List of Famous people born in Istanbul Province

Simay Barlas is a Turkish actress.

Neslihan Atagül is a Turkish actress. She rose to prominence by acting in the cinema movie Ilk Ask (2006). She made her acting debut in the television series Yaprak Dökümü (2006–10) and later starred in the film Araf (2011). In the same year she appeared in the television series Canım Babam (2011). Atagül came to international attention for her roles in Fatih Harbiye (2013–2014) and Kara Sevda (2015–2016). She received critical acclaim and won numerous accolades.

Aras Bulut İynemli is a Turkish actor. İynemli has won numerous accolades for his acting since the beginning of his career. He is best known for his performances in the television series Öyle Bir Geçer Zaman ki, Muhteşem Yüzyıl, Maral, İçerde and Çukur.

Melis Sezen is a Turkish actress.

Necmettin Bilal Erdoğan is a Turkish businessman, the second child of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the President of Turkey.

Kemal Derviş is a Turkish economist and politician, and former head of the United Nations Development Programme. He was honored by the government of Japan for having "contributed to mainstreaming Japan's development assistance policy through the United Nations". In 2005, he was ranked 67th in the Top 100 Public Intellectuals Poll conducted by Prospect and Foreign Policy magazines. He is Vice President and Director of the Global Economy and Development program at the Brookings Institution and part-time professor of international economics at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva.

Çağatay Ulusoy is a Turkish actor and model who started his acting career in the TV series Adını Feriha Koydum (2011–2012) as Emir Sarrafoğlu. Since then, he has had further lead roles in Medcezir (2013–2015), a remake of the television series The O.C., in the TV series İçerde and since 2018 he plays the lead role in the first Turkish Netflix series The Protector.

Sibel Can is a Turkish folk pop and classical music singer. Sibel Can became a dancer at the age of 14 and later started her music career. She has been known as one of the most successful singers in Turkey. She is of Romani descent.

Cem Yılmaz is a Turkish stand-up comedian, actor, voice actor, musician, filmmaker, screen writer, and cartoonist. He is best known for his films G.O.R.A. (2004), A.R.O.G (2008) and Yahşi Batı (2010), and has won two Sadri Alışık awards for his roles in Organize İşler (2005) and The Magician (2006).

Ebru Gündeş is a Turkish pop-folk singer, actress, and television personality.