List of Kurds

This is a list of notable Kurds, chronologically listed:

6th century-15th century

Jaban al-Kurdi (6th century) Bahlool Mahi (9th century) Mir Jafar Dasni (d. c. 841) Ibn al-Dahhak (d. 927) Muhammad ibn Husayn al-Rawadi (d. c. 953–956) Muhammad ibn Shaddad (d. 955) Daysam ibn Ibrahim al-Kurdi (d. c. 957) Evdilsemedê Babek (972–1019) Lashkari ibn Muhammad (d. 978) Hasanwayh (d. 979) Al-MawardiAbul-Fazl Ezzati, The Spread of Islam: The Contributing Factors, ICAS Press (2002), p. 384 (974-1058) Badr ibn Hasanwayh () Marzuban ibn Muhammad ibn Shaddad (d. 985) Abu Hanifa Dinawari (9th-century) Abu Nasr Husayn II () Ali Hariri (1009–1079/80) Abu’l-Fatḥ Moḥammad b. ʿAnnāz (d. 1010/1) Zahir ibn Hilal ibn Badr () Hilal ibn Badr () Fadluya () Fadl ibn Muhammad (d. 1031) Abu'l-Fath Musa () Lashkari ibn Musa () Abu Nasr Mamlan II () Abu Mansur Wahsudan (d. 1059) Abu'l-Aswar Shavur ibn Fadl (d. 1067) Anushirvan ibn Lashkari (d. c. 1067) Ashot ibn Shavur () Manuchihr ibn Shavur () Fadl ibn Shavur (d. 1073) Fadlun ibn Fadl ()The Political and Dynastic History of the Iranic World, C.E. Bosworth, The Cambridge History of Iran:The Saljuq and Mongol Period, Vol. 5, ed. J.A. Boyle, (Cambridge University Press, 1968), 95. Badh ibn Dustak (d. 1093/6) Fakhr-un-Nisa (11th century) Firuz-Shah Zarrin-Kolah (11th century)F. Daftary, "Intellectual Traditions in Islam", I.B.Tauris, 2001. pg 147: "But the origins of the family of Shaykh Safi al-Din go back not to Hijaz but to Kurdistan, from where, seven generations before him, Firuz Shah Zarin-kulah had migrated to Azerbaijan" Ibn al-Azraq al-Fariqi (1116–1176) Abu'l-Aswar Shavur ibn Manuchihr () Fadl ibn Shavur ibn Manuchihr () Fakr al-Din Shaddad ibn Mahmud () Saladin (1137–1193) Al-Adil I (1145–1218) Fadl ibn Mahmud () Sayf al-Din al-Amidi (1156–1233) Shahanshah ibn Mahmud () Al-Afdal ibn Salah ad-Din (c. 1169–1225) Shirkuh (d. 1169) Az-Zahir Ghazi (1172–1216) Najm ad-Din Ayyub (d. 1173) Sultan ibn Mahmud () Al-Ashraf Musa (1178–1237) Al-Mu'azzam Isa (1176–1227) Al-Kamil (1117–1238) Cakir al-Kurdi (d. 1155)Câmiu Kerâmât-il-Evliyâ; c.1, s.378 Turan-Shah (d. 1180)Houtsma, Martijn Theodoor and Wensinck, A.J. E.J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913-1936. page 884, BRILL, 1993. Ibn al-Salah (1181–1245) Al-Mu'azzam Turanshah ibn Salah al-Din (c. 1181 – 1260) Bahramshah () Farrukh Shah (d. 1182)Humphreys, R. Stephen, From Saladin to the Mongols, SUNY Press 1977 p.52 Muhammad ibn Shirkuh (d. 1186)Necipoğlu G. (ed.) Muqarnas: An Annual on Islamic Art and Architecture vol. XI E>J> Brill, Leiden 1994 p. 47 Al-Mansur Nasir al-Din Muhammad (1189– c. 1216) Al-Muzaffar I Umar (d. 1191) Tughtakin ibn Ayyub (d. 1197) Al-Aziz Uthman (d. 1198) Al-Mansur I Muhammad (12th century) Fakhraddin (12th century) Izz al-Din Usama (12th century) Masud ibn Namdar (12th century) Mehmed Reshan (12th century) Nasirdin (12th century) Sejadin (12th century) Al-Awhad Ayyub (d. 1210) Al-Adil II (1221–1248) An-Nasir Yusuf (1228–1260) Al-Mujahid (d. 1240)Runciman S. Hunyadi Z., Laszlovszky J., The Crusades and the Military Orders: Expanding the Frontier of Medieval Latin Christianity, CEU Medievalia, 2001, p.72 As-Salih Ayyub (1205–1249) An-Nasir Dawud (1206–1261) Al-Aziz Muhammad (c. 1213–1236) Sitt al-Sham (d. 1220) Al-Ashraf Musa, Emir of Homs (1229–1263) Dayfa Khatun (d. 1242) As-Salih Ismail (d. 1245) Al-Mansur Ibrahim (d. 1246) Al-Muzaffar Ghazi (d. 1247) Ibn al-Hadjib (d. 1249) Al-Ashraf Musa, Sultan of Egypt () Al-Muazzam Turanshah (d. 1250) Fakhr al-Din al-Akhlati (d. 1260)Adak, Abdurrahman (2022-09-18). Destpêka Edebiyata Kurdî ya Klasîk (in Kurdish). Pak Ajans Yayincilik Turizm Ve Diş Ticaret Limited şirketi. ISBN 978-605-5053-04-8. Safi-ad-din Ardabili (1252/3–1334) Abulfeda (1273–1332) Al-Kamil Muhammad (d. 1260) Shabankara'i (1298–1358) Al-Shahrazuri (13th century) Amadin (13th century) Husam al-Din Chalabi (13th century) Khatuna Fekhra (13th century) Saʿd al-Din al-Humaidi (13th century) Sheikh Mand (13th century) Sheikh Obekr (13th century) Sadr al-Din Musa (1305–1391) Zain al-Din al-'Iraqi (1325–1404) Nusrat al-Din Ahmad (d. 1330) Al-Afdal Muhammad (d. 1341) Mele Perîşan (1356–1431) Sayyid Husayn Ahlati (d. 1397) Mela Huseynê Bateyî (1417–1495) Izz al-Din Shir (d. 1423) Khvajeh Ali Safavi (d. 1427) Idris Bitlisi (1457–1520) Hosam al-Din Ali Bitlisi (d. 1494/5) Mahmud the Kurd (15th century) Sultan Sahak (late 14th century to early 15th century)

16th century–19th century

Sharafkhan Bidlisi (1543–1603) Şêx Şemsedînê Exlatî (1558–1674) Abd-al-Baqi Nahavandi (1570–1632) Melayê Cizîrî (1570–1640) Asenath Barzani (1590–1670) Feqiyê Teyran (1590–1660) Halo Khan Ardalan () Yusuf Yaska (1592–1636) Shir Sarim (16th century) Ezidi Mirza (1600–1651) Ali Janbulad (d. 1610) Ibrahim al-Kurani (1615–1690) Ganj Ali Khan (d. 1624/5) Soleyman Khan Ardalan () Shahrokh Sultan Zanganeh (d. 1639) Mistefa Bêsaranî (1642–1701) Ahmad Khani (1650–1707) Ali Mardan Khan (d. 1657) Shaykh Ali Khan Zanganeh (d. 1689) Ali Beg Zanganeh (17th century) Mir Xanzad (17th century) Sarı Süleyman Bey (17th century) Khana Qubadi (1700–1759) Almas Khan-e Kanoule'ei (1706–1777) Mohamed Pasha Jaff (b. 1714) Karim Khan Zand (1705-1779) Shahqoli Khan Zanganeh (d. 1716) Marif Nodeyi (1753–1838/9) Xelîlê Sêrtî (1754–1843) Zaro Aga (1764–1834) Al-Barzanjī (d. 1764) Khulam Rada Khan Arkawazi (1765–1834) Suleiman al-Halabi (1777–1800) Khâlid-i Shahrazuri (1779–1827) Uthman Sirâj-ud-Dîn Naqshbandi (1781–1867) Mohammed el Kebir (1734-1796) Muhammad Pasha of Rawanduz (1783–1838) Şeyda Hewramî (1784–1852) Allahqoli Khan Zanganeh (d. 1785) Aziz Khan Mokri (1792–1871) Ahmad Bag Komasi (1796–1877) Mahmud Bayazidi (1797–1859) Yaqub Maydashti (1799–1871) Abdullah Pasha Bajalan (18th century) Elî Teremaxî (17th century or 18th century) Haydar Khan Zanganeh (18th century) Ibrahim Pasha al-Dalati (18th century) Nalî (1800–1856) Salim (1800–1866) Bedir Khan Beg (1803–1869) Mastoureh Ardalan (1805–1848) Mawlawi Tawagozi (1806–1882/3) Kurdî (1806/12–1850) Jafar Qoli Khan Donboli (d. 1814) Haji Qadir Koyi (1817–1897) Hasan Ali Khan Garrusi (1820–1900) Wali Dewane (1826–1881) Mirza Mohammad Reza Kalhor (1829–1892) Mahwi (1830–1906) Said Pasha Kurd (1834–1907) Riza Talabani (1835–1910) Mustafa Zihni Pasha (1838–1929) Ibrahim Pasha Milli (1843–1908) Wafayi (1844–1902) Bedri Pasha Bedir Khan (1847–1911) Lady Adela (1847–1924) Mirza Ebdilqadire Paweyi (1850–1910) Abdulkadir Ubeydullah (1851–1925) Emin Ali Bedir Khan (1851–1926) Diyap Yıldırım (1852–1932) Osman Efendîyo Babij (1852–1929) Saeb (1854–1910) Hariq (1856–1909) Mikdad Midhat Bedir Khan (1858–1915) Edeb (1860–1918) Sabat Islambouli (1860s–1941) Shamdin Agha (d. 1860) Sheikh Ali Hisam-ad-Din Naqshbandi (1861–1939) Seyid Riza (1863–1937) Abdürrezzak Bedir Khan (1864–1918) Cheragh-Ali Khan Zanganeh (d. 1864) Abdulhakim Arvasi (1865–1943) Mevlanzade Rifat Bey (1865–1930) Sheikh Said (1865–1925) Şerif Pasha (1865–1951) Ehmedê Xasî (1866/7–1951) Haji Mala Saeed Kirkukli Zada (1866–1937) Mustafa Yamulki (1866–1936) Han Mahmud (d. 1866) Piramerd (1867–1950) Sabat Islambouli (1867-1941) İshak Sükuti (1868–1902) Abdullah Cevdet (1869–1932) Faramarz Asadi (1869–1969) Ibrahim Hananu (1869–1935) Hajj Nematollah (1871–1920) Kurd Fuad Pasha Kurd Ahmet Izzet Pasha (1871–1920) Meyan Khatun (1873/4–1957/8) Jangir Agha (1874–1943) Narî (1874–1944) Muhammad Kurd Ali (1876–1953) Faik Ali Ozansoy (1876–1950) Ibrahim Heski (1877–1931) Said Nursî (1877–1960) Aziz Feyzi Pirinççizâde (1878–1933) Mahmud Barzanji (1878–1956) Ahmed Uthman (1879–1946) Kâzım İnanç (1880-1938) Muhammad Amin Zaki (1880–1948) Hasan Hayri (1881–1925) Mufti Penjweni (1881–1952) Halid Beg Cibran (1882–1925) Haji Baba Sheikh (1882–1947) Sayed Ali Asghar Kurdistani (1882–1936) Süreyya Bedir Khan (1883–1938) Sheikh Ubeydullah (d. 1883) Celal İbrahim (1884–1917) Ali Saip Ursavaş (1885–1939) Simko Shikak (1887–1930) Halis Öztürk (1889–1977) Ferzende (1889–1939) Memduh Selim Bey Abdul Aziz Yamulki (1890–1981) Bakr Sidqi (1890–1937) Ekrem Cemilpaşa (1891–1973) Taufiq Wahby (1891–1984) Hapsa Khan (1891–1953) Ihsan Nuri (1892/3–1976) Celadet Alî Bedirxan (1893–1951) Nuri Dersimi (1893–1973) Qazi Muhammad (1893–1947) Mohammad Hosni (1894–1969) Gholamreza Rashid-Yasemi (1895–1951) Kamuran Alî Bedirxan (1895–1978) Nur Ali Elahi (1895–1974) Ahmed Barzani (1896–1969) Sheikh Nuri Sheikh Salih Sheikh Ghani Barzinji (b. 1896) Arab Shamilov (1897–1978) Husni al-Za'im (1897–1949) Ahmed Mukhtar Jaff (1898–1934) Qani (1898–1965) Rafiq Hilmi (1898–1960) Kara Fatima Khanum (19th century) Kunj Yusuf Pasha (19th century) Osman Pasha Jaff (19th century) Hemoye Shero (19th century–1932) Usub Bek Temuryan (19th century–1934) Yezdanşêr (19th century)

20th century 1900s–1940s

Abdul Karim Mudarris (1901–2005) Muhammad Wali Kermashani (1901–?) Cigerxwîn (1903–1984) Leyla Bedir Khan (1903–1986) Mustafa Barzani (1903–1979) Abdullah Goran (1904–1962) Ali Merdan (1904–1981) Karim Sanjabi (1905–1995) Osman Sabri (1905–1993) Emînê Evdal (1906–1964) Abdolqader Zahedi (1907–2005) Alaaddin Sajadi (1907–1984) Nado Makhmudov (1907–1990) Heciyê Cindî (1908–1990) Qanate Kurdo (1909–1985) Samand Siabandov (1909–1989) Qedrîcan (1911–1972) Khalid Bakdash (1912–1995) Baba Ali Shaikh Mahmood (1912-1996) Mohammad Ghazi (1913–1998) Ibrahim Ahmad (1914–2000) Ahmed Kuftaro (1915–2004) Wansa (1917–2015) Dildar (1918–1948) Saleh Yousefi (1918–1981) Nûredin Zaza (1919–1988) Ibrahim Amin Baldar (1920–1998) Musa Anter (1920–1992) Abdurrahman Sharafkandi (1921–1991) Daham Miro (1921–2010) Ezaddin Husseini (1921–2011) Hassan Zirak (1921–1973) Hemin Mukriyani (1921–1986) Mustafa Pasha Bajalan (d. 1921) Ahmad Hardi (1922–2006) Tahir Tewfiq (1922–1987) Baba Mardoukh Rohanee (1923–1989) Yaşar Kemal (1923–2015) Karim Zand (1924–2017) Taha Muhie-eldin Marouf (1924–2009) Xelîlê Çaçan Mûradov (1924–1981) Abdel Hamid al-Sarraj (1925–2013) Ghader Abdollahzadeh (1925–2009) Mohammad Mamle (1925–1999) Siamak Yasemi (1925–1994) Karim Hisami (1926–2001) Moshe Barazani (1926–1947) Ahmed Arif (1927–1991) Mehdi Halıcı (1927–2008) Muhamad Salih Dilan (1927–1990) Shami Kermashani (1927–1984) Turgut Özal (1927–1993) Akram Hamid Begzadeh Jaff (1929–2010) Kâmran İnan (1929–2015) Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti (1929–2013) Nusrat Bhutto (1929–2011) Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou (1930–1989) Cemal Süreya (1931–1990) Medet Serhat (1931–1994) Nadir Nadirov (1932–2021) Ordîxanê Celîl (1932–2007) Shahab Sheikh Nuri (1932–1976) Ahmad Moftizadeh (1933–1993) Jalal Talabani (1933–2017) Jamal Nebez (1933–2018) Khurto Hajji Ismail (1933–2020) Tahseen Said (1933–2019) Abdülmelik Fırat (1934–2009) Efat Ghazi (1935–1990) Emerîkê Serdar (1935–2018) Mehmed Emîn Bozarslan (1935–2026) Adel Karasholi (1936–) Ahmad Ghazi (1936–2015) Ali Askari (1936–1978) Celîlê Celîl (1936–) Suwara Ilkhanizada (1937–1976) Yılmaz Güney (1937–1984) Aslan Usoyan (1937–2013) Ayşe Şan (1938–1996) Fuad Masum (1938–) Mahmoud Othman (1938–) Mazhar Khaleqi (1938–) Sadegh Sharafkandi (1938–1992) Şerafettin Elçi (1938–2012) Yaşar Kaya (1938–2016) Jalal Dabagh (1939–) Zakia Hakki (1939–2021) Mehdi Zana (1940–) Sherko Bekas (1940–2013) Nozad Saleh Rifaat (1941-) Abdul Rahman Haji Ahmadi (1941–) Ali Ashraf Darvishian (1941–2017) Eskerê Boyîk (1941–) Mehmet Ali Birand (1941–2013) Tosinê Reşîd (1941–) Ahmet Türk (1942–) Emre Taner (1942–) Yusuf Ekinci (1942–1994) Amir Hassanpour (1943–2017) Dengir Mir Mehmet Fırat (1943–2019) Necmettin Büyükkaya (1943–1984) Soad Hosny (1943–2001) Tofy Mussivand (1943–2024) Idris Barzani (1944–1987) Latif Rashid (1944–) Mahmoud Ezidi (1944-1979) Mahmud Baksi (1944–2000) Nawshirwan Mustafa (1944–2017) Yitzhak Mordechai (1944–) Aref Tayfour (1945–) Bahaedin Adab (1945–2007) Munzur Çem (1945–2022) Mustafa Hijri (1945–) Rahmi Saltuk (1945–) Rauf Hassan (1945–) Rojen Barnas (1945–) Abdulla Pashew (1946–) Fuad Hussein (1946–) Jawhar Namiq (1946–2011) Khalil al-Zahawi (1946–2007) Masoud Barzani (1946–) Mojtaba Mirzadeh (1946–2005)