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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- Filtered to 1990s Clear ×
Omar Gaber
Born 1992
Ahmed Hassan Mahgoub
Born 1993
Ramadan Sobhi
Born 1997
Ramy Rabia
Born 1993
Kahraba (footballer)
Born 1994
Taco Hemingway
Born 1990
Aliaa Magda Elmahdy
Born 1991
Ahmed El Sheikh
Born 1992
Mohamed Hany
Born 1996
Mena Massoud
Born 1991
Ali Fathy
Born 1992
Amr Barakat
Born 1991
Hussein El Sayed
Born 1991
Tara Emad
Born 1993
Lara Debbana
Born 1994
Mohamed Omar
Born 1991
Nour El Tayeb
Born 1993
Mohamed Hamdy Zaky
Born 1991
Ali Farag
Born 1992
Hussein El Shahat
Born 1991
Nada Meawad
Born 1998
Nouran Gohar
Born 1997
Ahmed Gebrel
Born 1991
Karim Walid
Born 1997
Mohamed Bassam
Born 1990
Mohamed Gaber
Born 1995
Akram Tawfik
Born 1997
Karim-Mohamed Maamoun
Born 1991
Ahmed Akram
Born 1996
Hesham Mohamed
Born 1990
Islam Mohareb
Born 1992
Maha Amer
Born 1999
Fares Dessouky
Born 1994
Doha Hany
Born 1997
Mazen Hesham
Born 1994
Mohamed Abouelghar
Born 1993
Mostafa Amr Hassan
Born 1995
Karim Ali Fathy
Born 1993
Amr Gendy
Born 1991
Louay Wael
Born 1992
Taher Mohamed
Born 1997
Hana El Zahed
Born 1994
Kanzy Emad El Defrawy
Born 1994
Yathreb Adel
Born 1996
Karim El Hammamy
Born 1995
Mohamed Abdel Fattah
Born 1991
Mohamed Essam
Born 1994
Youssef Ezzat
Born 1997
Afaf El-Hodhod
Born 1996
Hadir Mekhimar
Born 1997
Andrew Wagih Shoukry
Born 1990
Moustafa Elmekawi
Born 1994
Mayar Sherif
Born 1996
Nadine Shahin
Born 1997
Ahmed Yasser (footballer, born 1991)
Born 1991
Mahmoud Ezzat (footballer)
Born 1992
Anok Yai
Born 1997
Ibrahim Hassan (footballer, born 1991)
Born 1991
Ahmed Salah (badminton)
Born 1990
Amr Khaled Khalifa
Born 1992
Youssef Soliman
Born 1997
Ahmed Hamdy (footballer)
Born 1996
Mayar Hany
Born 1997
Yehia El-Deraa
Born 1995
Ahmed Mohamed (sport shooter)
Born 1996
Ahmed Yasser Rayyan
Born 1998
Ahmed Aboul-Fotouh
Born 1998
Youssef Ibrahim
Born 1999
Noha Yossry
Born 1992
Shaza El-Sayed
Born 1992
Mohamed Sanad (handballer)
Born 1991
Moaz El-Henawy
Born 1990
Mai Mohamed
Born 1990
Ali Khalafalla
Born 1996
Nadeen Osama El Sayed
Born 1998
Sanaa Seif
Born 1993
Sherif Fayed
Born 1992
Tarek Hussein
Born 1993
Mohamed Hussein
Born 1991
Menna El-Tanany
Born 1990
Dalia El-Gebaly
Born 1992
Osama Khalifa
Born 1995
Marwa Hassan
Born 1993
Ahmed Elbiali
Born 1990
Rabab Eid
Born 1990
Mohamed Hamdy Sharaf
Born 1995
Aya Darwish
Born 1994
Mohamed Magdi Hamza Khalif
Born 1996
Mai El Kamash
Born 1994
Ahmed Alaa
Born 1994
Sara Mohamed
Born 1990
Sayed Shabrawy
Born 1993
Ahmed Shroyda
Born 1990
Mohamed El Gawarhy
Born 1996
Nathalie Saba
Born 1998
Ahmed Hosny
Born 1991
Menna Nasser
Born 1994
Naomi Bakr
Born 1995
Hany Rashwan
Born 1990
Youssef Alimam
Born 1991
Farida El Askalany
Born 1995
Hossam Salah Eldeen
Born 1992
Sayed El Shabrawi
Born 1994
Mohamed Hassan (basketball)
Born 1991
Hania Moro
Born 1996
Salma Youssef
Born 1994
Menna Hamed
Born 1998