List of Kurds

This is a list of notable Kurds, chronologically listed:

1st 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-Mawardi (974-1058)
 * Badr ibn Hasanwayh ((r. 979 – 1013))
 * Marzuban ibn Muhammad ibn Shaddad (d. 985)
 * Pîr Mansûr (d. 989)
 * Abu Nasr Husayn II ((r. 1001 – 1025))
 * Ali Hariri (1009–1079/80)
 * Abu’l-Fatḥ Moḥammad b. ʿAnnāz (d. 1010/1)
 * Zahir ibn Hilal ibn Badr ((r. 1013 – 1015))
 * Hilal ibn Badr ((r. undefined – undefined))
 * Fadluya ((r. 1030 – 1078))
 * Fadl ibn Muhammad (d. 1031)
 * Abu'l-Fath Musa ((r. 1031 – 1034))
 * Lashkari ibn Musa ((r. 1034 – 1049))
 * Abu Nasr Mamlan II ((r. 1058/9 – 1070))
 * Abu Mansur Wahsudan (d. 1059)
 * Abu'l-Aswar Shavur ibn Fadl (d. 1067)
 * Anushirvan ibn Lashkari (d. c. 1067)
 * Ashot ibn Shavur ((r. 1068 – 1069))
 * Manuchihr ibn Shavur ((r. 1072 – 1118))
 * Fadl ibn Shavur (d. 1073)
 * Fadlun ibn Fadl ((r. 1073 – 1075))
 * Badh ibn Dustak (d. 1093/6)
 * Fakhr-un-Nisa (11th century)
 * Firuz-Shah Zarrin-Kolah (11th century)
 * Ibn al-Azraq al-Fariqi (1116–1176)
 * Abu'l-Aswar Shavur ibn Manuchihr ((r. 1118 – 1124))
 * Fadl ibn Shavur ibn Manuchihr ((r. 1125 – 1130))
 * Fakr al-Din Shaddad ibn Mahmud ((r. 1131 – 1155))
 * Saladin (1137–1193)
 * Al-Adil I (1145–1218)
 * Fadl ibn Mahmud ((r. 1155 – 1161))
 * Sayf al-Din al-Amidi (1156–1233)
 * Shahanshah ibn Mahmud ((r. 1164 – 1174))
 * 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 ((r. 1174 – 1199))
 * Al-Ashraf Musa (1178–1237)
 * Al-Mu'azzam Isa (1176–1227)
 * Al-Kamil (1117–1238)
 * Cakir al-Kurdi (d. 1155)
 * Turan-Shah (d. 1180)
 * Ibn al-Salah (1181–1245)
 * Al-Mu'azzam Turanshah ibn Salah al-Din (c. 1181 – 1260)
 * Bahramshah ((r. 1182 – 1230))
 * Farrukh Shah (d. 1182)
 * Muhammad ibn Shirkuh (d. 1186)
 * 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)
 * 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 ((r. 1250 – 1254))
 * Al-Muazzam Turanshah (d. 1250)
 * Fakhr al-Din al-Akhlati (d. 1260)
 * 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)
 * Shaykh Junayd (d. 1460)
 * 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 ((r. 1590 – 1616))
 * 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 ((r. 1637 – 1657))
 * 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)
 * Shahqoli Khan Zanganeh (d. 1716)
 * Marif Nodeyi (1753–1838/9)
 * Xelîlê Sêrtî (1754–1843)
 * Zaro Aga (1764–1934)
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * Said Nursî (1877–1960)
 * Aziz Feyzi Pirinççizâde (1878–1933)
 * Mahmud Barzanji (1878–1956)
 * Ahmed Uthman (1879–1946)
 * Kâzım İnanç (1880-1938)
 * Abdullah Beg Benari (1880–1939)
 * 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)
 * İsmet İnönü (1884–1973)
 * Ali Saip Ursavaş (1885–1939)
 * Simko Shikak (1887–1930)
 * Halis Öztürk (1889–1977)
 * 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)
 * Yezdanşêr (19th 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)
 * 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)
 * Ibrahim Heski (d. 1931)
 * Nadir Nadirov (1932–2021)
 * Ordîxanê Celîl (1932–2007)
 * Shahab Sheikh Nuri (1932–1976)
 * Hemoye Shero (d. 1932)
 * Ahmad Moftizadeh (1933–1993)
 * Jalal Talabani (1933–2017)
 * Jamal Nebez (1933–2018)
 * Khurto Hajji Ismail (1933–2020)
 * Tahseen Said (1933–2019)
 * Efat Ghazi (1935–1990)
 * Abdülmelik Fırat (1934–2009)
 * Usuv Beg (–1934)
 * Emerîkê Serdar (1935–2018)
 * Mehmed Emîn Bozarslan (1935–)
 * Adel Karasholi (1936–)
 * Ahmad Ghazi (1936–2015)
 * Ali Askari (1936–1978)
 * Celîlê Celîl (1936–)
 * Suwara Ilkhanizada (1937–)
 * Yılmaz Güney (1937–1984)
 * 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–)
 * Ferzende (d. 1939)
 * Zakia Hakki (1939–)
 * Mehdi Zana (1940–)
 * Sherko Bekas (1940–2013)
 * 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)
 * Sedigh Kamangar (1946–1989)
 * Şahînê Bekirê Soreklî (1946–)
 * Dilshad Meriwani (1947–1989)
 * Latif Halmat (1947–)
 * Mehmet Sıraç Bilgin (1944–2015)
 * Mohammad Saber Ismail (1947–)
 * Reşo Zîlan (1947–)
 * Rowsch Shaways (1947–2021)
 * Cankurd (1948–)
 * Foad Mostafa Soltani (1948–1979)
 * Hero Ibrahim Ahmed (1948–)
 * İhsan Arslan (1948–)
 * Keça Kurd (1948–)
 * Mihemed Şêxo (1948–1989)
 * Narmin Othman (1948–)
 * Omer Fattah Hussain (1948–)
 * Abbas Vali (1949–)
 * Abdulla Mohtadi (1949–)
 * Abdullah Öcalan (1949–)
 * Adel Murad (1949–2018)
 * Hüseyin Erdem (1949–)
 * Kamran Hedayati (1949–1996)
 * Mohammad Hossein Karimi (1949–1979)
 * Najmiddin Karim (1949–2020)
 * Têmûrê Xelîl (1949–)
 * Ramzi Nafi (1917–1949)

1950s-1970s

 * Arsalan Baiz (1950–)
 * Behrouz Gharibpour (1950–)
 * Hacı Karay (1950–)
 * Homayoun Ardalan (1950–1992)
 * Hüseyin Kalkan (1950–)
 * Rafiq Sabir (1950–)
 * Abdulwahid Muhammed Salih (1973–)
 * Salaheddine Bahaaeddin (1950–)
 * Shahram Nazeri (1950–)
 * Abdul Rahman Mustafa (1951–)
 * Cemîl Bayik (1951–)
 * Ferhad Shakely (1951–)
 * Pouran Derakhshandeh (1951–)
 * Salih Muslim (1951–)
 * Salim Barakat (1951–)
 * Abbas Kamandi (1952–2012)
 * Ali Haydar Kaytan (1952–)
 * Hüseyin Velioğlu (1952–2000)
 * Ibrahim Tatlises (1952–)
 * İsmail Özden (1952–2018)
 * Khalil Rashow (1952–)
 * Kosrat Rasul Ali (1952–)
 * Leyla Qasim (1952–1974)
 * Mahmut Alınak (1952–)
 * Mala Bakhtiyar (1952–)
 * Mehemed Malmîsanij (1952–)
 * Murat Bozlak (1952–2010)
 * Omar Hamdi (1952–2015)
 * Pîr Xidir Silêman (1952–2021)
 * Ali Haydar Yıldız (1953–1973)
 * Fawaz Hussain (1953–)
 * Hoshyar Zebari (1953–)
 * Jalal Barzanji (1953–)
 * Mohammad Tofiq Rahim (1953–)
 * Mehmed Uzun (1953–2007)
 * Orhan Miroğlu (1953–)
 * Yekta Uzunoğlu (1953–)
 * Murat Karayılan (1954–)
 * Najiba Ahmad (1954–)
 * Selim Sadak (1954–)
 * Beytocan (1955–2023)
 * Fadıl Öztürk (1955–)
 * Hatip Dicle (1955–)
 * Hikmet Fidan (1955?–2005)
 * Ilana Eliya (1955–)
 * Imad Ahmad Sayfour (1955–)
 * Mohammed Haji Mahmoud (1955–)
 * Nasser Razazi (1955–)
 * Orhan Doğan (1955–2007)
 * Perwîz Cîhanî (1955–)
 * Rohat Alakom (1955–)
 * Şivan Perwer (1955–)
 * Abdulbaset Sieda (1956–)
 * Arjen Arî (1956–2012)
 * Cuneyd Zapsu (1956–)
 * Lokman Polat (1956–)
 * Mahsum Korkmaz (1956–1986)
 * Mazlum Doğan (1956–1982)
 * Mullah Krekar (1956–)
 * Nizamettin Arıç (1956–)
 * Musa Farisoğulları (1956–)
 * Ahmet Kaya (1957–2000)
 * Ali Akbar Moradi (1957–)
 * Ciwan Haco (1957–)
 * Dana Ahmed Majid (1957–)
 * Edip Yüksel (1957–)
 * Hesenê Metê (1957–)
 * Mustafa Aydogan (1957–)
 * Najmadin Shukr Rauf (1957–1985)
 * Sırrı Sakık (1957–)
 * Zafer Çağlayan (1957–)
 * Dilshad Said (1958–)
 * Kamal Qadir (1958–)
 * Mashaal Tammo (1958–)
 * Merziye Feriqi (1958–2005)
 * Mostafa Moloudi (1958–)
 * Nursel Aydoğan (1958–)
 * Osman Öcalan (1958–)
 * Serdar Roşan (1958–)
 * Seyed Khalil Alinezhad (1958–2001)
 * Sherzad Hafiz (1958–)
 * Tara Jaff (1958–)
 * Bakhtiar Amin (1959–)
 * Firat Cewerî (1959–)
 * İmam Taşçıer (1959–)
 * Müslüm Doğan (1959–)
 * Ata Nahai (1960–)
 * Barham Salih (1960–)
 * Bayan Nouri (1960–)
 * Edibe Şahin (1960–)
 * Eyaz Zaxoyî (1960–1986)
 * Jalal Jalalizadeh (1960–)
 * Salih Fırat (1960–)
 * Soraya Serajeddini (1960–2006)
 * Ali Bapir (1961–)
 * Amirkhan Mori (1961–)
 * Derwich Ferho (1961–)
 * Farhad Pirbal (1961–)
 * Guram Adzhoyev (1961–)
 * Gültan Kışanak (1961–)
 * Hassan Rahmanpanah (1961–)
 * Jano Rosebiani (1961–)
 * Leyla Zana (1961–)
 * Nizamettin Taş (1961–)
 * Saeed Farajpouri (1961–)
 * Savaş Buldan (1961–)
 * Zübeyir Aydar (1961–)
 * Abderrahman Sadik Karim (1962–)
 * Abdolreza Rajabi (1962–)
 * Adham Barzani (1962–)
 * Ardeshir Kamkar (1962–)
 * Hüseyin Kenan Aydın (1962–)
 * Adnan Karim (1963–)
 * Adnan Selçuk Mizrakli (1963–)
 * Azad Bonni (1963–)
 * Gülser Yıldırım (1963–)
 * Hülya Avşar (1963–)
 * Karim Mohammedzadeh (1963–1990)
 * Kayhan Kalhor (1963–)
 * Kemal Bülbül (1963–)
 * Mariwan Halabjaee (1963–)
 * Mohammad Seddigh Kaboudvand (1963–)
 * Seyran Ateş (1963–)
 * Mahir Hassan (1963-)
 * Fatma Kurtulan (1964–)
 * Hasan Saltık (1964–2021)
 * Huner Saleem (1964–)
 * Latif Yahia (1964–)
 * Leyla Güven (1964–)
 * Mano Khalil (1964–)
 * Nazand Begikhani (1964–)
 * Şeyhmus Dağtekin (1964–)
 * Yüksel Yavuz (1964–)
 * Aysel Tuğluk (1965–)
 * Ayşe Gökkan (1965–)
 * Bekir Bozdağ (1965–)
 * Bengi Yıldız (1965–)
 * Gurbetelli Ersöz (1965–1997)
 * Jan Dost (1965–)
 * Abdullah Demirbaş (1966–)
 * Bachtyar Ali (1966–)
 * Diyar Dersim (1966–)
 * İshak Sağlam (1966–)
 * Mahabad Qaradaghi (1966–2020)
 * Nechirvan Barzani (1966–)
 * Roya Toloui (1966–)
 * Tahir Elçi (1966–2015)
 * Yıldız Tilbe (1966–)
 * Zekeriya Yapıcıoğlu (1966–)
 * Alican Önlü (1967–)
 * Helîm Yûsiv (1967–)
 * Kajal Ahmad (1967–)
 * Mehmet Şimşek (1967–)
 * Meral Danış Beştaş (1967–)
 * Nadhim Zahawi (1967–)
 * Nalin Pekgul (1967–)
 * Pervin Buldan (1967–)
 * Yılmaz Erdoğan (1967–)
 * Ali Atalan (1968–)
 * Bejan Matur (1968–)
 * Gani Mirzo (1968–)
 * Fatih Mehmet Maçoğlu (1968–)
 * İbrahim Ayhan (1968–2018)
 * Metin Göktepe (1968–1996)
 * Xalîd Reşîd (1968–)
 * Bahman Ghobadi (1969–)
 * Bahoz Erdal (1969–)
 * Çağlar Demirel (1969–)
 * Dilsa Demirbag Sten (1969–)
 * Masrour Barzani (1969–)
 * Mohammad Oraz (1969–2003)
 * Mustafa Atici (1969–)
 * Sevahir Bayındır (1969–)
 * Widad Akrawi (1969–)
 * Amineh Kakabaveh (1970–)
 * Ayhan Bilgen (1970–)
 * Ayşe Polat (1970–)
 * Besime Konca (1970–)
 * Sara Kaya (1970–)
 * Sirwan Barzani (1970–)
 * Tuncer Bakırhan (1970–)
 * Ahmet Aslan (1971–)
 * Ahmet Aydın (1971–)
 * Asya Abdullah (1971–)
 * Dilba (1971–)
 * Gülnaz Karataş (1971–1992)
 * Hasret Gültekin (1971–1993)
 * Hozan Canê (1971–)
 * Jamil Rostami (1971–)
 * Mehmet Rüştü Tiryaki (1971–)
 * Osman Baydemir (1971–)
 * Selma Irmak (1971–)
 * Shahram Alidi (1971–)
 * Sibel Yiğitalp (1971–)
 * Vian Dakhil (1971–)
 * Abdullah Zeydan (1972–)
 * Azad Zal (1972–)
 * Eros Kurdi (1972–)
 * Hamdi Ulukaya (1972–)
 * Juwan Fuad Masum (1972–)
 * Nurettin Demirtaş (1972–)
 * Azad (1973–)
 * Bafel Talabani (1973–)
 * Herro Mustafa (1973–)
 * Houzan Mahmoud (1973–)
 * Kazim Öz (1973–)
 * Mehmet Yavuz (1973–2019)
 * Saliha Aydeniz (1973–)
 * Selahattin Demirtaş (1973–)
 * Servet Kocakaya (1973–)
 * Şehrîbana Kurdî (1973–)
 * Şevval Sam (1973–)
 * Choman Hardi (1974–)
 * Leyla Birlik (1974–)
 * Serhat Baran (1974–)
 * Seyed Ali Jaberi (1974–)
 * Aynur Doğan (1975–)
 * Bedia Özgökçe Ertan (1975–)
 * Celal Başkale (1975–2012)
 * Farzad Kamangar (c. 1975–2010)
 * Faysal Sarıyıldız (1975–)
 * Hisham Zaman (1975–)
 * Mehmet Ali Aslan (1975–)
 * Sadet Karabulut (1975–)
 * Sebahat Tuncel (1975–)
 * Sevim Dağdelen (1975–)
 * Vala Fareed (1975–)
 * Ayla Akat Ata (1976–)
 * Evrim Alataş (1976–2010)
 * Feleknas Uca (1976–)
 * Hemin Hawrami (1976–)
 * İdris Baluken (1976–)
 * Lahur Talabany (1976–)
 * Özlem Cekic (1976–)
 * Zara (Turkish singer) (1976–)
 * Bekir Kaya (1977–)
 * Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius (1977–)
 * Gulan Avci (1977–)
 * Hişyar Özsoy (1977–)
 * Nisti Stêrk (1977–)
 * Omed Khoshnaw (1977–)
 * Qubad Talabani (1977–)
 * Shibal Ibrahim (c. 1977–)
 * Rojda Felat (1977–)
 * Birzo Majeed (1978–)
 * Blend Saleh (1978–)
 * Caucher Birkar (1978–)
 * Düzen Tekkal (1978–)
 * Firsat Sofi (1978–2020)
 * Kurd Maverick (1978–)
 * Rojda Aykoç (1978–)
 * Shahram Mokri (1978–)
 * Shaswar Abdulwahid (1978–)
 * Yousif Muhammed Sadiq (1978–)
 * Feryal Clark (1979–)
 * Mohsen Chavoshi (1979–)
 * Sheikh Ali Ilyas (1979–)
 * Zeynel Doğan (1979–)

1980s-2000s

 * Rojda Demirer (1980–)
 * Rewşan Çeliker (1980–)
 * Sherko Moarefi (1980–2013)
 * Mustafa Sarp (1980–)
 * Zuhal Demir (1980–)
 * Pervin Chakar (1981–)
 * Golriz Ghahraman (1981–)
 * Hawar Mulla Mohammed (1981–)
 * Khalid Mushir (1981–)
 * Khanna Omarkhali (1981–)
 * Remziye Tosun (1981–)
 * Selçuk Şahin (footballer born 1981)
 * Sinan Kaloğlu (1981–)
 * Xatar (1981–)
 * Ebru Günay (1982–)
 * Ehsan Fatahian (1982–)
 * Fidan Doğan (1982–2013)
 * Gökay Akbulut (1982–)
 * Jwan Hesso (1982–)
 * Majid Kavian (1982–2011)
 * Zeynab Jalalian (1982–)
 * Behrouz Boochani (1983–)
 * Belçim Bilgin (1983–)
 * Burhan G (1983–)
 * Chopy Fatah (1983–)
 * Mohammedali Yaseen Taha (1983–)
 * Salt Bae (1983–)
 * Selçuk Şahin (footballer born 1983)
 * Shwan Jalal (1983–)
 * Sohrab Pournazeri (1983–)
 * Taban Shoresh (1983–)
 * Zara (Russian singer) (1983–)
 * Ali Hama Saleh (1984–)
 * Bovar Karim (1984–)
 * Dilo Doxan (1984–)
 * Hevrin Khalaf (1984–)
 * Jassim Mohammed Haji (1984–)
 * Kawa Hesso (1984–)
 * Sherwan Haji (1985–)
 * Haftbefehl (1985–)
 * Isaac Tutumlu (1985–)
 * Sane Jaleh (1985–2011)
 * Bengin Ahmad (1986–)
 * Dashni Morad (1986–)
 * Hanna Jaff (1986–)
 * Kadir Talabani (1986–)
 * Navid Mohammadzadeh (1986–)
 * Rang Shawkat (1986–)
 * Ziaeddin Niknafs (1986–)
 * Brwa Nouri (1987–)
 * Dara Mohammed (1987–)
 * Darin (1987–)
 * Leyla İmret (1987–)
 * Ömer Öcalan (1987–)
 * Rawez Lawan (1987–)
 * Voria Ghafouri (1987–)
 * Eren Derdiyok (1988–)
 * Halgurd Mulla Mohammed (1988–)
 * Helly Luv (1988–)
 * KC Rebell (1988–)
 * Kurdo (rapper) (1988–)
 * Leila Mustafa (1988–)
 * Lilla Namo (1988–)
 * Makwan Amirkhani (1988–)
 * Nûdem Durak (1988–)
 * Zyzz (1989–2011)
 * Bahare Alavi (1989–2011)
 * Rezan Zuğurlu (1988/9–)
 * Ahmad Al Saleh (1989–)
 * Aram Khalili (1989–)
 * Deniz Naki (1989–)
 * Tuğba Hezer Öztürk (1989–)
 * Capo (rapper) (1990–)
 * Jiloan Hamad (1990–)
 * Mervan Çelik (1990–)
 * Kianoush Rostami (1991–)
 * Helin Bölek (1992–2020)
 * Kaveh Rezaei (1992–)
 * Newroz Uysal Aslan (1992–)
 * Nur Tatar (1992–)
 * Lanja Khawe (1993–)
 * Nadia Murad (1993–)
 * NOURI (1993–)
 * Ramin Hossein-Panahi (1995–2018)
 * Reynmen (1995–)
 * Mahmoud Dahoud (1996–)
 * Zeki Majed (1996–)
 * Dersim Dağ (1996–)
 * Berkin Elvan (1999–2014)
 * Eno (rapper) (1998–)
 * Fero47 (1998–)
 * Dadvan Yousuf (2000-)

Others

 * Ahmet Dağtekin
 * Ala Talabani
 * Dindar Najman
 * Fadhil Omer
 * Habibollah Latifi
 * Hakki Akdeniz
 * Hamdi Ulukaya
 * Howar Ziad
 * Ibrahim Alizade
 * Îlham Ehmed
 * Nuriye Kesbir
 * Rebwar Fatah
 * Riya Qahtan
 * Salt Bae
 * Taha Baban