List of Famous people born in Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia

Alexandra Essoe is a Canadian actress who has appeared predominantly in horror films. Essoe had her first lead role in the 2014 American horror film Starry Eyes, and she had a starring role in the 2017 American horror film Midnighters. She played Wendy Torrance in the 2019 American horror film Doctor Sleep.

Shams Bandar Al-Aslami, known simply as Shams, is a Saudi-Kuwaiti-born singer. She dropped her Arab citizenship denouncing her Arab and Gulf culture and origins, including her Kuwaiti nationality, gaining citizenship of Saint Kitts and Nevis instead.

Ali bin Ibrahim Al-Naimi was the Saudi Arabian Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources from 1995 to 2016.

Aseel Omran is a Saudi Arabian singer who rose to fame when she entered the reality show Gulf Stars and Heya wa Huwa. She has signed onto Rotana, the Arab world's largest record label.

Raif bin Muhammad Badawi is a Saudi writer, dissident and activist, as well as the creator of the website Free Saudi Liberals.

Ali Mohammed Baqir al-Nimr is a Saudi Arabian political prisoner who has participated in the Saudi Arabian protests during the Arab Spring as a teenager. He was arrested in February 2012, sentenced to death in May 2014, and previously awaited ratification of his sentence by King Salman of Saudi Arabia, which was to be carried out by beheading and crucifixion, respectively. Al-Nimr's trial was called unfair by Professor of Human Rights Law Christof Heyns, and Amnesty International, as well as French President François Hollande and Prime Minister Manuel Valls, who called for the execution to be stopped. Ali al-Nimr is the nephew of Sheikh Nimr Baqr al-Nimr, who was one of the 47 executed citizens during the 2016 Saudi Arabian mass execution. Ali al-Nimr's death sentence is presumed to have been overturned in April 2020 following several announcements from the Saudi government that people convicted as minors under 18 years of age are not to be executed.

Yasser Saeed Al-Qahtani is a former footballer from Saudi Arabia who played as a striker for Al-Hilal FC in the Saudi Professional League. He was also captain of the Saudi Arabian national team. He's widely recognized as one of the greatest Saudi Arabian footballer in the 2000s.

Muhammad bin Abdul-Rahman al-Arifi is a Muslim author and Da’i. He is a graduate of King Saud University, and member of the Muslim World League and the Association of Muslim Scholars.

Mohammad Ibrahim Mohammad Al-Sahlawi is a Saudi Arabian professional footballer who plays for Al-Taawoun as a striker for the Saudi Arabia national team. Al-Sahlawi won the best player of the league twice in a row in 2013–14 and 2014–15.

Lisa Marie Eilbacher is a retired American actress.