List of Kurdish people

This is a list of notable Kurds, chronologically listed:

6th century-15th century

* Jaban al-Kurdi (6th century)
* Mir Jafar Dasni (d. c. 841)
* Ibn al-Dahhak (d. 927)
* Muhammad ibn Husayn al-Rawadi (d. c. 953–956)
*Muhammad ibn Shaddad (d. 955)
* Daysam ibn Ibrahim al-Kurdi (d. c. 957)
* Evdilsemedê Babek (972–1019)
*Lashkari ibn Muhammad (d. 978)
*Hasanwayh (d. 979)
*Badr ibn Hasanwayh ()
*Marzuban ibn Muhammad ibn Shaddad (d. 985)
* Pîr Mansûr (d. 989)
* Abu Nasr Husayn II ()
*Ali Hariri (1009–1079/80)
* Abu’l-Fatḥ Moḥammad b. ʿAnnāz (d. 1010/1)
* Zahir ibn Hilal ibn Badr ()
* Hilal ibn Badr ()
*Fadluya ()
*Fadl ibn Muhammad (d. 1031)
*Abu'l-Fath Musa ()
* Lashkari ibn Musa ()
* Abu Nasr Mamlan II ()
*Abu Mansur Wahsudan (d. 1059)
* Abu'l-Aswar Shavur ibn Fadl (d. 1067)
*Anushirvan ibn Lashkari (d. c. 1067)
* Ashot ibn Shavur ()
*Manuchihr ibn Shavur ()
* Fadl ibn Shavur (d. 1073)
*Fadlun ibn Fadl ()''The Political and Dynastic History of the Iranic World'', C.E. Bosworth, ''The Cambridge History of Iran:The Saljuq and Mongol Period'', Vol. 5, ed. J.A. Boyle, (Cambridge University Press, 1968), 95.
*Badh ibn Dustak (d. 1093/6)
*Fakhr-un-Nisa (11th century)
*Firuz-Shah Zarrin-Kolah (11th century)F. Daftary, "Intellectual Traditions in Islam", I.B.Tauris, 2001. pg 147: "But the origins of the family of Shaykh Safi al-Din go back not to Hijaz but to Kurdistan, from where, seven generations before him, Firuz Shah Zarin-kulah had migrated to Azerbaijan"
* Ibn al-Azraq al-Fariqi (1116–1176)
* Abu'l-Aswar Shavur ibn Manuchihr ()
*Fadl ibn Shavur ibn Manuchihr ()
*Fakr al-Din Shaddad ibn Mahmud ()
*Saladin (1137–1193)
*Al-Adil I (1145–1218)
*Fadl ibn Mahmud ()
*Sayf al-Din al-Amidi (1156–1233)
*Ali ibn al-Athir (1160–1233)
* Shahanshah ibn Mahmud ()
*Al-Afdal ibn Salah ad-Din (c. 1169–1225)
*Shirkuh (d. 1169)
*Az-Zahir Ghazi (1172–1216)Cawley, Charles (2007) "Rulers of Aleppo, Damascus, Hamah, Homs, Khelat (Ayubids)" ''Medieval Lands Project''
accessed 27 December 2008
*Najm ad-Din Ayyub (d. 1173)
*Sultan ibn Mahmud ()
*Al-Ashraf Musa, Emir of Damascus, Al-Ashraf Musa (1178–1237)
*Al-Mu'azzam Isa (1176–1227)
*Al-Kamil (1117–1238)
*Turan-Shah (d. 1180)
*Ibn al-Salah (1181–1245)
*Al-Mu'azzam Turanshah ibn Salah al-Din (c. 1181 – 1260)
*Bahramshah ()
*Farrukh Shah (d. 1182)
*Muhammad ibn Shirkuh (d. 1186)Necipoğlu G. (ed.) Muqarnas: An Annual on Islamic Art and Architecture vol. XI E>J> Brill, Leiden 1994 p. 47
*Al-Mansur Nasir al-Din Muhammad (1189– c. 1216)
*Al-Muzaffar I Umar (d. 1191)
*Tughtakin ibn Ayyub (d. 1197)
*Al-Aziz Uthman (d. 1198)
*Al-Mansur I Muhammad (12th century)
*Fakhraddin (Yazidi saint), Fakhraddin (12th century)
*Izz al-Din Usama (12th century)
*Masud ibn Namdar (12th century)
*Mehmed Reshan (12th century)
*Nasirdin (Yazidi saint), Nasirdin (12th century)
*Sejadin (12th century)
*Al-Awhad Ayyub (d. 1210)
*Al-Adil II (1221–1248)
*An-Nasir Yusuf (1228–1260)
*Al-Mujahid (d. 1240)
*As-Salih Ayyub (1205–1249)
*An-Nasir Dawud (1206–1261)
*Al-Aziz Muhammad (c. 1213–1236)
*Sitt al-Sham (d. 1220)
*Al-Ashraf Musa, Emir of Homs (1229–1263)
*Dayfa Khatun (d. 1242)
*As-Salih Ismail, Emir of Damascus, As-Salih Ismail (d. 1245)
*Al-Mansur Ibrahim (d. 1246)
*Al-Muzaffar Ghazi (d. 1247)
*Ibn al-Hadjib (d. 1249)
*Al-Ashraf Musa, Sultan of Egypt ()
*Al-Muazzam Turanshah (d. 1250)
*Safi-ad-din Ardabili (1252/3–1334)
*Sulaiman Shah (d. 1258)
*Abulfeda (1273–1332)
*Al-Kamil Muhammad (d. 1260)
*Shabankara'i (1298–1358)
*Al-Shahrazuri (13th century)
*Amadin (13th century)
*Husam al-Din Chalabi (13th century)
*Khatuna Fekhra (13th century)
*Saʿd al-Din al-Humaidi (13th century)
*Sheikh Mand (13th century)
*Sheikh Obekr (13th century)
*Sadr al-Din Musa (1305–1391)
*Zain al-Din al-'Iraqi (1325–1404)
*Nusrat al-Din Ahmad (d. 1330)
*Al-Afdal Muhammad (d. 1341)
*Mele Perîşan (1356–1431)
*Sayyid Husayn Ahlati (d. 1397)
*Mela Huseynê Bateyî (1417–1495)
*Izz al-Din Shir (d. 1423)
*Khvajeh Ali Safavi (d. 1427)
*Idris Bitlisi (1457–1520)
*Shaykh Junayd (d. 1460)
*Ismail I (1487–1524)
*Hosam al-Din Ali Bitlisi (d. 1494/5)
*Mahmud the Kurd (15th century)
*Sultan Sahak (late 14th century to early 15th century)

16th century-19th century

*Sharafkhan Bidlisi (1543–1603)
*Şêx Şemsedînê Exlatî (1558–1674)
*Abd-al-Baqi Nahavandi (1570–1632)
*Melayê Cizîrî (1570–1640)
*Asenath Barzani (1590–1670)
*Feqiyê Teyran (1590–1660)
*Halo Khan Ardalan ()
*Yusuf Yaska (1592–1636)
*Shir Sarim (16th century)
*Ezidi Mirza (1600–1651)
*Ali Janbulad (d. 1610)
*Ibrahim al-Kurani (1615–1690)
*Ganj Ali Khan (d. 1624/5)
*Soleyman Khan Ardalan ()
*Shahrokh Sultan Zanganeh (d. 1639)
*Mistefa Bêsaranî (1642–1701)
*Ahmad Khani (1650–1707)
*Ali Mardan Khan (d. 1657)
*Shaykh Ali Khan Zanganeh (d. 1689)
*Ali Beg Zanganeh (17th century)
*Mir Xanzad (17th century)
*Sarı Süleyman Bey (17th century)
*Khana Qubadi (1700–1759)
*Almas Khan-e Kanoule'ei (1706–1777)
*Mohamed Pasha Jaff (b. 1714)
*Shahqoli Khan Zanganeh (d. 1716)
*Marif Nodeyi (1753–1838/9)
*Xelîlê Sêrtî (1754–1843)
*Zaro Aga (1764–1934)
*Al-Barzanjī (d. 1764)
*Khulam Rada Khan Arkawazi (1765–1834)
*Suleiman al-Halabi (1777–1800)
*Khâlid-i Shahrazuri (1779–1827)
*Uthman Sirâj-ud-Dîn Naqshbandi (1781–1867)
*Muhammad Pasha of Rawanduz (1783–1838)
*Şeyda Hewramî (1784–1852)
*Allahqoli Khan Zanganeh (d. 1785)
*Aziz Khan Mokri (1792–1871)
*Ahmad Bag Komasi (1796–1877)
*Mahmud Bayazidi (1797–1859)
*Yaqub Maydashti (1799–1871)
*Abdullah Pasha Bajalan (18th century)
*Elî Teremaxî (17th century or 18th century)
*Haydar Khan Zanganeh (18th century)
*Ibrahim Pasha al-Dalati (18th century)
*Nalî (1800–1856)
*Salim (poet), Salim (1800–1866)
*Bedir Khan Beg (1803–1869)
*Mastoureh Ardalan (1805–1848)
*Mawlawi Tawagozi (1806–1882/3)
*Kurdî (poet), Kurdî (1806/12–1850)
*Jafar Qoli Khan Donboli (d. 1814)
*Haji Qadir Koyi (1817–1897)
*Kurt İsmail Hakkı Pasha (1818-1897)
*Hasan Ali Khan Garrusi (1820-1900)
*Wali Dewane (1826–1881)
*Mirza Mohammad Reza Kalhor (1829–1892)
*Mahwi (1830–1906)
*Said Pasha Kurd (1834–1907)
*Riza Talabani (1835–1910)
*Mustafa Zihni Pasha (1838–1929)
*Ibrahim Pasha Milli (1843–1908)
*Wafayi (1844–1902)
*Bedri Pasha Bedir Khan (1847–1911)
*Lady Adela (1847–1924)
*Mirza Ebdilqadire Paweyi (1850–1910)
*Abdulkadir Ubeydullah (1851–1925)
*Emin Ali Bedir Khan (1851–1926)
*Diyap Yıldırım (1852–1932)
*Osman Efendîyo Babij (1852–1929)
*Saeb (poet), Saeb (1854–1910)
*Hariq (1856–1909)
*Mikdad Midhat Bedir Khan (1858–1915)
*Edeb (1860–1918)
*Sabat Islambouli (b. 1860s–1941)
*Shamdin Agha (d. 1860)
*Sheikh Ali Hisam-ad-Din Naqshbandi (1861–1939)
*Seyid Riza (1863–1937)
*Abdürrezzak Bedir Khan (1864–1918)
*Cheragh-Ali Khan Zanganeh (d. 1864)
*Abdulhakim Arvasi (1865–1943)
*Mevlanzade Rifat Bey (1865–1930)
*Sheikh Said (1865–1925)
*Şerif Pasha (1865–1951)
*Ehmedê Xasî (1866/7–1951)
*Haji Mala Saeed Kirkukli Zada (1866–1937)
*Mustafa Yamulki (1866–1936)
*Han Mahmud (d. 1866)
*Piramerd (1867–1950)
*İshak Sükuti (1868–1902)
*Abdullah Cevdet (1869–1932)
*Faramarz Asadi (1869–1969)
*Ibrahim Hananu (1869–1935)
*Hajj Nematollah (1871–1920)
*Kurd Fuad Pasha
*Kurd Ahmet Izzet Pasha (1871–1920)
*Meyan Khatun (1873/4–1957/8)
*Jangir Agha (1874–1943)
*Nari (poet), Narî (1874–1944)
*Muhammad Kurd Ali (1876–1953)
*Said Nursî (1877–1960)
*Aziz Feyzi Pirinççizâde (1878–1933)
*Mahmud Barzanji (1878–1956)
*Ahmed Uthman (1879–1946)
*Kâzım İnanç (1880-1938)
*Abdullah Beg Benari (1880–1939)
*Muhammad Amin Zaki (1880–1948)
*Hasan Hayri (1881–1925)
*Mufti Penjweni (1881–1952)
*Halid Beg Cibran (1882–1925)
*Haji Baba Sheikh (1882–1947)
*Sayed Ali Asghar Kurdistani (1882–1936)
*Süreyya Bedir Khan (1883–1938)
*Sheikh Ubeydullah (d. 1883)
*Celal İbrahim (1884–1917)
*İsmet İnönü (1884–1973)
*Ali Saip Ursavaş (1885–1939)
*Simko Shikak (1887–1930)
*Halis Öztürk (1889–1977)
*Abdul Aziz Yamulki (1890–1981)
*Bakr Sidqi (1890–1937)
*Ekrem Cemilpaşa (1891–1973)
*Taufiq Wahby (1891–1984)
*Hapsa Khan (1891–1953)
*Ihsan Nuri (1892/3–1976)
*Celadet Alî Bedirxan (1893–1951)
*Nuri Dersimi (1893–1973)
*Qazi Muhammad (1893–1947)
*Mohammad Hosni (1894–1969)
*Gholamreza Rashid-Yasemi (1895–1951)
*Kamuran Alî Bedirxan (1895–1978)
*Nur Ali Elahi (1895–1974)
*Ahmed Barzani (1896–1969)
*Sheikh Nuri Sheikh Salih Sheikh Ghani Barzinji (b. 1896)
*Arab Shamilov (1897–1978)
*Husni al-Za'im (1897–1949)
*Ahmed Mukhtar Jaff (1898–1934)
*Qani (1898–1965)
*Rafiq Hilmi (1898–1960)
*Kara Fatima Khanum (19th century)
*Kunj Yusuf Pasha (19th century)
*Osman Pasha Jaff (19th century)
*Yezdanşêr (19th century)

20th century

1900s–1940s

*Abdul Karim Mudarris (1901–2005)
*Muhammad Wali Kermashani (1901–?)
*Cigerxwîn (1903–1984)
*Leyla Bedir Khan (1903–1986)
*Mustafa Barzani (1903–1979)
*Abdullah Goran (1904–1962)
*Ali Merdan (1904–1981)
*Karim Sanjabi (1905–1995)
*Osman Sabri (1905–1993)
*Emînê Evdal (1906–1964)
*Abdolqader Zahedi (1907–2005)
*Alaaddin Sajadi (1907–1984)
*Nado Makhmudov (1907–1990)
*Heciyê Cindî (1908–1990)
*Qanate Kurdo (1909–1985)
*Samand Siabandov (1909–1989)
*Qedrîcan (1911–1972)
*Khalid Bakdash (1912–1995)
*Mohammad Ghazi (translator), Mohammad Ghazi (1913–1998)
*Ibrahim Ahmad (1914–2000)
*Ahmed Kuftaro (1915–2004)
*Wansa (1917–2015)
*Dildar (poet), Dildar (1918–1948)
*Saleh Yousefi (1918–1981)
*Nûredin Zaza (1919–1988)
*Ibrahim Amin Baldar (1920–1998)
*Musa Anter (1920–1992)
*Abdurrahman Sharafkandi (1921–1991)
*Daham Miro (1921–2010)
*Ezaddin Husseini (1921–2011)
*Hassan Zirak (1921–1973)
*Hemin Mukriyani (1921–1986)
*Mustafa Pasha Bajalan (d. 1921)
*Ahmad Hardi (1922–2006)
*Tahir Tewfiq (1922–1987)
*Baba Mardoukh Rohanee (1923–1989)
*Yaşar Kemal (1923–2015)
*Karim Zand (1924–2017)
*Taha Muhie-eldin Marouf (1924–2009)
*Xelîlê Çaçan Mûradov (1924–1981)
*Abdel Hamid al-Sarraj (1925–2013)
*Ghader Abdollahzadeh (1925–2009)
*Mohammad Mamle (1925–1999)
*Siamak Yasemi (1925–1994)
*Karim Hisami (1926–2001)
*Moshe Barazani (1926–1947)
*Ahmed Arif (1927–1991)
*Mehdi Halıcı (1927–2008)
*Muhamad Salih Dilan (1927–1990)
*Shami Kermashani (1927–1984)
*Turgut Özal (1927–1993)
*Akram Hamid Begzadeh Jaff (1929–2010)
*Kâmran İnan (1929–2015)
*Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti (1929–2013)
*Nusrat Bhutto (1929–2011)
*Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou (1930–1989)
*Cemal Süreya (1931–1990)
*Medet Serhat (1931–1994)
*Ibrahim Heski (d. 1931)
*Nadir Nadirov (1932–2021)
*Ordîxanê Celîl (1932–2007)
*Shahab Sheikh Nuri (1932–1976)
*Hemoye Shero (d. 1932)
*Ahmad Moftizadeh (1933–1993)
*Jalal Talabani (1933–2017)
*Jamal Nebez (1933–2018)
*Khurto Hajji Ismail (1933–2020)
*Tahseen Said (1933–2019)
*Efat Ghazi (1935–1990)
*Abdülmelik Fırat (1934–2009)
*Usuv Beg (–1934)
*Emerîkê Serdar (1935–2018)
*Mehmed Emîn Bozarslan (1935–)
*Adel Karasholi (1936–)
*Ahmad Ghazi (1936–2015)
*Ali Askari (1936–1978)
*Celîlê Celîl (1936–)
*Suwara Ilkhanizada (1937–)
*Yılmaz Güney (1937–1984)
*Ayşe Şan (1938–1996)
*Fuad Masum (1938–)
*Mahmoud Othman (1938–)
*Mazhar Khaleqi (1938–)
*Sadegh Sharafkandi (1938–1992)
*Şerafettin Elçi (1938–2012)
*Yaşar Kaya (1938–2016)
*Jalal Dabagh (1939–)
*Ferzende (d. 1939)
*Zakia Hakki (1939–)
*Mehdi Zana (1940–)
*Sherko Bekas (1940–2013)
*Abdul Rahman Haji Ahmadi (1941–)
*Ali Ashraf Darvishian (1941–2017)
*Eskerê Boyîk (1941–)
*Mehmet Ali Birand (1941–2013)
*Tosinê Reşîd (1941–)
*Ahmet Türk (1942–)
*Emre Taner (1942–)
*Yusuf Ekinci (1942–1994)
*Amir Hassanpour (1943–2017)
*Dengir Mir Mehmet Fırat (1943–2019)
*Necmettin Büyükkaya (1943–1984)
*Soad Hosny (1943–2001)
*Tofy Mussivand (1943–)
*Idris Barzani (1944–1987)
*Latif Rashid (1944–)
*Mahmoud Ezidi (1944-1979)
*Mahmud Baksi (1944–2000)
*Nawshirwan Mustafa (1944–2017)
*Rassul Mamand (1944–1994)
*Yitzhak Mordechai (1944–)
*Aref Tayfour (1945–)
*Bahaedin Adab (1945–2007)
*Munzur Çem (1945–2022)
*Mustafa Hijri (1945–)
*Rahmi Saltuk (1945–)
*Rauf Hassan (1945–)
*Rojen Barnas (1945–)
*Abdulla Pashew (1946–)
*Fuad Hussein (1946–)
*Jawhar Namiq (1946–2011)
*Khalil al-Zahawi (1946–2007)
*Masoud Barzani (1946–)
*Mojtaba Mirzadeh (1946–2005)
*Sedigh Kamangar (1946–1989)
*Şahînê Bekirê Soreklî (1946–)
*Dilshad Meriwani (1947–1989)
*Latif Halmat (1947–)
*Mehmet Sıraç Bilgin (1944–2015)
*Mohammad Saber Ismail (1947–)
*Reşo Zîlan (1947–)
*Rowsch Shaways (1947–2021)
*Cankurd (1948–)
*Foad Mostafa Soltani (1948–1979)
*Hero Ibrahim Ahmed (1948–)
*İhsan Arslan (1948–)
*Keça Kurd (1948–)
*Mihemed Şêxo (1948–1989)
*Narmin Othman (1948–)
*Omer Fattah Hussain (1948–)
*Abbas Vali (1949–)
*Abdulla Mohtadi (1949–)
*Abdullah Öcalan (1949–)
*Adel Murad (1949–2018)
*Hüseyin Erdem (1949–)
*Kamran Hedayati (1949–1996)
*Mohammad Hossein Karimi (1949–1979)
*Najmiddin Karim (1949–2020)
*Têmûrê Xelîl (1949–)
*Ramzi Nafi (1917–1949)

1950s-1970s

*Arsalan Baiz (1950–)
*Behrouz Gharibpour (1950–)
*Hacı Karay (1950–)
*Homayoun Ardalan (1950–1992)
*Hüseyin Kalkan (1950–)
*Rafiq Sabir (1950–)
*Salaheddine Bahaaeddin (1950–)
*Shahram Nazeri (1950–)
*Abdul Rahman Mustafa (1951–)
*Cemîl Bayik (1951–)
*Ferhad Shakely (1951–)
*Pouran Derakhshandeh (1951–)
*Salih Muslim (1951–)
*Salim Barakat (1951–)
*Abbas Kamandi (1952–2012)
*Ali Haydar Kaytan (1952–)
*Hüseyin Velioğlu (1952–2000)
*Ibrahim Tatlises (1952–)
*İsmail Özden (1952–2018)
*Khalil Rashow (1952–)
*Kosrat Rasul Ali (1952–)
*Leyla Qasim (1952–1974)
*Mahmut Alınak (1952–)
*Mala Bakhtiyar (1952–)
*Mehemed Malmîsanij (1952–)
*Murat Bozlak (1952–2010)
*Omar Hamdi (1952–2015)
*Pîr Xidir Silêman (1952–2021)
*Ali Haydar Yıldız (1953–1973)
*Fawaz Hussain (1953–)
*Hoshyar Zebari (1953–)
*Jalal Barzanji (1953–)
*Mohammad Tofiq Rahim (1953–)
*Mehmed Uzun (1953–2007)
*Orhan Miroğlu (1953–)
*Yekta Uzunoğlu (1953–)
*Murat Karayılan (1954–)
*Najiba Ahmad (1954–)
*Selim Sadak (1954–)
*Fadıl Öztürk (1955–)
*Hatip Dicle (1955–)
*Hikmet Fidan (1955?–2005)
*Ilana Eliya (1955–)
*Imad Ahmad Sayfour (1955–)
*Mohammed Haji Mahmoud (1955–)
*Nasser Razazi (1955–)
*Orhan Doğan (1955–2007)
*Perwîz Cîhanî (1955–)
*Rohat Alakom (1955–)
*Şivan Perwer (1955–)
*Abdulbaset Sieda (1956–)
*Arjen Arî (1956–2012)
*Cuneyd Zapsu (1956–)
*Lokman Polat (1956–)
*Mahsum Korkmaz (1956–1986)
*Mazlum Doğan (1956–1982)
*Mullah Krekar (1956–)
*Nizamettin Arıç (1956–)
*Musa Farisoğulları (1956–)
*Ahmet Kaya (1957–2000)
*Ali Akbar Moradi (1957–)
*Ciwan Haco (1957–)
*Dana Ahmed Majid (1957–)
*Edip Yüksel (1957–)
*Hesenê Metê (1957–)
*Mustafa Aydogan (1957–)
*Najmadin Shukr Rauf (1957–1985)
*Sırrı Sakık (1957–)
*Zafer Çağlayan (1957–)
*Dilshad Said (1958–)
*Kamal Qadir (1958–)
*Mashaal Tammo (1958–)
*Merziye Feriqi (1958–2005)
*Mostafa Moloudi (1958–)
*Nursel Aydoğan (1958–)
*Osman Öcalan (1958–)
*Serdar Roşan (1958–)
*Seyed Khalil Alinezhad (1958–2001)
*Sherzad Hafiz (1958–)
*Tara Jaff (1958–)
*Bakhtiar Amin (1959–)
*Firat Cewerî (1959–)
*İmam Taşçıer (1959–)
*Müslüm Doğan (1959–)
*Ata Nahai (1960–)
*Barham Salih (1960–)
*Bayan Nouri (1960–)
*Edibe Şahin (1960–)
*Eyaz Zaxoyî (1960–1986)
*Jalal Jalalizadeh (1960–)
*Salih Fırat (1960–)
*Soraya Serajeddini (1960–2006)
*Ali Bapir (1961–)
*Amirkhan Mori (1961–)
*Derwich Ferho (1961–)
*Farhad Pirbal (1961–)
*Guram Adzhoyev (footballer, born 1961), Guram Adzhoyev (1961–)
*Gültan Kışanak (1961–)
*Hassan Rahmanpanah (1961–)
*Jano Rosebiani (1961–)
*Leyla Zana (1961–)
*Nizamettin Taş (1961–)
*Saeed Farajpouri (1961–)
*Savaş Buldan (1961–)
*Zübeyir Aydar (1961–)
*Abderrahman Sadik Karim (1962–)
*Abdolreza Rajabi (1962–)
*Adham Barzani (1962–)
*Ardeshir Kamkar (1962–)
*Hüseyin Kenan Aydın (1962–)
*Adnan Karim (1963–)
*Adnan Selçuk Mizrakli (1963–)
*Azad Bonni (1963–)
*Gülser Yıldırım (1963–)
*Hülya Avşar (1963–)
*Karim Mohammedzadeh (1963–1990)
*Kayhan Kalhor (1963–)
*Kemal Bülbül (1963–)
*Mariwan Halabjaee (1963–)
*Mohammad Seddigh Kaboudvand (1963–)
*Seyran Ateş (1963–)
*Mahir Hassan (1963-)
*Fatma Kurtulan (1964–)
*Hasan Saltık (1964–2021)
*Huner Saleem (1964–)
*Latif Yahia (1964–)
*Leyla Güven (1964–)
*Mano Khalil (1964–)
*Nazand Begikhani (1964–)
*Şeyhmus Dağtekin (1964–)
*Yüksel Yavuz (1964–)
*Aysel Tuğluk (1965–)
*Ayşe Gökkan (1965–)
*Bekir Bozdağ (1965–)
*Bengi Yıldız (1965–)
*Gurbetelli Ersöz (1965–1997)
*Jan Dost (1965–)
*Abdullah Demirbaş (1966–)
*Bachtyar Ali (1966–)
*Diyar Dersim (1966–)
*İshak Sağlam (1966–)
*Mahabad Qaradaghi (1966–2020)
*Nechirvan Barzani (1966–)
*Roya Toloui (1966–)
*Tahir Elçi (1966–2015)
*Yıldız Tilbe (1966–)
*Zekeriya Yapıcıoğlu (1966–)
*Alican Önlü (1967–)
*Helîm Yûsiv (1967–)
*Kajal Ahmad (1967–)
*Mehmet Şimşek (1967–)
*Meral Danış Beştaş (1967–)
*Nadhim Zahawi (1967–)
*Nalin Pekgul (1967–)
*Pervin Buldan (1967–)
*Yılmaz Erdoğan (1967–)
*Ali Atalan (1968–)
*Bejan Matur (1968–)
*Gani Mirzo (1968–)
*Fatih Mehmet Maçoğlu (1968–)
*İbrahim Ayhan (1968–2018)
*Metin Göktepe (1968–1996)
*Xalîd Reşîd (1968–)
*Bahman Ghobadi (1969–)
*Bahoz Erdal (1969–)
*Çağlar Demirel (1969–)
*Dilsa Demirbag Sten (1969–)
*Masrour Barzani (1969–)
*Mohammad Oraz (1969–2003)
*Mustafa Atici (1969–)
*Sevahir Bayındır (1969–)
*Widad Akrawi (1969–)
*Amineh Kakabaveh (1970–)
*Ayhan Bilgen (1970–)
*Ayşe Polat (1970–)
*Besime Konca (1970–)
*Sara Kaya (1970–)
*Sirwan Barzani (1970–)
*Tuncer Bakırhan (1970–)
*Ahmet Aslan (1971–)
*Ahmet Aydın (1971–)
*Asya Abdullah (1971–)
*Dilba (1971–)
*Gülnaz Karataş (1971–1992)
*Hasret Gültekin (1971–1993)
*Hozan Canê (1971–)
*Jamil Rostami (1971–)
*Mehmet Rüştü Tiryaki (1971–)
*Osman Baydemir (1971–)
*Selma Irmak (1971–)
*Shahram Alidi (1971–)
*Sibel Yiğitalp (1971–)
*Vian Dakhil (1971–)
*Abdullah Zeydan (1972–)
*Azad Zal (1972–)
*Eros Kurdi (1972–)
*Hamdi Ulukaya (1972–)
*Juwan Fuad Masum (1972–)
*Nurettin Demirtaş (1972–)
*Azad (rapper), Azad (1973–)
*Bafel Talabani (1973–)
*Herro Mustafa (1973–)
*Houzan Mahmoud (1973–)
*Kazim Öz (1973–)
*Mehmet Yavuz (1973–2019)
*Saliha Aydeniz (1973–)
*Selahattin Demirtaş (1973–)
*Servet Kocakaya (1973–)
*Şehrîbana Kurdî (1973–)
*Şevval Sam (1973–)
*Choman Hardi (1974–)
*Leyla Birlik (1974–)
*Serhat Baran (1974–)
*Seyed Ali Jaberi (1974–)
*Aynur Doğan (1975–)
*Bedia Özgökçe Ertan (1975–)
*Celal Başkale (1975–2012)
*Farzad Kamangar (c. 1975–2010)
*Faysal Sarıyıldız (1975–)
*Hisham Zaman (1975–)
*Mehmet Ali Aslan (1975–)
*Sadet Karabulut (1975–)
*Sebahat Tuncel (1975–)
*Sevim Dağdelen (1975–)
*Vala Fareed (1975–)
*Ayla Akat Ata (1976–)
*Evrim Alataş (1976–2010)
*Feleknas Uca (1976–)
*Hemin Hawrami (1976–)
*İdris Baluken (1976–)
*Lahur Talabany (1976–)
*Özlem Cekic (1976–)
*Zara (Turkish singer) (1976–)
*Bekir Kaya (1977–)
*Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius (1977–)
*Gulan Avci (1977–)
*Hişyar Özsoy (1977–)
*Nisti Stêrk (1977–)
*Omed Khoshnaw (1977–)
*Qubad Talabani (1977–)
*Shibal Ibrahim (c. 1977–)
*Rojda Felat (1977–)
*Birzo Majeed (1978–)
*Blend Saleh (1978–)
*Caucher Birkar (1978–)
*Düzen Tekkal (1978–)
*Firsat Sofi (1978–2020)
*Kurd Maverick (1978–)
*Rojda Aykoç (1978–)
*Shahram Mokri (1978–)
*Shaswar Abdulwahid (1978–)
*Yousif Muhammed Sadiq (1978–)
*Feryal Clark (1979–)
*Mohsen Chavoshi (1979–)
*Sheikh Ali Ilyas (1979–)
*Zeynel Doğan (1979–)

1980s-2000s

*Rojda Demirer (1980–)
*Sherko Moarefi (1980–2013)
*Mustafa Sarp (1980–)
*Zuhal Demir (1980–)
*Pervin Chakar (1981–)
*Golriz Ghahraman (1981–)
*Hawar Mulla Mohammed (1981–)
*Khalid Mushir (1981–)
*Khanna Omarkhali (1981–)
*Remziye Tosun (1981–)
*Selçuk Şahin (footballer born 1981)
*Sinan Kaloğlu (1981–)
*Xatar (1981–)
*Ebru Günay (1982–)
*Ehsan Fatahian (1982–)
*Fidan Doğan (1982–2013)
*Gökay Akbulut (1982–)
*Jwan Hesso (1982–)
*Majid Kavian (1982–2011)
*Zeynab Jalalian (1982–)
*Behrouz Boochani (1983–)
*Belçim Bilgin (1983–)
*Burhan G (1983–)
*Chopy Fatah (1983–)
*Mohammedali Yaseen Taha (1983–)
*Salt Bae (1983–)
*Selçuk Şahin (footballer born 1983)
*Shwan Jalal (1983–)
*Sohrab Pournazeri (1983–)
*Taban Shoresh (1983–)
*Zara (Russian singer) (1983–)
*Ali Hama Saleh (1984–)
*Bovar Karim (1984–)
*Dilo Doxan (1984–)
*Hevrin Khalaf (1984–)
*Jassim Mohammed Haji (1984–)
*Kawa Hesso (1984–)
*Haftbefehl (1985–)
*Isaac Tutumlu (1985–)
*Sane Jaleh (1985–2011)
*Bengin Ahmad (1986–)
*Dashni Morad (1986–)
*Hanna Jaff (1986–)
*Kadir Talabani (1986–)
*Navid Mohammadzadeh (1986–)
*Rang Shawkat (1986–)
*Ziaeddin Niknafs (1986–)
*Brwa Nouri (1987–)
*Dara Mohammed (1987–)
*Darin (singer), Darin (1987–)
*Leyla İmret (1987–)
*Ömer Öcalan (1987–)
*Rawez Lawan (1987–)
*Voria Ghafouri (1987–)
*Eren Derdiyok (1988–)
*Halgurd Mulla Mohammed (1988–)
*Helly Luv (1988–)
*KC Rebell (1988–)
*Kurdo (rapper) (1988–)
*Leila Mustafa (1988–)
*Lilla Namo (1988–)
*Makwan Amirkhani (1988–)
*Nûdem Durak (1988–)
*Aziz Shavershian, Zyzz (1989–2011)
*Bahare Alavi (1989–2011)
*Rezan Zuğurlu (1988/9–)
*Ahmad Al Saleh (1989–)
*Aram Khalili (1989–)
*Deniz Naki (1989–)
*Tuğba Hezer Öztürk (1989–)
*Capo (rapper) (1990–)
*Jiloan Hamad (1990–)
*Mervan Çelik (1990–)
*Kianoush Rostami (1991–)
*Helin Bölek (1992–2020)
*Kaveh Rezaei (1992–)
*Nur Tatar (1992–)
*Lanja Khawe (1993–)
*Nadia Murad (1993–)
*NOURI (artist), NOURI (1993–)
*Ramin Hossein-Panahi (1995–2018)
*Reynmen (1995–)
*Mahmoud Dahoud (1996–)
*Zeki Majed (1996–)
*Dersim Dağ (1996–)
*Death of Berkin Elvan, Berkin Elvan (1999–2014)
*Eno (rapper) (1998–)
*Fero47 (1998–)

Others

*Ahmet Dağtekin
*Ala Talabani
*Dindar Najman
*Fadhil Omer
*Habibollah Latifi
*Howar Ziad
*Ibrahim Alizade
*Îlham Ehmed
*Musa Herdem
*Nuriye Kesbir
*Rebwar Fatah
*Riya Qahtan
*Ari Shwan

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kurdish People
Lists of people by ethnicity
Kurdish people, *