Kemal (name)

Kemal, also archaically spelt Kamâl, is a Turkish masculine given name which means fullness, perfection, maturity.  It is derived from the Arabic name Kamal and may refer to:

First name

 * Kemal Akbaba (born 1988), Turkish football player
 * Kemal Alispahić (born 1969), Bosnian footballer
 * Kemal Alomerović (born 1980), Macedonian football player
 * Kemal Arıkan (1927–1982), Turkish diplomat assassinated by an Armenian group in Los Angeles, CA, United States
 * Kemal Aslan (born 1981), Turkish football player
 * Kemal Başar (born 1963), Turkish theatre director
 * Kemal Bokhary (born 1947), judge in Hong Kong
 * Kemal Bourhani (born 1981), French footballer of Comorian descent
 * Kemal Curić (born 1978), Bosnian automobile designer
 * Kemal Derviş (1949–2023), Turkish economist and politician
 * Kemal Dinçer (born 1963), Turkish basketball player
 * Kemal Faruki (1906–1988), Turkish footballer
 * Kemal Gekić (born 1962), American classical pianist of Bosnian ancestry
 * Kemal Güleş (born 1999), Turkish amputee footballer
 * Kemal Arda Gürdal (born 1990), Turkish swimmer
 * Kemal Idris (1923–2010), Indonesian Army general
 * Kemal Izzet (born 1980), English footballer of Turkish Cypriot ethnicity
 * Kemal Karpat (1924–2019), Turkish historian
 * Kemal Kaya Effendi, Turkish military officer
 * Kemal Kayhan (born 1983), Turkish volleyball player
 * Kemal Kerinçsiz (born 1960), Turkish lawyer and political activist
 * Kemal Kıvanç Elgaz (born 1986), Turkish volleyball player
 * Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu (born 1948), Turkish politician
 * Kemal Kirişci, Turkish academic and political scientist
 * Kemal Koyuncu (born 1985), Turkish athlete
 * Kemal Kozarić (born 1956), Bosnian banker
 * Kemal Küçükbay (born 1982), Turkish cyclist
 * Kemal Kurspahić (1946–2021), Bosnian journalist
 * Kemal Kurt (1947–2002), German author and translator of Turkish descent
 * Kemal Malovčić (born 1946), Bosnian singer
 * Kemal Monteno (1948–2015), Bosnian singer
 * Kemal Okyay (born 1985), Turkish footballer
 * Kemal Reis (1451–1511), Ottoman privateer and admiral
 * Kemal Satır (1911–1991), Turkish physician and politician
 * Kemal Sunal (1944–2000), Turkish actor
 * Kemal Şahin (born 1955), Turkish entrepreneur
 * Kemal Tahir (1910–1973), Turkish author and intellectual
 * Kemal Tokak (born 1989), Turkish footballer
 * Kemal Türkler (1926–1980), Turkish labor union leader
 * Kemal Unakıtan (1946–2016), Turkish politician
 * Kemal Zeytinoğlu (1911–1959), Turkish engineer and politician

Middle name

 * Ali Kemal Bey (1867–1922), Turkish journalist and politician
 * Derviş Kemal Deniz (born 1954), Turkish Cypriot minister of economy and tourism
 * Mehmet Kemal Ağar (born 1951), Turkish politician
 * Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881–1938), the founder and first President of Turkey
 * Mustafa Kemal Kurdaş (1920–2011), Turkish economist and politician
 * Namık Kemal Yolga (1914–2001), Turkish diplomat
 * Namık Kemal Zeybek (born 1944), Turkish politician
 * Orhan Kemal Cengiz, Turkish lawyer, journalist and human rights activist
 * Yahya Kemal Beyatlı (1884–1958), Turkish writer

Surname

 * Ismail Kemal (1844–1919), Albanian founding father and prime minister
 * György Ekrem-Kemál (1946–2009), Hungarian nationalist politician
 * Mariz Kemal (born 1950), Russian poet
 * Namık Kemal (1840–1888), Turkish writer
 * Yaşar Kemal (1923–2015), Turkish writer

Pseudonym

 * Orhan Kemal (1914–1970), Turkish writer

Living legend
 * Sami Kemal (1992-___),