# 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. 1014)
* 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)
* Ismail I (1487–1524)
* Şêx Şemsedînê Exlatî (1558–1674)
* Abd-al-Baqi Nahavandi (1570–1632)
* Abbas the Great (1571–1629)
* Melayê Cizîrî (1570–1640)
* Asenath Barzani (1590–1670)
* Tahmasp I (1514–1576)
* 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)
* 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)
* 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)
* 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)

## 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)
* 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–)
* Karzan Kardozi (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–)
* Deniz Undav (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