List of Famous people born in Capital Governorate, Kuwait

Ala'a Hussein Ali Al-Khafaji Al-Jaber served as the head of a brief puppet government in Kuwait during the initial stages of the Gulf War.

Fahad Ebrahim Al Ansari is a Kuwaiti footballer who plays as a midfielder for Al Qadsia and the Kuwait national team.

Humood Othman AlKhudher, commonly known as Humood Alkhudher, is a Kuwaiti singer and music producer.

Fayiz Mohammed Ahmed is a Kuwaiti citizen who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States' Guantanamo Bay detainment camp in Cuba, from 2002 to 2016. He has never been charged with war crimes.

Sayyid Muhammad Baqir Al-Mūsawī Al-Muhrī was a Kuwaiti Shi'ite cleric, and a representative (wakil) of the majority of the grand Shi'ite maraji'.

Ali Mohammed Thunayan Al-Ghanim is a Kuwaiti politician, businessman and economist with close ties to the Kuwaiti government as he is the Chairman of the Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry since 2004. Previously, he served as KCCI Vice Chairman, and President of the Federation of Chambers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).

Fahad Saleh Al Enezi is a Kuwaiti professional footballer who plays as a winger, most recently for Kuwait SC.

Bashar Abdullah is a former professional Kuwaiti footballer. He was a part of the mini revival of Kuwaiti football between 1996 and 1998. His part included winning two Gulf Cups, reaching the semi-finals of the AFC Asian Cup and coming second in the Arab Cup and Asian Olympics. He was also in the Olympic team that reached the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. He also helped his club Al-Salmiyah win the league three times and Emir Cup once.

Faisal Hmoud Al Malek Al-Sabah is a member of Kuwait's ruling family, a high ranking diplomat, and was recently appointed the governor of Al Farwaniyah Governorate holding the rank of minister. Al-Sabah earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in Political Science and Economics. Al-Sabah then started his political career as the Director of Protocol at the Al-Diwan Al-Amiri of His Highness the Crown Prince and Prime Minister from 1986 to 2003. From then on Al-Sabah assumed a position as the undersecretary at the Al-Diwan Al-Amiri of the Prime Minister. That year Al-Sabah was appointed as the Kuwaiti ambassador to the Sultanate of Oman, and the non-resident Ambassador to Mauritius. In 2007 Al-Sabah was appointed as the Kuwaiti Ambassador to Jordan, and the non-resident Ambassador to Palestine and Iraq.