List of Famous people born in Cairo Governorate

Khaled Bichara was an Egyptian businessman and entrepreneur who served as the Chairman of link.net and Chief Executive Officer of Accelero Capital. Prior to joining Accelero Capital, Bichara was Chief Executive Officer of Orascom Telecom Media and Technology OTMT, Group President and Chief Operating Officer of VimpelCom Ltd., and Executive Chairman of Global Telecom Holding. Bichara played a pivotal role in the merger of VEON and Wind Telecom to create the world's sixth-largest telecommunications carrier.

Naglaa Ali Mahmoud is the widow and cousin of the fifth President of Egypt, Mohamed Morsi and was First Lady from 2012 to 2013. Naglaa rejected the title of First Lady, preferring to be called "First Servant," the "president's wife," or "Umm Ahmed," a traditional name (kunya) which means mother of Ahmed, her oldest son.

Ratiba Hefny was an Egyptian and an international Opera singer (Soprano) who has performed in more than 500 opera performances. She was the dean of the Higher Institute of Arabic Music in Cairo. She became the director of the Cairo Opera House in 1988.

Hala Sedki George Younan is an Egyptian actress. She began her career with the director Nour Al Demirdash in Rehlet Al Melion and has worked in more than 30 films. She has also received the Best Actress Award from Cairo International Festival. Hala has also worked in many successful TV series such as Awrak Misrya, Arabisk, Zaman Al Aolama and Ynabei El Eshk. She also as finished shooting a big film called "Young Alexander", which is about the story of Alexander the Great.

Peter Ian Donaldson was an English newsreader on BBC Radio 4.

Khaled Youssef, is an Egyptian director and film writer. His films are noted for their use of improvisation and a realistic cinéma vérité style. In a career spanning more than three decades, Youssef's films have encompassed many themes and genres. For several audiences, his films were an early prediction for 2010/2011 Arab uprisings. In his films, Youssef has addressed the issues of authoritarianism, lack social justice, poverty, religious intolerance, corruption, restrictions on the freedom of thoughts and opinion, and the sexual violence in the Egyptian and the Arab communities. As a result, he has been targeted by tens of judicial prosecutions and political harassments, motivated by different governments, over decades. Recently, He became a member of the Egyptian Parliament since November 2015.

Samir Amin was an Egyptian-French Marxian economist, political scientist and world-systems analyst. He is noted for his introduction of the term Eurocentrism in 1988 and considered a pioneer of Dependency Theory.

Mayar Sherif Ahmed Abdel-Aziz is an Egyptian tennis player. She is the younger sister of Rana Sherif Ahmed.

Ramy Mohamed Ashour, known as Ramy Ashour, is a retired professional squash player from Egypt, widely regarded as one of the best squash players in the history of the sport. He became the youngest player to reach number one in the world since the 1980s, as well as being the first ever two time World Junior Squash Champion. On April 22, 2019, at the age of 31, Ashour announced his retirement from professional Squash.

Moharam Fouad also known as Muharram Fouad was a famous Egyptian singer and movie star.