List of Famous people born in Port Said Governorate, Egypt

Hamada Tolba is an Egyptian footballer who currently plays for Petrojet SC and the Egyptian National Team as a defender.

Mohsen Saleh is an Egyptian Football Analyst and a former football player and manager. He was recently appointed as Head of Football Planning Committee at Al Ahly club. [1]

Mohamed M. Atalla was an Egyptian-American engineer, physical chemist, cryptographer, inventor and entrepreneur. He was a semiconductor pioneer who made important contributions to modern electronics. He is best known for inventing the MOSFET in 1959, which along with Atalla's earlier surface passivation and thermal oxidation processes, revolutionized the electronics industry. He is also known as the founder of the data security company Atalla Corporation, founded in 1972. He received the Stuart Ballantine Medal and was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame for his important contributions to semiconductor technology as well as data security.

El Sayyid Nosair is an Egyptian-born American citizen, convicted of involvement in the 1993 New York City landmark bomb plot. He had earlier been tried for, but acquitted of, the 1990 New York City assassination of Meir Kahane, a Jewish religious figure and far-right Israeli politician. He later admitted to have committed this assassination as well.

Parthenius III served as the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria between 1986 and 1996.

Amr El-Safty is an Egyptian retired footballer.

Henri Frans "Hans" Dijkstal was a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and financial adviser.