List of Famous people born in Giza Governorate, Egypt

Ayman Hefny is an Egyptian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Misr Lel Makkasa and the Egypt national team.

Hatim Zaghloul Ph.D., M.Sc., B.E.E. is best known for his inventions, together with his long-time friend, Dr. Michel Fattouche of Wideband Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (WOFDM), and Multi-code Direct-sequence Spread Spectrum (MCDSSS). WOFDM is the foundation for the IEEE 802.11a/g/n technologies whereas MCDSSS helped increase the data rates of code division multiple access (CDMA) technologies as in the CDMA2000 standard. Currently, Dr. Zaghloul is the CEO and Chairman of Inovatian Inc., Giza, Egypt, a company specializing in building wireless data networks in unconnected countries through WiFi and blockchain. Dr. Zaghloul is also the Co-founder and Chairman of Hikmah Capital Ltd. a company specializing in the development, marketing and management of financial technology solutions., Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He co-founded with Michel Fattouche, to commercialize their patented WOFDM technology. He founded and co-founded a number of hi-tech companies such as Cell-Loc Location Technologies Inc., a company he co-founded with Michel Fattouche to commercialize a cellular telephone location determination/tracking technology.

Muhammad Rabee al-Zawahiri is an Egyptian Islamist who was a member of Egyptian Islamic Jihad and one of 14 people subjected to extraordinary rendition by the CIA prior to the 2001 War on Terror. He is the younger brother of Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri.

Khaled al-Anani is an Egyptian Egyptologist and was the Egyptian Minister of Tourism and Antiquities.

Ahmed Dowidar is an Egyptian footballer. He currently plays as a defender for El Entag El Harby in the Egyptian Premier League.

Mohamed Ibrahim is an Egyptian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Ceramica Cleopatra.

Mohamed Abo Elala is an Egyptian football player. The left-footed can play either as a Center-Midfielder or Left Wingback. Abo Elala was a former Zamalek captain.