People, Pre-twentieth Century
- Khaled bin Sinan, pre-Islamic prophet
- Sinan ibn Thabit, Mandean physician, father of Ibrahim ibn Sinan
- Ibrahim ibn Sinan (908 – 946), mathematician and astronomer in Baghdad
- Rashid ad-Din Sinan (died ca. 1193), known as "Old Man of the Mountain", one of the leaders of the Hashshashin
- Atik Sinan (fl. 1471), "old Sinan", Ottoman architect
- Mimar Sinan (c. 1490 - 1588), chief architect and civil engineer for three Ottoman sultans
- Sinan Pasha (Ottoman admiral) (died 1553), in full Sinanüddin Yusuf Pasha, Kaptan Pasha (Fleet Admiral) of the Ottoman Navy
- Hadım Sinan Pasha (? - 1517), Ottoman grand vizier
- Sinan Pasha (1506 - 1596), Albanian born Grand Vizier, Ottoman military commander (pasha) and statesman
- Sinan Reis (? - 1546?), Sephardic Jewish Barbary corsair and lieutenant to Hayreddin Barbarossa
- Cigalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha (c. 1545 - 1605), Ottoman statesman of Italian background
- Sinan-paša Sijerčić (died 1806), Bosniak Commander of the Ottoman Army
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