Kemal (name)

Kemal is a Turkish name corresponding to the Arabic Kamal and may refer to:

Given name

• Ali Kemal Bey (1867–1922), Turkish journalist and politician
• Derviş Kemal Deniz(born 1954), Turkish Cypriot minister of economy and tourism
• Kemal Akbaba (born 1988), Turkish football player
• Kemal Alispahić (born 1969), Bosnian football player
• Kemal Alomerović (born 1980), Macedonian football player
• Kemal Arda Gürdal (born 1990), Turkish swimmer
• Kemal Aslan (born 1981), Turkish football player
• Kemal Başar (born 1963), Turkish theatre director
• Kemal Bokhary (born 1947) judge in Hong Kong
• Kemal Bourhani (born 1981), Frenchfootballer of Comorian descent
• Kemal Curić (born 1978), Bosnian automobile designer
• Kemal Derviş (born 1949), Turkish economist and politician
• Kemal Dinçer (born 1963), Turkish basketball player
• Kemal Faruki (1906 – ?), Turkish footballer
• Kemal Gekić (born 1962), American classical pianist of Bosnian ancestry
• Kemal Idris (1923–2010), Indonesian Army general
• Kemal Izzet (born 1980), English footballer of Turkish Cypriot erhnicity
• Kemal Karpat, Turkish historian
• Kemal Kavur (1907–1975), Turkish diplomat
• 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 professor of Political Science and International Relations
• Kemal Koyuncu (born 1985), Turkish middle and long-distance runner
• Kemal Kozarić (born 1956), Bosnian banker
• Kemal Küçükbay (born 1982), Turkish cyclist
• Kemal Kurdas (1920–2011), Turkish minister of finance and rector
• Kemal Kurspahić (born 1946), Bosnian journalist
• Kemal Kurt (1947–2002), German author and translator of Turkish descent
• Kemal Malovčić (born 1951), Bosnian singer
• Kemal Monteno (born 1948), Bosnian singer
• Kemal Okyay (born 1985), Turkish footballer
• Kemal Pasha (born 1986), Indonesian football player,
• Kemal Reis (1451–1511), Turkish privateer and admiral
• Kemal Unakıtan, Turkish politician
• Kemal Şahin (born 1955), Turkish entrepreneur
• Kemal Sunal (1944–2000), Turkish actor
• Kemal Tahir (1910–1973), Turkish author and intellectual
• Kemal Tokak (born 1989), Turkish footballer
• Kemal Türkler (1926–1980), Turkish labor union leader
• Kemal Unakıtan (born 1946), Minister of Finance of Turkey
• Mehmet Kemal Ağar (born 1951), Turkish politician
• Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881–1938), the founder and first President of Turkey
• 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

• György Ekrem-Kemál (1946–2009), Hungarian nationalist politician
• Namık Kemal (1840–1888), Turkish writer
• Orhan Kemal (1914–1970), Turkish writer
• Yaşar Kemal (1923–2015), Turkish writer