List of Famous people born in Trabzon Province

Orhan Gülle is a Turkish professional footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Yomraspor. Gülle is also a youth international for Turkey, having been capped at various levels.

Selçuk Aydın is a Turkish professional boxer. He held the European welterweight title from 2009 to 2010, the WBC Silver welterweight title from 2010 to 2012, and has challenged once for the WBC interim welterweight title in 2012. As an amateur he won several medals at the European and European Union Championships, all in the lightweight division.

Ali Kemal Denizci is a Turkish former football manager and player who played as a winger and was best known for his stint with Trabzonspor. He was nicknamed Fırtına Kemal because of his lightning pace.

Nuray Mert, born in Trabzon, Turkey (1960), is a Turkish columnist and political scientist. She is a columnist for Hurriyet Daily News. Mert is also a Bilderberg participant.

Abdullah Öztürk is a Turkish para table tennis player of class 4 and Paralympian.

Zeki Yavru is a Turkish footballer who plays as a right back for Süper Lig club Yeni Malatyaspor.

Eyüp Aşık is a former Turkish politician. He represented Trabzon in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey for the Motherland Party (ANAP) from 1983 to 2001. In the mid-1990s he was a minister of state responsible for Tekel.

Çağlar Birinci is a Turkish footballer who plays as a central defender for Altay.

Mustafa Yumlu is a Turkish professional footballer who currently plays as a center back for Denizlispor in the Süper Lig.

Uğur Erdener is a Turkish physician specialized in ophthalmology and professor at the Hacettepe University, Ankara. He is currently a member of the International Olympic Committee and President of the National Olympic Committee of Turkey.