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| File:CoptsCollage.jpg Top row (left to right) Saint Mary of Egypt • Boutros Boutros Ghali • Ester Fanous • Saint Maurice Bottom row (left to right) Makram Pasha Ebeid • Meriam George • Saint Paul the Hermit and Saint Anthony the Great • Pope Cyril VI | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 8,000,000 to 18,000,000 (estimates vary) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Egypt | 7,500,000 - 16,600,000 (2008)[1] |
 United States | 300,000 - 1,000,000[2] |
 Australia | 70,000+ (2003)[3] [4] |
 Kuwait | 65,000[5] |
 Canada | 50,000 (2008 est.)[6] |
 United Kingdom | 25,000 - 30,000 (2006)[7] |
 Jordan | 8,000+ (2005)[8] |
 Germany | 3,000 - 5,000 (2005)[9] |
 Austria | 2,000 (2001)[10] |
 Switzerland | 1,000 (2004)[11] |
| Religions | |
| Predominantly: Coptic Orthodox Christianity. Minorities include: Coptic Catholicism, Protestantism | |
| Scriptures | |
| Bible | |
| Languages | |
| Liturgical: Coptic In Egypt: Egyptian Arabic In the diaspora: English, French, German and others | |
This is a list of notable Copts. For saints, please refer to Coptic Saints.
Being an integral part of Egypt's history, the Copts, the Christians of Egypt, have shared in all aspects of life and had many contributions to the Egyptian political, professional and spiritual activities. The is a list of notable Copts with articles in Wikipedia.
Actors and directors
- Samir Seif سمير سيف, Director
- Akmal Saleh أكمل صالح Australian comedian and actor
- George Sidhom جورج سيدهم, Actor
- Hala Sedki هالة صدقي, Actress
- Maged El-Kedwany ماجد الكدواني, Actor
- Sanaa Gamil سناء جميل, Actress
- Sandra Nashaat ساندرا نشأت, Director
- Youssef Dawoud يوسف داود, Actor
- Naguib Al Rehani نجيب الريحانى
- Henry Barakat هنري بركات
- Asaad Kelada أسعد قلادة Hollywood Director
- Ash Atalla British television producer
Businessmen
- Farid Stino فريد استينو
- Fayez Sarofim فايز صاروفيم, Billionaire Houston Financier
- Onsi Sawiris أنسي ساويرس, Founder of Orascom Corp.
- Naguib Sawiris نجيب ساويرس CEO of Orascom Telecom, Richest man in Egypt, owner of Weather Investments
- Raymond Lakah رامي لكح born Rami Lakah Chairman and CEO LAKAH GROUP
- Monir Fakhri Abdel Nourمنير فخري عبد النور Banker and Businessman, founder of Egyptian Finance Company S.A.E.
- Tharwat Bassily, الدكتور ثروت باسيلي
Clergymen and theologists
- Pope Cyril VI قداسة البابا كيرلس السادس, The 116th Pope of Alexandria
- Origen أوريجانوس one of the world's most influential early Christian scholars
- Fr. Matta El Meskeen ابونا متي المسكين
- Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, قداسة البابا شنودة الثالث بابا الإسكندرية the current Coptic Pope of Alexandria & the 117th Pope on the See of St. Mark
- Bishop Angaelosالأنبا انجيلوس Patriarchal Exarch for the Youth Ministry at Stevenage, United Kingdom
- Bishop Serapion الأنبا سرابيون Of the Los Angeles
- Anba Mikhail الأنبا ميخائيل مطران أسيوط Metropolitan of the Holy Metropolis of Asyut (Lycopolis), (Hieracon, (Hierakonopolis) and (Apollonopolis Parva).
- Metropolitan Seraphim of Glastonbury Head of the British Orthodox Church.
- Athanasius, Metropolitan of Beni Suef الأنبا أثناسيوس مطران بنى سويف Metropolitan of Beni Suef and El-Bahnasa.
- Mother Irini الأم إيرينى mother superior at the Abu Seifein Convent
Social activists
- Ester Fanous إستر فانوس, also known as Ester Wissa
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Engineers
- Hani Azer هاني عازر Leading Civil Engineer
- Nabih Youssef نبيه يوسف, Leading Structural Engineer
- William Selim Hanna وليم سليم حنا, Minister of Housing; Prominent Structural Engineer
- Professor Awad Hanna[6]Professor of Engineering: University of Wisconsin-Madison[7]
Scientists
- Rushdi Said رشدي سعيد
- Fahmy Ibrahim Mikhail - Professor of Mathematics, Faculty of science, Ain Shams University
- Ibrahim Fahmy Ibrahim - Professor of Mathematics, Faculty of science, Ain Shams University
Architects
- Michel Bakhoum ميشيل باخوم Prominent Professor of Structural and Consulting Engineer
- Ramses Wissa Wassef رمسيس ويصا واصف
Historians and Coptologists
- Aziz Suryal Atiya عزيز سوريال عطية Historian and Coptology pioneer.
- Pahor Labib باهور لبيب late Director of the Coptic Museum
- Gawdat Gabra Coptologist, lecturer, book writer and former director of the Coptic Museum.
- Habib Girgis حبيب جرجس, Coptologist, modern theologian, and a former dean of the reopened Theological School.
- Iris Habib Elmasry إيريس حبيب المصري , Author of the Story of the Coptic Church.
- Labib Habachi لبيب حبشي, Egyptologist
- Fr. Menassa Youhanna القس منسى القمص يوحنا, Historian and Theologian
- Severus Ibn al-Muqaffa ساويرس بن المقفع bishop, theologian, author and historian
Journalists and writers
- Alfred Farag الفريد فرج one of Egyptian theater’s leading contemporary playwrights
- Adel Iskandar عادل إسكندر - Author
- Magdi Wahba - University Professor
- Salama Moussa سلامه موسى Journalist, Reformer, Philosopher and Social Critic
- Raouf Salama Moussa رؤوف سلامة موسى was a notable Egyptian bacteriologist and editor
- Youssef Sidhom يوسف سيدهم - Journalist
- Mofeed Fawzy مفيد فوزي Journalist
- Louis Awad لويس عوض
- Kamal el-Mallakh كمال الملاخ
- Ra'ouf Mus'ad
Musicians
- Mikhail Girgis El Batanouny المعلم ميخائيل البتانوني
- Halim El-Dabh composer حليم الضبع
- Ragheb Moftah راغب مفتاح
- Ramzi Yassaرمزي يسى
- Aziz El-Shawan عزيز الشوان
- Osama Mounir أسامة منير
- Joseph Tawadros, Oud Player and ARIA award winning musician in Australia
- Adel Kamel Music Critic, Musicologist and composer
- Yusef Greiss يوسف جريس
Painters and artists
- Adel Nassief عادل نصيف
- Chafik Charobim شفيق شاروبيم, Painter
- Ragai Karas رجائي كاراس, Painter
- Isaac Fanous ايزاك فانوس, Father of Modern Coptic iconography
- Evelyn Ashamallah إيفيلين عشم الله, Painter
- Margaret Nakhla مرجريت نخلة
Politicians
- Akhnoukh Fanous, Coptic Nationalist اخنوخ فانوس
- Boutros Ghali, Prime Minister of Egypt بطرس غالي
- Youssef Wahba Minister of Finance, Foreign Affairs and Prime Minister of Egypt يوسف وهبى
- Boutros Boutros Ghali, Former Secretary General of the United Nations بطرس بطرس غالي
- Dina Powell, Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs for the United States government دينا حبيب باول
- Ester Fanous إستر فانوس
- E. Kamel Ibrahim, Field Marshal, Former Head of Armed Forces, Head of Physical and Psychological Training of Special Forces (Al Sa'Ka Regiment).
- Ibrahim El-Gohary المعلم ابراهيم الجوهري
- Moheb Stino
- Kamal Stino, Former Vice Prime Minister of Egypt كمال استينو
- Makram Ebeid مكرم عبيد
- Michael Meunier, First American Egyptian nominated for a U.S. Office and a Coptic Activist مايكل منير
- Moheb Stino former minister of tourism and aviation, and vice-prime minister محب رمزي استينو
- Monir Fakhri Abdel Nour, Parliamentary منير فخري عبد النور
- Youssef Boutros Ghali, Minister of Finance of Egypt يوسف بطرس غالي
- Wassef Hinein
Surgeons
- Sir Magdi Yacoub مجدي يعقوب Leading Cardiothoracic surgeon ; Knight
- Naguib Pasha Mahfouz نجيب باشا محفوظ, Pioneer in Obstetric Fistula; Father of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Egypt
- Professor Gorgi Sobhi دكتور جورجى صبحى
- Professor Nagy Habib a world-leading Professor of Surgery Imperial College London pioneers of adult stem cell research, in the treatment of advanced cases of cancer
- Professor Magdy Ishak FRCS CCIM مجدى اسحاق President of Egyptian Medical Society UK
- Professor Makar Amin مقار أمين Gynaecologic-Oncologic surgeon in Antwerp,Belgium
- Dr Hilana Sedarous دكتورة هيلانة سيداروس .....First female doctor in modern Egypt (1904 – 1998)
Athletes
- Hany Ramzy هاني رمزي Soccer Player
- Nagui Asaad ناجي أسعد [12] African champion in Shot Put, 1979, 1982.
- Hisham Greis هشام جريس[12] African champion in Hammer Throw, 1982.
- Sam Soliman International Boxer ranked No. 3 in the IBF
Celebrity chef
Others
- Bahaa el-Din Ahmed Hussein el-Akkad - Former Egyptian Muslim sheikh.
- Meriam George - مريام جورج Miss Egypt 2005.
- Fathia Nkrumah فتحية رزق wife of Kwame Nkrumah the first president of Ghana
- Maria al-Qibtiyya مارية القبطية Islamic prophet Muhammad's wife
- Mohammed Hegazy محمد حجازى - First Egyptian Muslim convert to Christianity to seek official recognition of his conversion from the Egyptian Government.
See also
- Copts
- Coptic Orthodox Church
- Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church
- List of Coptic Orthodox Popes
- Coptic flag
- Egypt
- Egyptians
- List of Egyptians
- Coptic language
References
- ^ Official population counts put the number of Copts at around 6% of the population, while some Coptic voices claim figures as high as 15 to 20%. While some scholars defend the soundness of the official population census (cf. E.J.Chitham, The Coptic Community in Egypt. Spatial and Social Change, Durham 1986), most scholars and international observers assume that the Christian share of Egypt's population is higher than stated by the Egyptian government. Most independent estimates fall within range between 9% and 20%, for example the CIA World Factbook [1], or the Washington Institute [2]. For a projected 83,000,000+ Egyptians in 2008, this assumption yields the above figures.
- ^ According to the National Council of Churches of the U.S.A., the Coptic Orthodox Church has at least 300,000 members (as of the year 2000), [3] while US-Coptic Associations indicate 700,000 - 1,000,000 [4].
- ^ In the year 2003, there was an estimated 70,000 Copts in New South Wales alone: - http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/hansart.nsf/V3Key/LC20031112040. Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Parliament of NSW - Legislative Council. 12 November 2003. p. Page: 4772: - Coptic Orthodox Church (NSW) Property Trust Amendment Bill.
{{cite book}}:|chapter-url=missing title (help) - ^ The Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Sydney & its Affiliated Regions - Under the Guidance of His Grace Bishop Daniel
- ^ Kuwait
- ^ Canada Free Press: According to the Canadian Coptic Association, there are approximately 50,000+ Orthodox Copts in Canada.
- ^ Copts number at least 20,000 in Britain [5] plus another 5,000 - 10,000 Copts who are directly under the British Orthodox Church (1999 figures)
- ^ King commends Coptic Church's role in promoting coexistence
- ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Germany#Orthodoxy
- ^ Austria 2004 Religious Freedom news
- ^ Orthodox Copts open church in Switzerland
- ^ a b African Athletic Champions gbrathletics website http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/afc.htm
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