List of Famous people born in Istanbul Province

Öykü Karayel is a Turkish actress.

Ali Mehmet Celâl Şengör is a Turkish geologist. He is currently on the faculty at Istanbul Technical University, Department of Geological Engineering. After graduating from Robert College, he received his BS (1978), MS (1979) degrees and PhD degree from the State University of New York, Albany in 1982. He also writes a weekly popular science columns in the center-left daily Cumhuriyet. He is married and has one child named Asım Şengör.

Seda Sayan is a Turkish pop folk singer, actress, and TV variety-show hostess.

Özge Özpirinçci is a Turkish television and movie actress. She began her acting career with the TV series Cesaretin Var mı Aşka and Kavak Yelleri. Özge starred in feature films Veda and Anadolu Kartalları. Her short film The Loss won multiple awards at the international film festivals. She also hosted a television program called Toplu Hayat. She also starred in Melekler Korusun, Al Yazmalım, Aşk Yeniden and Kadın.

Cüneyt Çakır is a Turkish football referee. He has been FIFA listed since 2006 and a member of the UEFA Elite since 2010.

Gökhan Alkan is a Turkish actor. He is multi-faceted in various fields and is trained in solfège, singing and is professionally engaged in acting, sports, voice acting, poetry and lyricism.

Can Yaman is a Turkish actor, model and lawyer. He has received a Golden Butterfly Award for Best Actor in a Romantic Comedy in 2018 for his role in Erkenci Kuş. Can Yaman won 7th GQ Men of the Year 2019 award. He also starred in the TV series Gönül İşleri , İnadına Aşk, Hangimiz Sevmedik, Dolunay, and recently Bay Yanlış in 2020.

Ahmet Mahmut Ünlü, known professionally as Cübbeli Ahmet Hoca, is a Turkish imam and hafiz. He is a murid of Mahmut Ustaosmanoğlu in İsmailağa. His controversial views are often reported by the Turkish press.

Birce Akalay is a Turkish actress.

Mete Gazoz is a male Turkish recurve archer. He represented Turkey at 2016 Rio Olympics.