List of Ottoman calligraphers

The following is an incomplete List of Ottoman Calligraphers:

15th-16th century

17th-18th century

19th-20th century

  • Ali Alparslan (1925-2006) [28]
  • Şefik Bey (Mehmed Şefik, 1819-1880)[29]
  • Abdullah Zuhudi Effendi (1835-1879)[30]
  • Muhsinzade Abdullah Bey (1832-1899)[31]
  • Hasan Riza Effendi (1849-1920)[32]
  • Kazasker Mustafa Izzet Efendi
  • Mehmed Şevkî Efendi (1829-1887)[33]
  • Mehmet Şefik (1818-1890)[34]
  • Mehmed Sami Efendi(1838-1912)
  • Hattat Aziz Efendi
  • Mustafa Râkim
  • Kayışzâde Hâfız Osman Efendi [35]
  • Hulusi Yazgan[36]
  • Necmeddîn Okyay (Necmeddîn Üsküdari Efendi, 1883-1976) [37]
  • Bakkal Arif Efendi[38]
  • Kâmil Akdik[39]
  • Neyzen Emîn Efendi[40]
  • Halîm Özyazıcı (1898-1964) [41]
  • Hamid Aytaç
  • Hakkı Altunbezer (1878-1946) [42]
  • Mustafa Rakim (Mustafa Raq'im, 1757 - 1826)[43]
  • Çömez Mustafa Vasif (d. 1853)[44]
  • Hasan Tahsin Hilmi (1847-1914)[45]
  • Halim Oyazici (1898-1964)[46]
  • Mustafa Uğur Derman (b. 1935)[47]
  • Hafız Mehmed Fehmi Efendi (1860-1915)[48]
  • Abdülkadir Şürki Efendi 19th-century calligrapher [49]
  • Şeref Adkik (1899-1972) [50]
  • Şeyh Ali Bedevî (1868 - 1943) [51]
  • Şeref Akdik (1899-1972) [52] Online:]</ref>
  • Hasan Rizâ Efendi (d. 1890) [53]
  • Esad Muhis Paşa (1780-1850) [54]
  • Mehmed Hâşim Efendi (d. 1845) [55]
  • Mehmed Nazif Bey (1846-1913) [56]
  • Kebecizâde Mehmed Vasfi, (d. 1831) [57]
  • Çemşîr Hâfız Sâlîh Efendi, (d. 1236/1820-21) [58]
  • Laz Ömer Efendi (d. 1240/1825) [59]
  • Mehmed Şevket Vahdetî (1833-1871) [60]

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