List of Famous people born in Cairo Governorate

Hany Guda Ramzy is an Egyptian football coach and former defender.

Voula Zouboulaki was an Egyptian-born Greek actress. She was the wife of actor Dimitris Myrat. She attended the Dramatic School of the National Theatre, the School of the National Odeon and the Law School of the University of Athens.

Mimi Chakib or Mimi Shakib, born Ameena Chakib, was an Egyptian actress. She mostly played secondary roles, and appeared in more than 150 films between 1940s and early 1980s.

Mohamed Sayed Abdel Shafy is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a left back for Egyptian Premier League club Zamalek and the Egypt national team.

Dr. Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh Abdel Hady is an Egyptian physician, former student activist and Islamist politician. In 2011–2012, he ran for President of Egypt as an independent. He was formerly a leader of the Muslim Brotherhood.

Narriman Sadek was the daughter of Hussain Fahmi Sadiq Bey, a high-ranking official in the Egyptian government, and his wife Asila Kamil. She was the second wife of King Farouk and the last Queen of Egypt.

Nada Meawad is an Egyptian indoor and beach volleyball player, a member of the Egypt women's national volleyball team. She made her international debut when she was 15 years old on the 2013 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship in Thailand. She started playing in El Shams Club at the age of five years old. Nada Meawad and her teammate Doaa Elghobashy were the first ever African team to take part in the FIVB beach volleyball Olympic Games in 2016. She is a three-time AVCA First Team All-American and 2018 NAIA Player of the Year while playing college volleyball at Park University.

Ali Salem, also transliterated Ali Salim, was an Egyptian playwright, author, and political commentator known for controversially endorsing cooperation with Israel. The Los Angeles Times once described him as "a big, loud man known for his satiric wit".

Mohamed Ali, Prince of the Sa'id claims to be the heir apparent to the abolished thrones of Egypt and Sudan.