Historical figures in Alexandria
The atlas holds 34 people and 61 moments here, from 331 BC to 2006. The most recorded lives are Cleopatra, Gamal Abdel Nasser and Hypatia. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Royalty, across the Ancient World and the Ottoman Empire.
Notable people
Alexander the Great
in 331 BC
1 moment here
Alexander III of Macedon (356–323 BCE), known as Alexander the Great, became king of Macedon in 336 BCE and campaigned from the Balkans through the…
Anwar Sadat
in 1968
1 moment here
Muhammad Anwar el-Sadat was an Egyptian army officer, Free Officer, politician, and president of Egypt from 1970 until his assassination in 1981.…
Archimedes
in 269 BC
1 moment here
Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer, and inventor associated above all with Syracuse in Sicily.…
Augustus
in 30 BC
3 moments here
Augustus, born Gaius Octavius and conventionally called Octavian before 27 BC, founded the Roman principate.…
Catherine of Alexandria
from 287 to 305
2 moments here
Catherine of Alexandria is a traditionally venerated Christian virgin martyr associated with Alexandria in Roman Egypt.…
Cleopatra
from 69 BC to 30 BC
9 moments here
Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (born early 69 BC, possibly late 70 BC; died 10 or 12 August 30 BC) was the last active ruler of Ptolemaic Egypt.…
Eratosthenes
from 245 BC to 194 BC
2 moments here
Ancient Greek polymath of Cyrene whose documented life is associated with Cyrene, Athens, and Alexandria.…
Euclid
in 300 BC
1 moment here
Ancient Greek mathematician and geometer, conventionally known as Euclid of Alexandria. Biographical evidence is exceptionally sparse: his birthplace…
Galen
in 153
1 moment here
Galen of Pergamon was a Greek physician, surgeon, medical author, and philosopher active in the Roman Empire.…
Gamal Abdel Nasser
from 1918 to 1956
5 moments here
Egyptian army officer, leader of the 1952 Egyptian Revolution, and president of Egypt from 1954 until his death.…
Garrincha
in 1960
1 moment here
Manuel Francisco dos Santos, known as Garrincha, was a Brazilian right winger. He spent most of his club career with Botafogo and won the FIFA World…
Gustave Flaubert
in 1849
1 moment here
French novelist and major exponent of literary realism, best known for Madame Bovary, Salammbô, Sentimental Education, Three Tales, and his extensive…
Haile Selassie
in 1924
1 moment here
Haile Selassie I (born Tafari Makonnen) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 until his deposition in 1974.…
Hypatia
from 370 to 415
5 moments here
Hypatia was a Greek Neoplatonist philosopher, mathematician, astronomer, and teacher. Her birth is disputed, with estimates ranging from about 350 to…
Ibn Battuta
from 1326 to 1349
2 moments here
Maghrebi Muslim jurist, traveller, explorer, and author from Tangier. Between 1325 and 1354 he journeyed through North and East Africa, the Middle…
Ibn Khaldun
in 1382
1 moment here
Ibn Khaldun (1332–1406) was a Tunis-born historian, jurist, political official, teacher, and author of the Muqaddimah.…
Jawaharlal Nehru
in 1938
1 moment here
Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and statesman who became independent India’s first prime minister, serving from 15 August 1947 until his…
Julius Caesar
in 48 BC
1 moment here
Gaius Julius Caesar was a Roman politician, general, orator and author whose career spanned the late Roman Republic.…
Kofi Annan
in 2006
1 moment here
Ghanaian diplomat and statesman who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006.…
Léopold Sédar Senghor
in 1990
1 moment here
Senegalese poet, theorist of Négritude, and statesman who became Senegal’s first president in 1960.…
Marcus Aurelius
in 175
1 moment here
Roman emperor from 161 to 180 and Stoic philosopher. This chronology records securely attested physical presence from his birth and Roman residences…
Mark Twain
in 1867
1 moment here
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known as Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, journalist, lecturer, riverboat pilot, and traveler.…
Muhammad Ali of Egypt
from 1801 to 1849
3 moments here
Ottoman Albanian military commander and wālī of Egypt from 1805 to 1848. Muhammad Ali consolidated power in Egypt, undertook campaigns in Arabia and…
Naguib Mahfouz
in 1992
2 moments here
Egyptian novelist, screenwriter, and playwright whose fiction made Cairo a central setting of modern Arabic literature.…
Moments
- 331 BC Laid out Alexandria Alexander the Great
- 300 BC Mathematical career in Alexandria Euclid
- 298 BC Hostage at Alexandria Pyrrhus of Epirus
- 269 BC Studies in Alexandria Archimedes
- 245 BC Arrival in Alexandria as royal tutor Eratosthenes
- 194 BC Death in Alexandria Eratosthenes
- 69 BC Born in Alexandria Cleopatra
- 49 BC Fought for control of Alexandria Cleopatra
- 48 BC Entered Alexandria's royal quarter Cleopatra
- 48 BC Arrives at Alexandria Julius Caesar
- 41 BC Wintered with Antony in Alexandria Cleopatra
- 34 BC Enthroned at the Donations of Alexandria Cleopatra
- 31 BC Sailed into Alexandria's harbor Cleopatra
- 30 BC Arrives to besiege Alexandria Augustus
- 30 BC Visits Alexander the Great’s tomb Augustus
- 30 BC Defeats Antony at Alexandria Augustus
- 30 BC Barricaded herself in her tomb Cleopatra
- 30 BC Died in the Alexandrian royal precinct Cleopatra
- 30 BC Escorted from the tomb to the palace Cleopatra
- 25 BC Residence in Alexandria Strabo
- 127 Earliest exactly dated astronomical observation Ptolemy
- 141 Last exactly dated astronomical observation Ptolemy
- 153 Advanced study at Alexandria Galen
- 175 Stay in Alexandria Marcus Aurelius
- 232 Philosophical study in Alexandria Plotinus
- 287 Traditional birth in Alexandria Catherine of Alexandria
- 305 Traditional martyrdom and death in Alexandria Catherine of Alexandria
- 370 Born in Alexandria Hypatia
- 393 Teaches Synesius in Alexandria Hypatia
- 400 Leads the Platonist school Hypatia
- 415 Murdered in the Caesareum Hypatia
- 415 Waylaid while returning home Hypatia
- 1167 Defends Alexandria Saladin
- 1326 Arrives at Alexandria Ibn Battuta
- 1349 Revisits Alexandria's lighthouse Ibn Battuta
- 1382 Arrival at Alexandria Ibn Khaldun
- 1798 Takes Alexandria Napoleon Bonaparte
- 1799 Camps before Abukir Napoleon Bonaparte
- 1799 Defeats Ottoman army at Abukir Napoleon Bonaparte
- 1801 Landing with the Ottoman expedition Muhammad Ali of Egypt
- 1839 Interview at his Alexandria palace Muhammad Ali of Egypt
- 1849 Death at Ras el-Tin Palace Muhammad Ali of Egypt
- 1849 Arrival in Alexandria Gustave Flaubert
- 1867 Prepares to leave Alexandria Mark Twain
- 1878 Arrival at Alexandria Ulysses S. Grant
- 1918 Birth in Bakos Gamal Abdel Nasser
- 1924 Foreign tour: Alexandria Haile Selassie
- 1928 Residence and school in Alexandria Gamal Abdel Nasser
- 1929 Ras el-Tin secondary school Gamal Abdel Nasser
- 1938 Stop at Alexandria Jawaharlal Nehru