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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Édika
Born 1940
Susan Hefuna
Born 1962
Fathi Hassan
Born 1957
Constantin Xenakis
1931 - 2020
Nil Yalter
Born 1938
Hadji Ali
1888 - 1937
Ecke Bonk
Born 1953
Huda Lutfi
Born 1948
Amal Kenawy
1974 - 2012
Iman Issa
Born 1979
Doa Aly
Born 1976
Clea Badaro
1913 - 1968
Sabah Naim
Born 1967
Hala Elkoussy
Born 1974
Carali
Born 1945
Nermine Hammam
Born 1967
Khaled Hafez
Born 1963
Essam Marouf
Born 1958
Ahmed Kamel
Born 1981
Omar Ghayatt
Born 1976
Islam Zaher
Born 1972
Huda Lufti
Born 1948
Rania Ezzat
Born 1975
Nader Sadek
Born 1980