List of Famous people born in Egypt

Mohamed Mohsen Abo Gresha محمد محسن أبو جريشة is an Egyptian footballer. He is currently contracted with Telephonat Bani Sweif.

Muḥammad Fu'ād ʿAbd al-Baqī was a prolific Egyptian scholar of Islam, a poet and a translator from French and English. He authored and compiled many books related to the Qur'an and the sunnah, including indices which give the reader access to the hadith of the prophet Muhammad.

Salah Abdel Sabour, was an Egyptian free verse poet, editor, playwright and essayist. He showed an interest in literature in his early life and started to write verses at the age of 13. Salah graduate from Cairo University in 1951 with a degree in Arabic literature.

Tamer Abdel Hamid تامر عبد الحميد is an Egyptian football player. He is a former Zamalek midfielder, and has 27 international caps and 2 goals, as a player he was known for his extremely high work rate.

Alexander Proyas is an Australian film director, screenwriter, and producer of Greek descent. Proyas is best known for directing the films The Crow (1994), Dark City (1998), I, Robot (2004), Knowing (2009), and Gods of Egypt (2016).

Simon son of Boethus was a Jewish High priest in the 1st century BCE and father-in-law of Herod the Great. According to Josephus, he was also known by the name Cantheras. His family is believed to have been connected to the school of the Boethusians, and a family whose origins are from Alexandria in Egypt.