Dr. Gawdat Gabra (born 1947) (Arabic: جودت جبرا, Coptic: Ⲅⲁⲩⲇⲁⲧ Ⲅⲁⲃⲣⲁ) is a Coptologist; he finished his bachelor's degree in Egyptian Antiquities – Cairo University 1967 and PhD in Coptic Antiquities University of Münster – Germany 1978.
He studied in the Institute of Egyptology of the Charles University in Prague, too.
He is the former director of the Coptic Museum in Cairo (1985) and currently a visiting professor in Coptic Studies at Claremont Graduate University.
He is the author or the co-author, among other titles, of: Gabra also contributed the following articles to the Coptic Encyclopedia: