Naguib Mahfouz
1911 – 2006
Egyptian writer (1901_2006)
autobiographershort story writernovelistjournalistauthortranslatorplaywrightintellectualwriterscreenwriter
Born December 11Wikipedia →Famous People from Egypt
19 notable historical figures from Egypt, including leaders, artists, scientists, and other influential people.
politician (3)university teacher (3)film actor (3)military leader (2)philosopher (2)diplomat (2)non-fiction writer (2)autobiographer (1)short story writer (1)aircraft pilot (1)
Hosni Mubarak
1928 – 2020
President of Egypt from 1981 to 2011
aircraft pilotpoliticianmilitary personnelvice presidentpresidentprime minister
Born May 4Wikipedia →Anwar Sadat
1918 – 1981
President of Egypt from 1970 to 1981
military leaderstatespersondiplomatmilitary officerpoliticianvice presidentpresidentprime minister
Born December 25Wikipedia →Mohamed Morsi
1951 – 2019
President of Egypt from 2012 to 2013
materials scientistuniversity teachermember of parliamentpoliticianengineerpresident
Born August 8Wikipedia →Moshe ben Maimon
1138 – 1204
Medieval Jewish philosopher from Spain (1135–1204)
philosopherDayanphysician writerrabbiphysicianwriterastronomer
Born April 6Wikipedia →Umm Kulthum
1898 – 1975
Egyptian singer and actress (1904–1975)
film actorsingeractor
Born December 31Wikipedia →Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
1954 – Present
President of the Republic of Egypt
politicianmilitary personnel
Born November 19Wikipedia →Mohamed Salah
1992 – Present
Egyptian association football player
association football player
Born June 15Wikipedia →Ayman al-Zawahiri
1951 – 2022
al-Qaeda terrorist leader (1951–2022), Muslim jurist and theologian (Sunni), surgeon
military leadersurgeonulema
Born June 19Wikipedia →Boutros Boutros-Ghali
1922 – 2016
Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1992 to 1996
university teacherdiplomatjuristpoliticianwriter
Born November 14Wikipedia →Omar Sharif
1932 – 2015
Egyptian actor (1932–2015)
bridge playernon-fiction writerfilm actortelevision actorwriteractor
Born April 10Wikipedia →Mohamed ElBaradei
1942 – Present
Egyptian law scholar and diplomat, 4th Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and Nobel Peace Prize recipient
human rights defenderdiplomatjuristpolitician
Born June 17Wikipedia →Rami Malek
1981 – Present
American actor (born 1981)
film actortelevision actorfilm producervoice actoractor
Born May 12Wikipedia →Dalida
1933 – 1987
Egyptian-French singer and actress (1933-1987)
film actordancermodelsinger
Born January 17Wikipedia →Ahmed Zewail
1946 – 2016
Egyptian chemist
university teacherchemistinventorphysicist
Born February 26Wikipedia →Konstantinos P. Cavafy
1863 – 1933
Greek-Egyptian poet and journalist (1003–1933)
poet
Born April 29Wikipedia →Nawal El Saadawi
1931 – 2021
Egyptian feminist writer (1931–2021)
activistnovelistgynecologistphysician writerpsychiatristpoliticianwriter
Born October 27Wikipedia →Sayyid Qutb
1906 – 1966
Egyptian political theorist and revolutionary (1906–1966)
non-fiction writerphilosopherrevolutionaryjournalistpoliticianpoetwriter
Born October 9Wikipedia →Mohamed Naguib
1901 – 1984
1st President of the Republic of Egypt (1901–1984)
defence ministerpoliticianmilitary personnelpresident
Born February 20Wikipedia →