Kurdish Muslims

Masoud Pezeshkian is an Iranian politician and former heart surgeon who has served as the ninth president of Iran since 2024. A member of the reformist faction, he is the oldest person to serve in this position, taking office at the age of 69.

President of Iraq (2018-2022)

7th President of the Republic of Iraq

Islamic historian, theologian and geographer (1160–1232/3)

Asad ad-Dīn Shīrkūh bin Shādhī (; ), (died 23 March 1169) was a Kurdish mercenary commander in service of the Zengid dynasty, then the Fatimid Caliphate and uncle of Saladin. His military and diplomatic efforts in Egypt were a key factor in establishing the Ayyubid dynasty in that country.

Kurdish soldier and politician, father of Saladin

Ottomon civil servant

Syrian warrior

Iraqi Kurdish politician (1944–2017)