People from Cairo

Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1992 to 1996

Egyptian hijacker and one of the ringleaders of the September 11 attacks (1968–2001)

Egyptian activist

former Egyptian Prime minister

Egyptian newspaper editor (1887–1958)

First African/Arab woman to earn a pilot licence (1933)

Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council

Egyptian politician (1888-1948)

First lady of Ghana and wife of Kwame Nkrumah (1932-2007)

First Lady of Egypt

First Lady of Egypt

Egyptian actor

Egyptian percussionist and music producer (1953-2019)

Egyptian spy (1926–1955)

French psychoanalyst (1927–2012)

Wife of the Maharaja of Lahore

3rd General Guide of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood (1904–1986)

Egyptian sex therapist

Egyptian actor and singer

Egyptian singer and actress

Israeli spy in Egypt - part of Lavon affair

Modern Egyptian painter

Egyptian cultural critic and Marxist

Egyptian al-Qaeda member

Egyptian LGBT rights activist

Greek writer and poet (1911-1980)

Ismaili Nizari Imam

Egyptian film director

political analyst

Montenegrin politician

Italian painter (1845-1938)

Egyptian film director

Egyptian/Canadian citizen linked to Mujahideen leaders in Afghanistan