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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

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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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0006 COLUMNIST

Can Dündar

Born 1961

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0017 FOOTBALL

Tolunay Kafkas

Born 1968

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0047 ACTOR

Tamer Karadağlı

Born 1967

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0053 COMPOSER

Can Atilla

Born 1969

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0066 BASKET

Harun Erdenay

Born 1968

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0069 POLITICIAN

Ali Babacan

Born 1967

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0075 POLITICIAN

Tuncay Özkan

Born 1966

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0076 POLITICIAN

Beril Dedeoğlu

1961 - 2019

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0098 POLITICIAN

Merve Kavakçı

Born 1968

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0100 ACTOR

Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan

Born 1965

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0104 FILM

Ömer Faruk Sorak

Born 1964

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0115 FOOTBALL

Mehmet Altıparmak

Born 1969

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0117 WRITER

Zafer Şenocak

Born 1961

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0123 FOOTBALL

Erkan Sözeri

Born 1966

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0129 ACTIVIST

Hidayet Şefkatli Tuksal

Born 1963

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0132 FOOTBALL

Şenol Çorlu

Born 1961

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0142 FILM

Serdar Akar

Born 1964

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0159 ACADEMIC

Ekrem Buğra Ekinci

Born 1966

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0160 POLITICIAN

Aylin Nazlıaka

Born 1968

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0168 NOVELIST

Meltem Arıkan

Born 1968

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0175 POLITICIAN

Alev Korun

Born 1969

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0178 ARCHITECT

Emre Arolat

Born 1963

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0191 ACTOR

Levent Kazak

Born 1967

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0202 PLAYER

Mısırlı Ahmet

Born 1963

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0217 BASKET

Murat Evliyaoğlu

Born 1969

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0229 SINGER

Ankaralı Turgut

Born 1963

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0232 MUSIC

Emre Aracı

Born 1968

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0238 BASKET

Hüsnü Çakırgil

Born 1965

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0249 ACTOR

Tarkan Tüzmen

Born 1968

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0257 FILM

Bülent Akinci

Born 1967

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0265 ECONOMIST

Erdem Başçı

Born 1966

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0267 SINGER

Aylin Livaneli

Born 1966

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0275 WRITER

Tanıl Bora

Born 1963

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0284 FOOTBALL

Savaş Koç

Born 1963

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0297 CIVIL SERVICE

Hakan Fidan

Born 1968

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0299 FOOTBALL

Metin Altınay

Born 1962

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0307 ENTREPRENEUR

Mustafa Vehbi Koç

1962 - 2016

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0317 SINGER

Seden Gürel

Born 1965

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0321 PAINTER

Şinasi Bozatlı

Born 1962

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0329 PENDU

Erdal Eren

1964 - 1980

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0334 FOOTBALL

Ertuğrul Seçme

Born 1965

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0342 ENTREPRENEUR

Ferit Şahenk

Born 1964

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0345 ACTOR

Burak Sergen

Born 1961

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0349 MUSIC

Şirin Pancaroğlu

Born 1968

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0351 FOOTBALL

Aytek Genc

Born 1966

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0358 ACTOR

Yaprak Özdemiroğlu

Born 1963

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0362 FLAUTIST

Şefika Kutluer

Born 1961

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0369 MUSIC

Oğuz Yılmaz

Born 1968

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0370 MUSIC

Okan Murat Öztürk

Born 1967

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0373 POLITICIAN

Christy Perry

Born 1968

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0376 ACTOR

Kemal Başar

Born 1963

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0380 PHOTOGRAPHER

Uğur Uluocak

1962 - 2003

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0395 CARICATURIST

Bahadır Baruter

Born 1963

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0406 FOOTBALL

İsmail Taviş

Born 1964

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0409 OPERA

Bülent Bezdüz

Born 1967

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0433 THEOLOGIN

Barbara Nichtweiß

Born 1960

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0439 POLITICIAN

Ali Ertan Toprak

Born 1969

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0443 ACADEMIC

Serap Yazıcı

Born 1963

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0447 JOURNALIST

Mithat Bereket

Born 1966

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0464 WRITER

Wu Ming 5

Born 1964

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0466 BASKET

Tunç Girgin

Born 1969

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0472 POLITICIAN

Selma Gürkan

Born 1961

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0488 POLITICIAN

Hasan Basri Güzeloğlu

Born 1964

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0489 AUTHOR

Tonguç Baykurt

Born 1962

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0490 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Canan Atilgan

Born 1968

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0503 ARCHITECT

Gökhan Avcıoğlu

Born 1960

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0507 DIPLOMAT

Duane C. Butcher

Born 1965

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0512 MANAGER

Serdar Çam

Born 1966

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0515 ARCHITECT

Hakan Kıran

Born 1962

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0518 CHAMPION

Orhan Aytür

Born 1965

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0522 ACTOR

Lilâ Gürmen

Born 1966

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0527 MUSIC

Sedal Sardan

Born 1962

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0529 DRIVER

Aytaç Biter

Born 1965

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0531 FOOTBALL

Meriç Yavuz

Born 1965

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0535 WRITER

Süleyman Deveci

Born 1966

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0547 ATHLETE

Tarik Solak

Born 1964

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0554 ACADEMIC

İsmail Albayrak

Born 1968

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0579 DIPLOMAT

Aylin Taşhan

Born 1960

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0585 DIPLOMAT

Başak Türkoğlu

Born 1968

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0589 DIPLOMAT

Mustafa Levent Bilgen

Born 1966

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0597 DIPLOMAT

Ali Davutoğlu

Born 1961

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0603 SCIENTIST

Musa Hakan Asyalı

Born 1969

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0614 COACH

Mehmet Fatih Kale

Born 1968

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0616 DIPLOMAT

İsmail Sefa Yüceer

Born 1963

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0623 SPORT

Bayram Tutumlu

Born 1960

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0627 JOURNALIST

Didem Ünsal

Born 1966

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0631 ARTIST

Funda İyce Tuncel

Born 1968

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