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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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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.

  1. Football134
  2. Actor68
  3. Player52
  4. Politician37
  5. Singer28
  6. Basket22
  7. Author20
  8. Diplomat19
  1. Pianist95.3×
  2. Diplomat195.1×
  3. Player524.2×
  4. Athlete73.8×
  5. Model63.6×
  6. Author203.6×
  7. Basket222.7×
  8. Singer282.1×
  1. Politician370.5×
  2. Painter90.5×
  3. Writer130.6×

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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0001 SINGER

Joe Strummer

1952 - 2002

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0003 WRITER

Adnan Oktar

Born 1956

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0020 ACTOR

Meral Okay

1959 - 2012

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0021 AUTHOR

Ahmet Altan

Born 1950

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0025 SOCIOLOGIST

Nilüfer Göle

Born 1953

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0026 AUTHOR

Renan Demirkan

Born 1955

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0033 FOOTBALL

Selçuk Yula

1959 - 2013

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0044 SINGER

Şehrazat

Born 1952

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0049 SINGER

Bülent Ortaçgil

Born 1950

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0050 MUSIC

Erkan Oğur

Born 1954

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0052 WRITER

Buket Uzuner

Born 1955

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0063 PAINTER

Bedri Baykam

Born 1957

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0070 ACADEMIC

Mehmet Altan

Born 1953

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0077 ECONOMIST

Fatih Birol

Born 1958

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0079 POLITICIAN

Mehmet Ağar

Born 1951

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0084 MUSIC

Gülden Karaböcek

Born 1953

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0091 WRITER

Mehmet Murat Somer

Born 1959

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0105 HISTORIAN

Necip Hablemitoğlu

1954 - 2002

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0116 POLITICIAN

Kürşad Tüzmen

Born 1958

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0135 SINGER

Zerrin Özer

Born 1957

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0138 FOOTBALL

Erol Togay

1950 - 2012

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0143 SINGER

Mazhar Alanson

Born 1950

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0163 JOURNALIST

Mine G. Kırıkkanat

Born 1951

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0169 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Özalp Babaoğlu

Born 1955

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0173 AUTHOR

Canan Tan

Born 1951

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0181 ACTOR

Füsun Demirel

Born 1958

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0185 FOOTBALL

Arif Peçenek

1959 - 2013

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0188 POLITICIAN

Faik Öztrak

Born 1954

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0199 ACTOR

Haldun Boysan

1958 - 2020

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0207 MILITAR

Necdet Özel

Born 1950

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0212 MATHEMATICIAN

Halil Mete Soner

Born 1959

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0214 ACTOR

Ege Aydan

Born 1958

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0226 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Erdal Arıkan

Born 1958

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0227 FOOTBALL

Eser Özaltındere

Born 1954

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0228 POLITICIAN

Ayşe Gülsün Bilgehan

Born 1957

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0243 MATHEMATICIAN

Frits Beukers

Born 1953

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0261 FOOTBALL

İsa Ertürk

Born 1955

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0262 FOOTBALL

Tuncay Soyak

Born 1959

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0266 POLITICIAN

Yusuf Ziya Özcan

Born 1951

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0287 ATHLETIC

Ahmet Altun

Born 1958

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0288 FILM

Handan İpekçi

Born 1956

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0303 ACTOR

Ozman Sirgood

Born 1957

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0315 ACTOR

Orhan Güner

Born 1954

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0324 ARCHITECT

Şefik Birkiye

Born 1954

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0333 FASHION DESIGNER

Barbaros Şansal

Born 1957

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0336 POLITICIAN

Volkan Bozkır

Born 1950

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0355 BASKET

Efe Aydan

Born 1955

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0356 JOURNALIST

Ayşe Önal

Born 1955

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0367 AUTHOR

Bânu Yalkut-Breddermann

Born 1951

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0377 AUTHOR

Sanem Kleff

Born 1955

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0378 SINGER

Behsat Üvez

1959 - 2013

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0382 BASKET

Ercüment Sunter

Born 1955

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0393 DIPLOMAT

Ayşe Sezgin

Born 1958

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0399 POLITICIAN

Ahmet Özal

Born 1955

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0400 SINGER

Sibel Egemen

Born 1958

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0404 DIPLOMAT

Michael Linhart

Born 1958

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0413 SINGER

Işıl German

1953 - 2016

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0422 DIPLOMAT

Murat Özçelik

Born 1954

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0423 WRITER

Levent Aktoprak

Born 1959

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0431 BOTANIST

Musa Doğan

Born 1950

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0450 FOOTBALL

Yıldırım Uran

1955 - 2019

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0451 DEPUTY

Ersin Erçin

Born 1958

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0454 AUTHOR

Ömer Erzeren

Born 1958

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0458 POLITICIAN

Ayfer Yılmaz

Born 1956

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0460 LAWYER

Aydın Sefa Akay

Born 1950

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0469 POLITICIAN

Kubilay Uygun

1955 - 2016

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0473 MUSIC

Tülay Özer

Born 1955

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0474 FILM

Galip İyitanır

Born 1950

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0478 COMPOSER

Oğuz Abadan

Born 1950

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0481 POLITICIAN

Sevim Çelebi-Gottschlich

Born 1953

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0483 AUTHOR

Aysun Cenk

Born 1959

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0498 BUREAUCRAT

Aykut Zahid Akman

Born 1958

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0508 DIPLOMAT

Osman Alifeyyaz Paksüt

Born 1953

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0510 SINGER

Yeşim (singer)

Born 1956

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0513 DIPLOMAT

Aslıgül Üğdül

Born 1957

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0516 GUITAR

İhsan Turnagöl

Born 1957

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0533 AUTHOR

Selma Ceylan

Born 1956

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0551 FOOTBALL

Timuçin Çuğ

Born 1951

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0556 BUSINESS

Pembe Candaner

Born 1957

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0558 AUTHOR

Bahattin Gemici

Born 1954

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0561 DIPLOMAT

Ebru Barutçu Gökdenizler

Born 1959

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0562 POLITICIAN

Markus Linhart

Born 1959

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0575 BANK

Bülent Şenver

Born 1950

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0594 DIPLOMAT

Şefik Vural Altay

Born 1959

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0596 DIPLOMAT

Cevat Nezihi Özkaya

Born 1951

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