Rawya Ateya

Rawya Ateya[I] was an Egyptian woman who became the first female parliamentarian in the Arab world in 1957.

19 April 1926

Born on the same birth day (19 April): Ali Wong • Arthur Robertson (athlete) • Deaf Smith • Elinor Donahue • Jacques Lelong • Jiroemon Kimura • Johann Karl Ordonez • Kate Hudson • Lise Klaveness • Otto Georg Thierack • Samuel C. Morrison Jr. • Sir John Hobart, 2nd Baronet • Troy Polamalu • Veniamin Kaverin • William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk

Born in the same month (April 1926): Alan Reynolds (artist) • Alex Grammas • Anne McCaffrey • Bill Blackbeard • Hulusi Sayın • James Bama • James Stirling (architect) • Joan Lorring • Johnny Craig • Karl Rebane • Liz Renay • Patricia Castell • Randy Weston • Rifaat el-Mahgoub • Shrinivas Khale