List of Famous people born in Egypt

Abla Kamel Mohamed Afifi is an Egyptian actress.

Ibrahim Al-Faqi or Ibrahim Elfiki was a human development and neuro-linguistic programming expert, was the CEO of the Canadian Trading Centre for Human Development, and the founder of Ibrahim Elfiky International Enterprises Inc.

Lieutenant General Osama Askar is an Egyptian Army officer. He commands the Unified Command East of the Canal.

Hind Hussain Mohammed or Nariman Hussein Murad, more commonly known by her stage name Hind Rostom, was an Egyptian actress and is considered one of the seduction icons in the Egyptian cinema, as she was mainly known for her sensual roles. Her physical appearance earned her the name Marilyn Monroe of the east "مارلين مونرو الشرق". Hind Rostom starred in more than 80 movies throughout her career.

Mohamed Ali Rashwan is an Egyptian judo. At the 1984 Summer Olympics he won the silver medal in the men's Open Class category.

• Winner of fairplay international award in 1984
• Silver medallist at the 1985 World Judo Championships in open weight
• Silver medallist at the 1987 World Judo Championships in heavy weight

Hero of Alexandria was a Greco-Egyptian mathematician and engineer who was active in his native city of Alexandria, Roman Egypt. He is often considered the greatest experimenter of antiquity and his work is representative of the Hellenistic scientific tradition.

Fawzia Fuad of Egypt, also known as Muluk Fawzia of Iran and Fawzia Chirine, was an Egyptian princess who became Queen of Iran as the first wife of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran.

Latifa al-Zayyat was an Egyptian activist and writer, most famous for her novel The Open Door, which won the inaugural Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature.

Huda Sha'arawi was a pioneering Egyptian feminist leader, suffragette, nationalist, and founder of the Egyptian Feminist Union.

Shams al-Muluk Gamil al-Baroudi is a retired Egyptian actress who was active in Egyptian films and also Lebanese films during the 1960s and 1970s. Lisa Anderson of the Chicago Tribune described her as "one of the most beautiful and glamorous of Egypt's actresses".