List of Famous people born in Istanbul Province

Pelin Çelik is a Turkish volleyball player. She is 172 cm and plays as setter for Azeri volleyball club Azerrail Baku. She studied at Istanbul Bilgi University.

Nazım Ekren was a Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey responsible for economic affairs.

Aras Ören is a writer of Turkish origin, currently living in Germany. He was born in November 1939 in Istanbul, and moved to Berlin in 1969. He was editor of the SFB and head of the Turkish editorial team of Radio Multikulti of the RBB. In 1981, he received an honorary prize from the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts. In 1985, he was awarded the Adelbert von Chamisso Prize. In 1999 he was a lecturer at the University of Tübingen. Since 2012 he has been a member of the Akademie der Künste, Berlin.

İlkan Karaman is a Turkish professional basketball player for Petkim Spor of the Turkish Basketball Super League.

Ayşenur İslam is a Turkish university lecturer and politician. On 25 December 2013, she was appointed as the Minister of Family and Social Policy in the third cabinet of Erdoğan and served until 28 August 2015.

Yasin Sülün is a Turkish football coach and a former player. During his playing career, Sülün played professionally at Beşiktaş J.K., Diyarbakırspor, Bursaspor, Altay S.K., Kasımpaşa S.K., Kocaelispor, Adana Demirspor and Sarıyer S.K..

Coşkun Göğen is a Turkish film and theatre actor.