Editing Akhmim (section)

== Notable people==
* [[Nakhtmin (scribe)|Nakhtmin]], 13th Dynasty priest
* [[Yuya]] and [[Tjuyu]], parents of Queen Tiye, Anen and possibly Pharaoh Ay
* [[Tiye]] ({{circa|1398}} BC{{snd}}1338 BC), [[Great Royal Wife]] of the Egyptian pharaoh [[Amenhotep III]]
* [[Anen]], Second Prophet of Amun and brother of Queen Tiye
* [[Ay (pharaoh)|Ay]], Pharaoh from 1323 to 1319 BC or 1327–1323 BC
* [[Nakhtmin]], general, appointed heir of Ay
* [[Sennedjem (18th Dynasty)|Sennedjem]], official under [[Tutankhamun]]
* [[Amenemope (author)|Amenemope]], author of ''Instructions of Amenemope''
* [[Nefrina]], woman who died in 275 BCE, her mummy is in the Reading Public Museum, Pennsylvania
* [[Zosimos of Panopolis]], 3rd/4th century [[alchemist]]
* [[Tryphiodorus]], 3rd/4th century epic poet
* [[Cyrus of Panopolis]], ''(Flavius Taurus Seleucus Cyrus;'' fl. 426–441) East Roman official, philosopher, poet
* [[Pamprepius]] (440–484) philosopher, poet, rebel against Emperor Zeno
* [[Abib and Apollo]], 4th century martyrs
* [[Nonnus]], 5th century poet
* [[Veronica of Syria]], 8th century nun, martyr
* [[Dhul-Nun al-Misri]], 9th century Sufi saint
* [[Muhammed ibn Umail al-Tamimi]] (900–960) alchemist
* [[Bahram al-Armani]] Fatimid vizier (1135–1137) was exiled here
* [[Al-Nuwayri]] (1279–1333) Arab historian, encyclopedist
* [[Yousab El Abah]] (1735–1826), bishop of Akhmim, theologian, saint
* [[Maximos Sedfaoui]] (1863–1925), Apostolic Administrator of the Coptic Catholic Church 
* [[Markos II Khouzam]] (1888–1958), Patriarch of Alexandria (1947–1958)