Celal is both a masculine Turkish given name and a surname. It is the Turkish form of the Arabic word Jalal (جلال), which means "majesty". Notable people with the name include:

Given name

Celal Al Celal Al is a Turkish actor, known for portraying Abdurrahman Alp in '' Diriliş: Ertuğrul'' (2014-2019) and '' Kuruluş: Osman'' (2019-2021). Background Celal Al was born on 13 September 1984 in Artvin, Turkey. Activism and public imag ...

(born 1984), Turkish actor *

Celal Esat Arseven Celal Esat Arseven (1875 – 13 November 1971) was a Turkish painter, writer and politician. He made contributions to various fields, including photography, literary art history, theater, cinema, architecture and urbanism. He was one of the firs ...

(1875–1971), Turkish painter, writer and politician *

Celal Atik Celal Atik (1918 – 27 April 1979) was a Turkish wrestler and coach. He competed both in Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling, but had his best achievements in the freestyle, winning gold medals at the 1948 Olympics, 1951 World and 1946 and 1949 ...

(1918–1979), Turkish sports wrestler *

Celâl Bayar Mahmud Celâleddin "Celâl" Bayar (16 May 1883 – 22 August 1986) was a Turkish economist and politician who was the third President of Turkey from 1950 to 1960; previously he was Prime Minister of Turkey from 1937 to 1939. Bayar began his c ...

(1883–1986), Turkish politician *

Celal İbrahim Celal İbrahim (1884 – 21 March 1917) was an Ottoman footballer of Kurdish origin and one of the founders of Galatasaray. He was also known as ''Kürt Celal'' which translates in English as ''Kurdish Celal''. Career İbrahim spent the entire ...

(1884–1917), Ottoman football player *

Celal Nuri İleri Celâl Nuri İleri (1881–1938) was a Turkish Turkish may refer to: *a Turkic language spoken by the Turks * of or about Turkey ** Turkish language *** Turkish alphabet ** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation *** Turkish citizen, ...

(1881–1938), Turkish politician *

Celal Kandemiroglu Celal Kandemiroglu was a graphic artist in the German computer games industry. He was born in 1953 in Turkey and made his first comic when he was five years old. After graduating at the fine arts academy in Istanbul he started to offer his comi ...

(1953–2022), video game specialist *

Celal Şahin Celal Şahin (22 May 1925 – 23 February 2018) was a Turkish musician playing the accordion, humorist, television talk show host and actor. Celal Şahin was born in Istanbul, Turkey on 22 May 1925. He graduated from Kabataş High School, and then ...

(1925–2018), Turkish musician and humorist *

Celâl Şengör Ali Mehmet Celâl Şengör (born 24 March 1955) is a Turkish geologist. He is currently on the faculty at Istanbul Technical University, Department of Geological Engineering. Şengör is a (foreign) member of the American Philosophical Society ...

(born 1955), Turkish geologist * Celal Yardımcı (1911–1986), Turkish lawyer and politician

Middle name

Hasan Celal Güzel Hasan Celal Güzel (1945 – 19 March 2018) was a Turkish journalist and politician. He was Minister of Education, Youth and Sport (1987–1989). He was leader of the Rebirth Party in the 1990s, a party he co-founded in 1992. He was a columnist ...

(1945–2018), Turkish politician

Surname

Peride Celal Peride Celal Yönsel (June 10, 1916 – June 15, 2013), commonly known as Peride Celal or Peride Celâl, was a Turkish novelist and story writer. Her work has won major awards such as the Sedat Simavi Literature Award in 1977, and the Orhan Kemal ...

(1916–2013), Turkish female novelist, story writer {{given name, type=both Turkish-language surnames Turkish masculine given names