List of Famous people born in İzmir Province

Baskın Oran is a Turkish academic, politician and human rights activist. Currently, he is a teacher in Faculty of Political Science, Ankara University.

Engin Benli is a Turkish actor.

Fehmi Koru is a Turkish journalist and columnist.

Caner Erdeniz is a Turkish professional basketball player for Galatasaray of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL) and the EuroCup. He is the son of former basketball player Mehmet Erdeniz.

Nazan Öncel is a Turkish singer-songwriter. She also does the arrangements for most of them and has written songs for such singers as Tarkan and İbrahim Tatlıses.

Dinç Bilgin is a Turkish businessman who built up a media empire which was seized by the Turkish government in 2002 over alleged financial irregularities. He founded a number of newspapers including Sabah (1985) and Takvim (1994), and a number of television stations, including ATV (1993). He also founded the now-defunct Ateş and Yeni Yüzyıl in 1995, selling them to Korkmaz Yiğit in 1998.