# 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:

## Given name
### First name

* Kemal Akbaba (born 1988), Turkish football player
* Kemal Alispahić (born 1969), Bosnian footballer
* Kemal Alomerović (born 1980), Macedonian football player
* Kemal Bedri, Ethiopian politician
* Kemal Arıkan (1927–1982), Turkish diplomat assassinated by an Armenian group in Los Angeles, United States
* Kemal Aslan (born 1981), Turkish football player
* Kemal Başar (born 1963), Turkish theatre director
* Kemal Bilmez (born 1994), Belgian politician
* Kemal Bokhary (born 1947), Hong Kong judge
* 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 Rijken (born 1980), Dutch historian
* 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