Makram Ebeid
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Makram Ebeid Pasha (Qina 1889 - Cairo 1961) was an Egyptian Coptic politician. Ebeid was the Wafd Party secretary-general between 1936 and 1942. He was also the finance minister of Egypt in 1936. Ebeid helped establish the Wafd Party in Egypt, and he believed in liberal politics. His family was a prestigious well known family in Upper Egypt, Ebeid went to study law in Oxford University in London and came back with a degree in 1912. Ebeid was involved in the 1919 revolution with his friend Saad Zaghloul and was one of the people who were sent to live abroad as a punishment, but he successfully returned back to Egypt with some of the noble men of that time.
Ebeid's father was bestowed the title "Pasha" by The King of Egypt himself, the family was involved with politics even when Napoleon tried to conquer Egypt, the family's history can be traced to have been the ones to welcome Napoleon and become allies with him instead of his original plans to conquer Egypt. They were continuously praised among the Egyptian people because of their absolute devotion to the country. Though being among the wealthiest families of Egypt, they were known to balance both the humble life of the commoners and their noble life with their personal relations to the King.
Makram Ebeid has a street in Egypt named after him, and is taught as one of the main heroes of Egypt in history books, he and his family played a major role in forming Egypt's Golden Age. The family to this day is well known among the elite politicians, they are involved in a lot of charity and continue to support liberal politics.