List of Famous people born in Istanbul Province

Şiir Eloğlu is a Turkish-German actress who lives and works in Berlin and Cologne.

Canan Ergüder is a Turkish actress.

Marcel Zanini is a French jazz musician.

Sami Kohen is a Turkish journalist and columnist. He has written regular columns about foreign policy for Milliyet since 1954.

Ayça Ayşin Turan is a Turkish actress.

Nihat Doğan is a Turkish singer of Kurdish descent. With the release of his first album Kırdın Kalbimi in 1994 he started his professional music career. With participating in Survivor Turkey in 2011 he gained more popularity.

Yusuf Çim is a Turkish singer, actor, TV presenter and model.

Türkân Şoray is a Turkish actress, writer and film director. She is known as "Sultan" of the Cinema of Turkey. She started her career in 1960, and won her first award as the most successful actress at the 1st Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival for the movie Acı Hayat. Having appeared in more than 222 films, Şoray has starred in the most feature films for a female actress worldwide. On 12 March 2010, Şoray was chosen as a UNICEF goodwill ambassador in Turkey, about which she said: "I think there is nothing that cannot be done with love. If we combine power with love, we can overcome many problems".

Cezmi Baskın is a Turkish actor. He has appeared in more than sixty films since the 1970s.

Murat Ülker is a Turkish billionaire businessman, and the chairman of Yıldız Holding, the largest food company in the CEEMEA Region. Yıldız owns businesses including Godiva Chocolatier, pladis, and Sok.