Lista de Personas Famosas nacidas en Provincia de Mersin

Danyal Topatan was a Turkish-Armenian actor.

Ümit Yaşar Oğuzcan was a Turkish poet.

Fikri Sağlar is a Turkish social democrat politician. He was Minister of Culture in the early 1990s, and a member of the parliamentary commission which investigated the Susurluk scandal. He has been a columnist for Birgün.

Sema Meray is a German-Turkish actress and author.

Fatma Toptaş is a Turkish actress.

Muğdat Çelik is a Turkish footballer who currently plays for Kayserispor.

Bülent Eken fue un entrenador y jugador de fútbol turco que jugaba en la demarcación de defensa.

Konca Kuriş era una feminista y escritora turca torturada y asesinada por Hezbolá en 1999 tras haber desaparecido un año inexplicablemente.

Nevin Yanit es una atleta turca, especialista en la prueba de 100 m vallas en la que llegó a ser campeona europea en 2010.

Atıf Yılmaz Batıbeki was a renowned Kurdish film director, screenwriter, and film producer. He was very much a legend in the film industry of Turkey with 119 movies directed. He also wrote 53 screenplays and produced 28 movies since 1951. He was active in almost every period of the Turkish film industry.