# Yılmaz

Yılmaz (pronounced) 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 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
* 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