Halil is a common Turkish male given name. It is equivalent to the

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given name and surname Khalil or its variant Khaleel. Notable persons with the name include: *

Halil Akbunar Halil Akbunar (born 9 November 1993) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Belgian club Westerlo and the Turkey national team. Career Halil was promoted to the senior team of Göztepe in January 2012 after graduating ...

(born 1993), Turkish footballer *

Halil Akkaş Halil Akkaş (born 1 July 1983) is a Turkish middle-distance runner who won the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2005 World Student Games. He finished fourth in the 5000 m final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg. At the 20 ...

(born 1983), Turkish middle distance runner * Halil Akıncı (born 1945), Turkish diplomat *

Halil Altındere Halil Altındere (born in 1971 in Mardin, lives in Istanbul) is a contemporary artist. His work includes video, sculpture, photography, installation, performance, as well as collaborative editorial and curatorial projects. The themes of his wor ...

(born 1971), Turkish artist *

Halil Altıntop Halil Altıntop (; born 8 December 1982) is a Turkish former professional footballer. He is a trainer scout for Bayern Munich. During his playing days, he was deployed as an attacking midfielder, centre-forward, or winger. Halil is the identica ...

(born 1982), Turkish footballer * Halil Asani (born 1974), Serbian footballer * Halil Bajramović (born 1971), Bosnian businessman * Halil Berktay (born 1947), Turkish historian *

Halil Sami Bey Halil Sami Bey (1866 – 1925) was an Ottoman Army colonel, who served in the First World War. He successfully managed to fend off British forces during the Landing at Cape Helles. Career Halil Sami was in charge of the Ottoman 9th Divi ...

(1866–1925), Ottoman Army colonel * Halil Bıçakçı (born 1926), Turkish football manager * Halil Çolak (born 1988), Turkish footballer * Halil Dervişoğlu (born 1999), Dutch footballer of Turkish descent *

Halil Sezai Erkut Halil Sezai Erkut (1908–1988) was a Turkish government minister and politician. He was a member of the Constituent Assembly of Turkey in 1961, immediately following the 1960 Turkish coup d'état The 1960 Turkish coup d'état ( tr, 27 Ma ...

(1908–1988), Turkish government minister and politician *

Halil Ergün Halil İbrahim Ergün (born 8 September 1946) is a Turkish stage, movie and television series actor. He studied political science at Ankara University. Halil began his theater career in Bursa. Ergün debuted in cinema with director Yilmaz Gün ...

(born 1946), Turkish actor *

Halil Gür Halil Gür (born 14 February 1951, in Karakese) is a Turkish-born Dutch writer who made his debut with his novel 'Crazy Mustafa and other stories' in 1984. He was the pioneer of a large group of Dutch writers from non-western cultures. The fa ...

(born 1951), Dutch author of Turkish origin * Halil Güven (born 1956), American professor and university administrator of Turkish Cypriot descent *

Halil İbrahim Eren Halil İbrahim Eren (born 20 January 1956) is a Turkish former footballer who played as a striker. He spent his entire playing career in the Turkish Süper Lig, and joined a select few players with over 100 goals in the competition. He is an eigh ...

(born 1956), Turkish footballer *

Halil İnalcık Halil İnalcık (7 September 1916 – 25 July 2016) was a Turkish historian. His highly influential research centered on social and economic approaches to the Ottoman Empire. His academic career started at Ankara University, where he completed h ...

(born 1916), Turkish historian *

Halil Jaganjac Halil Jaganjac (born 22 June 1998) is a Croatian handball player who plays for Rhein-Neckar Löwen and the Croatian national team. Career Jaganjac was born in Rijeka to Bosnian parents. His father hails from Bosanski Petrovac, and his mother ...

(born 1998), Croatian handball player *

Halil Jaçellari Halil Jaçellari (14 July 1940 – 23 October 2009) was an Albanian writer and translator. Published works *''Mirë mëngjes njerëz'' (Good morning people), 1976, story collection *''Hapat e tij'' (His footsteps), 1978, story collection *''N ...

(1940–2009), Albanian writer and translator *

Halil Kanacević Halil Kanacević (born October 23, 1991) is an American-born Montenegrin professional basketball player for Trikala Aries of the Greek Basket League. Previously, he played basketball with Saint Joseph's University, where he helped lead the team ...

(born 1991), American-born Montenegrin basketball player *

Halil Kaya Halil Kaya (born 1920, date of death unknown) was a Turkish sport wrestler. He won a bronze medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, bantamweight class, at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London London is the capital and List of urban areas i ...

(1920–?), Turkish Olympic sport wrestler *

Halil Kut Halil Kut (1881 – 20 August 1957) was an Ottoman Turkish military commander and politician. He served in the Ottoman army during World War I, notably taking part in the military campaigns against Russia in the Caucasus and the British in Me ...

(1881–1957), Ottoman-born Turkish regional governor, military commander and genocide perpetrator *

Halil Köse Halil Ibrahim Köse (born 21 April 1997) is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for Belgian club Knokke. Born in Belgium, he represented Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, l ...

(born 1997), Belgian-born Turkish footballer *

Halil Menteşe Halil Menteşe (1874–1948) was a Turkish government minister and politician, who was a well known official of the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP). He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the President of the Chamber of Deputies in th ...

(1874–1948), Turkish government minister, politician and genocide perpetrator *

Halil Suleyman Ozerden Halil Suleyman "Sul" Ozerden ( tr, Halil Süleyman Özerden) (born December 5, 1966) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi and a former nominee to be a Circuit Judge for the ...

(born 1966), American lawyer and judge *

Halil Pasha (disambiguation) Halil Pasha (fl. 1631–1633) was an Ottoman governor of Egypt. Halil Pasha may also refer to: * Çandarlı Kara Halil Hayreddin Pasha (fl. 1364–1387), Ottoman grand vizier (''Çandarlı Halil Pasha the Elder'') * Imamzade Halil Pasha (fl. 1406� ...

, several people *

Halil Mete Soner Halil Mete Soner is a Turkish American mathematician born in Ankara. Soner's current research interests are nonlinear partial differential equations; asymptotic analysis of Ginzburg-Landau type systems, viscosity solutions, and mathematical fina ...

, Turkish-American mathematician and academic * Halil Mutlu (born 1973), Bulgarian-Turkish Olympic weightlifter * Halil Mutlu (politics), Turkish-born physician, political lobbyist and community activist living in the USA * Halil Mëniku (died 1967), Albanian politician and publisher * Halil Savda (born 1974), Turkish conscientious objector *

Halil Savran Halil Savran (born 20 June 1985) is a Turkish-German footballer who plays as a striker. Career Savran, who was born in Wiesbaden, has played for Reinickendorfer Füchse, SV Lichtenberg 47 and Tennis Borussia Berlin. In his last season at TeBe h ...

(born 1985), Turkish-German footballer * Halil Tikveša (born 1935), Bosnian painter * Halil Uysal (1973–2008), Turkish journalist and film director * Halil Yeral (born 2000), Turkish footballer *

Halil Zeybek Halil Zeybek (born 23 August 1985) is a Turkish professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American footb ...

(born 1985), Turkish footballer * Halil Zorba (born 1988), British weightlifter * Halil Zıraman (1927–1984), Turkish javelin thrower * Halil Çolak (born 1988), Turkish footballer * Halil Ürün (born 1968), Turkish politician *

(1916–2016), Turkish historian

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