List of Famous people born in Tunceli Province

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu is a Turkish social democratic politician. He is leader of the CHP and has been Leader of the Main Opposition in Turkey since 2010. He served as a Member of Parliament for İstanbul's second electoral district from 2002 to 2015 and as an MP for İzmir's second electoral district as of 7 June 2015.

Ahmet Aslan is a Turkish musician of Zaza descent. He performs classical songs in Turkish, Zazaki and Kurdish.

Fatih Mehmet Maçoğlu is a communist Kurdish politician and founder of Socialist Councils Federation (SMF). He is currently the mayor of Tunceli with Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) ticket.

Ferhat Tunç is a Kurdish musician from Turkey.

Besê Hozat is a leader in the Kurdistan Workers' Party and is the co-chair of the Kurdistan Communities Union alongside Cemil Bayik. She is the sixth member of the General Presidential Council, the most authoritative body in the PKK.

Kemal Burkay is a writer and politician.

Sinan Kaloğlu is a Turkish former professional footballer of Zaza origin who played as a striker.

Hüseyin Kenan Aydın is a German politician of Zaza descent and member of Die Linke.

Hozan Diyar knows as Diyar Dersim is a Kurdish singer. During 2015 Turkey general elections, he supports HDP, pro-Kurdish party in Turkey, He sings with the party cochairman Selahattin Demirtaş as a part of campaigning the election.

Alican Önlü is a politician of the Peoples Democratic Party (HDP) and a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. Throughout his political career he was a politician in a variety of parties such as the Democracy Party (DEP) and the Democratic Society Party (DTP).