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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Ghada Amer
Born 1963
Inji Aflatoun
1924 - 1989
Henri Émilien Rousseau
1875 - 1933
Adam Henein
1929 - 2020
Gamal El-Sagini
1917 - 1977
Gazbia Sirry
Born 1925
Anna Boghiguian
Born 1946
Isaac Fanous
1919 - 2007
Adolfo Belimbau
1845 - 1938
O. Louis Guglielmi
1906 - 1956
Chafik Charobim
1894 - 1975
Jacques Katmor
1938 - 2001
Yuhanna al-Armani
1720 - 1786
Wasma'a Khalid Chorbachi
Born 1944
Mathilde Delattre
Born 1871
Raymond Abner
1919 - 1999
Heba Amin
Born 1980
Nadia Sirry
Born 1958
Constantin Macris
1917 - 1984
Nisa Chevènement
Born 1944
Hend Kheera
Born 1981
Yehia Dessouki
Born 1978