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 32 of 679 notable people

0006 PRIEST

Athanasius of Alexandria

295 - 373

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0040 PRIEST

Pope Dionysius of Alexandria

190 - 264

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0053 PRIEST

Pope Peter I of Alexandria

Died 311

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0060 PRIEST

Pope Dioscorus I of Alexandria

444 - 454

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0100 PRIEST

Anatolius of Laodicea

Died 283

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0106 PRIEST

Henri Boulad

Born 1931

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0119 PRIEST

Apollos

-

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0134 PRIEST

Anatolius of Constantinople

449 - 458

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0166 PRIEST

Menas of Constantinople

Died 552

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0227 PRIEST

Leucius of Brindisi

Died 180

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0229 PRIEST

Pope Avilius of Alexandria

40 - 95

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0258 PRIEST

Ammonius Grammaticus

-

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0273 PRIEST

Maximus I of Constantinople

-

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0286 PRIEST

Pope Anianus of Alexandria

Died 82

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0299 PRIEST

Cassian of Autun

Died 335

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0311 PRIEST

George of Cappadocia

Died 361

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0320 PRIEST

Pope Achillas of Alexandria

Died 311

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0321 PRIEST

Mark Jabalé

Born 1933

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0329 PRIEST

Simon son of Boethus

-

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0335 PRIEST

Pope Agrippinus of Alexandria

Died 178

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0340 PRIEST

Pope Markianos of Alexandria

Died 154

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0350 PRIEST

Paul II the Black of Alexandria

500 - 581

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0361 PRIEST

Pope John I of Alexandria

Died 505

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0374 PRIEST

Lucius of Alexandria

Died 380

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0377 PRIEST

Basil Osborne

Born 1938

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0380 PRIEST

Pope Mark III of Alexandria

Died 1189

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0381 PRIEST

Joseph Jules Zerey

Born 1941

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0445 PRIEST

Arsen Berberian

1937 - 2013

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0463 PRIEST

Ambrose Agius

1856 - 1911

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0472 PRIEST

Pope Andronicus of Alexandria

Died 623

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0510 PRIEST

Pope Simeon II of Alexandria

Died 830

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0537 PRIEST

Marco Dino Brogi

1932 - 2020

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