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

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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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0027 ARCHITECT

Hassan Fathy

1900 - 1989

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0051 FILM

Riccardo Freda

1909 - 1999

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0069 POET

Georges Schehadé

1905 - 1989

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0095 COLLECTOR

Alexander Iolas

1907 - 1987

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0130 DRESSMAKER

Jean Dessès

1904 - 1970

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0136 ORIENTALIST

Jean de Menasce

1902 - 1973

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0157 DIVER

Farid Simaika

1907 - 1943

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0164 SCREENWRITER

Nikos Tsiforos

1909 - 1970

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0169 FILM

Togo Mizrahi

1901 - 1986

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0178 PHILOSOPHER

Georges Chehata Anawati

1905 - 1994

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0185 POET

Mahmoud Mohamed Shaker

1909 - 1997

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0195 ACTOR

Fatima Rushdi

1908 - 1996

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0209 WRESTLER

Ibrahim Moustafa

1904 - 1968

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0223 POLITICIAN

Henri Philippe Pharaoun

1901 - 1993

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0240 ACTOR

Bahiga Hafez

1908 - 1983

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0253 PAINTER

Seif Wanly

1906 - 1979

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0297 FILM

Raymond Hakim

1909 - 1980

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0307 PAINTER

Adham Wanly

1908 - 1959

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0344 PAINTER

Angela Daneu Lattanzi

1901 - 1985

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0363 WRITER

Gustavo Camerini

1907 - 2001

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0375 WRITER

Dora Rosetti

1908 - 1989

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0410 PAINTER

Margaret Nakhla

1908 - 1977

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0486 PAINTER

Effat Nagy

1905 - 1994

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0491 PHYSICIAN

Maurice Ténine

1907 - 1941

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0504 PAINTER

Luigi Filocamo

1906 - 1988

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0506 LAWYER

Munira Thabit

1902 - 1967

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0527 FILM

Robert Hakim

1907 - 1992

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0555 POET

Gaston Zananiri

1904 - 1996

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0556 CRICKET

Evelyn Wellings

1909 - 1992

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0558 WRITER

Jean Dideral

1906 - 1996

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0575 MINISTER

Helmy Bahgat Badawi

1904 - 1957

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0577 FENCER

Krikor Agathon

1901 - 1980

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0603 ATHLETIC

Alexandros Papafingos

Born 1901

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0641 SWIMMER

Dionysios Vasilopoulos

1902 - 1964

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0668 CRICKET

Henry Sprinks

1905 - 1986

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