List of Famous people born in Al-Qassim Region, Saudi Arabia

Rashid Al Shamrani is a Saudi Arabian television actor, clinical psychologist and dramatist Writer, known for his role in the Saudi series "Bayny wa bynak" 1 and 2 and 3, Began his artistic career when he was student at the age 17.

Ali Abdullah Al-Daffa is a noted mathematician, scientist, author, professor, and expert on the history of science and Islam.

Mansour al-Nogaidan is an Emirati writer, reformist and journalist. He was born in 1970 in Buraidah city, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. al-Nogaidan is married and has two children.

Adel Al Toraifi is a Saudi journalist and a specialist in Middle Eastern affairs, focusing on Saudi-Iranian relations and foreign policy decision making in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf. He was the minister of culture and information of Saudi Arabia from January 2015 to April 2017.

Yousef bin Ahmad Al-Othaimeen is a Saudi Arabian politician who is the secretary-general of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), since November 2016, when Iyad bin Amin Madani stepped down for health reasons.

Muhammad Sulaiman Al Jasser is a Saudi economist who was economy and planning minister between 2011 and April 2015.

Jamil Al-Hejailan is a Saudi diplomat, who served as secretary general of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) from 1996 to 2002. He was born in Buraidah, AlQasim region in 1927. He was the ambassador of Saudi Arabia in Germany, Kuwait, and France for 20 years. He served as the first ambassador in history of Kuwait. He brought the first television network to Saudi Arabia. Al-Hejailan was also the first Minister of Information and Broadcasting in the History of Saudi Arabia. He also served as the Minister of Health while also holding the title of Minister of Information and Broadcasting, the only minister in the history of Saudi Arabia to be in charge of two ministries.