List of Famous people born in Gharbia Governorate, Egypt

Mahmoud Zulfikar was an Egyptian film director and actor. He directed 40 films between 1947 and 1968. His 1964 film Soft Hands was entered into the 14th Berlin International Film Festival.

Shawky Gharieb Bayoumi is a former football midfielder who played for Ghazl El-Mehalla and the Egypt national football team. He managed the Egypt side that won the bronze medal at the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship in Argentina.

Hani Azer is a naturalized German civil engineer. He was born in Tanta, Egypt to a Coptic family and moved to Cairo for High School and University. In 1973, after earning BSc(Engg) degree from the Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University. he moved to Germany to study Post-Graduation in Civil Engineering in Bochum.

Wael Gomaa is an Egyptian retired professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He is regarded as the best Egyptian centre-back ever and one of the best players in African football history.

Abdelhamid I. Sabra (1924-2013) was a professor of the history of science specializing in the history of optics and science in medieval Islam. He died December 18, 2013. Sabra provided English translation and commentary for Books I-III of Ibn al-Haytham's seven book Kitab al-Manazir, written in Arabic in the 11th century.

El-Sayyid el-Badawi Shehata is an Egyptian businessman and the President of Al-Wafd Party. He is the head of the Board of Directors of Al-Hayah Egyptian television network.

Maximos V Hakim was elected Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, and Alexandria and Jerusalem of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church in 1967 and served until 2000. He guided the church through turbulent changes in the Middle East and rapid expansion in the Western hemisphere.

Kamal Al Taweel or Kamal El-Tawil was a distinguished Egyptian composer and music author.