Born in Istanbul

Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey. The city straddles the Bosporus strait and is part of Europe and Asia. It's the most populous European city and was founded as Byzantium in the 7th century BC. The city is also formerly known as Constantinople. Name these famous persons, which are born in the city of Istanbul.

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Byzantine Emperor from 886 to 912, called "the Wise"	866	Leo VI
Byzantine Emperor from 913 to 959	905	Constantine VII
Byzantine Emperor from 1118 to 1143	1087	John II Komnenos
Byzantine Emperor from 1341 to 1354	1295	John VI Kantakouzenos
Armenian owner of the first coffeehouse in Vienna	1640	Johannes Theodat
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1808 to 1839	1785	Mahmud II
Last Sultan of the Ottoman Empire	1842	Abdul Hamid II
British-Armenian businessman, first person to exploit Iraqi oil and one of the world's wealthiest people at the end of his life	1869	Calouste Gulbenkian
Albanian-Turkish sports official and Founder of Galatasaray	1886	Ali Sami Yen
American director, "East of Eden" "A Streetcar Named Desire" "Gentleman's Agreement"	1909	Elia Kazan

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Politician who served as the Prime Minister of Turkey four times between 1974 to 2002	1925	Bülent Ecevit
Journalist and human rights activist, he was murdered while editor-in-chief of "Milliyet"	1929	Abdi Ipekci
Politician who served three times as Prime Minister of Turkey	1947	Mesut Yilmaz
President of Turkey since 2014	1954	Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Director and winner of the Palme d'Or, "Once Upon a Time in Anatolia" "Winter Sleep"	1959	Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Businessman, former President of the Turkish Football Federation and former chair of Besiktas	1964	Yildirim Demirören
Singer and winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, "Everyway That I Can"	1964	Sertab Erener
Member of the wealthiest Turkish family and President of Fenerbahce	1967	Ali Koc
former NBA player (Magic, Kings, Clippers) and President of the Turkish Basketball Federation since 2016	1979	Hedo Türkoglu
Archer and winner of the gold medal at the 2020 Olympics	1999	Mete Gazoz

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