Yılmaz () is a Turkish word that translates to “unyielding”, "unbeatable", or "brave", and is a surname and 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), Turkish 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

  • 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), Turkish-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 folk singer and actress
  • Nevriye Yılmaz (born 1980), Turkish female basketball player
  • Nurten Yılmaz (born 1957), Turkish-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

  • "Yilmaz" (Criminal: Germany), a television episode