List of Famous people born in Istanbul Province

İbrahim Akdağ is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ankaragücü.

Derya Çayırgan is a Turkish female volleyball player. She is 168 cm (5.51 ft) tall at 58 kg (128 lb) and plays in the Libero position. She plays for Galatasaray.

Onur Dursun, better known by his stage name Ozbi, is a Turkish rapper and songwriter.

Vedat Yenerer is a Turkish journalist and writer. As a war correspondent he has visited over 75 countries, and he has published a number of non-fiction books. Since 2008 he has been a defendant in the Ergenekon trials.

Rıza Mahmut Türmen, is a former judge of the European Court of Human Rights and currently an MP for Izmir in the Turkish Parliament, with the Republican People's Party.

Veysel Sarı is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a right back for Süper Lig club Antalyaspor.

Yunus Akgün is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Adana Demirspor on loan from Galatasaray.

Hatice Bahar Özgüvenç is a Turkish female football manager and former women's football player. She coaches Beşiktaş J.K.. She was a member of the Turkish national team.

Mehmet Toner is a Turkish biomedical engineer. He is currently the Helen Andrus Benedict Professor of Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Harvard Medical School, with a joint appointment as professor at the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST).

Berk İbrahim Uğurlu is a Turkish professional basketball player who plays for Tofaş of the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL). Standing at 1.92 m, and weighing 87 kg (192 lbs.), he plays at the point guard position.