Famous People with Name Oktay

Oktay Urkal            Origin/Culture/Country: Turkish, German

Oktay Urkal: a Turkish-German professional welterweight. He is currently ranked 10th in the world among welterweights by Ring Magazine[1].

Oktay Derelioglu            Origin/Culture/Country: Turkish

Oktay Derelioglu: was a Turkish football player. He played last for the Turkish side Fatih Karagümrük and retired after playing 4 matches in 2007–2008 season.He played for the Turkish national football team and was a participant at the 2000 UEFA European Championship. He is mostly known for his incredible goal against Belgium in 1997, which he scored after an amazing dribble past six players.

Oktay Sinanoglu            Origin/Culture/Country: Italian

Oktay Sinanoglu: a Turkish scientist of theoretical chemistry and molecular biology. He was the youngest person in the past century to attain a status of professor when he earned the status at the age of 28. He is also one of the most successful people about protection of Turkish Language. His most significant quote about language is:" Educating a nation without a national language is like committing suicide.In 1960, Sinanoglu started working as associate professor at Yale University. He theorized the "Many-Electron Theory of Atoms and Molecules" in 1962 by solving a mathematical theorem that had been unsolved for 50 years. The same year, he earned the "Alfred P. Sloan" prize. As appointed professor in 1963 at the age of only 28, he became the youngest person in the past century at Yale to attain the status as a full professor.

Oktay Mahmuti            Origin/Culture/Country: Turkish

Oktay Mahmuti: is a Turkish professional basketball coach. Mahmuti was born to Turkish parents living in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. He is currently coaching the Italian pro side Pallacanestro Treviso.

Oktay Kuday            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Oktay Kuday: is a German-Turkish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Göztepe.Kuday formerly played for Karlsruher SC, Altay, Manisaspor, Mardinspor, Elazigspor and Tokatspor.He appeared in one German Bundesliga match for Karlsruher SC during the 1997-98

Metin Oktay            Origin/Culture/Country: Turkish

Metin Oktay: was a legendary Turkish footballer, one of the most successful goalscorers in Turkey.Started his career in a local amateur club Damlacik in 1952 and next season moved to another amateur side Yün Mensucat where he reached his first cap in 1954 with junior national team to become 4th in the World Championship in Germany. He was quickly transferred to Izmirspor at the end of the season and became top-scorer with 17 goals in the Izmir League next season, the first of many times that he would lead the top scorers in the league. In 1955