List of Famous people born in Ankara Province

Aydın Örs is a Turkish former basketball coach and former head coach of Fenerbahçe. He started to play basketball in 1963. He played for DSİ Spor and Sekerspor also played for 35 times with the Turkish national basketball team.

İdil Biret is a Turkish concert pianist, renowned for her interpretations of the Romantic repertoire.

Turgut Karataş, better known as Ankaralı Turgut, is one of the oldest and most popular singers from the "Ankaralı" school of Turkish ethnic music. He started his career in early 1990s. With the impact of popular music culture on Turkey, most regional singers of Ankara turned towards a new kind of novelty music, which puts into music the sexuality and black humor involved in daily life.

Erkan Sözeri is a Turkish football coach and former player who currently serves as the manager of Bandırmaspor. He is best known for his playing career with Gençlerbirliği in the Turkish Süper Lig.

Funda Arar is a Turkish singer.

Eşref Apak is a Turkish hammer thrower. Apak was a member of Fenerbahçe Athletics in Istanbul then transferred to Enkaspor, where he is coached by Artun Talay. The 185 cm tall athlete at 115 kg (254 lb) is a student of physical education and sports at Gazi University in Ankara.

Bülent Ortaçgil is a Turkish composer and singer.

Hakkı Tolunay Kafkas is a Turkish professional football manager and former player.

Merve Büyüksaraç is a model, TV personality and beauty pageant titleholder who won the Miss Turkey 2006. She is also an industrial designer by profession, a fine-arts artist and an entrepreneur. In 2016, Büyüksaraç has been put in trial in Turkey on the charge of insulting the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Tevfik Ahmet Özal is a Turkish politician, the son of former Turkish President and Prime Minister Turgut Özal and a member of the Özal family. He has been an MP, and co-founded the Uzan Group and later the Özal Group.