List of Famous people born in Cairo Governorate

Aly Lotfy Mahmoud was an Egyptian politician who served as Prime Minister of Egypt from 4 September 1985 to 9 November 1986.

Mahmoud Ezzat Ibrahim is the former acting general guide of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and one of the most prominent leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood. Historian Fawaz Gerges describes his role as "akin to chief of staff of the Ikhwan [Muslim Brotherhood]."

Doha Hany Mostafa is an Egyptian badminton player. She started playing badminton at aged five, and joined the national team in 2013. She won the bronze medal at the 2014 African Youth Games, and represented her country at the Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China. She was the women's doubles gold medalist at the 2019 African Games. Hany featured in Egypt team that for the first time won the All Africa Women's Team Championships in 2020, also claimed two title in the individual competition by winning the women's and mixed doubles event.

Hazem Abdel Aziz El Beblawi is an Egyptian economist and politician who was interim prime minister of Egypt from 2013 until 1 March 2014. Previously he served as deputy prime minister and minister of finance in 2011. After the July 2013 ouster of President Mohammed Morsi and his government, Beblawi was named interim prime minister. On 24 February 2014, Beblawi announced his resignation.

Hesham Hanafy is an Egyptian former footballer. He was a member of the Egypt national football team during his rise at Al-Ahly. Hanafy made several appearances for the Egypt national football team, including 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches.

Ali Maher is an Egyptian former football striker. He is currently the head coach of Enppi.