30.0460° N, 31.2365° E
CAIRO
Most Famous People Born in Cairo, Egypt
- Notable people
- 1,340
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- Median birth year
- 1948
- Most distinctive
- Sultan 94.0×
An Arab capital with a deep medieval memory. Cairo's most distinctive profession is sultan at nearly a hundred times the global rate — the Mamluk and Ayyubid courts left a long shadow — alongside the diplomats, journalists, and artists of a 20th-century pan-Arab capital. The modern half is footballers, actors, and the filmmakers of the golden age of Egyptian cinema, the Hollywood of the Arab world.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Cairo during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Cairo Is Known For
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Football is Cairo's biggest profession — 13% of all notables (178).
Cairo over-indexes on sultan — 94.0× the global rate.
Cairo under-produces politician — only 0.6× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Cairo's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Film & TV
- Writing
- Politics & Law
- Science
- Art & Design
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- Filtered to 1900s Clear ×
Mohammed Abdel Wahab
1904 - 1991
Goffredo Alessandrini
1904 - 1978
Alexander D'Arcy
1908 - 1996
Anwar Wagdi
1904 - 1955
Yahya Haqqi
1905 - 1992
Mahmoud Fawzi
1900 - 1981
Umar al-Tilmisani
1904 - 1986
Reda Caire
1905 - 1963
Mahmoud Mokhtar El-Tetsh
1905 - 1965
Seraj Munir
1904 - 1957
Pahor Labib
1905 - 1994
Lotfia Elnadi
1907 - 2002
Giordano Dell'Amore
1902 - 1981
Stéphanos I Sidarouss
1904 - 1987
Zaki Rostom
1903 - 1972
Hamed Gohar
1907 - 1992
O. Louis Guglielmi
1906 - 1956
Angélique Arvanitaki
1901 - 1983
Ali El-Hassani
1902 - 1960
Eva Nil
1909 - 1990
Edmond Nessler
1907 - 2004
Charles Moberly
1907 - 1996
Marcel Boulad
1905 - 1977
Walter Bigiavi
1904 - 1968
Alice Elizabeth Burton
Born 1908