List of Kurds

This is a list of notable Kurds, chronologically listed:

6th century-15th century

• Jaban al-Kurdi (6th century)
• Bahlool Mahi (9th century)
• Mir Jafar Dasni (d. c. 841)^[1]
• Ibn al-Dahhak (d. 927)^[2]
• Muhammad ibn Husayn al-Rawadi (d. c. 953–956)^[3]
• Muhammad ibn Shaddad (d. 955)^[4]
• Daysam ibn Ibrahim al-Kurdi (d. c. 957)^[5]
• Evdilsemedê Babek (972–1019)^[6]
• Lashkari ibn Muhammad (d. 978)^[4]
• Hasanwayh (d. 979)^[7]
• Al-Mawardi^[8] (974-1058)
• Badr ibn Hasanwayh (r. 979–1013)
• Marzuban ibn Muhammad ibn Shaddad (d. 985)^[4]
• Abu Hanifa Dinawari (9th-century)^[9]
• Abu Nasr Husayn II (r. 1001–1025)^[3]
• Ali Hariri (1009–1079/80)^[10]
• Abu’l-Fatḥ Moḥammad b. ʿAnnāz (d. 1010/1)
• Zahir ibn Hilal ibn Badr (r. 1013–1015)
• Hilal ibn Badr (r. 1014)
• Fadluya (r. 1030–1078)^[11]
• Fadl ibn Muhammad (d. 1031)^[4]
• Abu'l-Fath Musa (r. 1031–1034)^[4]
• Lashkari ibn Musa (r. 1034–1049)^[4]
• Abu Nasr Mamlan II (r. 1058/9–1070)^[3]
• Abu Mansur Wahsudan (d. 1059)^[3]
• Abu'l-Aswar Shavur ibn Fadl (d. 1067)^[12]
• Anushirvan ibn Lashkari (d. c. 1067)^[4]
• Ashot ibn Shavur (r. 1068–1069)^[4]
• Manuchihr ibn Shavur (r. 1072–1118)^[4]
• Fadl ibn Shavur (d. 1073)^[13]
• Fadlun ibn Fadl (r. 1073–1075)^[14]
• Badh ibn Dustak (d. 1093/6)^[15]
• Fakhr-un-Nisa (11th century)
• Firuz-Shah Zarrin-Kolah (11th century)^[16]
• Ibn al-Azraq al-Fariqi (1116–1176)^[17]
• Abu'l-Aswar Shavur ibn Manuchihr (r. 1118–1124)^[4]
• Fadl ibn Shavur ibn Manuchihr (r. 1125–1130)^[4]
• Fakr al-Din Shaddad ibn Mahmud (r. 1131–1155)^[4]
• Saladin (1137–1193)
• Al-Adil I (1145–1218)
• Fadl ibn Mahmud (r. 1155–1161)^[4]
• Sayf al-Din al-Amidi (1156–1233)^[18]
• Shahanshah ibn Mahmud (r. 1164–1174)^[4]
• Al-Afdal ibn Salah ad-Din (c. 1169–1225)^[19]
• Shirkuh (d. 1169)
• Az-Zahir Ghazi (1172–1216)
• Najm ad-Din Ayyub (d. 1173)
• Sultan ibn Mahmud (r. 1174–1199)^[4]
• Al-Ashraf Musa (1178–1237)^[20]
• Al-Mu'azzam Isa (1176–1227)
• Al-Kamil (1117–1238)
• Cakir al-Kurdi (d. 1155) ^[21]
• Turan-Shah (d. 1180)^[22]
• Ibn al-Salah (1181–1245)^[23]
• Al-Mu'azzam Turanshah ibn Salah al-Din (c. 1181 – 1260)
• Bahramshah (r. 1182–1230)
• Farrukh Shah (d. 1182)^[24]
• Muhammad ibn Shirkuh (d. 1186)^[25]
• Al-Mansur Nasir al-Din Muhammad (1189– c. 1216)
• Al-Muzaffar I Umar (d. 1191)
• Tughtakin ibn Ayyub (d. 1197)^[26]
• Al-Aziz Uthman (d. 1198)
• Al-Mansur I Muhammad (12th century)
• Fakhraddin (12th century)
• Izz al-Din Usama (12th century)
• Masud ibn Namdar (12th century)
• Mehmed Reshan (12th century)
• Nasirdin (12th century)
• Sejadin (12th century)
• Al-Awhad Ayyub (d. 1210)^[27]
• Al-Adil II (1221–1248)
• An-Nasir Yusuf (1228–1260)
• Al-Mujahid (d. 1240)^[28]
• As-Salih Ayyub (1205–1249)
• An-Nasir Dawud (1206–1261)
• Al-Aziz Muhammad (c. 1213–1236)
• Sitt al-Sham (d. 1220)
• Al-Ashraf Musa, Emir of Homs (1229–1263)
• Dayfa Khatun (d. 1242)
• As-Salih Ismail (d. 1245)
• Al-Mansur Ibrahim (d. 1246)
• Al-Muzaffar Ghazi (d. 1247)
• Ibn al-Hadjib (d. 1249)
• Al-Ashraf Musa, Sultan of Egypt (r. 1250–1254)
• Al-Muazzam Turanshah (d. 1250)
• Fakhr al-Din al-Akhlati (d. 1260) ^[29]
• Safi-ad-din Ardabili (1252/3–1334)
• Abulfeda (1273–1332)^[30]
• Al-Kamil Muhammad (d. 1260)
• Shabankara'i (1298–1358)
• Al-Shahrazuri (13th century)
• Amadin (13th century)
• Husam al-Din Chalabi (13th century)
• Khatuna Fekhra (13th century)
• Saʿd al-Din al-Humaidi (13th century)
• Sheikh Mand (13th century)
• Sheikh Obekr (13th century)
• Sadr al-Din Musa (1305–1391)
• Zain al-Din al-'Iraqi (1325–1404)
• Nusrat al-Din Ahmad (d. 1330)
• Al-Afdal Muhammad (d. 1341)
• Mele Perîşan (1356–1431)
• Sayyid Husayn Ahlati (d. 1397)
• Mela Huseynê Bateyî (1417–1495)
• Izz al-Din Shir (d. 1423)
• Khvajeh Ali Safavi (d. 1427)
• Idris Bitlisi (1457–1520)
• Hosam al-Din Ali Bitlisi (d. 1494/5)
• Mahmud the Kurd (15th century)
• Sultan Sahak (late 14th century to early 15th century)^[31]

16th century-19th century

• Sharafkhan Bidlisi (1543–1603)
• Şêx Şemsedînê Exlatî (1558–1674)
• Abd-al-Baqi Nahavandi (1570–1632)
• Melayê Cizîrî (1570–1640)
• Asenath Barzani (1590–1670)
• Feqiyê Teyran (1590–1660)
• Halo Khan Ardalan (r. 1590–1616)
• Yusuf Yaska (1592–1636)
• Shir Sarim (16th century)
• Ezidi Mirza (1600–1651)
• Ali Janbulad (d. 1610)
• Ibrahim al-Kurani (1615–1690)
• Ganj Ali Khan (d. 1624/5)
• Soleyman Khan Ardalan (r. 1637–1657)
• Shahrokh Sultan Zanganeh (d. 1639)
• Mistefa Bêsaranî (1642–1701)
• Ahmad Khani (1650–1707)
• Ali Mardan Khan (d. 1657)
• Shaykh Ali Khan Zanganeh (d. 1689)
• Ali Beg Zanganeh (17th century)
• Mir Xanzad (17th century)
• Sarı Süleyman Bey (17th century)
• Khana Qubadi (1700–1759)
• Almas Khan-e Kanoule'ei (1706–1777)
• Mohamed Pasha Jaff (b. 1714)
• Karim Khan Zand (1705-1779)
• Shahqoli Khan Zanganeh (d. 1716)
• Marif Nodeyi (1753–1838/9)
• Xelîlê Sêrtî (1754–1843)
• Zaro Aga (1764–1834)
• Al-Barzanjī (d. 1764)
• Khulam Rada Khan Arkawazi (1765–1834)
• Suleiman al-Halabi (1777–1800)
• Khâlid-i Shahrazuri (1779–1827)
• Uthman Sirâj-ud-Dîn Naqshbandi (1781–1867)
• Mohammed el Kebir (1734-1796)
• Muhammad Pasha of Rawanduz (1783–1838)
• Şeyda Hewramî (1784–1852)
• Allahqoli Khan Zanganeh (d. 1785)
• Aziz Khan Mokri (1792–1871)
• Ahmad Bag Komasi (1796–1877)
• Mahmud Bayazidi (1797–1859)
• Yaqub Maydashti (1799–1871)
• Abdullah Pasha Bajalan (18th century)
• Elî Teremaxî (17th century or 18th century)
• Haydar Khan Zanganeh (18th century)
• Ibrahim Pasha al-Dalati (18th century)
• Nalî (1800–1856)
• Salim (1800–1866)
• Bedir Khan Beg (1803–1869)
• Mastoureh Ardalan (1805–1848)
• Mawlawi Tawagozi (1806–1882/3)
• Kurdî (1806/12–1850)
• Jafar Qoli Khan Donboli (d. 1814)
• Haji Qadir Koyi (1817–1897)
• Hasan Ali Khan Garrusi (1820–1900)
• Wali Dewane (1826–1881)
• Mirza Mohammad Reza Kalhor (1829–1892)
• Mahwi (1830–1906)
• Said Pasha Kurd (1834–1907)
• Riza Talabani (1835–1910)
• Mustafa Zihni Pasha (1838–1929)
• Ibrahim Pasha Milli (1843–1908)
• Wafayi (1844–1902)
• Bedri Pasha Bedir Khan (1847–1911)
• Lady Adela (1847–1924)
• Mirza Ebdilqadire Paweyi (1850–1910)
• Abdulkadir Ubeydullah (1851–1925)
• Emin Ali Bedir Khan (1851–1926)
• Diyap Yıldırım (1852–1932)
• Osman Efendîyo Babij (1852–1929)
• Saeb (1854–1910)
• Hariq (1856–1909)
• Mikdad Midhat Bedir Khan (1858–1915)
• Edeb (1860–1918)
• Sabat Islambouli (1860s–1941)
• Shamdin Agha (d. 1860)
• Sheikh Ali Hisam-ad-Din Naqshbandi (1861–1939)
• Seyid Riza (1863–1937)
• Abdürrezzak Bedir Khan (1864–1918)
• Cheragh-Ali Khan Zanganeh (d. 1864)
• Abdulhakim Arvasi (1865–1943)
• Mevlanzade Rifat Bey (1865–1930)
• Sheikh Said (1865–1925)
• Şerif Pasha (1865–1951)
• Ehmedê Xasî (1866/7–1951)
• Haji Mala Saeed Kirkukli Zada (1866–1937)
• Mustafa Yamulki (1866–1936)
• Han Mahmud (d. 1866)
• Piramerd (1867–1950)
• Sabat Islambouli (1867-1941)
• İshak Sükuti (1868–1902)
• Abdullah Cevdet (1869–1932)
• Faramarz Asadi (1869–1969)
• Ibrahim Hananu (1869–1935)
• Hajj Nematollah (1871–1920)
• Kurd Fuad Pasha
• Kurd Ahmet Izzet Pasha (1871–1920)
• Meyan Khatun (1873/4–1957/8)
• Jangir Agha (1874–1943)
• Narî (1874–1944)
• Muhammad Kurd Ali (1876–1953)
• Said Nursî (1877–1960)
• Aziz Feyzi Pirinççizâde (1878–1933)
• Mahmud Barzanji (1878–1956)
• Ahmed Uthman (1879–1946)
• Kâzım İnanç (1880-1938)
• Abdullah Beg Benari (1880–1939)
• Muhammad Amin Zaki (1880–1948)
• Hasan Hayri (1881–1925)
• Mufti Penjweni (1881–1952)
• Halid Beg Cibran (1882–1925)
• Haji Baba Sheikh (1882–1947)
• Sayed Ali Asghar Kurdistani (1882–1936)
• Süreyya Bedir Khan (1883–1938)
• Sheikh Ubeydullah (d. 1883)
• Celal İbrahim (1884–1917)
• Ali Saip Ursavaş (1885–1939)
• Simko Shikak (1887–1930)
• Halis Öztürk (1889–1977)
• Abdul Aziz Yamulki (1890–1981)
• Bakr Sidqi (1890–1937)
• Ekrem Cemilpaşa (1891–1973)
• Taufiq Wahby (1891–1984)
• Hapsa Khan (1891–1953)
• Ihsan Nuri (1892/3–1976)
• Celadet Alî Bedirxan (1893–1951)
• Nuri Dersimi (1893–1973)
• Qazi Muhammad (1893–1947)
• Mohammad Hosni (1894–1969)
• Gholamreza Rashid-Yasemi (1895–1951)
• Kamuran Alî Bedirxan (1895–1978)
• Nur Ali Elahi (1895–1974)
• Ahmed Barzani (1896–1969)
• Sheikh Nuri Sheikh Salih Sheikh Ghani Barzinji (b. 1896)
• Arab Shamilov (1897–1978)
• Husni al-Za'im (1897–1949)
• Ahmed Mukhtar Jaff (1898–1934)
• Qani (1898–1965)
• Rafiq Hilmi (1898–1960)
• Kara Fatima Khanum (19th century)
• Kunj Yusuf Pasha (19th century)
• Osman Pasha Jaff (19th century)
• Yezdanşêr (19th century)

20th century

1900s–1940s

• Abdul Karim Mudarris (1901–2005)
• Muhammad Wali Kermashani (1901–?)
• Cigerxwîn (1903–1984)
• Leyla Bedir Khan (1903–1986)
• Mustafa Barzani (1903–1979)
• Abdullah Goran (1904–1962)
• Ali Merdan (1904–1981)
• Karim Sanjabi (1905–1995)
• Osman Sabri (1905–1993)
• Emînê Evdal (1906–1964)
• Abdolqader Zahedi (1907–2005)
• Alaaddin Sajadi (1907–1984)
• Nado Makhmudov (1907–1990)
• Heciyê Cindî (1908–1990)
• Qanate Kurdo (1909–1985)
• Samand Siabandov (1909–1989)
• Qedrîcan (1911–1972)
• Khalid Bakdash (1912–1995)
• Baba Ali Shaikh Mahmood (1912-1996)
• Mohammad Ghazi (1913–1998)
• Ibrahim Ahmad (1914–2000)
• Ahmed Kuftaro (1915–2004)
• Wansa (1917–2015)
• Dildar (1918–1948)
• Saleh Yousefi (1918–1981)
• Nûredin Zaza (1919–1988)
• Ibrahim Amin Baldar (1920–1998)
• Musa Anter (1920–1992)
• Abdurrahman Sharafkandi (1921–1991)
• Daham Miro (1921–2010)
• Ezaddin Husseini (1921–2011)
• Hassan Zirak (1921–1973)
• Hemin Mukriyani (1921–1986)
• Mustafa Pasha Bajalan (d. 1921)
• Ahmad Hardi (1922–2006)
• Tahir Tewfiq (1922–1987)
• Baba Mardoukh Rohanee (1923–1989)
• Yaşar Kemal (1923–2015)
• Karim Zand (1924–2017)
• Taha Muhie-eldin Marouf (1924–2009)
• Xelîlê Çaçan Mûradov (1924–1981)
• Abdel Hamid al-Sarraj (1925–2013)
• Ghader Abdollahzadeh (1925–2009)
• Mohammad Mamle (1925–1999)
• Siamak Yasemi (1925–1994)
• Karim Hisami (1926–2001)
• Moshe Barazani (1926–1947)
• Ahmed Arif (1927–1991)
• Mehdi Halıcı (1927–2008)
• Muhamad Salih Dilan (1927–1990)
• Shami Kermashani (1927–1984)
• Turgut Özal (1927–1993)
• Akram Hamid Begzadeh Jaff (1929–2010)
• Kâmran İnan (1929–2015)
• Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti (1929–2013)
• Nusrat Bhutto (1929–2011)
• Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou (1930–1989)
• Cemal Süreya (1931–1990)
• Medet Serhat (1931–1994)
• Ibrahim Heski (d. 1931)
• Nadir Nadirov (1932–2021)
• Ordîxanê Celîl (1932–2007)
• Shahab Sheikh Nuri (1932–1976)
• Hemoye Shero (d. 1932)
• Ahmad Moftizadeh (1933–1993)
• Jalal Talabani (1933–2017)
• Jamal Nebez (1933–2018)
• Khurto Hajji Ismail (1933–2020)
• Tahseen Said (1933–2019)
• Efat Ghazi (1935–1990)
• Abdülmelik Fırat (1934–2009)
• Usuv Beg (–1934)
• Emerîkê Serdar (1935–2018)
• Mehmed Emîn Bozarslan (1935–)
• Adel Karasholi (1936–)
• Ahmad Ghazi (1936–2015)
• Ali Askari (1936–1978)
• Celîlê Celîl (1936–)
• Suwara Ilkhanizada (1937–)
• Yılmaz Güney (1937–1984)
• Ayşe Şan (1938–1996)
• Fuad Masum (1938–)
• Mahmoud Othman (1938–)
• Mazhar Khaleqi (1938–)
• Sadegh Sharafkandi (1938–1992)
• Şerafettin Elçi (1938–2012)
• Yaşar Kaya (1938–2016)
• Jalal Dabagh (1939–)
• Ferzende (d. 1939)
• Zakia Hakki (1939–)
• Mehdi Zana (1940–)
• Sherko Bekas (1940–2013)
• Abdul Rahman Haji Ahmadi (1941–)
• Ali Ashraf Darvishian (1941–2017)
• Eskerê Boyîk (1941–)
• Mehmet Ali Birand (1941–2013)
• Tosinê Reşîd (1941–)
• Ahmet Türk (1942–)
• Emre Taner (1942–)
• Yusuf Ekinci (1942–1994)
• Amir Hassanpour (1943–2017)
• Dengir Mir Mehmet Fırat (1943–2019)
• Necmettin Büyükkaya (1943–1984)
• Soad Hosny (1943–2001)
• Tofy Mussivand (1943–2024)
• Idris Barzani (1944–1987)
• Latif Rashid (1944–)
• Mahmoud Ezidi (1944-1979)
• Mahmud Baksi (1944–2000)
• Nawshirwan Mustafa (1944–2017)
• Yitzhak Mordechai (1944–)
• Aref Tayfour (1945–)
• Bahaedin Adab (1945–2007)
• Munzur Çem (1945–2022)
• Mustafa Hijri (1945–)
• Rahmi Saltuk (1945–)
• Rauf Hassan (1945–)
• Rojen Barnas (1945–)
• Abdulla Pashew (1946–)
• Fuad Hussein (1946–)
• Jawhar Namiq (1946–2011)
• Khalil al-Zahawi (1946–2007)
• Masoud Barzani (1946–)
• Mojtaba Mirzadeh (1946–2005)
• Sedigh Kamangar (1946–1989)
• Şahînê Bekirê Soreklî (1946–)
• Dilshad Meriwani (1947–1989)
• Latif Halmat (1947–)
• Mehmet Sıraç Bilgin (1944–2015)
• Mohammad Saber Ismail (1947–)
• Reşo Zîlan (1947–)
• Rowsch Shaways (1947–2021)
• Cankurd (1948–)
• Foad Mostafa Soltani (1948–1979)
• Hero Ibrahim Ahmed (1948–)
• İhsan Arslan (1948–)
• Keça Kurd (1948–)
• Mihemed Şêxo (1948–1989)
• Narmin Othman (1948–)
• Omer Fattah Hussain (1948–)
• Abbas Vali (1949–)
• Abdulla Mohtadi (1949–)
• Abdullah Öcalan (1949–)
• Adel Murad (1949–2018)
• Hüseyin Erdem (1949–)
• Kamran Hedayati (1949–1996)
• Mohammad Hossein Karimi (1949–1979)
• Najmiddin Karim (1949–2020)
• Têmûrê Xelîl (1949–)
• Ramzi Nafi (1917–1949)

1950s-1970s

• Arsalan Baiz (1950–)
• Behrouz Gharibpour (1950–)^[32]
• Hacı Karay (1950–)
• Homayoun Ardalan (1950–1992)
• Hüseyin Kalkan (1950–)
• Rafiq Sabir (1950–)
• Abdulwahid Muhammed Salih (1973–)
• Salaheddine Bahaaeddin (1950–)
• Shahram Nazeri (1950–)
• Abdul Rahman Mustafa (1951–)
• Cemîl Bayik (1951–)
• Ferhad Shakely (1951–)
• Pouran Derakhshandeh (1951–)
• Salih Muslim (1951–)
• Salim Barakat (1951–)
• Abbas Kamandi (1952–2012)
• Ali Haydar Kaytan (1952–)
• Hüseyin Velioğlu (1952–2000)
• Ibrahim Tatlises (1952–)
• İsmail Özden (1952–2018)
• Khalil Rashow (1952–)
• Kosrat Rasul Ali (1952–)
• Leyla Qasim (1952–1974)
• Mahmut Alınak (1952–)
• Mala Bakhtiyar (1952–)
• Mehemed Malmîsanij (1952–)
• Murat Bozlak (1952–2010)
• Omar Hamdi (1952–2015)
• Pîr Xidir Silêman (1952–2021)
• Ali Haydar Yıldız (1953–1973)
• Fawaz Hussain (1953–)
• Hoshyar Zebari (1953–)
• Jalal Barzanji (1953–)
• Mohammad Tofiq Rahim (1953–)
• Mehmed Uzun (1953–2007)
• Orhan Miroğlu (1953–)
• Yekta Uzunoğlu (1953–)
• Murat Karayılan (1954–)
• Najiba Ahmad (1954–)
• Selim Sadak (1954–)
• Beytocan (1955–2023)
• Fadıl Öztürk (1955–)
• Hatip Dicle (1955–)
• Hikmet Fidan (1955?–2005)
• Ilana Eliya (1955–)
• Imad Ahmad Sayfour (1955–)
• Mohammed Haji Mahmoud (1955–)
• Nasser Razazi (1955–)
• Orhan Doğan (1955–2007)
• Perwîz Cîhanî (1955–)
• Rohat Alakom (1955–)
• Şivan Perwer (1955–)
• Abdulbaset Sieda (1956–)
• Arjen Arî (1956–2012)
• Cuneyd Zapsu (1956–)
• Lokman Polat (1956–)
• Mahsum Korkmaz (1956–1986)
• Mazlum Doğan (1956–1982)
• Mullah Krekar (1956–)
• Nizamettin Arıç (1956–)
• Musa Farisoğulları (1956–)
• Ahmet Kaya (1957–2000)
• Ali Akbar Moradi (1957–)
• Ciwan Haco (1957–)
• Dana Ahmed Majid (1957–)
• Edip Yüksel (1957–)
• Hesenê Metê (1957–)
• Mustafa Aydogan (1957–)
• Najmadin Shukr Rauf (1957–1985)
• Sırrı Sakık (1957–)
• Zafer Çağlayan (1957–)
• Dilshad Said (1958–)
• Kamal Qadir (1958–)
• Mashaal Tammo (1958–)
• Merziye Feriqi (1958–2005)
• Mostafa Moloudi (1958–)
• Nursel Aydoğan (1958–)
• Osman Öcalan (1958–)
• Serdar Roşan (1958–)
• Seyed Khalil Alinezhad (1958–2001)
• Sherzad Hafiz (1958–)
• Tara Jaff (1958–)
• Bakhtiar Amin (1959–)
• Firat Cewerî (1959–)
• İmam Taşçıer (1959–)
• Müslüm Doğan (1959–)
• Ata Nahai (1960–)
• Barham Salih (1960–)
• Bayan Nouri (1960–)
• Edibe Şahin (1960–)
• Eyaz Zaxoyî (1960–1986)
• Jalal Jalalizadeh (1960–)
• Salih Fırat (1960–)
• Soraya Serajeddini (1960–2006)
• Ali Bapir (1961–)
• Amirkhan Mori (1961–)
• Derwich Ferho (1961–)
• Farhad Pirbal (1961–)
• Guram Adzhoyev (1961–)
• Gültan Kışanak (1961–)
• Hassan Rahmanpanah (1961–)
• Jano Rosebiani (1961–)
• Leyla Zana (1961–)
• Nizamettin Taş (1961–)
• Saeed Farajpouri (1961–)
• Savaş Buldan (1961–)
• Zübeyir Aydar (1961–)
• Abderrahman Sadik Karim (1962–)
• Abdolreza Rajabi (1962–)
• Adham Barzani (1962–)
• Ardeshir Kamkar (1962–)
• Hüseyin Kenan Aydın (1962–)
• Adnan Karim (1963–)
• Adnan Selçuk Mizrakli (1963–)
• Azad Bonni (1963–)
• Gülser Yıldırım (1963–)
• Hülya Avşar (1963–)
• Karim Mohammedzadeh (1963–1990)
• Kayhan Kalhor (1963–)
• Kemal Bülbül (1963–)
• Mariwan Halabjaee (1963–)
• Mohammad Seddigh Kaboudvand (1963–)
• Seyran Ateş (1963–)
• Mahir Hassan (1963-)
• Fatma Kurtulan (1964–)
• Hasan Saltık (1964–2021)
• Huner Saleem (1964–)
• Latif Yahia (1964–)
• Leyla Güven (1964–)
• Mano Khalil (1964–)
• Nazand Begikhani (1964–)
• Şeyhmus Dağtekin (1964–)
• Yüksel Yavuz (1964–)
• Aysel Tuğluk (1965–)
• Ayşe Gökkan (1965–)
• Bekir Bozdağ (1965–)
• Bengi Yıldız (1965–)
• Gurbetelli Ersöz (1965–1997)
• Jan Dost (1965–)
• Abdullah Demirbaş (1966–)
• Bachtyar Ali (1966–)
• Diyar Dersim (1966–)
• İshak Sağlam (1966–)
• Mahabad Qaradaghi (1966–2020)
• Nechirvan Barzani (1966–)
• Roya Toloui (1966–)
• Tahir Elçi (1966–2015)
• Yıldız Tilbe (1966–)
• Zekeriya Yapıcıoğlu (1966–)
• Alican Önlü (1967–)
• Helîm Yûsiv (1967–)
• Kajal Ahmad (1967–)
• Mehmet Şimşek (1967–)
• Meral Danış Beştaş (1967–)
• Nadhim Zahawi (1967–)
• Nalin Pekgul (1967–)
• Pervin Buldan (1967–)
• Yılmaz Erdoğan (1967–)
• Ali Atalan (1968–)
• Bejan Matur (1968–)
• Gani Mirzo (1968–)
• Fatih Mehmet Maçoğlu (1968–)
• İbrahim Ayhan (1968–2018)
• Metin Göktepe (1968–1996)
• Xalîd Reşîd (1968–)
• Bahman Ghobadi (1969–)
• Bahoz Erdal (1969–)
• Çağlar Demirel (1969–)
• Dilsa Demirbag Sten (1969–)
• Masrour Barzani (1969–)
• Mohammad Oraz (1969–2003)
• Mustafa Atici (1969–)
• Sevahir Bayındır (1969–)
• Widad Akrawi (1969–)
• Amineh Kakabaveh (1970–)
• Ayhan Bilgen (1970–)
• Ayşe Polat (1970–)
• Besime Konca (1970–)
• Sara Kaya (1970–)
• Sirwan Barzani (1970–)
• Tuncer Bakırhan (1970–)
• Ahmet Aslan (1971–)
• Ahmet Aydın (1971–)
• Asya Abdullah (1971–)
• Dilba (1971–)
• Gülnaz Karataş (1971–1992)
• Hasret Gültekin (1971–1993)
• Hozan Canê (1971–)
• Jamil Rostami (1971–)
• Mehmet Rüştü Tiryaki (1971–)
• Osman Baydemir (1971–)
• Selma Irmak (1971–)
• Shahram Alidi (1971–)
• Sibel Yiğitalp (1971–)
• Vian Dakhil (1971–)
• Abdullah Zeydan (1972–)
• Azad Zal (1972–)
• Eros Kurdi (1972–)
• Hamdi Ulukaya (1972–)
• Juwan Fuad Masum (1972–)
• Nurettin Demirtaş (1972–)
• Azad (1973–)
• Bafel Talabani (1973–)
• Herro Mustafa (1973–)
• Houzan Mahmoud (1973–)
• Kazim Öz (1973–)
• Mehmet Yavuz (1973–2019)
• Saliha Aydeniz (1973–)
• Selahattin Demirtaş (1973–)
• Servet Kocakaya (1973–)
• Şehrîbana Kurdî (1973–)
• Şevval Sam (1973–)^[33]
• Choman Hardi (1974–)
• Leyla Birlik (1974–)
• Serhat Baran (1974–)
• Seyed Ali Jaberi (1974–)
• Aynur Doğan (1975–)
• Bedia Özgökçe Ertan (1975–)
• Celal Başkale (1975–2012)
• Farzad Kamangar (c. 1975–2010)
• Faysal Sarıyıldız (1975–)
• Hisham Zaman (1975–)
• Mehmet Ali Aslan (1975–)
• Sadet Karabulut (1975–)
• Sebahat Tuncel (1975–)
• Sevim Dağdelen (1975–)
• Vala Fareed (1975–)
• Ayla Akat Ata (1976–)
• Evrim Alataş (1976–2010)
• Feleknas Uca (1976–)
• Hemin Hawrami (1976–)
• İdris Baluken (1976–)
• Lahur Talabany (1976–)
• Özlem Cekic (1976–)
• Zara (Turkish singer) (1976–)
• Bekir Kaya (1977–)
• Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius (1977–)
• Gulan Avci (1977–)
• Hişyar Özsoy (1977–)
• Nisti Stêrk (1977–)
• Omed Khoshnaw (1977–)
• Qubad Talabani (1977–)
• Shibal Ibrahim (c. 1977–)
• Rojda Felat (1977–)
• Birzo Majeed (1978–)
• Blend Saleh (1978–)
• Caucher Birkar (1978–)
• Düzen Tekkal (1978–)
• Firsat Sofi (1978–2020)
• Kurd Maverick (1978–)
• Rojda Aykoç (1978–)
• Shahram Mokri (1978–)
• Shaswar Abdulwahid (1978–)
• Yousif Muhammed Sadiq (1978–)
• Feryal Clark (1979–)
• Mohsen Chavoshi (1979–)
• Sheikh Ali Ilyas (1979–)
• Zeynel Doğan (1979–)

1980s-2000s

• Rojda Demirer (1980–)
• Rewşan Çeliker (1980–)
• Sherko Moarefi (1980–2013)
• Mustafa Sarp (1980–)^[34]
• Zuhal Demir (1980–)
• Pervin Chakar (1981–)
• Golriz Ghahraman (1981–)
• Hawar Mulla Mohammed (1981–)
• Khalid Mushir (1981–)
• Khanna Omarkhali (1981–)
• Remziye Tosun (1981–)
• Selçuk Şahin (footballer born 1981)^[35]
• Sinan Kaloğlu (1981–)^[36]
• Xatar (1981–)
• Ebru Günay (1982–)
• Ehsan Fatahian (1982–)
• Fidan Doğan (1982–2013)
• Gökay Akbulut (1982–)
• Jwan Hesso (1982–)
• Majid Kavian (1982–2011)
• Zeynab Jalalian (1982–)
• Behrouz Boochani (1983–)
• Belçim Bilgin (1983–)
• Burhan G (1983–)
• Chopy Fatah (1983–)
• Karzan Kardozi (1983–)
• Mohammedali Yaseen Taha (1983–)
• Salt Bae (1983–)
• Selçuk Şahin (footballer born 1983)
• Shwan Jalal (1983–)
• Sohrab Pournazeri (1983–)
• Taban Shoresh (1983–)
• Zara (Russian singer) (1983–)
• Ali Hama Saleh (1984–)
• Bovar Karim (1984–)
• Dilo Doxan (1984–)
• Hevrin Khalaf (1984–)
• Jassim Mohammed Haji (1984–)
• Kawa Hesso (1984–)
• Sherwan Haji (1985–)
• Haftbefehl (1985–)
• Isaac Tutumlu (1985–)
• Sane Jaleh (1985–2011)
• Bengin Ahmad (1986–)
• Dashni Morad (1986–)
• Hanna Jaff (1986–)
• Kadir Talabani (1986–)
• Navid Mohammadzadeh (1986–)
• Rang Shawkat (1986–)
• Ziaeddin Niknafs (1986–)
• Brwa Nouri (1987–)
• Dara Mohammed (1987–)
• Darin (1987–)
• Leyla İmret (1987–)
• Ömer Öcalan (1987–)
• Rawez Lawan (1987–)
• Voria Ghafouri (1987–)
• Eren Derdiyok (1988–)
• Halgurd Mulla Mohammed (1988–)
• Helly Luv (1988–)
• KC Rebell (1988–)
• Kurdo (rapper) (1988–)
• Leila Mustafa (1988–)
• Lilla Namo (1988–)
• Makwan Amirkhani (1988–)
• Nûdem Durak (1988–)
• Zyzz (1989–2011)
• Bahare Alavi (1989–2011)
• Rezan Zuğurlu (1988/9–)
• Ahmad Al Saleh (1989–)
• Aram Khalili (1989–)
• Deniz Naki (1989–)
• Tuğba Hezer Öztürk (1989–)
• Capo (rapper) (1990–)
• Jiloan Hamad (1990–)
• Mervan Çelik (1990–)
• Kianoush Rostami (1991–)
• Helin Bölek (1992–2020)
• Kaveh Rezaei (1992–)
• Newroz Uysal Aslan (1992–)
• Nur Tatar (1992–)
• Lanja Khawe (1993–)
• Nadia Murad (1993–)
• NOURI (1993–)
• Ramin Hossein-Panahi (1995–2018)
• Reynmen (1995–)
• Mahmoud Dahoud (1996–)
• Zeki Majed (1996–)
• Dersim Dağ (1996–)
• Deniz Undav (1996—)
• Berkin Elvan (1999–2014)
• Eno (rapper) (1998–)
• Fero47 (1998–)
• Dadvan Yousuf (2000-)

Others

• Ahmet Dağtekin
• Ala Talabani
• Dindar Najman
• Fadhil Omer
• Habibollah Latifi
• Hakki Akdeniz
• Hamdi Ulukaya
• Howar Ziad
• Ibrahim Alizade
• Îlham Ehmed
• Nuriye Kesbir
• Rebwar Fatah
• Riya Qahtan
• Salt Bae
• Taha Baban
• Benazir Bhutto was a Pakistani politician

See also

• List of Iranian Kurds