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×

Through the Decades

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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Biggest Most distinctive Under-indexed

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.

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0009 PIANIST

İdil Biret

Born 1941

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0013 ACTOR

Filiz Akın

Born 1943

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0027 POLITICIAN

Melih Gökçek

Born 1948

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0030 JOURNALIST

Nazlı Ilıcak

Born 1944

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0039 POLITICIAN

Vural Öger

Born 1942

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0043 FILM

Ömer Kavur

1944 - 2005

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0057 FILM

Çetin İnanç

Born 1941

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0059 WRITER

Metin Arditi

Born 1945

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0078 EDITOR

Murat Belge

Born 1943

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0080 JOURNALIST

Emin Çölaşan

Born 1942

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0089 CORRESPONDENT

Cengiz Çandar

Born 1948

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0106 POET

Cahit Zarifoğlu

1940 - 1987

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0107 PHYSICIST

Ayşe Erzan

Born 1949

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0110 COMPOSER

Attila Özdemiroğlu

1943 - 2016

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0113 ACTOR

Güven Hokna

Born 1946

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0141 AUTHOR

Erendiz Atasü

Born 1947

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0145 ECONOMIST

Faruk Şen

Born 1948

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0149 FOOTBALL

Osman Arpacıoğlu

Born 1947

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0158 PUPPETEER

Eren Ozker

1948 - 1993

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0171 BASKET

Aydın Örs

Born 1946

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0174 POLITICIAN

Aydın Menderes

1946 - 2011

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0179 PHYSICIST

Bülent Atalay

Born 1940

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0189 ACADEMIC

Murat Kunt

Born 1945

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0205 FOOTBALL

Şükrü Birand

1944 - 2019

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0223 AUTHOR

Şirin Tekeli

1944 - 2017

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0237 ACTOR

Atilla Olgaç

Born 1944

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0247 AUTHOR

Nazlı Eray

Born 1945

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0254 PHILOSOPHER

Arda Denkel

1949 - 2000

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0263 MILITAR

Korkut Eken

Born 1945

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0279 PHYSICIST

Tekin Dereli

Born 1949

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0285 JUDGE

Tülay Tuğcu

Born 1942

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0289 AUTHOR

Behçet Aysan

1949 - 1993

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0302 ACTOR

Philippe Ariotti

Born 1941

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0309 ACTOR

Nevra Serezli

Born 1944

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0312 SCREENWRITER

Avni Özgürel

Born 1948

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0338 JUDGE

Hasan Gerçeker

Born 1946

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0344 SINGER

Muazzez Abacı

Born 1947

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0346 FOOTBALL

Şevki Şenlen

1949 - 2005

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0388 DIPLOMAT

Zergün Korutürk

Born 1948

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0392 AUTHOR

Zerrin Taşpınar

Born 1947

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0396 ACTIVIST

Canan Arin

Born 1942

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0416 DIPLOMAT

Solmaz Ünaydın

1942 - 2010

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0418 WRITER

İpek Ongun

Born 1942

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0424 PHYSICIAN

Münci Kalayoğlu

Born 1940

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0432 JOURNALIST

Osman Okkan

Born 1947

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0444 BUSINESS

Yalcin Ayasli

Born 1946

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0456 DIPLOMAT

Osman Faruk Loğoğlu

Born 1941

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0459 MISSING

Mehmet Özyürek

1949 - 2017

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0461 ACTOR

Ayten Erten

Born 1946

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0470 JUDGE

Fulya Kantarcıoğlu

Born 1948

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0476 DIPLOMAT

Baki İlkin

1943 - 2018

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0482 ECONOMIST

Asaf Savaş Akat

Born 1943

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0493 AUTHOR

Sargut Şölçün

1947 - 2012

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0526 AUTHOR

Yücel Aşkın

Born 1943

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0538 ATHLETIC

Nurullah Candan

Born 1948

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0541 WRITER

Atilla Yakut

Born 1945

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0548 CIVIL SERVICE

Osman Birsen

Born 1945

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0569 ECONOMIST

Necla Pur

Born 1943

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0587 FOOTBALL

Vahap Özbayer

Born 1943

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0599 WRESTLER

Metin Alakoç

Born 1942

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0628 WRITER

Ayshe Talay-Ongan

Born 1947

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0637 PAINTER

Ülkü Uludoğan

Born 1940

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