LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Massoud Barzani	Head of State	16-Aug-1946		President of Iraqi Kurdistan
Mustafa Barzani	Military	14-Mar-1903	1-Mar-1979	Kurdish nationalist
Amira Casar	Actor	1-Jul-1971		Anatomy of Hell
Yasar Kemal	Author	6-Oct-1923		Mehmet, My Hawk
Abdullah Ocalan	Politician	4-Apr-1948		Leader of the PKK
Leyla Qasim	Activist	1952	5-Dec-1974	Kurdish martyr
Saladin	Royalty	c. 1137	4-Mar-1193	Retook Jerusalem in 1187
Soraya Serajeddini	Activist	1960	24-Jul-2006	Kurdish activist
Alia Shawkat	Actor	18-Apr-1989		Maeby on Arrested Development
Jalal Talabani	Head of State	1933		President of Iraq
Leyla Zana	Politician	3-May-1961		Imprisoned for speaking Kurdish

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