List of Famous people born in Istanbul Province

Zeynep Karahan Uslu(born on July 11, 1969 in Istanbul, Turkey), is a Turkish communication scientist, public relations specialist and politician.

Gökçe Fırat Çulhaoğlu is the chairman of National Party and journalist. He is the Head-Columnist of Turkish Left. He was arrested and sent to prison with the accusation of "Insulting the President" on 31 May 2015, but released after 18 days of imprisonment. On 31 August 2016 he was detained again and accused of aiding a terrorist organization. He would have been released on 31 March 2017, if not on the same day a second prosecution was opened and he was again taken in custody. This time he was accused of wanting to "overthrow the government and the constitutional order" in the "FETÖ media leg" trial. On 8 March 2018, he was sentenced to 6 years and 3 months imprisonment for being a member of a terror organization.

Arzuhan Doğan Yalçındağ is a Turkish businesswoman and chairwoman of the Doğan Holding industrial conglomerate.

Vedat Erincin is a German actor of Turkish origin. The co-founder of the Wuppertal-based Wupper-Theater and former head of the Arkadaş Theater, he is dedicated to intercultural theatrical work. His former wife is fellow actress Lilay Huser.

Özdemir Erdoğan is a Turkish singer-songwriter and composer. He was elected as a Turkish state artist in 1998.

Selim Soydan was a Turkish football player of rivals Beşiktaş J.K. and Fenerbahçe. He played as a defender.

Hasan Cemal is a Turkish journalist and writer. He was the editor of Cumhuriyet from 1981 to 1992, and of Sabah from 1992 to 1998. In 2013 he resigned from the Milliyet newspaper after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had criticised his article supporting Milliyet's publication of minutes of a parliamentary visit to Abdullah Öcalan, and Milliyet suspended him and refused to publish his returning column.

Yalçın Ayhan is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a centre back.

Ahmet Düverioğlu, known as Ahmad Hekmat Al-Dwairi in Jordan, is a Turkish-Jordanian international professional basketball player who plays for Fenerbahçe in the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL). He uses his Turkish passport in the EuroLeague competition. Standing at a height of 2.13 m, he plays at the center position.

Engin Yıldırım is a Turkish professor of Labor Economics and the vice-president of the Constitutional Court of Turkey.