List of Famous people born in Ismailia Governorate, Egypt

Claude Antoine Marie François, also known by the nickname Cloclo, was a French pop singer, composer, songwriter, music producer, drummer and dancer. François co-wrote the lyrics of "Comme d'habitude", the original version of "My Way" and composed the music of "Parce que je t'aime mon enfant", the original version of "My Boy". Among his most famous songs are "Le Téléphone Pleure", "Le lundi au soleil", "Magnolias for Ever", "Alexandrie Alexandra" and "Cette année là".

Louis Chedid is a French singer-songwriter of Lebanese and Egyptian origin.

Ragaa Al Geddawy was an Egyptian actress, as well as, a model in her early life. She was one of the most beloved actresses and one of the most prominent in the Middle East with a fruitful six-decade career.

Ahmed Elsayed Ali Elsayed Hegazy, simply known as Ahmed Hegazi, is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Saudi Pro League club Al-Ittihad, and the Egypt national team.

Taheyya Kariokka also Tahiya Carioca, was an Egyptian belly dancer and film actress.

Mohamed Diab is an Egyptian screenwriter and director whose work often centers on pressing issues concerning Egyptian society. He is known for his directorial debut film Cairo 678 (Les Femmes du bus 678), which was released a month before the Egyptian revolution and was described by the New York Times as "unmistakably a harbinger of that revolution." Paulo Coehlo tweeted about the film calling it "brilliant" and saying "it should be mandatory for men, regardless of their religion/culture, to watch it".

Fernand Legros was an art dealer who for over a decade, from the middle 1950s until the late 1960s, sold the forged artworks of Elmyr de Hory, an artist and "the Greatest Art Forger of Our Time".

Abdallah Mahmoud El Said Bekhit is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Pyramids and the Egypt national team.

Naima Akef was a famous Egyptian belly dancer during the Egyptian cinema's golden age and starred in many films of the time. Naima Akef was born in Tanta on the Nile Delta. Her parents were acrobats in the Akef Circus, which was one of the best known circuses at the time. She started performing in the circus at the age of four, and quickly became one of the most popular acts with her acrobatic skills. Her family was based in the Bab el Khalq district of Cairo, but they traveled far and wide in order to perform.

Hosny Abd Rabo is an Egyptian retired professional footballer.