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 Shwan Kamal Bahzad Sulaiman – performance maker and visual artist
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 Rappers
Haftbefehl (Kurdish father and Turkish mother) KC Rebell Eko Fresh (Kurdish mother and Turkish father) Azad Xatar Mudi (Kurdish father and Lebanese mother) Kurdo Eno Capo (Kurdish father and Turkish mother) AK Ausserkontrolle Fero47 Bero Bass Pashanim
Singers
Namosh Ferhat Tunç Engin Nurşani Nizamettin Ariç Ali Baran Hozan Canê Serhat Baran
DJs Kurd Maverick
Politicians in German parties
Berivan Aymaz, politician Ferat 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-Württemberg Kassem Taher Saleh, German civil engineer and politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens Kenan 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 Parliament Serdar Yüksel, German politician of SPD from Essen. He is since 2025 a member of the Bundestag Muhterem 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 organisations Haji 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 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
Seyran Ateş (Kurdish father and Turkish mother) Rohat Alakom Lamiya Haji Bashar Eskerê Boyîk Nadia Murad Bachtyar Ali Eskerê Boyîk, writer Khalil Rashow Fatma Aydemir, author and journalist Sherko Fatah, German writer Meşale Tolu, German journalist and translator
Miscellaneous Hatun Sürücü, victim of a so-called "honor killing" by her youngest brother in 2005
See also Kurds in Germany List of Kurds Kurdish diaspora
References