List of Famous people born in İzmir Province

Semih Kaplanoğlu is a Turkish screenwriter, film director and producer.

Yekta Kurtuluş is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Altay.

Dilek Serbest is a Turkish actress and model. She is best known for portraying the role of "İzadora" in the historical drama series Diriliş: Ertuğrul. She also portrayed the role of "Era" in the historical film Fetih 1453. She has also appeared in various movies and TV shows including Yarım Elma, G.O.R.A, Yarım Elma and Kaybolan Yıllar.

Ali Şaşal Vural, is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Sivasspor.

Hatice Deniz Tekin is a Turkish musician and songwriter. Her interest in music began at the age of 8, when she started to play piano and flute. She joined various local music groups during her secondary and high school years. At the age of 16, she began performing live music in small cafes. At the same time, she shared her own recordings under the nickname Daphead on various music platforms and made covers of known songs and attracted attention. In 2017, she released her first studio album Kozakuluçka.

Halil Berktay is a Turkish historian at Ibn Haldun University and was columnist for the daily Taraf.

Şükrü Sina Gürel is a Turkish diplomat and political figure who served as the nation's foreign minister in mid-2002.

Şahin Irmak is a Turkish actor.

Ece Temelkuran is a Turkish journalist and author. She was a columnist for Milliyet (2000–2009) and Habertürk, and a presenter on Habertürk TV (2010–2011). She was fired from Habertürk after writing articles critical of the government, especially its handling of the December 2011 Uludere massacre. She was twice named Turkey's "most read political columnist". Her columns have also been published in international media such as The Guardian and Le Monde Diplomatique.

Özlem Özçelik-İşseven is a Turkish volleyball player. She is 190 cm and played as middle blocker. Özlem played 312 times for national team. She also played for Vakıfbank Güneş Sigorta, Emlak Bankası, Tuborg, Eczacıbaşı, Fenerbahçe Acıbadem, Türk Telekom, Galatasaray Medical Park in Turkey and Dynamo Moscow in Russia.