Famous People Born In Cairo

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 1 
Atom Egoyan
(Film director, Screenwriter, Film producer)
Atom Egoyan
2
Birthdate: July 19, 1960
Sun Sign: Cancer
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 2 
Julian Fellowes
(Screenwriter who is primarily known as the author of several Sunday Times bestseller novels; for the screenplay for the film Gosford Park)
Julian Fellowes
3
Birthdate: August 17, 1949
Sun Sign: Leo
 3 
Raffi
(known for his children's music)
Raffi
1
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: July 8, 1948
Sun Sign: Cancer
 4 
Dalida
(French-Italian Singer and Actress)
Dalida
10
Birthdate: January 17, 1933
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Died: May 3, 1987
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
 5 
Naguib Mahfouz
(Novelist)
Naguib Mahfouz
9
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 11, 1911
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Died: August 30, 2006
 6 
C. S. Forester
(Novelist)
C. S. Forester
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 27, 1899
Sun Sign: Virgo
Died: April 2, 1966
 7 
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
(6th and Current President of Egypt (Since 2014))
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
18
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: November 19, 1954
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
 8 
Fuad I of Egypt
(Sultan of Egypt)
Fuad I of Egypt
0
Birthdate: March 26, 1868
Sun Sign: Aries
Died: April 28, 1936
 9 
Fuad II of Egypt
(Former King of Egypt and the Sudan (1952 - 1953) and a Member of the Egyptian Muhammad Ali Dynasty)
Fuad II of Egypt
2
Birthdate: January 16, 1952
Sun Sign: Capricorn
 10 
Isma'il Pasha
(Khedive)
Isma'il Pasha
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: December 31, 1830
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Died: March 2, 1895
 11 
Mohamed Hussein Tantawi
(Politician, Military personnel)
Mohamed Hussein Tantawi
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: October 31, 1935
Sun Sign: Scorpio
 12 
Naguib Sawiris
(Businessperson who is former chairman and CEO of Orascom Telecom Holding)
Naguib Sawiris
3
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: June 15, 1954
Sun Sign: Gemini
 13 
Ramy Ashour
(Squash Player)
Ramy Ashour
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 30, 1987
Sun Sign: Libra
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 14 
Mostafa El-Abbadi
(Egyptian Public Intellectual, Historian, and Professor)
Mostafa El-Abbadi
0
Birthdate: October 10, 1928
Sun Sign: Libra
Died: February 13, 2017
 15 
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
(Egyptian Statesman and Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1992 to 1996)
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
6
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: November 14, 1922
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Died: February 16, 2016
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 16 
Bassem Youssef
(Egyptian Comedian Best Known for Hosting a Satirical News Program Called 'El-Bernameg')
Bassem Youssef
5
Birthdate: March 21, 1974
Sun Sign: Aries
 17 
Ahmed Hassan Mahgoub
(Association football player)
Ahmed Hassan Mahgoub
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: March 5, 1993
Sun Sign: Pisces
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
 18 
Anok Yai
(First South Sudanese woman to open a Prada show)
Anok Yai
3
Listed In: Fashion
Birthdate: December 20, 1997
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 19 
Mohamed ElBaradei
(Former Director of IAEA & Nobel Peace Prize Winner)
Mohamed ElBaradei
3
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: June 17, 1942
Sun Sign: Gemini
 20 
Feryal Abdelaziz
(Egyptian Karateka and the First Female Egyptian to Have Won a Gold Medal at the Olympic Games)
Feryal Abdelaziz
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: February 16, 1999
Sun Sign: Aquarius
 21 
Michael Mina
(Founder of the Mina Group)
Michael Mina
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 1969 AD
 22 
Farouk of Egypt
(King of Egypt and the Sudan (1936 - 1952))
Farouk of Egypt
6
Birthdate: February 11, 1920
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Died: March 18, 1965
 23 
Al-Suyūṭī
(Egyptian Sunni Ascetic Polymath)
Al-Suyūṭī
1
Birthdate: October 3, 1445
Sun Sign: Libra
Died: October 18, 1505
 24 
Aḥmad Shawqī
(Arabic Poet Laureate, Playwright, and Writer)
Aḥmad Shawqī
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: October 17, 1870
Sun Sign: Libra
Died: October 14, 1932
 25 
Ahmed Hossam
(Egyptian football manager)
Ahmed Hossam
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: February 23, 1983
Sun Sign: Pisces
 26 
Ramadan Sobhi
(Footballer)
Ramadan Sobhi
3
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: January 23, 1997
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 27 
Mido Hamada
(Actor)
Mido Hamada
0
Birthdate: 1971 AD
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 28 
Stiliana Nikolova
(Rhythmic gymnast)
Stiliana Nikolova
5
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 22, 2005
Sun Sign: Leo
 29 
Adly Mansour
(Magistrate, Judge, Politician, Lawyer)
Adly Mansour
3
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: December 23, 1945
Sun Sign: Capricorn
 30 
W. D. Hamilton
(Biologist)
W. D. Hamilton
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: August 1, 1936
Sun Sign: Leo
Died: March 7, 2000
 31 
Wael Ghonim
(Egyptian Computer Engineer Known for Playing a Prominent Role in Sparking the Egyptian Revolution of 2011)
Wael Ghonim
1
Listed In: Engineers
Birthdate: December 23, 1980
Sun Sign: Capricorn
 32 
Tewfik Pasha
(Khedive)
Tewfik Pasha
1
Birthdate: November 15, 1852
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Died: January 7, 1892
 33 
Omar Gaber
(Egyptian footballer)
Omar Gaber
4
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: January 30, 1992
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
 34 
Al-Kamil
(Sultan of Egypt)
Al-Kamil
0
Birthdate: 1177 AD
Died: March 6, 1238
 35 
Nicola Pagett
(Actress)
Nicola Pagett
3
Birthdate: June 15, 1945
Sun Sign: Gemini
Died: March 3, 2021
 36 
Penelope Lively
(Author)
Penelope Lively
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 17, 1933
Sun Sign: Pisces
 37 
Princess Rym al-Ali
(Princess)
Princess Rym al-Ali
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 1969 AD
 38 
Alaa Mubarak
(entrepreneur, businessperson)
Alaa Mubarak
1
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: November 26, 1961
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
 39 
Hedaya Malak
(Egyptian Taekwondo Practitioner)
Hedaya Malak
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: April 21, 1993
Sun Sign: Taurus
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 40 
Ahmed Shafik
(Former Prime Minister of Egypt (January 2011 - March 2011))
Ahmed Shafik
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: November 25, 1941
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
 41 
Hossam Hassan
Hossam Hassan
3
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 10, 1966
Sun Sign: Leo
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 42 
Mayar Sherif
(Tennis player)
Mayar Sherif
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: May 5, 1996
Sun Sign: Taurus
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 43 
Mohammed Abdel Wahab
(Singer)
Mohammed Abdel Wahab
2
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: March 13, 1902
Sun Sign: Pisces
Died: May 4, 1991
 44 
As-Salih Ayyub
(Ruler)
As-Salih Ayyub
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Birthdate: November 5, 1205
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Died: November 22, 1249
 45 
Gamal Mubarak
(Businessperson)
Gamal Mubarak
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: December 27, 1963
Sun Sign: Capricorn
 46 
Jehan Sadat
(Politician)
Jehan Sadat
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: August 29, 1933
Sun Sign: Virgo
 47 
Princess Fawzia Farouk of Egypt
(Second daughter of King Farouk I of Egypt from his first wife Queen Farida)
Princess Fawzia Farouk of Egypt
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: April 7, 1940
Sun Sign: Aries
Died: January 27, 2005
 48 
Marika Rokk
(Actress)
Marika Rokk
0
Birthdate: November 3, 1913
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Died: May 16, 2004
 49 
Said Halim Paşa
(Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (1913 - 1917))
Said Halim Paşa
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 18, 1865
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Died: December 6, 1921
 50 
Bamba Muller
(Known for a modern 'Cinderella')
Bamba Muller
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 6, 1848
Sun Sign: Cancer
Died: September 18, 1887