List of Famous people born in Capital Governorate, Kuwait

Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah is a Kuwaiti royal and former politician who was the Prime Minister of Kuwait from 2011 to 2019. Previously he served as minister of defense as well as deputy prime minister.

Jassem Al-Kharafi,, was a Kuwaiti billionaire businessman who was the speaker of the Kuwaiti National Assembly from 1999 to 2011. Al-Kharafi studied Business Administration at the Manchester Trade Faculty in Kuwait and was director of M. A. Kharafi & Sons before being elected to the National Assembly in 1975. He affiliated with the liberal deputies and was regarded as a pro-government liberal. However, Al-Kharafi has broken with the royal family on occasion. He criticized the ruling Al-Sabah family, and in July 2006 vigorously denounced the Israeli attacks on Lebanon saying that the war would "turn us all into terrorists".

Bader Ahmed al-Mutawa is a Kuwaiti professional footballer who plays for Qadsia and the Kuwait national team, where he usually operates as a second striker. He wears the jersey number 17 for both club and country. He is currently the most-capped active international player with Ahmed Mubarak of Oman.

Ahmed Sayed Amin(Arabic: أحمد سيد أمين‎; born in 1980) is an Egyptian comedian, actor, and writer. He graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Helwan University in 2002. Amin came to prominence from his online video "30 sanya" that went viral among Egyptians on Facebook. His second, and more important step, was the Al Plateau TV show. 2019, came up with his successful TV show Amin and partners. In November 2019 it was officially declared by Netflix that Amin is to star their upcoming first-ever Egyptian original Paranormal, in the role of Refaat Ismael.

Anas Khalid Al Saleh is a Kuwaiti politician who has been serving as deputy prime minister since January 2015, and acting oil minister since November 2015. He also served as minister of finance from January 2014 to December 2017. He also served as minister of commerce and industry from February 2012 to January 2014.

Nabil Al-Awadi is a Kuwaiti writer, humanitarian, television presenter, university professor, journalist, orator, and he is a Muslim scholar. He had his bachelor's degree in education. He traveled to UK to pursue his post-graduate studies and he earnt a master's degree in education.

Souad Al-Humaidhi was Kuwaiti businesswoman, owner of a range of commercial and residential complexes in and outside Kuwait, among them and a residential hotel and a tower in Beirut. Is also member of the Union of Real Estate Owners in Kuwait, of the Board of Directors of Bank Audi in Lebanon and holds stakes in several banks throughout Kuwait, including the National Bank of Kuwait and Solidere.

Ahmed Al-Sadoun was the Speaker of the Kuwaiti National Assembly from February 2012 until it was declared that the February 2012 elections were invalid. He was previously the speaker from 1985 to 1999. He is the leader of the Popular Action Bloc in the Assembly and served for eight terms.

Jasem Yaqoub Sultan Al-Besara is a former Kuwaiti footballer. He played from 1972 until 1990, and scored 384 goals for his team, he was so good that at some point he gained interest from some European clubs such as Nottingham forest.

Faiza Mohammed Al-Kharafi is a Kuwaiti chemist and academic. She was the president of Kuwait University from 1993 to 2002, and the first woman to head a major university in the Middle East. She is the vice president of the World Academy of Sciences.