38.4135° N, 27.1376° E
IZMIR
Most Famous People Born in Izmir, Turkey
- Notable people
- 607
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1970
- Most distinctive
- Rabbi 11.8×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Izmir during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Izmir Is Known For
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Football is Izmir's biggest profession — 31% of all notables (190).
Izmir over-indexes on rabbi — 11.8× the global rate.
Izmir under-produces politician — only 0.4× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Izmir's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Politics & Law
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- Filtered to 1990s Clear ×
Çağlar Söyüncü
Born 1996
Okay Yokuşlu
Born 1994
Furkan Aldemir
Born 1991
Rıdvan Şimşek
Born 1991
Olcay Çakır
Born 1993
Egemen Güven
Born 1996
Emre Can (chess player)
Born 1990
Halil Akbunar
Born 1992
Tuğçe Canıtez
Born 1990
Melis Sezer
Born 1993
Sakıb Aytaç
Born 1991
Ferhat Arıcan
Born 1993
İsmail Haktan Odabaşı
Born 1991
Mehmet Sak
Born 1990
Ali Şaşal Vural
Born 1990
Ozan Evrim Özenç
Born 1993
Berk Yıldız
Born 1996
Oğuzhan Berber
Born 1992
İbrahim Çolak (gymnast)
Born 1995
Çağlar Şahin Akbaba
Born 1995
Ömer Kandemir
Born 1993
Yasemin Anagöz
Born 1998
Emrecan Afacanoğlu
Born 1991
Göktuğ Bakırbaş
Born 1996
Süleyman Özdamar
Born 1993
Hasan Erbey
Born 1991
Yiğitcan Gölboyu
Born 1992
Mehmet İncebacak
Born 1992
Ceylan Arısan
Born 1994
Cansu Özbay
Born 1996
Erhan Erentürk
Born 1995
Damla Colbay
Born 1993
Buse Tosun
Born 1995
Beyza Arıcı
Born 1995
Deniz Baysal
Born 1991
Yunus Emre Yalçın
Born 1994
Akın Açık
Born 1993
Oğulcan Gökçe
Born 1992
Yusuf Acer
Born 1997
İlker Sayan
Born 1993
Ezgi Çağlar
Born 1991
Batuhan İşçiler
Born 1995
Bediha Gün
Born 1994
Özkan Baltacı
Born 1994
Ali Okur
Born 1992
Melih Vardar
1993 - 2020
Erdi Yokuşlu
Born 1992
Senem Kuyucuoğlu
Born 1990
Tayfun Erülkü
Born 1994
Erdi Kasapoğlu
Born 1990
Habib Uzun
Born 1992
Cenk Özbey
Born 1991
Anıl Özönerli
Born 1992
Gökdeniz Varol
Born 1995
Fatma Şahin (footballer)
Born 1990
Hüsnü Başkurt
Born 1990
Mustafa Tahir Babaoğlu
Born 1992
Salim İyik
Born 1998
Samet Göker
Born 1994
Pinar Tartan
Born 1997
Egecan Çevir
Born 1992
Didem Taş
Born 1992
Melisa Kerman
Born 1994
Yiğit Gülmezoğlu
Born 1995
Ayça Aykaç
Born 1996
Fatih Aktay
Born 1997
Ahmet Önder
Born 1996
Özge Özel
Born 1991
Bahar Kol
Born 1995
Yaşam Göksu
Born 1995
Büşra Ün
Born 1994
Ali Kemal Özkan
Born 1993
Hanife Demiryol
Born 1992
Ayşe Önal (footballer)
Born 1996
Kadir Bilimlier
Born 1997
Ümran Özev
Born 1995
İsmet Gökseloğlu
Born 1994
Gülten Taranç
Born 1990
Yasemin Güler
Born 1994
İsmet Kavuştu
Born 1994
Sude Mihri Çınar
Born 1995
Metin Peker
Born 1993
Cihan Topaloğlu
Born 1992
Enis Durak
Born 1998
Yalçın Kayan
Born 1999
Bartu Umut
Born 1994
Alican Özfesli
Born 1997
Berkant Taşkıran
Born 1995
Ali Say
Born 1993
Seydi Kayasoy
Born 1998
Cenk Yılmaz
Born 1993
Atakan Cankaya
Born 1998
Onur Parlar
Born 1997
Aslı Karataş
Born 1990
Furkan Tuşik
Born 1993
Erdal Alıcı
Born 1996
Ebru Aydın (footballer)
Born 1992
Anıl Çetin
Born 1992
Rabia Özşahan
Born 1990
Kerim Alıcı
Born 1997
Sercan Karagöz
Born 1993
Ragıp Atar
Born 1997
Barış Türkmen
Born 1993
Ali Emre Yanar
Born 1998
Pamuk Güllü Yılmaz
Born 1993
Rida Erlalelitepe
Born 1996
Duygu Fırat
Born 1990
Merve Sarı
Born 1994
Tuğçe Murat
Born 1991
Hüseyin Emre Sakçı
Born 1997
Emre Yavuz (Pianist)
Born 1990