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Find out more about the greatest Egyptian, including Mohamed Salah, Cleopatra, Tutankhamun, Gamal Abdel Nasser and Saladin.

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Did you know Egyptians were one of the firsts in the world to play board games? They were also the first to forge peace treaties on record, use calendars, toothpaste, door locks and plow, invent eye-makeup, design world's first writing language (hieroglyphics), pop breath mints and shave and cut hair. That is right! Such was the ingenuity of the Egyptians. No wonder, in a land where greatness and accomplishment is measured by dynasties and deeds, its civilization stands revered as one of the most advanced civilizations of its times, and its countrymen, some of the most dexterous and avant-garde. From pharaohs and philosophers to singers and scientists and from architects and dentists to sculptors and physicians, Egypt has given the world some of the best exemplary men and women it has ever known. Let us explore the feats and deeds of some of world's most famous Egyptians through their timeline, trivia, and facts covered in the biographies here.

Mohamed Salah
(Footballer)

15 June 1992

Gharbia Governorate

Gemini

Omar Sharif
(Actor)

10 April 1932

10 July 2015

Alexandria, Egypt

Aries

Cleopatra
(Pharaoh)

0069 BC

12 August 0030

Alexandria

Tutankhamun
(Pharaoh)

1342 BC

1323 BC

Ancient Egypt

Moses
(Hebrew Religious Leader, Lawgiver, Prophet)

1391 BC

1272 BC

Land of Goshen

Nefertiti
(Ancient Egyptian Queen)

1370 BC

1330 BC

Ramesses II
(Greatest Pharaoh of the Egyptian Empire)

1303 BC

1213 BC

Saladin
(Sultan of Egypt)

1137 AD

04 March 1193

Tikrit, Iraq

Akhenaten
(Pharoah of Egypt)

Egypt

Gamal Abdel Nasser
(Political Leader of Egypt)

15 January 1918

28 September 1970

Alexandria

Capricorn

Ayman al-Zawahiri
(Terrorist)

19 June 1951

Maadi, Egypt

Gemini

Dodi Fayed
(Ex-Lover of Princess Diana)

15 April 1955

31 August 1997

Alexandria, Egypt

Aries

Faten Hamama
(Actress)

27 May 1931

17 January 2015

Mansoura, Egypt

Gemini

Hatshepsut
(Pharaoh)

1508 BC

1458 BC

Egypt

Anwar Sadat
(Former President of Egypt)

25 December 1918

06 October 1981

Mit Abu al-Kum

Capricorn

Hosni Mubarak
(Former President of Egypt)

04 May 1928

Monufia Governorate

Taurus

Mohamed Al-Fayed
(Owner of Hôtel Ritz Paris)

27 January 1929

El-Gomorok

Aquarius

Ibn Khaldun
(Historiographer)

27 May 1332

19 March 1406

Tunis

Gemini

Maimonides
(Philosopher)

30 March 1135

13 December 1204

Córdoba

Aries

Mohamed Morsi
(5th President of Egypt)

08 August 1951

El-Adwah

Leo

Ankhesenamun
(Ancient Egyptian Queen)

1348 BC

1322 BC

Thebes (Luxor, Luxor Governorate, Egypt)

Boutros Boutros-Ghali
(Former UN Secretary General)

14 November 1922

16 February 2016

Cairo, Egypt

Scorpio

Naguib Mahfouz
(Novelist)

11 December 1911

30 August 2006

Cairo, Egypt

Sagittarius

Magdi Yacoub
(Heart Surgeon)

16 November 1935

Belbin, Ashraqya, Egypt

Scorpio

Sneferu
(King of Egypt)

Ancient Egypt

Ramy Ashour
(Squash Player)

30 September 1987

Cairo

Libra

Mohamed ElBaradei
(Former Director of IAEA & Nobel Peace Prize Winner)

17 June 1942

Cairo, Egypt

Gemini

Hassan Fathy
(Architect)

23 March 1900

30 November 1989

Alexandria

Aries

Ptolemy
(Writer)

0100 AD

0168 AD

Egypt

Joshua

1356 BC

1245 BC

Ancient Egypt

Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
(politician, military personnel)

19 November 1944

Cairo

Scorpio

Caesarion
(Pharaoh)

23 June 0047

23 August 0030

Alexandria, Egypt

Cancer

Mohamed Atta
(Hijacker)

01 September 1968

11 September 2001

Kafr Elsheikh

Virgo

Aaron
(Prophet)

1408 BC

Egypt

Khufu
(Ruler)

2566 BC

Dalida
(Actor, Film actor, Singer, Musician, Model)

17 January 1933

03 May 1987

Cairo

Capricorn

Imhotep

Memphis

Origen
(Scholar)

0185 AD

0254 AD

Egypt

Catherine of Alexandria
(Saint)

0287 AD

0305 AD

Alexandria

Seti I
(Pharaoh)

1323 BC

1279 BC

Avaris

Thutmose III
(Pharaoh)

1481 BC

1425 BC

Farouk of Egypt
(Politician, Coin collecting)

11 February 1920

18 March 1965

Alexandria

Aquarius

Demis Roussos
(Singer, Composer)

15 June 1946

25 January 2015

Alexandria

Gemini

Hagar
(Consort)

Amenhotep III
(Pharaoh)

1411 BC

1353 BC

Ancient Egypt

Athanasius of Alexandria
(Patriarch of Alexandria)

0296 AD

02 May 0373

Alexandria

Umm Kulthum
(Singer)

18 December 1898

03 February 1975

Al Senbellawein

Sagittarius

Anthony the Great
(Monk)

0251 AD

17 January 0356

Heracleopolis Magna

Raffi
(Singer, Songwriter)

08 July 1948

Cairo

Cancer

Essam El-Hadary
(Egyptian goalkeeper)

15 January 1973

Damietta Governorate

Capricorn

Ramesses I
(Pharaoh, Sovereign)

Avaris

Zahi Hawass

1947 AD

Damietta

Ramesses III
(Pharaoh)

1217 BC

1155 BC

Thebes

Abu Hamza al-Masri
(Civil engineer, Engineer, Preacher)

15 April 1958

Alexandria

Aries

Amr Diab
(Singer)

11 October 1961

Port Said

Libra

Claude François
(Singer, Music executive, Composer, Songwriter)

01 February 1939

11 March 1978

Ismaïlia

Aquarius

Hero of Alexandria
(Mathematician)

0010 AD

0070 AD

Alexandria

Ramadan Sobhi
(Footballer)

23 January 1997

Cairo

Aquarius

Menes
(Pharaoh)

Horemheb
(Pharaoh)

1292 BC

Heracleopolis Magna

Fuad II of Egypt

16 January 1952

Cairo

Capricorn

Ahmose I
(Ruler)

Thebes

Omar Gaber
(Egyptian footballer)

30 January 1992

Cairo

Aquarius

Sam Morsy
(Footballer)

10 September 1991

Wolverhampton

Virgo

Ahmed Elmohamady
(Association football player)

09 September 1987

El-Mahalla El-Kubra

Virgo

Thutmose II

Mohamed Aboutrika
(Association football player)

07 November 1978

Giza

Scorpio

Khafra
(Sovereign)

2479 BC

Smenkhkare
(Pharaoh)

1334 BC

Merneptah

Amenhotep II
(Pharaoh)

1401 BC

Memphis

Tiye

1398 BC

1338 BC

Sohag

Ahmed Hassan
(Association football player, Association football manager)

02 May 1975

Maghagha

Taurus

Cyril of Alexandria
(Doctor)

0378 AD

27 June 0444

Alexandria

Thutmose I
(Pharaoh)

1500 BC

Atom Egoyan
(Film director, Screenwriter, Film producer, Actor, University teacher)

19 July 1960

Cairo

Cancer

Ali Gabr
(Egyptian footballer)

10 January 1989

Alexandria, Egypt

Capricorn

Ptolemy II Philadelphus
(King)

0309 BC

0246 AD

Alexandria

Omar Abdel-Rahman
(Theologian)

03 May 1938

18 February 2017

Dakahlia Governorate

Taurus

Mohamed Hussein Tantawi
(Politician, Military personnel)

31 October 1935

Cairo

Scorpio

Fuad I of Egypt
(Monarch, King)

26 March 1868

28 April 1936

Cairo

Aries

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