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
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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.
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
Eser Altın
Born 1980
Philippe Ariotti
Born 1941
Ozman Sirgood
Born 1957
Kemal Aydın
1934 - 2019
Didem Karagenç
Born 1993
Garabed Amadouni
1900 - 1984
Mustafa Vehbi Koç
1962 - 2016
Caner Arıcı
Born 1986
Nevra Serezli
Born 1944
Sinan Cem Tanık
Born 1980
Yasemin Dalkılıç
Born 1979
Avni Özgürel
Born 1948
Uygar Tamer
Born 1971
Cansu Çetin
Born 1993
Orhan Güner
Born 1954
Duygu Akşit Oal
Born 1971
Seden Gürel
Born 1965
Nazlı Tolga
Born 1979
Cemre Erol
Born 1992
Mustafa Karagöllü
Born 1981
Şinasi Bozatlı
Born 1962
Semahat Sevim Arsel
Born 1928
Nilay Konar
Born 1980
Şefik Birkiye
Born 1954
Bora Sevim
Born 1982
İsmail Keleş
Born 1988
Emre Elivar
Born 1976
Boran Kuzum
Born 1992
Erdal Eren
1964 - 1980
Şafak Sezer
Born 1970
Fatih Artman
Born 1988
Emrah Bozkurt
Born 1980
Barbaros Şansal
Born 1957
Ertuğrul Seçme
Born 1965
Ayşedeniz Gökçin
Born 1988
Volkan Bozkır
Born 1950
Tijen Karaş
Born 1975
Hasan Gerçeker
Born 1946
Hazar Motan
Born 1990
Murat Konuk
Born 1972
Sıla Saygı
Born 1996
Ferit Şahenk
Born 1964
Berk Oktay
Born 1982
Muazzez Abacı
Born 1947
Burak Sergen
Born 1961
Şevki Şenlen
1949 - 2005
Hatı Çırpan
1890 - 1956
Çağıl Özge Özkul
Born 1988
Şirin Pancaroğlu
Born 1968
Aykut Ünyazıcı
Born 1936
Aytek Genc
Born 1966
Şaziye Erdoğan
Born 1992
Berksan
Born 1979
Engin Aktürk
Born 1983
Efe Aydan
Born 1955
Ayşe Önal
Born 1955
Efşan Geçgin
Born 1992
Yaprak Özdemiroğlu
Born 1963
Nurkan Erpulat
Born 1974
Berent Kavaklıoğlu
Born 1986
Ömer Karaevli
Born 1977
Şefika Kutluer
Born 1961
Fırat Yükselir
Born 1981
Duygu Sipahioğlu
Born 1979
Çağrı Bülbül
Born 1992
Erdem Gündüz
Born 1979
Bânu Yalkut-Breddermann
Born 1951
Özgür Yıldırım (Fußballspieler)
Born 1979
Oğuz Yılmaz
Born 1968
Okan Murat Öztürk
Born 1967
İlhan Cavcav
1935 - 2017
Seçkin Getbay
Born 1989
Christy Perry
Born 1968
Berkant
1938 - 2012
Didem Akın
Born 1971
Kemal Başar
Born 1963
Sanem Kleff
Born 1955
Behsat Üvez
1959 - 2013
Ayaşlı Ismail Pasha
1620 - 1690
Uğur Uluocak
1962 - 2003
Burak Aydos
Born 1972
Ercüment Sunter
Born 1955
Begül Löklüoğlu
Born 1988
Mehmet Cansın Çiçek
Born 1992
Kübra Kegan
Born 1995
Aybüke Pusat
Born 1995
Gizem Giraygil
Born 1986
Zergün Korutürk
Born 1948
Onur Demirtaş
Born 1982
Yeliz Özel
Born 1980
Murat Aras
Born 1973
Zerrin Taşpınar
Born 1947
Ayşe Sezgin
Born 1958
Pertev Öngüner
Born 1991
Bahadır Baruter
Born 1963
Canan Arin
Born 1942
Kerem Çatay
Born 1979
Orhan Onar
1923 - 2009
Ahmet Özal
Born 1955
Sibel Egemen
Born 1958
Orhan Evci
Born 1991
Veli Torun
Born 1988
Gözde Mimiko Türkkan
Born 1984
Michael Linhart
Born 1958
Ali Akburç
Born 1988
İsmail Taviş
Born 1964
Kaan İnce
1970 - 1992
Hüseyin Altuğ Taş
Born 1996
Bülent Bezdüz
Born 1967
Çiğdem Soyarslan
Born 1983
Krikor Bédikian
1908 - 1981
Tuğçe Atıcı
Born 1989
Işıl German
1953 - 2016
A. Baha Balantekin
-
Aras Onur
Born 1982
Solmaz Ünaydın
1942 - 2010
Yeliz Ay
Born 1977
İpek Ongun
Born 1942
Burak Bekdil
-
Zümrüt Gülbay
Born 1970
Mehtap Kurnaz
Born 1995
Murat Özçelik
Born 1954
Levent Aktoprak
Born 1959
Münci Kalayoğlu
Born 1940
Gürkan Alver
Born 1991
Merve Tanıl
Born 1990
Deniz Başkent
Born 1973
Furkan Tarhan
Born 1980
Papa Eftim II
1920 - 1991
Daniş Tunalıgil
1915 - 1975
Musa Doğan
Born 1950
Osman Okkan
Born 1947
Barbara Nichtweiß
Born 1960
Soner Dikmen
Born 1993
Bora Sancar
Born 1976
Ahmet Gülhan
Born 1978
Sinem Sakaoglu
-
Mücahit Arslan
-
Ali Ertan Toprak
Born 1969
Hande Dalkılıç
Born 1974
Volkan Geyik
Born 1991
Erdal İnci
Born 1983
Serap Yazıcı
Born 1963
Yalcin Ayasli
Born 1946
Aydın Ünal
Born 1970
Ekin Tunçay Turan
-
Mithat Bereket
Born 1966
Doğan Andaç
1922 - 2012
Kutay Eryoldaş
Born 1989
Yıldırım Uran
1955 - 2019
Ersin Erçin
Born 1958
Deniz Orhun
Born 1974
Ramazan Serkan Kılıç
Born 1984
Ömer Erzeren
Born 1958
Engin Ünal
1936 - 2016
Osman Faruk Loğoğlu
Born 1941
Tuğrul Ansay
Born 1930
Ayfer Yılmaz
Born 1956
Mehmet Özyürek
1949 - 2017
Aydın Sefa Akay
Born 1950
Ayten Erten
Born 1946
Banu Cennetoğlu
Born 1970
Ali Çayır
Born 1981
Wu Ming 5
Born 1964
İbrahim Emet
Born 1986
Tunç Girgin
Born 1969
Aslıhan Koruyan Sabancı
Born 1970
Sinem Altan
Born 1985
Kubilay Uygun
1955 - 2016
Fulya Kantarcıoğlu
Born 1948
Ülkü Adatepe
1932 - 2012
Selma Gürkan
Born 1961
Tülay Özer
Born 1955
Galip İyitanır
Born 1950
Mustafa İlker Coşkun
Born 1979
Baki İlkin
1943 - 2018
Hasan Doğan (politician)
Born 1977
Oğuz Abadan
Born 1950
Genco Ecer
Born 1985
Yasemin Özata Çetinkaya
Born 1976
Sevim Çelebi-Gottschlich
Born 1953
Asaf Savaş Akat
Born 1943
Aysun Cenk
Born 1959
Ece Sükan
Born 1977
Derya Sazak
-
Pietro Kojunian
1857 - 1937
Senem Tüzen
Born 1980
Hasan Basri Güzeloğlu
Born 1964
Tonguç Baykurt
Born 1962
Canan Atilgan
Born 1968
Ezgi Kapdan
Born 1985
Haluk Güngör
Born 1970
Sargut Şölçün
1947 - 2012
Melih Turgut
Born 1997
Mertol Demirelli
Born 1996
Yasemin Şahin
Born 1988
İlhami Erdil
Born 1938
Aykut Zahid Akman
Born 1958
Ayşegül Abadan
Born 1980
Fulden Ural
Born 1991
Çetin Şahiner
1934 - 2017
Birol Aksancak
Born 1979
Gökhan Avcıoğlu
Born 1960
Reyhan Şeker
Born 1984
Murat Kaya
Born 1984
Alper Yılmaz
Born 1975
Duane C. Butcher
Born 1965
Osman Alifeyyaz Paksüt
Born 1953
Seyfi Tashan
Born 1925
Yeşim (singer)
Born 1956
Fikri Cantürk
1933 - 2019
Serdar Çam
Born 1966
Aslıgül Üğdül
Born 1957
Burak Dakak
Born 1998
Hakan Kıran
Born 1962
İhsan Turnagöl
Born 1957
Zehra Say
1906 - 1990
Orhan Aytür
Born 1965
Aysel Baykal
1939 - 2003
Esra Pehlivanli
Born 1977
Damla Demirdön
Born 1990
Lilâ Gürmen
Born 1966
Arelya Karasoy
Born 1996
Onur Kumbaracıbaşı
Born 1939
Ekrem Sarıçam
Born 1986
Yücel Aşkın
Born 1943
Sedal Sardan
Born 1962
Özlem Türköne
Born 1976
Aytaç Biter
Born 1965
Hilal Tuba Tosun Ayer
Born 1970
Meriç Yavuz
Born 1965
Murat Köprülü
-
Selma Ceylan
Born 1956
Mustafa Öztürk (Fußballspieler)
Born 1987
Süleyman Deveci
Born 1966
Nihan Anaz
Born 1979
Aydin Onur
1934 - 2016
Nurullah Candan
Born 1948
Barış Uçele
Born 1987
Ece Yaşar
Born 1990
Atilla Yakut
Born 1945
Umutcan Yüksel
Born 1992
Ömer Boncuk
1917 - 1988
Pınar Cankarpusat
Born 1981
Necla Güngör
Born 1982
Elif Sıla Aydın
Born 1996
Tarik Solak
Born 1964
Osman Birsen
Born 1945
Anıl Atağ
Born 1990
Duygu Yılmaz
Born 1988
Timuçin Çuğ
Born 1951
Tunc Ucyildiz
Born 1978
Gencay Kasapçı
1933 - 2017
İsmail Albayrak
Born 1968
Bülent Kalecikli
Born 1989
Pembe Candaner
Born 1957
İhsan Emre Vural
Born 1984
Bahattin Gemici
Born 1954
Dilek Kınık
Born 1995
Dursun Sevinç
Born 1972
Ebru Barutçu Gökdenizler
Born 1959
Markus Linhart
Born 1959
Zülfiye Gündoğdu
Born 1982
Emrah Özmen
Born 1983
Hasan Pesmen
1939 - 1980
Emre Sabuncuoğlu
Born 1976
Birkan Kanber
Born 1992
Metehan Özçatal
Born 1997
Necla Pur
Born 1943
Mustafa Bozdemir
-
Onur Özkaya
Born 1980
Esra Gündar
Born 1980
Onur Demirsoy
Born 1981
Selin Toy
Born 1993
Bülent Şenver
Born 1950
Şevval Alpavut
Born 1998
Ceren Çağlar
Born 1992
Ayşe Ören
Born 1980
Aylin Taşhan
Born 1960
Ece Gören
Born 1991
Kerem Özkan
Born 1988
Çağrı Tekin (Fußballspieler, 1993)
Born 1993
Özge Tulu
Born 1981
Mustafa Ünver
Born 1987
Başak Türkoğlu
Born 1968
Merve Çarkçı
Born 1986
Vahap Özbayer
Born 1943
Hakan Reçber
Born 1999
Mustafa Levent Bilgen
Born 1966
Kemal Çanak
Born 1991
İpek Vural
Born 1991
Mahmut Bilir
Born 1994
Selin Arifoğlu
Born 1992
Şefik Vural Altay
Born 1959
Alper Solak
Born 1989
Cevat Nezihi Özkaya
Born 1951
Ali Davutoğlu
Born 1961
Galip Hamarat
Born 1984
Metin Alakoç
Born 1942
Gülşah Kıyak
Born 1989