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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679 notable people

0601 SWIMMER

Haitham Hazem

Born 1978

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0602 ARTIST

Ahmed Morsi

Born 1930

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0603 ATHLETIC

Alexandros Papafingos

Born 1901

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0604 HOCKEY

John Rogers (ishockeyspelare)

Born 1910

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0605 PATRIARCH

Anastasios II. von Antiochien

Died 609

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0606 MUSIC

Raymond Cicurel

1920 - 2008

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0607 FOOTBALL

James Cumming (footballer)

Born 1891

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0608 DESIGNER

Maureene Dinar

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0609 BIOLOGIST

Elsayed Elsayed Wagih

Born 1946

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0610 POET

Moammed Sceab

1887 - 1913

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0611 SPORT

Ehab Amin

Born 1995

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0612 ARTIST

Laila Shereen Sakr

Born 1971

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0613 POLITICIAN

Paul Zammit

Born 1941

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0614 FOOTBALL

Sherif Dabo

Born 1994

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0615 ACTOR

Marcello Casco

1936 - 1999

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0616 SCREENWRITER

Giorgos Katakouzinos

1943 - 2013

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0617 ACTOR

Elia Schilton

Born 1956

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0618 ACADEMIC

Aristides Patrinos

Born 1947

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0619 CHILD

Ömer Abdülmecid Osmanoğlu

Born 1941

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0620 PLAYER

Sara Badr

Born 1987

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0621 FOOTBALL

Moustafa Ali

Born 1965

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0622 PHYSICIAN

Apollonio Mys

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0623 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Roger Politis

Born 1978

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0624 FENCER

Magdy Conyd

Born 1939

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0625 PRODUCER

Barry Weeks

Born 1961

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0626 ISLAMIST

Yehia Yousif

Born 1958

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0627 MONK

Isidoro de Alejandría

318 - 404

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0628 DIPLOMAT

Philo Dibble

1951 - 2011

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0629 BANK

Helmut Haeusgen

1916 - 1989

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0630 SPORT

Georgios Pangalos

Born 1936

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0631 HISTORIAN

Alexandre Roche

1925 - 2011

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0632 BIOMEDICAL

Mohamed Elgendi

-

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0633 BASKET

Reem Awad

Born 1993

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0634 BASKET

Mannar Youssef

Born 1993

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0635 MISSING

Abdel Said

Born 1989

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0636 NOVELIST

Hannah Fielding

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0637 PAINTER

Nazir Tanbouli

Born 1971

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0638 JOURNALIST

Nicola Calathopoulos

Born 1960

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0639 FOOTBALL

Jim Meechan

Born 1963

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0640 ATHLETE

Jervis Percy

Born 1928

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0641 SWIMMER

Dionysios Vasilopoulos

1902 - 1964

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0642 ATHLETE

Roberto Curcio

1912 - 1993

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0643 ACTOR

Nikos Garoufallou

1937 - 2009

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0644 MANAGEMENT

Amr El Abbadi

-

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0645 BASKET

Mohammed Abdel Moteleb

Born 1968

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0646 MOSSAD

Maurice Cohen

1889 - 2006

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0647 HISTORIAN

Morris Rossabi

-

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0648 ENTOMOLOGIST

Harry Marcus

1880 - 1976

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0649 SWIMMER

Georgios Karpouzis

Born 1958

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0650 BASKET

Amir Abou el-Kheir

Born 1961

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0651 BASKET

Hossam el-Wakil

Born 1971

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0652 PLAYER

Farida Mohamed

Born 2002

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0653 CRICKET

Michael Carr (cricketer)

1933 - 1995

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0654 PLAYER

Amnah El Trabolsy

Born 1985

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0655 WEIGHTLIFTER

Mohamed Ali Abdel Kerim

Born 1927

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0656 SQUASHSPIELER

Amr Mansi

Born 1982

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0657 SPRINT

Fouad Yazgi

Born 1932

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0658 SPORT

Mohamed Mohamed Habib

-

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0659 MARTIRE

Serapione di Alessandria (santo)

Died 248

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0660 SPRINT

Barthélémy Favodon

Born 1898

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0661 LIBRARIAN

Bianca Bruno

1880 - 1948

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0662 ENGINEER

Adrian Daninos

1887 - 1976

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0663 ACADEMIC

Farouk Hammad

Born 1933

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0664 COMPOSITORE

Ibn Qalāqis

1137 - 1172

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0665 GUITAR

Sam Shalabi

-

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0666 SPORT

Ali Abdo (motorcyclist)

Born 1984

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0667 GRAMMATICO

Didymus Chalcenterus

-65 - 10

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0668 CRICKET

Henry Sprinks

1905 - 1986

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0669 ARTIST

Mona A. El-Bayoumi

Born 1962

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0670 SINGER

Dany Binia

-

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0671 BASKET

Domenico Pizzichemi

1940 - 2006

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0672 PAINTER

Mario D'Antona

1911 - 1977

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0673 GOVERNATORE

Ierace (governatore romano)

Born 404

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0674 SCIENTIST

Maha Ashour-Abdalla

1943 - 2016

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0675 FOOTBALL

Mohamed Omar El-Zeer

Born 1959

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0676 LAWYER

Elisa Ussing

1885 - 1949

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0677 WRITER

Androne di Alessandria

-

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0678 POET

Mishka Mojabber Mourani

Born 1953

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0679 PAINTER

Kévork Zabounian

Born 1933

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