List of Famous people born in Qalyubia Governorate, Egypt

Ahmed Muhamed Helmy Abdel Rahman Awwad is an Egyptian comedian, actor, film producer, television presenter, author and television personality. He started his career in 1993 on the Egyptian Satellite Broadcast. In 1998, he appeared on his first movie Aboud Ala El Hodoud, which received commercial success, co-starring with Alaa Waley El Din.

Nawal El Saadawi is an Egyptian feminist writer, activist, physician, and psychiatrist. She has written many books on the subject of women in Islam, paying particular attention to the practice of female genital mutilation in her society. She has been described as "the Simone de Beauvoir of the Arab World".

Khaled Mohieddine was an Egyptian politician and a major in the Egyptian Army. He participated in the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, as a member of the Free Officers Movement, which overthrew the monarchy then under the rule of King Farouk.

Ahmed Fathi Abdelmonem Ahmed Ibrahim is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays for Pyramids.

Saad El-Din Samir Saad Ali, simply known as Saad Samir, is an Egyptian footballer who plays as a defender for Al-Ahly. He has competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Hossam Hassan is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Egyptian League club Al Ahly.

Father Matta El Meskeen or Matthew the Poor, born Youssef Iskandar was a Copt Coptic Orthodox monk. He was the key figure in the revival of Coptic monasticism which began in 1969 when he was appointed to the Monastery of St Macarius in the Wadi El Natrun in Egypt. By the time of his death the community had grown from 6 aged monks to 130 monks, and as many other monasteries were revived, new ones also began to open. He was twice nominated to become Coptic Pope, but was not chosen in either case.

Yahya El Mashad was an Egyptian nuclear scientist who headed the Iraqi nuclear program. He was killed in a Paris hotel room in June 1980, in an operation generally attributed to the Mossad.

Mahmoud Mohieldin, born on 15 January 1965 in Egypt, is the World Bank Group's Senior Vice President for the 2030 Development Agenda, UN Relations, and Partnerships. He serves as a Board member on the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data, as well as an observer to the EU Multi-Stakeholder Platform for the SDGs. Dr. Mohieldin previously served as Corporate Secretary, President's Special Envoy, and Managing Director for the World Bank Group.