List of Famous people born in Cairo Governorate

Al-Adil Sayf ad-Din Tuman bay was the twenty fifth Mamluk Sultan of Egypt from the Burji dynasty. He ruled for about one hundred days in 1501.

Hussein El Sayed is an Egyptian football player currently playing for Tala'ea El Gaish.

Fauzi Baadilla is an Egyptian-born Indonesian actor and model. He appeared as Damar in Mengejar Matahari, directed by Rudy Soedjarwo, a role for which he won "Best Supporting Role Actor" at the 2005 Bandung Film Festival.

Hesham Mohamed is an Egyptian professional footballer. He plays as a midfielder for Egyptian Premier League club Al Ittihad Alexandria, as well as the Egypt U20 and U23 national team.

Al-Ashraf Muzaffar ad-Din Musa was the last, albeit titular, Ayyubid Sultan of Egypt as the puppet of Izz ad-Din Aybak.

Ramy Sabry is an Egyptian singer and actor.

Hussein Hegazi was an Egyptian international footballer who became the first African player to play in England after playing with Dulwich Hamlet and Fulham in 1911.

Bahaa Taher, sometimes transliterated as Bahaa Tahir, Baha Taher, or Baha Tahir, is an Egyptian novelist and short story writer who writes in Arabic. He was awarded the inaugural International Prize for Arabic Fiction in 2008.