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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  • Film & TV
  • Writing
  • Politics & Law
  • Art & Design
  • Science
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Showing 31 of 679 notable people

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Mohamed Nagy

Born 1984

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Amr Warda

Born 1993

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Ahmed Hamoudi

Born 1990

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Shady Mohamed

Born 1979

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Ahmed El-Kass

Born 1965

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Ibrahim Said

Born 1979

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Sherif Ashraf

Born 1987

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Ahmed Abdul Maqsoud

Born 1989

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Milo (footballer)

Born 1990

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Ad-Diba

1927 - 2016

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Haytham Farouk

Born 1971

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Samir Qotb

1938 - 2006

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Islam El-Shater

Born 1976

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Essam Abdel-Azim

Born 1970

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Tarek Amer

Born 1989

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Essam Baheeg

1931 - 2008

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Michael Kadosh

1940 - 2014

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Talaat Youssef

Born 1955

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Reda El-Weshi

Born 1985

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Ibrahim Abdel-Khaleq

Born 1986

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Mohamed Sallam

Born 1969

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Mahmoud Abdel Rahim

Born 1987

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Ateya El-Belqasy

Born 1984

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Mahmoud Al Sayed

Born 1985

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El Hany Soliman

Born 1984

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Ahmed Sary

Born 1968

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James Cumming (footballer)

Born 1891

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Sherif Dabo

Born 1994

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Moustafa Ali

Born 1965

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Jim Meechan

Born 1963

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Mohamed Omar El-Zeer

Born 1959

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