List of Famous people born in Cairo Governorate

William Donald Hamilton, FRS was an British evolutionary biologist, widely recognised as one of the most significant evolutionary theorists of the 20th century.

Ibrahim Roshdy Mahlab is an Egyptian politician who was the Prime Minister of Egypt from 1 March 2014 until 19 September 2015. Previously he served as Minister of Housing.

Al-Ashraf Salāh ad-Dīn Khalil ibn Qalawūn was the eighth Mamluk sultan between November 1290 until his assassination in December 1293. He was well known for conquering the last of the Crusader states in Palestine after the siege of Acre in 1291.

Nerses Bedros XIX was the patriarch of the Armenian Catholic Church.

Jehane Noujaim is an Academy Award nominated American documentary film director best known for her films Control Room, Startup.com, Pangea Day and The Square. In 2019, she co-directed The Great Hack with Karim Amer.

Ahmed Ezz is an Egyptian businessman and one-time politician, the owner of Ezz Steel and the former chairman of Egypt's national assembly's budget committee. He was also the secretary-general of the National Democratic Party of Egypt (NDP).

Sayed Mekawy was an Egyptian singer and composer, popular in Egypt and throughout the Arabic speaking world. Throughout his life, he remained undaunted by modern innovations and the attempts of rivals to produce another type of music. He was best known for his radio collaboration with Fuad Hassad on the character of the Egyptian tradition of El-Missaharati.