List of Famous people born in Balıkesir Province

Hande Erçel is a Turkish actress and model best known for her lead roles in the TV series Güneşin Kızları and Aşk Laftan Anlamaz.

Cengiz Ünder is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Premier League club Leicester City, on loan from Roma, and the Turkey national team.

Ebrar Karakurt is a Turkish volleyball player. She is 1.96 m tall and plays as opposite. She is part of the Turkey women's national volleyball team.

Zeynep Günay Tan is a Turkish director. She noticed her interest in cinema and television during her high school years. She began her theatre training in Italy but returned to Turkey without completing her education. She eventually majored in the Italian Language and Literature. She started working in television sets since her early years at the university. She worked as an assistant for Kartal Tibet, and later became an assistant director to Ziya Öztan, Ömer Kavur and Çağan Irmak. In 2005, she directed her first TV series Güz Yangını, followed by Eşref Saati in 2007. In 2009, due to her contract with a production company, she directed ten episodes of Kurtlar Vadisi Pusu. In 2010, she began directing her first long-term drama series Öyle Bir Geçer Zaman ki. The series, which lasted for three seasons, won the Best TV Series award at the 38th Golden Butterfly Awards in 2011. It also won the Best Drama Series Award at the 2nd Antalya Television Awards in the same year. After Öyle Bir Geçer Zaman ki she worked as a director in short-term productions, including Kayıp in 2013 and Benim Adım Gültepe in 2014. In 2015, she directed the first episode of Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem. In 2016, she served as a creative director in the series Arkadaşlar İyidir. Her latest work is İstanbullu Gelin, which premiered in 2017. With three seasons in total, it was a nominee for the Telenovela award at the 46th International Emmy Awards.

Caner Erkin is a Turkish professional footballer who plays for Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe.

Zerrin Tekindor is a Turkish actress and painter. In 1985 she graduated from the Hacettepe University State Conservatory, School of Theater. In that year, she began to work at the Adana State Theatre as an intern. After two years she was charged with a duty in Ankara at the State Theatre and performed in numerous plays such as: Laundry, Ferhad and Sirin, A Noisy and Clamorous Story, Death, Istanbul Efendisi, Last of the Red Hot Lovers, Skylight, From War to Peace, From Love to Quarrel, Love Kills, The Government Inspector, A Place in the Middle of the Earth. In 2003 she moved to Istanbul to work at the Istanbul State Theatre. In 2004 she performed in The Government Inspector as Anna Andreyevna. She won an Afife Theatre Award for Best Supporting Actress in Comedy.

Vedat İnceefe is a retired Turkish football player.

Şevket Altuğ is a Turkish actor.

Barış Falay is a Turkish actor.

Atalay Filiz is a Turkish serial killer. He is held responsible for at least three murders, possibly for one in 2012, two in September 2013 and one in May 2016. A fugitive for more than two years, he was captured in June 2016.