{{unreferenced, date=October 2011 This is a list of people from Bursa who have become known internationally in different roles and professions.

Bursa ( grc-gre, Προῦσα, Proûsa, Latin: Prusa, ota, بورسه, Arabic:بورصة) is a city in northwestern Turkey and the administrative center of Bursa Province. The fourth-most populous city in Turkey and second-most populous in the ...

is a city in northwestern Turkey. It is the fourth most populous city in Turkey and is one of the most industrialized metropolitan centers in the country.

Renowned people from Bursa

* Qādī Zāda al-Rūmī - astronomer and mathematician *

Manolis Andronikos Manolis Andronikos ( el, Μανόλης Ανδρόνικος) (October 23, 1919 – March 30, 1992) was a Greek archaeologist and a professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Biography Andronikos was born on October 23, 1919 at ...

(1919–1992) -

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archaeologist *

Emre Aşık Emre Aşık (born 13 December 1973) is a Turkish former international footballer. He played centre-back for several clubs in the Turkish Süper Lig, most notably, Galatasaray. Aşık began his career with Sönmez Filamentspor in the TFF Third Le ...

- international footballer *

Ömer Aşık Ömer Faruk Aşık (; born July 4, 1986) is a Turkish former professional basketball player who last played for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Aşık, standing at 7'2", was sought after by many of the top Eurolea ...

- international basketballer *

Hande Ataizi Ayşe Hande Ataizi (born 2 September 1973) is a Turkish actress. Biography Hande Ataizi began acting professionally at Yıldız Kenter's Kenter Theatre. She won the Golden Orange The Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival ( tr, Antalya Altı ...

- actress * Vildan Atasever - actress *

Bayezid I Bayezid I ( ota, بايزيد اول, tr, I. Bayezid), also known as Bayezid the Thunderbolt ( ota, link=no, یلدیرم بايزيد, tr, Yıldırım Bayezid, link=no; – 8 March 1403) was the Ottoman Sultan from 1389 to 1402. He adopted ...

- fourth

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...

ruler * Celal Bayar - former

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president *

Behice Boran Behice Boran (1 May 1910 – 10 October 1987) was a Turkish Marxist politician, author and sociologist. As a dissenting political voice from the left, Boran was repeatedly imprisoned for her work and died in exile after the Turkish military ...

- the leader of the socialist

Workers Party of Turkey Workers' Party of Turkey (''Türkiye İşçi Partisi'') was a Turkish political party, founded the 13 February 1961. It became the first socialist party in Turkey to win representation in the national parliament. It was banned twice (after the mi ...

İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil (1908, Istanbul – December 30, 1993, Ankara, Turkey) was a Turkish politician, being a member of the Justice Party ( tr, Adalet Partisi). He also served as Minister of Foreign Affairs three times in the 1960s ...

- politician *

Erkan Can Erkan Can (born 1 November 1958) is a Turkish film and theatre actor, who has won the Golden Orange for Best Actor twice for his roles in '' On Board'' and '' Takva: A Man's Fear of God'', and the Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Performance b ...

- actor *

Özhan Canaydın Özhan Canaydın (23 January 1943 – 22 March 2010) was a businessman, basketballer and former chairman of the Turkish sports club Galatasaray. Biography Basketball career Canaydın began to play professional basketball in 1958. In 1957, he be ...

- former basketball player, businessman and the former chairman of

Galatasaray Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club'') is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul in Turkey. Most notable for its association football department, the club also consists of various other de ...

Dio Chrysostom Dio Chrysostom (; el, Δίων Χρυσόστομος ''Dion Chrysostomos''), Dion of Prusa or Cocceianus Dio (c. 40 – c. 115 AD), was a Greek orator, writer, philosopher and historian of the Roman Empire in the 1st century AD. Eighty of his ...

- Greek orator, writer, philosopher and historian of the Roman Empire *

Muazzez İlmiye Çığ Muazzez İlmiye Çığ (born 20 June 1914) is a Turkish archaeologist and Assyriologist who specializes in the study of Sumerian civilization. She stirred controversy in the Muslim world and received world-wide media coverage in 2006 with her ass ...

- archaeologist *

Mercan Dede Mercan Dede (born Arkın Ilıcalı, 1966), also known as DJ Arkin Allen, is a Turkish-Canadian composer, ney and bendir player, DJ, and producer. He is a world music artist, playing a fusion of traditional acoustic Turkish and other oriental ...

- Turkish musician *

Ata Demirer Ata Demirer (born 6 July 1972) is a Turkish filmmaker, stand-up comedian, actor, and musician. He is known for his live comedy sketches as well as for writing and starring in a string of Turkish box-office hits including '' Eyyvah Eyvah'' (2010) ...

- comedian *

Halil Ergün Halil İbrahim Ergün (born 8 September 1946) is a Turkish stage, movie and television series actor. He studied political science at Ankara University. Halil began his theater career in Bursa. Ergün debuted in cinema with director Yilmaz Gün ...

- actor *

Sabiha Gökçen Sabiha Gökçen (; 22 March 1913 – 22 March 2001) was a Turkish aviator. During her flight career, she flew around 8,000 hours and participated in 32 different military operations. She was the world's first female fighter pilot, aged 23. As an ...

- the first

female

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* Tarkan Gozubuyuk - Pentagram and Mezarkabul bass guitar player and producer *

Kerem Kanter Kerem Kanter (born 29 April 1995) is a Turkish professional basketball player for Akita Northern Happinets of the Japanese B.League. He played college basketball for Wisconsin–Green Bay and the Xavier Musketeers. Kanter is the younger brother ...

(born 1995) –

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

player *

Pınar Kür Pınar Kür (born April 15, 1943) is a Turkish author and dramatist. She currently teaches at Istanbul Bilgi University. Pınar Kür is the daughter of İsmet Kür (1916–2013), who was an educator, journalist, columnist and writer of mainly ch ...

- author * Serdar Kurtuluş - international footballer *

Mehmed I Mehmed I ( 1386 – 26 May 1421), also known as Mehmed Çelebi ( ota, چلبی محمد, "the noble-born") or Kirişçi ( el, Κυριτζής, Kyritzis, "lord's son"), was the Ottoman sultan from 1413 to 1421. The fourth son of Sultan Bayezid ...

- fifth

ruler *

Murad I Murad I ( ota, مراد اول; tr, I. Murad, Murad-ı Hüdavendigâr (nicknamed ''Hüdavendigâr'', from fa, خداوندگار, translit=Khodāvandgār, lit=the devotee of God – meaning "sovereign" in this context); 29 June 1326 – 15 Jun ...

- third

ruler *

Zeki Müren Zeki Müren (; 6 December 1931 – 24 September 1996) was a Turkish singer, composer, songwriter, actor and poet. Known by the nicknames "The Sun of Art" and "Pasha", he was one of the prominent figures of the Ottoman classical music, Turkish cla ...

- singer, "sun of art" *

Vedat Okyar Vedat Okyar (August 1945 – 20 July 2009) was a Turkish international footballer who later became a sports journalist. Early life Vedat Okyar was born in Bursa August 1945. He played amateur football for Yücespor and Adaletspor before becomi ...

- footballer *

Emin Fahrettin Özdilek Emin may refer to: As a name * Emin (given name) * Emin (surname) Places * Emin County, county in Xinjiang, China * Emin Minaret, the tallest minaret in China * Emin Valley, on the borders of China and Kazakhstan * Emin or Emil River, in Emi ...

- Prime Minister of Turkey *

Erdal Özyağcılar Erdal Özyağcılar (born 4 August 1948) is a Turkish actor. He has appeared in films, on the stage and on television. Biography Özyağcılar was born in 1948 in Bursa. He started his acting career in 1967, with the movie "''Ölüm Tarlası ...

- actor *

Hamit Şare Hamit Şare (born February 19, 1982 in Bursa, Turkey) is an Olympic alpine skier discipline. Hamit began skiing at five years of age. He joined the Turkish national ski team already in 1993. He won seven national titles, represented Turkey 79 tim ...

- Olympic skier *

Müzeyyen Senar Müzeyyen Senar (; 16 July 1918 – 8 February 2015) was a Turkish classical music performer, known as the "''Diva of the Republic''". Early years Müzeyyen Dombayoğlu was born in 1918 in the village of Gököz, in Keles district of Bursa Pr ...

– singer, state artist of Turkey * Olgun Şimşek - actor *

Sporus of Nicaea Sporus of Nicaea ( el, Σπόρος; c. 240 – c. 300) was a Greek mathematician and astronomer, probably from Nicaea, ancient district Bithynia (modern-day Iznik) in province Bursa, in modern-day Turkey. Much of his work focused on squaring the ...

- Greek mathematician and astronomer * Nur Sürer - actress *

Sercan Yıldırım Sercan Yıldırım (, born 5 April 1990) is a Turkish former football player who played as a forward. Club career Bursaspor Yıldırım started his career at Bursaspor. He broke into the first team in the 2007–2008 season, making his leagu ...

- international footballer * Okan Yılmaz - international footballer *

Zofia Potocka Zofia Potocka née ''Clavone'' ( uk, Софія Костянтинівна Потоцька; 11 January 1760 – 24 November 1822) was a Greek slave courtesan and a Russian agent, later a Polish noblewoman. She was famous in contemporary Europe ...

- Greek - Russian agent