14 September 2011. Archived from the original on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.

[3] Calamawy, May (11 June 2020). "Sharing My Alopecia Helped Me Set New Expectations for Myself". Glamour . Archived from the original on 5 June 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.

[4] Rosenbaum, Jonathan (2004). Essential Cinema: On the Necessity of Film Canons. Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 423. ISBN 0-8018-7840-3.

[5] "worldcat".

[6] "ISNI".

[7] "Google Knowledge Panel".

[8] "The Top 100 Books of All Time". The Guardian. 8 May 2002. Retrieved 28 March 2021.

[Bloom-9] 1 2 Bloom, Harold (1994). The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages. NY/San Diego/London: Harcourt Brace & Company. p. 559. ISBN 978-1-57322-514-4.

[10] "The Nobel Prize in Literature 1988". The Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 6 March 2021.

[11] Liang, Annabelle (7 July 2020). "MBS: most stay away but some single family offices bite". citywireasia.com.

[12] "Foil, Individual, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 6 March 2021.

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Contents

Actors

Male actors

Actresses

Dancers and choreographers

Filmmakers and television directors

Theater actors, directors, producers and playwrights

Film critics

Radio and television personalities

Music

Musicians and composers

Music directors and conductors

Songwriters

Singers and pop stars

Architects, planners and engineers

Architects

Engineers

Arts

Cartoonists and comic artists

Painters

Sculptors