This is a list of people from Adana. Musine Kokalari Albanian writer and activist. Theophilus of Adana, Christian saint Ayşe Arman, columnist Aytaç Arman, actor İsmet Atlı, wrestler and Olympic gold medallist Kirkor Bezdikyan, mayor and deputy of Adana Hampartsoum Boyadjian, deputy of Adana Çağla Büyükakçay, Professional tennis player Selahattin Çolak, politician and mayor of Adana Demir Demirkan, musician and guitarist Aytaç Durak, politician and mayor of Adana Feridun Düzağaç, musician Haluk Levent, musician Ali Erdemir, scientist Timuçin Esen, actor Kasım Gülek, politician Tayyibe Gülek, economist and politician Salih Güney, actor Yılmaz Güney, film director, actor, scenarist, political activist Ayşe Hatun Önal, model and singer Şaziye İvegin-Karslı, basketball player Muzaffer İzgü, writer and educator Orhan Kemal, writer Yaşar Kemal, writer Eda Özerkan, actress Ali Özgentürk, film director Ali Sabancı, businessman (Sabancı Holding) Güler Sabancı, businesswoman (Sabancı Holding) Ömer Sabancı, businessman (Sabancı Holding) Özdemir Sabancı, businessman (Sabancı Holding) Ali Şen, actor Şener Şen, actor Hasan Şaş, footballer Jülide Sarıeroğlu, labour economist, trade unionist, politician and government minister Dolunay Soysert, actress Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ, actor and model Ferdi Tayfur, musician Fatih Terim, former footballer and now a football coach Hagop Terzian, writer and pharmacist. See also List of mayors of Adana Adana