Sharaf-Khan Badlisi
1542-1602 A.D.

.  He was considered the first person to write a book about the history of the Kurdish people, his famous book was called Sharaf-Naama, he wrote it in 1596 A.D.
.  He was Amir (prince) of Badlis in Kurdistan of Turkey.
.  He tried very hard to unite the Kurdish Emarats (Emirates) or Independent states and the small districts together in a Large and strong United Kurdish State in Kurdistan.

Sheikh Mahmud Al-Hafeed

.  He was King of Kurdistan of Iraq.
.  Also he was the leader of the Kurdish Revolution in Kurdistan of Iraq between 1919-1924.
.  He started the Revolution in the Sulaimaniyah region.
.  In 1923 he declared himself as the King of Kurdistan of Iraq. He passed a way in 1955.

Sheikh Saeed Piran

He started a major revolt in Kurdistan of Turkey in Diyar Bakir in 1925, which then spread to other parts of Kurdistan. He and other leaders of the revolt were hanged after the collapse of the revolution.

Ahmedi Khaney
1651-1707 A.D.

.  He is the most famous Kurdish Poet and Literary, he wrote the most famous story in the Kurdish Literature called “ the story of Mam-o-Zin”, which is a love story equal to Romeo and Juliet story in the west or Majnoon and Layla story in the Arabic Literature.
.  In the story, Mam is the man and Zin is the Girl.
.  He lived in Kurdistan of Turkey.
.  Also he wrote Kurdish-Arabic dictionary called Nubahar, and wrote Poems in the Kurdish, Arabic, Turkish and Persian Languages.
.  In his Literature he called for the Kurdish unity in a larger united Kurdistan.

Bader Khan
1794-1868 A.D.

.  Bader Khan Pasha started the modern struggle for the Kurdish people’s rights.
. His struggle began in 1812. He ruled from 1812-1848 in the Emarat (Emirate) of Butan, and its Capital the city of Jezira in Kurdistan of Turkey.                                                                                                            
.  In1843, he controlled some parts of Kurdistan of Iraq and Iran.
.  Bader Khan called all other Kurdish Emirates to unite under larger united Kurdish state, which led to several years of war with the Ottoman Empire that ended Bader Khan’s rule in 1848, and they put him into exile. In 1868 he passed away.

Qazi Muhammad

.  He was considered as the first President of a Kurdish Republic in Kurdistan.
.  On December 15, 1945 he helped establish the first Kurdish Republic in Kurdistan of Iran under the name of Republic of Mahabad. . The Republic lasted for a year, until December 7, 1946.
.  He became president of the Republic on January 22, 1946.
.  He was hanged by the Shah regime after the collapse of the Republic.