Nuri (also spelled Nouri, Noori, Nori or Noory, , , ) is a unisex name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:

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Nuri Ja'far Nuri Ja'far Ali al-Chalabi (), better known as Nuri Ja'far (; 1914 – 7 November 1991), was an Iraqi psychologist, philosopher of education, and author. He wrote more than fifty works on pedagogy, psychology, history, philosophy, thought and li ...

(1914–1991), Iraqi psychologist and philosopher of education * Nuri Badran (born 1943), Iraqi politician *

Nuri Bengali Nuri is a place in modern Sudan on the west side of the Nile, near the Fourth Cataract. Nuri is situated about 15 km north of Sanam, and 10 km from Jebel Barkal. History Nuri is the second of three Napatan burial sites and the constru ...

(died 1785), Sufi scholar and author * Nuri Berköz (1889–1975), Azerbaijani general * Nuri Boytorun (1908–1988), Turkish wrestler *

Nuri Bilge Ceylan Nuri Bilge Ceylan (; born 26 January 1959) is a Turkish director, screenwriter, photographer and actor. His film ''Winter Sleep (film), Winter Sleep'' (2014) won the Palme d'Or at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, 67th Cannes Film Festival, while s ...

(born 1959), Turkish filmmaker *

Nuri Demirağ Nuri Demirağ (1886 in Divriği – November 13, 1957, in Istanbul) was an early Turkish industrialist and politician, who was one of the first millionaires of the Turkish Republic. Biography His first enterprise was a cigarette paper facto ...

(1886–1957), Turkish industrialist *

Nuri Killigil Nuri Killigil, also known as Nuri Pasha (; 1889–1949) was an Ottoman general in the Ottoman Army. He was the half-brother of Ottoman Minister of War, Enver Pasha. Military career Libya Infantry Machine-Gun Captain Nuri Bey was sent t ...

(1881–1949), general in the Ottoman army *

Nuri Kino Nuri Kino, (born February 25, 1965, in Tur Abdin), is a Swedish-Assyrian award-winning investigative journalist, documentary filmmaker, author and human rights expert. He is the author of several nonfiction books, and hundreds of stories and repor ...

(born 1965), Swedish journalist and filmmaker *

Nouri al-Maliki Nouri Kamil Muhammad-Hasan al-Maliki (; born 20 June 1950), also known as Jawad al-Maliki (), is an Iraqi politician and leader of the Islamic Dawa Party since 2007. He served as the Prime Minister of Iraq from 2006 to 2014 and as Vice President ...

(born 1950), Prime Minister of Iraq * Nuri Montsé (1917–1971), Argentine actress *

Nuri Ok Nuri Ok (November 10, 1942 – August 5, 2015) was a Turkish judge. He retired as the Chief Public Prosecutor of the Court of Cassation of Turkey. Ok was born in Tarsus, a town in the Mersin Province Mersin Province (), formerly İçel Province ...

(1942–2015), Turkish judge *

Nouri Ouznadji Nouri Ouznadji (born December 30, 1984) is an Algerian football player who played as a forward for USM Blida in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2. International career Ouznadji made his international debut on May 2, 2008, coming as a second- ...

(born 1984), Algerian footballer *

Nuri as-Said Nuri Pasha al-Said Al-Qaraghuli CH (; December 1888 – 15 July 1958) was an Iraqi politician and statesman who served eight terms as Prime Minister of Iraq. He served in various key cabinet and governmental positions in Iraq during its Briti ...

(1888–1958), Iraqi politician *

Nuri bin Hazaa Al Shalaan Nuri bin Hazaa Al Shalaan (; 1847–1942) was the chieftain of Ruwallah, Ruwallah tribe settled in northern Arabia and the Syrian Desert. He headed the tribe between 1904 and 1942 and developed alliances with various ruling forces in the region. ...

(1847–1942), Arab tribe chief *

Nuri Sojliu Nuri Sojliu (1870–1940) was an Albanian politician. He was one of the signatories of the Albanian Declaration of Independence The Albanian Declaration of Independence (Albanian language, Albanian: ''Deklarata e Pavarësisë'') was the declara ...

(1870–1940), signatory of the Albanian Declaration of Independence *

Nuri Şahin Nuri Şahin (born 5 September 1988) is a German and Turkish professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He was most recently head coach of Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund. He began his playing career at Dortmun ...

(born 1988), Turkish footballer *

Nuri Şahin (volleyball player) Nuri Şahin (born 5 September 1988) is a German and Turkish professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He was most recently head coach of Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund. He began his playing career at Dortmun ...

(born 1980), Turkish volleyball player

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Abdelhak Nouri Abdelhak "Appie" Nouri (born 2 April 1997) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He operated primarily as an attacking midfielder, but could also be deployed as a winger. A youth product of Eredivisie club Ajax ...

(born 1997), Dutch footballer *

Abdollah Nouri Abdollah Noori ( ) is an Iranian Shia cleric and reformist politician. Despite his "long history of service to the Islamic Republic," he became the most senior Islamic politician to be sentenced to prison since the Iranian Revolution, when he was ...

, Iranian politician *

Alekhine Nouri Alekhine Nouri (born December 12, 2005) is a Filipino FIDE Master. Named after Russian chess player Alexander Alekhine, Nouri became the youngest Filipino FIDE Master and the youngest FIDE Master in the world at the age of 7. He is also the c ...

, Filipino chess master *

Alexander Nouri Alexander Nouri (, ; born 20 August 1979) is a German former footballer and manager. He played professionally for 14 years with Werder Bremen, Seattle Sounders, KFC Uerdingen, VfL Osnabrück, Holstein Kiel and VfB Oldenburg. Managerial career I ...

(born 1979), Iranian-German football manager *

Alireza Noori Ali Reza Noori (or sometimes Ali-Reza Nouri) (, April 8, 1962 in Isfahan – October 31, 2002) was a member of the 6th Iranian Majlis of Iran, parliament and a supporter of President Mohammad Khatami's reform programs. He was the brother of A ...

, Iranian politician *

George Noory George Ralph Noory (born June 4, 1950) is an American talk radio, radio talk show host. Since January 2003, Noory has been the weekday host of the late-night radio talk show ''Coast to Coast AM''. The program is radio syndication, syndicated to ...

, radio talk show host *

Hossein Nuri Hossein Nuri (also spelled Hosein Noori or Hussein Nouri) (, born 1 July 1954) is an Iranian painter, playwright and film director. One of Nuri's pre-eminent characteristics is that despite his physical limitations he has gained professional a ...

, Iranian painter, dramaturge, and filmmaker * Kat Nouri, Iranian-born American entrepreneur and inventor *

Michael Nouri Michael Nouri (born December 9, 1945) is an American screen and stage actor. He is best known for his television roles, including Dr. Neil Roberts on '' The O.C.'', Phil Grey on ''Damages'', Caleb Cortlandt on ''All My Children'', Eli David in ...

, Lebanese-American actor * Mina Nouri (born 1951), Iranian painter * Mohammad Nouri (footballer), Iranian footballer * Mohammad Nouri (singer), Iranian singer * Moshtaque Ahmad Noori, Indian Urdu short story writer and critic * Milad Nouri (footballer born 1986), Iranian footballer *

Pejman Nouri Pejman Nouri (; born 13 July 1980) is an Iranian Association football, football official, coach and a former player who played in the midfield position. He is the president of Malavan F.C., Malavan. Club career Born in Rezvanshahr County, Rezvan ...

, Iranian footballer * Pir Syed Muhammad Channan Shah Nuri, Islamic saint *

Sayid Abdulloh Nuri Sayid Abdulloh Nuri (born: Abdullah Nuriddinovich Saidov; 15 March 1947 – 9 August 2006) was a Tajikistani politician and military commander who led the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan from 1993 until he died of cancer in late 2006. ...

(1947–2006), leader of the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan * Shahab Sheikh Nuri (1932–1976), Kurdish politician *

Sheikh Fazlollah Noori Sheikh Fazlollah bin Abbas Mazindarani (; 24 December 1843 – 31 July 1909), also known as Fazlollah Noori (), was a major figure in Iranian Constitutional Revolution (1905-1911) as a Twelver Shia Muslim scholar and politically connected mull ...

, Iranian cleric *

Süleyman Nuri Süleyman Nuri (1895–1966) was an Ottoman Turkish communist politician and a co-founder of the Communist Party headed by Mustafa Subhi. He was also the first justice minister of the Soviet Armenia. Early life and education Nuri was born in 1 ...

(1895–1966), Ottoman Russian communist politician *

Vahid Nouri Vahid Nouri (born 31 May 1989) is an Iranian Paralympic judoka. At the 2020 Summer Paralympics The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport event, multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 ...

(born 1989), Iranian paralympic judoka * Vivian Nouri (born 1993), known professionally as

NOURI (artist) Vivian Nouri (born 10 February 1993, known professionally as NOURI) is a New Zealand recording artist of Kurdish origin. On 6 November 2018, NOURI released her debut single "Where Do We Go From Here". The song debuted at number one on the New Zea ...

, New Zealand recording artist of Kurdish descent * Yochanan ben Nuri, Tanna of the first and second century CE

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