List of Famous people born in Istanbul Province

Elif Doğan is a Turkish actress. A graduate of İstanbul University with a degree in musical studies, Doğan started her career with a role in the TV series Aşk Laftan Anlamaz and continued her career in television with Hayat Bazen Tatlıdır. She was then cast in a supporting role in Çukur and had her first leading role in the series Darısı Başımıza. She further rose to prominence with her role as Azra in the 2020 series Gençliğim Eyvah.

Sevil Sabancı is a Turkish businesswoman and a member of the Sabancı family in third generation.

Almila Ada Bayazıtoğlu is a Turkish actress, model and ballerina.

Mario Levi (born 1957 in Istanbul is one of the most important modern novelists of Turkish literature.

Ioanna Kuçuradi is a Turkish philosopher from Istanbul. She is currently the president of Philosophical Society of Turkey and a full-time academic of Maltepe University.

Reşit Altan Erkekli is a Turkish theatre, film and television actor.

Erman Kunter is a Turkish-French former professional basketball player and coach. He most recently served as head coach of Galatasaray, of the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL).

Kadri Gürsel is a Turkish journalist. He became prominent when the Turkish government imprisoned him for his coverage on groups associated with terrorism. On October 31, 2016, while working for the newspaper Cumhuriyet, Kadri Gürsel was taken into custody together with many of his colleagues. The journalists were arrested for alleged ties to terrorist organizations, including the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C), and the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ).

Etyen Mahçupyan is a Turkish journalist, writer and columnist of Armenian descent who served as the senior adviser to Prime Minister of Turkey Ahmet Davutoğlu from 2014-2015. He is one of the executive members of the founders' committee of the Future Party (Turkey).

Mehmet Ali Nuroğlu is a Turkish actor.