Namesakes
Notable Writers:
1 poet
Mahmut Makal 1930-2018 
Turkish Presidents and Prime Ministers:
1 prime minister, 1 prime minister/president
(prime minister/president) Celâl Bayar (a.k.a. Mahmut) 1937-1939; 1950-1960
(prime minister) Sadi Irmak (a.k.a. Mahmut) 1974-1975