List of Famous people born in Cairo Governorate

Wael Ghonim is an Internet activist and computer engineer with an interest in social entrepreneurship.

Fifi Abdou is an Egyptian belly dancer and actress. She has been described as "synonymous with belly dancing in the years she was performing."

Mounir Mourad, born Maurice Zaki Mourad Mordechai was an Egyptian artist, singer, actor, and distinguished composer of lighthearted songs. His compositions included duets for Shadia and Abdel Halim Hafez.

Ninochka Manoug Kupelian, better known by her stage name Lebleba, is an Egyptian film actress and entertainer of Armenian. She is the cousin of both Egyptian actress Feyrouz and entertainer Nelly.

Hana El Zahed is an Egyptian actress.

Haitham Ahmed Zaki, also known as Haitham Zaki, was an Egyptian male actor who predominantly worked in Egyptian cinema.

Menna Shalaby is an Egyptian actress featured in numerous movies.

Sherihan is an Egyptian actress, singer and classically trained dancer. She retired in 2002 and came out of retirement in 2016. Sherihan is a popular Egyptian Nationalist too and was a main participating figure in her homeland's revolution in 2011 demanding the removal of president Hosni Mubarak.

Andrée Chedid, born Andrée Saab Khoury, was an Egyptian-French poet and novelist of Lebanese descent. She is the recipient of numerous literary awards and was made a Grand Officer of the French Legion of Honour in 2009.

Lobna Abdel Aziz, aka Loubna Abd el Aziz or Lubna Abdel Aziz is an Egyptian actress.