List of Famous people born in Istanbul Province

Müjdat Gezen is a Turkish theatre actor and writer.

Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar was a Turkish poet, novelist, literary scholar and essayist, widely regarded as one of the most important representatives of modernism in Turkish literature. In addition to his literary and academic career, Tanpınar was also a member of the Turkish Parliament between 1944 and 1946.

Yıldırım Tuğrul Türkeş is a Turkish economist and politician, who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey from 28 August 2015 to 19 July 2017. He first joined the interim election government formed by Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu on 28 August 2015 as a Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) politician. He later defected to the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and was elected as an MP as an AKP candidate in the November 2015 general election, continuing to serve as Deputy Prime Minister in the subsequent AKP majority government. He has been a Member of Parliament for Ankara's first electoral district since the 2007 general election and is the eldest son of the MHP's founder Alparslan Türkeş. He is the former leader of the Bright Turkey Party (ATP), which he led from 1997 to 2002.

Kaan Okan Bayülgen is a Turkish actor, variety and talk show host, comedian and photographer.

Nuri Bilge Ceylan is a Turkish film director, photographer, screenwriter and actor.

Serdar Ortaç is a Turkish singer, songwriter and composer.

Şevket Çoruh is a Turkish actor best known as for his roles in İnşaat, Anlat İstanbul, Arka Sokaklar, Gönül, Yılan Hikayesi, Çiçek Taksi. He graduated from Müjdat Gezen Art Center, which is one of the biggest private Turkish dance and theater education institutions. He has taken a role in the second comedy film series of Çakallarla Dans in mid-2012. He also played roles in other comedy series hasn't yet gotten well known nationally, but has been popular in some circles around Istanbul.

Dr. Lale Aytaman was the governor of Muğla province in Turkey from 1991 to 1995 and the first female governor of Turkey.

Furkan Korkmaz is a Turkish professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected 26th in the 2016 NBA draft. He is 6 ft 7 inches and mainly plays the shooting guard position.

İlker Kaan Kaleli is a German-Turkish actor who has received a Golden Butterfly Award for best actor in 2016 for his role in Poyraz Karayel. His mother is German-Turkish. His father is a Turkish citizen from Van.