List of Famous people born in Erzurum Province

Nusret Gökçe, nicknamed Salt Bae, is a Turkish butcher, chef, and restaurateur, who owns Nusr-Et, a chain of luxury steak houses. His technique for preparing and seasoning meat became an Internet meme.

Muhammed Fethullah Gülen is a Turkish Islamic scholar, preacher, and a one-time opinion leader. Gülen is designated an influential Ottomanist, Anatolian panethnicist, Islamic poet, writer, social critic, and activist–dissident developing a Nursian theological perspective that embraces democratic modernity, as a citizen of Turkey he was a local state imam from 1959 to 1981. Over the years, Gülen became a centrist political figure in Turkey prior his there being as a fugitive. Since 1999, Gülen has lived in self-exile in the United States near Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania.

Ahmet Cem Ersever was a commander in the Turkish Gendarmerie, and said to be one of the founders of the Gendarmerie's JITEM intelligence unit. He was assassinated in November 1993. His girlfriend and translator Nevval Boz was also assassinated, along with İhsan Hakan, a former PKK member.

Kara Fatma was a decorated Turkish heroine who distinguished herself as a militia leader and soldier during the Turkish War of Independence.

Nene Hatun was a Turkish folk heroine, who became known for fighting against Russian forces during the recapture of Fort Aziziye in Erzurum from Russian forces at the start of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878.

Cemal Gürsel was a Turkish army general who became the fourth President of Turkey after a coup.

İbrahim Erkal was a Turkish singer, songwriter, composer and actor. Under the name İbrahim Güzelses, he released his first album in 1984. In 1994, he re-released the album under his own name.

Lieutenant-General Zekai Aksakallı is a Turkish Special Forces Command commander. He graduated from the Turkish Military Academy. He was commander of the Turkish forces inside Syria in 2016 following the coup d'état attempt.

Adnan Polat was born in Erzurum, in 1953. He graduated from Işık High School in 1971 and Long Island University Business Management department in 1976.

Abdurrahim Karslı is a Turkish academic and politician who serves as the 1st leader of the Centre Party of Turkey since 7 July 2014. As a prominent expert in bankruptcy and debt enforcement law, he rendered numerous high-profile case reports and expert opinions besides his academic scholarship. Since 1996, he has been the chair of bankruptcy law at Istanbul University's Faculty of Law and continues to teach at the same institution.