This is a list of notable individuals born in Egypt of Lebanese ancestry or people of Lebanese and Egyptian dual nationality who live or lived in Egypt.

Film, television and radio personalities

* Youseff Chahine, film director * Henry Barakat, film director * Assia Dagher, actress and producer * Nour el Houda- actress * Mary Queeny, actress and producer *

Georges Schehadé Georges may refer to: Places *Georges River, New South Wales, Australia *Georges Quay (Dublin) *Georges Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania Other uses *Georges (name) * ''Georges'' (novel), a novel by Alexandre Dumas * "Georges" (song), a 1977 ...

, playwright and poet *

Omar Sharif Omar Sharif ( ar, عمر الشريف ; born Michel Yusef Dimitri Chalhoub , 10 April 193210 July 2015) was an Egyptian actor, generally regarded as one of his country's greatest male film stars. He began his career in his native country in the ...

, actor *

Hana Shiha Hana Shiha ( ar, هنا شيحة; born 25 December 1979) is an Egyptian actress. She graduated from the Academy of Arts in Egypt, majoring acting and directing. She started her career in the hit series "el bar el Gharbi" in 2002 while she was st ...

, actress * Badia Masabni- actress and dancer * Rose Al Yusuf- actress and journalist

Writers and journalists

* George Antonius- author and historian *

Farah Antun Farah Antun (Arabic: فرح انطون ), also spelled Farah Antoun (1874–1922), was among the first Lebanese Christians to openly argue for secularism and equality regardless of religious affiliation. He also, though uncommon for his backgroun ...

- journalist and secularist * Alexandra Avierino, journalist and writer *

Celine Axelos Celine Axelos (née Tasso; 1902–1992) was an Egyptian poet, public speaker, and woman of letters. Her older brother, René Tasso (1897–1920), was also a poet of distinction who, however, died at the young age of twenty-two from tuberculosis. ...

, poet * Andrée Chedid, poet *

Zaynab Fawwaz Zaynab Fawwaz (1860–1914) was a Lebanese people, Lebanese women's rights activist, novelist, playwright, poet and historian of famous women. Her novel "''حسن العواقب/Ḥusn al-Awaqib",'' (''The Happy Ending'', 1899) is considered the ...

- novelist and playwright * Labiba Hashim- novelist and founder of '' Fatat al-sharq'' *

Khalil Mutran Khalil Mutran ( ar, خليل مطران, ; July 1, 1872 – June 1, 1949), also known by the sobriquet ''Shā‘ir al-Quṭrayn'' ( ar, شاعر القطرين, links=no / literally meaning "the poet of the two countries") was a Lebanese poet ...

- poet and journalist * Hind Nawfal, journalist and feminist writer * Ihsan Abdel Quddous- novelist * Edward Zaid, writer * Jurji Zaydan- novelist, founder of ''

Al-Hilal Hilal or Al-Hilal may refer to: *Hilal ( ar, هلال, ''hilāl''), a crescent ** the crescent Moon visible after a new Moon, determining the beginning of a month in the Islamic calendar * Banu Hilal, a confederation of tribes of Arabia Arts ...

'' * May Ziadeh, writer

Media

* Beshara Takla, co-founder of ''

Al-Ahram ''Al-Ahram'' ( ar, الأهرام; ''The Pyramids''), founded on 5 August 1875, is the most widely circulating Egyptian daily newspaper, and the second oldest after '' al-Waqa'i`al-Masriya'' (''The Egyptian Events'', founded 1828). It is majori ...

'' *

Saleem Takla Saleem Takla ( ar, سليم تقلا, also spelled Selim Taqla; 1849 – August 8, 1892) was a Lebanese-Ottoman journalist who founded of ''Al-Ahram'' newspaper with his brother Beshara Takla. Early life and education Saleem Takla was born in Kfa ...

, co-founder of ''Al-Ahram''

Music and Arts

* Farid al-Atrash, singer, composer and musician *

Bob Azzam Wadie George Azzam, better known by his stage name Bob Azzam, (24 October 1925 in Alexandria – 24 July 2004 in Monaco) was an Egyptian singer. With his hit song " Mustapha", created and composed by Egyptian musician Mohamed Fawzi for the E ...

, singer *

Édika Édika is the pen name of Édouard Karali (born 17 December 1940 in Heliopolis (Cairo Suburb), Heliopolis, Kingdom of Egypt, Egypt), a France, French comics artist, who is renowned for his distinctively absurd style. A number of his comic strips ...

, comics artist *

Manuel Tadros Hany Manuel Tadros ( ar, مانويل تادرس; born September 30, 1956) is an Egyptian-Canadian singer, songwriter, actor, comedian and voice actor. He currently works and lives in Quebec. Early life Tadros was born in Cairo, Egypt to a Chr ...

- singer and actor

Architects

* Charles Ayrout * Naoum Shebib, architect, designer of the Cairo Tower

Activists

Aya Hijazi Aya Hijazi (also: ''Hegazy'', ''Higazi''; ar, آية حجازي) is an Egyptian-American charity worker and social activist. Together with her husband she founded an NGO "Belady Foundation" to support child political prisoners in Egypt. Hijazi, h ...

, American social activist.

Athletes

* Jamal Taha, association football player and coach *

Alain Attalah Alain Pierre Joseph Attalah (; born 5 October 1964) is an Egyptian basketball coach and former player. He is the current head coach of Lions de Genève of the Swiss Basketball League (SBL). As a player, Attallah competed with the Egypt national ...

, basketball player and coach

References

{{Lebanese diaspora Egypt People of Lebanese descent * Lebanese