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Ahmad Khani
Kurdish writer
Mehmed Uzun
Turkish writer of Kurdish ancestry (1953–2007)
Musa Anter
Turkish writer (1920–1992)
Cigerxwîn
Cigerxwîn or Cegerxwîn (, ; 1903 – 22 October 1984) was a Kurdish writer and poet. He is considered one of the most influential figures in Kurdish literature. Many of his poems were later adapted into songs, and his work played an important role in the preservation and development of Kurdish culture and literary heritage.
Arab Shamilov
Kurdish writer (1897–1978)
Piramerd
Tawfeq Mahmoud Hamza known as Piramerd () (1867 – 19 June 1950) was a Kurdish poet, writer, novelist and journalist. He was born in the Goija neighborhood of Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region. In 1926, he became the editor of the Kurdish newspaper Jîyan. He also established a private Kurdish school in Kurdistan, called Pertûkxaney Zanistî (Scientific School).
Abdurrahman Sharafkandi
Kurdish poet (1920-1991)
Celadet Ali Bedirhan
Turkish writer of Kurdish ancestry (1893–1951)
Samand Siabandov
Soviet politician and writer (1909-1989)
Helîm Yûsiv
Syrian writer

Heciyê Cindî
Kurdish Soviet writer (1908–1990)
Shamil Asgarov
Kurdish scholar
Muhammed Emin Zeki Bey
Kurdish politician and historian (1880–1948)
Mehmed Emîn Bozarslan
Turkish writer (born 1934)
Kamal Sido
translator, interpreter, author
Qanate Kurdo
Soviet writer (1909-1985)
Mehemed Malmîsanij
Turkish writer (born 1952)
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Mahmud Bayazidi
Kurdish polymath
Mahmud Baksi
Kurdish-Swedish writer and journalist
Najiba Ahmad
Iraqi poet and writer
Nado Makhmudov
Armenian-born Kurdish writer

Kamuran Ali Bedirhan
Turkish statesperson (1895–1978)
Ali Taramakhi
Kurdish scholar
Osman Sebrî
Turkish writer of Kurdish ancestry (1905–1993)
Taufiq Wahby
Iraqi politician
Alaaddin Sajadi
Kurdish scholar (1907–1984)
Kadri Can
Qedrîcan or Qedrîcan, Abdulkadir Can (1911–1972) was a Kurdish poet, writer and translator. He was born in Derik, a small town (present-day Mardin Province, south-eastern Turkey). At a time when schooling was the subject of jokes and when few people studied Qedrîcan's father, known as "Cano" (hence the last name) sent him to school. He was a very successful student, especially in the areas of science and mathematics. Seeing that his son was a successful student Cano decided to send his son to Konya to study at the teachers' college there. During his days as a student there Qedrî Can was blackl
Farhad Pirbal
Kurdish writer and academic

Malak Jân Nemati
Kudish poet (1906-1993)
Beritan Güneş Altın
Turkish psychologist and statesperson (born 1995)
Tosinê Reşîd
Kurdish scholar
Jamal Nebez
Kurdish mathematician (1933-2018)
Kawa Nemir
Kurdish poet, translator and editor
Savareh Ilkhanizadeh
Kurdish scholar (1937–1975)
Masud ibn Namdar
Kurdish writer
Cankurd
Cankurd (born 1948 in Maydan) is a contemporary Kurdish poet and writer.
Ahmad Ghazi
Iranian writer