List of Famous people born in Turkey

Hasan Hüseyin Acar is a Turkish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Alanyaspor. He made his Süper Lig debut on 18 August 2013.

Mercurius was a Christian saint and a martyr. He was born in the city of Eskentos in Cappadocia, in Eastern Asia Minor.

Sümeyye Boyacı is a Turkish female Paralympic swimmer. She competes in the disability category of S5 in freestyle, backstroke and butterfly, specializing in sprint events.

Aykut Kayacık is a Turkish-German actor.

Eda Tuğsuz is a Turkish track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw.

Leo of Tripoli, known in Arabic as Rashīq al-Wardāmī, and Ghulām Zurāfa, was a Greek renegade and fleet commander for the Abbasid Caliphate in the early tenth century. He is most notable for his sack of Thessalonica, the Byzantine Empire's second city, in 904.

Cafercan Aksu is a Turkish association football player who plays as a striker for Adıyaman 1954.