List of Famous people born in Ankara Province

Ekrem Ekşioğlu is a Turkish retired football defender.

Seden Gürel is a Turkish singer and songwriter.

Necla Pur is a Turkish economist and professor. She is the former rector of Marmara University.

Yıldırım Mert Çetin is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie A club Hellas Verona, on loan from Roma, and the Turkey national team.

Abdülkadir Kayalı is a Turkish footballer who currently plays for Balıkesirspor.

Ebru Ceylan is a Turkish photographer, actress, screenwriter and art director. She is married to collaborator Nuri Bilge Ceylan.

Yasemin Dalkılıç is a Turkish female free diver. She holds numerous records in different categories of free diving. Though still in the middle of her career, she is already considered to be one of the all-time greats in the sport.

Mehmet Özal is a Turkish wrestler in Greco-Roman style. He is member of the İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K..

Derya Sazak is a prominent Turkish journalist and writer who lost his job because of the Turkish Government's censorship. He has started a new newspaper, Karşı, as editor in chief.