List of Famous people born in Egypt

Sheikh Hasan bin Muhamad bin Shehata bin Mousa al-Anani, commonly known as Sheikh Hassan Shehata was an ex-Sunni, who later converted to Shia Islam, scholar who was killed in the small village of Zawyat Abu Musalam in Giza by a Salafi inspired and encouraged mob. He was highly controversial for his sectarian remarks against the figures revered by Sunni Muslims.

Abdulrahman Fawzi was an Egyptian professional football player and manager, who played as a winger. He played for Al-Masry SC and Zamalek SC as well as the Egypt national football team. He took part at the 1934 FIFA World Cup, where he scored twice for Egypt in their 4–2 loss against Hungary, which was the first time that an African team had competed at the FIFA World Cup. He was thus, the first African footballer to score at the World Cup. He would have been the first African to score a hat trick at the World Cup but his third goal was disallowed. The Egyptian goalkeeper that day, Mustafa Mansour, later said:

"When the game was 2–2, my colleague Fawzi took the ball from the centre and dribbled past all the Hungarian players to score a third goal. But, the referee cancelled the goal as an offside!"

Tarek Yehia is a retired Egyptian football player and Zamalek former International left winger. He worked as caretaker at Zamalek for many terms.

Hamada Tolba is an Egyptian footballer who currently plays for Petrojet SC and the Egyptian National Team as a defender.

Abdallah Gomaa is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Egyptian Premier League club Zamalek and the Egypt national team.

Berenice, also called Berenice Phernophorus or Berenice Syra, was an Egyptian princess, and a Seleucid queen regent. She was a Selecucid queen by marriage to Antiochus II Theos, and regent during the minority of her son Antiochus in 246.

Nabawiyya Mohamed Musa Badawia(Arabic: نبوية موسى محمد بدوية‎; December 17, 1886 – April 30, 1951) was an Egyptian Nationalist and Feminist and is recognized as one of the founding feminists of the 20th century in Egypt. Her career and life is often discussed alongside figures such as Huda Sharawi and Malak Hifni Nasif, as all three of these women gave lectures and put on other events to further education, promote health, and reduce sexual exploitation for women, among other things. She grew up in Alexandria and was part of the Egyptian middle-class. Along with being an avid educator, she was a prolific writer. She wrote and published articles such as "al-Ayat al–badyyina fi tarbiya al-banat" in 1902, "al-Mar’a wa-l-‘amal" in 1920 as well as editing a woman's page for al-Balagh al-usbui. She is known as the first Egyptian woman to obtain a baccalaureate secondary degree, and her writings are considered important historical documents reflecting the periods of Egyptian history her life spanned, especially Egyptian life under rule of the British protectorate.

Mohamed Diab Al-Attar, known as Ad-Diba,, was a footballer who played for the Al Ittihad Alexandria Club and the Egypt national football team. He later served as an international football referee. In 2007, he was named one of the 200 greatest African footballers.

Muhammad Rabee al-Zawahiri is an Egyptian Islamist who was a member of Egyptian Islamic Jihad and one of 14 people subjected to extraordinary rendition by the CIA prior to the 2001 War on Terror. He is the younger brother of Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri.