List of Famous people born in Cairo Governorate

Qalāwūn aṣ-Ṣāliḥī was the seventh Bahri Mamluk sultan; he ruled Egypt from 1279 to 1290. He was called al-Manṣūr Qalāwūn.

Al-Malik al-Aziz Uthman ibn Salah ad-Din Yusuf was the second Ayyubid Kurdish Sultan of Egypt. He was the second son of Saladin.

Princess Fathia was the youngest daughter of Fuad I of Egypt and Nazli Sabri, and so the youngest sister of Farouk I.

Rowland Thomas Baring, 2nd Earl of Cromer,, styled Viscount Errington between 1901 and 1917, was a British diplomat and courtier.

Princess Fadia Farouk was born at the Abdeen Palace in Cairo, as the youngest daughter of the late King Farouk of Egypt and his first wife, the former Queen Farida. After her father was deposed during the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, the Princess lived in Italy for two years. She and her sisters were then sent to live in Switzerland, to attend boarding school. There, the Princess studied painting, became an accomplished equestrian and met her future husband.

Mohamed Hany Gamal el-Demerdash, is an Egyptian footballer who plays for Egyptian Premier League side Al Ahly and the Egyptian national team as a right-back.

Rasha Hesham Shurbatji is a Syrian director; she is known for her works in Syrian and Egyptian drama.

Dalia Mogahed is an American consultant of Egyptian origin. She is the Director of Research at the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU) in Washington, D.C. She is also President and CEO of Mogahed Consulting, a Washington, D.C.-based executive coaching and consulting firm specializing in Muslim societies and the Middle East. Mogahed is former Executive Director of the Gallup Center for Muslim Studies, a non-partisan research center that provided data and analysis to reflect the views of Muslims all over the world. She was selected as an advisor by U.S. President Barack Obama on the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships.

Khedr Sayed El Touny was an Egyptian weightlifter, widely regarded as the best weightlifter of all time. He was ranked number one on the list of history's 50 greatest weightlifters issued by the International Weightlifting Federation, until Turkey's Naim Süleymanoğlu surpassed the Egyptian to top the list at the 1996 Games in Atlanta.

Abo El Seoud El Ebiary was an Egyptian comic screenwriter, playwright, lyricist, and journalist.