31.1976° N, 29.8928° E

ALEXANDRIA

Most Famous People Born in Alexandria, Egypt

Notable people
679
Peak decade
1930s
Median birth year
1930
Most distinctive
Grammarian 312.5×

The Ptolemaic library city whose classical afterglow still lights up the page: a Philosopher bench running at nearly ten times the global baseline, a Grammarian cluster that's effectively a historical artifact, and a thick Priest presence carried forward from the patristic centuries — all of it sitting next to a perfectly twentieth-century Film and Actor scene from the golden age of Egyptian cinema.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Alexandria during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1930s with 66 notable births.

What Alexandria Is Known For

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Actor is Alexandria's biggest profession — 6% of all notables (41).

Alexandria over-indexes on grammarian312.5× the global rate.

Alexandria under-produces politician — only 0.4× the global rate.

  1. Actor41
  2. Priest32
  3. Football31
  4. Player30
  5. Politician29
  6. Writer28
  7. Basket26
  8. Painter26
  1. Grammarian10312.5×
  2. Weightlifter712.8×
  3. Philosopher239.5×
  4. Fencer75.4×
  5. Wrestler115.0×
  6. Priest323.2×
  7. Basket263.0×
  8. Film242.9×
  1. Politician290.4×
  2. Football310.4×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Alexandria's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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679 notable people

0001 POLITICIAN

Gamal Abdel Nasser

1918 - 1970

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0002 ACTOR

Omar Sharif

1932 - 2015

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0003 POLITICIAN

Rudolf Hess

1894 - 1987

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0004 REINE

Cleopatra

-69 - -30

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0005 THEOLOGIAN

Origen

185 - 254

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0006 PRIEST

Athanasius of Alexandria

295 - 373

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0007 MATHEMATICIAN

Hypatia

350 - 415

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0008 HISTORIAN

Eric Hobsbawm

1917 - 2012

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0009 POET

Filippo Tommaso Marinetti

1876 - 1944

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0010 PHILOSOPHER

Philo

-15 - 45

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0011 SINGER

Demis Roussos

1946 - 2015

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0012 POET

Giuseppe Ungaretti

1888 - 1970

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0013 POET

Constantine P. Cavafy

1863 - 1933

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0014 MISSIONARY

Catherine of Alexandria

287 - 305

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0015 MATHEMATICIAN

Hero of Alexandria

10 - 75

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0016 MATHEMATICIAN

Diophantus

Born 200

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0017 COMPOSER

Georges Moustaki

1934 - 2013

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0018 ACTOR

Youssef Chahine

1926 - 2008

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0019 FILM

Dodi Fayed

1955 - 1997

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0020 HISTORIAN

Appian

95 - 165

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0021 POET

Apollonius of Rhodes

-295 - -215

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0022 POLITICIAN

Abbas II of Egypt

1874 - 1944

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0023 FILM

Alex Proyas

Born 1963

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0024 WRITER

Tawfiq al-Hakim

1898 - 1987

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0025 FINANCIER

Haim Saban

Born 1944

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0026 MATHEMATICIAN

Pappus of Alexandria

290 - 350

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0027 ARCHITECT

Hassan Fathy

1900 - 1989

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0028 SOVEREIGN

Caesarion

-47 - -30

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0029 PHILOSOPHER

John Philoponus

490 - 570

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0030 SAINT

Mary of Egypt

344 - 421

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0031 WRITER

André Aciman

Born 1951

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0032 POET

Claudian

370 - 404

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0033 SPY

Eli Cohen

1924 - 1965

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0034 PHILOSOPHER

Ammonius Saccas

175 - 242

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0035 MATHEMATICIAN

Theon of Alexandria

335 - 405

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0036 ENTREPRENEUR

Mohamed Al-Fayed

Born 1933

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0037 PRINCESS

Fawzia Fuad of Egypt

1921 - 2013

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0038 ASTRONOMER

Cosmas Indicopleustes

Died 550

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0039 MONARCH

Cleopatra Selene II

-40 - 5

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0040 PRIEST

Pope Dionysius of Alexandria

190 - 264

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0041 FEMINIST

Qasim Amin

1863 - 1908

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0042 WRITER

Penelope Delta

1874 - 1941

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0043 MARTYR

Saint Apollonia

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0044 ACTOR

Georges Guétary

1915 - 1997

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0045 WRITER

Didymus the Blind

313 - 398

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0046 THEOLOGIAN

Basilides

Died 145

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0047 MATHEMATICIAN

Menelaus of Alexandria

70 - 140

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0048 SINGER

Sayed Darwish

1892 - 1923

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0049 WRITER

Achilles Tatius

-

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0050 GRAMMARIAN

Dionysius Thrax

-170 - -89

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0051 FILM

Riccardo Freda

1909 - 1999

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0052 ACTOR

Hind Rostom

1931 - 2011

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0053 PRIEST

Pope Peter I of Alexandria

Died 311

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0054 PHILOSOPHER

Ammonius Hermiae

440 - 523

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0055 QUEEN

Nazli Sabri

1894 - 1978

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0056 LEXICOGRAPHER

Hesychius of Alexandria

-

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0057 FILM

Moshé Mizrahi

1931 - 2018

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0058 POET

Herodas

-300 - -250

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0059 QUEEN

Arsinoe IV of Egypt

-68 - -41

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0060 PRIEST

Pope Dioscorus I of Alexandria

444 - 454

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0061 PREACHER

Amr Khaled

Born 1967

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0062 PHILOSOPHER

Olympiodorus the Younger

495 - 570

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0063 KING

Farida of Egypt

1921 - 1988

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0064 AUTHOR

Robert Bauval

Born 1948

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0065 ACTOR

Nelly Karim

Born 1974

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0066 SINGER

Demetrio Stratos

1945 - 1979

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0067 ACTOR

Gamil Ratib

1926 - 2018

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0068 FOOTBALL

Mohamed Nagy

Born 1984

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0069 POET

Georges Schehadé

1905 - 1989

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0070 GRAMMARIAN

Apollonius Dyscolus

-

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0071 PRESBYTER

Anastasius Sinaita

630 - 701

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0072 MONK

Isidore of Pelusium

370 - 440

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0073 LEXICOGRAPHER

Didymus Chalcenterus

-63 - 10

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0074 CLERIC

Abu Hamza al-Masri

Born 1958

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0075 ORIENTALIST

Hamilton Alexander Rosskeen Gibb

1895 - 1971

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0076 TROTSKYIST

Michel Pablo

1911 - 1996

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0077 PHILOSOPHER

Syrianus

Died 437

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0078 INVENTOR

Ctesibius

-284 - -221

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0079 WRITER

Ibn Ata Allah

Died 1309

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0080 ACTOR

Zubaida Tharwat

1940 - 2016

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0081 POLITICIAN

Konstantinos Tsaldaris

1884 - 1970

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0082 PHILOSOPHER

Arius Didymus

-83 - -9

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0083 ACTOR

Al Cliver

Born 1951

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0084 POET

Dionysius Periegetes

Born 290

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0085 JUDGE

Abd El-Razzak El-Sanhuri

1895 - 1971

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0086 GRAMMARIAN

Aelius Herodianus

180 - 250

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0087 MONARCH

Arsinoe III of Egypt

-246 - -204

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0088 SINGER

Manos Loïzos

1937 - 1982

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0089 ART HISTORIAN

Arturo Schwarz

Born 1924

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0090 WRITER

Edwar al-Kharrat

1926 - 2015

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0091 SINGER

Bob Azzam

1925 - 2004

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0092 POLITICIAN

Mustafa Ben Halim

Born 1921

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0093 FILM

Shadi Abdel Salam

1930 - 1986

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0094 PHILOSOPHER

Hermias (philosopher)

Died 450

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0095 COLLECTOR

Alexander Iolas

1907 - 1987

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0096 JUDGE

Ronny Abraham

Born 1951

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0097 FOOTBALL

Amr Warda

Born 1993

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0098 GUITAR

Alexandre Lagoya

1929 - 1999

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0099 GRAMMARIAN

Harpocration

Born 130

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0100 PRIEST

Anatolius of Laodicea

Died 283

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0101 ECONOMIST

Georges Corm

Born 1940

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0102 PHOTOGRAPHER

Jean Agélou

1878 - 1921

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0103 SINGER

Angham

Born 1969

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0104 SINGER

Alkistis Protopsalti

Born 1954

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0105 FOOTBALL

Ahmed Hamoudi

Born 1990

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0106 PRIEST

Henri Boulad

Born 1931

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0107 AUTHOR

George Leonardos

Born 1937

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0108 POET

Bayram al-Tunisi

1893 - 1961

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0109 ACTOR

Ahmed Ramzy

1930 - 2012

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0110 POET

Palladas

-

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0111 MINISTER

Ismail Sedky

1875 - 1950

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0112 DESIGNER

Gaby Aghion

1921 - 2014

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0113 POLITICIAN

Mahmoud El Nokrashy Pasha

1888 - 1948

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0114 RETORE

Aelius Theon

-

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0115 WRITER

Eileen Caddy

1917 - 2006

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0116 ASTRONOMER

Sosigenes of Alexandria

-

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0117 BASKET

Abdel Nader

Born 1993

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0118 FILM

Gabriel Aghion

Born 1955

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0119 PRIEST

Apollos

-

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0120 CHURCH

Carpocrates

Died 138

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0121 SINGER

Moustafa Amar

Born 1966

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0122 SCREENWRITER

Frank Agrama

Born 1935

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0123 DIPLOMAT

Ahmed Asmat Abdel-Meguid

1923 - 2013

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0124 PHILOSOPHER

Isidore of Alexandria

450 - 520

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0125 ACTOR

Mahmoud Abdel Aziz

1946 - 2016

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0126 HANDBALL

Marwa El-Sherbini

1977 - 2009

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0127 FILM

Ovidio G. Assonitis

Born 1943

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0128 SCIENTIST

Caleb Gattegno

1911 - 1988

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0129 LAWYER

Mohammad Salim Al-Awa

Born 1942

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0130 DRESSMAKER

Jean Dessès

1904 - 1970

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0131 POLITICIAN

Tiberius Julius Alexander

Died 70

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0132 WRESTLER

Karam Gaber

Born 1979

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0133 PAINTER

Farouk Hosny

Born 1938

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0134 PRIEST

Anatolius of Constantinople

449 - 458

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0135 JOURNALIST

Henri Stierlin

Born 1928

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0136 ORIENTALIST

Jean de Menasce

1902 - 1973

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0137 AUTHOR

Gabriele Reuter

1859 - 1941

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0138 ACTOR

Massimo Poggio

Born 1970

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0139 FOOTBALL

Shady Mohamed

Born 1979

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0140 SON

Alexander Helios

-40 - -29

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0141 ESSAYIST

Mohammed Lotfy Gomaa

1886 - 1953

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0142 FOOTBALL

Ahmed El-Kass

Born 1965

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0143 POLITICIAN

Mamdouh Salem

1918 - 1988

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0144 ECONOMIST

Nemat Shafik

Born 1962

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0145 CHILD

Princess Farial of Egypt

1938 - 2009

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0146 PRINCESS

Berenice IV of Egypt

-77 - -55

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0147 SCREENWRITER

Alexis Lecaye

Born 1951

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0148 PAINTER

Hussein Bicar

1913 - 2002

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0149 GRAMMARIAN

Hephaestion (grammarian)

-

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0150 PAINTER

Harry Siddons Mowbray

1858 - 1928

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0151 AUTHOR

Fabio Morábito

Born 1955

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0152 FILM

Nikos Perakis

Born 1944

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0153 FOOTBALL

Ibrahim Said

Born 1979

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0154 PHYSICIAN

Adamantius

-

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0155 LINGUIST

Ahmad Zaki Pasha

1867 - 1934

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0156 GRAMMARIAN

Tryphon

-50 - -1

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0157 DIVER

Farid Simaika

1907 - 1943

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0158 ACTOR

Robert Favart

1911 - 2003

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0159 PLAYER

Heidi El Tabakh

Born 1986

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0160 MONK

Macarius of Alexandria

297 - 395

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0161 ARTIST

Grégoire Solotareff

Born 1953

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0162 FILM

Tewfik Saleh

1926 - 2013

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0163 POLICIÈRE

Khaled Saïd

1982 - 2010

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0164 SCREENWRITER

Nikos Tsiforos

1909 - 1970

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0165 ACTOR

Sammy Sheik

Born 1981

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0166 PRIEST

Menas of Constantinople

Died 552

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0167 JUDO

Hesham Mesbah

Born 1982

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0168 WRITER

Alypius of Alexandria

-

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0169 FILM

Togo Mizrahi

1901 - 1986

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0170 BASKET

Armenak Alachachian

1930 - 2017

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0171 PLAYWRIGHT

Anne-Marie Alonzo

1951 - 2005

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0172 PHILOSOPHER

Moustafa Safouan

1921 - 2020

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0173 PAINTER

Konstantinos Parthenis

1878 - 1967

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0174 CHEMIST

Raphael David Levine

Born 1938

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0175 WIFE OF

Mariamne (third wife of Herod)

-43 - -4

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0176 MARTYR

Isidore of Chios

Died 251

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0177 MODEL

Antigone Costanda

Born 1934

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0178 PHILOSOPHER

Georges Chehata Anawati

1905 - 1994

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0179 JUDO

Mohamed Ali Rashwan

Born 1956

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0180 PHILOSOPHER

Origen the Pagan

Died 268

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0181 HISTORIAN

Timagenes

-

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0182 CHOREOGRAPHER

Vittorio Rieti

1898 - 1994

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0183 COLLECTOR

Antonis Benakis

1873 - 1954

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0184 BASKET

Alaa Abdelnaby

Born 1968

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0185 POET

Mahmoud Mohamed Shaker

1909 - 1997

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0186 EMPEROR

Nicanor Stigmatias

Died 39

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0187 WRITER

Sotion

-230 - -160

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0188 THEOLOGIAN

Theognostus of Alexandria

210 - 270

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0189 PHYSICIST

Hassan Aref

1950 - 2011

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0190 BUSINESS

Youssef Nada

Born 1931

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0191 GRAMMARIAN

Apollonius the Sophist

-

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0192 SCULPTOR

Ibram Lassaw

1913 - 2003

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0193 COMPOSER

Michèle Reverdy

Born 1943

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0194 QUEEN

Cleopatra IV of Egypt

-138 - -112

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0195 ACTOR

Fatima Rushdi

1908 - 1996

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0196 PHOTOGRAPHER

Alexander Binder

1888 - 1929

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0197 PHILOSOPHER

Stephanus of Alexandria

-

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0198 WRITER

Ibrahim Abdel Meguid

Born 1946

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0199 ETHNOGRAPH

Lamberto Loria

1855 - 1913

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0200 EGYPTOLOGIST

Naguib Kanawati

Born 1941

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0201 POLITICIAN

Raymond Eddé

1913 - 2000

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0202 PRESBYTER

Pierius

-

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0203 PHILOSOPHER

Michel Fattal

Born 1954

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0204 JOURNALIST

Fabrizio Calvi

Born 1954

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0205 PAINTER

Georges Hanna Sabbagh

1887 - 1951

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0206 AUTHOR

Evgenia Fakinou

Born 1945

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0207 ATHLETE

Tamer Bayoumi

Born 1982

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0208 WRITER

Ismail Adham

1911 - 1940

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0209 WRESTLER

Ibrahim Moustafa

1904 - 1968

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0210 MARSHAL

Ahmed Badawi

1927 - 1981

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0211 COMBATANT

Mamdouh Habib

Born 1955

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0212 GRAMMARIAN

Aristonicus of Alexandria

-100 - 14

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0213 FOOTBALL

Sherif Ashraf

Born 1987

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0214 ARMY

Lambros D. Callimahos

1910 - 1977

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0215 QUEEN

Zein Al-Sharaf Talal

1916 - 1994

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0216 PLAYWRIGHT

Perch Zeytuntsyan

1938 - 2017

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0217 IMAM

Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr

Born 1963

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0218 ACTOR

Gabriel Jabbour

1922 - 1987

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0219 THEOLOGIAN

Ambrose of Alexandria

212 - 251

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0220 GRAMMARIAN

Pamphilus of Alexandria

-

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0221 ACTOR

Camelia (actor)

1929 - 1950

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0222 PLAYER

Mohamed El Shorbagy

Born 1991

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0223 POLITICIAN

Henri Philippe Pharaoun

1901 - 1993

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0224 EGYPTOLOGIST

Alessandro Barsanti

1858 - 1917

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0225 DANCER

Nagwa Fouad

Born 1936

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0226 PLAYER

Nour El Sherbini

Born 1995

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0227 PRIEST

Leucius of Brindisi

Died 180

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0228 PLAYER

Raneem El Weleily

Born 1989

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0229 PRIEST

Pope Avilius of Alexandria

40 - 95

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0230 FOOTBALL

Ahmed Abdul Maqsoud

Born 1989

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0231 POLITICAL

Dusé Mohamed Ali

1866 - 1945

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0232 PAINTER

Jean Cortot

1925 - 2018

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0233 JUDGE

Abdel Hamid Badawi

1887 - 1965

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0234 FOOTBALL

Milo (footballer)

Born 1990

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0235 MANAGER

Louis C. Camilleri

Born 1955

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0236 MATHEMATICIAN

Bernard Dacorogna

Born 1953

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0237 PHOTOGRAPHER

Gideon Gechtman

1942 - 2008

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0238 PSYCHIATRIST

Jacques Hassoun

1936 - 1999

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0239 ENGINEER

Ahmed Maher (youth leader)

Born 1980

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0240 ACTOR

Bahiga Hafez

1908 - 1983

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0241 WEIGHTLIFTER

Anwar Mesbah

1913 - 1998

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0242 PAINTER

Carlo Suarès

1892 - 1976

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0243 PAINTER

Abdel Hadi Al Gazzar

1925 - 1966

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0244 POLITICIAN

Tiberius Claudius Balbilus

3 - 79

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0245 ACTOR

Youssef Dawoud

1938 - 2012

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0246 WORLD WAR

Johannes Eppler

1914 - 1999

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0247 PSYCHIATRIST

Serge Hefez

Born 1955

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0248 PAINTER

Hakob Hakobian (painter)

1923 - 2013

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0249 FILM

Giuseppe Guarino (film director)

1885 - 1963

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0250 PLAYWRIGHT

Jean-Pierre Gredy

Born 1920

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0251 SWIMMER

Abdellatief Abouheif

1929 - 2008

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0252 ACTOR

Knut Mørch Hansson

1920 - 1994

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0253 PAINTER

Seif Wanly

1906 - 1979

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0254 WRITER

Karim Alrawi

Born 1952

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0255 PLAYER

Karim Abdel Gawad

Born 1991

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0256 PUBLISHER

Teresa Cremisi

Born 1945

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0257 PHILOSOPHER

Apollinaris (the Elder)

-

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0258 PRIEST

Ammonius Grammaticus

-

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0259 ABBOT

Euphrosyne of Alexandria

414 - 470

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0260 HANDBALL

Hussein Zaky

Born 1979

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0261 POLITICIAN

Maurice Maunoury

1863 - 1925

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0262 ACADEMIC

Gabriel Hawawini

Born 1947

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0263 PLAYER

Augustos Zerlendis

1886 - 1954

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0264 DANCER

Nadia Gamal

1937 - 1990

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0265 CHEMIST

Mary the Jewess

Born 384

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0266 MILITAR

Issy Smith

1890 - 1940

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0267 ILLUSTRATOR

Basil Gogos

1929 - 2017

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0268 ACTOR

Nahed Sherif

1942 - 1981

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0269 PHILOSOPHER

Asclepiodotus of Alexandria

-

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0270 FILM

Asma El Bakry

1947 - 2015

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0271 PHYSICIAN

Serapion of Alexandria

-

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0272 HANDBALL

Mohamed Bakir El-Nakib

Born 1974

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0273 PRIEST

Maximus I of Constantinople

-

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0274 WEIGHTLIFTER

Ibrahim Shams

1914 - 2001

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0275 PLAYER

Marwan El Shorbagy

Born 1993

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0276 WEIGHTLIFTER

Mahmoud Fayad

1925 - 2002

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0277 PIANIST

Tasso Janopoulo

1897 - 1970

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0278 POLITICIAN

Anne Aly

Born 1967

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0279 PRINCE

Berenice (Seleucid queen)

Died -246

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0280 CHEMIST

Stephen Hanessian

Born 1935

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0281 SCULPTOR

Moataz Nasr

Born 1961

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0282 SCREENWRITER

Bruno Vailati

1919 - 1990

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0283 POET

Aeschylus of Alexandria

Born -300

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0284 COMPOSER

Attik

1885 - 1944

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0285 RABBI

Johanan HaSandlar

-

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0286 PRIEST

Pope Anianus of Alexandria

Died 82

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0287 ACTOR

Ayten Amer

Born 1986

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0288 GEOGRAPHER

Agathodaemon of Alexandria

-

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0289 BIOLOGIST

Gabriel G. Nahas

1920 - 2012

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0290 WRITER

Jean-Jacques Fiechter

Born 1927

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0291 LAWYER

Mahienour El-Massry

Born 1986

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0292 ARCHITECT

Max Edrei

1889 - 1972

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0293 ASTRONOMER

Timocharis

-320 - -260

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0294 LINGUIST

Mohamed Yousri Salama

1974 - 2013

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0295 PHILOSOPHER

Ammonius of Alexandria (Christian)

Born 19

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0296 ACTOR

Jacques Cohen (actor)

1930 - 2016

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0297 FILM

Raymond Hakim

1909 - 1980

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0298 PARATROOPER

Harald Mors

1910 - 2001

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0299 PRIEST

Cassian of Autun

Died 335

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0300 DIPLOMAT

Mahmoud Mekki

Born 1954

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