Kaya is a common given name in several cultures.

Turkish name

Kaya Arıkoğlu Kaya Arıkoğlu (born 1949) is a Turkish architect and urban designer. Early life and education After completing his bachelor's degree in architecture at the University of Maryland, College Park, he was a student of Colin Rowe at Cornell Unive ...

(born 1949), American architect and urban designer *

Kaya Erdem İsmet Kaya Erdem (born 10 September 1928 in Karabük) is a Turkish politician, who served as the Minister of Finance A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and ...

(born 1928), Turkish politician *

Kaya Köstepen Kaya Köstepen (12 December 1934 – 29 June 2011) was a Turkish football player who played club football for Altay and Beşiktaş. He was born in Aydın. He also earned four caps for the Turkey national team. Köstepen died on 29 June 2011 in ...

(1934–2011), Turkish footballer *

Kaya Peker Kaya Peker (born August 2, 1980) is a retired Turkish professional basketball player. He played at the center position. Professional career During his club career, Peker first played with the Turkish Super League Turkish may refer to: *a Turki ...

(born 1980), Turkish basketball player * Kaya Tarakçı (born 1981), Turkish footballer *

Kaya Yanar Kaya Yanar (born 20 May 1973) is a German (formerly Turkish) comedian, best known for his comedy show ''Was guckst du?!'' (Whatcha lookin' at?!). Early life Yanar was born in Frankfurt am Main, West Germany, to Turkish-Arabic immigrants fro ...

(born 1973), German comedian

Japanese name

Kaya (Japanese musician) is a Japanese visual kei musician, a vocalist of the electro/darkwave duo Schwarz Stein, and a former vocalist of the bands Meties and Isola under the alias of Hime. He is also known for his androgynous appearance. Career In 1997, Kaya de ...

, Japanese singer *, Japanese actress and model *, Japanese voice actress

Others

Kaya (Mauritian musician) Kaya may refer to: People *Kaya (given name) *Kaya (surname) Places *Kaya, Burkina Faso, a town in Burkina Faso, capital of the department *Kaya Airport, serving the town * Kaya Department, a department or commune of Sanmatenga Province in centr ...

, Mauritian singer * Kaya Cattouse (born 1990), Belizean cyclist * Kaya Christian, American model * Kaya Forson (born 2002), Ghanaian swimmer * Kaya Henderson (born 1970), American educator, activist and civil servant *

Kaya Jones Chrystal Neria (born August 28, 1984), known professionally as Kaya Jones, is a Canadian-born American singer and model. She originally became known in 2003 for performing with the American girl group the Pussycat Dolls. Since 2004, she has pursue ...

(born 1984), American singer, model and actress *

Kaya Malotana Kayalethu Malotana (born 30 January 1976 in Lady Frere) is a South African former rugby union player, current coach & a Xhosa commentator in rugby. He was educated at Queen's College Boys' High School where he matriculated in 1994 and received ...

(born 1976), South African rugby union player * Kaya Oakes, American writer and poet *

Kaya Scodelario Kaya Rose Scodelario-Davis ( née Humphrey; born 13 March 1992) is an English actress best known for her roles as Effy Stonem on the E4 teen drama '' Skins'' (2007–2010, 2013), and Teresa in the ''Maze Runner'' film series (2014–2018). Ot ...

(born 1992), English actress *

Kaya Stewart Kaya Stewart (born 28 February 2000) is an English-American singer and songwriter. She is the daughter of the musician Dave Stewart. She released a single "In Love with" in 2015. Early life Kaya Stewart was born in London, but was raised in Lo ...

(born 2000), American singer-songwriter *

Kaya Thomas Kaya Thomas (born 1995) is an American app developer. She is the creator of ''We Read Too'', an iOS app that helps readers discover books for and by people of color. Thomas is a volunteer mentor with Black Girls Code and a Made with Code role ...

(born 1995), American computer scientist *

Kaya Turski Kaya Turski (born May 3, 1988) is a Canadian freestyle skier. She is an eight-time Winter X Games champion in Women's Ski slope style. At the 2010 Winter X Games XIV held in Aspen, she won her gold medal with the highest ever slopestyle score at ...

(born 1988), Canadian freestyle skier *

Kaya Wittenburg Kaya Wittenburg (born August 24, 1972, in Wisconsin) is a fashion model, businessman and actor from the United States. He is best known for his international modeling career, walking runways in Europe, Asia, Africa and South America. He appeared o ...

(born 1972), American model, businessman and actor

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