List of Famous people born in Cairo Governorate

Youssef Sabri Abu Taleb Giad Al-Haq was an Egyptian colonel general and the Commander in Chief of The Armed Forces.

Dr. Rania Elwani is an Egyptian Olympic and former African Record holding swimmer. She swam for Egypt at 1992, 1996 and 2000 Olympics.

Halim Abdul Messieh El-Dabh was an Egyptian American composer, musician, ethnomusicologist, and educator, who had a career spanning six decades. He is particularly known as an early pioneer of electronic music. In 1944 he composed one of the earliest known works of tape music, or musique concrète. From the late 1950s to early 1960s he produced influential work at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center.

Yusuf Mohamed Mohamed Abdel Wahab Al-Sibai, was an Egyptian writer and minister.

Ibrahim Yusri was an Egyptian actor. He graduated from the Higher Institute for Dramatic Arts in 1975.

Mohamed Barakat is a retired Egyptian footballer. A right-footed playmaker, Barakat usually played as an offensive right winger or attacking midfielder for Egyptian club Al Ahly and the Egyptian National Team. He is considered by many as one of the most talented players in Africa. Barakat's hallmarks are surging runs from midfield which often disrupt opposing defences, as well as his box-to-box work ethic, which makes him an important figure both in defence and attack. Thanks to his noticeable achievements and talent, his fans have given him the nickname The Mercurial, He reached his peak in 2005 and 2006, helping his club Al Ahly to win the CAF Champions League 2005 and CAF Champions League 2006 and Egypt win their fifth African Cup of Nations Egypt 2006. However, in 2006 his career was marred by a long spell of injuries.

Mohamed Abdel Monsef is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Wadi Degla.

Mohamed Mustafa ElBaradei is an Egyptian law scholar and diplomat who served as Vice President of Egypt on an interim basis from 14 July 2013 until his resignation on 14 August 2013.

Sherif Ekramy Ahmed Ahmed El-Shahat is an Egyptian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Pyramids FC and the Egyptian national team.

Karim Rashid (1960) is an Egyptian-born and Canadian-raised industrial designer. His designs include luxury goods, furniture, lighting, surface design, brand identity and packaging. Time magazine has described him as the "most famous industrial designer in all the Americas" and the "Prince of Plastic". He is based in New York City, as well as Belgrade, Miami and Mexico.