Kurt or Kurd is a Turkish name and surname literally meaning "

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".Güncel Türkçe Sözlük, ''kurt: (Canis lupus)'' *

Ahmet Kurt Pasha Ahmet Kurt Pasha was an Albanian pasha and the founder and the first ruler of the Pashalik of Berat, a semi-autonomous area within the Ottoman Empire. He descended from the Muzaka family, which in the late Middle Ages had founded the Lordship of Ber ...

, 18th Century Ottoman governor *

Elvira Kurt Elvira Kurt (born December 9, 1961) is a Canadian comedian, and was the host of the game show '' Spin Off''. She hosted the entertainment satire/talk show ''PopCultured with Elvira Kurt'', which began on The Comedy Network in Canada in 2005. That ...

(Kürt Elvíra), Hungarian-born Canadian comedian *

Hamide Kurt Hamide Kurt Doğangün (born Hamide Kurt, December 25, 1993) is a Turkish Paralympian athlete competing in the T53 disability class sprint events of 100m and 400m, T52/ T53 class middle-distance event of 800m as well as T53/ T54 class 4 � ...

(born 1993), Turkish female Paralympian athlete *

İpar Özay Kurt İpar Özay Kurt (born 10 November 2003) is a Turkish volleyball player. She plays for Fenerbahçe women's volleyball, Fenerbahçe as wing spiker with jersey number 16. She is tall at . İpar Özay Kurt was born in Istanbul, Turkey on 10 Novemb ...

(born 2003), Turkey women's volleyball player *

Metin Kurt Metin Kurt (15 March 1948 – 26 August 2012) was a Turkish football player, who played as a winger, and manager. He was nicknamed Çizgi Metin (English, "Sideline Metin") because he drew opponents towards him when he played. Kurt spent most of hi ...

(1947-2012), Turkish footballer *

Kemal Kurt Kemal Kurt (29 October 1947 in Çorlu, Turkey – 21 October 2002 in Berlin, Germany) was an author, translator and photographer. Vita * 1966–72 studies in Turkey and in United States * since 1975 living in Berlin * since 1977 artistic photog ...

(1947-2002), Turkish author, translator and photographer *

Sabahudin Kurt Sabahudin Kurt (18 July 1935 – 30 March 2018) was a Bosnian folk and pop singer. Kurt represented Yugoslavia in Copenhagen in the Eurovision Song Contest 1964 with the entry "Život je sklopio krug" ( en, "Life Has Come Full Circle"). He finish ...

(1935–2018), Bosnian singer *

Seyhan Kurt Seyhan Kurt is a French-Turkish poet, writer, anthropologist and sociologist. Biography He was born in the commune of Bourgoin-Jallieu in Grenoble, France. He studied at the École de Jean Jaurès in Lyon. He studied painting in France and dr ...

, French-Turkish poet, writer and sociologist * Ümit Kurt (born 1991), Turkish footballer *

Yaşar Kurt Arşak Yaşar Kurt ( hy, Արշակ Յաշար Կուրթ, born 16 August 1968) is a Turkish-Armenian rock artist. Biography He studied in 1990 at the Faculty of Open Education Anadolu University but did not graduate. He founded the alternativ ...

(born 1968), Turkish rock artist *

Yeliz Kurt Yeliz Kurt (born January 15, 1984) is a Turkish female middle distance runner competing mostly in the 800 m and 1500 m as well as 4 × 400 m relay events. Kurt tested positive for the anabolic steroid Stanozolol in June 2013 and was handed a tw ...

(born 1984), Turkish female middle distance runner

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