List of Famous people born in Cairo Governorate

Lotfia Elnadi was an Egyptian aviator. She was the first Egyptian woman as well as the first woman from Arab world to earn a pilot's license.

Asma Abulyazeid is an Egyptian actress and singer, she studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts and participated in the beginning of a large number of theatrical performances that were displayed on the Hanager Theater and competed for Sheikh Sultan Al Qasimi Award for Best Theater Show in 2016.

Leila Mourad was an Egyptian singer and actress, and one of the most prominent superstars in Egypt and the entire Arab world in her era. Born Lillian Zaki Mourad Mordechai to an Egyptian Jewish family known for their patriotism in 1918 in the El Daher District in Cairo, she later changed her name to Leila Mourad as a stage-name. Leila married three times and divorced three times. She converted to Islam early in her life and died in 1995.

Ahmed Hossam Hussein Abdelhamid, publicly known as Mido, is an Egyptian football manager and former player who played as a striker.

Radwa Ashour was an Egyptian novelist.

Mohamed Ibrahim Mohamed El-Hamaki is an Egyptian singer. In 2010, he won the award "Best Arabia Act" in the MTV Europe Music Awards and music award in 2006 for "Ahla Haga Fiki". He was a coach at The Voice Ahla Sawt in 2019.

Abū ʿAlī Manṣūr, better known by his regnal name al-Ḥākim bi-Amr Allāh, was the sixth Fatimid caliph and 16th Ismaili imam (996–1021). Al-Hakim is an important figure in a number of Shia Ismaili religions, such as the world's 15 million Nizaris and 1-2 million Musta’lis, in addition to the 2 million Druze of the Levant whose eponymous founder ad-Darazi proclaimed him as the incarnation of God in 1018.

Mona El Shazly is an Egyptian talk show host. She is known for her talk show Al Ashira Masa'an where she talked about news of the day and interviewed Egyptian and foreign politicians and scientists.

Nicola Pagett was a British actress. She is known for her role as Elizabeth Bellamy in the 1970s TV drama series Upstairs, Downstairs (1971–73). Her film appearances include Anne of the Thousand Days (1969), Operation Daybreak (1975), and An Awfully Big Adventure (1995).

Mohamed El Sayed Mohamed El Shenawy Gomaa is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays for Al Ahly and the Egyptian national football team as a goalkeeper.