List of Famous people born in Istanbul, Istanbul Province

Moïse de Camondo

First Name Moïse
Last Name Camondo
Born on March 15, 1860
Died on November 14, 1935 (aged 75)

Count Moïse de Camondo was an Ottoman Empire-born French banker and art collector. He was a member of the prominent Camondo family.

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Anthemiolus

Born on January 1, 0500
Died on January 1, 0471

Anthemiolus was the son of the Western Roman Emperor Anthemius (467–472) and Marcia Euphemia, daughter of the Eastern Roman emperor Marcian.

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Garabet Amira Balyan

First Name Garabet
Born on January 1, 1800
Died on November 15, 1866 (aged 66)
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Leo IV the Khazar

First Name Leo
Last Name Khazar
Born on January 25, 0750
Died on September 8, 0780 (aged 30)

Leo IV the Khazar was Byzantine emperor from 775 to 780 AD. He was born to Emperor Constantine V and Empress Tzitzak in 750. He was elevated to caesar the next year, in 751, and married to Irene of Athens in 768. When Constantine V died in September 775, while campaigning against the Bulgarians, Leo IV became senior emperor on 14 September 775. In 778 Leo raided Abbasid Syria, decisively defeating the Abbasid army outside of Germanicia. Leo died on 8 September 780, of tuberculosis. He was meant to be succeeded by his son Constantine VI, but rule instead transferred to his wife Irene, who assumed the role of regent and later empress.

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Galla

Born on November 30, 0374
Died on November 30, 0393 (aged 19)

Galla was a Roman empress as the second wife of Theodosius I. She was the daughter of Valentinian I and his second wife Justina.

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Maria Komnene

First Name Maria
Last Name Komnene
Born on March 1, 1152
Died on July 1, 1182 (aged 30)

Maria Komnene was the eldest daughter of the Emperor Manuel I Komnenos by his first wife, Bertha of Sulzbach. She was known as the Porphyrogennete (Πορφυρογέννητη) or Porphyrogenita because she had been "born in the Purple Chamber", i.e. born in the Palace at Constantinople to the wife of a reigning emperor.

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Anne de Constantinople

First Name Anne
Last Name Constantinople
Born on November 30, 0887
Died on November 30, 0911 (aged 24)
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Leontia Porphyrogenita

First Name Leontia
Born on January 1, 0457
Died on November 30, 0499 (aged 42)

Leontia was the daughter of the Eastern Roman Emperor Leo I.

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Philip of Courtenay

First Name Philip
Last Name Courtenay
Born on January 1, 1243
Died on December 15, 1283 (aged 40)

Philip, also Philip of Courtenay, held the title of Latin Emperor of Constantinople from 1273–1283, although Constantinople had been reinstated since 1261 AD to the Byzantine Empire; he lived in exile and only held authority over Crusader States in Greece. He was born in Constantinople, the son of Baldwin II of Constantinople and Marie of Brienne.

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Michael I Cerularius

First Name Michael
Last Name Cerularius
Born on November 30, 1004
Died on January 21, 1059 (aged 54)

Michael I Cerularius or Keroularios was the Patriarch of Constantinople from 1043 to 1059 AD. He is most notable for his role in the events that led to the Great Schism in 1054.

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