Cengiz is the Turkish form of Genghis, as in

Genghis Khan ''Chinggis Khaan'' ͡ʃʰiŋɡɪs xaːŋbr />Mongol script: ''Chinggis Qa(gh)an/ Chinggis Khagan'' , birth_name = Temüjin , successor = Tolui (as regent)Ögedei Khan , spouse = , issue = , house = Borjigin , ...

. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

Cengiz Aktar Cengiz Aktar (born 1955 in Istanbul) is a Turkish political scientist, essayist and columnist. He has published numerous books on the European Union and its relations with Turkey. He was a director at the UNHCR and worked extensively with the Eu ...

(born 1955), Turkish political scientist, journalist and writer *

Cengiz Bektaş Cengiz Bektaş (26 November 1934 – 20 March 2020) was a Turkish Architecture, Turkish architect, engineer, poet and writer for Evrensel, ''Evrensel'' newspaper. Education Bektaş was born in Denizli. He attended Istanbul State Academy of the F ...

(1934–2020), Turkish architect, engineer, poet and writer *

Cengiz Biçer Cengiz Biçer (born 11 December 1987) is a Liechtenstein national football team, Liechtenstein international association football, footballer of Turkish people, Turkish descent, who currently plays for USV Eschen/Mauren, Eschen/Mauren as a Goalk ...

(born 1987), Liechtenstein football goalkeeper *

Cengiz Çandar Cengiz Çandar (born 1948) is a Turkish journalist, senior columnist, and a Middle East expert. He is the author of Turkey’s Neo-Ottomanist Moment - A Eurasianist Odyssey (Policy Series) (2021); Turkey's Mission Impossible: War and Peace with t ...

(born 1948), Turkish journalist *

Cengiz Dağcı Cengiz Dağcı (9 March 1919 – 22 September 2011) was a Crimean Tatar novelist and poet. He wrote his works in Turkish, despite having never been in Turkey. He wrote about twenty novels about his life and his Motherland — Crimea. He was bo ...

(1919–2011), Crimean Tatar novelist and poet * Cengiz Kavaklıoğlu (born 1968), Turkish sprinter * Cengiz Koç (born 1977), German heavyweight boxer * Cengiz Küçükayvaz (born 1968), Turkish actor * Cengiz Kurtoğlu (born 1959), Turkish musician * Cengiz Özek (born 1964), Turkish puppeteer *

Cengiz Topel Cengiz Topel (September 2, 1934 – August 8, 1964) was a fighter pilot of the Turkish Air Force, who was tortured to death after his plane was shot down while supporting the Turkish army during the 1964 inter-communal conflict "Erenköy Resista ...

(1934–1964), Turkish fighter pilot *

Cengiz Ünder Cengiz Ünder (; born 14 July 1997) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Ligue 1 club Marseille and the Turkey national team. Club career Early career Ünder began his professional career at Altinordu, and late ...

(born 1997), Turkish footballer

Surname

* Hakan Cengiz (born 1967), Turkish-German football coach *

Hüseyin Cengiz Hüseyin Cengiz (born 25 July 1984) is a Turkish-Dutch former footballer. Club career Cengiz played for De Graafschap and Turkish side Yozgatspor, before joining Eerste Divisie club AGOVV in 2006. He left AGOVV for Turkish second division sid ...

(born 1984), Turkish-Dutch footballer *

Mustafa Cengiz Mustafa Cengiz (25 December 1949 – 28 November 2021) was a Former Bureaucrat and Turkish businessman who served as the president of sports club Galatasaray S.K. Early life Mustafa Cengiz was born in Nizip, Gaziantep Province, southeastern Tu ...

(1949–2021), Turkish businessman and former president of the sports club Galatasaray S.K. * Orhan Kemal Cengiz, Turkish lawyer, journalist and human rights activist

Given name

Surname

See also