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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Semih Şentürk
Born 1983
Alpay Özalan
Born 1973
Necati Ateş
Born 1980
Cenk Gönen
Born 1988
Çağlar Söyüncü
Born 1996
Okay Yokuşlu
Born 1994
Mehmet Batdal
Born 1986
Yekta Kurtuluş
Born 1985
İbrahim Akın
Born 1984
Ufuk Ceylan
Born 1986
Metin Oktay
1936 - 1991
Ersun Yanal
Born 1961
Engin İpekoğlu
Born 1961
Çağdaş Atan
Born 1980
Rıdvan Şimşek
Born 1991
Yiğit Gökoğlan
Born 1989
Sercan Kaya
Born 1988
Merter Yüce
Born 1985
Halil Akbunar
Born 1992
Yiğit İncedemir
Born 1985
Sakıb Aytaç
Born 1991
Nihat Şahin
Born 1989
Cenk Ahmet Alkılıç
Born 1987
Erhan Önal
Born 1957
Recep Biler
Born 1981
Gökhan Değirmenci
Born 1989
Sertan Vardar
Born 1982
Bekir Yılmaz
Born 1988
İsmail Haktan Odabaşı
Born 1991
Ahmet Burak Solakel
Born 1982
Mehmet Sak
Born 1990
Bora Körk
Born 1980
Ümit Kayıhan
1954 - 2018
Ali Şaşal Vural
Born 1990
Ozan Evrim Özenç
Born 1993
Tolga Doğantez
Born 1975
Berk Yıldız
Born 1996
Ali Artuner
1944 - 2001
Oğuzhan Berber
Born 1992
Zafer Çevik
Born 1984
Özgür İleri
Born 1989
Koray Çölgeçen
Born 1985
Erkan Taşkıran
Born 1985
Tuna Üzümcü
Born 1982
Çağlar Şahin Akbaba
Born 1995
Ömer Kandemir
Born 1993
Ramazan Kurşunlu
Born 1981
Ramazan Kahya
Born 1984
Emrecan Afacanoğlu
Born 1991
Levent Eriş
Born 1962
Göktuğ Bakırbaş
Born 1996
Mehmet Al
Born 1983
Murat Sözgelmez
Born 1985
Orhan Ovacıklı
Born 1988
Süleyman Özdamar
Born 1993
Saffet Gurur Yazar
Born 1987
Hasan Erbey
Born 1991
Nevzat Güzelırmak
1942 - 2020
Feti Okuroğlu
Born 1971
Bulut Basmaz
Born 1984
Yusuf Tepekule
Born 1968
Burak Akyıldız
Born 1985
Caner Ağca
Born 1984
Berke Özer
Born 2000
Yiğitcan Gölboyu
Born 1992
Turgut Uçar
1964 - 2019
Mehmet İncebacak
Born 1992
Ayhan Elmastaşoğlu
Born 1941
Taner Taşkın
Born 1972
Serkan Yalçın
Born 1982
Erdi Öner
Born 1986
Erhan Erentürk
Born 1995
Sait Karafırtınalar
Born 1969
Ergün Acuner
1941 - 2002
Akif Başaran
Born 1956
Abdi Aktaş
Born 1975
Muharrem Gürbüz
Born 1957
Sedat Karaoğlu
1960 - 2014
Koray İçten
Born 1987
Bahri Altıntabak
Born 1939
Kenan Aslanoğlu
Born 1982
Erman Yıldırım
Born 1983
Yunus Emre Yalçın
Born 1994
Akın Açık
Born 1993
Oğulcan Gökçe
Born 1992
Yusuf Acer
Born 1997
Arif Kocabıyık
Born 1958
İlker Sayan
Born 1993
Ezgi Çağlar
Born 1991
Batuhan İşçiler
Born 1995
Ümit Turmuş
Born 1960
Onur Okan
Born 1984
Ali Ölmez
Born 1983
Timuçin Aşcıgil
Born 1986
Serkan Boydak
Born 1987
Alp Ergin
Born 1987
Ali Okur
Born 1992
Melih Vardar
1993 - 2020
Türker Demirhan
Born 1983
Tahir Karapınar
Born 1967
Volkan Özcan (Fußballspieler)
Born 1986
Murat Karakoç
Born 1979
Erdi Yokuşlu
Born 1992
Yasin Avcı (footballer, born 1984)
Born 1984
Cüneyt Dumlupınar
Born 1980
Erdi Kasapoğlu
Born 1990
Tryfon Tzanetis
1918 - 1998
Habib Uzun
Born 1992
Onur Nasuhoğulları
Born 1983
Cenk Özbey
Born 1991
Taylan Uzunoğlu
Born 1982
Kadir Atkın
Born 1989
Anıl Özönerli
Born 1992
Gökdeniz Varol
Born 1995
Ahmet Yakak
Born 1979
Tolga Çavdar
Born 1984
Fatma Şahin (footballer)
Born 1990
Serhat Çağlar
Born 1988
Hüsnü Başkurt
Born 1990
Alper Ulusoy
Born 1981
Murat Cömert
Born 1987
Mustafa Tahir Babaoğlu
Born 1992
Mustafa Ergücü
Born 1955
Egemen Gençalp
Born 1987
Salim İyik
Born 1998
Samet Göker
Born 1994
Kerem Gülbahar
Born 1984
Mahmut Özgener
Born 1963
Egecan Çevir
Born 1992
Kutluhan Bilgiç
Born 1981
Didem Taş
Born 1992
Ufuk Ateş
Born 1978
Gamze İskeçeli
Born 1983
Fatih Aktay
Born 1997
Özge Özel
Born 1991
Bahar Kol
Born 1995
Yaşam Göksu
Born 1995
Oğuz Sarvan
Born 1955
Müslüm Aydoğan
Born 1989
Ufuk Süer
Born 1972
Ali Kemal Özkan
Born 1993
Hanife Demiryol
Born 1992
Ayşe Önal (footballer)
Born 1996
Kadir Bilimlier
Born 1997
Cemil Gürgen Erlertürk
1918 - 1970
Ümran Özev
Born 1995
İsmet Gökseloğlu
Born 1994
İsmet Kavuştu
Born 1994
Sude Mihri Çınar
Born 1995
Metin Peker
Born 1993
Cihan Topaloğlu
Born 1992
Emrah Umut
Born 1982
Aytaç Deniz
Born 1989
Enis Durak
Born 1998
Yalçın Kayan
Born 1999
Bartu Umut
Born 1994
Hüseyin Akmaz
Born 1987
Alican Özfesli
Born 1997
Berkant Taşkıran
Born 1995
Hakan Kutucuoğlu
Born 1961
Ali Say
Born 1993
Seydi Kayasoy
Born 1998
Cenk Yılmaz
Born 1993
Atakan Cankaya
Born 1998
Onur Parlar
Born 1997
Melis Özçiğdem
Born 1982
Aslı Karataş
Born 1990
Fuat Göztepe
Died 1991
Furkan Tuşik
Born 1993
Erdal Alıcı
Born 1996
Ebru Aydın (footballer)
Born 1992
Anıl Çetin
Born 1992
Jacobo Danón
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Kerim Alıcı
Born 1997
Sercan Karagöz
Born 1993
İhsan Türemen
1902 - 1993
Barış Türkmen
Born 1993
Hakan Ceylan
Born 1979
Fatma Özlem Tursun
Born 1988
Ali Emre Yanar
Born 1998
Pamuk Güllü Yılmaz
Born 1993
Ali Alanç
Born 1959
Cem Kargın
Born 1978
Serdar Sabuncu
Born 1977
Nachman Castro
Born 1948
Erdoğan Akın
Born 1929
Coşkun Yanlı
Born 1955
Zeki Şensan
Born 1937
Turhan Yıldız
Born 1940
Serkan Küçükoğullarından
Born 1971