List of Famous people born in Egypt
Magdi El Galad
Magdi El Gallad is an Egyptian journalist.
Hazem Mohamed Emam
Hazem Emam is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a right midfielder for Egyptian Premier League club Zamalek.
Ma'mun al-Hudaybi
Ma'mun al-Hudaybi was the sixth General Guide of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood. He briefly succeeded Mustafa Mashhur as General Guide in 2002, and headed the Islamist group until his death on January 8, 2004. His successor was Mohammed Mahdi Akef. Ma'mun al-Hudaybi was the son of the second General Guide, Hassan al-Hudaybi.
Muhammad Qutb
Muhammad Qutb, was an Islamist author, scholar and teacher who is best known as the younger brother of the Egyptian Islamist thinker Sayyid Qutb. After his brother was executed by the Egyptian government, Muhammad moved to Saudi Arabia, where he promoted his brother's ideas.
Taher Abouzeid
Amer Taher Abou Zeid Alsayed, publicly known as Taher Abou Zeid, or Taher Abouzaid is the Egyptian Minister of State for Sports and a retired footballer. He played as a midfielder for Al Ahly and the Egyptian national team.
Mohammed Aly Fahmy
Mohammed Aly Fahmy was an Egyptian field marshal, known as the "Father of the Egyptian Air Defense".
Ibrahim Munir
Ahmed Ibrahim Munir Mustafa, know popularly as Ibrahim Munir, is the most senior member of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood. He is currently the Secretary General of the International Organisation of the Muslim Brotherhood and the spokesman for the Muslim Brotherhood in the West. He became the acting general leader of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt in September 2020.
Mohamed El Shorbagy
Mohamed Elshorbagy is a professional squash player who represents Egypt. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 1 in November 2014, March 2018 and again in February 2020. He won the Manchester open on 22 September 2020 after 192 days of recess due to the COVID-19 pandemic, for his 42nd PSA title, moving him to fifth on the all time squash win list.
Essam Sharaf
Essam Abdel-Aziz Sharaf is an Egyptian academic who was the Prime Minister of Egypt from 3 March 2011 to 7 December 2011. He served as Minister of Transportation from 2004 to 2005.
Shady Mohamed
Shady Mohamed Abdel Fattah is an Egyptian retired professional footballer who played as a centre back.