List of Famous people born in Kocaeli

Metin Tekin is a Turkish football manager and former professional player who played as a striker or winger. As a player, he spent most of his career with Beşiktaş JK.

Seda Bakan is a Turkish actress. Her maternal family, who are of Turkish origin, emigrated from Thessaloniki, Greece. Her paternal family is of Bosnian origin who emigrated from Sarajevo. She is best known for comedy roles and as Eda in Behzat Ç. crime series, as Feyza in Kardeş Payı comedy series.

Burak Yamantürk is a Turkish actor.

Emrah Başsan is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a winger for BB Erzurumspor.

Büsra Develi is a Turkish actress and model. She is known for her lead role in the movie Arada alongside her ex boyfriend Burak Deniz.

Onur Ünlü is a Turkish film director, screenwriter, poet and actor.

Erencan Yardımcı is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a Forward for the Turkish club Eyüpspor in the TFF Second League.

Filiz Kerestecioğlu Demir is a Turkish politician from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) who currently serves as a Member of Parliament since the June 2015 general election.

Serkan Keskin is a Turkish actor, director and musician. He is best known for his role as İsmail in hit surreal comedy series Leyla and Mecnun and other awarded movies. He has appeared in more than thirty films since 2004.

Ragıp Savaş is a Turkish sportsman, film, theatre and TV actor known for his work on Valley of the Wolves: Ambush (2007), Where's Firuze? (2004) and Kuruluş: Osman (2019–).