Kurdish scholars

Ismāʿīl bin ʿAlī bin Maḥmūd bin Muḥammad bin ʿUmar bin Shāhanshāh bin Ayyūb bin Shādī bin Marwān (), better known as Abū al-Fidāʾ or Abulfeda (; November 127327 October 1331), was a Mamluk-era Kurdish geographer, historian, Ayyubid prince and local governor of Hama.

Turkish Sunni Muslim theologian of Kurdish origin (1876-1960)

Kurdish poet (1805–1848)

poet, mystic, teacher and Sufi master

Kurdish writer

Kurdish-Turkmen noble and writer (1543-c.1603)

Ottomon civil servant

Iraqi Sufi mystic and poet (1779–1827)

Turkish–American translator and writer of Kurdish descent (born 1957)

Kurdish poet (1920-1991)

Nalî (, 1797/1800–1855/56), also known as Mela Khidrî Ehmedî Šaweysî Mikâʾîlî, was a prominent Kurdish poet, scholar, and linguist from the Sulaymaniyah region in present-day Kurdistan Region, Iraq. He is regarded as one of the most influential figures in classical Kurdish literature and a pioneer in the development of Central Kurdish as literary language. He was known for his eloquent use of poetic forms and incorporation of themes such as love, mysticism, and Kurdish identity. Beside his literary contributions, he was also active in fields such as translation, jurisprudence, and mathematics,

Kurdish poet and scholar (1921–1986)

Maliki jurist

spiritual thinker, musician, writer, philosopher and jurist (1895–1974)

Yazidi writer

Iranian religious scholar, teacher, poet and historian (1923–1989)

Kurdish scholar

Iranian translator (1913-1998)

Soviet writer (1909-1985)

thumb|Image of Wafayi Wafaei or Wefayî, (; 1844–1902), was a Kurdish poet. His real name was Abdurrehîm. He was born in Mahabad in present-day north-western Iran. He finished religious studies in Mahabad and became a cleric, and a teacher in the local school. He moved to Sulaimaniya in 1900 and stayed there for a while. He travelled to Mecca three times, the last one in 1902. He was accompanied by the Kurdish poet Piramerd. During his last pilgrimage, he became ill and died in the region between Iraq and Syria.

Shams al-Din Muhammad Mahmud Shahrazuri () knowns as Shahrazuri () was a 13th-century Muslim physician, historian and philosopher. He was of Kurdish origin. It appears that he was alive in AD 1288. However, it is also said that he died in the same year.

Kurdish Iranologist

Iranian scholar (1943–2017)

Iranian Kurdish scholar

Kurdish polymath

Soviet scientist

Kurdish Jewish scholar, linguist and researcher

Kurdish scholar (1907–1984)

Kurdish scholar

Iranian poet

Kurdish astronomer

Kurdish scholar (1937–1975)

Kurdish mathematician (1933-2018)

Kurdish scholar

Iranian writer

Iranian philosopher

Iranian writer