List of German people of Kurdish descent
This is a list of notable individuals who are Kurds and grew up and/or live in Germany. The majority of German Kurds have roots in Turkey. If the person does not have Turkish roots, the name of the country is in braces. The list does not include Mhallami from Lebanon who are often called "Lebanese Kurds", but whose Kurdish origin is controversial.
Athletes
Combat sport
- Agit Kabayel
- Bruce Özbek
Football
- Deniz Naki, footballer
- Deniz Kadah, footballer
- Mirkan Aydın, footballer
- Aias Aosman, footballer (Syria)
- Ismail Atalan, football manager
- Mahmoud Dahoud, footballer (Syria)
- Joan Oumari, footballer (Lebanon)[1]
- Hassan Oumari, footballer (Lebanon)[1]
Musicians
Rapper
- Haftbefehl
- KC Rebell
- Eko Fresh
- Azad (Iran)
- Xatar (Iraq, Iran)
- Kurdo (Iraq)
- Eno
- Capo
- AK Ausserkontrolle
- Veysel
- Mudi
- Fero47
- Azzi Memo (rapper)
- Noah[2]
- Credibil
- BRKN
Singer
DJs
Politicians
in German parties
- Sevim Dağdelen
- Gökay Akbulut
- Özlem Demirel
- Leyla Bilge
- Cansu Özdemir
- Berivan Aymaz
- Muhterem Aras
- Hüseyin Kenan Aydın
in foreign parties or organisations
- Haji Ahmadi (Iran; grew up in Iran and lives in exile in Germany)
- Leyla İmret (grew up in Germany and lived in Turkey)
- Feleknas Uca (grew up in Germany and lives in Turkey)
Actors
- Aram Arami (Iraq)
Directors
- Züli Aladağ
- Yılmaz Arslan
- Ayşe Polat
- Hüseyin Tabak
Writers
- Seyran Ateş
- Adel Karasholi (Syria)
- Düzen Tekkal
- Mely Kiyak
Miscellaneous
- Hatun Sürücü, murder victim
- Nihat Yusufoğlu, murder victim
- Arzu Özmen, murder victim
See also
- Kurds in Germany
- List of Kurds
- Kurdish diaspora
References
- "الحارس حسن يلتحق بالتمرين والعمري جديد المحترفين". الأخبار (in Arabic). Retrieved 30 June 2020.
- "Noah Lyrics, Songs, and Albums". genius.com (in German). Retrieved 17 May 2019.
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