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<html> <head> <title>Alexandria, Egypt</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> Alexandria, Egypt LOCATION Population: 3,341,000 SCHOOLS <table border=1 class="bordered"> <tr><th>School</th><th>Founded</th></tr> <tr><td><a href="/edu/549/000079312/">Alexandria University</a></td><td><center>1938</center></td></tr></table> BIRTHS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_births"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/466/000116118/">André Aciman</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Jan-1951</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Out of Egypt</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/785/000112449/">St. Athanasius</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>298 AD</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-May-373 AD</tt></td> <td>Patriarch of Alexandria, 328-373 AD</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/713/000125338/">Louis C. Camilleri</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1955</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Altria</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/663/000140243/">David Caute</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Dec-1936</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Comrade Jacob</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/096/000203484/">Constantine P. Cavafy</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Apr-1863</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Apr-1933</tt></td> <td>Greek poet in Alexandria</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/750/000165255/">Eli Cohen</a></td> <td><center>Spy</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Dec-1924</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-May-1965</tt></td> <td>Israel's greatest spy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/743/000104431/">Dionysius Thrax</a></td> <td><center>Scholar</center></td> <td align=right><tt>170 BC</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>90 BC</tt></td> <td>Authored first Greek grammar</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/744/000104432/">Diophantus</a></td> <td><center>Mathematician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>fl. 3rd c. AD</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>fl. 3rd c. AD</tt></td> <td>Arithmetica</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/724/000087463/">Euclid</a></td> <td><center>Mathematician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 365 BC</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 275 BC</tt></td> <td>Father of geometry</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/320/000024248/">Dodi al-Fayed</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Apr-1955</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Aug-1997</tt></td> <td>Princess Diana's last boyfriend</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/319/000024247/">Mohamed al-Fayed</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Jan-1933</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Owner of Harrod's, father of Dodi al-Fayed</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/795/000135390/">Riccardo Freda</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Feb-1909</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Dec-1999</tt></td> <td>I Vampiri</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/918/000031825/">Rudolf Hess</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Apr-1894</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1987</tt></td> <td>Deputy Fuhrer flew unauthorized to Scotland</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/872/000356801/">Eric Hobsbawm</a></td> <td><center>Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jun-1917</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Oct-2012</tt></td> <td>The Age of Revolution</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/238/000048094/">Abu Hamza al-Masri</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Apr-1958</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Imam of Finsbury Park Mosque</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/953/000024881/">Gamal Abdel-Nasser</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Jan-1918</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Sep-1970</tt></td> <td>President of Egypt, 1956-70</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/083/000102774/">Origen</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 185 AD</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 254 AD</tt></td> <td>Early Church Father</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/850/000097559/">Philetas of Cos</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>fl 4th. c. BC</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>fl. 4th c. BC</tt></td> <td>Very thin Alexandrian poet, critic</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/035/000029945/">Ptolemy</a></td> <td><center>Astronomer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 87 AD</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 150 AD</tt></td> <td>Egyptian geographer and astronomer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/802/000118448/">Haim Saban</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1944</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Billionaire</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/627/000023558/">Omar Sharif</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Apr-1932</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jul-2015</tt></td> <td>Doctor Zhivago</td> </tr> </table> DEATHS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_deaths"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/785/000112449/">St. Athanasius</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>298 AD</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-May-373 AD</tt></td> <td>Patriarch of Alexandria, 328-373 AD</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/249/000095961/">St. Catherine of Alexandria</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 3rd c. AD</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 4th c. AD</tt></td> <td>Patron saint of virgins and nuns</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/096/000203484/">Constantine P. Cavafy</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Apr-1863</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Apr-1933</tt></td> <td>Greek poet in Alexandria</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/704/000180164/">Clement of Alexandria</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 150 AD</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 215 AD</tt></td> <td>Early Church Father</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/419/000086161/">Cleopatra</a></td> <td><center>Royalty</center></td> <td align=right><tt>69 BC</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Aug-30 BC</tt></td> <td>Queen of Egypt</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/959/000096671/">Damascius</a></td> <td><center>Philosopher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>480 AD</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>?</tt></td> <td>Last Neoplatonist philosopher</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/712/000095427/">Eratosthenes</a></td> <td><center>Mathematician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>276 BC</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>194 BC</tt></td> <td>First to measure the Earth</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/724/000087463/">Euclid</a></td> <td><center>Mathematician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 365 BC</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 275 BC</tt></td> <td>Father of geometry</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/407/000093128/">Hypatia of Alexandria</a></td> <td><center>Curator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 370 AD</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>Mar-415 AD</tt></td> <td>Librarian of Alexandria</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/141/000095853/">St. Mark</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>fl. 1st c. AD</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>fl. 1st c. AD</tt></td> <td>Author of the second Gospel</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/035/000029945/">Ptolemy</a></td> <td><center>Astronomer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 87 AD</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 150 AD</tt></td> <td>Egyptian geographer and astronomer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/988/000206370/">Victor Emmanuel III</a></td> <td><center>Royalty</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Nov-1869</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Dec-1947</tt></td> <td>King of Italy, 1900-46</td> </tr> </table> Do you know something we don't? <a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=69737" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a> Copyright ©2017 Soylent Communications </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"><div class="contentf"><center><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a> <a style="color: #0000ff" href="http://mapper.nndb.com/maps/717/000001714/"><img src="http://mapper.nndb.com/t/717/1714/s1714.jpg" width=128> (KETC) Mortgage Crisis Connections</a> Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</center></div> <div class="contentf"><center>BibliographiesNNDB has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. 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