Born in Alexandria

Alexandria is the second largest city in Egypt and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. The city was founded by Alexander the Great and was home to the Lighthouse of Alexandria, which ranked among the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Try to name these famous people, who are born in Alexandria.

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Greek mathematician, considered the "father of geometry"	300 BC	Euclid
Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt and its last active ruler, her legacy survives in ancient and modern works of art	69 BC	Cleopatra
Italian poet, theorist and founder of the Futurist movement, "Futurist Manifesto" "Fascist Manifesto"	1876	Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
Italien poet and leading representative of Hermeticism, "L'allegria"	1888	Giuseppe Ungaretti
German politican and leading member of the Nazi Party, he was sentenced to life in prison at the Nuremberg trials and remained in custody until his suicide in 1987	1894	Rudolf Hess
President of Egypt from 1954 until his death in 1970 and leader of the Egyptian revolution of 1952	1918	Gamal Abdel Nasser
Prime Minister of Libya from 1954 to 1957	1921	Mustafa Ben Halim
Queen consort of Iran from 1941 to 1948	1921	Fawzia

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Israeli spy, he was executed in 1965 after Syrian counterintelligence uncovered him. In Israel he has become a national hero and many streets have been named for him.	1924	Eli Cohen
Actor, "Lawrence of Arabia" "Doctor Zhivago"	1932	Omar Sharif
Israeli-American billionaire and founder of Saban Entertainment	1944	Haim Saban
French academic and President of the International Court of Justice from 2015 to 2018	1951	Ronny Abraham
Italian-American writer, "Call Me by Your Name"	1951	André Aciman
Film producer and romantic partner of Diana, when they both died in a car crash in 1997	1955	Dodi Fayed
Weightlifter and first Egyptian woman to win an Olympic medal	1992	Abeer Abdelrahman
Egyptian-American small forward who played for the Oklahoma City Thunder, Phoenix Suns and Boston Celtics	1993	Abdel Nader

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