List of Famous people born in Sinop Province

Hakan Ünsal is a Turkish former international footballer.

Yusuf Kemal Bey (1878–1969) was a Turkish civil servant, politician and academic. His birth name was Yusuf Kemal. After the Turkish Surname Law in 1934, he assumed the surname Tengirşenk.

Engin Altay is a Turkish politician from the Republican People's Party (CHP) who serves as a Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Sinop since the 2002. He was re-elected in 2007, 2011, June 2015 and November 2015. On 30 June 2011, Altay was elected as one of the three CHP parliamentary group leaders, serving alongside Muharrem İnce, Akif Hamzaçebi and later Levent Gök.

Mehmed Rushdi Pasha was an Ottoman reformist and statesman. He served as Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire during five separate terms. He was preceded by Midhat Pasha. Mehmed Rushdi Pasha was a fervent supporter of the Tanzimat. He believed that the empire would lag behind the West if no attempt was made to modernize itself. He served as a Translator of Military texts as well as a military colonel in his youth. He was born in 1811, and died on 27 March 1882.

Ahmet Muhip Dıranas was a leading Turkish poet and author.

Vedat Demir is a former General Secretary of the Turkish Press Council and a former professor in the Department of Public Relations and Publicity at his alma mater, Istanbul University where he used to teach Political Communication, Media Ethics, and the Media and Policy Making.

Ali Uras was a Turkish basketball player. He competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was also the president of Galatasaray S.K.