Hegazi or Hegazy ( arz, حجازي) is an
Egyptian Arabic
Egyptian Arabic, locally known as Colloquial Egyptian ( ar, العامية المصرية, ), or simply Masri (also Masry) (), is the most widely spoken vernacular Arabic dialect in Egypt. It is part of the Afro-Asiatic language family, and o ...
surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Abdel Aziz Mohamed Hegazy (1923–2014), Egyptian politician
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Ahmed Hegazi (actor) (1935–2002), Egyptian actor
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Ahmed Hegazi (footballer)
Ahmed Elsayed Ali Elsayed Hegazy ( arz, أحمد السيد علي السيد حجازي; born 25 January 1991), simply known as Ahmed Hegazi, is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Saudi Pro League club Al-Ittiha ...
(born 1991), Egyptian footballer
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Ahmed Gaffer Hegazi (born 1948), Egyptian scientist
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Hussein Hegazi
Hussein Hegazi ( ar, حسين حجازي, Ḥusayn Ḥijāziyy; 14 September 1889 – 8 October 1961) was an Egyptian international footballer who became the first African player to play in England after playing with Dulwich Hamlet and Fulham in ...
(1891–1961), Egyptian footballer
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Mahmoud Hegazy
Mahmoud Ibrahim Mahmoud Hegazy ( ar, محمود إبراهيم محمود حجازى; born 11 May 1956) is an Egyptian general who was the Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces from 2014 to 2017. Hegazy graduated from the Egyptian Military ...
(born 1956), Egyptian general
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Mohammed Hegazy
Mohammed Hegazy ( ar, محمد حجازي, ) (born 1982) was the first Egyptian Muslim convert to Christianity to seek official recognition of his conversion from the Egyptian government.
Conversion and legal case
Hegazy grew up in Port Said on t ...
(born 1982), Egyptian convert to Christianity
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Morsi El Sayed Hegazy
Morsi El Sayed Hegazy is an Egyptian academic and economist who as briefly finance minister, from 6 January to 7 May 2013. He was the fifth finance minister of Egypt since 2011.
Education
Hegazy has a master's degree in economics, which he obtain ...
, Egyptian academic and economist
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Safwat Hegazi
Safwat Hegazi (sometimes written Safwat Hijazi; ar, صفوت حجازى, ; born 11 April 1963) is an Egyptian imam and television preacher who is on the list of "Individuals banned from the UK for stirring up hatred". A supporter of Mohamed Mo ...
(born 1963), Egyptian imam
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Salama Hegazi
Salama Hegazi ( ar, سلامة حجازي) born 1852, died October 4, 1917 was an Egyptian singer. He was a pioneer of musical theatre in Egypt in the first half of the 20th century.
Born Salama Ibrahim Hegazi, he was locally known as El Sheikh ...
(1852–1917), Egyptian musician
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Sarah Hegazi
Sarah Hegazi ( ar, سارة حجازي; 1989 – 14 June 2020), also spelled Hegazy or Higazy, was an Egyptian socialist, writer, and lesbian activist. She was arrested, imprisoned and tortured in Egypt for three months after flying a rainbow fla ...
(1989–2020), Egyptian queer activist
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Arabic-language surnames