List of Famous people born in Istanbul Province

Naz Aydemir Akyol is a Turkish volleyball player, widely regarded as one of the best setters in international volleyball. She is 186 cm tall and plays as setter for Fenerbahçe and the Turkey women's national volleyball team. She has won two league championships with Fenerbahçe and three with Eczacıbaşı Zentiva. She also has two CEV Champions League championships, winning the 2011–2012 edition with Fenerbahçe and the 2012–2013 edition with Vakıfbank.

Seçkin Özdemir is a Turkish actor and former TV presenter, radio personality and disc jockey (DJ). His mother is of Turkish descent, from Xanthi, Greece. His mother was born in Greece and immigrated to Turkey. His father is from Sinop. Seçkin has established himself as a leading actor in Turkey with roles in several of the highly successful television series, that includes The Girl with the Red Scarf (2011), Bir Aşk Hikâyesi (2013), Günahkar (2014), Acı Aşk (2015) and Kuruluş: Osman (2020).

İsmail Kartal, also known as Arap İsmail, is a Turkish footballer manager, and former footballer who represented the Turkey national football team.

Yonca Evcimik is a Turkish pop singer and actress.

Ersin Destanoğlu is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Süper Lig club Beşiktaş.

Mehmet Erol Evgin is a Turkish pop singer, composer, and film actor.

Özge Ece Üner is a Turkish TV presenter and news anchor. She works as the main news bulletin presenter on Show TV.

Burak Serdar Şanal is a Turkish actor.

Uğur Pektaş is a Turkish actor, and competitor in Survivor Turkey finals who won the first degree in the program, which is shown in Star TV at the time. He has taken an active role in the Turkish films of Kuşdili and Düşler ve Gerçekler. Later, he continued on with a role in Arka Sokaklar as an inspector.

Melisa Sözen is a Turkish actress.