List of Famous people born in Cairo Governorate

Mohamed Youssef is an Egyptian professional footballer who played as a defender for several clubs in Egypt, Turkey and Egypt national team.

Farkhonda Hassan was a professor of Geology at the American University in Cairo (AUC) and was chair of the Commission on Human Development and Local Administration of the Shura Council.

Karim Walid Sayed Saleh Hassan commonly known as Nedvěd is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Al Ahly and the Egypt U-20. He is a product of Al Ahly youth academy. He got his nickname in the youth team as his position and looks were similar to the Czech legend Pavel Nedvěd.

Salah Ashour is an Egyptian footballer who plays for Misr Lel Makkasa, as a striker.

Hasan Tawfiq was an Egyptian poet, literary critic and journalist. He belongs to the third wave of the Arabic and Egyptian literary movement known as "The New Poetry." A major part of Tawfiq's poems consist of free verses. Tawfiq was known in the Arab world as a journalist and in Egypt he worked for some time as editor-in-chief of the Ar-Raya journal. Tawfiq wrote articles for the "Culture" section of the Qatar-based Ash-Sharq journal. The literary alias of Tawfiq is "Magnoon al-Arab." It derives from a Middle Eastern tragic love story, Majnun and Layla.

Yousry Nasrallah is an Egyptian film director.

Al-Said Barakah (1260–1280; original name: Muhammed Barakah Qan, royal name: al-Malik al-Said Nasir al-Din Barakah was a Mamluk Sultan who ruled from 1277 to 1279 after the death of his father Baibars. His mother was a daughter of Barka Khan, a former Khwarazmian amir.

Suhayr al-Qalamawi was a significant literary figure and politician from Egypt who shaped Arabic writing and culture through her writing, feminist activism, and advocacy. She was one of the first women to attend Cairo University and in 1941 became the first Egyptian woman to earn her Master of Arts Degree and PhD for her work in Arabic literature. After graduating, she was employed by the university as their first woman lecturer. Al-Qalamawi was also one of the first women to hold a number of chief positions including chairperson of the Arabic Department at Cairo University, president of the Egyptian Feminist Union, and president of the League of Arab Women University Graduates. Her writings include two volumes of short stories, ten critical studies, and many translations from world literature.Aḥādīth jaddatī was published in 1935.

Ibrahim Youssef Awadallah, nicknamed "Black Deer الغزال الأسمر" was an Egyptian football player.

Ahmed Megahid Ramzy (born July 25, 1965) is an Egyptian football player. He was Zamalek's International defender and is now the Assistant Manager of the club. Ahmed Ramzy's friends prefer to call him "Roza".