List of Famous people born in Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt

Soheir Zaki is an Egyptian belly dancer and actress. She appeared in over 100 Egyptian films from the 1960s to the 1980s.

Mahmoud el-Metwalli Mohamed Mansour, commonly known as Mahmoud Metwalli, is an Egyptian footballer who currently plays for Al Ahly in the Egyptian Premier League as a Midfielder and Centre back

Nasser Maher is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Egyptian League club from Al Ahly.

Tamer Abdel Hamid تامر عبد الحميد is an Egyptian football player. He is a former Zamalek midfielder, and has 27 international caps and 2 goals, as a player he was known for his extremely high work rate.

Youssef Ibrahim, nicknamed Youssef Obama, is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a Midfielder for Egyptian Premier League club Zamalek.

Walid Salah Abdel Latif Arabic: وليد صلاح عبد اللطيف‎ is a retired Egyptian football player and a Zamalek international forward.

Ayman Abd El Aziz Nour is a Turkish politician, a former member of the Egyptian Parliament, founder and chairman of the El Ghad party. Nour unsuccessfully ran against Hosni Mubarak in the 2005 presidential election. He was arrested in 2005 prior to the election and freed six weeks later, and again after the election. He was released from his second imprisonment on 18 February 2009. Nour left Egypt following the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état. In 2014, he spent time in Lebanon for treatment of a wound he sustained while in prison, and expressed his hope for returning to Egypt.