Egypt
Historical figures born in Egypt
2,800 notable historical figures were born in Egypt. These are the most notable:
Egypt ranks #43 of 197 countries by number of historical figures on Histiphy, just behind Belarus, New Zealand and Israel.
By era
- Ancient: 23
- Modern: 17
By occupation
- Politician: 15
- Monarch/Royalty: 12
- Writer/Author: 10
- Head of State/President: 9
- General/Commander: 6
- Philosopher: 6
- Cleric: 5
- Inventor/Engineer: 4
- Cleopatra (69 BC to 30 BC, Politics)
- Moses (Christian) (1393 BC to 1273 BC, Religion)
- Mohamed Salah (born 1992, Sports)
- Ayman al-Zawahiri (1951 to 2022, Science)
- Tutankhamun (1343 BC to 1324 BC, Politics)
- Yasser Arafat (1929 to 2004, Politics)
- Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918 to 1970, Politics)
- Anwar Sadat (1918 to 1981, Politics)
- Akhenaten (1400 BC to 1336 BC, Politics)
- Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (born 1954, Politics)
- Nefertiti (1370 BC to 1330 BC, Politics)
- Hosni Mubarak (1928 to 2020, Politics)
- Hypatia (360 to 415, Science)
- Dodi Fayed (1955 to 1997, Entertainment)
- Joshua (Christian) (1350 BC to 1245 BC, Politics)
- Ptolemy (100 to 170, Science)
- Hatshepsut (1507 BC to 1458 BC, Politics)
- Mohamed Morsi (1951 to 2019, Politics)
- Caesarion (47 BC to 30 BC, Politics)
- Aaron (Christian) (1396 BC to 1274 BC, Religion)
- Origen (185 to 254, Religion)
- Fawzia of Egypt (1921 to 2013, Politics)
- Farouk of Egypt (1920 to 1965, Politics)
- Catherine of Alexandria (287 to 305, Religion)
- Julian Fellowes (born 1949, Entertainment)
- Athanasius of Alexandria (296 to 373, Religion)
- Imhotep (2800 BC to 2700 BC, Architecture)
- Seti I (1323 BC to 1279 BC, Politics)
- Zahi Hawass (born 1947, Science)
- Rudolf Hess (1894 to 1987, Politics)
- Amenhotep III (1400 BC to 1351 BC, Politics)
- Anthony the Great (251 to 357, Religion)
- Sayyid Qutb (1906 to 1966, Politics)
- Hagar (2000 BC to 2000 BC, Other)
- Boutros Boutros-Ghali (1922 to 2016, Politics)
- Moses (Musa/Islamic) (1500 BC to 1272 BC, Religion)
- Plotinus (205 to 270, Philosophy)
- Nefertari (1290 BC to 1255 BC, Politics)
- Philo (15 BC to 45, Philosophy)
- Fuad II of Egypt (born 1952, Politics)
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