Celal is both a masculine Turkish given name and a surname. It is the Turkish form of the Arabic word

Jalal Jalal (Arabic: جلال) is a masculine given or family name. The name or word Jalal means majesty and is used to honor and venerate. When the Arabic language spread across non-Arabic regions, Jalal has also become a name for some Arabic-speaking ...

(جلال), which means "majesty". Notable people with the name include:

Given name

Celal Al Celal Al is a Turkish actor, known for portraying Abdurrahman Alp in '' Diriliş: Ertuğrul'' (2014-2019) and '' Kuruluş: Osman'' (2019-2021). Background Celal Al was born on 13 September 1984 in Artvin, Turkey. Activism and public image ...

(born 1984), Turkish actor *

Celal Esat Arseven Celal Esat Arseven (1875 – 13 November 1971) was a Turkish painter, writer and politician. He made contributions to various fields, including photography, literary art history, theater, cinema, architecture and urbanism. He was one of the firs ...

(1875–1971), Turkish painter, writer and politician *

Celal Atik Celal Atik (1918 – 27 April 1979) was a Turkish wrestler and coach. He competed both in Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling, but had his best achievements in the freestyle, winning gold medals at the 1948 Olympics, 1951 World and 1946 and 194 ...

(1918–1979), Turkish sports wrestler *

Celâl Bayar Mahmud Celâleddin "Celâl" Bayar (16 May 1883 – 22 August 1986) was a Turkish economist and politician who was the third President of Turkey from 1950 to 1960; previously he was Prime Minister of Turkey from 1937 to 1939. Bayar began his c ...

(1883–1986), Turkish politician *

Celal İbrahim Celal İbrahim (1884 – 21 March 1917) was an Ottoman footballer of Kurdish origin and one of the founders of Galatasaray. He was also known as ''Kürt Celal'' which translates in English as ''Kurdish Celal''. Career İbrahim spent the entirety ...

(1884–1917), Ottoman football player *

Celal Nuri İleri Celâl Nuri İleri (1881–1938) was a Turkish writer and politician, who was an important figure in the transition from a constitutional monarchy to a republic. His mother was Nefise Hanım, the eldest daughter of the Ottoman Albanian states ...

(1881–1938), Turkish politician * Celal Kandemiroglu (1953–2022), video game specialist *

Celal Şahin Celal Şahin (22 May 1925 – 23 February 2018) was a Turkish musician playing the accordion, humorist, television talk show host and actor. Celal Şahin was born in Istanbul, Turkey on 22 May 1925. He graduated from Kabataş High School, and th ...

(1925–2018), Turkish musician and humorist *

Celâl Şengör Ali Mehmet Celâl Şengör (born 24 March 1955) is a Turkish geologist. He is currently on the faculty at Istanbul Technical University, Department of Geological Engineering. Şengör is a (foreign) member of the American Philosophical Society ...

(born 1955), Turkish geologist *

Celal Yardımcı Celal Yardımcı (1911–1986) was a Turkish politician who served as the minister of education and minister of justice in the 1950s. Being a member of the Democrat Party (DP) he was arrested and imprisoned following the military coup in 1960. ...

(1911–1986), Turkish lawyer and politician

Middle name

Hasan Celal Güzel Hasan Celal Güzel (1945 – 19 March 2018) was a Turkish journalist and politician. He was Minister of Education, Youth and Sport (1987–1989). He was leader of the Rebirth Party in the 1990s, a party he co-founded in 1992. He was a columnist ...

(1945–2018), Turkish politician

Surname

* Peride Celal (1916–2013), Turkish female novelist, story writer {{given name, type=both Turkish-language surnames Turkish masculine given names