List of Famous people born in Istanbul Province

Suat Kaya is a Turkish football manager and former player who was most recently the manager of Sakaryaspor.

Irina Andreyevna Voronkova is a Russian female volleyball player. She is part of the Russia women's national volleyball team and was part of the national teams at the 2015 Summer Universiade in Gwangju, the 2015 Montreux Volley Masters, the 2015 European Games in Baku, the 2016 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix in Thailand, the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. and 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

Ümit Aydın is a Turkish retired footballer who last played for Tepecikspor. Born in Istanbul, Turkey, he played defensive and center midfield. Standing at 183 cm. He played for Galatasaray, Adanaspor, Beşiktaş, Ankaraspor, Antalyaspor, Eskişehirspor, Kayserispor, Istanbulspor and now Bursaspor.

Gökçe Dinçer is a Turkish singer, songwriter and composer. Gökçe was born in Istanbul to Muhacir Bosniaks parents. She took piano and drums lessons at school. During her university years, she worked as a soloist for several amateur group. She studied art management and graduated from Yeditepe University's Department of Fine Arts. After two years of working for a commercial company, she decided to start a career as a musician. She began her work by performing as a drummer on the girl band The Eva Band. For about two years, they performed at numerous cities across Turkey.

Mehmet Bora Perinçek is a Turkish historian, political scientist, and professor.

Füsun Önal is a Turkish pop singer, theatre actress, and writer.

Kutluğ Ataman is a Turkish-American contemporary artist and filmmaker, who produces both photography and video art. He won the Carnegie Prize for his works "Kuba" in 2004. In the same year he was nominated for Turner Prize for his work "twelve". He resides in London.

Semiha Yankı is a Turkish pop music singer, presenter and film actress, best known for representing Turkey for the first time at the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 with the song Seninle Bir Dakika.