Yılmaz

Yılmaz (pronounced [jɯɫˈmaz]) is a Turkish word that translates to “unyielding”, "unbeatable", or "brave", and is a common surname and occasional male given name. Its cognates are Almas (disambiguation) and Almaz (disambiguation).

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 Urul (1942-2025), Turkish footballer
• Yılmaz Vural (born 1953), Turkish football coach

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
• Barış Alper Yılmaz (born 2000), Turkish footballer
• Betül Yılmaz (born 1988), Turkish female handball player
• Betül Nur Yılmaz, Turkish football referee
• Burak Yılmaz (born 1985), Turkish former international 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
• Ramazan Yılmaz (born 2005), Turkish cyclist
• 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

See also

• All pages with titles containing Yilmaz
• "Yilmaz" (Criminal: Germany), a television episode

External links

• Media related to Yılmaz (surname) at Wikimedia Commons