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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 (born 1993), Turkish footballer * Halil Akkaş (born 1983), Turkish middle distance runner * Halil Akıncı (born 1945), Turkish diplomat * Halil Altındere (born 1971), Turkish artist * Halil Altıntop (born 1982), Turkish footballer *

Halil Asani Halil Asani (; born 27 March 1974) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a defender. Career After playing for ČSK Čelarevo in the Second League of FR Yugoslavia, Asani was transferred to First League side Vojvodina in th ...

(born 1974), Serbian footballer * Halil Bajramović (born 1971), Bosnian businessman * Halil Berktay (born 1947), Turkish historian * Halil Sami Bey (1866–1925), Ottoman Army colonel * Halil Bıçakçı (born 1926), Turkish football manager *

Halil Çolak İbrahim Halil Çolak (born 29 January 1988) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for TFF Second League club Balıkesirspor. Club career Youth career Çolak was born in Birecik, Turkey, but was raised in Deventer, a ...

(born 1988), Turkish footballer *

Halil Dervişoğlu Halil İbrahim Dervişoğlu (born 8 December 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Burnley, on loan from club Brentford. Born in Netherlands, he represents the Turkey national team. Dervişoğlu began his career ...

(born 1999), Dutch footballer of Turkish descent * Halil Sezai Erkut (1908–1988), Turkish government minister and politician * Halil Ergün (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 fac ...

(born 1951), Dutch author of Turkish origin *

Halil Güven Halil Guven (Halil Güven, in Turkish) is a Cypriot-born professor, currently serving as the Dean of San Diego State University - Georgia. He was a Vice Dean of SDSU Georgia for four years before then and was one of the coordinators of the proj ...

(born 1956), American professor and university administrator of Turkish Cypriot descent * Halil İbrahim Eren (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 hi ...

(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 ...

(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 Mes ...

(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, ...

(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 t ...

(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 fi ...

, Turkish-American mathematician and academic * Halil Mutlu (born 1973), Bulgarian-Turkish Olympic weightlifter *

Halil Mutlu (politics) Halil Mutlu (born 1971) is a Turkish-born physician, political lobbyist and community activist living in the United States of America. Mutlu is currently serving as a board member of the Turkish American Steering Committee (TASC) and is a former ...

, Turkish-born physician, political lobbyist and community activist living in the USA * Halil Mëniku (died 1967), Albanian politician and publisher *

Halil Savda Halil Savda (born 1974) is a Turkish conscientious objector who has been subjected to continued arrest and conviction for his refusal to serve mandatory military service – in violation of Turkish law. Early life and education Halil Savda was bor ...

(born 1974), Turkish conscientious objector * Halil Savran (born 1985), Turkish-German footballer *

Halil Tikveša Halil Tikveša (born in 1935) is a contemporary Bosnian visual artist. Tikveša graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Belgrade, Serbia in 1961. From 1976 to 2000 Tikveša lectured on graphics/painting at the Novi Sad Art Academy. Several of h ...

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

Halil Zorba Halil Zorba (born 22 September 1988) is a British weightlifter. He represented England at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, and was in contention for the British team for the 2012 Summer Olympics but was ultimately not chosen for the team despite bein ...

(born 1988), British weightlifter * Halil Zıraman (1927–1984), Turkish javelin thrower *

(born 1988), Turkish footballer * Halil Ürün (born 1968), Turkish politician *

(1916–2016), Turkish historian

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