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This is a list of '''well known [[Kurdish people]]'''. The most influential of all may have been [[Saladin]], who became the first Ayyubid Sultan of Egypt and Syria in the Middle Ages.
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This is a list of '''well known [[Kurdish people]]'''. The most influential of all may have been [[Saladin]], who became the first Ayyubid Sultan of Egypt and Syria in the middle ages.


==Poets and writers==
== Iran ==
For prominent Iranian Kurds see: [[List of Iranian Kurds]]
The following is a list of people who have contributed to the Kurdish-language literature.


== Iraq ==
*[[Ali Hariri]] (1425–1495), Kurdish poet.
===Poets, writers and journalists===
*[[Ahmade Bate]] (Ehmedê Batê), (1417–1491), Kurdish poet and Muslim cleric, [[Hakkari]] region.
*[[Malaye Jaziri]] (Melayê Cizîrî),(1570–1640), Kurdish poet and [[sufi]]
*[[Nali]], Kurdish poet.
*[[Mahwi]], Kurdish poet and sufi.
*''Shamsaddin Brifkani'', (1588–1674), poet.<ref>[http://www.biblioteket.stockholm.se/default.asp?id=8227&itemid=823648]</ref><ref>[http://www.kurdishlibrary.org/kurdish_library/BookNews/Books_lsita_070915.pdf Registered Books], Kurdiska Biblioteket (Kurdish Library of Stockholm), 31 pp., 2007. (see p.3)</ref>
*[[Mawlawi Tawagozi]], Kurdish poet and sufi.
*[[Faqi Tayran]] (Feqîyê Teyran), (1590–1660), poet, author of ''Sheik San'an'' and ''Battle of DimDim''.
*[[Abdulla Goran]], Kurdish poet.
*[[Ali Taramakhi]] (Elî Teremaxî), (16th century), linguist and writer.
*[[Haji Qadir Koyi]], Kurdish poet.
<!--Author of the first Arabic grammar book in the Kurdish language in 1591.-->
*[[Dildar]], Kurdish poet
*[[Ahmad Khani]] (Ehmedê Xanî), (1651–1707), Kurdish poet and a Muslim scholar, author of ''Mem û Zîn''.
*[[Sheikh Reza Talabani]], Kurdish poet
*[[Khana Qubadi]] (Xana Qubadî), (1700–1759), Kurdish poet, author of ''Şîrîn û Xesrew''.
*[[Mahmud Bayazidi]] (1797–1859), Kurdish writer, translator and historian.
*[[Piramerd]], Kurdish poet, writer, novelist and journalist.
*[[Muhamed Amin Zaki]], writer, historian and politician.
*[[Nali]] (1797–1869), Kurdish poet.
*[[Muhamad Salih Dilan]], One of the founders of modern Kurdish poetry.
*[[Mastoura Ardalan]] (1805–1848), Kurdish poet and historiographer.
*[[Mawlawi Tawagozi]] (1806–1882), Kurdish poet and sufi.
*[[Taufiq Wahby]], writer and linguist.
*[[Sheikh Nuri Sheikh Salih Sheikh Ghani Barzinji|Nuri Barzinji]], Kurdish journalist and poet
*[[Haji Qadir Koyi]] (1817–1897), Kurdish poet.
*[[Rafiq Hilmi]], Kurdish writer, literary analyst and politician.
*[[Sherefxan Bidlisi]] (1543–1599), historian and poet, author of ''Sharafnama'' in Persian.
*[[Mahwi]] (1830–1906), Kurdish poet and sufi.
*[[Ibrahim Ahmad]], Kurdish writer, novelist and translator.
*[[Sheikh Rezza Talabani]] (1835–1910), Kurdish, Iraq.
*[[Husein Muhammed]], Kurdish writer.
*[[Wafaei]] (1844–1902), Kurdish poet, Iran.
*[[Ahmad Hardi]], Kurdish poet.
*[[Maruf Khaznadar]], academic and researcher.
<!--*[[Jeferqoli Zingili]], (born 1855 AD), Kurdish poet, Khorasan "No references"-->
*[[Edeb]] (1860–1918), Kurdish poet, Iran
*[[Abdulla Pashew]], contemporary Kurdish poet.
*[[Piramerd]] (1867–1950), Kurdish poet, writer, novelist and journalist, [[Iraqi Kurdistan]].
*[[Farhad Pirbal]], Kurdish writer and academic.
*[[Jamal Nebez]], writer, linguist and researcher.
*[[Ahmed Shawqi]] (1868–1932), was one of the finest Arabic Language poets and dramatists, [[Egypt]].
<!--*[[Hamdi Saheb-Qran]] (1878–1936), Kurdish poet.-->
*[[Sherko Bekas]], Kurdish poet.
*[[Rauf Hassan]], Kurdish writer and journalist.
*[[Muhamed Amin Zaki]] (1880–1948), writer, historian and politician, [[Iraqi Kurdistan]].
*[[Latif Halmat]], Kurdish poet.
*[[Taufiq Wahby]] (1891–1984), writer and linguist, Iraq.
*[[Mahabad Qaradaghi]], Kurdish writer, poet and translator.
*[[Jaladat Ali Badirkhan]] (Celadet Alî Bedirxan), (1893–1951), linguist, journalist and politician, founder of the Latin-based [[Kurdish alphabet]].
*[[Rafiq Sabir]], Kurdish poet.
*[[Sheikh Nuri Sheikh Salih Sheikh Ghani Barzinji|Nuri Barzinji]] (1896–1958), poet, Iraqi Kurdistan.
*[[Arab Shamilov]] (Erebê Şemo) (1897–1978), Kurdish writer and novelist, Armenia.
*[[Farhad Shakely]], poet, writer and academic.
*[[Rafiq Hilmi]] (1898–1960), Kurdish writer, literary analyst and politician, Iraq.
*[[Khalil Duhoki]], Kurdish writer.
*[[Cigerxwîn]] (Cegerxwîn), (1903–1984), Kurdish poet and writer, Turkey/Syria.
*[[Khalil Rashow]], Kurdish writer and academic.
*[[Abdulla Goran]] (1904–1962), Kurdish poet.
*[[Jalal Barzanji]], writer, poet and journalist.
*[[Fawaz Hussain]], writer and translator.
<!--*[[Faiq Bekas]] (1905–1948), Influential Kurdish Poet.-->
*[[Osman Sabri]] (1905–1993), Kurdish poet, writer and journalist, Turkey/Syria.
*[[Zeynelabidin Zinar]], Kurdish writer, researcher and specialist in Kurdish folklore.
*[[Emînê Evdal]] (1906–1964), Kurdish writer and linguist, Armenia.
*[[Najiba Ahmad]], Kurdish writer and poet.
*[[Alaaddin Sajadi]] (1907–1984), Kurdish writer, poet and academic, Iraqi Kurdistan.
*[[Nazand Begikhani]], Kurdish writer, poet and researcher.
*[[Hecîyê Cindî]] (1908–1990), Kurdish writer, linguist and researcher, Armenia.
*[[Kajal Ahmad]] , Kurdish poet, writer and journalist.
*[[Qanate Kurdo]] (1909–1985), Kurdish writer, linguist and academic, Russia.
*[[Choman Hardi]], Kurdish poet, researcher and painter.
*[[Qedrîcan]] (1911–1972), Kurdish poet and writer, Turkey/Syria.
*[[Jalal Dabagh]], Kurdish writer and journalist.
*[[Ibrahim Ahmad]] (1914–2000), Kurdish writer, novelist and translator, Iraqi Kurdistan/England.
*[[Lezgin Chali]], Kurdish physician, administrator, writer.
*[[Dildar]], (Yonis Reuf), (1917–1948), Kurdish poet, Iraq
*[[Sardasht Osman]], Kurdish Journalist
*[[Abdurrahman Sharafkandi|Hejar]] (Abdurrahman Sharafkandi), (1920–1990), Kurdish poet, writer, translator and linguist, Iran.
*[[Hemin Mukriyani]] (Hêmin Mukriyanî), (1921–1986), Kurdish journalist and poet, Iran.
*[[Husein Muhammed]] (born 1980), Kurdish writer, editor of the ''[[Kovara Mehname]]'', translator
<!--*[[Alîşêr Efendi]] Kurdish poet, guerilla, soldier of the Kochgiri, Turkey
*[[Zarîfe Xatun]] wife of the Alisher Efendi, Kurdish soldier and guerilla, Turkey-->
*''Keremê Anqosî'' Kurdologist, poet, translator, journalist from [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]].
<!--*[[Alîşan Beg]] Leader of the Kochgiri-->
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*[[Ahmad Hardi]] (1922–2006), Kurdish poet, Iraqi Kurdistan/UK.
*[[Karim Hisami]] (1926–2001), Kurdish writer, Iran/Iraq/Sweden.
*[[Muhamad Salih Dilan]] (1927–1990), One of the founders of modern Kurdish poetry.
*[[Shamil Asgarov]] (1928–2005), poet, researcher on the history and culture of the Kurds in Azerbaijan, translator.
*[[Maruf Khaznadar]] (born 1930), academic and researcher, Iraqi Kurdistan.
*[[Ordîxanê Celîl]] (1932–2007), academic and linguist, Armenia/Russia.
*[[Jamal Nebez]] (born 1933), writer, linguist and researcher, Germany.
*''Medhat Bexaw'' (born 1934), Kurdish Poet and Writer, Iraqi Kurdistan
*[[Mehmed Emin Bozarslan]] (born 1935), Kurdish writer, Sweden.
*[[Celîlê Celîl]] (born 1936), Historian and Kurdologist, Armenia/Austria.
*[[Suwara Ilkhanizada]] (1937–1976), Kurdish poet, Iran.
*[[Sherko Bekas]] (born 1940), Kurdish poet.
*[[Eskerê Boyîk]] (born 1941), Kurdish poet, Armenia/Germany.
*[[Tosinê Reşîd]] (born 1941), Kurdish writer, Armenia/Australia.
*[[Mahmud Baksi]] (1944–2001), Kurdish writer and journalist, Sweden.
*[[Rauf Hassan]] (born 1945), Kurdish writer and journalist, [[Iraqi Kurdistan]].
*[[Rojen Barnas]] (born 1945), Kurdish poet and writer, Sweden.
*[[Azad Zal]] (born 1972), Kurdish poet, writer, journalist, translator and linguist, Kurdistan.
*[[Abdulla Pashew]] (born 1946), contemporary Kurdish poet.
*[[Şahînê Bekirê Soreklî]] (born 1946), Kurdish writer, poet and translator, Australia.
*[[Reşo Zîlan]] (born 1947), Kurdish writer, translator and linguist, Sweden.
*[[Latif Halmat]] (born 1947), Kurdish poet, Iraqi Kurdistan.
*[[Keça Kurd]] (born 1948), poet, writer and linguist, Germany.
<!--*[[Jamal Zangana]], (born 1949), Kurdish writer of politics in Kurdish, Arabic, Turkish and English.-->
*[[Lezgin Chali]] (Lezgînê Çalî), Kurdish physician, administrator, writer, Kurdistan.
*[[Cankurd]] (born 1948), Kurdish writer and poet, Germany.
*[[Têmûrê Xelîl]] (born 1949), translator and journalist, Sweden.
*[[Zaradachet Hajo]] (born 1950), Kurdish linguist and academic, Head of the [[Kurdish PEN]], Germany.
*[[Rafiq Sabir]] (born 1950), Kurdish poet, Sweden.
*[[Farhad Shakely]] (born 1951), poet, writer and academic, Sweden.
*[[Khalil Duhoki]] (born 1951), Kurdish writer, poet, Sweden.
*[[Khalil Rashow]] (born 1952), Kurdish writer and academic, Germany.
*[[Mehmed Uzun]] (1953–2007), writer and novelist, Turkey/Sweden.
*[[Jalal Barzanji]] (born 1953), writer, poet and journalist, Canada.
*[[Fawaz Hussain]] (born 1953), writer and translator, France.
*[[Zeynelabidin Zinar]] (born 1953), Kurdish writer, researcher and specialist in Kurdish folklore, Sweden.
*Kamaran Ihsan Salih (born 1969), Kurdish Poet.
*[[Yekta Uzunoglu]] (born 1953), Kurdish writer, translator and entrepreneur, Czech Republic/Germany.
*[[Najiba Ahmad]] (born 1954), Kurdish writer and poet, Iraq/Iran.
*''Kemal Remezan Akreyi'' (born 1955), Kurdish poet, writers and journalist, Akre Kurdistan.
*[[Perwîz Cîhanî]] (born 1955), Kurdish writer, poet and novelist, Switzerland.
*[[Hesenê Metê]] (born 1957), Kurdish writer, novelist and translator, Sweden.
*[[Mustafa Aydogan]] (born 1957), Writer, novelist and translator, Sweden.
*[[Firat Cewerî]] (born 1959), Kurdish writer, translator and journalist, Sweden.
*[[Serdar Roşan]] (born 1959), writer, poet and translator, Sweden.
*[[Ata Nahai]] (born 1960), writer and novelist, Iran.
*[[Farhad Pirbal]] (born 1961), Kurdish writer and academic, Iraqi Kurdistan.
*[[Nazand Begikhani]] (born 1964), Kurdish writer, poet and researcher, UK.
*[[Mahabad Qaradaghi]] (born 1966), Kurdish writer, poet and translator, Sweden.
<!--*[[Burhan Bradost]] (born 1967), Kurdish writer and journalist, İraqi Kurdistan.-->
*[[Kajal Ahmad]] (born 1967), Kurdish poet, writer and journalist, Iraqi Kurdistan.
*[[Choman Hardi]] (born 1974), Kurdish poet, researcher and painter, UK.
<!--*[[Yaşar Kemal]] (born 1923), Kurdish writer and novelist, Turkey.-->
<!--*[[Selim Temo]] (1972), Kurdish/Turkish poet, writer, translator and academic, Mersin.-->
<!--*[[Lezgînê Çalî]] (1969), Kurdish physician, writer, translator and administrator.-->
<!--*''Rênas Jiyan'', Kurdish poet, Kurdistan.-->
*[[Kovan Sindî]] (born 1965), Kurdish writer and poet, Denmark.
<!--*[[Jan Dost]] (born 1965), Kurdish writer, Germany.
*[[Helîm Yusiv]] (born 1967), Kurdish writer, Germany.
*[[Shamal Akrayi]] (born 1967), Kurdish writer, poet and translator. Akre Kurdistan.-->
*[[Evdile Koçer]] (born 1977), Kurdish writer, Germany.
<!--*[[Azad Mistefa]] (born 1977), Kurdish poet, writers and journalist, Akre, Kurdistan.-->
*[[Jalal Dabagh]] (born 1939), Kurdish writer and journalist, Sweden.
<!--*[[Behzad Khoshhali]] (born 1972), Kurdish writer and journalist, Iran.-->
<!--*[[Ferzan Şêr]] (born 1986), Kurdish poet,Kurdistan.-->


==Academics and Researchers==
===Academics and Researchers===
*[[Saad Eskander]], academic and researcher, director of the Iraq National Library and Archive.
*[[Al-Shahrazuri]], 13th century physician and philosopher.
*[[Abu al-Fida]], 13-14th century historian and geographer.
*[[Yona Sabar]], Kurdish-Jewish scholar and linguist.
*[[Mulla Effendi]] , Islamic philosopher, scholar, astronomer, politician.
*[[Nadir Nadirov]] (born 1932), Vice president of Engineering Academy and Member of Academy of Sciences, Kazakhstan.
*[[Ibn Khallikan]], Muslim judge and author of a classic Arabic
*[[Yona Sabar]] (born 1938), Kurdish-Jewish scholar and linguist, USA.
*[[Hadhrat Mawlânâ Khâlid-i Baghdâdî]], founder of a significant branch of the [[Naqshbandi]] Sufi order - named [[Khalidiyya]] after him
*[[Amir Hassanpour]] (born 1943), Kurdish scholar and researcher, Canada.
*[[Daniel Ali]], convert to Christianity, scholar, theologian and author.
*[[Abbas Vali]] (born 1950), political scientist, UK/Iraqi Kurdistan.
*[[Dlawer Ala'Aldeen]] (born 1960), Kurdish academic, physician, lobbyist, political writer, UK.
*[[Edip Yuksel]] (born 1957), Kurdish/American writer and activist, UK/Turkey/USA.
<!--*[[Rebwar Rashed]] (born 1961), researcher in Fine Arts, Sweden. -->
*[[Hashim Ahmadzadeh]] (born 1961), Kurdish writer, translator and academician, UK.
*[[Saad Eskander]] (born 1962), academic and researcher, director of the Iraq National Library and Archive, Iraq/UK.
*[[Mehrdad Izady]] (born 1963), academic and historian, USA.
<!--*[[Hamit Bozarslan]] (born 1958), Kurdish sociologist and political scientist, France.-->
<!--*[[Kajal Monireh Rahmani]], anthropologist, professor, linguist, theoretician, pioneer in scholarly debating "Ethnic and National Questions and the World Order", expert in Mesopotamia, and author of many articles on Women, Kurds, and Religiou Minorities, Director: Kurdistan Justice And Peace Academy, USA.
*[[Serdar Yüksel]], researcher in control science and currently assistant professor in Queen's University at Kingston, Canada
*[[Badria Najmaddin Mobarak Shahi]], (born 1962) academic and researcher of journalism.
*[[Behzad Khoshhali]] (born 1972), Kurdish writer, translator, journalist and academician
*[[Salar Medhat Khider Bexaw]], Kurdish linguist, poet, writer, UK
*[[Shamal Akrayi]] (born 1967), Akre, Kurdistan, poet, translator, journalist.
-->


==Musicians==
===Musicians===
*[[Ali Merdan]], singer.
{{Main|List of Kurds in music}}
*[[Karapete Xaco]] (1902–2005), musician and ''dengbêj'', Armenia.
*[[Tahir Tewfiq]], musician and singer.
*[[Ali Merdan]] (1904–1981), singer, Iraq.
*[[Tara Jaff]], musician and singer.
*[[Dilshad Said]], musician and composer.
*[[Hasan Zirak]] (1921–1972), singer, Iran.
*[[Mamle]] (1925–1999), musician and singer, Iran.
*[[Adnan Karim]], singer
*[[Tahir Tewfiq]] (1922–1987), musician and singer, Iraq.
*[[Chopy Fatah]], singer
*[[Mazhar Xaliqi]] (born 1939), musician singer, Iran/UK.
*[[Darin Zanyar]], Swedish pop singer.
*[[Şivan Perwer]] (born 1955), singer, Turkey/Germany.
*[[Nizamettin Arıç]] (born 1956), singer, composer and director, Turkey/Germany.
*[[Ciwan Haco]] (born 1957), musician, singer and songwriter, Syria/Norway.
*[[Ahmet Kaya]] (1957–2000), musician, Turkey
*[[Merziye Feriqi]] (1958–2005), singer, Iran/Sweden.
*[[Tara Jaff]] (born 1958), musician and singer, UK.
*[[Dilshad Said]] (born 1958), musician and composer, Austria.
*[[Adnan Karim]] (born 1963), singer, Kirkuk/Sulaimaniya, Iraq.
*[[Gani Mirzo]] (born 1968), musician, Syria/Spain.
<!--*[[Nasir Rezazî]], singer, Sweden.-->
*[[Şehrîbana Kurdî]] (born 1973), singer, Turkey.
*[[Rojhan Beken]] (born 1974), singer and composer of Rock music, Turkey.
*[[Aynur Doğan]] (born 1975), singer, Turkey.
*[[Rojda Aykoç]] (born 1978), singer and dengbêj, Turkey.
*[[Chopy Fatah]] (born 1983), singer, Iraq / The Netherlands.
<!--*''Izzet Kizil'' (born 1972), darbuka and percussion Turkey.-->
*[[Darin Zanyar]] (born 1987), pop singer, Sweden.
*[[Qale Mere]], traditional musician, Iran/Iraq.
<!--*[[Ebû Eskollî]], folklor singer, Iran.-->
<!--*[[Zyad Assad]], singer, Iraqi Kurdsitan-->
*[[Zara]], singer, [[Zara (singer)|Russia]]/[[Zara (Turkish singer)|Turkey]]
*[[Azad (rapper)|Azad]], singer, Germany.
<!--*[[Leyla Ferêqî]], Kurdish singer, Sweden.-->
*<!--[[Tara Caf]], Kurdish singer and song writer.-->
<!--*[[Rnia Kurdi]], Kurdish-Jordanian singer and TV- SUPERSTAR ANNOUNCER.-->
<!--*[[Xatar]], Kurmanji rapper from Germany-->
<!--*[[Baqî Xido]] (1918–2009), Kurdish klassic singer from Kobani, Syria-->
*[[Burhan G]], Kurdish-Danish singer, songwriter and producer


==Religious figures==
===Politicians ===
*[[Saladin]], Founder of [[Ayyubid]] dynasty and the great [[Muslim]] leader who defeated crusaders in [[Battle of Hattin]] conquered Jerusalem.
*[[Jaban Sahabi]], (6/7th AD), [[sahaba|companion]] of [[Muhammad]].
*[[Massoud Barzani]], is the President of the Kurdistan Region in Iraq and leader of the [[Kurdistan Democratic Party]].
*[[Ali ibn al-Athir]] (1160–1233), Kurdish/Islamic historian, born in Jazira (Cizîre) region.
*[[Nechervan Idris Barzani]], former Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government in [[Iraqi Kurdistan]].
*[[Ibn Khallikan]] (1211–1282), Muslim judge and author of a classic Arabic
*[[Jalal Talabani]], Kurdish politician, current [[President of Iraq]] and secretary general of [[Patriotic Union of Kurdistan|PUK]].
*[[Ibn Taymiyyah]] (1263–1328), [[Islam]]ic scholar, [[Harran]], Turkey.
*[[Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad]] (1927–1988), was a renowned Qari (reciter of the Qur-an), [[Egypt]].
*[[Abdul Karim Qassim]], (Half Kurdish) first President of Iraq.
*[[Mahmoud Othman]] , Founder and former Secretary General of the Kurdish Socialist Party.
*[[Asenath Barzani]] (1590–1670), The first Jewish woman Rabbi in history, [[Mosul]], Iraq.
*[[Nawshirwan Mustafa]], politician, writer and diarist. Former Deputy Secretary General of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan.
*[[Hadhrat Mawlânâ Khâlid-i Baghdâdî]] (1779–1827), founder of a significant branch of the [[Naqshbandi]] Sufi order - named [[Khalidiyya]] after him
*[[Latif Rashid]], Kurdish Politician, Iraqi Minister of Water.
*[[Mulla Effendi]] (1863 - December 31, 1942), Islamic philosopher, scholar, astronomer, politician, and a prominent Iraqi personality from [[Erbil]], [[Iraq]].
*[[Barham Salih]], Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq. Also a senior member of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan.
*[[Said Nursi]] (1876–1960), Kurdish Islamic thinker, Turkey.
*[[Rowsch Shaways]], former vice president of Iraq in the interim government of 2004 and Parliament speaker in the KRG.
*[[Hajj Nematollah]] (1871–1919), mystic and poet.
*[[Dlawer Ala'Aldeen]], Kurdish academic, physician, lobbyist, political writer.
*[[Nur Ali Elahi]] (1895–1974), Spiritual leader of the [[Ahl-e Haqq]] religion, Iran.
*[[Daniel Ali]] (born 1959), convert to Christianity, scholar, theologian and author, USA.
*[[Ahmad Moftizadeh]] (1933–1993) Sunni Islamic Kurdish leader in Iran.


=== Political activists===
==Politicians==
*[[Mustafa Barzani]], Kurdish leader and founder of [[Kurdistan Democratic Party|KDP]]
Muhammad Ali Pasha
*[[Idris Barzani]], former Prime Minister of the [[Kurdish Autonomous Region]]
*[[Saladin]] (1138–1193), Founder of [[Ayyubid]] dynasty and the great [[Muslim]] leader who defeated crusaders in [[Battle of Hattin]] conquered Jerusalem.
*[[Shahab Sheikh Nuri]], activist
*[[Sulaiman Shah]], (d. 1258) Commander in chief of the Caliphate army, Governor of Kurdistan
*[[Shaikh Mahmood Barzenji]], First King of Kurdistan and leader of the Kurdish nationalist movement in Iraq.
*[[Bedirhan Bey]] (1803-1868), Kurdish emir.
*[[Leyla Qasim]], Kurdish politician and Peshmerga.
*[[Shaikh Mahmood Barzenji]] (1878–1956), First King of Kurdistan and leader of the Kurdish nationalist movement in Iraq.
*[[Nadhim Zahawi]], British [[British Conservative Party|Conservative]] politician and current [[Member of Parliament|MP]] for [[Stratford-on-Avon]].
*[[Yusuf Ziya Beg]] (1882-1925), Member of the [[Grand National Assembly of Turkey]], Kurdish politician.
*[[Widad Akrawi]], activist and Chair of ''Defend International''
*[[Halid Beg Cibran]] (1882-1925), Ottoman officer and Kurdish politician.
*[[Herro Mustafa]], diplomat, Senior Advisor on the Middle East to Vice President Biden, US.
*[[Ibrahim Heski]] (?-1931), Kurdish soldier and politician, President of the [[Republic of Ararat]].
*[[Houzan Mahmoud]], women rights and anti-war activist.
*[[İsmet İnönü]],<ref>N. Pope, H. Pope, ''Turkey Unveiled: A History of Modern Turkey'', Overlook Press, 1998

ISBN 1-58567-096-0, 9781585670963, p.254</ref>(1884–1973), Second President of Turkey (of Kurdish origin).
===Film directors and actors===
*[[Simko Shikak]] (1887–1930), Kurdish politician.
*[[Hiner Saleem]], Film director.
*[[Halis Öztürk]] (1889-1977), Kurdish soldier, politician. Member of the [[Grand National Assembly of Turkey]].
*[[Hisham Zaman]], Film director.
*[[Ferzende]] (?-1939?), Kurdish soldier and politician.
*[[Shero Rauf]], Actor
*[[Kadri Djemilpasha]] (1891-1973), Kurdish politician.

*[[Ekrem Djemilpasha]] (1891-1974), Kurdish politician.
===Sports people===
*[[Djeladet Ali Bedirkhan]] (1893-1951), Kurdish politician.
*[[Hawar Mulla Mohammed]], Iraqi football player
*[[Ihsan Nuri]] (1893-1976), Ottoman and Turkish officer, Kurdish politician, [[generalissimo]] of the Kurdish National Forces.<ref>Bletch Chirguh, ''La Question Kurde: ses origines et ses causes'', Le Caire, Impimerie Paul Barbey, 1930, front cover, ''IHSAN NOURI PACHA Généralissime des forces nationales Kurdes'' {{Fr icon}}</ref>
*[[Halgurd Mulla Mohammed]], Iraqi football player
*[[Qazi Muhammad]] (1893–1947), President of the Kurdish [[Republic of Mahabad]] in 1946.

*[[Hüseyin Vasıf Çınar]] (1896-1935), Kurdish politician, Turkish nationalist, Minister of National Education of Turkey.
===Religious Figures===
*[[Mustafa Barzani]] (1903–1979), Kurdish leader and founder of [[Kurdistan Democratic Party|KDP]]
*[[Jaban Sahabi]], a companion of prophet Muhammad.
*[[Karim Sanjabi]] (1904-1995), Iranian education minister, foreign minister and leader of the [[National Front (Iran)|Iranian national front]] during the [[Iranian revolution]]

<!--*''Ramzi Nafie Rasheed Agha'', (1917–1949), Hiwa Parti operative.-->
===Others===
*[[Turgut Özal]] (1927–1993), former Prime Minister and the 8th President of Turkey.
*[[Rizgar Mohammed Amin]] , Chief Judge of the [[Iraqi Special Tribunal]] setup to judge [[Saddam Hussein]].
*[[Moshe Barazani]] (1928–1947), Kurdish Jew and a member of Lehi (The Freedom Fighters of Israel).

*[[Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou]] (1930–1989), Kurdish politician, Iran.
== Turkey ==
*[[Jalal Talabani]] (born 1933), Iraqi Kurdish politician, current [[President of Iraq]] and secretary general of [[Patriotic Union of Kurdistan|PUK]].
===Poets and writers===
*[[Medet Serhat]], (1934–1994), Kurdish lawyer and politician, Turkey.
*[[Ali Hariri]], Kurdish poet.
*[[Mahmoud Othman]] (born 1938), Founder and former Secretary General of the Kurdish Socialist Party. Now a member of parliament.
*[[Mahmud Bayazidi]], Kurdish writer, translator and historian.
*[[Ahmet Türk]] (born 1942), Chairman of the [[Democratic Society Party]] in Turkey
*[[Ahmad Khani]], Kurdish poet and a Muslim scholar, author of ''Mem û Zîn''.
*[[Nawshirwan Mustafa]] (born 1944), politician, writer and diarist. Former Deputy Secretary General of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. Leader of the "[[Gorran]]" 'Change' movement. Chairman of the "Wusha" corporation.
*[[Latif Rashid]] (born 1944), Kurdish Politician, Iraqi Minister of Water.
*[[Malaye Jaziri]], Kurdish poet and sufi.
*[[Faqi Tayran]], poet
*[[Mustafa Hijri]] (born 1945), Secretary General of [[Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran]] (KDPI).
*[[Ahmade Bate]], Kurdish poet and Muslim cleric.
*[[Massoud Barzani]] (born 1946), is the President of the Kurdistan Region in Iraq and leader of the [[Kurdistan Democratic Party]].
*[[Ali Taramakhi]], linguist and writer.
*[[Abdullah Öcalan]] (born 1948), one of the founders of PKK.
*[[Arab Shamilov]], Kurdish writer and novelist.
*[[Osman Sabri]], Kurdish poet, writer and journalist.
*[[Jaladat Ali Badirkhan]], linguist, journalist and politician, founder of the Latin-based [[Kurdish alphabet]].
*[[Cigerxwîn]], Kurdish poet and writer.
*[[Qedrîcan]], Kurdish poet and writer.
*[[Emînê Evdal]], Kurdish writer and linguist.
*[[Hecîyê Cindî]], Kurdish writer, linguist and researcher.
*[[Qanate Kurdo]], Kurdish writer, linguist and academic.
*[[Mehmed Emin Bozarslan]], Kurdish writer.
*[[Mehmed Uzun]], writer and novelist
*[[Mahmud Baksi]], Kurdish writer and journalist.
*[[Rojen Barnas]], Kurdish poet and writer.
*[[Reşo Zîlan]], Kurdish writer, translator and linguist.
*[[Zeynelabidin Zinar]] , Kurdish writer, researcher and specialist in Kurdish folklore.
*[[Yekta Uzunoglu]], Kurdish writer, translator and entrepreneur.
*[[Hesenê Metê]], Kurdish writer, novelist and translator.
*[[Mustafa Aydogan]], Writer, novelist and translator.
*[[Firat Cewerî]], Kurdish writer, translator and journalist.
*[[Serdar Roşan]], writer, poet and translator.
*[[Yaşar Kemal]], Turkish writer and novelist.
*[[Evdile Koçer]], Kurdish writer.
*[[Azad Zal]], Kurdish poet, writer, journalist, translator and linguist.

===Academics and Researchers===
*[[Edip Yuksel]], Kurdish/American writer and activist.

===Musicians===
*[[Şivan Perwer]], Kurdish singer.
*[[Nizamettin Arıç]], singer, composer and director.
*[[Şehrîbana Kurdî]], singer.
*[[Rojhan Beken]], singer and composer of Rock music.
*[[Aynur Doğan]], singer.
*[[Rojda Aykoç]], singer and dengbêj.
*[[Ibrahim Tatlıses]], Turkish singer and TV personality (Arab father and Kurdish mother)
*[[Ahmet Kaya]], Turkish musician of partial Kurdish origin.

===Film directors and actors===
*[[Yilmaz Güney]], Turkish film director.(Of partial Kurdish origin)

===Religious figures===
*[[Ali ibn al-Athir]], Islamic historian.
*[[Said Nursi]], Islamic thinker.

===Political activists===
*[[Abdullah Öcalan]], one of the founders of PKK.
*[[Osman Öcalan]], one of the founders of PKK.
*[[Murat Karayilan]], acting leader of the PKK.
*[[Murat Karayilan]], acting leader of the PKK.
*[[Leyla Zana]], human-rights activist and the first Kurdish woman MP in Turkey.
*[[Jalal Dabagh]] (born 1939), Kurdish politician, Iraq. [[Kurdistan Communist Party-Iraq]]
*[[Aysel Tuğluk]], Kurdish rights activist and MP in Turkey from 2007 to 2009.
*[[Shahab Sheikh Nuri]] (1932–1976), founder of the Komalay Ranjdaran Party.
*[[Nalin Pekgul]], former member of Swedish Parliament.
*[[Leyla Qasim]] (1952–1974), Kurdish politician and Peshmerga.
*[[Selim Sadak]] (born 1954), Kurdish politician, MP in Turkey and Mayor of [[Şırnak]].
*[[Nurettin Demirtaş]], member of the DTP and MP in Turkey.
*[[Feleknas Uca]], Yazidi-Kurd and [[Member of the European Parliament|MEP]] for the left German [[Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany)|Party of Democratic Socialism]] (PDS).
*[[Abdul Karim Qassim]] (1958–1963), first President of Iraq.
*[[Medet Serhat]], Kurdish lawyer.
*[[Osman Öcalan]] (born 1958), one of the founders of PKK.

*[[Barham Salih]] (born 1960), Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq. Also a senior member of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan.
===Politicians ===
*[[Soraya Serajeddini]] (1960–2006), Kurdish human rights activist, United States.
*[[İsmet İnönü]],<ref>N. Pope, H. Pope, ''Turkey Unveiled: A History of Modern Turkey'', Overlook Press, 1998
*[[Leyla Zana]] (born 1961), human-rights activist and the first Kurdish woman MP in Turkey.
ISBN 1-58567-096-0, 9781585670963, p.254</ref>, Second President of Turkey (of Kurdish origin).
*[[Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf]] (born 1961), Iranian major-general, police chief and later Presidential candidate and Mayor of Tehran
*[[Turgut Özal]], former Prime Minister and the 8th President of Turkey.(Partial Kurdish origin)
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*[[Aysel Tuğluk]] (born 1965), Kurdish rights activist and MP in Turkey from 2007 to 2009.
*[[Ahmet Türk]], Chairman of the [[Democratic Society Party]] in Turkey
*[[Roya Toloui]] (born 1966), Kurdish journalist and human rights activist, Iran.
*[[Selim Sadak]] MP in Turkey and Mayor of [[Şırnak]].
*[[Osman Baydemir]], current mayor of Diyarbakır, Turkey.
*[[Nechervan Idris Barzani]] (born 1966), former Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government in [[Iraqi Kurdistan]].
*[[Sebahat Tuncel]], Member of the Turkish National Assembly.
*[[Nadhim Zahawi]], (born 1967), British [[British Conservative Party|Conservative]] politician and current [[Member of Parliament|MP]] for [[Stratford-on-Avon]].

*[[Nalin Pekgul]] (born 1967), former member of Swedish Parliament.
== Syria ==
*[[Widad Akrawi]] (born 1969), activist and Chair of ''Defend International'', Iraq/Denmark.
*[[Zaradachet Hajo]], Kurdish linguist and academic.
*[[Osman Baydemir]] (born 1971), current mayor of Diyarbakır, Turkey.
*[[Şahînê Bekirê Soreklî]], Kurdish writer, poet and translator.
*[[Nurettin Demirtaş]] (born 1971), member of the DTP and MP in Turkey.
*[[Cankurd]], Kurdish writer and poet.
*[[Herro Mustafa]] (born 1973), diplomat, Senior Advisor on the Middle East to Vice President Biden, US.
*[[Houzan Mahmoud]] (born 1973), women rights and anti-war activist, UK.
*[[Keça Kurd]], poet, writer and linguist.
*[[Sebahat Tuncel]] (born 1975), Member of the Turkish National Assembly, Turkey.
*[[Feleknas Uca]] (born 1976), Yazidi-Kurd and [[Member of the European Parliament|MEP]] for the left German [[Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany)|Party of Democratic Socialism]] (PDS).
*[[Idris Barzani]], (died 1987), former Prime Minister of the [[Kurdish Autonomous Region]]
*[[Walid Jumblatt]], leader of the Progressive Socialist Party of Lebanon and leader of the [[Druze]] community.
*[[Derwich Ferho]], chairman of Kurdish Institute Brussels
*[[Rowsch Shaways]], former vice president of Iraq in the interim government of 2004 and Parliament speaker in the KRG.


== Azerbaijan ==
==Film directors and actors==
*[[Shamil Asgarov]], poet, researcher on the history and culture of the Kurds in Azerbaijan, translator.
*[[Yilmaz Güney]] (1937–1984), Turkey.
*[[Hiner Saleem]] (born 1964), France.
*[[Bahman Ghobadi]] (born 1969), Iran.
*[[Jamil Rostami]] (born 1971), Iran.
*[[Amira Casar]]<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0142972/bio]</ref> (born 1971), France.
*[[Hisham Zaman]] (born 1974), Iraq.
*[[Shero Rauf]] (born 1979), Iraq


==Others==
== Armenia ==
*[[Ordikhan Jalil]], academic and linguist
*[[Rizgar Mohammed Amin]] (born 1958), Chief Judge of the [[Iraqi Special Tribunal]] setup to judge [[Saddam Hussein]].
*[[Jalile Jalil]], Historian and Kurdologist.
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*[[Eskerê Boyîk]], Kurdish poet.
*[[Tosine Rashid]], Kurdish writer.
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*[[Tamure Khalil]], translator and journalist.
* [[Aslan Usoyan]], Moscow-based crime boss
<!--* [[Kevin Sürek]], Independent movie critic from Sweden.-->
*[[Sardasht Osman]], (1987–2010) Journalist, Kurdistan - Iraq.
*[[Ahmad ibn Fadlan]]


==References==
==References==
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Revision as of 08:05, 27 June 2011

This is a list of well known Kurdish people. The most influential of all may have been Saladin, who became the first Ayyubid Sultan of Egypt and Syria in the Middle Ages.

Iran

For prominent Iranian Kurds see: List of Iranian Kurds

Iraq

Poets, writers and journalists

Academics and Researchers

Musicians

Politicians

Political activists

Film directors and actors

Sports people

Religious Figures

Others

Turkey

Poets and writers

Academics and Researchers

Musicians

Film directors and actors

Religious figures

Political activists

Politicians

Syria

Azerbaijan

  • Shamil Asgarov, poet, researcher on the history and culture of the Kurds in Azerbaijan, translator.

Armenia

References

  1. ^ N. Pope, H. Pope, Turkey Unveiled: A History of Modern Turkey, Overlook Press, 1998 ISBN 1-58567-096-0, 9781585670963, p.254
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