Yılmaz (pronounced [jɯɫˈmaz]) is a Turkish word that translates to "plucky", “unyielding”, "unbeatable", or "brave", and is a very common surname and occasional male given name.
Given name
- Yekta Yılmaz Gül (born 1978), Turkish Greco-Roman wrestler
- Yılmaz Arslan (born 1968), Kurdish film director, screenwriter and producer
- Yılmaz Büyükerşen (born 1936), Turkish politician
- Yılmaz Erdoğan (born 1967), Turkish film director, scenarist, poet and actor
- Yılmaz Gruda (1930–2023), Turkish actor
- Yılmaz Güney (1937–1984), Turkish film director, scenarist, novelist and actor
- Yılmaz Karakoyunlu (1936-2024), Turkish writer and politician
- Yilmaz Kerimo (born 1963), Swedish politician
- Yılmaz Orhan (born 1955), Turkish footballer
- Yılmaz Özlem (born 1972), Turkish footballer
- Yılmaz Vural (born 1953), Turkish football coach
Name listThis page or section lists people that share the same given name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.
Surname
- Alper Yılmaz (born 1975), Turkish basketball player
- Atıf Yılmaz (1925–2006), Turkish film director, screenwriter and film producer
- Aydın Yılmaz (born 1988), Turkish footballer
- Ayfer Yılmaz (born 1956), Turkish female civil servant, politician and former government minister
- Betül Yılmaz (born 1988), Turkish female handball player
- Betül Nur Yılmaz, Turkish football referee
- Burak Yılmaz (born 1985), Turkish footballer
- Cem Yılmaz (born 1973), Turkish stand-up comedian, actor, cartoonist and screenwriter
- Cem Yılmaz (rower) (born 1982), Turkish Olympian rower
- Cevdet Yılmaz (born 1967), Turkish politician
- Deniz Yılmaz (born 1988), Turkish footballer
- Dilek Akagün Yılmaz (born 1963), Turkish politician
- Durmuş Yılmaz (born 1947), Turkish economist
- Duygu Yılmaz (born 1988), Turkish women's footballer
- Fatih Yılmaz (born 1989), Turkish footballer
- Gözde Yılmaz (born 1991), Turkish female volleyball player
- Gülümser Yılmaz (born 1956), Turkish female chess player
- Hakan Yılmaz (born 1982), Turkish weightlifter
- Huseyin Yilmaz (1924-2013), Turkish-American physicist
- İbrahim Yılmaz (born 1994), Turkish footballer
- Kübra Yılmaz (born 1991), Turkish female handball player
- Lev Yilmaz (born 1973), Turkish-American independent film maker, artist, and publisher
- Mahmut Yılmaz (born 1979), German footballer
- Mehmet Yılmaz (born 1988), Turkish footballer
- Mehmet Yılmaz (born 1979), Turkish footballer
- Mesut Yılmaz (1947–2020), Turkish politician
- Mustafa Yılmaz (chess player) (born 1992), Turkish Grand Master of chess
- Neşe Zara Yılmaz (born 1976), Turkish female singer
- Nevriye Yılmaz (born 1980), Turkish female basketball player
- Nurten Yılmaz (born 1957), Austrian politician
- Oğuz Yılmaz (1968–2021), Turkish musician
- Okan Yılmaz (born 1978), Turkish footballer
- Özgür Yılmaz (born 1986), Turkish footballer
- Özgür Yılmaz (born 1977), Turkish judoka
- Reyhan Yılmaz (born 2001), Turkish goalball player
- Rıdvan Yılmaz (born 2001), Turkish footballer
- Serra Yılmaz (born 1954), Turkish actress
- Şimal Yılmaz (born 2003), Turkish female sport shooter
- Şükriye Yılmaz (born 2001), Turkish female armwrestler
- Tayfur Emre Yılmaz (born 1989), Turkish footballer
- Tutya Yılmaz (born 1999), Turkish female artistic gymnast
- Yağız Yılmaz (born 1993), Turkish archer
- Yasemin Beyza Yılmaz (born 2001), Turkish female sport shooter
- Yaşar Yılmaz (born 1930), Turkish wrestler
- Yeliz Yılmaz (born 1980), Turkish female handball player
- Yusuf Yılmaz (born 1991), Turkish footballer
Surname listThis page lists people with the surname Yılmaz. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.
See also
- "Yilmaz" (Criminal: Germany), a television episode
- Yilmaz theory of gravitation
- Binatlı Yılmaz S.K.
External links
Media related to Yılmaz (surname) at Wikimedia Commons
