List of Copts
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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]
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- 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]
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- 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
Clergy and theologians[edit]
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- 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]
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Social activists[edit]
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Engineers[edit]
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Scientists[edit]
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Architects[edit]
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Historians and Coptologists[edit]
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- Aziz Suryal Atiya
- Iris Habib Elmasry
- Gawdat Gabra
- Habib Girgis
- Labib Habachi
- Pahor Labib
- Severus Ibn al-Muqaffa
- Younan Labib Rizk
- Father Menassa Youhanna
- Bishop Isidoros
Journalists and writers[edit]
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- 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
- Youssef Sidhom
- Said Sonbol
- Magdi Wahba
Musicians[edit]
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- 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]
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- Kamal Amin
- Hany Armanious
- Evelyn Ashamallah
- George Bahgoury
- Chafik Charobim
- Isaac Fanous
- Margaret Nakhla
- Adel Nassief
- Adam Henein
Politicians[edit]
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- Stephan Bassily
- Boutros Boutros Ghali
- Youssef Boutros Ghali
- Makram Ebeid
- Akhnoukh Fanous
- Ester Fanous
- Boutros Ghali
- Jirjis al-Jawhari
- Ibrahim El-Gohary
- Rafik Habib, Egyptian researcher, activist, author, and politician
- Wassef Hinein
- George Isaac (politician)
- Georgette Kellini
- Monir Fakhri Abdel Nour
- Dina Powell
- Hala Shukrallah
- Kamel Sidky
- Kamal Stino
- Moheb Stino
- Mourad Wahba
- Youssef Wahba
- Peter Khalil, Labor MP, Australia
Physicians[edit]
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- Nagy Habib
- Magdy Ishak
- Naguib Pasha Mahfouz
- Marty Makary
- Hilana Sedarous
- Gorgi Sobhi
- Sir Magdi Yacoub
- Paul Ghalioungui
- Moawad GadElrab
Athletes[edit]
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Celebrity chefs[edit]
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Others[edit]
- 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
- Daniel Wassef, Guinness World Record holder
See also[edit]
- 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