List of Famous people named Oktay

Oktay Sinanoğlu was an internationally renowned Turkish physical chemist and molecular biophysicist.

Oktay Kaynarca is a Turkish actor. He is best known for his role in the popular TV series, Kurtlar Vadisi . He currently plays in another popular TV series called Eşkıya Dünyaya Hükümdar Olmaz as "Hızır Çakırbeyli" since 2015.

Oktay Vural is a Turkish politician, lawyer and former bureaucrat.

Oktay Özdemir is a German actor.

Oktay Derelioğlu is Turkish former international footballer and currently the manager of Tokatspor. Derelioğlu played as a forward and is notable for his goal against Belgium during the qualifying rounds of the 1998 FIFA World Cup. The goal started at midfield before Derelioğlu jinked past six Belgian defenders, one of them twice, mimicking Diego Maradona's "Goal of the Century".

Oktay Mahmuti is a Turkish-Macedonian professional basketball coach. Mahmuti is well-known for coaching defense, particularly during his time with Efes and Benetton Treviso. He is currently unemployed.

Oktay Rifat Horozcu, better known as Oktay Rifat, was a Turkish writer and playwright, and one of the forefront poets of modern Turkish poetry since the late 1930s. He was the founder of the Garip movement, together with Orhan Veli and Melih Cevdet.