List of Famous people born in Cairo Governorate

Hala Ahmed Fouad was an Egyptian film and television actress who predominantly worked in Egyptian cinema.

Jehan Sadat, is an Egyptian human rights activist, the widow of Anwar Sadat, and was First Lady of Egypt from 1970 until her husband's assassination in 1981.

Sharifa Dina bint Abdul-Hamid was a Hashemite princess and the Queen of Jordan from 1955 until 1957 as the first wife of King Hussein. She was the mother to Hussein's oldest child, Princess Alia bint Hussein. She and the king were married from 1955 to 1957, and in 1970 she married a high-ranking official in the PLO. She was a graduate of Cambridge University and a past lecturer in English literature at Cairo University.

Baligh Hamdi was an Egyptian composer who created hit songs for many prominent Arabic singers, especially during the 1960s and 1970s.

Reham Abdel Ghafour is an Egyptian actress and the daughter of famous Egyptian actor Ashraf Abdel Ghafour. She is graduated from Faculty of Commerce-English section. She appeared with Mohamed Henedi and Ashraf Abdel Baki in the film Saheb Sahbo.

Yosra El Lozy is an Egyptian actress. She has received many awards from regional and international film festivals. She has won various awards for her acting in Qobolat Masrouqa (2008), Bel-Alwan el-Tabe'eya (2009), Heliopolis (2010) and Microphone (2011). She has also provided voice dubbing in Arabic for several films and television series.

Youssef El Sherif ; is an Egyptian actor and author. His birth name is Mohamed Ismail Nagy.

Hassan Hanafi was a professor and chaired the philosophy department at Cairo University. He was a leading authority on modern Islam.

Alia Al-Hussein was Queen of Jordan and the third wife of King Hussein from their marriage in 1972 until her death in a helicopter crash in southern Jordan near Tafilah.

Hesham Ali Ashmawy Mos'ad Ibrahim was a convicted terrorist who previously was an Egyptian Army officer, suspected by the government of having orchestrated and been involved in a number of terrorist attacks on security targets and state institutions, including the 2014 Farafra ambush and the 2015 assassination of Prosecutor general Hisham Barakat.