List of Yazidi people

The following is a list of notable persons of Yazidi descent.

A

 * Ali Atalan, politician
 * Arab Shamilov, novelist
 * Amar Suloev, mixed martial artist, hitman
 * Amin Farhan Jejo, Yazidi politician and author
 * Ibrahim Khalil, The Yazidi folk singer and songwriter
 * Aslan Usoyan, Russian mafia boss
 * Al-Hasan ibn Adi, religious heir of ‘Adī ibn Sakhr
 * Amirkhan Mori, owner and chairman of the Regions Group
 * Aziz Tamoyan,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

D

 * Dalal Khario, Women's Rights Award recipient, former captive of ISIS
 * Deniz Undav, footballer

E

 * Emerîkê Serdar, journalist, writer, translator
 * Emine Evdal, writer, linguist and poet
 * Eskerê Boyîk, poet and writer
 * Ezidi Mîrza, 17th century governor of Mosul, Yezidi leader and hero

F

 * Fakhr ad-Din ibn Adi, Yezidi saint
 * Farida Khalaf, former ISIS captive

G

 * Guram Adzhoyev, former footballer

H

 * 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.

J

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

K

 * Khalil Rashow, academic, writer and researcher
 * Khanna Omarkhali (Xana Omarxali), academic, writer and researcher focusing mainly on Yazidism
 * Khurto Hajji Ismail, current Baba Sheikh of the Yazidi
 * Kseniya Borodina (paternal side), television presenter and actress
 * Kyaram Sloyan, soldier killed and beheaded by Azerbaijani soldiers

L

 * Lamiya Aji Bashar, human rights activist

M

 * Mahmoud Ezidi, Peshmerga fighter
 * Misha Aloyan, boxer
 * Meyan Khatun, 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 in Nineveh Province, Iraq.

N

 * Nadia Murad, human rights activist, Nobel Peace Prize recipient

O

 * Ordîxanê Celîl, writer and academic

P

 * Pîr Xidir Silêman, writer, teacher and parliamentarian

R

 * Roman Amoyan, Greco-Roman wrestler, Olympian

S

 * Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir, Shaykh
 * Sakhr Abu l-Barakat, Shaykh
 * Sheikh Sharaf ad-Din ibn al-Hasan, Shaykh
 * Sheikh Khairy Khedr, Commander and founder of the Yazidi militia Malik Al-Tawus Troop
 * Samand Siabandov, hero of the Soviet Union
 * Shir Sarim, 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

T

 * Têmûrê Xelîl, journalist, writer and translator
 * Tosinê Reşîd, writer, poet and playwright

U

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

V

 * Vian Dakhil, member of the Iraqi parliament

W

 * Wansa, Yazidi princess

X

 * Xelîlê Çaçan Mûradov, writer and journalist

Z

 * Zara Mgoyan, pop singer, actress and social activist
 * Zakhar Kalashov, Russian mafia boss
 * Ismail Özden, Yezidi PKK commander in Shingal.