Kemal (name)

Kemal, also archaically spelt Kamâl, is a male given name of Arab origin meaning integrity, perfection, maturity.^[1][2] It is derived from the Arabic name Kamal and commonly used in Turkey and Bosnia.

Given name

Kemal Atatürk's identity card with serial number 993 814

First name

• Kemal Akbaba (born 1988), Turkish football player
• Kemal Alispahić (born 1969), Bosnian footballer
• Kemal Alomerović (born 1980), Macedonian football player
• Kemal Bedri, Ethiopian politician
• Kemal Arıkan (1927–1982), Turkish diplomat assassinated by an Armenian group in Los Angeles, United States
• Kemal Aslan (born 1981), Turkish football player
• Kemal Başar (born 1963), Turkish theatre director
• Kemal Bilmez (born 1994), Belgian politician of Turkish descent
• Kemal Bokhary (born 1947), Hong Kong judge
• Kemal Bourhani (born 1981), French footballer of Comorian descent
• Kemal Curić (born 1978), Bosnian automobile designer
• Kemal Derviş (1949–2023), Turkish economist and politician
• Kemal Dinçer (born 1963), Turkish basketball player
• Kemal Faruki (1906–1988), Turkish footballer
• Kemal Gekić (born 1962), American classical pianist of Bosnian ancestry
• Kemal Güleş (born 1999), Turkish amputee footballer
• Kemal Horulu (1926–1991), Turkish sprinter and pornographic film director
• Kemal Arda Gürdal (born 1990), Turkish swimmer
• Kemal Idris (1923–2010), Indonesian Army general
• Kemal Izzet (born 1980), English footballer of Turkish Cypriot ethnicity
• Kemal Karpat (1924–2019), Turkish historian
• Kemal Kaya Effendi, Turkish military officer
• Kemal Kayhan (born 1983), Turkish volleyball player
• Kemal Kerinçsiz (born 1960), Turkish lawyer and political activist
• Kemal Kıvanç Elgaz (born 1986), Turkish volleyball player
• Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu (born 1948), Turkish politician
• Kemal Kirişci, Turkish academic and political scientist
• Kemal Koyuncu (born 1985), Turkish athlete
• Kemal Kozarić (born 1956), Bosnian banker
• Kemal Küçükbay (born 1982), Turkish cyclist
• Kemal Kurspahić (1946–2021), Bosnian journalist
• Kemal Kurt (1947–2002), German author and translator of Turkish descent
• Kemal Malovčić (born 1946), Bosnian singer
• Kemal Monteno (1948–2015), Bosnian singer
• Kemal Okyay (born 1985), Turkish footballer
• Kemal Reis (1451–1511), Ottoman privateer and admiral
• Kemal Rijken (born 1980), Dutch historian
• Kemal Satır (1911–1991), Turkish physician and politician
• Kemal Sunal (1944–2000), Turkish actor
• Kemal Şahin (born 1955), Turkish entrepreneur
• Kemal Tahir (1910–1973), Turkish author and intellectual
• Kemal Tokak (born 1989), Turkish footballer
• Kemal Türkler (1926–1980), Turkish labor union leader
• Kemal Unakıtan (1946–2016), Turkish politician
• Kemal Zeytinoğlu (1911–1959), Turkish engineer and politician

Middle name

• Ali Kemal Bey (1867–1922), Turkish journalist and politician
• Derviş Kemal Deniz (born 1954), Turkish-Cypriot minister of economy and tourism
• Mehmet Kemal Ağar (born 1951), Turkish politician
• Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881–1938), the founder and first President of Turkey
• Mustafa Kemal Kurdaş (1920–2011), Turkish economist and politician
• Namık Kemal Yolga (1914–2001), Turkish diplomat
• Namık Kemal Zeybek (born 1944), Turkish politician
• Orhan Kemal Cengiz, Turkish lawyer, journalist and human rights activist
• Yahya Kemal Beyatlı (1884–1958), Turkish writer

Surname

• Ismail Kemal (1844–1919), Albanian founding father and prime minister
• Kara Kemal (1875–1926), Turkish politician
• György Ekrem-Kemál (1946–2009), Hungarian nationalist politician
• Mariz Kemal (born 1950), Russian poet
• Namık Kemal (1840–1888), Turkish writer

Pseudonym

• Orhan Kemal (1914–1970), Turkish writer
• Yaşar Kemal (1923–2015), Turkish writer of Kurdish origin.