List of Famous people born in Istanbul Province

Çağla Şıkel is a Turkish model, actress and TV presenter.

Zuhal Olcay is a Turkish actress and singer.

Aslı Erdoğan is a prize-winning Turkish writer, author, human rights activist, and columnist for Özgür Gündem and formerly for Radikal, ex political prisoner, particle physicist. Her second novel has been published in English, and eight books translated into twenty languages.

Zafer Ergin is a Turkish actor who plays in Arka Sokaklar.

Batuhan Karacakaya is a Turkish television actor.

Aziz Fuat Güner, better known as Fuat Güner, is a Turkish pop musician, member of the renowned band MFÖ and an actor.

Zeynep Değirmencioğlu is a Turkish actress.

Burcu Kıratlı is a Turkish actress and model. She is best known for her roles in Peri Masalı, Diriliş: Ertuğrul and Aşk ve Mavi. She received an award at Türk Sinemasını Geçmişten Geleceğe Taşıyanlar ceremony for her contribution in Turk cinema on 8 October 2020. Kıratlı upcoming film "7 Melek" will be released in 2021. The film based on a real story that tells the life story of 7 female police officers in Ankara Gölbaşı Special Operations, which suffered the greatest damage in the coup attempt in July 2016.

Ahmet Altay Cengizer is a Turkish diplomat and the current permanent delegate at the UNESCO for Turkey.

Alp Yalman is a Turkish businessman and former chairman of the Turkish sports club Galatasaray.