List of Famous people born in Diyarbakır Province

Kerim Sarp Apak is a Turkish actor.

Songül Öden is a Turkish actress of Zaza descent.

Serhat Teoman is a Turkish actor.

Coşkun Sabah is a Turkish musician. An ethnic Assyrian originally from Diyarbakir, he has composed more than one hundred Turkish songs and from the late 1980s to the early 1990s he attracted a large following, and became known as "the Frank Sinatra of Turkey".

Reha Kapsal is a Turkish football manager. He is a widely known head coach and manager in Turkish Süper Lig and 1. Lig for his training sessions and tactical point of view. He was also a footballer, and played as a striker.

Osman Baydemir is a Turkish politician, lawyer and human rights activist of Kurdish descent. He was the mayor of his home town of Diyarbakır from 2004 to 2014. He was a member of the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) until 2014 and HDP since 2014.

Sezgin Tanrıkulu is a Turkish human rights lawyer known for his defense of the rights of Kurdish citizens. He is currently serving as an MP in the Turkish Grand Assembly with the Republican People's Party (CHP).

Emre Taner is a Turkish civil servant born in Lice, Diyarbakır Province and was until May 2010 the undersecretary of the governmental intelligence agency of Turkey, the National Intelligence Organization. He is known for rejuvenating the organization, and encouraging the government to adopt a more active stance with regard to foreign policy.

Murat Aygen is a Turkish actor. He is a graduate of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University State Conservatory.

Mahmut Tekdemir is a Turkish professional footballer who currently plays as a defensive midfielder for İstanbul Başakşehir.