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.
- Sports
- Film & TV
- Writing
- Politics & Law
- Art & Design
- Science
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- Filtered to 1940s Clear ×
Demis Roussos
1946 - 2015
Haim Saban
Born 1944
Robert Bauval
Born 1948
Demetrio Stratos
1945 - 1979
Zubaida Tharwat
1940 - 2016
Georges Corm
Born 1940
Mahmoud Abdel Aziz
1946 - 2016
Ovidio G. Assonitis
Born 1943
Mohammad Salim Al-Awa
Born 1942
Nikos Perakis
Born 1944
Michèle Reverdy
Born 1943
Ibrahim Abdel Meguid
Born 1946
Naguib Kanawati
Born 1941
Evgenia Fakinou
Born 1945
Gideon Gechtman
1942 - 2008
Teresa Cremisi
Born 1945
Gabriel Hawawini
Born 1947
Nahed Sherif
1942 - 1981
Asma El Bakry
1947 - 2015
Ilana Salama Ortar
Born 1949
Gerald Prince
Born 1942
Nadia Al-Gindi
Born 1945
Mohab Mamish
Born 1948
Mouna Bassili Sehnaoui
Born 1945
Joseph Jules Zerey
Born 1941
Victor Teboul
Born 1945
Nabil Massad
Born 1949
Aly Abdel Aziz
Born 1947
Michael Kadosh
1940 - 2014
Prince Asem bin Nayef
Born 1948
Claude Lazar
Born 1947
Neill F. Marriott
Born 1947
Michaële
1944 - 2018
Sherif Fouad Aboulkheir
Born 1947
Soheir Khashoggi
Born 1947
Mohammed Awad (squash player)
Born 1949
Rashika El Ridi
Born 1941
Mohamed Hashish
Born 1947
Jamal Salameh
Born 1945
Andreas Gerasimos Michalitsianos
1947 - 1997
Hubert Sacy
Born 1949
Abu Walid al Masri
Born 1945
Elsayed Elsayed Wagih
Born 1946
Paul Zammit
Born 1941
Giorgos Katakouzinos
1943 - 2013
Aristides Patrinos
Born 1947
Ömer Abdülmecid Osmanoğlu
Born 1941
Domenico Pizzichemi
1940 - 2006
Maha Ashour-Abdalla
1943 - 2016