List of Copts
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This list of Copts includes prominent Copts figures who are notable in their areas of expertise. For saints, please refer to Coptic Saints.
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Contents
- 1 Performing arts
- 2 Businessmen
- 3 Clergy and theologians
- 4 Judges
- 5 Social activists
- 6 Engineers
- 7 Scientists
- 8 Architects
- 9 Historians and Coptologists
- 10 Journalists and writers
- 11 Musicians
- 12 Painters and artists
- 13 Politicians
- 14 Physicians
- 15 Athletes
- 16 Celebrity chefs
- 17 Others
- 18 See also
- 19 References
Performing arts
- Ash Atalla, British television producer
- Asaad Kelada, Hollywood Director
- Daoud Abdel Sayed, Film Director
- George Sidhom, Actor
- Hala Sedki, Actress
- Hany Ramzy, Actor
- Henry Barakat, Director
- Naguib el-Rihani, Film Icon & Actor
- Khairy Beshara, Director
- Sanaa Gamil, Actress
- Sandra Nashaat, Director
- Youssef Dawoud, Actor
- Yousry Nasrallah, Director
- Maged El Kedwany, Actor
Businessmen
- Farid Stino
- Fayez Sarofim, Billionaire Houston Financier
- Monir Fakhri Abdel Nour, Banker and Businessman
- Naguib Sawiris, One of the wealthiest 100 people worldwide
- Onsi Sawiris, Founder of Orascom Group
- Samih Sawiris, Orascom Construction
- Tharwat Bassily
Clergy and theologians
- Athanasius the Apostolic, 20th Pope of Alexandria
- Cyril I, 24th Pope of Alexandria
- Pope Cyril VI, 116th Pope of Alexandria
- Mother Irini
- Father Matta El Meskeen
- Origen, Christian scholar
- Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, recently deceased Pope of Alexandria
- Metropolitan Mikhail of Asyut
- Metropolitan Athanasius of Beni Suef
- Bishop Serapion
- Bishop Missael
- Bishop Angaelos
- Pope Tawadros II
Judges
Social activists
Engineers
Scientists
Architects
Historians and Coptologists
- Aziz Suryal Atiya
- Gawdat Gabra
- Habib Girgis
- Iris Habib Elmasry
- Labib Habachi
- Father Menassa Youhanna
- Pahor Labib
- Severus Ibn al-Muqaffa
- Younan Labib Rizk
Journalists and writers
- Anouar Abdel-Malek
- Louis Awad
- Kamal el-Mallakh
- Alfred Farag
- Mofeed Fawzy
- Adel Iskandar
- Magdi Khalil
- Raouf Salama Moussa
- Salama Moussa
- Ra'ouf Mus'ad
- Michael Maurice Prince
- Younan Labib Rizk
- Said Sonbol
- Youssef Sidhom
- Magdi Wahba
Musicians
- Adel Kamel
- Aziz El-Shawan
- Basem Darwisch
- Halim El-Dabh
- Joseph Tawadros
- Mikhail Girgis El Batanouny
- Ragheb Moftah
- Ramzi Yassa
- Osama Mounir
- Youssef Elsisi
- Yusef Greiss
- Wagih Aziz
Painters and artists
- Adel Nassief
- Chafik Charobim
- Evelyn Ashamallah
- George Bahgoury
- Hany Armanious
- Isaac Fanous
- Kamal Amin
- Margaret Nakhla
Politicians
- Akhnoukh Fanous
- Stephan Bassily
- Boutros Ghali
- Boutros Boutros Ghali
- Youssef Boutros Ghali
- Dina Powell
- Ester Fanous
- Girgis Giorgio Sorial, politician, Italian MP
- Ibrahim El-Gohary
- Rafik Habib, Egyptian researcher, activist, author, and politician
- Kamal Stino
- Makram Ebeid
- Moheb Stino
- Monir Fakhri Abdel Nour
- Wassef Hinein
- Youssef Wahba
- Georgette Kellini
- Mourad Wahba
Physicians
- Gorgi Sobhi
- Hilana Sedarous
- Sir Magdi Yacoub
- Magdy Ishak
- Naguib Pasha Mahfouz
- Nagy Habib
- Marty Makary
Athletes
Celebrity chefs
Others
- Fathia Nkrumah – Wife of Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's first president, born Fathia Rizk
- Maria al-Qibtiyya – Wife of Muhammad
- Meriam George – Miss Egypt 2005
- Mohammed Hegazy – Egyptian Muslim convert to Christianity
See also
- Copts
- Coptic diaspora
- Coptic saints
- Coptic Orthodox Church
- Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church
- List of Coptic Orthodox Popes
- Coptic flag
- Coptic language
