Alexander Badawy (November 29, 1913 – May 1986) was an Egyptian-American Egyptologist. Born in the Egypt and taught Egyptology in the United States, he was professor of art history at UCLA, and after he became emeritus, he endowed a chair (in 1985) at Johns Hopkins University, currently held by Betsy Bryan.jhu.edu Alexander Badawy Chair in Egyptian Art and Archaeology.

Selected publications Coptic Art and Archaeology: The Art of the Christian Egyptians from the Late Antique to the Middle Ages, 1978 Architecture in Ancient Egypt and the Near East, 1966 A history of Egyptian architecture

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