39.9361° N, 32.8393° E
ANKARA
Most Famous People Born in Ankara, Turkey
- Notable people
- 637
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1972
- Most distinctive
- Pianist 5.3×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Ankara during each.
Notable Births by Decade
Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1980s with 131 notable births.
What Ankara Is Known For
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Football is Ankara's biggest profession — 21% of all notables (134).
Ankara over-indexes on pianist — 5.3× the global rate.
Ankara under-produces politician — only 0.5× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Ankara's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Sports
- Film & TV
- Politics & Law
- Music
- Writing
- Science
- Other
Joe Strummer
1952 - 2002
Fazıl Say
Born 1970
Adnan Oktar
Born 1956
Beren Saat
Born 1984
Deniz Gamze Ergüven
Born 1978
Can Dündar
Born 1961
Özcan Deniz
Born 1972
Cansu Dere
Born 1980
İdil Biret
Born 1941
Engin Akyürek
Born 1981
Erdal İnönü
1926 - 2007
Ümit Özat
Born 1976
Filiz Akın
Born 1943
Gökhan Ünal
Born 1982
Belçim Bilgin
Born 1983
Hasan Kabze
Born 1982
Tolunay Kafkas
Born 1968
Nil Karaibrahimgil
Born 1976
Turgay Şeren
1932 - 2016
Meral Okay
1959 - 2012
Ahmet Altan
Born 1950
Serenay Sarıkaya
Born 1991
Vehbi Koç
1901 - 1996
Almila Bagriacik
Born 1990
Nilüfer Göle
Born 1953
Renan Demirkan
Born 1955
Melih Gökçek
Born 1948
Soner Aydoğdu
Born 1991
Mustafa Ceceli
Born 1980
Nazlı Ilıcak
Born 1944
Ennis Esmer
Born 1978
Buğra Gülsoy
Born 1982
Selçuk Yula
1959 - 2013
Murat Han
Born 1975
Kartal Tibet
Born 1938
Haji Bayram Veli
1352 - 1430
Erdal Beşikçioğlu
Born 1970
Gökhan Özen
Born 1979
Vural Öger
Born 1942
Belgin Doruk
1936 - 1995
Ali Bozer
1925 - 2020
Jawad Saleem
1920 - 1961
Ömer Kavur
1944 - 2005
Şehrazat
Born 1952
Ozan İpek
Born 1986
Kaya Peker
Born 1980
Tamer Karadağlı
Born 1967
Ebru Ceylan
Born 1976
Bülent Ortaçgil
Born 1950
Erkan Oğur
Born 1954
Şafak Pavey
Born 1976
Buket Uzuner
Born 1955
Can Atilla
Born 1969
Burhan Sargun
Born 1929
Serkan Aykut
Born 1975
Hilmi Sözer
Born 1970
Çetin İnanç
Born 1941
Zeynep Tokuş
Born 1977
Metin Arditi
Born 1945
Aslı Tandoğan
Born 1979
Ayça Varlıer
Born 1977
Harun Tekin
Born 1977
Bedri Baykam
Born 1957
Oğulcan Çağlayan
Born 1996
Turgut Özakman
1930 - 2013
Harun Erdenay
Born 1968
Mert Fırat
Born 1981
Deniz Çakır
Born 1982
Ali Babacan
Born 1967
Mehmet Altan
Born 1953
Funda Arar
Born 1975
Serhat Kılıç
Born 1975
Tardu Flordun
Born 1972
Mustafa Ertan
1926 - 2005
Tuncay Özkan
Born 1966
Beril Dedeoğlu
1961 - 2019
Fatih Birol
Born 1958
Murat Belge
Born 1943
Mehmet Ağar
Born 1951
Emin Çölaşan
Born 1942
Başak Eraydın
Born 1994
Abdülkadir Kayalı
Born 1991
Bahri Tanrıkulu
Born 1980
Gülden Karaböcek
Born 1953
Hürriyet Gücer
Born 1981
Nurcan Taylan
Born 1983
Ekrem Bora
1934 - 2012
Özge Ulusoy
Born 1982
Cengiz Çandar
Born 1948
Turgut Uyar
1927 - 1985
Mehmet Murat Somer
Born 1959
Rıdvan Bolatlı
Born 1928
Cüneyt Özdemir
Born 1970
Ramazan Köse
Born 1988
Hakan Kutlu
Born 1972
Mehmet Çakır
Born 1984
Filiz Koç
Born 1986
Merve Kavakçı
Born 1968
Ozan Kabak
Born 2000
Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan
Born 1965
Bedük
Born 1980
Rojda Demirer
Born 1980
Özlem Cekic
Born 1976
Ömer Faruk Sorak
Born 1964
Necip Hablemitoğlu
1954 - 2002
Cahit Zarifoğlu
1940 - 1987
Ayşe Erzan
Born 1949
Pelin Batu
Born 1978
Tınaz Tırpan
Born 1939
Attila Özdemiroğlu
1943 - 2016
Akgün Kaçmaz
Born 1935
Başak Köklükaya
Born 1974
Güven Hokna
Born 1946
Mustafa Akyol
Born 1972
Mehmet Altıparmak
Born 1969
Kürşad Tüzmen
Born 1958
Zafer Şenocak
Born 1961
Esra Gümüş
Born 1982
Onur Saylak
Born 1977
Furkan Soyalp
Born 1995
Atagün Yalçınkaya
Born 1986
Orhan Karaveli
Born 1930
Erkan Sözeri
Born 1966
Tarık Daşgün
Born 1973
Kerem Şeras
Born 1984
Berat Tosun
Born 1994
Tuğba Karademir
Born 1985
Berk Cankat
Born 1984
Hidayet Şefkatli Tuksal
Born 1963
Esra Bilgiç
Born 1992
Tayfur Bingöl
Born 1993
Şenol Çorlu
Born 1961
Binnur Kaya
Born 1972
Saygın Soysal
Born 1982
Zerrin Özer
Born 1957
Fırat Kocaoğlu
Born 1988
Azize Tanrıkulu
Born 1986
Erol Togay
1950 - 2012
Mehmet Özal
Born 1978
Ceyda Ateş
Born 1987
Erendiz Atasü
Born 1947
Serdar Akar
Born 1964
Mazhar Alanson
Born 1950
Ali Eren Beşerler
Born 1975
Faruk Şen
Born 1948
Kıvılcım Kaya
Born 1992
Nadir Sarıbacak
Born 1977
Artun Akçakın
Born 1993
Osman Arpacıoğlu
Born 1947
İdil Fırat
Born 1972
Sercan Güvenışık
Born 1980
Haluk Akakçe
Born 1970
Muhammed Baygül
Born 1992
Halil Pehlivan
Born 1993
Berk Hakman
Born 1981
Pelin Karahan
Born 1984
Ferman Akgül
Born 1979
Eren Ozker
1948 - 1993
Ekrem Buğra Ekinci
Born 1966
Aylin Nazlıaka
Born 1968
Merve Büyüksaraç
Born 1988
Mustafa Keçeli
Born 1978
Mine G. Kırıkkanat
Born 1951
Gizem Güreşen
Born 1987
Melis Birkan
Born 1983
Arzum Onan
Born 1973
Aykut Çeviker
Born 1990
Meltem Arıkan
Born 1968
Özalp Babaoğlu
Born 1955
Mahmud A. Asrar
Born 1976
Aydın Örs
Born 1946
Özdemir Asaf
1923 - 1981
Canan Tan
Born 1951
Aydın Menderes
1946 - 2011
Alev Korun
Born 1969
Binnaz Uslu
Born 1985
Erhan Güven
Born 1982
Emre Arolat
Born 1963
Bülent Atalay
Born 1940
Ekrem Ekşioğlu
Born 1978
Füsun Demirel
Born 1958
Moris Farhi
1935 - 2019
Yıldıray Çınar
Born 1976
Doğa Kaya
Born 1984
Arif Peçenek
1959 - 2013
Özgür Çevik
Born 1981
Cem Can
Born 1981
Faik Öztrak
Born 1954
Murat Kunt
Born 1945
Ali Palabıyık
Born 1981
Levent Kazak
Born 1967
Kıvanç Haznedaroğlu
Born 1981
Serol Demirhan
Born 1988
Mete Horozoğlu
Born 1975
Özkan Karabulut
Born 1991
Ertan Adatepe
Born 1938
Emre Torun
Born 1993
Emre Gültekin
Born 1993
Haldun Boysan
1958 - 2020
Ezhel
Born 1990
Constantine Menges
1939 - 2004
Mısırlı Ahmet
Born 1963
Aybars Garhan
Born 1991
Onur Acar
Born 1983
Şükrü Birand
1944 - 2019
Alperen Duymaz
Born 1992
Necdet Özel
Born 1950
Gün Sazak
1932 - 1980
Elif Ağca Yarar
Born 1984
Alican Karadağ
Born 1990
Rıza Doğan
1931 - 2004
Halil Mete Soner
Born 1959
Mert Erdoğan
Born 1989
Ege Aydan
Born 1958
Burak Karaduman
Born 1985
Ebru Özkan
Born 1978
Murat Evliyaoğlu
Born 1969
Enes Kubat
Born 1994
Alper Çağlar
Born 1981
Fikri Elma
1934 - 1999
Oğuzhan Bahadır
Born 1979
Can Çelebi
Born 1990
Şirin Tekeli
1944 - 2017
Hatice Gizem Örge
Born 1993
Erman Güraçar
Born 1974
Erdal Arıkan
Born 1958
Eser Özaltındere
Born 1954
Ayşe Gülsün Bilgehan
Born 1957
Ankaralı Turgut
Born 1963
Yeşim Ceren Bozoğlu
Born 1974
Erhan Namlı
Born 1974
Emre Aracı
Born 1968
Hande Subaşı
Born 1984
Seda Tokatlıoğlu
Born 1986
Gizem Girişmen
Born 1981
Gunduz Caginalp
-
Atilla Olgaç
Born 1944
Hüsnü Çakırgil
Born 1965
Seray Altay
Born 1987
Rukiye Yıldırım
Born 1991
Alpay (singer)
Born 1935
Ahmet Bahçıvan
Born 1996
Frits Beukers
Born 1953
Duygu Bal
Born 1987
Ecem Alıcı
Born 1994
Ebru Yaşar
Born 1978
Nazlı Eray
Born 1945
Gözde Yılmaz
Born 1991
Tarkan Tüzmen
Born 1968
Ercüment Kafkasyalı
Born 1985
Sema Moritz
-
Clement of Ancyra
309 - 312
Hakan Söyler
Born 1983
Arda Denkel
1949 - 2000
Damla Çakıroğlu
Born 1994
Kübra Öztürk
Born 1991
Bülent Akinci
Born 1967
Ayşe Melis Gürkaynak
Born 1990
Serkan Yusein
Born 1996
Tolga Özgen
Born 1980
İsa Ertürk
Born 1955
Tuncay Soyak
Born 1959
Korkut Eken
Born 1945
Kerem Kabadayı
Born 1977
Erdem Başçı
Born 1966
Yusuf Ziya Özcan
Born 1951
Aylin Livaneli
Born 1966
İrem Yaman
Born 1995
İhsan Ay
Born 1987
Şeyma Ercan
Born 1994
Ezgi Dilik
Born 1995
Metin Aydın
Born 1993
Hande Fırat
Born 1974
Mahmut Akan
Born 1993
Tanıl Bora
Born 1963
Aslı Melisa Uzun
Born 1995
Dilara Bağcı
Born 1994
Taha Cengiz Demirtaş
Born 1994
Tekin Dereli
Born 1949
Deniz Ugur
Born 1973
Recep Adanır
1929 - 2017
Tuğçe Özbudak
Born 1982
Ceyda Aktaş
Born 1994
Savaş Koç
Born 1963
Tülay Tuğcu
Born 1942
Çağlayan Alpsatan
Born 1993
Ahmet Altun
Born 1958
Handan İpekçi
Born 1956
Behçet Aysan
1949 - 1993
Songül Dikmen
Born 1981
Yağmur Uraz
Born 1990
Yıldırım Mert Çetin
Born 1997
Ezgi Dağdelenler
Born 1993
İlke Özyüksel
Born 1997
İnal Batu
1936 - 2013
Miraz Bezar
Born 1971
Hakan Fidan
Born 1968
Zekeriyazade Yahya
1552 - 1644
Metin Altınay
Born 1962
Hande Doğandemir
Born 1985