Notable Natives
- Kamal al-Din Muhammad ibn Musa Al-Damiri, (1344–1405), writer on canon law and natural history
- Refaat Al-Gammal (Raafat el-Haggan), Egyptian spy
- Professor Aisha Abd al-Rahman (Bent Al Shatea), journalist & Muslim philosopher
- Latifa al-Zayyat, activist and writer
- Professor Abdel Rahman Badawi, professor of philosophy
- St. Sidhom Bishay, Coptic martyr
- Rifaat El-Fanagily, football player
- Mohamed Fahim ElGindy, who established and developed the furniture industry during 20th century in Damietta
- Rifaat el-Mahgoub, former Head of the Egyptian Parliament and a member of the ruling National Democratic Party
- Besheer El-Tabei, football player
- Dr. Mohammed Hassan El-Zayyat, former minister of foreign affairs.
- Farag Foda, secular writer shot to death in his office on 8 June 1992 by two Islamic fundamentalists from the Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya group.
- Zahi Hawass, Egyptologist
- Yusuf Idris, writer & psychiatrist
- Dr. Zaki Naguib Mahmoud, writer and philosopher
- Ali Moustafa Mosharafa, physicist and contributor to the theory of relativity
- Farouk Shousha, poet; previously head of Egyptian Radio (El Soaraa village)
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