List of Famous people born in Cairo Governorate

Gamal Abdel Hamid is an Egyptian retired footballer who played as a attacking midfielder.

Tarek Kamel was an Egyptian politician and computer engineer expert in global Internet governance issues.

Ibn al-Farid or Ibn Farid; was an Arab poet. His name is Arabic for "son of the obligator", as his father was well regarded for his work in the legal sphere. He was born in Cairo to parents from Hama in Syria, lived for some time in Mecca, and died in Cairo. His poetry is entirely Sufic and he was esteemed as the greatest mystic poet of the Arabs. Some of his poems are said to have been written in ecstasies.

Hany Said is an Egyptian retired professional footballer who played as a center-back.

Mekkawi Said was an Egyptian novelist and short story writer.

Sanaa Seif is an Egyptian activist and film editor who became actively involved in the Egyptian revolution in 2011. She was a student of language and translation at October 6 University until her arrest in 2014. She was granted a presidential pardon, along with 100 others, in September 2015.

'Umar al-Tilmisani was the third General Guide of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood. He headed the Egyptian Islamist organization from 1972 until 1986. Al-Tilmisani headed the Muslim Brotherhood during a period of cooperation and, some observers suggest, cooptation by the Egyptian state. While the Brothers were not precisely legal during Tilmisani's term, they were tolerated and encouraged by President Anwar al-Sadat as a bulwark against both leftist opponents and more extremist Islamists.

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El Mostafa Higazy is an Egyptian philosopher who served as a political advisor to interim President Adly Mansour. He is also the founder of the Nasaq Foundation, an Egyptian think tank focused on issues of justice.

Mohamed el-Qasabgi was an Egyptian musician and composer, and is regarded as one of the five leading composers of Egypt in the 20th century. Most of his credits went to Umm Kulthum, Asmahan, and Layla Murad who sang most of his great works and scores. Until today, most critics classify Mohamed El Qasabgi as the master of the oud due to his great abilities and skills which he had during his time.