Turkish Ancestry

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Turkish Ancestry

LISTS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Mehmet Ali Agca Assassin 9-Jan-1958 In 1981, shot Pope John Paul II

Kemal Ataturk Head of State 12-Mar-1881 10-Nov-1938 President of Turkey, 1923-38

Celal Bayar Head of State 16-May-1883 22-Aug-1986 President of Turkey, 1950-60

Turhan Bey Actor 30-Mar-1922 Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

Elias Canetti Author 25-Jul-1905 14-Aug-1994 Crowds and Power

David Chokachi Actor 16-Jan-1968 Cody Madison on Baywatch

Brandon Davis Socialite 1979 Oil heir, pal of Paris Hilton

Kemal Derviş Government 10-Jan-1949 Head of the UNDP

Sibel Edmonds Government 1969 Former FBI translator

Ahmet Ertegün Business 21-Jul-1923 14-Dec-2006 Atlantic Records co-founder

Eydie Gorme Musician 16-Aug-1931 Blame it on the Bossa Nova

Adnan Khashoggi Business 25-Jul-1935 Saudi billionaire, arms merchant

Richard A. Manoogian Business 1936 CEO of Masco, 1985-2007

Mehmet Oz Doctor 11-Jun-1960 Healing from the Heart

Enver Pasha Government 22-Nov-1881 4-Aug-1922 Young Turk leader, persecuted ethnic minorities

Neil Sedaka Singer/Songwriter 13-Mar-1939 Laughter In The Rain

Cenk Uygur Talk Show Host 21-Mar-1970 The Young Turks

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