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Alexandria, Egypt
LOCATION
Population:
3,341,000
SCHOOLS
BIRTHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| André Aciman |
Author |
2-Jan-1951 |
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Out of Egypt |
| St. Athanasius |
Religion |
298 AD |
2-May-373 AD |
Patriarch of Alexandria, 328-373 AD |
| Louis C. Camilleri |
Business |
1955 |
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CEO of Altria |
| David Caute |
Author |
16-Dec-1936 |
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Comrade Jacob |
| Constantine P. Cavafy |
Poet |
29-Apr-1863 |
29-Apr-1933 |
Greek poet in Alexandria |
| Eli Cohen |
Spy |
26-Dec-1924 |
18-May-1965 |
Israel's greatest spy |
| Dionysius Thrax |
Scholar |
170 BC |
90 BC |
Authored first Greek grammar |
| Diophantus |
Mathematician |
fl. 3rd c. AD |
fl. 3rd c. AD |
Arithmetica |
| Euclid |
Mathematician |
c. 365 BC |
c. 275 BC |
Father of geometry |
| Dodi al-Fayed |
Business |
15-Apr-1955 |
31-Aug-1997 |
Princess Diana's last boyfriend |
| Mohamed al-Fayed |
Business |
27-Jan-1933 |
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Owner of Harrod's, father of Dodi al-Fayed |
| Riccardo Freda |
Film Director |
24-Feb-1909 |
20-Dec-1999 |
I Vampiri |
| Rudolf Hess |
Government |
26-Apr-1894 |
17-Aug-1987 |
Deputy Fuhrer flew unauthorized to Scotland |
| Eric Hobsbawm |
Historian |
9-Jun-1917 |
1-Oct-2012 |
The Age of Revolution |
| Abu Hamza al-Masri |
Religion |
15-Apr-1958 |
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Imam of Finsbury Park Mosque |
| Gamal Abdel-Nasser |
Head of State |
15-Jan-1918 |
28-Sep-1970 |
President of Egypt, 1956-70 |
| Origen |
Religion |
c. 185 AD |
c. 254 AD |
Early Church Father |
| Philetas of Cos |
Poet |
fl 4th. c. BC |
fl. 4th c. BC |
Very thin Alexandrian poet, critic |
| Ptolemy |
Astronomer |
c. 87 AD |
c. 150 AD |
Egyptian geographer and astronomer |
| Haim Saban |
Business |
1944 |
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Billionaire |
| Omar Sharif |
Actor |
10-Apr-1932 |
10-Jul-2015 |
Doctor Zhivago |
DEATHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| St. Athanasius |
Religion |
298 AD |
2-May-373 AD |
Patriarch of Alexandria, 328-373 AD |
| St. Catherine of Alexandria |
Religion |
c. 3rd c. AD |
c. 4th c. AD |
Patron saint of virgins and nuns |
| Constantine P. Cavafy |
Poet |
29-Apr-1863 |
29-Apr-1933 |
Greek poet in Alexandria |
| Clement of Alexandria |
Religion |
c. 150 AD |
c. 215 AD |
Early Church Father |
| Cleopatra |
Royalty |
69 BC |
30-Aug-30 BC |
Queen of Egypt |
| Damascius |
Philosopher |
480 AD |
? |
Last Neoplatonist philosopher |
| Eratosthenes |
Mathematician |
276 BC |
194 BC |
First to measure the Earth |
| Euclid |
Mathematician |
c. 365 BC |
c. 275 BC |
Father of geometry |
| Hypatia of Alexandria |
Curator |
c. 370 AD |
Mar-415 AD |
Librarian of Alexandria |
| St. Mark |
Religion |
fl. 1st c. AD |
fl. 1st c. AD |
Author of the second Gospel |
| Ptolemy |
Astronomer |
c. 87 AD |
c. 150 AD |
Egyptian geographer and astronomer |
| Victor Emmanuel III |
Royalty |
11-Nov-1869 |
28-Dec-1947 |
King of Italy, 1900-46 |
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