List of Famous people born in Istanbul Province

Burak Özçivit is a Turkish actor and model who is best known for his roles in Çalıkuşu (2013) and Kara Sevda (2015). He is currently starring as Osman Bey in the history based and adventure series Kuruluş: Osman (2019). Throughout his acting career Özçivit has been a recipient of numerous accolades.

Tchéky Karyo is a French actor and musician of Turkish origin, who is known for playing police investigator Julien Baptiste in the British drama The Missing (2014–2016) and its spin-off series Baptiste (2019). Beginning his career as an actor on stage in classical and contemporary works, he began to work as a character actor in films in the 1980s. He has acted in numerous films by Hollywood and French directors, including Luc Besson.

Gökçe Bahadır is a Turkish film and television actress. She is best known for her performances as Leyla Tekin in the series Yaprak Dökümü, and as Yeliz in Hayat Bilgisi. She has starred in numerous other series including Kayıp Şehir, Ufak Tefek Cinayetler, Aramızda Kalsın, Adı Efsane, Dedemin İnsanları.

Orhan Veli Kanık or Orhan Veli was a Turkish poet. Kanık is one of the founders of the Garip Movement together with Oktay Rıfat and Melih Cevdet. Aiming to fundamentally transform traditional form in Turkish poetry, he introduced colloquialisms into the poetic language. Besides his poetry Kanık crammed an impressive volume of works including essays, articles and translations into 36 short years.

Müge Anlı is a Turkish television presenter and journalist.

Alparslan Arslan is a Turkish criminal convicted for murdering Council of State member Mustafa Yücel Özbilgin, and wounding four others. He also took part in the bombing of the newspaper Cumhuriyet along with Osman Yıldırım, İsmail Sağır, and Erhan Timuroğlu. All of these events took place from 10–17 May 2006.

Ali Yıldırım Koç is a Turkish businessman. He is a third-generation member of Turkey's wealthiest Koç family and the youngest son of Rahmi Koç. On 3 June 2018, he became the 37th president of Fenerbahçe Sports Club.

Metin Feyzioğlu is a Turkish lawyer and a professor of criminal law who currently serves as the 8th President of the Turkish Bars Association since 26 May 2013. He is the grandson of Turhan Feyzioğlu, a former CHP politician and Deputy Prime Minister.

Sümeyye Erdoğan Bayraktar is the youngest of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's four children. In 2013, she was one of the chief advisors of her father who was prime minister at the time.

Ayşe Ajda Pekkan is a Turkish singer. She is known by the titles "Superstar" in the Turkish media. Pekkan became a prominent figure of Turkish pop music with her songs, in which she tried to create a strong female figure. By keeping her works updated and getting influence from Western elements, she managed to become one of Turkey's modern and enduring icons in different periods. Her musical style has kept her popular for more than 50 years and has inspired many of her successors. Pekkan is highly respected in the music industry and her vocal techniques together with many of her albums were praised by music critics.