People

Pharaohs, queens, generals, builders, priests, and other real people. An empty search shows the full list.

• NarmerPharaohA king who may have joined two lands into one Egypt.
• DjoserPharaohThe king who got the first big stone pyramid.
• ImhotepBuilder and PriestThe wise builder of Djoser's Step Pyramid.
• SneferuPharaohA king who built more than one pyramid.
• KhufuPharaohHe is the king of the Great Pyramid at Giza.
• HetepheresQueenA queen, and the mother of Khufu.
• HemiunuBuilderAn official who helped plan Khufu's pyramid.
• KhafrePharaohHe built the second big pyramid at Giza.
• MenkaurePharaohHe built the smallest of the three famous Giza pyramids.
• Meresankh IIIQueenA queen with a colourful tomb at Giza.
• Khentkaus IQueenA royal woman who may have ruled for a time.
• PtahhotepNotable personA vizier whose wise sayings were copied for centuries.
• UnasPharaohThe first king whose pyramid has writing on the inside walls.
• Pepi IIPharaohA king who may have ruled for a very long time.
• Mentuhotep IIPharaohThe king who brought Egypt back together.
• Amenemhat IPharaohHe started a strong new family of kings.
• Senusret IIIPharaohA strong king who built forts toward Nubia.
• Amenemhat IIIPharaohHe built in the Fayum, including a temple later called a maze.
• SobekneferuPharaoh and QueenA woman who ruled as king at the end of a great family.
• Ahmose IPharaohHe pushed out the Hyksos and began the New Kingdom.
• Ahmose-NefertariQueenA queen people honoured long after she died.
• Ahmose, son of IbanaGeneralA soldier who had his life story carved in his tomb.
• HatshepsutPharaoh and QueenA woman who ruled as pharaoh and built a famous temple.
• Thutmose IIIPharaoh and GeneralA great army king who led many campaigns.
• SenenmutBuilderThe official who oversaw Hatshepsut's building works.
• RekhmireNotable personA vizier whose tomb shows how Egypt was run.
• Amenhotep IIIPharaohA rich king who built huge statues and temples.
• TiyeQueenA powerful queen beside Amenhotep III.
• Amenhotep, son of HapuBuilder and Notable personA builder and scribe later honoured as a wise man.
• NakhtNotable personA scribe whose tomb shows farms, feasts, and family.
• AkhenatenPharaohHe changed Egypt's worship and built a new city.
• NefertitiQueenA queen at Amarna, famous from a painted bust.
• TutankhamunPharaohA young king whose tomb was found almost full.
• AnkhesenamunQueenThe queen who was Tutankhamun's wife.
• AyPharaoh and Notable personA court official who became king after Tutankhamun.
• HoremhebGeneral and PharaohA general who became pharaoh and restored old temples.
• Seti IPharaohA warrior king with a beautiful temple at Abydos.
• Ramesses IIPharaohA long-ruling king who built Abu Simbel and many temples.
• NefertariQueenGreat royal wife of Ramesses II, with a stunning tomb.
• KhaemwasetPriest and BuilderA prince-priest who repaired old pyramids and tombs.
• MerneptahPharaohThe king who ruled after the long life of Ramesses II.
• TwosretPharaoh and QueenA woman who ruled near the end of a royal family.
• Ramesses IIIPharaoh and GeneralHe defended Egypt from fighters who came by sea.
• PiyePharaoh and GeneralA king from Kush who took control of Egypt.
• TaharqaPharaoh and BuilderA Kushite pharaoh who built at Karnak.
• Psamtik IPharaohHe brought Egypt back under one king.
• AmasisPharaohA king who welcomed Greek traders.
• Nectanebo IIPharaohThe last pharaoh born in Egypt before outside empires took over.
• Cleopatra VIIQueen and PharaohThe last famous queen of ancient Egypt.
• ManethoPriestAn Egyptian priest who listed the kings in Greek.