List of Famous people born in Beni Suef Governorate, Egypt

Anthony the Great

First Name Anthony
Last Name Great
Born on January 1, 0251
Died on January 17, 0357 (aged 106)

Anthony or Antony the Great, was a Christian monk from Egypt, revered since his death as a saint. He is distinguished from other saints named Anthony such as Anthony of Padua, by various epithets of his own: Saint Anthony, Anthony of Egypt, Anthony the Abbot, Anthony of the Desert, Anthony the Anchorite, Anthony the Hermit, and Anthony of Thebes. For his importance among the Desert Fathers and to all later Christian monasticism, he is also known as the Father of All Monks. His feast day is celebrated on 17 January among the Orthodox and Catholic churches and on Tobi 22 in the Coptic calendar.

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Horemheb

Born on November 30, -1351
Died on November 30, -1293 (aged 58)

Horemheb, also spelled Horemhab or Haremhab was the last pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt. He ruled for 14 years somewhere between 1319 BC and 1292 BC. He had no relation to the preceding royal family other than by marriage to Mutnedjmet, who is thought to have been the daughter of his predecessor Ay; he is believed to have been of common birth.

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Samia Gamal

First Name Samia
Born on August 22, 1924
Died on December 1, 1994 (aged 70)

Samia Gamal was an Egyptian belly dancer and film actress.

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Sayyid Al-Qemany

First Name Sayyid
Born on March 13, 1947
Died on February 6, 2022 (aged 74)

Sayyid Al-Qemany is an Egyptian secular writer and thinker. His works emphasize the importance of critical thinking, and he is an opponent of Islamic fundamentalism, supporting separation of religion and state, and tolerance. In 2009, he won the Egyptian Culture Ministry's prize for achievement in the social sciences, a cash award of 200,000 Egyptian pounds. A judicial and media campaign was launched calling for the prize to be withdrawn by those who claimed Al-Qemany was a heretic who has harmed Islam and Muslims with his writings.

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Ali Gomaa

First Name Ali
Last Name Gomaa
Born on March 3, 1952 (age 72)

Ali Gomaa is an Egyptian Islamic scholar, Jurist, and public figure who has taken a number of controversial political stances. He specializes in Islamic Legal Theory. He follows the Shafi`i school of Islamic jurisprudence and the Ash'ari school of tenets of faith. Gomaa is a Sufi. Gomaa is also a supporter of the 2013 Military Coup.

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Berlenti Abdul Hamid

First Name Berlenti
Born on November 20, 1935
Died on December 1, 2010 (aged 75)

Berlenti Abdel Hamid, born Nefisa Abdel-Hamid Hawass, was an icon of Egyptian cinema's golden age. She is known for her roles as a "temptress". She married Abdel Hakim Amer, the first vice-president of the former Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser.

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Hussein Hamid

First Name Hussein
Last Name Hamid
Born on July 25, 1932
Died on August 20, 2020 (aged 88)
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