The following is a list of notable persons 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 majo ...

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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 ...

, politician * Arab Shamilov, novelist *

Amar Suloev Amar Suloev (January 7, 1976 – June 27, 2016) was a Russian mixed martial artist. Following his mixed martial arts career, Suloev became involved in the world of organized crime and was arrested and accused of being a contract killer. He died o ...

, mixed martial artist, hitman *

Amin Farhan Jejo Amin Farhan Jejo (also ''Ameen Farhan Jejo'') is a Yazidis, Yazidi politician and author. Career Amin Farhan Jejo was one of the leaders of the Yazidi-interest party, Yazidi Movement for Reform and Progress. In December 2005, Amin Farhan Jejo wa ...

, Yazidi politician and author * Ibrahim Khalil, The Yazidi folk singer and songwriter *

Aslan Usoyan Aslan Usoyan ( ka, ასლან უსოიანი, russian: Асла́н Раши́дович Усоя́н; 27 February 1937 – 16 January 2013), also known as Baba Gurgur and Grandpa Hassan ( ''Ded Hasan'') or just Grandpa (), was a mafi ...

, Russian mafia boss *

Al-Hasan ibn Adi Sheikh Hasan ibn Sheikh ‘Adī II () is a holy and historical figure in that is revered in Yazidism and considered the physical or earthly incarnation of Melik Şêxsin, one of the Seven Divine Beings to whom God assigned the World's affairs. Me ...

, religious heir of ‘Adī ibn Sakhr *

Amirkhan Mori Amirkhan Alikovich Mori (born November 13, 1961, Tbilisi, Georgia) is a Georgian entrepreneur, Chairman of the Board at Regions Group. Mori is a Yazidi. Biography Amirkhan Mori graduated from the Moscow State University of Environmental Engineeri ...

, owner and chairman of the Regions Group *

Aziz Tamoyan Aziz Tamoyan (July 1, 1933 in Zovuni, Armenia – January 2, 2021) was a Yazidi politician and the president of the Yezidi National Union in Armenia. On September 30, 1989, he was elected chairman of the National Union of Yazidis of Armenia, and ...

,was the president of the Yezidi National Union * Sheikh Ali Ilyas is the current Baba Sheikh (religious leader) of the Yazidi community since November 2020

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Dalal Khario Dalal Khario (born circa 1997) is a Yazidi woman from northern Iraq who fled to Germany after escaping from ISIS. On August 3, 2014, ISIS fighters conquered her village. Khario, then 17 years old, was abducted and spent nine months in captivity. Sh ...

, Women's Rights Award recipient, former captive of ISIS

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Emerîkê Serdar Emerîkê Serdar (Amarik Davreshovich Sardaryan) (8 February 1935 - 19 February 2018) was a Yazidi–Kurdish writer from Armenia. He was born in the village of Pampa Kurda (Sîpan) in Armenian SSR. Life and career Emerîkê Serdar's parents, ...

, journalist, writer, translator * Emine Evdal, writer, linguist and poet *

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 ...

, poet and writer * Ezidi Mîrza, 17th century governor of Mosul, Yezidi leader and hero

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* Fakhr ad-Din ibn Adi, Yezidi saint *

Farida Khalaf Farida Khalaf (born circa 1995) is the pen name of a Yazidi woman who was abducted by ISIS in 2014 and sold into slavery. She escaped to a refugee camp, and in 2016 published a book about her experience, ''The Girl Who Escaped ISIS''. Khalaf grew u ...

, former ISIS captive

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* Guram Adzhoyev, former footballer

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* Hazim Tahsin Beg, current Yezidi leader * Hemoyê Shero, nineteenth century Yezidi tribal leader * Heciyê Cindî, linguist and researcher * Heydar Şeşo, founder and supreme commander of the Yazidi self-defense militia Protection Force of Ezidkhan * Khdr Hajoyan, President of the Yezidi National Union, chief executive officer of "Ezdikhana" newspaper.

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Jalile Jalil Jalileh ( fa, جليله, also Romanized as Jalīleh; also known as Jalile) is a village in Gol-e Cheydar Rural District, Sarshiv District, Marivan County, Kurdistan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 148, in 32 families. The ...

, historian, writer and Kurdologist * Jangir Agha, national hero

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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 *

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 ...

(Xana Omarxali), academic, writer and researcher focusing mainly on

Yazidism Yazidism , alternatively Sharfadin is a Monotheism, monotheistic ethnic religion that has roots in a western Ancient Iranian religion, Iranic pre-Zoroastrian religion directly derived from the Indo-Iranians, Indo-Iranian tradition. It is follow ...

Khurto Hajji Ismail Khurto Hajji Ismail (1933 – 1 October 2020, ku, Xurto Hecî Îsmaîl) was the Baba Sheikh of the Yazidis until his death in 2020. He held this position since 2007. He lived in Ain Sifni, Iraq. He played an important role in reintegrating Yezi ...

, current Baba Sheikh of the Yazidi * Kseniya Borodina (paternal side), television presenter and actress *

Kyaram Sloyan Kyaram or Qyaram Sloyan ( hy, Քյարամ Սլոյան; 27 April 1996 – 1/2 April 2016) was an Artsakh Defense Army soldier who was killed during the 2016 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes. After his death, he was beheaded, with videos and pictur ...

, soldier killed and beheaded by Azerbaijani soldiers

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* Lamiya Aji Bashar, human rights activist

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* Mahmoud Ezidi, Peshmerga fighter *

Misha Aloyan Mikhail Surenovich Aloyan (russian: Михаил Суренович Алоян; born 23 August 1988) is a Russian professional boxer who challenged for the WBO bantamweight title in 2018. As an amateur flyweight Aloyan won gold medals at the ...

, boxer *

Meyan Khatun Mira Meyan Khatun or ''Mayan Khatun'' ( ku, Meyan Xatûn; born. 1874/1873, Ba'adra, Ottoman Empire - died 1957''Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies'' Volume 72, Issue 2 Shahrzad Mojab, ''Women of a non-state nation: the Kurds'' ...

, Yazidi princess * Mir Tahsin Saied Beg, current hereditary leader (Mīr, or prince) of the Yazidi people * Mir Jafar Dasni, launched an uprising in 838 * Mahma Xelil, mayor of

Sinjar Sinjar ( ar, سنجار, Sinjār; ku, شنگال, translit=Şingal, syr, ܫܝܓܪ, Shingar) is a town in the Sinjar District of the Nineveh Governorate in northern Iraq. It is located about five kilometers south of the Sinjar Mountains. Its p ...

in Nineveh Province, Iraq.

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Nadia Murad Nadia Murad Basee Taha (; ar, نادية مراد باسي طه; born 10 March 1993) is an Iraqi Yazidis, Yazidi Human rights activists, human rights activist who lives in Germany. In 2014, she was kidnapped from her hometown Kocho, Iraq, Koch ...

, human rights activist, Nobel Peace Prize recipient

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* Ordîxanê Celîl, writer and academic

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* Pîr Xidir Silêman, writer, teacher and parliamentarian

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* Roman Amoyan, Greco-Roman wrestler, Olympian

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Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir ‘Adī ibn Musāfir ( ku, شێخ ئادی, translit=Şêx Adî, ar, الشيخ عدي بن مسافر born 1072-1078, died 1162) was a Muslim sheikh of Arab origin, considered a Yazidi saint. The Yazidis consider him as an avatar of Tawûsê M ...

, Shaykh *

Sakhr Abu l-Barakat Sheikh Sakhr Abū l-Barakat, was the nephew and successor of Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir, around whom the ''‘Adawiyya'' order had formed. When ‘Adī died childless, Sakhr replaced him. He was executed by the Mongols in 1221-1222. He was succeeded b ...

, Shaykh *

Sheikh Sharaf ad-Din ibn al-Hasan Sheikh Sharaf ad-Dīn ibn al-Hasan () was the son and religious heir of al-Hasan ibn ‘Adī and thus head of the ‘Adawiyya order. He died in battle against the Mongols in 1258 and was succeeded by his uncle, Fakhr ad-Dīn ibn ‘Adī. Due ...

, Shaykh *

Sheikh Khairy Khedr Sheikh Khairy Khedr (? – October 2014) was the Commander and founder of the Yazidi militia Malik Al-Tawus Troop, which later became the Sinjar Resistance Units (YBŞ). He was born in Siba Sheikh Khidir (Jazeera). The community of Siba Sheikh Khi ...

, Commander and founder of the Yazidi militia Malik Al-Tawus Troop *

Samand Siabandov Samand Aliyevich Siabandov (russian: Саманд Алиевич Сиабандов, ku, Semendê Elî Siyabendov; 20 November 1909 – 14 November 1989) was a Soviet writer, military officer and politician of Yezidi-Kurdish origin who was award ...

, hero of the Soviet Union *

Shir Sarim Shir Sarim or Sarim Khan was a Yazidis, Yazidi Kurds, Kurdish leader who led an uprising against Safavid dynasty, Safavid Persia during the reign of Ismail I, Shah Ismail I. Sarim was described as being a ”hundred and ten years old, with a white ...

, Yazidi leader who led an uprising against Safavid Persia during the reign of Shah Ismail I. * Sheikh Ali Ilyas, current Baba Shekh * Souzan Barakat, Yazidi girl, murder victim

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Têmûrê Xelîl Têmûrê Xelîl (born 1949) is a contemporary Yezidi-Kurdish journalist, writer and translator. He is a member of the Kurdish Institute of Paris, editor of the Kurdish journal ''Roja Nû'' and lives in Sweden. Biography He was born in Yerevan, ...

, journalist, writer and translator *

Tosinê Reşîd Tosinê Reşîd (also Tosinê Reşît; born 1941) is a contemporary Kurdish people, Kurdish Yazidi writer, poet and playwright. He was born in the village of Koorakand (Kûrekend) in Armenia. He studied physics and chemistry at the Pedagogical In ...

, writer, poet and playwright

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* Usuv Beg, 19th and 20th century Yezidi leader in Armenia

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* Vian Dakhil, member of the Iraqi parliament

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* Wansa, Yazidi princess

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* Xelîlê Çaçan Mûradov, writer and journalist

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* Zara Mgoyan, pop singer, actress and social activist *

Zakhar Kalashov Zakhariy Knyazevich Kalashov ( ka, ზაქარია 'შაქრო' კალაშოვი, russian: Заха́рий Кня́зевич Калашо́в); born 20 May 1953, nicknamed "Young Shakro" (), is a Russian mafia boss, notoriou ...

, Russian mafia boss * Ismail Özden, Yezidi PKK commander in Shingal.

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