List of Copts

Thislist of Coptsincludes notableCoptsfigures who are notable in their areas of expertise. For saints, please refer toList of Coptic saints.

Performing arts

• Rami Malek,actor
• Mena Massoud,actor
• Ash Atalla,British television producer
• Henry Barakat,director
• Khairy Beshara,director
• Youssef Dawoud,actor
• Sanaa Gamil,actress
• Maged El Kedwany,actor
• Asaad Kelada,Hollywood director
• Sandra Nashaat,director
• Yousry Nasrallah,director
• Hany Ramzy,actor
• Daoud Abdel Sayed,film director
• Hala Sedki,actress
• George Sidhom,actor
• Nabila Erian,Opera singer

Businessmen

• Nader Anise,founder of Coptic American Chamber of Commerce (Coptic Chamber) and attorney
• Tharwat Bassily
• Michael Ebeid
• Monir Fakhri Abdel Nour,banker and businessman
• Fayez Sarofim,billionaire, Houston financier
• Onsi Sawiris,founder of Orascom Group, Patrick of Sawiris Family
• Naguib Sawiris,one of the wealthiest 100 people worldwide
• Samih Sawiris,Orascom Tourism
• Nassef Sawiris,Orascom Construction & Industrial. The richest man in Egypt
• Farid Stino

Clergy and theologians

• Anthony the Great,founder and pioneer ofChristian monasticism
• Athanasius the Apostolic,20th Pope of Alexandria
• Cyril I,24th Pope of Alexandria
• Dioscorus the Great,25th Pope of Alexandria
• Pope Cyril VI,116th Pope of Alexandria
• Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria,117th Pope of Alexandria
• Mother Irini
• Father Matta El Meskeen
• Father Makary Younan
• Father Bishoy Kamel
• Origen,Christian scholar
• George Habib Bebawi,Patrologist and Biblical scholar
• Metropolitan Mikhail of Asyut
• Metropolitan Athanasius of Beni Suef
• Bishop Serapion
• Bishop Missael
• Bishop Angaelos
• Pope Tawadros II

Lawyers and judges

• Sami Farag
• Sherrie Mikhail Miday

Social activists

• Ester Fanous
• Alber Saber
• Akram Habib

Engineers

• Hani Azer
• Michel Bakhoum
• William Selim Hanna
• Nabih Youssef
• Adel Sedra

Scientists

• Azer Bestavros
• Rushdi Said
• Edward Tawadros

Architects

• Michel Bakhoum
• Ramses Wissa Wassef
• Wael Adly Aziz Mesiha
• Samsoomy

Historians andCoptologists

• Aziz Suryal Atiya
• Iris Habib Elmasry
• Gawdat Gabra
• Habib Girgis
• Labib Habachi
• Pahor Labib
• Severus Ibn al-Muqaffa
• Younan Labib Rizk
• Father Menassa Youhanna
• Bishop Isidoros

Journalists and writers

• Anouar Abdel-Malek
• Louis Awad
• Alfred Farag
• Mofeed Fawzy
• Waguih Ghali
• Adel Iskandar
• Magdi Khalil
• Kamal el-Mallakh
• Raouf Salama Moussa
• Salama Moussa
• Ra'ouf Mus'ad
• Younan Labib Rizk
• Youssef Sidhom
• Said Sonbol
• Magdi Wahba

Musicians

• Wagih Aziz
• Mikhail Girgis El Batanouny
• Halim El-Dabh
• Youssef Elsisi
• Yusef Greiss
• Adel Kamel
• Ragheb Moftah
• Osama Mounir
• Aziz El-Shawan
• Joseph Tawadros
• Ramzi Yassa
• Nabila Erian
• Lara Scandar

Painters and artists

• Kamal Amin
• Hany Armanious
• Evelyn Ashamallah
• George Bahgoury
• Chafik Charobim
• Isaac Fanous
• Margaret Nakhla
• Adel Nassief
• Adam Henein

Politicians

• Stephan Bassily
• Boutros Boutros Ghali
• Youssef Boutros Ghali
• Makram Ebeid
• Akhnoukh Fanous
• Ester Fanous
• Boutros Ghali
• Jirjis al-Jawhari
• Ibrahim El-Gohary
• Rafik Habib,Egyptian researcher, activist, author, and politician
• Wassef Hinein
• George Isaac (politician)
• Georgette Kellini
• Monir Fakhri Abdel Nour
• Dina Powell
• Hala Shukrallah
• Kamel Sidky
• Kamal Stino
• Moheb Stino
• Mourad Wahba
• Youssef Wahba
• Peter Khalil,Labor MP, Australia

Physicians

• Nagy Habib
• Magdy Ishak
• Naguib Pasha Mahfouz
• Marty Makary
• Hilana Sedarous
• Gorgi Sobhi
• Sir Magdi Yacoub
• Paul Ghalioungui
• Moawad GadElrab

Athletes

• Nagui Asaad
• Hisham Greiss
• Hany Ramzy
• Farid Simaika
• Sam Soliman
• Pierre Edward

Celebrity chefs

• Karine Bakhoum
• Christopher Maher
• Michael Mina

Others

• Charlotte Wassef,Miss Egypt 1934 and Miss Universe 1935
• Meriam George,Miss Egypt 2005
• Nick Kaldas,retired Deputy Commissioner
• Fathia Nkrumah,wife ofKwame Nkrumah,Ghana's first president, born Fathia Rizk
• Lara Debbane,Miss Egypt 2014
• Daniel Wassef,Guinness World Record holder

See also

• Coptic diaspora
• List of Coptic saints
• Coptic Orthodox Church
• Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church
• List of Coptic Orthodox popes
• Coptic language
• Coptic people
• Christianity in Egypt
• Copts in Sudan
• Copts in Libya