List of Famous people born in Cairo Governorate

Yasmin Ali, an Egyptian Singer, Works as a Soloist in the Egyptian Opera House and an actress in the actor Muhammad Sobhi's acting squad.

Ahmed Nazif served as the Prime Minister of Egypt from 14 July 2004 to 29 January 2011, when his cabinet was dismissed by President Hosni Mubarak in light of a popular uprising that led to the Egyptian Revolution of 2011. Nazif was Acting President of Egypt from 5 March to 15 April 2010, when President Mubarak delegated his authorities to Nazif while undergoing surgery in Germany.

Seraj Munir (1901–1957) was an Egyptian film actor. He appeared in 46 films between 1930 and 1957.

Mahmoud Fawzi was an Egyptian diplomat and political figure who was Prime Minister of Egypt from 1970 to 1972 and Vice-President of Egypt from 1972 to 1974.

Yusuf ibn Abu Dhaqn known to the west as Josephus Abudacnus or Josephus Barbatus, was an Egyptian Copt who traveled in Europe mainly teaching Arabic in the 17th Century CE. He was born in Cairo around and learned Greek and Turkish in Egypt. In 1595 he was sent to Rome with a letter from Pope Gabriel VIII of Alexandria to Pope Clement VIII where he converted to Roman Catholicism, and learned Italian and some ancient Greek and Latin. He also went to Paris and England. His Arabic skills, however, were limited as confessed by him to Scaliger and as confirmed later by Erpenius who studied under him. Erpenius, who had already learned some Arabic from William Bedwell, commented to his teacher that Barbatus had taught him 'many Arabic words' but of the 'corrupt language' that was spoken at the time 'by Egyptians and others', he wrote that today only the learned understood Arabic as spoken by the old. He also authored some Books, the most well known of which is titled "Historia Jacobitarum, seu Coptorum, in Aegypto, Libya, Nubia, Aethiopia" which is not strictly a history but an account of the Coptic liturgical rites of his time. The book was described by Edward Gibbon as being of low value.

Hisham Mohammed Osman Bastawisy was an Egyptian judge and the vice president of the Egyptian Court of Cassation. He was one of the leaders of the Egyptian opposition before and during the 2011 Egyptian revolution. He ran for the office of president during the 2012 elections as a Tagammu nominee.