List of Famous people born in Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia

Muteb Al-Mufarrij is a Saudi Arabian football player who plays as a centre back for Al-Hilal in the Saudi Professional League, and the Saudi Arabian national team.

Michael Mmoh is an American tennis player. He won the USTA junior national championship in 2016. He has won 2 ATP Challenger titles and 4 ITF Futures tournaments, including his first at the age of 16.

Norah Al otaibi known as Reem Abdullah is a Saudi Arabian actress. She worked with comedians Nasser Al Qasabi and Abdullah Al-Sadhan in the 2007 television series Tash Ma Tash. In 2012, she was cast by the Saudi director Haifa Al-Mansour in the film Wadjda, which received critical acclaim.

Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al-Sheikh is a Saudi Arabian Islamic scholar who is the current Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia. As such he is head of the Council of Senior Religious Scholars and its sub-committee, the Permanent Committee for Islamic Research and Issuing Fatwas.

Mashour bin Abdulaziz Al Saud is a member of the House of Saud and a member of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's Allegiance Council. He is the half-brother of King Salman and the father-in-law of Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman.

Abu Zubaydah is a Saudi Arabian national currently held by the U.S. in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba. He is held under the authority of Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Terrorists (AUMF).

Sami Abdullah Al-Jaber is a retired football striker from Saudi Arabia. He spent the majority of his career from 1988 to 2008 with Al-Hilal.

Khalid bin Salman Al Saud, is the ninth son and tenth child of King Salman of Saudi Arabia. On 27 September 2022, he was appointed as Saudi Arabia's defense minister.

Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Rabeeah is a Saudi pediatric surgeon who has a made significant contributions to medical practice both in his native Saudi Arabia and abroad. After becoming a licensed practitioner in the early 1980s, he went on to specialize in the field of pediatrics, where he is internationally recognized for his work in separating conjoined twins.He is the protagonist of a European novel written by the Romanian writer Dominica El-Yazal, expressing her gratitude for his work, and she donated the first copy of it to King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz for taking care of the costs of the operation. In addition to his work as a surgeon, Al Rabeeah has filled a number of supervisory and advisory roles in Saudi Arabia, including Minister of Health, Advisor to the Royal Court, and Supervisor General of the international aid agency KSrelief.

Hussa bint Ahmed Al Sudairi (1900–1969) was one of the many spouses and cousins of King Abdulaziz and the mother of King Fahd and King Salman, monarchs of Saudi Arabia. Her sons Sultan, Nayef, and Salman served successively as Crown Prince during their half-brother Abdullah's reign, as their brother Fahd had done during the reign of Khalid, another half-brother. Her adult sons are informally known as the Sudairi Seven.