Find out more about the greatest Egyptian Intellectuals & Academics, including Maimonides, Ibn Khaldun, Origen, Zahi Hawass and Omar Abdel-Rahman.

Famous Egyptian Intellectuals & Academics

Famous People From Egypt
PhilosophersHistorians
MaimonidesMaimonides
30 March 1135
Philosopher
Ibn KhaldunIbn Khaldun
27 May 1332
Historiographer

OrigenOrigen
0184 AD
Theologian

Sayyid QutbSayyid Qutb
09 October 1906
Religious Leader

Zahi HawassZahi Hawass
28 May 1947
Egyptian archaeologist

Eric HobsbawmEric Hobsbawm
09 June 1917
Historian
Omar Abdel-RahmanOmar Abdel-Rahman
03 May 1938
Theologian

Muhammad AbduhMuhammad Abduh
1849 AD
Jurist

ManethoManetho
priest

Ahmed el-TayebAhmed el-Tayeb
06 January 1946
Philosopher, Theologian, University teacher,
Muhammad ibn Idris ash-Shafi`iMuhammad ibn Idris ash-Shafi`i
31 July 0767
Theologian

Ali al-MasudiAli al-Masudi
0896 AD
Historian