Magdi Yacoub is a retired professor who worked at Imperial College London. He is best known for his work in repairing heart valves, a procedure which came to be known as the Ross-Yacoub procedure. In 1983, he performed the United Kingdom's first combined lung and heart transplant. Also a humanitarian, Yacoub co-founded the Magdi Yacoub Global Heart Foundation in 2008.
1
Magdi Yacoub
(Heart Surgeon)
Birthdate: November 16, 1935
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Belbin, Ashraqya, Egypt
2
Cyril of Alexandria
(Patriarch of Alexandria)

17
3
Birthdate: 0376 AD
Birthplace: El Mahalla El Kubra, Egypt
Died: 0444 AD
3
Bassem Youssef
(Egyptian Comedian Best Known for Hosting a Satirical News Program Called 'El-Bernameg')

16
3
Birthdate: March 21, 1974
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Cairo, Egypt
Bassem Youssef is an Egyptian comedian, producer, writer, television host, media critic, doctor, and surgeon. Best known for hosting a satirical news program called El-Bernameg, Youssef was named in Time magazine's list of 100 most influential people in the world in 2013. Bassem Youssef is also a YouTuber; his channel PlantBtv currently targets Arabic and English-speaking audiences around the world.
Recommended Lists:
4
Isaac Israeli ben Solomon
(Physician)

7
1
Birthdate: 0832 AD
Birthplace: Egypt
Died: 0932 AD