Turkey
Historical figures born in Turkey
6,966 notable historical figures were born in Turkey. These are the most notable:
Turkey ranks #22 of 197 countries by number of historical figures on Histiphy, just behind Argentina, Australia and South Korea.
By era
- Ancient: 15
- Medieval: 11
- Early Modern: 6
- Modern: 6
By occupation
- Monarch/Royalty: 21
- Writer/Author: 11
- Head of State/President: 8
- Politician: 8
- Poet: 7
- Philosopher: 7
- Cleric: 6
- Theologian: 5
- Paul the Apostle (5 to 66, Religion)
- Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (born 1954, Politics)
- Suleiman I (1494 to 1566, Politics)
- St George (275 to 303, Religion)
- Mehmed II (1432 to 1481, Politics)
- Herodotus (484 BC to 425 BC, Literature)
- Diogenes (412 BC to 323 BC, Philosophy)
- Osman I (1258 to 1326, Politics)
- Joseph (Genesis) (1562 BC to 1452 BC, Politics)
- Abdul Hamid II (1842 to 1918, Politics)
- Heraclitus (535 BC to 470 BC, Philosophy)
- Cassandra (Politics)
- Constantine XI Palaiologos (1404 to 1453, Politics)
- Selim I (1470 to 1520, Politics)
- Mehmed VI (1861 to 1926, Politics)
- Julian (emperor) (331 to 363, Politics)
- Thales of Miletus (650 BC to 548 BC, Philosophy)
- John Chrysostom (349 to 407, Religion)
- Luke the Evangelist (Literature)
- Heraclius (575 to 641, Politics)
- Ignatius of Antioch (35 to 108, Religion)
- Orhan (1281 to 1362, Politics)
- Epictetus (50 to 138, Philosophy)
- Selim II (1524 to 1574, Politics)
- Galen (200 to 300, Science)
- Ahmed I (1590 to 1617, Politics)
- Hesiod (776 BC to ?, Literature)
- Mehmet Ali Ağca (born 1958, Other)
- Basil II (958 to 1025, Politics)
- Irenaeus (130 to 202, Religion)
- Bayezid I (1354 to 1403, Politics)
- Murad II (1403 to 1451, Politics)
- Murad III (1546 to 1595, Politics)
- Mahmud II (1785 to 1839, Politics)
- Bartholomew I of Constantinople (born 1940, Religion)
- Antinous (111 to 130, Politics)
- Abdullah Öcalan (born 1949, Politics)
- Ibn Taymiyya (1263 to 1328, Politics)
- Mehmed III (1566 to 1603, Politics)
- Murad IV (1612 to 1640, Politics)
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