List of Famous people born in Makkah Region, Saudi Arabia

Raha Moharrak is the youngest Arab and the first Saudi woman to climb Mount Everest. Previously she climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, Mount Vinson, Mount Elbrus, Aconcagua, Kala Pattar, Pico de Orizaba and Iztaccihuatl.

Professor Emeritus Dato' Dr. Abdul Hamid Ahmad AbuSulayman is an internationally renowned Islamic scholar, thinker, educationist and author of many books and articles on the subject of Islam and Islamic reform, especially in the fields of thought and education. He is currently Chairman of the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) and was the Founding President of the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) between 1989 and 1999.

Mohammed Saleh Al-Khilaiwi was a football defender from Saudi Arabia. At the club level, he played mostly for Al-Ittihad in his home country.

Abū Jaʿfar Hārūn ibn Muḥammad, better known by his regnal name al-Wāthiq bi’llāh, was an Abbasid caliph who reigned from 842 until 847 AD. The chief events of his reign were the suppression of a Bedouin rebellion in the Hejaz in 845 and an abortive uprising in Baghdad in 846. He also defeated the Hanbali rebel Ahmad Ibn Nasr al-Khuza'i. The conflict with the Byzantine Empire continued, and the Abbasids even scored a significant victory at Mauropotamos, but after a truce in 845, warfare ceased for several years.

Sharīf ‘Alī ibn ‘Ajlān ibn Rumaithah ibn Muḥammad was the third Sultan of Brunei, and son-in-law of the second Sultan of Brunei, Sultan Ahmad. He was also a scholar of Arab descent, originating from Ta'if in the Hejaz.

Khaled bin Sultan Al Saud is a former Saudi deputy minister of defense and a member of the House of Saud.

Khalid bin Mahfouz was a Saudi Arabian billionaire, banker, businessman, investor and former chairman of the National Commercial Bank (NCB). Khalid is the son of Salem Bin Mahfouz, a Saudi entrepreneur who rose from being a smalltime moneychanger to becoming the founder of the NCB, the first private Saudi bank.