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Kurdish Kurdish may refer to: *Kurds or Kurdish people *Kurdish languages *Kurdish alphabets *Kurdistan, the land of the Kurdish people which includes: **Southern Kurdistan **Eastern Kurdistan **Northern Kurdistan **Western Kurdistan See also * Kurd (dis ...

origin who grew up and/or live in

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Academia and Medicine

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, mathematician, politician, author, translator and writer *

Bachtyar Ali Bachtyar Ali Muhammed (; ckb, بەختیار عەلی; born 1960), is a Kurds, Kurdish novelist, intellectual, literary critic, essayist, and poet. Ali started out as a poet and essayist, but has established himself as an influential novelist ...

, novelist, intellectual, literary critic, essayist, and poet *

Khalil Rashow Khalil Rashow or Xelîl Cindî Reşo (born 1952) is a contemporary Kurdish academic, writer and researcher. He was born in the village of '' Mam Rasha'' in district of ''Sheikhan'' in Mosul province in northern Iraq. From 1970 to 1974 he studied ...

, academic, writer, and researcher *

Nadia Murad Nadia Murad Basee Taha (; ar, نادية مراد باسي طه; born 10 March 1993) is an Iraqi Yazidi human rights activist who lives in Germany. In 2014, she was kidnapped from her hometown Kocho and held by the Islamic State for three mon ...

– human rights activist and

Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Swedish industrialist, inventor and armaments (military weapons and equipment) manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Chemistry, Physics, Physiolog ...

laureate *

Khanna Omarkhali Khanna Omarkhali, also ''Khanna Usoyan'' (; russian: Ханна Рзаевна Омархали, also ; born 15 March 1981, Armenian SSR) is a Yezidi- Kurdish religion researcher. Biography She studied Iranian philology at the Saint Petersburg ...

- academic and researcher * Gülşen Aktaş, educator

Athletes

Agit Kabayel Agit Kabayel (born 23 September 1992) is a German professional boxer. At regional level, he has held multiple heavyweight championships, including the European title from 2017 to 2019. Professional career European heavyweight champion Kab ...

, boxer * Deniz Naki, football player *

Mahmoud Dahoud Mahmoud Dahoud (born 1 January 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Borussia Dortmund and the Germany national team. He made his professional debut for Bundesliga side Borussia Mönchengladbach in 2014, and, in ...

, football player *

Baker Barakat A baker is a tradesperson who baking, bakes and sometimes Sales, sells breads and other products made of flour by using an oven or other concentrated heat source. The place where a baker works is called a bakery. History Ancient history Si ...

, boxer and kickboxer * Mirkan Aydın, football player *

Aias Aosman Aias Aosman ( ar, أياز عثمان; born 21 October 1994) is a Syrian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Pendikspor. He previously played for SC Wiedenbrück 2000, 1. FC Köln II, and SSV Jahn Regensburg. His younger brot ...

, football player *

Joan Oumari Joan Noureddine Oumari (, ; born 19 August 1988) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for the Lebanon national team. After playing for eight seasons in Germany, between the fifth and second division, Oumari moved to Turkish ...

, football player * Hassan Oumari, football player * Dilan Ağgül, football player

Musicians

Rappers

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Haftbefehl Aykut Anhan (born 16 December 1985), known by his stage name Haftbefehl (meaning "arrest warrant" in German), is a German rapper. He was signed to his own record label Azzlack, before signing with the label Echte Musik. Biography Haftbefehl wa ...

(Kurdish father and Turkish mother) *

KC Rebell Hüseyin Kökseçen (born 26 January 1988), better known as KC Rebell, is a German rapper of Kurdish descent. Based in Essen, Germany, he has an own label imprint "Rebell Army". He released six albums, four of which have peaked at number one o ...

Eko Fresh Ekrem Bora (born 3 September 1983), better known by his stage name Eko Fresh, is a German rapper of Turkish and Kurdish descent.ALEMEKO FRESH-EK IS BACKRetrieved 5 September 2010 Eko Fresh auf Twitter: "@xRay_RU halber Kurde halber Türke aber e ...

(Kurdish mother and Turkish father) * Azad *

Xatar Giwar Hajabi ( ckb, ژیوار حاجبی, ; born 24 December 1981), better known by his stage name Xatar (), is a German entrepreneur, publisher, rapper and producer. He is also founder and owner of the labels ''Alles oder Nix Records'', ''Kop ...

* Kurdo * Eno * Capo (Kurdish father and Turkish mother) * AK Ausserkontrolle * Fero47 * Bero Bass

Singers

* Namosh *

Ferhat Tunç Ferhat Tunç Yoslun (born 14 March 1964) is a singer of Kurdish descent. Ferhat Tunç was born in 1964 in the city of Tunceli in Turkey's eastern province of Tunceli. With twelve years he stood for the first time on stage as a singer. In the la ...

* Engin Nurşani *

Nizamettin Ariç Nizamettin Ariç ( ku, Nîzamettîn Arîç; born 1956 in Ağrı, Turkey) is a contemporary Kurdish singer, composer and director. He was exposed to traditional Kurdish bard music or '' dengbêj'' at an early age, but until 1980 was professionally a ...

Hozan Canê Hozan Canê (born Saide Inac in 1971) is a contemporary Germans, German-Kurdish population, Kurdish singer, who is famous for her contributions to Kurdish music. Life She was born in the region of Karayazı in Erzurum Province, Erzurum province ...

DJs

Kurd Maverick Kurd Maverick (born Cihan Ötün) is a German House producer and DJ. Biography He is of Kurdish origin.Sevim Dağdelen, German

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and a member of the Left Party (die Linke) * Gökay Akbulut, German politician and social scientist. She is currently serving in the

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(federal parliament) as a member of

The Left Party The Left (german: Die Linke; stylised as and in its logo as ), commonly referred to as the Left Party (german: Die Linkspartei, links=no ), is a democratic socialist political party in Germany. The party was founded in 2007 as the result of th ...

from the German federal state of

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

Leyla Güven Leyla Güven (born 6 May 1964, Cihanbeyli, Konya Province, Konya, Turkey) is Peoples' Democratic Party (Turkey), HDP MP for Hakkari (electoral district), Hakkari, co-chair of the Democratic Society Congress (DTK) and former mayor of the municipali ...

, Kurdish Politician *

Lamiya Haji Bashar Lamiya Haji Bashar (Arabic: لمياء حجي بشار) is a Yazidi human rights activist. She was awarded the Sakharov Prize jointly with Nadia Murad in 2016. Biography Haji Bashar is from Kojo, near Sinjar, Iraq. In August 2014, along with Na ...

, human rights activist. She was awarded the Sakharov Prize jointly with Nadia Murad in 2016 *

Ali Atalan Ali Atalan (born 5 January 1968 in Midyat) is a Kurdish-German politician of Yazidi faith. He is a former member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia with Die Linke in Germany, and the Turkish Parliament with the Peoples' Democratic Party (H ...

, Kurdish-German politician of

Yazidi Yazidis or Yezidis (; ku, ئێزیدی, translit=Êzidî) are a Kurmanji-speaking endogamous minority group who are indigenous to Kurdistan, a geographical region in Western Asia that includes parts of Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Iran. The ma ...

faith. He is a former member of the

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with Die Linke in

, and the

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with the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) * Cansu Özdemir, German politician of The Left from Hamburg. She is a member of the

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Muhterem Aras Muhterem Aras (born 2 January 1966 in Elmaağaç in Bingöl, Turkey) is a German politician of the Alliance '90/The Greens party. She has been a Member of the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg for the constituency Stuttgart I since May 2011, and ...

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politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens party. She has been a Member of the

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for the constituency Stuttgart I since May 2011, and Landtagspräsidentin (speaker) since May 2016 *

Hüseyin Kenan Aydın Hüseyin Kenan Aydın (born 22 October 1962, in Pülümür, Tunceli Province, Turkey) is a German politician and member of Die Linke. Professional career In 1980 he was employed by Thyssen-Krupp. From 1991 to 2003 he was involved in the worker ...

, German politician of Zaza descent and member of Die Linke. in foreign parties or organisations * Haji Ahmadi (Iran; grew up in Iran and lives in exile in Germany) * Leyla İmret (grew up in Germany and lived in Turkey) *

Feleknas Uca Feleknas Uca (born 17 September 1976) is a Turkish politician of Kurdish descent. From 1999 to 2009, she was member of the European Parliament from Germany, serving with Die Linke. Feleknas Uca was at one time the world's only Yazidi parliament ...

(grew up in Germany and lives in Turkey)

Directors

* Züli Aladağ, film director, film producer, and screenwriter (Kurdish and Turkish origin) *

Ayşe Polat Ayşe Polat (born 19 October 1970) is a German-Kurdish film director, screenwriter and film producer. Career In 1992 she releases the short film ''Fremdennacht'', which is supported by the Hamburg Film Bureau. Her 1994 short film ''Ein Fest für ...

, script writer and film director

Writers and Literature

Seyran Ateş Seyran Ateş (born 20 April 1963) is a German lawyer and a Muslim feminist. She founded the Ibn Ruschd-Goethe mosque in 2017, as Germany's first liberal place of worship for Muslims. Ateş is best known for challenging conventional ideas in I ...

(Kurdish father and Turkish mother) * Rohat Alakom * Düzen Tekkal *

Eskerê Boyîk Eskerê Boyîk (born 1941) is a Yazidi Kurdish poet and writer. He was born into a Yazidi family at the village of Qundexsaz in Armenia. He went to school in his village and later in the village of Elegez. He continued his studies in economics in Y ...

, writer * Fatma Aydemir, author and journalist

Miscellaneous

Hatun Sürücü Hatun or Khatun ( otk, 𐰴𐰍𐰣, Katun, ota, خاتون, Hatun or قادین ''Kadın'', uz, xotin, fa, خاتون ''khātūn''; Mongolian: , ''khatun'', хатан ''khatan''; ur, خاتون, hi, ख़ातून '; bn, খাত� ...

, victim of a so-called "

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" by her youngest brother in 2005

References

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