List of Famous people named Orhan

Orhan Veli Kanık or Orhan Veli was a Turkish poet. Kanık is one of the founders of the Garip Movement together with Oktay Rıfat and Melih Cevdet. Aiming to fundamentally transform traditional form in Turkish poetry, he introduced colloquialisms into the poetic language. Besides his poetry Kanık crammed an impressive volume of works including essays, articles and translations into 36 short years.

Ferit Orhan Pamuk is a Turkish novelist, screenwriter, academic and recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature. One of Turkey's most prominent novelists, his work has sold over thirteen million books in sixty-three languages, making him the country's best-selling writer.

Orhan Gencebay is a Turkish musician, bağlama virtuoso, composer, singer, arranger, music producer, music director, and actor. Gencebay was born in the coastal town of Samsun on 4 August 1944. He is of Crimean Tatar descent. In 1998, he was named a State Artist of Turkey.

Orhan Miroğlu is a Turkish politician of Mhallami descent from his father's side, and of Kurdish descent from his mother's side. He is a columnist for the Taraf daily newspaper as well as Today's Zaman.

Orhan Atik is a Turkish football coach and former player.

Orhan Mustafi is a Swiss footballer of Albanian descent who plays for Young Fellows Juventus.

Orhan Ak is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a defender. He played as a left back or a central defender.

Orhan Ölmez is a Turkish singer, composer, and songwriter.

Orhan Kemal Cengiz is a Turkish lawyer, journalist and human rights activist.