List of Famous people born in Amasya Province

Selim I , known as Selim the Grim or Selim the Resolute, was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1512 to 1520. Despite lasting only eight years, his reign is notable for the enormous expansion of the Empire, particularly his conquest between 1516 and 1517 of the entire Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt, which included all of the Levant, Hejaz, Tihamah, and Egypt itself. On the eve of his death in 1520, the Ottoman Empire spanned about 576,900 sq mi (1,494,000 km²), having grown by seventy percent during Selim's reign.

Bayezid II was the eldest son and successor of Mehmed II, ruling as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1481 to 1512. During his reign, Bayezid II consolidated the Ottoman Empire and thwarted a Safavid rebellion soon before abdicating his throne to his son, Selim I. He is most notable for evacuating Sephardi Jews from Spain after the proclamation of the Alhambra Decree, and resettling them throughout Ottoman lands, especially in Salonica.

Murad II was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1421 to 1444 and again from 1446 to 1451.

Kaşif Nevzat Tarhan is a Turkish medical scientist, psychiatrist and neuropsychology expert.

Mehmet Naci Bostancı is a Turkish politician and academic who currently serves as the Deputy Speaker of the Grand National Assembly along with Şafak Pavey, Koray Aydın and Yurdusev Özsökmenler as of 9 July 2015. He was formerly one of the five parliamentary group leaders of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), having served as an AKP Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Amasya since 12 June 2011.

Şehzade Korkut was an Ottoman prince who was a short time regent for the Ottoman throne.

Çağlar Çorumlu is a Turkish actor.

Uğur Dağdelen was a Turkish professional footballer from Amasya. He played for several clubs in Turkey in addition to the Turkey national football team.

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Tahsin Şahinkaya was a Turkish Air Force general. He was Commander of the Turkish Air Force from 1978 to 1983, and previously Secretary-General of the National Security Council (1977–1978). He was one of the five leaders of the 1980 military coup, and after the coup he was a member of the Presidential Council.