List of Famous people born in Nicosia District, Cyprus

Dimitrios P. Droutsas is a Greek lawyer and politician, who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece in 2010–2011. He became MP of the European Parliament by replacing Stavros Lambrinidis, who went on to become Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece.

Giorgos Perdikis is a Cypriot politician who was the leader of the Cyprus Green Party from 2014 to 2020 and is a Member of the House of Representatives since 2001.

Fazıl Önder was a Turkish Cypriot journalist who fought for peace between communities in Cyprus.

Haris Zambarloukos, B.S.C. is a Greek Cypriot cinematographer. He is famous for his work in films such as Venus (2006), Sleuth (2007), Mamma Mia! (2008) and Thor (2011).

Kostas Kaiafas is Cypriot former football player and manager.

Andros Kyprianou is a Cypriot politician. He has been Secretary-General of AKEL since 2009.

Elena Patroklou was born in Nicosia in 1968. She began her musical career studying guitar and piano when she was just ten years old. She completed her musical studies in Vienna and Cyprus and received her music diploma in 1989. She represented Cyprus at the Eurovision Song Contest 1991 with a Kypros Charalambous composition entitled SOS finishing ninth place with 60 points.

Ali Düşenkalkar is a Turkish Cypriot actor based in Turkey.

Christos Mylordos is a Greek-Cypriot singer. He was born in Nicosia on 30 April 1991.