LOCATION

Population:
15,200,000 (metro area)

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
Ain Shams University	1950
American University in Cairo	1919
Cairo University	1908
Al-Azhar University

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Yasser Arafat	Politician	24-Aug-1929	10-Nov-2004	Palestinian leader, former terrorist
Mohamed El Baradei	Government	17-Jun-1942		UN International Atomic Energy Agency
Boutros Boutros-Ghali	Government	14-Nov-1922	16-Feb-2016	Secretary General of the UN, 1992-96
Ronald Cohen	Business	1945		British venture capitalist, Apax
Harry Crookshank	Politician	27-May-1893	17-Oct-1961	Leader, House of Commons, 1951-55
Thomas Dolby	Musician	14-Oct-1958		She Blinded Me With Science
Atom Egoyan	Film Director	19-Jul-1960		Exotica
Julian Fellowes	Actor	17-Aug-1949		Shadowlands
C. S. Forester	Novelist	27-Aug-1899	2-Apr-1966	The African Queen
Raymond L. Garthoff	Diplomat	26-Mar-1929		US Ambassador to Bulgaria, 1977-79
Samir G. Gibara	Business	23-Apr-1939		CEO of Goodyear, 1996-2002
Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin	Chemist	12-May-1910	29-Jul-1994	Determined structure of Vitamin B12
Edmond Jabès	Poet	6-Apr-1912	2-Jan-1991	The Book of Resemblances
Penelope Lively	Novelist	17-Mar-1933		Moon Tiger
Fitzroy Maclean	Politician	11-Mar-1911	15-Jun-1996	Eastern Approaches
Naguib Mahfouz	Author	11-Dec-1911	30-Aug-2006	The Cairo Trilogy
Amr Mussa	Government	3-Oct-1936		Secretary General of the Arab League
Ismail Pasha	Royalty	31-Dec-1830	2-Mar-1895	Khedive of Egypt, 1863-79
Alex Proyas	Film Director	23-Sep-1963		Dark City
Fayez Sarofim	Business	19-Nov-1928		Billionaire, Fayez Sarofim & Co.
Tewfik Pasha	Royalty	30-Apr-1852	7-Jan-1892	Khedive of Egypt, 1879-92
Ayman al-Zawahiri	Terrorist	19-Jun-1951		Founder, Islamic Jihad

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Hassan al-Banna	Activist	14-Oct-1906	12-Feb-1949	Founder of The Muslim Brotherhood
Boutros Boutros-Ghali	Government	14-Nov-1922	16-Feb-2016	Secretary General of the UN, 1992-96
Hans von Bülow	Conductor	8-Jan-1830	12-Feb-1894	German conductor, proponent of Wagner
Om Kalsoum	Singer	4-Apr-1904	3-Feb-1975	Star of the East
John Ledyard	Explorer	1751	10-Jan-1789	Explored Hawaii with Captain James Cook
Bernard Lyot	Astronomer	27-Feb-1897	2-Apr-1952	Sandstorms on Mars
Naguib Mahfouz	Author	11-Dec-1911	30-Aug-2006	The Cairo Trilogy
Gamal Abdel-Nasser	Head of State	15-Jan-1918	28-Sep-1970	President of Egypt, 1956-70
Sayyid Qutb	Philosopher	9-Oct-1906	29-Aug-1966	Muslim Brotherhood philosopher
Anwar Sadat	Head of State	25-Dec-1918	6-Oct-1981	President of Egypt, 1970-81
Shah of Iran	Royalty	26-Oct-1919	27-Jul-1980	Last Shah of Iran
Omar Sharif	Actor	10-Apr-1932	10-Jul-2015	Doctor Zhivago

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