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- Ammonius of Alexandria (3rd century AD), a Greek philosopher from Alexandria and one of the founders of Neoplatonism.
- Appian of Alexandria (c. 95 – c. 165), a Roman historian
- Athanasius of AlexandriaAthanasius of AlexandriaAthanasius of Alexandria [b. ca. – d. 2 May 373] is also given the titles St. Athanasius the Great, St. Athanasius I of Alexandria, St Athanasius the Confessor and St Athanasius the Apostolic. He was the 20th bishop of Alexandria. His long episcopate lasted 45 years Athanasius of Alexandria [b....
(c. 293 – 2 May 373), also given the titles Athanasius the Great, Pope Athanasius I of Alexandria, and Athanasius the Apostolic, was a Christian theologian, bishop of Alexandria, Church Father, and a noted Egyptian leader of the fourth century. - Carpocrates of Alexandria, the founder of an early Gnostic sect from the first half of the second century.
- Catherine of AlexandriaCatherine of AlexandriaSaint Catherine of Alexandria, also known as Saint Catherine of the Wheel and The Great Martyr Saint Catherine is, according to tradition, a Christian saint and virgin, who was martyred in the early 4th century at the hands of the pagan emperor Maxentius...
(c. 282 - c. 305), a Christian saint and martyr. - Clement of AlexandriaClement of AlexandriaTitus Flavius Clemens , known as Clement of Alexandria , was a Christian theologian and the head of the noted Catechetical School of Alexandria. Clement is best remembered as the teacher of Origen...
(c.150 - c. 215), a Christian theologian and the head of the noted Catechetical School of AlexandriaCatechetical School of AlexandriaThe Catechetical School of Alexandria was and is a place for the training of Christian theologians and priests in Alexandria. The teachers and students of the school were influential in many of the early theological controversies of the Christian church.The earliest recorded instructor at the... - Ctesibius of Alexandria (fl. 285–222 BC), a Greek inventor and mathematician in Alexandria, Ptolemaic EgyptPtolemaic EgyptPtolemaic Egypt began when Ptolemy I Soter invaded Egypt and declared himself Pharaoh of Egypt in 305 BC and ended with the death of queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt and the Roman conquest in 30 BC. The Ptolemaic Kingdom was a powerful Hellenistic state, extending from southern Syria in the east, to...
. - Cyril of AlexandriaCyril of AlexandriaCyril of Alexandria was the Patriarch of Alexandria from 412 to 444. He came to power when the city was at its height of influence and power within the Roman Empire. Cyril wrote extensively and was a leading protagonist in the Christological controversies of the later 4th and 5th centuries...
(c. 376 - 444), the Pope of Alexandria from 412 to 444. - Cyrus of AlexandriaCyrus of AlexandriaCyrus of Alexandria was a Melchite patriarch of the Egyptian see of Alexandria in the seventh century, one of the authors of Monothelism and last Byzantine prefect of Egypt; died about 641.-Biography:...
(died about 641) a Melchite patriarch. - Diophantus of Alexandria b. between 200 and 214 CE, d. between 284 and 298 CE), sometimes called "the father of algebra", an Alexandrian Greek mathematician.
- Euclid of Alexandria (fl 300BC), a Greek mathematician, often referred to as the "Father of Geometry."
- Saint Eulogius of AlexandriaSaint Eulogius of AlexandriaSaint Eulogius of Alexandria was Greek Patriarch of that see from 580 to 608. He is regarded as a saint, with a feast day of September 13....
Greek Patriarch from 580 to 608. - Eustochius of AlexandriaDisciples of Plotinus-Porphyry:Porphyry, the most important of Plotinus's pupils, was born in Tyre c. 233. He was taught first by Cassius Longinus in Athens, before travelling to Rome in 262 where he studied under Plotinus for six years. After the death of Plotinus, he edited and published the Enneads, which had been...
- Hero of AlexandriaHero of AlexandriaHero of Alexandria was an ancient Greek mathematician and engineerEnc. Britannica 2007, "Heron of Alexandria" who was active in his native city of Alexandria, Roman Egypt...
(c. 10–70 AD). an ancient Greek mathematician. - Herophilos of Alexandria (335-280 BC), a Greek physician
- Hesychius of AlexandriaHesychius of AlexandriaHesychius of Alexandria , a grammarian who flourished probably in the 5th century CE, compiled the richest lexicon of unusual and obscure Greek words that has survived...
, a grammarian who flourished probably in the 5th century CE. - Hypatia of AlexandriaHypatia of AlexandriaHypatia was an Egyptian Neoplatonist philosopher who was the first notable woman in mathematics. As head of the Platonist school at Alexandria, she also taught philosophy and astronomy...
(AD 350 and 370; died March 415), a Greek scholar. - Isidore of AlexandriaIsidore of AlexandriaIsidore of Alexandria was an Egyptian or Greek philosopher and one of the last of the Neoplatonists. He lived in Athens and Alexandria toward the end of the 5th century AD. He became head of the school in Athens in succession to Marinus, who followed Proclus.-Life:Isidore was born in Alexandria...
an Egyptian or Greek philosopher and one of the last of the Neoplatonists - Menelaus of AlexandriaMenelaus of AlexandriaMenelaus of Alexandria was a Greek mathematician and astronomer, the first to recognize geodesics on a curved surface as natural analogs of straight lines.-Life and Works:...
(c. 70–140 CE), a Greek mathematician and astronomer. - Nemesius of Alexandria (c. A.D. 390), a Christian philosopher, and the author of a treatise De Natura Hominis ("On Human Nature").
- Origen of Alexandria (185-254), an early Christian scholar and theologian, and one of the most distinguished writers of the early Christian Church.
- Pappus of AlexandriaPappus of AlexandriaPappus of Alexandria was one of the last great Greek mathematicians of Antiquity, known for his Synagoge or Collection , and for Pappus's Theorem in projective geometry...
(c. 290 – c. 350), one of the last great Greek mathematicians of antiquity. - Philo of Alexandria (20 BC – 50 AD), an Hellenistic Jewish philosopher
- Ptolemy of Alexandria, a Greek mathematician, astronomer, geographer, astrologer in 2c AD.
- Saint Macarius of Alexandria (died 395), a monk in the Nitrian Desert.
- Theon of AlexandriaTheon of AlexandriaTheon was a Greek scholar and mathematician who lived in Alexandria, Egypt. He edited and arranged Euclid's Elements and Ptolemy's Handy Tables, as well as writing various commentaries...
(ca. 335 - ca. 405 AD), a Greek[1] scholar and mathematician. - Theophilus of AlexandriaTheophilus of AlexandriaTheophilus of Alexandria was Patriarch of Alexandria, Egypt, from 385 to 412. He is regarded as a saint by the Coptic Orthodox Church....
(died 412), Patriarch of Alexandria, Egypt from 385 to 412
Popes
- List of Coptic Orthodox Popes of Alexandria
- Pope Abraham of AlexandriaPope Abraham of AlexandriaPope Abraham of Alexandria was the 62nd Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church from 975 to 978. He is considered a saint by the Coptic Orthodox Church.- Early life :...
the 62nd Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church from 975 to 978. - Pope Alexander of Alexandria (died April 17, 326) was the nineteenth Patriarch of Alexandria from 313 to his death.
- Pope Anianus of Alexandria, the Patriarch of Alexandria from 68 to 82.
- Pope Demetrius of Alexandria Patriarch of Alexandria (189–232).
- Pope Dionysius of Alexandria, the Pope of Alexandria from 248 to 265.
- Pope Dioscorus I of Alexandria was Patriarch of Alexandria from 444.
- Pope Heraclas of Alexandria, the thirteenth Pope of Alexandria between 232 and 248
- Pope Peter of AlexandriaPope Peter of AlexandriaPope Peter of Alexandria was Pope of Alexandria . He is revered as a saint by the Coptic Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Eastern Orthodox Church.-Life:...
(d. 311) - Pope Theonas of Alexandria, Pope of Alexandria between 282 and 300.
- Pope Timothy I of Alexandria, Pope of Alexandria between 378 and 384
Others
- Battle of AlexandriaBattle of AlexandriaThe Battle of Alexandria or Battle of Canope, fought on March 21, 1801 between the French army under General Menou and the British expeditionary corps under Sir Ralph Abercrombie, took place near the ruins of Nicopolis, on the narrow spit of land between the sea and Lake Abukir, along which the...
- Siege of Alexandria (47 BC)Siege of Alexandria (47 BC)The Siege of Alexandria was a series of skirmishes and battles occurring between the forces of Julius Caesar, Cleopatra VII and Ptolemy XIII between 48 and 47 BC...
– fought between Roman forces. - Battle of Alexandria (30 BC)Battle of Alexandria (30 BC)The Battle of Alexandria was fought on July 31, 30 BC between the forces of Octavian and Mark Antony during the Final War of the Roman Republic. Although Antony's side was plagued by desertions, he still managed to narrowly win the battle...
– fought between Roman forces . - Siege of Alexandria (619)Siege of Alexandria (619)Between 618 and 621 AD, the Sassanid Persian army defeated the East Roman forces in Egypt and occupied the province. The fall of Alexandria, the capital of Roman Egypt, marked the first and most important stage in the Sassanid campaign to conquer this rich province, which eventually fell...
– conducted by the Sassanid Empire against a Byzantine Empire. - Siege of Alexandria (641) – conducted by the Rashidun army against the Byzantine capital.
- Battle of Alexandria (1799) – fought between French and Mamaluk forces.
- Battle of Alexandria (1801) – fought between British and French forces.
- Siege of Alexandria (1801) – fought between British and French forces.
- Raid on Alexandria (1941)Raid on Alexandria (1941)The Raid on Alexandria was carried out on 19 December 1941 by Italian Navy forces attacking Royal Navy forces in the harbour of Alexandria.-Background:...
– an attack on British shipping by Italian special forces during WWII.
- Siege of Alexandria (47 BC)
- Bombardment of Alexandria (1882)Bombardment of Alexandria (1882)The Bombardment of Alexandria, in 1882, by the British Mediterranean Fleet took place on 11–13 July 1882. Admiral Sir Frederick Beauchamp Seymour was in command of a fleet of fifteen Royal Navy ironclad ships which sailed to Alexandria...
- Catechetical School of AlexandriaCatechetical School of AlexandriaThe Catechetical School of Alexandria was and is a place for the training of Christian theologians and priests in Alexandria. The teachers and students of the school were influential in many of the early theological controversies of the Christian church.The earliest recorded instructor at the...
- Church of AlexandriaChurch of AlexandriaThe Church of Alexandria in Egypt is the particular church headed by the Patriarch of Alexandria. It is one of the original four Apostolic Sees of Christianity, with Rome, Antioch and Jerusalem ....
- Eastern Orthodox Church of Alexandria
- Library of AlexandriaLibrary of AlexandriaThe Royal Library of Alexandria, or Ancient Library of Alexandria, in Alexandria, Egypt, was the largest and most significant great library of the ancient world. It flourished under the patronage of the Ptolemaic dynasty and functioned as a major center of scholarship from its construction in the...
- Lighthouse of AlexandriaLighthouse of AlexandriaThe Lighthouse of Alexandria, also known as the Pharos of Alexandria , was a tower built between 280 and 247 BC on the island of Pharos at Alexandria, Egypt...
- Muscat of AlexandriaMuscat of AlexandriaMuscat of Alexandria is a white wine grape that is a member of the Muscat family of Vitis vinifera. It is considered an "ancient vine", and wine experts believe it is one of the oldest genetically unmodified vines still in existence...
, a white wine grape. - Patriarch of AlexandriaPatriarch of AlexandriaThe Patriarch of Alexandria is the Archbishop of Alexandria and Cairo, Egypt. Historically, this office has included the designation of Pope , and did so earlier than that of the Bishop of Rome...
- Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
- List of Coptic Orthodox Popes of Alexandria
- Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
- Greek Orthodox Church of AlexandriaGreek Orthodox Church of AlexandriaThe Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria, also known as the Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa is an autocephalous Greek Orthodox Church within the wider communion of Orthodox Christianity.Officially, it is called the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria to distinguish it from the...