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This list of Copts includes notable Copts figures who are notable in their areas of expertise. For saints, please refer to List of Coptic saints.
Performing arts edit
- Rami Malek, actor
- Mena Massoud, actor
- Ash Atalla, British television producer
- Henry Barakat, director
- Khairy Beshara, director
- Youssef Dawoud, actor
- Sanaa Gamil, actress
- Maged El Kedwany, actor
- Asaad Kelada, Hollywood director
- Sandra Nashaat, director
- Yousry Nasrallah, director
- Hany Ramzy, actor
- Daoud Abdel Sayed, film director
- Hala Sedki, actress
- George Sidhom, actor
- Nabila Erian, Opera singer
Businessmen edit
- Nader Anise, founder of Coptic American Chamber of Commerce (Coptic Chamber) and attorney
- Tharwat Bassily
- Michael Ebeid
- Monir Fakhri Abdel Nour, banker and businessman
- Fayez Sarofim, billionaire, Houston financier
- Onsi Sawiris, founder of Orascom Group, Patrick of Sawiris Family
- Naguib Sawiris, one of the wealthiest 100 people worldwide
- Samih Sawiris, Orascom Tourism
- Nassef Sawiris, Orascom Construction & Industrial. The richest man in Egypt
- Farid Stino
Clergy and theologians edit
- Anthony the Great, founder and pioneer of Christian monasticism
- Athanasius the Apostolic, 20th Pope of Alexandria
- Cyril I, 24th Pope of Alexandria
- Dioscorus the Great, 25th Pope of Alexandria
- Pope Cyril VI, 116th Pope of Alexandria
- Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, 117th Pope of Alexandria
- Mother Irini
- Father Matta El Meskeen
- Father Makary Younan
- Father Bishoy Kamel
- Origen, Christian scholar
- George Habib Bebawi, Patrologist and Biblical scholar
- Metropolitan Mikhail of Asyut
- Metropolitan Athanasius of Beni Suef
- Bishop Serapion
- Bishop Missael
- Bishop Angaelos
- Pope Tawadros II
Lawyers and judges edit
Social activists edit
Engineers edit
Scientists edit
Architects edit
Historians and Coptologists edit
Journalists and writers edit
Musicians edit
Painters and artists edit
Politicians edit
- Stephan Bassily
- Boutros Boutros Ghali
- Youssef Boutros Ghali
- Makram Ebeid
- Akhnoukh Fanous
- Ester Fanous
- Boutros Ghali
- Jirjis al-Jawhari
- Ibrahim El-Gohary
- Rafik Habib, Egyptian researcher, activist, author, and politician
- Wassef Hinein
- George Isaac (politician)
- Georgette Kellini
- Monir Fakhri Abdel Nour
- Dina Powell
- Hala Shukrallah
- Kamel Sidky
- Kamal Stino
- Moheb Stino
- Mourad Wahba
- Youssef Wahba
- Peter Khalil, Labor MP, Australia
Physicians edit
Athletes edit
Celebrity chefs edit
Others edit
- Charlotte Wassef, Miss Egypt 1934 and Miss Universe 1935
- Meriam George, Miss Egypt 2005
- Nick Kaldas, retired Deputy Commissioner
- Fathia Nkrumah, wife of Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's first president, born Fathia Rizk
- Lara Debbane, Miss Egypt 2014
- Daniel Wassef, Guinness World Record holder