List of Famous people born in Mersin Province

Mustafa Üstündağ is a Turkish actor.

Kemal Doğulu is a Turkish photographer, hairdresser, stylist and singer.

Ayberk Pekcan is a Turkish actor, and former civil servant, politician and labourer.

Musa Eroğlu is a Turkish folk musician and bağlama virtuoso.

Mehmet Emin Karamehmet is the chairman of Turkey's Çukurova Holding conglomerate. He is currently ranked 2nd wealthiest person in Turkey and 401st globally in 2012 Forbes Billionaires list. He is one of the most influential and successful businessmen in Turkey with a record of several returns after failures.

Cavit Orhan Tütengil was a Turkish sociologist, writer and columnist, who was assassinated.

Athenodorus Cananites was a Stoic philosopher.

Hazal Filiz Küçükköse is a Turkish actress.

Mustafa Özkan(born 1 December 1986), better known by his stage name Manuş Baba, is a Turkish pop and arabesque singer. He studied at the Tarsus Turgut İçgören primary school in Tarsus. His family later moved to Antalya, due to his father's job as a seasonal worker in Antalya. He studied at Antalya Gazi High School and Akdeniz University. He started his music career with his band Güneşe Yolculuk in 2010. He also has had a number of hit albums in Turkey, including Bu Havada Gidilmez, Dönersen Islık Çal and İki Gözümün Çiçeği.

Merve Aydın is a Turkish female professional basketball player. 177 cm tall, she plays in the point guard position for Hatay Büyükşehir Belediyesi.