List of Famous people born in Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia

Nawaf Al-Temyat , born June 28, 1976, is a retired Saudi Arabian football player.

Mishari bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud is a retired Saudi Arabian military officer, businessman, former governor of Al Bahah Province and a member of House of Saud.

Yasser Gharsan al-Shahrani is a Saudi Arabian footballer who plays for Al-Hilal as a right or left-back. He moved from Al-Qadisiya to Al-Hilal in 2012. He played in the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup and scored against Guatemala. Al-Shahrani is featured, alongside Lionel Messi, on the official cover of the video game FIFA 16 as distributed for the Middle East.

Saleh bin Abdul-Aziz Al ash-Sheikh is a Saudi cleric who served as the minister of Islamic affairs, endowments, call and guidance of Saudi Arabia between 1996 and 2014, and again since 2015. He is a member of the Al ash-Sheikh, the influential Saudi religious family.

Ahd Hassan Kamel is an actress and filmmaker from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. She is known for her role in the BAFTA-nominated film, Wadjda (2014) and for her role as Fatima in BBC Two's Collateral (2018).

Khaled Aziz Al-Thaker is a Saudi Arabian football (soccer) player who has played as a midfielder for Al-Nassr FC, Al-Hilal FC, and Al-Shabab FC for over one decade.

Thaar Al-Otaibi is a Saudi Arabian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Abha on loan from Al-Hilal.

Ayman Yahya Salem is a Saudi professional footballer of Yemeni origin who currently plays for Al-Nassr as a winger.

Abdulaziz bin Ahmed Al Saud is a Saudi businessman and a member of the Saudi Royal Family.

Abdoh Ibrahim Otaif is a former football player who played for Al-Shabab in Riyadh and Saudi Arabia national team. In 2010 he was called up for the 2010 World Cup qualifiers against Singapore and Uzbekistan.