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.
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 grammarian — 312.5× the global rate.
Alexandria under-produces politician — only 0.4× the global rate.
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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- Writing
- Politics & Law
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- Filtered to 1930s Clear ×
Omar Sharif
1932 - 2015
Georges Moustaki
1934 - 2013
Mohamed Al-Fayed
Born 1933
Hind Rostom
1931 - 2011
Moshé Mizrahi
1931 - 2018
Manos Loïzos
1937 - 1982
Shadi Abdel Salam
1930 - 1986
Henri Boulad
Born 1931
George Leonardos
Born 1937
Ahmed Ramzy
1930 - 2012
Frank Agrama
Born 1935
Farouk Hosny
Born 1938
Princess Farial of Egypt
1938 - 2009
Armenak Alachachian
1930 - 2017
Raphael David Levine
Born 1938
Antigone Costanda
Born 1934
Youssef Nada
Born 1931
Perch Zeytuntsyan
1938 - 2017
Nagwa Fouad
Born 1936
Jacques Hassoun
1936 - 1999
Youssef Dawoud
1938 - 2012
Nadia Gamal
1937 - 1990
Stephen Hanessian
Born 1935
Jacques Cohen (actor)
1930 - 2016
Mohammad Moustafa Haddara
1930 - 1997
Shwikar
1938 - 2020
Safinaz Kazem
Born 1937
Abdel Moneim El-Guindi
1936 - 2011
Samir Qotb
1938 - 2006
Mark Jabalé
Born 1933
Isaac Alvarez
1930 - 2020
Basil Osborne
Born 1938
Essam Baheeg
1931 - 2008
Osman El-Sayed
1930 - 2013
Gilbert de Botton
1935 - 2000
Ali Hassanein (actor)
1939 - 2015
Paolo Terni
1932 - 2015
Daniel Schinasi
Born 1933
Nihād Šarīf
1932 - 2011
Arsen Berberian
1937 - 2013
Isaac Johsua
Born 1939
Hagop Sandaldjian
1931 - 1990
Raymond Sabounghi
1931 - 2002
Lily Tirinnanzi
Born 1938
Bob Krieger
1936 - 2020
George Chalhoub
1931 - 2014
Mordechai Hefez
1930 - 2010
Marco Dino Brogi
1932 - 2020
Vera Pegna
Born 1934
Guy Barrabino
1934 - 2017
Joseph Lisbona
1932 - 2016
André Lévy-Lang
Born 1937
Moufed Mahmoud Shehab
Born 1936
Michael Dames
Born 1938
Albert Gaertner
1939 - 1996
Matt Flinders
Born 1937
Hassan Moaffi
1931 - 1975
Ahmed Morsi
Born 1930
Marcello Casco
1936 - 1999
Magdy Conyd
Born 1939
Georgios Pangalos
Born 1936
Nikos Garoufallou
1937 - 2009
Michael Carr (cricketer)
1933 - 1995
Fouad Yazgi
Born 1932
Farouk Hammad
Born 1933
Kévork Zabounian
Born 1933