List of Famous people born in Kurdistan Region

Mustafa Barzani

First Name Mustafa
Last Name Barzani
Died on March 1, 1979 (aged 9)

Mustafa Barzani also known as Mala Mustafa, was a Kurdish leader, and one of the most prominent political figures in modern Kurdish politics. In 1946, he was chosen as the leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) to lead the Kurdish revolution against Iraqi regimes, although at times he also allied himself to the Iranian government. Barzani was the primary political and military leader of the Kurdish revolution until his death in March 1979. He led campaigns of armed struggle against both the Iraqi and Iranian governments.

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Nechervan Idris Barzani

First Name Nechervan
Born on September 21, 1966 (age 58)

Nechirvan Idris Barzani is an Iraqi Kurdish politician serving as the second President of the Kurdistan Region. He was elected into office by the Kurdistan Region Parliament in June 2019. Nechirvan Barzani was appointed as Vice President of the Kurdistan Democratic Party since 2010. He previously served as Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government from March 2007 to August 2009 and March 2012 to May 2019. Nechirvan Barzani is also the founder of the University Of Kurdistan - Hewler in which he served as Chancellor from 2010-2019.

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İhsan Doğramacı

First Name İhsan
Born on April 3, 1915
Died on February 25, 2010 (aged 94)

Professor İhsan Doğramacı was a Turkish paediatrician, entrepreneur, philanthropist, educationalist and college administrator of Iraqi Turkmen descent born in Arbil, Iraq, then Ottoman Empire.

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Fuad Masum

First Name Fuad
Last Name Masum
Born on January 1, 1938 (age 86)

Muhammad Fuad Masum is an Iraqi Kurdish politician who served as the seventh President of Iraq from 24 July 2014 to 2 October 2018. He was elected as President following the 2014 parliamentary election. Masum is the second non-Arab president of Iraq, succeeding Jalal Talabani, also Kurdish, and was a confidant of Talabani.

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Idris Barzani

First Name Idris
Last Name Barzani
Born on January 1, 1944
Died on January 31, 1987 (aged 43)

Idris Barzani was a Kurdish politician in Iraq. He was the brother of Massoud Barzani, the president of the KRG, and the father of Nechervan Idris Barzani. He was often on diplomatic trips for the KDP. He died on January 31, 1987, of a heart attack, aged 43.

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Ubaidullah Barzani

First Name Ubaidullah
Born on November 30, 1926
Died on January 1, 1980 (aged 53)

Ubaidullah Barzani was an Iraqi Kurdish politician, and the eldest son of the Kurdish leader Mustafa Barzani.

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Dinkha IV

First Name Dinkha
Born on September 15, 1935
Died on March 26, 2015 (aged 79)

Mar Dinkha IV, born Dinkha Khanania, was the Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East. He was born in the village of Darbandokeh (Derbendoki), Iraq and led the Church in exile in Chicago for most of his life.

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Mohammed Yaseen Mohammed

First Name Mohammed
Last Name Mohammed
Born on January 7, 1963
Died on June 24, 2020 (aged 57)

Mohammed Yaseen Mohammed was an Iraqi weightlifter. He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1984 Summer Olympics. On 24 June 2020, he died in Sweden after suffering from a COVID-19 infection.

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Dildar

Yûnis Mele Re'ûf
Born on February 20, 1918
Died on October 20, 1948 (aged 30)

Yûnis Reuf known as Dildar, was a Kurdish poet and political activist, best known as the author of the Kurdish national anthem.

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Kosrat Rasul Ali

First Name Kosrat
Born on January 1, 1952 (age 72)

Kosrat Rasul Ali, also known as Kosret Rasoul Ali, is an Iraqi Kurdish politician, leader of the Supreme Political Council of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), veteran Peshmerga military leader, former Prime Minister, and former Vice President of the Kurdistan Region.

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