Historical figures in Cairo

The atlas holds 65 people and 138 moments here, from 2566 BC to 2021. The most recorded lives are Naguib Mahfouz, Gamal Abdel Nasser and Mohamed Morsi. Among them Political Leaders, Writers and Military Leaders, across the Space Age and the Cold War.

Notable people

1. Saddam Hussein

   from 1960 to 1988

   4 moments here

   Iraqi Ba'athist politician who served as Iraq's president from 1979 until his overthrow in 2003.…

2. Saladin

   in 1167

   1 moment here

   Kurdish military commander, founder of the Ayyubid dynasty, and sultan of Egypt and Syria. Born at Tikrit, Saladin rose through the Zengid…

3. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

   in 1974

   1 moment here

   Bangladeshi political leader, founding president of Bangladesh, and prime minister. His documented life moved from childhood and schooling in Bengal…

4. Simone de Beauvoir

   in 1967

   1 moment here

   French existentialist philosopher, writer, social theorist, and feminist activist. Born and died in Paris, Beauvoir studied philosophy in Paris,…

5. Sirimavo Bandaranaike

   in 1963

   1 moment here

   Sri Lankan stateswoman and three-time prime minister of Ceylon/Sri Lanka. Born Sirima Ratwatte in Ratnapura, she became the world’s first woman…

6. Soong Mei-ling

   in 1943

   2 moments here

   Soong Mei-ling, also known as Madame Chiang Kai-shek, was a Chinese political figure and wife of Chiang Kai-shek.…

7. Strabo

   in 25 BC

   3 moments here

   Greek geographer and historian from Amaseia in Pontus. The dates are approximate: ancient and modern sources give his birth as 64 or 63 BC and his…

8. Suharto

   in 1998

   1 moment here

   Indonesian army officer and politician who served as acting president from 1967 and president of Indonesia from 1968 until his resignation in 1998.…

9. Theodore Roosevelt

   in 1872

   1 moment here

   Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (1858–1919) was the 26th president of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909.…

10. Tunku Abdul Rahman

    in 1956

    1 moment here

    Malaysian statesman, UMNO leader, chief minister of the Federation of Malaya, and first prime minister of Malaya and Malaysia.…

11. Tutankhamun

    in 1330 BC

    1 moment here

    Tutankhamun (originally Tutankhaten) was an Eighteenth-Dynasty Egyptian pharaoh whose short reign conventionally dates to c. 1332–1323 BC.…

12. Umm Kulthum

    from 1923 to 1975

    5 moments here

    Egyptian singer and actress, born Fatima Ibrahim es-Sayyid el-Beltagi. Raised in rural Dakahlia, she moved permanently to Cairo in 1923 and became…

13. U Thant

    in 1967

    1 moment here

    Burmese diplomat and third Secretary-General of the United Nations (1961–1971). Born in Pantanaw, he taught and served in Burma’s government before…

14. William Makepeace Thackeray

    in 1844

    1 moment here

    English novelist, illustrator, journalist, lecturer, and editor, best known for Vanity Fair.…

15. Willy Brandt

    in 1974

    1 moment here

    German Social Democratic politician, born Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm in Lübeck. He lived in exile in Norway and Sweden during the Nazi era, became…

16. Winston Churchill

    in 1921

    1 moment here

    Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874–1965) was a British soldier, journalist, author and statesman whose career ranged from imperial campaigns in…

17. Yasser Arafat

    from 1929 to 1970

    5 moments here

    Palestinian political leader, founding member of Fatah, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization from 1969 to 2004, and president of the…

Moments

1. 1976 First Cairo International Film Festival Claudia Cardinale
2. 1978 Master's degree at Cairo University Mohamed Morsi
3. 1979 Egypt peace mission Jimmy Carter
4. 1980 Return to Egypt for treatment Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
5. 1980 Death in Cairo Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
6. 1981 Assassination at victory parade Anwar Sadat
7. 1981 Wounded at Sadat assassination parade Hosni Mubarak
8. 1983 PLO summit with Yasser Arafat Hosni Mubarak
9. 1988 Living in Cairo at Nobel announcement Naguib Mahfouz
10. 1988 First presidential visit to Egypt Saddam Hussein
11. 1989 Meeting Yasser Arafat Desmond Tutu
12. 1990 Morning routine at Tahrir Square Naguib Mahfouz
13. 1990 Visit to AUC Press offices Naguib Mahfouz
14. 1990 Persian Gulf consultations in Cairo George H. W. Bush
15. 1991 Meeting with Mubarak in Cairo Muammar Gaddafi
16. 1992 Friday literary salon at Casino Kasr el-Nil Naguib Mahfouz
17. 1992 Meeting at Al-Ahram office Naguib Mahfouz
18. 1992 Solo tour of Egypt Diana, Princess of Wales
19. 1994 Assassination attempt outside Agouza home Naguib Mahfouz
20. 1994 Hospital recovery after stabbing Naguib Mahfouz
21. 1998 G-15 summit visit Suharto
22. 2001 Personal-status court case Nawal El Saadawi
23. 2001 Meeting Egyptian officials Akhmad Kadyrov
24. 2006 Death in Agouza Naguib Mahfouz
25. 2011 Tahrir Square protests Nawal El Saadawi
26. 2011 Opening of criminal trial Hosni Mubarak
27. 2012 Victory speech in Tahrir Square Mohamed Morsi
28. 2012 Meeting Hillary Clinton in Cairo Mohamed Morsi
29. 2012 Transfer from Tora Prison Hosni Mubarak
30. 2013 Meeting with U.S. officials Mohamed Morsi
31. 2013 House arrest at Republican Guard barracks Mohamed Morsi
32. 2014 Detention in Cairo military hospital Hosni Mubarak
33. 2015 At home in Cairo Nawal El Saadawi
34. 2017 Visit to Cairo Pope Francis
35. 2017 State visit to Egypt Edgar Lungu
36. 2019 Death at Tora Prison Mohamed Morsi
37. 2020 Death in Cairo military hospital Hosni Mubarak
38. 2021 Death in Cairo Nawal El Saadawi

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