List of Yazidi people
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The following is a list of notable persons of Yazidi descent.
A
- Ali Atalan, politician
- Arab Shamilov, novelist
- Amar Suloev, mixed martial artist
- Ibrahim Khalil, The Yazidi folk singer and songwriter
- Aslan Usoyan, Russian mafia boss
- Al-Hasan ibn Adi, religious heir of ‘Adī ibn Sakhr
- Aziz Shavershian (Yazidi origin), bodybuilder, personal trainer and model
- Amirkhan Mori, owner and chairman of the Regions Group
D
- Dalal Khario, Women's Rights Award recipient, former captive of ISIS
E
- Emine Evdal, writer, linguist and poet
- Eskerê Boyîk, poet and writer
F
- Fakhr ad-Din ibn Adi, seventh and last known ‘Adawī shaykh
- Farida Khalaf, former ISIS captive
G
- Guram Adzhoyev, former footballer
H
- Heciyê Cindî, linguist and researcher
- Heydar Şeşo, founder and supreme commander of the Yazidi self-defense militia Protection Force of Ezidkhan
J
- Jalile Jalil, historian, writer and Kurdologist
- Jangir Agha, national hero
K
- Khalil Rashow, academic, writer and researcher
- Khanna Omarkhali (Xana Omarxali), religion researcher
- Khurto Hajji Ismail, current Baba Sheikh of the Yazidi[1]
- Kseniya Borodina (paternal side), television presenter and actress[2]
- Kyaram Sloyan, soldier killed and beheaded by Azerbaijani soldiers
L
- Lamiya Aji Bashar, human rights activist
M
- Misha Aloyan, boxer
- Meyan Khatun, Yazidi princess
- Mir Tahsin Saied Beg, current hereditary leader (Mīr, or prince) of the Yazidi people
- Mir Jafar Dasni, launched an uprising in 838
- Mahma Xelil, mayor of Sinjar in Nineveh Province, Iraq.
N
- Nadia Murad, human rights activist, Nobel Peace Prize recipient
O
- Ordîxanê Celîl, writer and academic
Q
- Qanate Kurdo, writer, linguist and academic
R
- Roman Amoyan, Greco-Roman wrestler, Olympian
S
- Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir, Shaykh
- Sakhr Abu l-Barakat, Shaykh
- Sheikh Sharaf ad-Din ibn al-Hasan, Shaykh
- Sheikh Khairy Khedr, Commander and founder of the Yazidi militia Malik Al-Tawus Troop
- Samand Siabandov, hero of the Soviet Union
- Sheikh Ali Ilyas, current Baba Shekh
T
- Têmûrê Xelîl, journalist, writer and translator
- Tosinê Reşîd, writer, poet and playwright
V
- Vian Dakhil, member of the Iraqi parliament
W
- Wansa, Yazidi princess
X
- Xelîlê Çaçan Mûradov, writer and journalist
Z
- Zara Mgoyan, pop singer, actress and social activist
- Zakhar Kalashov, Russian mafia boss
- Assassination of İsmail Özden (Mam Zaki Shingali one of the most important Pkk leader)
References
- ^ United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). UNHCR’s ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES FOR ASSESSING THE INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION NEEDS OF IRAQI ASYLUM-SEEKERS. Geneva, August 2007
- ^ http://beauty-around.com/en/tops/item/1306-most-beautiful-kurdish-yazidi-women