- male, deceased (1991)
- Ahmed Arif was a Turkish poet of Kurdish origin. Ahmed Arif has studied philosophy at Ankara University. He has been arrested on political grounds...
- male, deceased (1987)
- Idris Barzani (? - January 31 1987) was a Kurdish politician in Iraq. He was the son of the PDK-founder Mustafa Barzani and the father of Nechervan...
- male, deceased (1238)
- Al-Kamil Muhammad al-Malik ; died 1238) was an Ayyubid sultan of Kurdish descent that ruled Egypt, praised for defeating two crusades but also...
- male
- Firat Cewerî is a Kurdish writer, translator and journalist. He was born in the town of "Dêrik" near Mardin in south-eastern Turkey. In 1980s, he em...
- female, 38 years old
- Amira Casar is a British-born French actress. Born on July 1, 1971, the daughter of a Kurdish father and a Russian opera singer, Casar grew up in...
- male, deceased (1169)
- Asad ad-Din Shirkuh bin Shadhi (also "Shirguh" or "Sherko") (died 1169) was an important Muslim military commander, and uncle of Saladin. He was...
- male
- İbrahim Parlak is a Kurdish-American who has been accused by the U.S. Government of being a former member of the PKK, a rebel group that sought to w...
- male
- Dr. Rebwar Fatah is a contemporary Kurdish writer and journalist. He is the director, editor and founding member of the Kurdish news and commentary...
- male, deceased (1947)
- Qazi Muhammad (1893 - March 30, 1947) was a nationalist and religious Kurdish leader and the Head of the Republic of Kurdistan, (Republic of...
- female, deceased (2002)
- Fadime Şahindal was a Kurdish Muslim immigrant who came to Sweden from Turkey at the age of seven. She was murdered by her father in January 2002 i...
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