List of Famous people born in Trabzon Province

Ayşe Nur Bahçekapılı is a Turkish politician from the Justice and Development Party (AKP) who currently serves as a Deputy Speaker of the Grand National Assembly since 24 November 2015. She previously served in the same position between 2 July and 23 June 2015. She has been a Member of Parliament for İstanbul's second electoral district since 22 July 2007, having first been elected in the 2007 general election and re-elected in the 2011, June 2015 and November 2015 general elections.

Mehmet Cahit Turhan is a Turkish civil engineer, civil servant and former Minister of Transport and Infrastructure.

Çetin Doğan is a retired Turkish general. He was Commander of the First Army of Turkey.

Gülsün Sağlamer is a Turkish academic, the third female rector in Turkey.

Yusuf Güney is a Turkish singer who currently lives in London. Together with Rafet El Roman, their song Aşk-ı Virane was the number one single for 16 weeks in the Turkish charts in 2008 and thus the most successful song of the year.

Mustafa Reşit Akçay is a Turkish professional football manager who last managed Süper Lig club Ankaragücü.

Hüseyin Göksenin Köksal is a Turkish professional basketball player for Galatasaray of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). He is a 1.97 m (6'5¾") tall shooting guard.

Yasin Hayal is a Turkish criminal who is serving a life sentence for the assassination of Turkish Armenian journalist Hrant Dink. He has served a ten-month prison term for bombing a McDonald's restaurant in the city of Trabzon, Turkey. He has been on trial for allegedly inciting Ogün Samast to assassinate Turkish Armenian journalist Hrant Dink. On January 16, 2012, Hayal was found guilty of soliciting Dink's murder by a Turkish court and sentenced to life imprisonment. The ruling was later abolished, and in a new trial Hayal was sentenced to 7 and a half years imprisonment in July 2019.

Hüseyin Çimşir is a Turkish football coach and former player who is currently the manager of BB Erzurumspor.

Sadi Tekelioğlu is a Turkish football manager.