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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.

Academia and Medicine
Jamal Nebez, linguist, mathematician, politician, author, translator and writer • Bachtyar Ali, novelist, intellectual, literary critic, essayist, and poet • Rauf Ceylan, German-Turkish sociologist and author • Khalil Rashow, academic, writer, and researcher • Nadia Murad – human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate • Khanna Omarkhali - academic and researcher • Gülşen Aktaş, educator ==Artists==
Artists
Shwan KamalBahzad Sulaiman – performance maker and visual artist ==Athletes==
Athletes
Agit Kabayel, boxer • Deniz Naki, football player • Mahmoud Dahoud, football player • Baker Barakat, boxer and kickboxer • Deniz Undav, football player • Mirkan Aydın, football player • Aias Aosman, football player • Shergo Biran, football player • Youssef Amyn, football player • Joan Oumari, football player • Hassan Oumari, football player • Dilan Ağgül, football player ==Musicians==
Musicians
RappersHaftbefehl (Kurdish father and Turkish mother) • KC RebellEko Fresh (Kurdish mother and Turkish father) • AzadXatarMudi (Kurdish father and Lebanese mother) • KurdoEnoCapo (Kurdish father and Turkish mother) • AK AusserkontrolleFero47Bero BassPashanim SingersNamoshFerhat TunçEngin NurşaniNizamettin Ariç • Ali Baran • Hozan CanêSerhat Baran DJsKurd Maverick ==Politicians==
Politicians
in German partiesFerat Koçak, • Sevim Dağdelen, German politician and a member of the Left Party (Die Linke) • Cem Ince, German politician (The Left) • Evrim Sommer, German politician • Gökay Akbulut, German politician and social scientist. She is currently serving in the Bundestag (federal parliament) as a member of The Left Party from the German federal state of Baden-WürttembergKassem Taher Saleh, German civil engineer and politician of the Alliance 90/The GreensKenan Engin, German-Kurdish political scientist • Leyla Güven, Kurdish Politician • Lamiya Haji Bashar, human rights activist. She was awarded the Sakharov Prize jointly with Nadia Murad in 2016 • Ali Atalan, Kurdish-German politician of Yazidi faith. He is a former member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia with Die Linke in Germany, and the Turkish Parliament with the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) • Cansu Özdemir, German politician of The Left from Hamburg. She is a member of the Hamburg ParliamentSerdar Yüksel, German politician of SPD from Essen. He is since 2025 a member of the BundestagMuhterem Aras, German politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens party. She has been a Member of the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg for the constituency Stuttgart I since May 2011, and Landtagspräsidentin (speaker) since May 2016 • Hamide Akbayir German politician • Hüseyin Kenan Aydın, German politician and member of Die Linke. in foreign parties or organisationsHaji 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) • Cuneyd Zapsu ==Cinema==
Cinema
Züli Aladağ, film director, film producer, and screenwriter (Kurdish and Turkish origin) • Ayşe Polat, script writer and film director • Yasemin Şamdereli, German film director, screenwriter and actress • Düzen Tekkal, German author, television journalist, filmmaker, war correspondent, political scientist, and social entrepreneur of Kurdish–Yazidi descent • Nizamettin Ariç, film director ==Writers and Literature==
Writers and Literature
Seyran Ateş (Kurdish father and Turkish mother) • Rohat AlakomLamiya Haji BasharEskerê BoyîkNadia MuradBachtyar AliEskerê Boyîk, writer • Khalil RashowFatma Aydemir, author and journalist • Sherko Fatah, German writer • Meşale Tolu, German journalist and translator ==Miscellaneous==
Miscellaneous
Hatun Sürücü, victim of a so-called "honor killing" by her youngest brother in 2005 ==See also==
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