List of Famous people born in İzmir Province
Kaan Urgancıoğlu
Kaan Urgancıoğlu is a Turkish actor.
Engin Altan Düzyatansinhji
Engin Altan Düzyatan is a Turkish film and television actor. He is best known for his role as Ertuğrul in Diriliş: Ertuğrul.
Elçin Sangu
Elçin Sangu is a Turkish actress and model of Circassian descent. With her appearance on television ads and campaigns, she has become one of the highest paid celebrities in Turkey.
Çağlar Ertuğrul
Çağlar Ertuğrul is a Turkish actor and mechanical engineer. He won the Golden Butterfly Award for Best Actor in a Romantic Comedy in 2020 for his role in Afili Aşk.
Meltem Cumbul
Meltem Cumbul is a Turkish actress and TV personality.
Yıldız Tilbe
Yıldız Tilbe is a Turkish singer of Kurdish-Zaza descent and one of the best-selling musical artists in Turkey, known especially for her eastern-infused ballads.
Mustafa Denizli
Mustafa Denizli is a former Turkish football player and coach. He has managed many notable Turkish football clubs, including "Istanbul Big Three" and has won the Süper Lig title three times. He is the only manager in history to win the Süper Lig with three clubs.
İbrahim Turhan
İbrahim Turhan, Ph.D. was the chairman and CEO of the Istanbul Stock Exchange from 2012 to 2015 and a Member of the Turkish parliament for the governing Justice and Development Party from 2015 to 2018. He is alleged to be a member of the Gulen Movement.
Édouard Balladur
Édouard Balladur is a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France under François Mitterrand from 29 March 1993 to 10 May 1995. He unsuccessfully ran for president in the 1995 French presidential election, coming in third place. At age 91, Balladur is currently the oldest living former French Prime Minister.
Haluk Bilginer
Nihat Haluk Bilginer is a Turkish actor who won Emmy Best Actor Award for the Şahsiyet series. In addition to his acting career in Turkey, he has also worked in the United Kingdom and remains best known for his role as Mehmet Osman in the television soap opera EastEnders during the 1980s. He has also starred in Hollywood movies as a minor actor. He played a villainous guerrilla leader in the 1987 comedy film Ishtar and a Turkish Mafioso in the 2001 dark comedy film Buffalo Soldiers.