List of Famous people born in Cairo Governorate

Mostafa Alnagar / Mostafa Alnajjarمصطفي النجار ; is an Egyptian opposition figure and politician, and a writer, with a special interest in human rights.

Said Halim Pasha was an Ottoman statesman of Tosk Albanian origin who served as Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1913 to 1917. He was one of the perpetrators of the Armenian Genocide, and was later assassinated by Arshavir Shirakian as part of Operation Nemesis, a retribution campaign to kill perpetrators of the Armenian Genocide.

Eslam Mohareb is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a right-wing for Egyptian Premier League club Tala'ea El Gaish.

As-Salih Salah ad-Din Salih ibn Muhammad ibn Qalawun (28 September 1337–1360/61, better known as as-Salih Salih, was the Mamluk sultan in 1351–1354. He was the eighth son of Sultan an-Nasir Muhammad to accede to the sultanate. He was largely a figurehead, with real power held by the senior Mamluk emirs, most prominently Emir Taz an-Nasiri.