Samet is both a surname and a given name. The name is German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of velvet, from Yiddish samet 'velvet' (German Samt, ultimately from Greek hexamiton, a compound of hex 'six' + mitos 'thread').
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Notable people with the name include:
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Samet Ağaoğlu
Samet Ağaoğlu (1909, Bakü - 6 Ağustos 1982, İstanbul) was a Turkish–Azerbaijani writer and politician. He was the son of the famous Azerbaijani and naturalized Turkish politician, publicist and journalist Ahmet Agaoğlu.
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(1909–1982), Turkish politician
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Samet Ak
Samet Ak (born 21 July 2001) is a Turkish recurve archer.
Sport career
Samet Ak won the gold medal in the men's team recurve event at the 2019 Archery World Cup
The 2019 Archery World Cup, also known as the Hyundai Archery World Cup for s ...
(born 2001), Turkish archer
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Samet Akaydın (born 1994), Turkish football player
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Samet Aybaba
Samet Aybaba (born 3 February 1955, in Osmaniye) is a UEFA Pro Licensed Turkish football manager and former player.
Career
He was born 2 March 1955 in Adana. He began a football career in İskenderunspor. He transferred to Beşiktaş JK in 1 ...
(born 1955), Turkish football player
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Samet Ashimov (born 1979), Bulgarian football player
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Samet Bulut
Samet Bulut (born 25 February 1996) is a Dutch footballer of Turkish descent who plays as a forward for Turkish TFF Third League club Alanya Kestelspor.
Personal life
On 12 March 2015, when Bulut played in the youth academy of Ajax, he was arres ...
(born 1996), Dutch football player
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Samet Bülbül
Samet Bülbül (born 13 March 1991) is a Turkish professional footballer who currently plays as an attacking midfielder for Çatalcaspor. His height is 1m 76cms.
Career
Born in Beykoz, Samet began his career with local club Ortaçeşme in 20 ...
(born 1991), Turkish football player
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Samet Geyik (born 1987), Turkish basketball player
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Samet Gündüz
Samet Gündüz (born 13 September 1987) is a Swiss former professional footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, Amer ...
(born 1987), Swiss football player
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Samet Ruqi
Samet Ruqi (born 10 May 1995) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a left back
In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the oppos ...
(born 1995), Albanian football player
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Samet Hasan Yıldıran
Samet Hasan Yıldıran (born 19 September 1992) is a Turkish footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American footba ...
(born 1992), Turkish football player
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Faik Samet Güneş
Faik Samet Güneş (born 27 May 1993) is a Turkish male volleyball player. He is part of the Turkey men's national volleyball team. On the club level he plays for Halkbank Ankara.
Sporting achievements Clubs National championships
* 2015/2016 T ...
(born 1993), Turkish volleyball player.
Surname
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Elizabeth Samet
Elizabeth Dale Samet (born August 14, 1969) is an author of numerous books, essays, and reviews on United States military history.
Biography
Samet has been a Professor of English at West Point since 1997, an experience that has significantly ...
(born 1969), American author
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Hanan Samet, computer scientist
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Jonathan Samet
Jonathan Michael Samet (born 1946 in Newport News, Virginia) is an American pulmonary physician and epidemiologist who serves as dean of the Colorado School of Public Health. He is also the chair of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee of th ...
(born 1946), physician and epidemiologist
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Judah Samet (born 1938), American businessman
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Kayna Samet
Kayna Samet (born September 27, 1980 in Nice) is a French hip-hop and R&B singer.[Kayna Samet]
, Premier ...
(born 1980), French singer
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Sherwood Samet
Sherwood may refer to:
Places Australia
* Sherwood, Queensland, a suburb of Brisbane
*Sherwood, South Australia, a locality
* Shire of Sherwood, a former local government area of Queensland
*Electoral district of Sherwood, an electoral district fr ...
(born 1927), American gynecologist
References
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Turkish-language surnames
Turkish masculine given names