List of Famous people named Younis

Similar names: Younes. Here are some famous Younises:

Younis Mahmoud

First Name Younis
Last Name Mahmoud
Height 186 cm | 6'1

Younis Mahmoud Khalaf, is an Iraqi former professional footballer who played as a striker for the Iraq national football team and is currently the President of the Iraq Former Players Association. One of the country's greatest ever players, Mahmoud captained the team for ten straight years and became an icon of Asian football. He also played for a number of clubs including teams in Iraq, UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, breaking numerous records including becoming the first player in Qatar to score two hat-tricks in the same game.

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Younis Bahri

First Name Younis
Last Name Bahri
Died on January 1, 1979 (aged 9)

Younis Saleh Bahri al-Juburi was an Iraqi traveler, journalist, broadcaster, and writer. He was born in January 1904 in Mosul, and was nicknamed "the sailor" for having studied in a military school in Istanbul and graduated as a naval officer. In 1921, he continued his education in the Cavalry Military School in Munich, where he met Adolf Hitler. He has written many books, traveled to several countries, and he is said to have mastered over 17 languages, including English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Turkish. He has founded multiple radio stations, including the first Arab radio station in the European continent in 1939, Arab Radio of Berlin, which broadcast from Germany to the Arab world. His famous catchphrase was: "This is Berlin, the neighborhood of Arabs." On air, he would make speeches, where he would insult some kings and presidents. He has met some very famous people of his time, and was sentenced to death four times. His personality did, and still does, cause controversy around the nature of his work and his different professions. While he lived in India, he was a monk during the day and a dancer at a nightclub during the night, but still managed to find time to work as a reporter for an Indian newspaper. He was also a Mufti in Indonesia, an Editor in Chief for a newspaper in Java, an Imam in Paris, and gained the nickname "the Legend of the Earth".

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