Editing Cairo (section)

==Notable people==
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* [[Zulfikar family]], Egyptian noble family
* [[Rabab Al-Kadhimi]] (1918–1998), dentist and poet
* [[Neobyrd|Wael Alaa]] (born 1987), musician known as Neobyrd 
* [[Amr Aly]] (born 1962), American soccer player and Olympian 
* [[Gamal Aziz]], also known as Gamal Mohammed Abdelaziz, former president and chief operating officer of [[Wynn Resorts]], and former CEO of [[MGM Resorts International]], indicted as part of the [[2019 college admissions bribery scandal]]
* [[Yasser Arafat]] (1929–2004), born Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf al-Qudwa al-Husseini, was the 3rd Chairman of The [[Palestine Liberation Organization|PLO]] and first president of the [[Palestinian National Authority|Palestinian Authority]]
* [[Abu Sa'id al-Afif]], 15th-century Samaritan
* [[Ezz El-Dine Zulficar]] (1919–1963), Egyptian film director, screenwriter, actor and producer, known for his distinctive style, which blends romance and action. Zulficar was one of the most influential filmmakers in the [[Cinema of Egypt|Egyptian Cinema's]] golden age.
* [[Boutros Boutros-Ghali|Boutros Ghali]] (1922–2016), former [[Secretary-General of the United Nations]]
* [[Dalida]] (1933–1987), Italian-Egyptian singer who lived most of her life in France, received 55 golden records and was the first singer to receive a [[Music recording sales certification|diamond disc]]
* [[Farouk El-Baz]] (born 1938), [[Egyptian American]] [[space scientist]] who worked with [[NASA]] to assist in the planning of scientific exploration of the Moon, including the selection of landing sites for the Apollo missions and the training of astronauts in lunar observations and photography
* [[Ahmed Mourad Bey Zulfikar]] (1888–1945), Egyptian chief of police
* [[Freddy Elbaiady]] (born 1971), Egyptian politician
* [[Mohamed ElBaradei]] (born 1942), former [[Director-general|Director General]] of the [[International Atomic Energy Agency]], [[Nobel Peace Prize|2005 Nobel Peace Prize laureate]]
* [[C. S. Forester]] (1899–1966), English novelist known for writing tales of naval warfare, born in Cairo.
* [[Nourane Fotsing Moluh Hassana|Nourane Foster]] (born 1987), Cameroonian entrepreneur, politician and member of the National Assembly
* [[William Donald Hamilton]] (1936–2000), British evolutionary biologist, was born in Cairo
* [[Mauro Hamza]] (born 1965/1966), fencing coach
* [[Ahmed Hassanein (American football)|Ahmed Hassanein]], [[NFL]] player for the [[Detroit Lions]], spent most of his childhood in Cairo
* [[Taco Hemingway]] (born 1990), Polish hip-hop artist
* [[Dorothy Hodgkin]] (1910–1994), British chemist, credited with the development of [[protein crystallography]], [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] in 1964
* [[Naguib Mahfouz]] (1911–2006), novelist, [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] laureate in 1988
* [[Roland Moreno]] (1945–2012), French inventor, engineer, humorist and author who invented the [[smart card]]
* [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]] (1918–1970), Egyptian politician who served as the [[List of Presidents of Egypt|second President of Egypt]] from 1954 until his death in 1970.
* [[Ahmed Sabri]] (1889–1955), painter
* [[Dina Zulfikar]] (born 1962), film distributor and animal welfare activist
* [[Mohamed Sobhi (actor)|Mohamed Sobhi]] (born 1948), film, television and stage actor, and director
* [[Beatification|Blessed]] [[Maria Caterina Troiani]] (1813–1887), [[mercy|charitable activist]]
* [[Magdi Yacoub]] (born 1935), Egyptian-British cardiothoracic surgeon
* [[Hesham Youssef]], Egyptian diplomat
* [[Ahmed Zulfikar]] (1952–2010), mechanical engineer and entrepreneur
* [[Naguib Sawiris]] (born 1954), businessman, 62nd richest person on Earth in 2007 [[billionaire|list of billionaires]], reaching US$10.0 billion with his company [[Orascom Telecom Holding]]
* [[Yakub Kadri Karaosmanoğlu]] (1889–1974), Turkish novelist
* [[Mona Zulficar]] (born 1950), lawyer and [[Human rights defender|human rights activist]]. She was included in the [[Forbes]] 2021 list of the "100 most powerful businesswomen in the Arab region".
* [[Isma'il Pasha of Egypt|Ismail Pacha]] (1830–1895), Egyptian politician who served as [[Khedive]] of [[Khedivate of Egypt|Egypt]] from 1863 to 1879
* [[Avi Cohen]] (1956–2010), Israeli international footballer
* [[Maghlatay ibn Qalij]] (1291–1361), Islamic scholar and author of the [[Mamluk Sultanate|Mamluk era]].