Kemal (name)

Kemal, also archaically spelt Kamâl, is a Turkish and Bosnian male given name of Arabic origin meaning integrity, perfection, maturity. It is derived from the Arabic name Kamal and commonly used in Turkey and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Different spellings

• Kamel, Kemel

Given name

First name

• Kemal Akbaba (born 1988), Turkish football player
• Kemal Alispahić (born 1969), Bosnian footballer
• Kemal Alomerović (born 1980), Macedonian football player
• Kemal Bedri, Ethiopian politician
• Kemal Arıkan (1927–1982), Turkish diplomat assassinated by an Armenian group in Los Angeles, United States
• Kemal Aslan (born 1981), Turkish football player
• Kemal Başar (born 1963), Turkish theatre director
• Kemal Bilmez (born 1994), Belgian politician of Turkish descent
• Kemal Bokhary (born 1947), Hong Kong judge
• Kemal Bourhani (born 1981), French footballer of Comorian descent
• Kemal Curić (born 1978), Bosnian automobile designer
• Kemal Derviş (1949–2023), Turkish economist and politician
• Kemal Dinçer (born 1963), Turkish basketball player
• Kemal Faruki (1906–1988), Turkish footballer
• Kemal Gekić (born 1962), American classical pianist of Bosnian ancestry
• Kemal Güleş (born 1999), Turkish amputee footballer
• Kemal Horulu (1926–1991), Turkish sprinter and pornographic film director
• Kemal Arda Gürdal (born 1990), Turkish swimmer
• Kemal Idris (1923–2010), Indonesian Army general
• Kemal Izzet (born 1980), English footballer of Turkish Cypriot ethnicity
• Kemal Karpat (1924–2019), Turkish historian
• Kemal Kaya Effendi, Turkish military officer
• Kemal Kayhan (born 1983), Turkish volleyball player
• Kemal Kerinçsiz (born 1960), Turkish lawyer and political activist
• Kemal Kıvanç Elgaz (born 1986), Turkish volleyball player
• Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu (born 1948), Turkish politician
• Kemal Kirişci, Turkish academic and political scientist
• Kemal Koyuncu (born 1985), Turkish athlete
• Kemal Kozarić (born 1956), Bosnian banker
• Kemal Küçükbay (born 1982), Turkish cyclist
• Kemal Kurspahić (1946–2021), Bosnian journalist
• Kemal Kurt (1947–2002), German author and translator of Turkish descent
• Kemal Malovčić (born 1946), Bosnian singer
• Kemal Monteno (1948–2015), Bosnian singer
• Kemal Okyay (born 1985), Turkish footballer
• Kemal Reis (1451–1511), Ottoman privateer and admiral
• (born 1980), Dutch historian
• Kemal Satır (1911–1991), Turkish physician and politician
• Kemal Sunal (1944–2000), Turkish actor
• Kemal Şahin (born 1955), Turkish entrepreneur
• Kemal Tahir (1910–1973), Turkish author and intellectual
• Kemal Tokak (born 1989), Turkish footballer
• Kemal Türkler (1926–1980), Turkish labor union leader
• Kemal Unakıtan (1946–2016), Turkish politician
• Kemal Zeytinoğlu (1911–1959), Turkish engineer and politician

Middle name

• Ali Kemal Bey (1867–1922), Turkish journalist and politician
• Derviş Kemal Deniz (born 1954), Turkish-Cypriot minister of economy and tourism
• Mehmet Kemal Ağar (born 1951), Turkish politician
• Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881–1938), the founder and first President of Turkey
• Mustafa Kemal Kurdaş (1920–2011), Turkish economist and politician
• Namık Kemal Yolga (1914–2001), Turkish diplomat
• Namık Kemal Zeybek (born 1944), Turkish politician
• Orhan Kemal Cengiz, Turkish lawyer, journalist and human rights activist
• Yahya Kemal Beyatlı (1884–1958), Turkish writer

Surname

• Ismail Kemal (1844–1919), Albanian founding father and prime minister
• Kara Kemal (1875–1926), Turkish politician
• György Ekrem-Kemál (1946–2009), Hungarian nationalist politician
• Mariz Kemal (born 1950), Russian poet
• Namık Kemal (1840–1888), Turkish writer

Pseudonym

• Orhan Kemal (1914–1970), Turkish writer
• Yaşar Kemal (1923–2015), Turkish writer of Kurdish origin

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