List of Famous people born in Istanbul, Istanbul Province

Basil III, born Vasileios Georgiadis, was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from July 13, 1925 until his death in 1929.

Gennadius II was a Byzantine philosopher and theologian, and Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1454 to 1464. He was a strong advocate for the use of Aristotelian philosophy in the Eastern Church.

Hammamizade İsmail Dede Efendi was a composer of Ottoman classical music.

Charles Adrien Casimir Barbier de Meynard, born at sea on a ship from Constantinople to Marseille, was a nineteenth-century French historian and orientalist.

Gabriel Guevrekian was an Armenian architect, who designed buildings, interiors and gardens, and taught architecture. He worked in Europe, Iran and the USA.

Ahmet Rasim (1864–1932) was an Ottoman liberal politician and writer, who wrote primarily about social issues.

Manuel Moschopoulos, was a Byzantine commentator and grammarian, who lived during the end of the 13th and the beginning of the 14th century and was an important figure in the Palaiologan Renaissance. Moschopoulos means "little calf," and is probably a nickname.

Ayetullah Bey, was a Turkish footballer of Circassian descent. He was the founder and second president of the major Turkish multi-sport club Fenerbahçe SK between 1908-09.