List of Famous people born in Cairo Governorate

Ramadan Sobhi Ahmed is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Pyramids FC and the Egypt national team.

Hala Shiha is an Egyptian actress best known for portraying the main roles in The Ladder and The Snake, and Lost in America. She officially retired from the entertainment industry in the 2005, after she decided to start wearing the hijab. The following year, she made a brief comeback to star in a role with her hijab. Her decision to start wearing the hijab and retire from the entertainment industry at such a young age and so soon in her career caused controversy. It sparked a massive debate in Egypt about the veil and the decline of secularism within Egyptian society and among Egyptians. On August 8, 2018, Shiha announced her return to acting after photos of her were posted in social media without a veil.

Nabila Ebeid, also spelled Nabila Ebeed, is an Egyptian actress.

Fatimah Rifaat, better known by her pen name Alifa Rifaat, was an Egyptian author whose controversial short stories are renowned for their depictions of the dynamics of female sexuality, relationships, and loss in rural Egyptian culture. While taking on such controversial subjects, Fatimah Rifaat's protagonists remained religiously faithful with passive feelings towards their fate. Her stories did not attempt to undermine the patriarchal system; rather they were used to depict the problems inherent in a patriarchal society when men do not adhere to their religious teachings that advocate for the kind treatment of women. Fatimah Rifaat used the pseudonym Alifa to prevent embarrassment on the part of her family due to the themes of her stories and her writing career.

Hisham Mohamed Ashour is a professional squash player who represents Egypt. He is the older brother of Ramy Ashour. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 11 in February 2012.

Hanan Turk is a retired Egyptian actress and ballerina. She was born as Hanan Hasan Abdelkrim Tork, and is credited as Hanane Tork. She is a sister to two brothers: Hesin and Hosam. Her father owned his own factory for clothes.

Nagat El-Sagheera is an Egyptian singer and actress. She retired from filming in 1976 and from singing in 2002. Nagat began her career at the age of five and retired 59 years later.

Hafez Abu Seada was an Egyptian politician, human rights activist, and Chairman of the Egyptian Organization for Human rights, Egypt's oldest human rights NGO, most known for his campaigns against torture and police brutality in Egypt. Abu Seada was also member of the National Council for Human Rights, Egypt's national human rights institution.

Richard Anthony, born Ricardo Anthony Btesh, was a French pop singer, born in Egypt, who had his greatest success in the 1960s and 1970s.

Heba Magdy Abdul Moneem is an Egyptian actress, singer and former ballet dancer. she began her career in 2002. her most famous roles was in Yesterday story in 2008 with Ilham Shaheen, The doubt in 2013, The sin in 2014, Another chance in 2020 with Yasmine Sabri. she is married to singer Mohammed Mohsen and has one daughter with him.