The following is a list of notable

Turkish Americans Turkish Americans ( tr, Türk Amerikalılar) or American Turks are Americans of ethnic Turkish origin. The term "Turkish Americans" can therefore refer to ethnic Turkish immigrants to the United States, as well as their American-born descend ...

, including both original immigrants of full or partial Turkish descent who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants. Most notable Turkish Americans have come from, or originate from,

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula ...

but there are also notable Americans of Turkish origin who have immigrated from, or descend from, the other former Ottoman territories, especially Turks from the

Balkans The Balkans ( ), also known as the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains that stretch throughout the who ...

, the island of

Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is ...

(e.g. Erden Eruç, Halil Güven, Hal Ozsan,

Abdul Kerim al-Qubrusi Aydoğan Fuat, formally referred to as Shaykh Abdul Kerim al-Qubrusi ( tr, Şeyh Abdülkerim Kıbrısî), was an American Sufi Sheikh of Turkish Cypriot origin and former representative of the Naqshbandi-Haqqani Order in the United States, und ...

, and

Vamık Volkan Vamık D. Volkan, M.D., DFLAPA, FACPsa, (born 1932 in Lefkoşa, Cyprus) is a Turkish Cypriot psychiatrist, internationally known for his 40 years work bringing together conflictual groups for dialogue and mutual understanding. Among his many o ...

, are of Turkish Cypriot origin),

North Africa North Africa, or Northern Africa is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of Mauritania in ...

(e.g.

Leila Ahmed Leila Ahmed ( ar, لیلى أحمد); (born 1940) is an Egyptian-American scholar of Islam. In 1992 she published her book ''Women and Gender in Islam'', which is regarded as a seminal historical analysis of the position of women in Arab Muslim s ...

and Nonie Darwish are of Turkish-Egyptian origin, and Mustapha Osman was of Turkish-Tunisian origin), and the

Levant The Levant () is an approximate historical geographical term referring to a large area in the Eastern Mediterranean region of Western Asia. In its narrowest sense, which is in use today in archaeology and other cultural contexts, it is ...

(e.g. Etel Adnan is of Turkish-Syrian origin;

David Chokachi David Chokachi (born David Al-Chokhachy; January 16, 1968) is an American film and television actor. He is known for his roles in the TV series '' Witchblade'', ''Baywatch'', and ''Beyond The Break''. Early life David Chokachi was born in Plymo ...

and Salih Neftçi are of Turkish-Iraqi origin;

Nabila Khashoggi Nabila Khashoggi ( ar, نبيلة خاشقجي, born 19 February 1962) is an American businesswoman, actress, and philanthropist. Early life Nabila Khashoggi was born in Beirut, Lebanon, the eldest child of the late Saudi Arabian arms dealer Adn ...

is from the Khashoggi family who are of Turkish origin). Some Turkish Americans have also come to the US from areas where there is a modern

Turkish diaspora The Turkish diaspora ( tr, Türk diasporası or ''Türk gurbetçiler'') refers to ethnic Turkish people who have migrated from, or are the descendants of migrants from, the Republic of Turkey, Northern Cyprus or other modern nation-states tha ...

; for example,

Turhan Bey Turhan Bey (born Turhan Gilbert Selahattin Şahultavi, 30 March 192230 September 2012). was an Austrian-born actor of Turkish and Czech-Jewish origins. Active in Hollywood from 1941 to 1953, he was dubbed "The Turkish Delight" by his fans.. Aft ...

had a Turkish-Austrian background; Timothy Guy Kent has a Turkish Canadian background;

Marie Tepe Marie Brose Tepe Leonard (August 24, 1834 – May 24, 1901), known as "French Mary," was a vivandière of Franco-Turkish descent who fought for the Union Army during the American Civil War. Tepe served with the 27th and 114th Pennsylvania Inf ...

had a Turkish-French background;

Ergun Caner Ergun Michael Caner (born November 3, 1966) is a Swedish-American academic, author, and Baptist minister, who became well known for his book, co-authored with his brother, on Islam and his claims that he was a devout Muslim trained as a terrorist ...

has a Turkish-Swedish background;

Kasim Edebali Kasim Edebali (born August 17, 1989) is a former German-American professional American football defensive end. He played college football at Boston College and was signed by the New Orleans Saints as an undrafted free agent in 2014. Early year ...

has a

Turkish-German Turks in Germany, also referred to as German Turks and Turkish Germans (german: Türken in Deutschland/Deutschtürken; tr, Almanya'da yaşayan Türkler/Almanya Türkleri), are ethnic Turkish people living in Germany. These terms are also used ...

background; and

Didem Erol Didem Erol or Serah Henesey also known as Dana Flynn is an Australian-born Turkish American actress, model, and TV host. She was born in Sydney to Turkish parents and lives in Los Angeles, California. Amidst media speculation, Erol confirme ...

has a

Turkish Australian Turkish Australians ( tr, ) or Australian Turks ( tr, ) are Australians who have migrated from Turkey or who have Turkish ancestral origins. Turks first began to emigrate to Australia from the island of Cyprus for work in the 1940s, and th ...

background.

Academia

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* Sibel Adalı, Professor of Computer Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute *

, Professor of Women's Studies in Religion at Harvard Divinity School * Esra Akcan, Professor of Architecture at Cornell University * Mustafa Aksakal, professor of history at Georgetown University * İlhan Aksay, Professor in Engineering and Emeritus Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Princeton University *

Ali Akansu Ali Naci Akansu (born May 6, 1958) is a Turkish-American Professor of electrical & computer engineering and scientist in applied mathematics. He is best known for his seminal contributions to the theory and applications of linear subspace metho ...

, electrical engineer and scientist *

Asuman Aksoy Asuman Güven Aksoy is a Turkish-American mathematician whose research concerns topics in functional analysis, metric geometry, and operator theory including Banach spaces, measures of non-compactness, fixed points, Birnbaum–Orlicz spaces, ...

, Professor of Mathematics at Claremont McKenna College * Serap Aksoy, * Ian F. Akyildiz, Chair Professor in Telecommunications * Ilkay Altintas, Chief data science officer at the University of California * Ali Argon, Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology * Muzaffer Atac, Professor of Physics * Bülent Atalay, Professor of physics at the University of Mary Washington and the University of Virginia *

Esin Atıl Esin Atıl (June 11, 1938 – February 20, 2020) was a Turkish-American historian of Islamic art and curator of Islamic art at the Freer Gallery of Art. Education Esin Atıl graduated from the American College for Girls in Istanbul 1956 with ...

, historian of Islamic art and curator of Islamic art at the Freer Gallery of Art * Ozlem Ayduk, social psychologist at U.C. Berkeley * Özalp Babaoğlu, Professor of computer science at

University of Bologna The University of Bologna ( it, Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna, UNIBO) is a public research university in Bologna, Italy. Founded in 1088 by an organised guild of students (''studiorum''), it is the oldest university in contin ...

* Ivet Bahar, Professor of Computational Biology at University of Pittsburgh * A. Baha Balantekin, Professor of Physics at the University of Wisconsin * Asım Orhan Barut, Professor of physics at the University of Colorado at Boulder *

Itzhak Bars Itzhak Bars (born 31 August 1943, İzmir, Turkey) is a theoretical physicist at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Education After receiving his B.S. from Robert College in physics in 1967, Bars obtained his Ph.D. under the super ...

, theoretical physicist at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles *

Tamer Başar Mustafa Tamer Başar (born January 19, 1946) is a control and game theorist who is the ''Swanlund Endowed Chair'' and Center for Advanced Study Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, ...

, Professor at

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, University of Illinois, or UIUC) is a public land-grant research university in Illinois in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana. It is the flagship institution of the Un ...

Elif Batuman Elif Batuman (born 1977) is an American author, academic, and journalist. She is the author of three books: a memoir, ''The Possessed'', and the novels ''The Idiot,'' which was a finalist for the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and '' Either/Or'' ...

, academic and journalist *

Nihat Berker Ahmet Nihat Berker (born 20 September 1949) is a Turkish scientist, theoretical chemist, physicist and emeritus professor of physics at MIT. Currently, he is the acting Dean of Engineering and Natural Sciences in Kadir Has University, Turkey. H ...

, scientist, theoretical chemist, physicist and emeritus professor of physics at MIT * Burcin Becerik-Gerber, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Southern California *

Soner Cagaptay Soner Cagaptay (; born in 1970) is a Turkish-American political scientist based in the United States. He is director of the Turkish Research Program at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.Expert biography http://www.washingtoninstitute ...

, director of the Turkish Research Program at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy *

Gunduz Caginalp Gunduz Caginalp was a mathematician whose research has also contributed over 100 papers to physics, materials science and economics/finance journals, including two with Michael Fisher and nine with Nobel Laureate Vernon Smith. He began his studi ...

, Professor of Mathematics at University of Pittsburgh *

, Professor of Theology and Church History * Zeynep Çelik-Butler, Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington. * Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel, Associate professor of the practice in statistics at

Duke University Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist Jam ...

* Erhan Çinlar, Professor Emeritus at Princeton University * Canan Dağdeviren, assistant professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) * Utkan Demirci, Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine *

Arif Dirlik Arif Dirlik (; 23 November 1940 – 1 December 2017) was a Turkish-American historian who published on historiography and political ideology in modern China, as well as issues in modernity, globalization, and post-colonial criticism. Dirlik rece ...

, Professor at the University of British Columbia * Servet A. Duran, Professor of Materials Science at Washington State University *

Ali Erdemir Ali Erdemir,Ali Erdemir was elected in 2019
as a member of

, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University *

Taner Edis Taner Edis (born August 20, 1967) is a Turkish American physicist and skeptic. He is a professor of physics at Truman State University. He received his B.S. from Boğaziçi University in Turkey and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins Univers ...

, Professor of physics at the Truman State University *

Ahmed Cemal Eringen Ahmet Cemal Eringen (February 15, 1921 – December 7, 2009) was a Turkish engineering scientist. He was a professor at Princeton University and the founder of the Society of Engineering Science.

, Professor of continuum mechanics at Princeton University * Fazıl Erdoğan, Professor and Dean of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics at Lehigh University * Alev Erisir, Professor of Psychology and the Department Chair at the University of Virginia * Elza Erkip, Professor and wireless technology researcher at New York University * Merve Emre, Associate professor of American literature at Oxford University * Okan Ersoy, Professor of electrical engineering and Director of Statistical and Computational Intelligence Laboratory at

Purdue University Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette businessman John Purdue donated land and mone ...

* Erdağ Göknar, Associate Professor of Turkish and Middle Eastern Studies at Duke University * Selda Gunsel, Vice President (VP) for Global Commercial Technology at Royal Dutch Shell * Murat Günel, Professor of Neurosurgery at Yale University *

Faruk Gül Faruk R. Gül is a Turkish American economist, a professor of economics at Princeton University and a Fellow of the Econometric Society. Gül did his undergraduate studies at Boğaziçi University, and received his Ph.D. from Princeton in 1986,< ...

, Professor of Economics, Princeton University * Feza Gürsey, mathematician and physicist * Suha Gürsey, physicist and mathematician * Halil Güven, Dean of San Diego State University - Georgia * M. Şükrü Hanioğlu, Professor of Near Eastern Studies,

Princeton University Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the ...

* Çiğdem Balım Harding, Senior lecturer at Indiana University * Peter Harzem, Professor of Psychology at Auburn University * Ali Hortaçsu, Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago * Gökhan S. Hotamisligil, Professor of Nutrition & Division of Biological Sciences at Harvard University * Alp Ikizler, nephrologist, holder of the Catherine McLaughlin Hakim chair in Medicine at

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Vanderbilt University School of Medicine is a graduate medical school of Vanderbilt University located in Nashville, Tennessee. Located in the Vanderbilt University Medical Center on the southeastern side of the Vanderbilt University campus, the ...

* Ataç İmamoğlu, physicist * Umran Inan, scientist at Koç University and Stanford University *

Murat Iyigun Murat Iyigun (born March 21, 1964) is an American and Turkish scholar and author in the field of the economics of family, economic development, political economy and cliometrics. He is a professor at the University of Colorado. Education Mura ...

, Professor of Economics at the University of Colorado * Cemal Kafadar, Professor of Turkish Studies at

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of high ...

* Pinar Karaca-Mandic, Professor of Healthcare Risk Management at the University of Minnesota *

Merve Kavakçı Merve is a feminine Turkish given name of Arabic origin. It has two meanings: # Pebble # One of the two sacred hills in Mecca, Saudi Arabia between which Muslims travel back and forth seven times as part of the ritual pilgrimages. Merve is mentioned ...

George Washington University The George Washington University (GW or GWU) is a Private university, private University charter#Federal, federally chartered research university in Washington, D.C. Chartered in 1821 by the United States Congress, GWU is the largest Higher educat ...

Professor Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin as a "person who professes". Professors ...

and former Fazilet Party Parliamentarian * Pınar Keskinocak, Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology *

Timur Kuran Timur Kuran is a Turkish-American economist and political scientist, Professor of Economics and Political Science, and Gorter Family Professor of Islamic Studies at Duke University. His work spans economics, political science, history, and law. ...

, Professor of Economics and Political Science, and Gorter Family Professor in Islamic Studies at Duke University * Yahya M. Madra, Associate Professor of Economics at Drew University * Naci Mocan, Ourso Distinguished Chair of Economics at Louisiana State University * Gülru Necipoğlu, Professor and Director of the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University * Salih Neftçi, Professor of Economics at the

New School University The New School is a private research university in New York City. It was founded in 1919 as The New School for Social Research with an original mission dedicated to academic freedom and intellectual inquiry and a home for progressive thinkers. ...

( Turkish-Iraqi origin) *

Banu Onaral Banu Onaral is H.H. Sun Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Electrical Engineering at Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She holds a Ph.D. 1978 in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and BSEE 1973 and MSEE 9 ...

, Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Electrical Engineering at Drexel University * Özalp Özer, Professor of Management Science at the University of Texas at Dallas * Mihri Özkan, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of California, Berkeley * Meral Özsoyoglu, Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at Case Western Reserve University * Asuman Özdağlar, professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) * Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil, astronomer and astrophysicist at the University of Arizona *

Dani Rodrik Dani Rodrik (born August 14, 1957) is a Turkish economist and Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He was formerly the Albert O. Hirschman Professor of t ...

, professor of International Political Economy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University * Sema Salur, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Rochester * Aziz Sancar, Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine * Ezel Kural Shaw, historian and wife of Stanford J. Shaw *

Muzafer Sherif Muzafer Sherif (born Muzaffer Şerif Başoğlu; July 29, 1906 – October 16, 1988) was a Turkish-American social psychologist. He helped develop social judgment theory and realistic conflict theory. Sherif was a founder of modern social psych ...

, Professor of Sociology at Pennsylvania State University * Eshref Shevky, Professor of Sociology at the University of California *

Oktay Sinanoğlu Oktay Sinanoğlu (February 25, 1935 – April 19, 2015) was an internationally renowned Turkish physical chemist and molecular biophysicist. Private life Sinanoğlu was born in Bari, Italy on February 25, 1935 to Nüzhet Haşim and Rüveyde (K ...

, youngest full Professor in Yale's 20th-century history *

Emin Gün Sirer Emin Gün Sirer is a Turkish-American computer scientist. Sirer developed the Avalanche Consensus protocol underlying the Avalanche blockchain platform, and is currently the CEO and co-founder of Ava Labs. He was an associate professor of compu ...

, Associate Professor of Computer Science at Cornell University *

Halil Mete Soner Halil Mete Soner is a Turkish American mathematician born in Ankara. Soner's current research interests are nonlinear partial differential equations; asymptotic analysis of Ginzburg-Landau type systems, viscosity solutions, and mathematical fina ...

, Professor of Financial Mathematics at ETH Zürich *

Tayfun Sönmez Tayfun Sönmez is a Turkish-American professor of economics at Boston College. He is a Fellow of the Econometric Society and the 2008 winner of the Social Choice and Welfare Prize, which honors scholars under the age of 40 for excellent accomp ...

, Professor of Economics at Boston College * Ayşe Şahin, chair of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Wright State University * Damla Şentürk, Professor of biostatistics in the University of California * Serap Z. Tilav, US Antarctic Program field team member; the Tilav Cirque is named after her * Mehmet Toner, Professor of surgery at the

Harvard Medical School Harvard Medical School (HMS) is the graduate medical school of Harvard University and is located in the Longwood Medical Area of Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1782, HMS is one of the oldest medical schools in the United States and is consi ...

and Professor of biomedical engineering at the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology * Sefaattin Tongay, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Arizona State University *

Zeynep Tufekci Zeynep Tufekci ( tr, Zeynep Tüfekçi; ; ) is a sociologist and a writer who is a columnist for ''The New York Times''. Her work focuses on the social implications of new technologies, such as artificial intelligence and big data, as well as soc ...

, Associate professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina * Galip Ulsoy, Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering and W.C. Ford Professor Emeritus of Manufacturing at University of Michigan * Turgay Üzer, Professor Emeritus at Georgia Institute of Technology *

, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Virginia, *

Nur Yalman Nur Yalman is a leading Turkish social anthropologist at Harvard University, where he serves as senior Research Professor of Social Anthropology and Middle Eastern Studies. Career Yalman received his high school diploma from Robert College, Istan ...

, Professor of Social Anthropology and Middle Eastern Studies at

* Osman Yaşar, Professor and chair of the computational science department at State University of New York College at Brockport * K. Aslıhan Yener,

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood. The University of Chic ...

archaeologist who uncovered a new source of

Bronze Age The Bronze Age is a historic period, lasting approximately from 3300 BC to 1200 BC, characterized by the use of bronze, the presence of writing in some areas, and other early features of urban civilization. The Bronze Age is the second prin ...

Anatolia Anatolia, tr, Anadolu Yarımadası), and the Anatolian plateau, also known as Asia Minor, is a large peninsula in Western Asia and the westernmost protrusion of the Asian continent. It constitutes the major part of modern-day Turkey. The ...

n tin mines * Aylin Yener, holds the Roy and Lois Chope Chair in engineering at Ohio State University *

Ahmet Yıldız Ahmet Yıldız (born 1979 in Sakarya, Turkey) is an American Turkish academic. He is currently a professor of physics and molecular cell biology at the University of California, Berkeley. He has contributed significantly to the understanding of ...

, Associate Professor of Physics and Molecular Cell Biology at the University of California *

Bilge Yildiz The bilge of a ship or boat is the part of the hull that would rest on the ground if the vessel were unsupported by water. The "turn of the bilge" is the transition from the bottom of a hull to the sides of a hull. Internally, the bilges (usu ...

,Professor of Nuclear Science, Materials Science and Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology * Pınar Yoldaş, architect, artist and Professor at University of California San Diego

Activism

* Nonie Darwish, founder of Arabs for Israel * Furkan Doğan student, known for being killed in the

Gaza flotilla raid The Gaza flotilla raid was a military operation by Israel against six civilian ships of the " Gaza Freedom Flotilla" on 31 May 2010 in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea. Nine activists and no Israelis were killed on one ship dur ...

American Civil War

, vivandière who fought for the Union army

Architecture and design

* Kalef Alaton, interior designer *

Kaya Arıkoğlu Kaya Arıkoğlu (born 1949) is a Turkish architect and urban designer. Early life and education After completing his bachelor's degree in architecture at the University of Maryland, College Park, he was a student of Colin Rowe at Cornell Unive ...

, urban designer

Arts and literature

* Etel Adnan, poet and visual artist *

Haluk Akakçe Haluk Akakçe (born 1970 in Turkey) is a contemporary artist living and working in New York and Istanbul whose work explores the intersections between society and technology through video animations, wall paintings and sound installations. He tra ...

, artist * Refik Anadol, media artist *

Kutluğ Ataman Kutluğ Ataman (born 1961 in Istanbul Turkey) is an acclaimed Turkish-American contemporary artist and feature filmmaker. Ataman's films are known for their strong characterization and humanity. His early art works examine the ways in which peo ...

, contemporary artist and filmmaker *

Alev Croutier Alev Lytle Croutier, known in Turkey as "Alev Aksoy Croutier" (born 1945 in İzmir, Turkey), is a writer based in San Francisco, US. Her books have been translated into 22 languages. She is the author of the non-fiction books ''Harem: the World beh ...

, writer * Sevgi Çağal, painter and sculpture *

Adam Darius Adam Darius (10 May 1930 – 3 December 2017) was an Turkish origin American dancer, mime artist, writer and choreographer. As a performer, he appeared in over 86 countries across six continents.The extensive archives of Adam Darius´s career as ...

, dancer, mime artist, writer and choreographer *

Burhan Doğançay Burhan C. Doğançay (11 September 1929 – 16 January 2013) was a Turkish-American artist. Doğançay is best known for tracking walls in various cities across the world for half a century, integrating them in his artistic work. Biography ...

, painter, photographer, and former soccer player *

Ipek Duben Ipek Duben (born 1941) is a contemporary visual artist based in Istanbul. She produces artist books, poetry, installations, video, painting and sculpture. Her work deals with identity issues, feminism, and migration with a strong emphasis on soc ...

, contemporary visual artist *

Bilge Ebiri Bilge Ebiri (; born 1973) is an English-born American journalist and filmmaker. His first feature film, a comedy thriller entitled ''New Guy'', was released in 2004. Early life and education Ebiri studied film at Yale University where his thesis ...

, ''New York Magazine'' film critic * Rana Foroohar, business columnist and an associate editor at the Financial Times * Sururi Gümen, Illustrator and ghost artist behind Alfred Andriola's comic strip Kerry Drake *

Ben Ali Haggin James Ben Ali Haggin III (20 April 1882 – 2 September 1951) was an American portrait painter and stage designer. Life A grandson of the multi-millionaire James Ben Ali Haggin, he was born in New York City. After extensive education, he beg ...

, portrait painter and stage designer * Timothy Guy Kent, artist * Jarett Kobek, author of the 2016 novel '' I Hate the Internet'' * Reha Kutlu-Hutin, journalist, animal rights activist, and President of ''

30 millions d'amis 30 millions d'amis (English: "30 million friends") is a French television program, a French monthly magazine with its posters, and a French foundation: the Fondation 30 Millions d'Amis. All three focus on pets, especially cats, dogs, horses, ferre ...

'' * Shevaun Mizrahi, filmmaker * Mustapha Osman, caricaturist, model maker and set designer * Serkan Özkaya, conceptual artist *

Hayal Pozanti Hayal Pozanti (born 1983, Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish-born artist, based in the United States. She is known for her large scale, brightly colored, seemingly abstract and geometric paintings, that represent statistical data related to human-co ...

, artist * Gizem Saka, contemporary artist * Ali Sar, journalist * Ozge Samanci, artist and Professor at Northwestern University * Hakan Topal, artist and founder of

Xurban collective Xurban collective (stylized as xurban_collective, 2000-2012) was an international art collective founded in 2000. Core members of the group are Guven Incirlioglu and Hakan Topal, whose transatlantic collaborations took the form of media projects a ...

* Özel Türkbaş, belly dancer * Ayse Wilson, artist * Jihan Zencirli, visual artist

Astronomy

* Betul Kacar * Janet Akyüz Mattei, astronomer and director of the

AAVSO The American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) is an international nonprofit organization, founded in 1911, focused on coordinating, analyzing, publishing, and archiving variable star observations made largely by amateur astronomers ...

* Feryal Özel, astrophysicist

Business

Melih Abdulhayoğlu Melih Abdulhayoğlu (born March 10, 1968) is the CEO of MAVeCap, an incubator Venture Capital firm funded by his family office. MAVeCap focusses on building tomorrow's technology platform companies. His first company was Comodo The firm is now br ...

, billionaire; founder, CEO, and president of

Comodo Group Xcitium, formerly known as Comodo Security Solutions, Inc., is a cybersecurity company headquartered in Bloomfield, New Jersey in the United States. History The company was founded in 1998 in the United Kingdom by Melih Abdulhayoğlu. The com ...

Tevfik Arif Tevfik Arif (russian: Тофик Арифов; born May 1953), also known as Tofik Arifov, is a Russian/Turkish real estate developer and investor. He is the founder of the Bayrock Group, an international real estate development and investment co ...

, founder of the Bayrock Group * Yalcin Ayasli, business executive * Ali Aydar, CEO of

Sporcle Sporcle is a trivia website and pub quiz business. On April 23, 2007, Sporcle was launched as an online trivia website which allows users to play quizzes on a range of subjects using the web or a mobile device. Sporcle began offering live pub qui ...

* Süreyya Ciliv, former CEO of

Turkcell Turkcell İletişim Hizmetleri A.Ş. (''lit. Turkcell Communication Services'') (, ) is the leading mobile phone operator of Turkey, based in Istanbul. The company has 39,3 million subscribers as of September 2021. In 2015, the company's number o ...

* Hikmet Ersek, CEO of

Western Union The Western Union Company is an American multinational financial services company, headquartered in Denver, Colorado. Founded in 1851 as the New York and Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company in Rochester, New York, the company cha ...

* James Ben Ali Haggin, investor and founder of the

Ben Ali Stakes The Ben Ali Stakes is an American race for thoroughbred horses run in the Spring of each year at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky. For 4-year-olds and up, it is a Grade III event set at a distance of one mile and one eighth mile on t ...

* Osman Kibar, billionaire; founder and CEO of Samumed *

Yalman Onaran Yalman Onaran is a Turkish-born American financial journalist. Onaran came to the United States in 1987 to study at the College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio. After finishing Columbia University's School of Journalism, and the Columbia University ...

, financial journalist *

Eren Ozmen Eren Ozmen (born 1958/1959) is a billionaire Turkish-American businesswoman, and the majority co-owner and president of the private aerospace and defense company, Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC). Early life and education In the early 1980s, Ere ...

, billionaire; co-owner and president of

Sierra Nevada Corporation Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) is an American, privately held aerospace and national security contractor specializing in aircraft modification and integration, space components and systems, and related technology products for cybersecurity and ...

* Fatih Ozmen, billionaire; co-owner of Sierra Nevada Corporation * Cemil Ozyurt, founder of U.S.-based Turk of America *

Hasan Piker Hasan Doğan Piker ( , ; born July 25, 1991), also known as HasanAbi ( abi meaning ''big brother'' in Turkish), is a Turkish-American Twitch streamer and left-wing political commentator. He has previously worked as a broadcast journalist and p ...

, Twitch streamer and political commentator *

Muhtar Kent Ahmet Muhtar Kent (born December 1, 1952) is a Turkish-American business executive. He was the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of The Coca-Cola Company. He became CEO in 2008, and chairman in 2009. In December 2016, Coca-Cola announced ...

, former CEO and chairman of

The Coca-Cola Company The Coca-Cola Company is an American multinational beverage corporation founded in 1892, best known as the producer of Coca-Cola. The Coca-Cola Company also manufactures, sells, and markets other non-alcoholic beverage concentrates and syrup ...

, businesswoman *

Murat Köprülü Murat Köprülü is a Turkish American investment professional and philanthropist. He is currently advisor on Emerging Markets to four hedge fund groups based in New York. He is also the Chairman of the American Turkish Society, founded in 1949, ...

, investment professional and chairman of the

American Turkish Society The American Turkish Society (ATS) is the oldest non-for-profit, apolitical organization based in America dedicated to building bridges between the United States and Turkey. The Society hosts a broad spectrum of programming, including lectures, wor ...

, and founder and chairman of the American Immigrant Society * Richard Lounsbery, businessman and founder of the Richard Lounsbery Foundation * Erol Onaran, founder of Erol's * Ahmet Mücahid Ören, CEO of

İhlas Holding İhlas Holding A.Ş. is a Turkish conglomerate. Besides media assets which include the '' Türkiye'' newspaper and TGRT News TV, it has primary interests in construction (İhlas Construction Group), electric and electronic (İhlas Home Appliance i ...

* Mike Sarimsakci, businessman * Leila Steinberg, business woman and the first manager of rapper

Tupac Shakur Tupac Amaru Shakur ( ; born Lesane Parish Crooks, June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), also known as 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper. He is widely considered one of the most influential rappers of all time. Shakur is among the b ...

(Mexican-Turkish mother) * Kenan Şahin, establishing partner in

Lucent Technologies Lucent Technologies, Inc. was an American multinational telecommunications equipment company headquartered in Murray Hill, New Jersey. It was established on September 30, 1996, through the divestiture of the former AT&T Technologies business u ...

Cinema and television

* Derya Arbaş, actress * Jack Bannon, actor *

Aclan Bates Aclan Bates is an American film and theatre director who divides his time between Los Angeles and Ankara. He is a working actor/director in the Turkish State Theatres. Stage and Film work Director/Actor *2019 Directed Sarah Ruhl's ''The Clean H ...

, director * Bea Benaderet *

, 1940s and 1950s film star *

D'Arcy Carden D'Arcy Beth Carden (born Darcy Beth Erokan, January 4, 1980) is an American actress and comedian. She is best known for her starring roles as Janet in the NBC sitcom ''The Good Place'' (2016–2020) and Greta Gill in the Prime series ''A League ...

, actress *

, actor * Jason Davis, voice actor *

, journalist and filmmaker * Tarik Ergin, actor *

, actress *

Ayda Field Ayda Field (born Ayda Sabahat Evecan, May 17, 1979) is a Turkish-American model and actress. She is best known for being a regular panellist on British television show ''Loose Women'', a judge on the British ''The X Factor'', alongside her husba ...

, actress, married to British singer-songwriter

Robbie Williams Robert Peter Williams (born 13 February 1974) is an English singer and songwriter. He found fame as a member of the pop group Take That from 1990 to 1995, and achieved commercial success after launching a solo career in 1996. His debut stud ...

* Defne Joy Foster, actress *

Rowby Goren Rowby Goren is an American writer specializing in comedy. He was a part of the writing team of the comedy series ''Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In'', created by George Schlatter. Goren's writing talents range from variety shows to situation comedy, ga ...

, comedy writer *

Murat Han Murat Han (born 1 May 1975) is a Turkish-American stage and film actor. He is best known for ''Bliss'', ''Vicdan'', ''Ömre bedel'', ''Sensiz Olmaz'' and ''Thophy''. Biography Murat Han is an Ankara-born film and television actor. He atten ...

, actor *

Nicholas Kadi Nicholas Kadi (born Nameer El-Kadi; September 22, 1952) is an Iraqi–American actor. Kadi was born in Istanbul, Turkey. His father, Nizar el Kadi, was an Iraqi ambassador.http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AT&p_theme=at&p_a ...

, actor * Kaan Kalyon, co-writer of

Disney The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (), is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was originally founded on October ...

's ''

Pocahontas Pocahontas (, ; born Amonute, known as Matoaka, 1596 – March 1617) was a Native American woman, belonging to the Powhatan people, notable for her association with the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia. She was the daughter of ...

'' (1995) and ''

Hercules Hercules (, ) is the Roman equivalent of the Greek divine hero Heracles, son of Jupiter and the mortal Alcmena. In classical mythology, Hercules is famous for his strength and for his numerous far-ranging adventures. The Romans adapted the ...

'' (1997) *

Erin Kaplan Erin Kaplan (born 1983) is an American publicist and television and fashion media personality. Kaplan graduated from Marymount Manhattan College with an undergraduate degree in marketing. For five and a half years, Kaplan worked for ELLE Magazi ...

, television and fashion media personality * Erol Onaran, founder of Erol's TV, Erol's Video and Erol's Internet * Eren Özker, puppeteer on ''

The Muppet Show ''The Muppet Show'' is a sketch comedy television series created by Jim Henson and featuring the Muppets. The series originated as two pilot episodes produced by Henson for ABC in 1974 and 1975. While neither episode was moved forward as a s ...

'' * Daphne Oz, nutrition author and television host * Hal Ozsan, actor * Irma St. Paule, actress *

Ayse Romey Ayse Romey is an American-born actress. She starred in two German-Turkish films, '' Mavi Surgun'' and ''Yasemin''. She and her mother Birsel obtained a provisional order to prohibit the sale of Maxim Biller's novel "Esra", which was later confir ...

, actress * Ozman Sirgood, actor * Emre Sahin, film and television director *

Tiffani Thiessen Tiffani Amber Thiessen (born January 23, 1974) is an American actress who starred as Kelly Kapowski on NBC's ''Saved by the Bell'' (1989–1993), as Valerie Malone on Fox's ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' (1994–98), and as Lori on Netflix's ''Alexa ...

, actress * Louie Torrellas, actor and comedian *

Onur Tukel Onur Tukel (born August 5, 1972) is a Turkish-American actor, painter, and filmmaker. A notable figure in the New York City independent film community, Tukel's films often deal with issues of gender and relationships. Career In 1997, Tukel wrot ...

, actor, painter, and filmmaker * Lev Yilmaz, filmmaker *

Emrah Yucel Emrah Yucel (born May 24, 1968), is a Turkish advertising and graphic designer based in Los Angeles, USA. He specialized in motion picture advertising as well as country and city branding. Yucel was born as the son of a screenwriter mother and ...

, graphic artist for Hollywood movie posters

Early Turkish settlers to the US

Ibrahim Ben Ali Ibrahim ben Ali ( tr, Ali oğlu İbrahim) or after baptism Ibraham Adam Ben Ali (1756–1800), was an Ottoman-Turkish soldier and physician who first drew notice as a convert-friend of the Dublin Methodist theologian Adam Clarke, and after spen ...

, Ottoman Turkish soldier and physician who arrived in the US in the late 1790s

Fashion design and modelling

John Gidding John Gidding (born January 7, 1977) is a Turkish-American designer, television personality, and former fashion model. Gidding started modeling in 2000 as a graduate student, performing runway shows for Armani, Gucci, and Hugo Boss before being ...

, fashion model * Elle Fowler, beauty and style-related YouTuber * Blair Fowler, beauty and style-related YouTuber * Melissa Odabash, fashion designer * Dee Ocleppo, fashion designer

House of Osman

Ertuğrul Osman Şehzade Ertuğrul Osman Efendi ( ota, ارطغرل عثمان), also known as Osman Ertuğrul Osmanoğlu with a Surname Law, surname as required by the Turkish Republic (18 August 1912 – 23 September 2009), was a Shah#Shahzada, Prince of the Ot ...

, the 43rd Head of the Imperial House of Osman

Law

* Halil Süleyman Özerden,

United States District Judge The United States district courts are the trial courts of the U.S. federal judiciary. There is one district court for each federal judicial district, which each cover one U.S. state or, in some cases, a portion of a state. Each district cou ...

for the Southern District of Mississippibr>

Medicine

Fikri Alican Fikri Alican (2 April 1929 – 19 August 2015) was a Turkish scientist and physician with various contributions to medical science, ranging from organ transplantation to physiology. Early life and career Alican was born in Adapazarı, a city in ...

, surgeon and medical doctor * Münci Kalayoğlu, surgeon * Zeynel A. Karcıoğlu, M.D., ophthalmic oncology and orbital diseases specialist, surgeon * Behram Kurşunoğlu, physicist, co-founder of the Center for Theoretical Studies, University of Miami *

H. Nida Sen Hatice Nida Sen is an ophthalmologist researching mechanisms involved in different forms of human uveitis. She is a clinical investigator at the National Eye Institute. Education Hatice Nida Sen obtained a M.D. degree from Hacettepe University ...

, clinical investigator at the National Eye Institute * Mehmet Öz, cardiothoracic surgeon and host of '' The Dr. Oz Show'' * Dr. Hasan Özbekhan, Professor Emeritus at the

Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania ( ; also known as Wharton Business School, the Wharton School, Penn Wharton, and Wharton) is the business school of the University of Pennsylvania, a private Ivy League research university in ...

, founding member and first director of the

think tank A think tank, or policy institute, is a research institute that performs research and advocacy concerning topics such as social policy, political strategy, economics, military, technology, and culture. Most think tanks are non-governmenta ...

The Club of Rome The Club of Rome is a nonprofit, informal organization of intellectuals and business leaders whose goal is a critical discussion of pressing global issues. The Club of Rome was founded in 1968 at Accademia dei Lincei in Rome, Italy. It consists ...

, systems scientist, cyberneticist, philosopher, and planner

Music

* Fahir Atakoğlu, pianist * Bülent Arel, composer of contemporary classical music and

electronic music Electronic music is a genre of music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments, or circuitry-based music technology in its creation. It includes both music made using electronic and electromechanical means ( electroa ...

Kathy Barr Kathy Barr (born Marilyn Sultana Aboulafia; June 4, 1929 – June 21, 2008) was an American vocalist who performed and recorded popular, jazz, musical theater, and operettas. Her stage name was drawn from the first and married surname of her m ...

, singer *

Atilla Engin Atilla Engin (1946-2019) was a Turkish American fusion jazz drummer. From 1974 to 2001 he was active in Denmark as a musician and educator; he organized music festivals and represented Denmark as a musical ambassador. In 2001, he left Denmark f ...

, fusion jazz drummer *

Ahmet Ertegün Ahmet Ertegun (, Turkish spelling: Ahmet Ertegün; ; – December 14, 2006) was a Turkish-American businessman, songwriter, record executive and philanthropist. Ertegun was the co-founder and president of Atlantic Records. He discovered and ch ...

, founder of Atlantic Records, chairman of the

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (RRHOF), sometimes simply referred to as the Rock Hall, is a museum and hall of fame located in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States, on the shore of Lake Erie. The museum documents the history of rock music an ...

, and co-founder of the

New York Cosmos New York Cosmos may refer to * New York Cosmos (1970–1985), a team in the North American Soccer League (then the top-tier soccer league in the United States and Canada) * New York Cosmos (2010), a team playing since 2020 in the National Independ ...

soccer team of the North American Soccer League *

Nesuhi Ertegün Nesuhi Ertegun ( Turkish spelling: Nesuhi Ertegün; November 26, 1917 – July 15, 1989) was a Turkish-American record producer and executive of Atlantic Records and WEA International. Early life Born in Istanbul in the Ottoman Empire, Nesu ...

, record producer and executive of Atlantic Records *

Oak Felder Warren "Oak" Felder (born November 9, 1980)Dale KawashimaSongwriter Universe, September 7, 2017. is a Turkish-born American songwriter and record producer based in Atlanta and Los Angeles. He is known for his work as part of the production duo Po ...

, songwriter and record producer * Selim Giray, violinist *

Eydie Gormé Eydie Gormé ( ; born Edith Gormezano; August 16, 1928 – August 10, 2013) was an American singer who had hits on the pop and Latin pop charts. She sang solo and in the duo Steve and Eydie with her husband, Steve Lawrence, on albums and telev ...

, singer *

Isaac Guillory Isaac Guillory (February 27, 1947 – December 31, 2000) was an American folk guitarist. Career Guillory first began performing in 1965, while still attending St. Johns River State College where he became a member of The Illusions, eventually ...

, folk guitarist * Kamran İnce, composer * Emir Işılay, composer and pianist * Tolga Katas, singer, songwriter, and record producer *

Arif Mardin Arif Mardin (March 15, 1932 – June 25, 2006) was a Turkish-American music producer, who worked with hundreds of artists across many different styles of music, including jazz, rock, soul, disco and country. He worked at Atlantic Records for o ...

, Vice President and general manager of Manhattan Records *

Joe Mardin Joe Mardin (born Yusuf Mardin) is a Turkish-American music producer, arranger and engineer from New York City. He is a Berklee College of Music graduate and is the son of the Turkish American producer Arif Mardin. Joe Mardin is also a conductor, ...

, music producer and son of

İlhan Mimaroğlu İlhan Kemaleddin Mimaroğlu (, March 11, 1926 – July 17, 2012) was a Turkish American musician and electronic music composer. He was born in Istanbul, Turkey, the son of the famous architect Mimar Kemaleddin Bey depicted on the Turkish lira ...

, musician and electronic music composer; founder of Finnadar Records * Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol, Grammy nominated composer *

Neil Sedaka Neil Sedaka (; born March 13, 1939) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. Since his music career began in 1957, he has sold millions of records worldwide and has written or co-written over 500 songs for himself and other artists, collabo ...

, pop singer, pianist, and songwriter * Pamela Spence, pop-rock singer * Deniz Tek, founding member of Australian rock group

Radio Birdman Radio Birdman is an Australian punk rock band formed by Deniz Tek and Rob Younger in Sydney in 1974. The group influenced the work of many successful, mainstream bands, and are now considered instrumental in Australia's musical growth. Hist ...

* Özlem Tekin, singer * Ömer Faruk Tekbilek, Turkish musician and composer *

Pınar Toprak Pinar Toprak (born 18 October 1980) is a Turkish-American composer for film, television and video games. She is most well known for composing the score to the hit Marvel movie '' Captain Marvel'' (2019). She has won three International Film Mus ...

, composer

NASA

* Ismail Akbay, served in various managerial capacities during NASA's

Apollo Apollo, grc, Ἀπόλλωνος, Apóllōnos, label=genitive , ; , grc-dor, Ἀπέλλων, Apéllōn, ; grc, Ἀπείλων, Apeílōn, label= Arcadocypriot Greek, ; grc-aeo, Ἄπλουν, Áploun, la, Apollō, la, Apollinis, label ...

Skylab Skylab was the first United States space station, launched by NASA, occupied for about 24 weeks between May 1973 and February 1974. It was operated by three separate three-astronaut crews: Skylab 2, Skylab 3, and Skylab 4. Major operations ...

and

Apollo–Soyuz Apollo–Soyuz was the first crewed international space mission, carried out jointly by the United States and the Soviet Union in July 1975. Millions of people around the world watched on television as a United States Apollo spacecraft docked ...

project

* Serkan Golge, NASA contractor on NASA's proposed human mission to Mars *

Dilhan Eryurt Dilhan Eryurt (29 November 1926 – 13 September 2012) was a Turkish astrophysicist who made major contributions to scientific research on the formation and evolution of the Sun and other main sequence stars. From 1961 to 1973, Eryurt worked for ...

* Feryal Ozel

Politics

Zeyno Baran Zeyno Baran (born January 31, 1972) is a Turkish American scholar on issues ranging from US-Turkey relations to Islamist ideology to energy security in Europe and Asia. She was the Director of the Center for Eurasian Policy and a Senior Fellow at ...

, scholar on issues on US-Turkey relations * Selin Sayek Böke, member of the Republican People's Party (CHP) in Turkey * Osman "Oz" Bengür,

Maryland Democratic Party The Maryland Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the state of Maryland, headquartered in Annapolis. The current state party chair is Yvette Lewis. It is currently the dominant party in the state, controlling all but one ...

Congressional candidate * Fetullah Gülen, leader of the

Gülen Movement The Gülen movement ( tr, Gülen hareketi), referred to by its participants as Hizmet ("service") or Cemaat ("community") and since 2016 by the Government of Turkey as FETÖ ("Fethullahist Terrorist Organisation" or, more commonly, "Fethullah T ...

Boris Johnson Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (; born 19 June 1964) is a British politician, writer and journalist who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2019 to 2022. He previously served as F ...

, Prime Minister of the

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the European mainland, continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...

(American-born and great-grandson of

Ali Kemal Ali Kemal Bey (; 7 September 1869 – 6 November 1922) was a Turkish journalist, newspaper editor, poet, liberal-leaning politician, and government official who was for some three months Minister of the Interior in the government of Damat Feri ...

) *

, Turkish ambassador to Malaysia *

, Twitch streamer and political commentator *

Cenk Uygur Cenk Kadir Uygur ( ; ; born March 21, 1970) is a Turkish-American progressive political commentator, media host, attorney, journalist, and politician. Uygur is the creator of ''The Young Turks'', an American left-wing, sociopolitical, progressi ...

, host of ''

The Young Turks ''The Young Turks'' (TYT) is an American progressive news commentary show on YouTube that additionally appears on selected television channels. TYT serves as the flagship program of the TYT Network, a multi-channel network of associated web s ...

'' and candidate for California's 25th congressional district in 2020 Hasan Piker 2018 (cropped)

Religion

, former representative of the Naqshbandi-Haqqani Order in the United States * Yusuf Ziya Kavakçı, Islamic cleric

Sports

* Ayla Aksu, tennis player *

Haydar Aşan Haydar Aşan (16 April 1906 – 29 February 1996) was a Turkish-American Olympic sprinter. He competed in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1928 Summer Olympics. He also competed as a high jumper, pole vaulter, and professional footb ...

, sprinter * Chris Başak, Major League Baseball infielder * Hilmi Esat Bayındırlı, Paralympic alpine skier * Deniz Bozkurt, plays for the

Puerto Rico national football team The Puerto Rico national football team ( es, Selección de fútbol de Puerto Rico) represents Puerto Rico in men's international football, and are governed by the Federación Puertorriqueña de Fútbol (FPF). The team's nickname is ''El Huracá ...

, American football player *

Korel Engin Korel Engin (born April 8, 1980), aka Cori Enghusen, is an American-born Turkish female basketball player at the center position for Beşiktaş Cola Turka. At 201 cm (6'7"), she is the tallest member of the Turkish women's basketball national ...

, basketball player * Erden Eruç, completed first solo human-powered

circumnavigation Circumnavigation is the complete navigation around an entire island, continent, or astronomical body (e.g. a planet or moon). This article focuses on the circumnavigation of Earth. The first recorded circumnavigation of the Earth was the Mage ...

of the Earth by rowboat,

sea kayak A sea kayak or touring kayak is a kayak developed for the sport of paddling on open waters of lakes, bays, and the ocean. Sea kayaks are seaworthy small boats with a covered deck and the ability to incorporate a spray deck. They trade off the man ...

, bicycle and foot * Tunç İlkin, former Pittsburgh Steelers player and sports commentator *

Ersan İlyasova Ersan İlyasova (born 15 May 1987) is a Turkish professional basketball player who last played for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has previously played in Turkey, Spain and the NBA Development League. Professional ...

Milwaukee Bucks The Milwaukee Bucks are an American professional basketball team based in Milwaukee. The Bucks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division. The team was founded in 1968 ...

player *

Enes Kanter Enes Kanter Freedom (; born Enes Kanter; May 20, 1992) is a professional basketball player who last played for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Born in Switzerland to Turkish parents, he was raised in Turkey and m ...

, basketball player * Şebnem Kimyacıoğlu, basketball player *

Yasemin Kimyacıoğlu Yasemin Kimyacıoğlu (born February 26, 1985), a 5' 7" guard, is a Turkish American women's basketball player at Santa Clara University in California, USA. Her sister, Şebnem Kimyacıoğlu, plays professionally for Turkish club Beşiktaş J.K., ...

, basketball player * Abdurrahim Kuzu, wrestler *

Mehmet Okur Mehmet Murat Okur (born 26 May 1979) is a Turkish former professional basketball player. Listed at , he played as a power forward and center. Okur is known for his three-point shooting and ability to space the floor. In his seven seasons with ...

Utah Jazz The Utah Jazz are an American professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City. The Jazz compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference (NBA), Western Conference, Northwest Division (NBA), ...

player and 2007

NBA All-Star The National Basketball Association (NBA) All-Star Game is an annual exhibition basketball game. It is the main event of the NBA All-Star Weekend. Originally, the All-Star Game featured a conference-based format, featuring a team composed of ...

* Yılmaz Orhan, football player * Alp Ozkilic, mixed martial artist *

Renan Ozturk Renan is a name present in Portuguese, Spanish, French, Turkish and Breton as an alternative form of Ronan. It may refer to: People Arts * Ary Renan (1857–1900), French painter and activist * Emile Renan (1913–2001), American operatic b ...

, rock climber * Peri Suzan Özkum, diver *

William Haggin Perry William Haggin Perry (December 5, 1910 - November 12, 1993) was an American owner and breeder of thoroughbred racehorses. Early life Perry was the son of Henry Pierrepont Perry, a Wall Street stockbroker, and Edith Lounsbery, who was the daughte ...

, horseracer * Nevin Nevlin, basketball player *

Lisa Marie Varon Lisa Marie Varon (née Sole; born February 10, 1971) is an American retired fitness competitor, bodybuilder and professional wrestler best known for her tenure with WWE under the ring name Victoria and her time spent as an Impact Wrestling Kno ...

, former professional wrestler known as Tara in TNA and Victoria in

WWE World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., d/b/a as WWE, is an American professional wrestling promotion. A global integrated media and entertainment company, WWE has also branched out into other fields, including film, American football, and vari ...

* Ugur Taner, swimmer *

Ferdi Taygan Ferdi Taygan (born December 5, 1956) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. He is of Turkish descent. Taygan enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career, he won 19 doubles titles and finis ...

, tennis player * Cayman Togashi, football player in Japan * Tansel Turgut, chess player who earned the title of

International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster is a correspondence chess title created by FIDE in 1953, second only to that of world correspondence champion. Currently, this title is awarded by the International Correspondence Chess Federation (IC ...

in 2007 * Hidayet Türkoğlu, Orlando Magic player * Jonny Vandal, professional wrestler *

Nevriye Yılmaz Nevriye Yılmaz (; born 16 June 1980) is a Turkish retired basketball player. Yılmaz, who grew up in Bulgaria in a Turkish family, moved to İstanbul, Turkey with her parents when she was nine years old. In 1997, she won the World High School B ...

, basketball player * Ömer Faruk Yurtseven, basketball player *

Rahim Zafer Rahim Zafer (born 21 January 1971 in Adapazarı) is a former Turkish football player. Zafer played for several clubs during his career including Sakaryaspor (1987–1990 and 2002–2003), Gençlerbirliği SK (1990–1996), Beşiktaş JK (1996 ...

, manager of

Dallas City FC Dallas City FC (DCFC) is an American soccer club based in McKinney, Texas. DCFC competes in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) as a member of the Heartland Conference of the South Region. The club changed their name before beginning pl ...

Other

, Director of the Center for Eurasian Policy *

Orkut Büyükkökten Orkut Büyükkökten (born February 6, 1975) is a Turkish software engineer who developed the social networking services Club Nexus, inCircle and Orkut. Orkut Büyükkökten is a former product manager at Google. Career Originally from Konya, Tu ...

, software engineer * Tantek Çelik, computer scientist * Brittanee Drexel, woman missing since 2009 * Sibel Deniz Edmonds, former

FBI The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency. Operating under the jurisdiction of the United States Department of Justice, t ...

translator

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