The Most Famous
CELEBRITIES from Egypt
This page contains a list of the greatest Egyptian Celebrities. The pantheon dataset contains 181 Celebrities, 2 of which were born in Egypt. This makes Egypt the birth place of the 23rd most number of Celebrities behind Czechia and Iran.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Egyptian Celebrities of all time. This list of famous Egyptian Celebrities is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Dodi Fayed (1955 - 1997)
With an HPI of 62.60, Dodi Fayed is the most famous Egyptian Celebrity. His biography has been translated into 29 different languages on wikipedia.
Emad El-Din Mohamed Abdel Mena'em Fayed (; 15 April 1955 – 31 August 1997), commonly known as Dodi Fayed, was an Egyptian film producer and the eldest child of the businessman Mohamed Al-Fayed. He was romantically involved with Diana, Princess of Wales, when they both died in a car crash in Paris on 31 August 1997.
2. Death of Khaled Mohamed Saeed (1982 - 2010)
With an HPI of 31.61, Death of Khaled Mohamed Saeed is the 2nd most famous Egyptian Celebrity. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Khaled Mohamed Saeed (Arabic: خالد محمد سعيد IPA: [ˈxæːled mæˈħæmmæd sæˈʕiːd]; 27 January 1982 – 6 June 2010) was an Egyptian man whose death in police custody in the Sidi Gaber area of Alexandria on 6 June 2010 helped incite the Egyptian Revolution of 2011. Photos of his disfigured corpse spread throughout online communities and incited outrage over the fact that he was beaten to death by Egyptian security forces. A prominent Facebook group, "We are all Khaled Said", moderated by Wael Ghonim, brought attention to his death and contributed to growing discontent in the weeks leading up to the Egyptian Revolution of 2011. In October 2011, two Egyptian police officers were found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to seven years in prison for beating Saeed to death. They were granted a retrial and sentenced to ten years in prison on 3 March 2014.
Pantheon has 2 people classified as celebrities born between 1955 and 1982. Of these 2, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased celebrities include Dodi Fayed and Death of Khaled Mohamed Saeed. As of April 2022, 1 new celebrities have been added to Pantheon including Death of Khaled Mohamed Saeed.
