The Most Famous

PRESENTERS from Egypt

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This page contains a list of the greatest Egyptian Presenters. The pantheon dataset contains 143 Presenters, 1 of which were born in Egypt. This makes Egypt the birth place of the 17th most number of Presenters behind Morocco, and France.

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The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Egyptian Presenters of all time. This list of famous Egyptian Presenters is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Bassem Youssef (b. 1974)

With an HPI of 48.24, Bassem Youssef is the most famous Egyptian Presenter.  His biography has been translated into 21 different languages on wikipedia.

Bassem Raafat Mohamed Youssef (born 22 March 1974) is an Egyptian-American comedian, television host, and surgeon. Beginning his career with The B+ Show (2011), which was inspired by his experience during the 2011 Egyptian Revolution, he later rose to prominence as the host of El Bernameg (2011–2014), a satirical comedy show focused on Egyptian politics. In 2015, Youssef hosted the 43rd International Emmy Awards in New York City. In 2013, Youssef was named one of the "100 most influential people in the world" by Time magazine and one of Foreign Policy magazine's 100 Leading Global Thinkers. His life and career was profiled in the 2017 American documentary film Tickling Giants, and he also authored Revolution For Dummies that same year. In 2023, Youssef drew international media attention after engaging in a virtual interview on Piers Morgan Uncensored, in which he spoke about the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel and the broader Israeli–Palestinian conflict.

People

Pantheon has 1 people classified as Egyptian presenters born between 1974 and 1974. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Egyptian presenters include Bassem Youssef.

Living Egyptian Presenters

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