Cengiz is the Turkish form of Genghis, as in

Genghis Khan Genghis Khan (born Temüjin; August 1227), also known as Chinggis Khan, was the founder and first khan (title), khan of the Mongol Empire. After spending most of his life uniting the Mongols, Mongol tribes, he launched Mongol invasions and ...

. Notable people with the name include:

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* Cengiz Aktar (born 1955), Turkish political scientist, journalist and writer *

Cengiz Bektaş Cengiz Bektaş (26 November 1934 – 20 March 2020) was a Turkish architect, engineer, poet and writer for Evrensel, ''Evrensel'' newspaper. Education Bektaş was born in Denizli. He attended Istanbul State Academy of the Fine Arts, and ultimate ...

(1934–2020), Turkish architect, engineer, poet and writer * Cengiz Biçer (born 1987), Liechtenstein football goalkeeper *

Cengiz Çandar Cengiz Çandar (born 1948) is a Turkish politician, journalist, senior columnist, and a Middle East expert. He is elected to the Turkish Parliament (TBMM) in May 2023, as Deputy of Diyarbakır from the pro-Kurdish, the Peoples’ Equality and De ...

(born 1948), Turkish journalist *

Cengiz Dağcı Cengiz Dağcı (9 March 1919 – 22 September 2011) was a Crimean Tatars, Crimean Tatar novelist and poet. He wrote his works in Turkish language, Turkish, despite having never been in Turkey. He wrote about twenty novels about his life and his M ...

(1919–2011), Crimean Tatar novelist and poet * Cengiz Doğu (1945–2019), German poet and activist *

Cengiz Kavaklıoğlu Cengiz Kavaklıoğlu (born 11 September 1968) is a retired Turkish athlete who specialised in sprinting events. He represented his country at the 1991 and 1993 World Indoor Championships. In addition he won a bronze medal at the 1991 Mediterranea ...

(born 1968), Turkish sprinter *

Cengiz Koç Cengiz Koç (born 9 September 1977 in Gronau, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German heavyweight boxer of Turks in Germany, Turkish descent who won the bronze medal at the 2000 European amateur championships. He has also won a European championship ...

(born 1977), German heavyweight boxer *

Cengiz Küçükayvaz Cengiz Küçükayvaz (born 30 July 1968) is a Turkish actor who usually appears in comedic roles. Biography Cengiz Küçükayvaz graduated in Theatre from Dokuz Eylül University's Faculty of Fine Arts. He began his professional acting career at ...

(born 1968), Turkish actor *

Cengiz Kurtoğlu Cengiz Kurtoğlu (born. 28 October 1957) is a Turkish musician, record producer, lyricist, songwriter, composer, and pianist. He worked as a civil servant at a tea factory in ...

(born 1959), Turkish musician *

Cengiz Özek Cengiz Özek (born June 4, 1964) is a Turkish traditional shadow theatre manipulator of Karagöz. He established Istanbul Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's econom ...

(born 1964), Turkish puppeteer *

Cengiz Topel Cengiz Topel (September 2, 1934 – August 8, 1964) was a fighter pilot and captain of the Turkish Air Force. Topel was killed in the Battle of Tillyria, becoming the first war casualty of the Turkish Air Force in Cyprus. His name was posthumo ...

(1934–1964), Turkish fighter pilot *

Cengiz Ünder Cengiz Ünder (; born 14 July 1997) is a Turkish professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe S.K. (football), Fenerbahçe, and the Turkey national football t ...

(born 1997), Turkish football player

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Hakan Cengiz Hakan Cengiz (born 10 October 1967) is a Turkish football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word) ...

(born 1967), Turkish-German football coach *

Hüseyin Cengiz Hüseyin Cengiz (born 25 July 1984) is a Turkish-Dutch former footballer. Club career Cengiz played for De Graafschap and Turkish side Yozgatspor, before joining Eerste Divisie club AGOVV in 2006. He left AGOVV for Turkish second division ...

(born 1984), Turkish-Dutch footballer *

Mustafa Cengiz Mustafa Cengiz (25 December 1949 – 28 November 2021) was a Former Bureaucrat and Turkish businessman who served as the president of sports club Galatasaray S.K. Early life and education Mustafa Cengiz was born in Nizip, Gaziantep Province, ...

(1949–2021), Turkish businessman and former president of the sports club Galatasaray S.K. *

Orhan Kemal Cengiz Orhan Kemal Cengiz is a Turkish lawyer, journalist, novelist, and human rights activist. He earned his law degree from the University of Ankara in 1993. In 1996, he was appointed director of the Human Rights Center at the İzmir Bar Association. F ...

, Turkish lawyer, journalist and human rights activist

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