List of German people of Kurdish descent

This is a list of notable individuals who are of full or partial Kurdish origin who grew up and/or live in Germany. The list also includes people who identify as Zazas and Yazidis. The majority of German Kurds descend from Turkey; notable individuals who descend from elsewhere (namely Iraq, Iran, and Syria) are described as such in braces. Furthermore, those who are of partial Kurdish origin are listed alongside their dual identity.

Academia and Medicine
Rauf Ceylan

Athletes
Deniz Naki (2012)
Mahmoud Dahoud (2018)

Musicians

Rapper

KC Rebell

Singer

DJs

Politicians

in German parties

Cansu Özdemir

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 (Yazidi origin; grew up in Germany and lives in Turkey)

Actors
  • Aram Arami
  • Özgür Cebe, actor (Armenian, Kurdish and Turkish origin)[31]
  • Bilhan Derin, director
  • Seyhan Derin, film maker
  • Murat Dikenci, actor
  • Serdar Dogan, filmmaker
  • Serhat Doğan, comedian
  • Turgay Doğan, actor
  • Mustafa Dok, director and film producer
  • Şebnem Dönmez, actress, TV host, and former model
  • Şükriye Dönmez, actress
  • Ercan Durmaz, actor
  • Serkan Durmus, actor
  • Hülya Duyar, actress
  • Senay Duzcu, comedian
  • Özlem Düvencioğlu, actress and film producer
  • Nazan Eckes, TV presenter
  • Eray Eğilmez, actor
  • Uğur Ekeroğlu, actor
  • Şiir Eloğlu, actresS
  • Erhan Emre, actor
  • Gizem Emre, actress
  • Aybi Era, actress
  • Selma Ergeç, actress
  • Emire Erhan-Neubauer, actress
  • Pinar Erincin, actress
  • Vedat Erincin, actor
  • Arzu Ermen, actress
  • Eyüp Ertan, actor
  • Orkun Ertener, screenwriter; created the KDD – Kriminaldauerdienst television series
  • Sahin Eryilmaz, actor
  • Aylin Esener, actress
  • Fahriye Evcen, actress
  • Özay Fecht, actress
  • Nur Fettahoğlu, actress and dance
  • Demir Gökgöl, actor
  • Demet Gül, actress
  • Halil Gülbeyaz, television journalist, documentary filmmaker and writer
  • Erkan Gündüz, actor, stuntman and director
  • Orhan Güner, actor
  • Ahmet Olgun Han, actor
  • Lilay Huser, actress
  • Esra Inal, actress
  • Kurt Ipekkaya, actor
  • Volkan Isbert, actor
  • Yasin Islek, actor
  • Selman Iyi, actor
  • Arman İnci, actor
  • Çetin İpekkaya, actor
  • Galip İyitanır, documentary film director and film editor
  • Aylin Kabasakal, actress
  • İlker Kaleli, actor
  • Gülcan Kamps, TV presenter
  • Meltem Kaptan, actress and comedian
  • Ercan Karaçaylı, actor and director
  • Özgür Karadeniz, actor
  • Nefise Karatay, actress, TV presenter, and model
  • Lale Karci, actress and model
  • Cüneyt Kaya, director, screenwriter and film producer
  • Serkan Kaya, actor
  • Aykut Kayacık, actor
  • Sibel Kekilli, actress
  • Berrin Keklikler, winner of Miss Universe Turkey 2013
  • Serdar Keskin, actor and filmmaker
  • Döndü Kılıç, director
  • Canan Kir, actress
  • Adnan G. Köse, director, screenwriter, actor, playwright and producer
  • Nursel Köse, actress
  • Tunçay Kulaoğlu, filmmaker, journalist and translator
  • Bülent Kullukcu, director
  • Mehmet Kurtuluş, actor
  • Tekin Kurtuluş, actor
  • Hussi Kutlucan, filmmaker and actor
  • Mustafa Kuzu (actor), actor
  • Adnan Maral, actor
  • Dilek Mayatürk-Yücel, documentary film producer
  • Maxim Mehmet, actor
  • Sema Meray, actress
  • Erdal Merdan, actor
  • Hasan Ali Mete, actor
  • Hakan Savaş Mican, filmmaker and playwright
  • Fatma Mittler-Solak, television presenter
  • Esin Moralıoğlu, actress and model
  • Gökhan Mumcu, actor
  • Lale Nalbant, film director
  • Mirza Odabaşı, film director
  • Orhan Okan, actor
  • Osman Okkan, film maker
  • Eren Önsöz, filmmaker
  • Özgür Özata, actor
  • Volkan Özcan, actor
  • Ercan Özçelik, actor
  • Oktay Özdemir, actor
  • Olcay Özdemir, TV presenter

Business

Directors

Law

Writers and Literatur
Seyran Ateş
  • Seyran Ateş (Kurdish father and Turkish mother)[34]
  • Adel Karasholi
  • Düzen Tekkal (Yazidi origin)
  • Mely Kiyak
  • Bachtyar Ali
  • Ayşegül Acevit, journalist
  • Can Açıkgöz, audio book speaker
  • Fitnat Ahrens, write
  • Melda Akbaş, author
  • Selda Akhan, theater director
  • Doğan Akhanlı, historical novelist
  • Hatice Aksoy-Woinek, author
  • Levent Aktoprak, writer, radio and television journalist
  • Hatice Akyün, journalist and writer
  • Nevin Aladağ, installation and performance artist
  • Iris Alanyalı, journalist and writer
  • Hakan Albayrak, journalist and activist
  • Fatma Altinok, author and migration policy expert
  • Ali Arslan, writer
  • Zeki Arslan, artist and painter
  • Mevlüt Asar, writer and poet
  • Ferda Ataman, journalist
  • İlhan Atasoy, cabaret artist, satirist and performing artist
  • Fatma Aydemir, author and journalist
  • İmran Ayata, author and campaigner; co-founder of Kanak Attak

Attila Murat Aydın, graffiti artist, breakdancer, and beatboxer

  • Semiramis Aydınlık, cartoonist and satirist
  • Alparslan Babaoglu-Marx, cabaret artist, book author, and integration activist
  • Melek Baklan, author and social worker
  • Vehbi Bardakçı, author
  • Deniz Baspınar, journalist and author
  • Özdemir Başargan, writer
  • Fakir Baykurt, author and trade unionist
  • Murad Bayraktar, journalist and editor
  • Habib Bektaş, writer
  • Muammer Bilge, writer
  • Şakir Bilgin, writer
  • Birand Bingül, journalist
  • Hayati Boyacıoğlu, cartoonist, playwright and journalist
  • Fuat Bultan, journalist and radio presenter
  • Metin Buz, author
  • İnci Bürhaniye, co-founder of Binooki Verlag[35]
  • Canan Büyrü, journalist
  • Ayhan Can, poet
  • Canan and Handan Can, early authors on the “Literature of Migrants” in Germany
  • Mustafa Cebe, children's book author
  • Selma Ceylan, author
  • Emell Gök Che, interior designer
  • Hasan Cobanli, journalist, author and pilot
  • Nevfel Cumart, writer, speaker, literary translator and journalist
  • Sabri Çakır, poet

Miscellaneous
  • Hatun Sürücü, victim of a so-called "honor killing" by her youngest brother in 2005
  • Mehmet Turgut
  • Nihat Yusufoğlu, killed by neo-Nazi extremist in 1990
  • Arzu Özmen, kidnapped by her five siblings and murdered by her brother, Osman, in a so-called "honor killing" in 2011 (Yezidi origin)

See also

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