List of Famous people named Katip

Here are some famous Katips:

Kâtip Tchelebi

First Name Kâtip

Born on January 1, 1609

Died on October 6, 1657 (aged 48)

Born in Istanbul Province, Istanbul

Kâtip Çelebi, or Ḥājjī Khalīfa ; was the celebrated Ottoman-Turkish polymath and leading literary author of the 17th-century Ottoman Empire. He compiled a vast universal encyclopaedia, the famous Kaşf az-Zunūn, and wrote many treatises and essays. “A deliberate and impartial historian… of extensive learning”, Franz Babinger hailed him "the greatest encyclopaedist among the Ottomans."

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Katip Şadi

First Name Katip

Born on January 1, 1932

Died on September 12, 2020 (aged 88)

Born in Giresun Province

Katip Şadi was a kemençe player from the Eastern Black Sea Region in Turkey. He was a "Görele-style" player and he was thought to be one of the best living kemençe players in the Black Sea Region.

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