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This list of Copts includes notable Copts figures who are notable in their areas of expertise. For saints, please refer to List of Coptic saints.
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Performing arts
[edit | edit source]- Rami Malek, actor
- Mena Massoud, actor
- Ash Atalla, British television producer
- Henry Barakat, director
- Khairy Beshara, director
- Youssef Dawoud, actor
- Sanaa Gamil, actress
- Maged El Kedwany, actor
- Asaad Kelada, Hollywood director
- Sandra Nashaat, director
- Yousry Nasrallah, director
- Hany Ramzy, actor
- Daoud Abdel Sayed, film director
- Hala Sedki, actress
- George Sidhom, actor
- Nabila Erian, Opera singer
Businessmen
[edit | edit source]- Nader Anise, founder of Coptic American Chamber of Commerce (Coptic Chamber) and attorney
- Tharwat Bassily
- Michael Ebeid
- Monir Fakhri Abdel Nour, banker and businessman
- Fayez Sarofim, billionaire, Houston financier
- Onsi Sawiris, founder of Orascom Group, Patrick of Sawiris Family
- Naguib Sawiris, one of the wealthiest 100 people worldwide
- Samih Sawiris, Orascom Tourism
- Nassef Sawiris, Orascom Construction & Industrial. The richest man in Egypt
- Farid Stino
- Ayad B. Saad, Morgan Stanley,Senior Vice President.*
Clergy and theologians
[edit | edit source]- Anthony the Great, founder and pioneer of Christian monasticism
- Athanasius the Apostolic, 20th Pope of Alexandria
- Cyril I, 24th Pope of Alexandria
- Dioscorus the Great, 25th Pope of Alexandria
- Pope Cyril VI, 116th Pope of Alexandria
- Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, 117th Pope of Alexandria
- Mother Irini
- Father Matta El Meskeen
- Father Makary Younan
- Father Bishoy Kamel
- Origen, Christian scholar
- George Habib Bebawi, Patrologist and Biblical scholar
- Metropolitan Mikhail of Asyut
- Metropolitan Athanasius of Beni Suef
- Bishop Serapion
- Bishop Missael
- Bishop Angaelos
- Pope Tawadros II
Lawyers and judges
[edit | edit source]Social activists
[edit | edit source]Engineers
[edit | edit source]Scientists
[edit | edit source]Architects
[edit | edit source]Historians and coptologists
[edit | edit source]- Aziz Suryal Atiya
- Iris Habib Elmasry
- Gawdat Gabra
- Habib Girgis
- Labib Habachi
- Pahor Labib
- Severus Ibn al-Muqaffa
- Younan Labib Rizk
- Father Menassa Youhanna
- Marcus Simaika
Journalists and writers
[edit | edit source]- Anouar Abdel-Malek
- Louis Awad
- Alfred Farag
- Mofeed Fawzy
- Waguih Ghali
- Adel Iskandar
- Magdi Khalil
- Kamal el-Mallakh
- Raouf Salama Moussa
- Salama Moussa
- Ra'ouf Mus'ad
- Younan Labib Rizk
- Matthew Shenoda
- Youssef Sidhom
- Said Sonbol
- Magdi Wahba
Musicians
[edit | edit source]- Wagih Aziz
- Mikhail Girgis El Batanouny
- Halim El-Dabh
- Youssef Elsisi
- Yusef Greiss
- Adel Kamel
- Ragheb Moftah
- Osama Mounir
- Aziz El-Shawan
- Joseph Tawadros
- Ramzi Yassa
- Nabila Erian
- Lara Scandar
Painters and artists
[edit | edit source]- Kamal Amin
- Hany Armanious
- Evelyn Ashamallah
- George Bahgoury
- Chafik Charobim
- Isaac Fanous
- Kiko
- Margaret Nakhla
- Adel Nassief
- Adam Henein
Politicians
[edit | edit source]- Akhnoukh Fanous
- Boutros Boutros Ghali
- Boutros Ghali[1]
- Dina Powell
- Ester Fanous
- George Isaac[2]
- Georgette Kellini
- George Helmy
- Hala Shukrallah
- Ibrahim El-Gohary
- Jirjis al-Jawhari
- Kamal Stino
- Kamel Sidky
- Makram Ebeid[3]
- Moheb Stino
- Mounir Fakhri Abdel Nour[2]
- Mourad Wahba
- Peter Khalil
- Rafik Habib[2]
- Raja Nicola[4]
- Stephan Bassily
- Wassef Hinein
- Youssef Boutros Ghali
- Youssef Wahba
Physicians
[edit | edit source]- Nagy Habib
- Magdy Ishak
- Naguib Pasha Mahfouz
- Marty Makary
- Hilana Sedarous
- Gorgi Sobhi
- Sir Magdi Yacoub
- Paul Ghalioungui
- Moawad GadElrab
Athletes
[edit | edit source]- Nagui Asaad
- Hisham Greiss
- Gerges Magdy, football player (ENPPI Sporting Club)
- Hany Ramzy, football player (Egypt national football team)[5]
- Youssef Makkar
- Ashraf Youssef
- Mark Kheirallah
- Mark Seif (Poker)
- Farid Simaika
- Sam Soliman
Chefs
[edit | edit source]Others
[edit | edit source]- Charlotte Wassef, Miss Egypt 1934 and Miss Universe 1935
- Meriam George, Miss Egypt 2005
- Nick Kaldas, retired Deputy Commissioner
- Fathia Nkrumah, wife of Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's first president, born Fathia Rizk
- Lara Debbane, Miss Egypt 2014
- Thutmose Kamel Gabrial, Egyptian military pilot
See also
[edit | edit source]- Coptic diaspora
- List of Coptic saints
- Coptic Orthodox Church
- Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church
- List of Coptic Orthodox popes
- Coptic language
- Coptic people
- Christianity in Egypt
- Copts in Sudan
- Copts in Libya
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