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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  • Sports
  • Film & TV
  • Writing
  • Politics & Law
  • Art & Design
  • Science
  • Other
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Showing 41 of 679 notable people

0002 ACTOR

Omar Sharif

1932 - 2015

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0018 ACTOR

Youssef Chahine

1926 - 2008

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0044 ACTOR

Georges Guétary

1915 - 1997

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0052 ACTOR

Hind Rostom

1931 - 2011

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0065 ACTOR

Nelly Karim

Born 1974

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0067 ACTOR

Gamil Ratib

1926 - 2018

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0080 ACTOR

Zubaida Tharwat

1940 - 2016

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0083 ACTOR

Al Cliver

Born 1951

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0109 ACTOR

Ahmed Ramzy

1930 - 2012

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0125 ACTOR

Mahmoud Abdel Aziz

1946 - 2016

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0138 ACTOR

Massimo Poggio

Born 1970

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0158 ACTOR

Robert Favart

1911 - 2003

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0165 ACTOR

Sammy Sheik

Born 1981

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0195 ACTOR

Fatima Rushdi

1908 - 1996

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0218 ACTOR

Gabriel Jabbour

1922 - 1987

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0221 ACTOR

Camelia (actor)

1929 - 1950

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0240 ACTOR

Bahiga Hafez

1908 - 1983

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0245 ACTOR

Youssef Dawoud

1938 - 2012

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0252 ACTOR

Knut Mørch Hansson

1920 - 1994

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0268 ACTOR

Nahed Sherif

1942 - 1981

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0287 ACTOR

Ayten Amer

Born 1986

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0296 ACTOR

Jacques Cohen (actor)

1930 - 2016

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0304 ACTOR

Sayed Zayan

1956 - 2016

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0308 ACTOR

Shwikar

1938 - 2020

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0315 ACTOR

Nelly Mazloum

1929 - 2003

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0327 ACTOR

Ola Ghanem

Born 1970

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0336 ACTOR

Nadia Al-Gindi

Born 1945

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0371 ACTOR

Isabelle de Botton

Born 1952

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0408 ACTOR

Ali Hassanein (actor)

1939 - 2015

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0414 ACTOR

Nermin Al-Fiqy

Born 1972

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0424 ACTOR

Nabil Massad

Born 1949

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0435 ACTOR

Tatiana Moukhine

Born 1922

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0442 ACTOR

Talaat Zakaria

1960 - 2019

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0446 ACTOR

Dimitra Papadopoulou

Born 1962

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0466 ACTOR

Aileen Marson

1912 - 1939

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0467 ACTOR

Lily Tirinnanzi

Born 1938

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0507 ACTOR

Ramey Dawoud

Born 1991

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0562 ACTOR

Alexander Black (actor)

Born 1983

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0615 ACTOR

Marcello Casco

1936 - 1999

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0617 ACTOR

Elia Schilton

Born 1956

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0643 ACTOR

Nikos Garoufallou

1937 - 2009

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