List of Famous people born in Istanbul Province

Faruk Eczacıbaşı is a Turkish businessman. With his brother Bülent Eczacıbaşı and other members of the Eczacıbaşı family he owns significant shareholding in the Eczacıbaşı. He is also the Vice Chairman of Eczacıbaşı Group as of 2018. He is a graduate of the German High School of Istanbul and Berlin Technical University's School of Management, where he earned his undergraduate and MBA degrees.

Cansu Köksal is a Turkish female basketball player. The 1.87 m national plays small forward. Currently, she is a member of Galatasaray.

Doğa Bekleriz is a Turkish model, actress, and TV presenter. She also started a singing career with a group named Adrenalin formed with two other Turkish models, Gizem Özdilli and Nigar Talibova.

Filiz Koçali is a female Turkish politician and a feminist activist and journalist. She was a founder member of the Freedom and Solidarity Party (ÖDP) in 1996 and of the break-away Socialist Democracy Party (SDP) in 2002, and was secretary general of the SDP from 2004 to 2009. She is now a member of the Peace and Democracy Party.

Ayşe Işıl Karakaş is a Turkish academic, professor of law, and former judge at the European Court of Human Rights in respect of the Republic of Turkey.

Yeliz Başa is a Turkish female volleyball player, who won the gold medal at the 2014 Women's European Volleyball League playing with the Turkey women's national volleyball team.

Meltem Hocaoğlu is a Turkish karateka competing in the kumite +68 kg division.

Oya Eczacıbaşı is a Turkish curator. She is chair of the board of the Istanbul Modern Art Museum.

Fatma Nur Serter is a female Turkish academic and politician.