List of Famous people named Adnan
Adnan Menderes
Adnan Menderes was a Turkish politician. He was the Turkish Prime Minister between 1950 and 1960. He was one of the founders of the Democrat Party (DP) in 1946, the fourth legal opposition party of Turkey. He was tried and hanged under the military junta after the 1960 coup d'état, along with two other cabinet members, Fatin Rüştü Zorlu and Hasan Polatkan. One of the accusations brought against him was of him ordering the Istanbul Pogrom against citizens of Greek ethnicity. He was the last Turkish political leader to be executed after a military coup and is also one of the four political leaders of the Turkish Republic to have had a mausoleum built in his honor.
Adnan Januzaj
Adnan Januzaj is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Spanish club Real Sociedad and the Belgium national team.
Adnan Maral
Adnan Maral is a Turkish-German actor best known for his role in the German comedy Türkisch für Anfänger.
Adnan Oktar
Adnan Oktar, also known as Adnan Hoca, Harun Yahya, is a Turkish religious cult leader, self-proclaimed Mahdi, creationist, and conspiracy theorist. In 2007, he sent thousands of unsolicited copies of his book, The Atlas of Creation, which advocates Islamic creationism, to American scientists, members of Congress, and science museums. Oktar runs two organizations of which he is also the Honorary President: Bilim Araştırma Vakfı, which promotes creationism and Milli Değerleri Koruma Vakfı which works domestically on a variety of moral issues.
Adnan Ibrahim
Adnan Ibrahim is a Palestinian Islamic scholar who holds a masters and a PhD in Arabic studies from the University of Vienna.
Adnan Polat
Adnan Polat was born in Erzurum, in 1953. He graduated from Işık High School in 1971 and Long Island University Business Management department in 1976.
Adnan Hamad
Adnan Hamad Majid Al-Abbassi is an Iraqi football manager and former player.
Adnan Dirjal
Adnan Dirjal is an Iraqi former footballer, national team coach, and as of May 2020 heads the Iraqi Ministry of Youth and Sports. He was one of Iraq's most prominent national team captains, who played as a defender.
Adnan al-Zurufi
Adnan al-Zurfi was chosen as the new prime minister-designate on 17 March 2020 by Iraqi President Barham Salih after Mohammad Allawi withdrew his nomination. Al-Zurfi withdrew from forming a new government on 9 April 2020. He was appointed by Paul Bremer, the Coalition Provisional Authority administrator, as governor of Najaf Governorate in July 2004.