List of Famous Cancerians

Johnny Li Khai-kam is a two-time Hong Kong Olympic swimmer in the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics. In 1981, he set the Hong Kong age group record for 14-year-olds in the 100 metres freestyle at British Swimming's Age Group Championships, a record which stood until 2005 when it was broken by Geoffrey Cheah.

Raimundo Nonato Sodré, is a Brazilian musician known for working in rootsy styles of music outside of the mainstream. He was raised by his mother, filha-de-santo in a terreiro of candomblé Angola outside of Ipirá run by her mãe-de-santo sister. It was in this house of candomblé that Sodré learned to drum. He later learned to play guitar, taught at first by his mother.

Ali Akbar Velayati is an Iranian conservative politician and physician. Velayati is a distinguished professor at Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, senior adviser to the Supreme Leader in international affairs and head of the board of founders and the board of trustees of the Islamic Azad University.

The Big Three were a Merseybeat group from Liverpool. They are best known for their 1963 recording of "Some Other Guy" and their close connection to the Beatles.

Ahmed Assid is a Moroccan Berber activist, a professor of philosophy, a poet, and a political activist, well known for being an active secularist.

Kim Ji-Ho is a South Korean actress.

Kala Venkata Rao was an Indian independence activist and politician. He served as the Minister for Revenue in the governments of the Madras Presidency and Andhra Pradesh. He also served as the Minister of Finance in the latter.

Gustavo Nery de Sá da Silva, commonly known as Gustavo Nery, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a left-back.