List of Yazidi people

The following is a list of notable persons of Yazidis.

A

• Ali Atalan, politician
• Arab Shamilov, novelist
• Amar Suloev, mixed martial artist, hitman
• Amin Farhan Jejo, Yazidi politician and author
• Ibrahim Khalil, The Yazidi folk singer and songwriter
• Aslan Usoyan, Russian mafia boss
• Al-Hasan ibn Adi, religious heir of ‘AdÄ« ibn Sakhr
• Amirkhan Mori, owner and chairman of the Regions Group
• Aziz Tamoyan,was the president of the Yezidi National Union
• Sheikh Ali Ilyas is the current Baba Sheikh (religious leader) of the Yazidi community since November 2020

D

• Dalal Khario, Women's Rights Award recipient, former captive of ISIS
• Deniz Undav, footballer

E

• Emerîkê Serdar, journalist, writer, translator
• Emine Evdal, writer, linguist and poet
• Eskerê Boyîk, poet and writer
• Ezidi Mîrza, 17th century governor of Mosul, Yezidi leader and hero

F

• Fakhr ad-Din ibn Adi, Yezidi saint
• Farida Khalaf, former ISIS captive

G

• Guram Adzhoyev, former footballer

H

• Hazim Tahsin Beg, current Yezidi leader
• Hemoyê Shero, nineteenth century Yezidi tribal leader
• Heciyê Cindî, linguist and researcher
• Heydar Şeşo, founder and supreme commander of the Yazidi self-defense militia Protection Force of Ezidkhan
• Khdr Hajoyan, President of the Yezidi National Union, chief executive officer of "Ezdikhana" newspaper.

I

• Isko Daseni, politician and parliamentarian

J

• Jalile Jalil, historian, writer and Kurdologist
• Jangir Agha, national hero

K

• Khalil Rashow, academic, writer and researcher
• Khanna Omarkhali (Xana Omarxali), academic, writer and researcher focusing mainly on Yazidism
• Khurto Hajji Ismail, current Baba Sheikh of the Yazidi
• Kseniya Borodina (paternal side), television presenter and actress
• Kyaram Sloyan, soldier killed and beheaded by Azerbaijani soldiers

L

• Lamiya Aji Bashar, human rights activist

M

• Mahmoud Ezidi, Peshmerga fighter
• Misha Aloyan, boxer
• Meyan Khatun, Yazidi princess
• Mir Tahsin Saied Beg, current hereditary leader (MÄ«r, or prince) of the Yazidi people
• Mir Jafar Dasni, launched an uprising in 838
• Mahma Xelil, mayor of Sinjar in Nineveh Province, Iraq.

N

• Nadia Murad, human rights activist, Nobel Peace Prize recipient

O

• Ordîxanê Celîl, writer and academic

P

• Pîr Xidir Silêman, writer, teacher and parliamentarian

R

• Roman Amoyan, Greco-Roman wrestler, Olympian
• Ronya Othmann, writer and journalist

S

• Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir, Shaykh
• Sakhr Abu l-Barakat, Shaykh
• Sheikh Sharaf ad-Din ibn al-Hasan, Shaykh
• Sheikh Khairy Khedr, Commander and founder of the Yazidi militia Malik Al-Tawus Troop
• Samand Siabandov, hero of the Soviet Union
• Shir Sarim, Yazidi leader who led an uprising against Safavid Persia during the reign of Shah Ismail I.
• Sheikh Ali Ilyas, current Baba Shekh
• Souzan Barakat, Yazidi girl, murder victim

T

• Têmûrê Xelîl, journalist, writer and translator
• Tosinê Reşîd, writer, poet and playwright

U

• Usuv Beg, 19th and 20th century Yezidi leader in Armenia

V

• Vian Dakhil, member of the Iraqi parliament

W

• Wansa, Yazidi princess

X

• Xelîlê Çaçan Mûradov, writer and journalist

Z

• Zara Mgoyan, pop singer, actress and social activist
• Zakhar Kalashov, Russian mafia boss
• Ismail Özden, Yezidi PKK commander in Shingal.

References

See also

• Nineveh Governorate
• List of Yazidi settlements
• Genocide of Yazidis by ISIL
• List of Yazidi organizations