Efe is a masculine Turkish given name meaning 'brave' or 'valiant'. It was historically used as a title for respected men in Western
Anatolia
Anatolia (), also known as Asia Minor, is a peninsula in West Asia that makes up the majority of the land area of Turkey. It is the westernmost protrusion of Asia and is geographically bounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the south, the Aegean ...
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People
Given name
* Efe Abogidi (born 2001), Nigerian professional basketball player
* Efe Afe (born 1967), Nigerian politician
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Efe Ajagba
Efe Ajagba (born 22 April 1994) is a Nigerian professional boxer who holds the record for the fastest victory in boxing history after his opponent was disqualified for leaving the ring one second after the opening bell. As an amateur, he won a ...
(born 1994), Nigerian professional boxer
* Efe Akman (born 2006), Turkish professional footballer
* Efe Ali (born 2003), Bulgarian professional footballer
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Efe Ambrose
Efe Eric Ambrose (born 18 October 1988) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a defender for club Workington. Ambrose has previously played for Kaduna United, Bayelsa United, Israeli club Ashdod, Scottish clubs Celtic, Hibernia ...
(born 1988), Nigerian professional footballer
* Efe Arda Koyuncu (born 2005), Turkish professional footballer
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Efe Aydan
Ahmet Efe Aydan (born May 4, 1955 in Ankara, Turkey) is a Turkish former professional basketball player. He is regarded by many as the best Turkish basketball player ever, with a total of 224 caps with the senior Turkish national team. He was Tur ...
(born 1955), Turkish former basketball player
* Efe Bayram (born 2002), Turkish professional volleyball player
* Efe Binici (born 2001), Turkish professional footballer
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Efe Cakarel
Efe Çakarel is a Turkish entrepreneur, founder and CEO of MUBI. Following his graduation from the American Collegiate Institute in İzmir, Turkey, he earned his B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Massachusetts Institute of ...
, Turkish entrepreneur
* Efe Echanomi (born 1986), footballer
* Efe Grace, Ghanaian singer and songwriter
* Efe Irele (born 1990), Nigerian actress
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Efe İnanç
Efe İnanç (born March 24, 1980, in Üsküdar) is a Turkish footballer who last played for Kocaeli Birlik Spor Kocaeli may refer to:
*Sanjak of Kocaeli, an Ottoman province
*Kocaeli Province, Turkey
*Kocaeli, an alternative name for İzmit
*Koc ...
(born 1980), Turkish footballer
* Efe Jerry Obode (born 1989), Nigerian footballer
* Efe Mac Roc, Nigerian composer
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Efe Murad
Efe Murad is a Turkish poet, translator, and historian.
Biography
Born and raised in Istanbul, Turkey, Efe Murad studied philosophy at Princeton University and completed his PhD in Ottoman History and Arabic Philosophy at Harvard University. Tog ...
(born 1987), Turkish poet, translator, and historian
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Efe Obada
Efe Obada (born 13 April 1992) is a British Nigerian professional American football defensive end. Obada first played professionally for the London Warriors of the BAFA National Leagues, and later played for the NFL's Dallas Cowboys, Kansas C ...
(born 1992), British professional American football defensive end
* Efe Paul Azino, Nigerian writer
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Efe Ronald Chesterfield
Efe Ronald Chesterfield is a Nigerian writer, on air personality (OAP), activist , playwright, poet, and essayist.
He is an awardee of Nigerian Books of Record, Yessiey Awards
and was listed among the Yessiey Africa 100 Most Influential People ...
, Nigerian writer
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Efe Sarıkaya
Efe Sarıkaya (born 30 November 2005) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for French club Grenoble.
Club career
Born in İzmir, Sarıkaya began his footballing career with Altay, and remained there for his entire you ...
(born 2005), Turkish footballer
* Efe Sodje (born 1972), former professional footballer
* Efe Uwaifo (born 1995), British triple jumper
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Efe Özarslan
Efe Halİl Özarslan (born 29 March 1990) is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a defender.Efe Üstündağ (born 1977), Turkish former tennis player
Middle name
* Ali Efe Yeğin (born 1993), Turkish motorcycle racer
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Gökçen Efe
Gökçen Efe (1891 – 16 November 1919) was a Turkish folk hero, who showed bravery during the Turkish War of Independence.
Life
He was born in Ödemiş, İzmir Province. His real name was Hüseyin, but he used the name Gökçen Efe after choo ...
(1881–1919), Turkish folk hero
* Mert Efe Kılıçer (born 2004), Turkish artistic gymnast
* Poyraz Efe Yıldırım (born 2005), Turkish footballer