







The Most Famous
Actors from Egypt
Trending Actors from Egypt This Week
The top 10 Actors from Egypt trending on Wikipedia in the past 7 days, with a quick note on what drove the spike.
- #1

Adel Emam
b. 1940
Trending in Arabic (#24) Wikipedia (1,053 views, on Mar 27).
- #2

Rushdy Abaza
1926 - 1980
Trending in Arabic (#28) Wikipedia (1,028 views, on Mar 31).
- #3

Soad Hosny
1943 - 2001
Trending in Arabic (#53) Wikipedia (744 views, on Mar 27).
- #4

Omar Sharif
1932 - 2015
Trending in Arabic (#89) Wikipedia (551 views, on Apr 1).
- #5

Amr Waked
b. 1973
Trending in Arabic (#94) Wikipedia (567 views, on Mar 27).
- #6

Yousra
b. 1955
Trending in Arabic (#119) Wikipedia (486 views, on Mar 27).
- #7

Faten Hamama
1931 - 2015
Trending in Arabic (#144) Wikipedia (421 views, on Mar 31).
- #8

Taheyya Kariokka
1915 - 1999
Trending in Arabic (#176) Wikipedia (386 views, on Mar 31).
- #9

Nour El-Sherif
1946 - 2015
Trending in Arabic (#182) Wikipedia (354 views, on Apr 1).
- #10

Hind Rostom
1929 - 2011
Trending in Arabic (#191) Wikipedia (356 views, on Mar 28).
Top 10 Egyptian Actors
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Egyptians Actors of all time. This list of famous Egyptians Actors is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Egyptians Actors.
- #1

Omar Sharif
1932 - 2015
HPI 78.0581 langsOmar Sharif is most famous for his roles in the movies Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago.
- #2

Faten Hamama
1931 - 2015
HPI 68.5137 langsFaten Hamama is most famous for her roles in the Egyptian movies "Al-Mas' Ala Al-Kubra" and "Al-Bab Al-Maftouh."
- #3

Marika Rökk
1913 - 2004
HPI 64.4533 langsHungarian-born actress, singer, dancer
- #4

Adel Emam
b. 1940
HPI 63.1624 langsEgyptian actor
- #5

Soad Hosny
1943 - 2001
HPI 62.5825 langsEgyptian actress (1943–2001)
- #6

Shadia
1931 - 2017
HPI 62.0829 langsEgyptian actress
- #7

Zubaida Tharwat
1940 - 2016
HPI 59.3117 langsEgyptian actress (1940–2016)
- #8

Hind Rostom
1929 - 2011
HPI 59.2617 langsEgyptian actress
- #9

Rushdy Abaza
1926 - 1980
HPI 57.6116 langsRushdy Abaza was a legendary Egyptian actor most famously known as the charismatic "Don Juan of Egyptian Cinema" and one of the greatest...Read moreShow less
Rushdy Abaza was a legendary Egyptian actor most famously known as the charismatic "Don Juan of Egyptian Cinema" and one of the greatest stars of the Golden Age of Arab cinema, appearing in over 100 films from 1948 to 1980 where he excelled in diverse roles as romantic leads, action heroes, villains, and comedians in classics like Struggle on the Nile (1959), A Man in Our House (1961), Wife Number 13 (1962), Sunset and Sunrise (1970), and I Want a Solution (1975). Born to an Egyptian father from the prominent Abaza family and an Italian mother, he rose from a chance discovery while playing billiards to become a household name across the Arab world for his charm, versatility, and on-screen presence. Surprisingly, despite his dashing romantic image and five marriages (including to famous dancers Taheya Carioca and Samia Gamal, plus Lebanese singer Sabah in a famously brief union), he battled brain cancer in his final years, divorcing his last wife to "die free" and passing away at age 53 after collapsing on set during his last incomplete film.
- #10

Taheyya Kariokka
1915 - 1999
HPI 57.3815 langsEgyptian dancer, actress (1915–1999)
People by Birth Decade
Browse notable Egyptians Actors grouped by birth decade. Each decade shows the top 10 by HPI; expand to see everyone.
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Overlapping Lives
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