Samsun
Samsun ranks 2,607th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Veracruz (city), Misato, Saitama (city), and Zielona Góra. Memorable people born in Samsun include Nebahat Çehre, Orhan Gencebay, and Yaşar Doğu. Samsun has been the birth place of many soccer players, and actors. Samsun is located in Türkiye.
Samsun is a city on the north coast of Turkey and a major Black Sea port. The urban area recorded a population of 738,692 in 2022. The city is the capital of Samsun Province which has a population of 1,382,376. The city is home to Ondokuz Mayıs University, several hospitals, three large shopping malls, Samsunspor football club, an opera house and a large and modern manufacturing district. The city is best known as the place where Mustafa Kemal Atatürk began the Turkish War of Independence in 1919. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1913 and 1997, Samsun was the birth place of 8 globally memorable people, including Nebahat Çehre, Orhan Gencebay, and Yaşar Doğu.
People Born in Samsun
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Nebahat Çehre
ACTOR
1944 - Present
HPI: 68.11
Rank: 4
Orhan Gencebay
MUSICIAN
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 3
Yaşar Doğu
WRESTLER
1913 - 1961
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 1
Tanju Çolak
SOCCER PLAYER
1963 - Present
HPI: 54.40
Rank: 5
Fuat Usta
SOCCER PLAYER
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.46
Rank: 8
Gökhan Gönül
SOCCER PLAYER
1985 - Present
HPI: 43.72
Rank: 6
Simge Şebnem Aköz
VOLLEYBALL PLAYER
1991 - Present
HPI: 37.65
Rank: 7
Necati Er
ATHLETE
1997 - Present
HPI: 25.50
Rank: 2
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Samsun were soccer players (3), actors (1), musicians (1), wrestlers (1), and volleyball players (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Samsun, including Tanju Çolak, Fuat Usta, and Gökhan Gönül. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Samsun, including Tanju Çolak, Fuat Usta, and Gökhan Gönül.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Samsun since 1700.
