List of Famous people born in Kars Province

Erol Mütercimler is a Turkish journalist, columnist and academic. He is a retired naval officer. In 2009 he was charged in the second indictment of the Ergenekon trials.

Zafer Algöz is a Turkish actor, best known for his films Salkım Hanımın Taneleri (1999), A.R.O.G (2008) and Yahşi Batı (2010).

Tuğba Ekinci is a Turkish pop singer of Azerbaijani origin.

Ayhan Bilgen is a journalist, politician and former mayor of Kars from the Peoples' Democratic Party.

Şenkal Atasagun is a former Turkish civil servant. He was head of the National Intelligence Organization from 1998 to 2005.

İlhan Cihaner, is a Turkish leftist politician and a former prosecutor. He's a parliamentary deputy for the Republican People's Party (CHP) since 2011. He was the Chief Public Prosecutor of Erzincan from 2007; he resigned in 2011 in order to stand for election. He is a suspect in the Ergenekon trials. He is a columnist for the soL newspaper.

Yeşim Ustaoğlu is a Turkish filmmaker and screenwriter.

Mahir Çağrı is a Turkish individual who became an Internet celebrity in 1999. His picture-laden personal homepage, which exclaimed, in broken English, his love of the accordion, travel, and women. The site was visited by millions and spawned numerous fansites and parodies, one of which was featured on Fox's MadTV. He was also repeatedly parodied in 1999 on episodes of the Late Show with David Letterman wearing red Speedos and playing ping-pong. Çağrı was ranked #2 in CNET's Top 10 Web fads. The site was also included in PC World's "The 25 Worst Web Sites" list.

Barış Yarkadaş, is a Turkish journalist, politician and a writer. He's a member and lawmaker of the Republican People's Party and an incumbent member of parliament representing a division in the first electoral district of Istanbul.

Ahmet Arslan is a Turkish politician from the Justice and Development Party who served as the Minister of Transport, Maritime and Communication from 24 May 2016 until 10 July 2018. He is a Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Kars, having first been elected in the November 2015 general election.