List of Famous people born in Cairo Governorate

Ibrahim Abd al-Qadir al-Mazini was an Egyptian poet, novelist, journalist, and translator.

Hassan Moustafa is an Egyptian sports administrator and former handball player. Moustafa is the fifth and current President of International Handball Federation and a former President of Egyptian Handball Federation.

Mohamed Adel Hussein is an Egyptian football referee.

Ehab Galal is a former Egyptian football player and manager, who last managed the Egyptian premier league club, El Makkasa.

Hussein Fayek Sabbour is an Egyptian civil engineer and architect. After graduation from Cairo University with BSc. Of Civil Engineering in 1957, he got diplomas in Road Planning in 1958 and in Fundamental Development in 1962.

Samah Anwar, was born on April 22, 1965 in Cairo, Egypt. Her profession is acting.

Amr Mostafa is an Egyptian singer and composer.

Magdi Abdelghani Sayed Ahmed is an Egyptian retired professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Contrary to popular belief, He isn't the first player to score a goal for Egypt in the world cup as it was Abdulrahman Fawzi who scored twice in the 1934 FIFA World Cup.

Sherine Wagdy is an Egyptian singer.

Sherif Ismail Mohamed is an Egyptian engineer who served as Prime Minister of Egypt between 2015 and 2018. Previously he was minister of petroleum and mineral resources from 2013 to 2015.