This is a partial list of notable

Chechen people The Chechens (; ce, Нохчий, , Old Chechen: Нахчой, ''Naxçoy''), historically also known as ''Kisti'' and '' Durdzuks'', are a Northeast Caucasian ethnic group of the Nakh peoples native to the North Caucasus in Eastern Europe. "Eur ...

Military personnel

12th–19th century

* Khour Ela, 14th century Chechen king that ruled the Kingdom of Simsir * Surakat, 15th century Chechen king that ruled the Kingdom of Simsir and Avar Khanate, brother of Khour Ela, defended Simsir against

Timurid Empire The Timurid Empire ( chg, , fa, ), self-designated as Gurkani ( Chagatai: کورگن, ''Küregen''; fa, , ''Gūrkāniyān''), was a PersianateB.F. Manz, ''"Tīmūr Lang"'', in Encyclopaedia of Islam, Online Edition, 2006 Turco-Mongol empire ...

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Aldaman Gheza Aldaman-Gheza ( Chechen: Алдаман ГӀеза (Aldaman Gheza); Russian: Gazi Aldamov) was a governor and commander from Cheberloy, Chechnya in the 17th century. Gheza is a very prominent figure in Chechen-Ingush folklore and is celebrated as ...

, Elected leader of Chechnya in the 17th century, protected the Chechen borders against several foreign invasions *

Sheikh Mansur Sheikh Mansur ("The-Victorious"; born Mansur Ushurma, Mansur Ucherman; 2 June 1762 – 13 April 1794) was a Chechen military commander and Islamic leader who fought for Chechnya and Circassia. He was influential in the resistance against Cather ...

, led the resistance against Catherine the Great's imperialist expansion into the Caucasus during the late 18th century * Beibulat Taimiev, Chechen military leader and diplomat * Isa Gendargeno, Chechen military leader during the Russo-Caucasian War *

Gubash of Gukhoy Gubash of Gukhoy ( Chechen: КIужалан Губаш, Russian: Губаш Гухоевский) was a Chechen elder of the Gukhoy teip. He was notorious for being anti- Imamate and fighting Imam Shamil while being blind. Most of the informatio ...

, Chechen elder that was anti

Caucasian Imamate The Caucasian Imamate, also known as the Caucasus Imamate ( ar, إمامة القوقاز, translit=Imamat Al-Qawqaz), was a state established by the imams in Dagestan and Chechnya during the early-to-mid 19th century in the North Caucasus ...

Baysangur of Benoa Baysangur of Benoy ( ce, Бенойн БойсхӀар;''Ш.А. ГАПУРОВ, А.В. БАКАШОВ''Вестник Академии наук Чеченской Республики. 2010, №1 (12). ) (born 1794, Benoy, Nozhay-Yurtovsky Distri ...

, Chechen governor and military leader * Uma Duyev — Chechen military leader during the Russo-Caucasian War. leader in the uprisings in Chechnya in 1860–1861 and 1877 * Alexander Chechenskiy, Russian major general and participant in the

Napoleonic wars The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of major global conflicts pitting the French Empire and its allies, led by Napoleon I, against a fluctuating array of European states formed into various coalitions. It produced a period of Fren ...

* Talkhig of Shali, governor of the province of Shali in the

Shuaib-Mulla of Tsentara Shuaib-Mulla of Tsentara ( Chechen: Shoip-Molloy Tsontoroin; Russian: Шоип-Мулла Цонтороевский) was a Chechen commander and naib of the Caucasian Imamate during the Caucasian War. He was one of Imam Shamil's closest associ ...

, commander in the

Caucasian War The Caucasian War (russian: Кавказская война; ''Kavkazskaya vojna'') or Caucasus War was a 19th century military conflict between the Russian Empire and various peoples of the North Caucasus who resisted subjugation during the R ...

Zelimkhan Zelimkhan "Kharachoevsky" Gushmazukayev (January 1872; Kharachoy, Terek Oblast, Russian Empire – 26 September 1913; Shali, Russian Empire) ( ce, Харачойн Зеламха, ''Kharachoyn Zelamkha'') and better known simply as Zelimkhan, ...

, Legendary Chechen folk hero

World War II

Kanti Abdurakhmanov Kanti Abdurakhmanov (russian: Канти Абдурахманов; 1916 – March 28, 2000) was a Chechen people, Chechen Master Sergeant in an artillery battery of the Red Army during Eastern Front (World War II), World War II. For heroic d ...

, Red army master sergeant,

Hero of the Russian Federation Hero of the Russian Federation (russian: Герой Российской Федерации, Geroy Rossiyskoy Federatsii), also unofficially Hero of Russia (russian: link=no, Герой России, Geroy Rossii), is the highest honorary title ...

* Dasha Akayev, commander of the 35th Assault Aviation Regiment; also was the first Chechen pilot *

Mahmud Amayev Mahmud Mutievich Amayev (russian: Махму́д Мути́евич Ама́ев; 1916 22 February 1943) was a Chechen sniper in the Red Army during the Second World War, credited with killing an estimated 197 to 253 German soldiers. Biography ...

, Soviet junior sergeant and sniper *

Irbaykhan Baybulatov Irbaykhan Adylkhanovich Baybulatov ( ce, Ирбайхан Адылханович Байбулатов; 1912 – 12 October 1943) was a senior lieutenant and battalion commander in the Soviet Army during the Second World War who was posthumously awa ...

, Red Army battalion commander,

Hero of the Soviet Union The title Hero of the Soviet Union (russian: Герой Советского Союза, translit=Geroy Sovietskogo Soyuza) was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded together with the Order of Lenin personally or collectively for ...

Khansultan Dachiev Khansultan Chapayevich Dachiev ( ce, Хансултан Чапаевич Дачиев; 12 December 1922 – May 2001) was a Chechen cavalry soldier of the Red Army during World War II. He was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 15 Janua ...

, Red army Junior lieutenant and

* Duda Enginoev, full bearer of the

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Abukhadzhi Idrisov Abukhadzhi Idrisovich Idrisov ( ce, Абухажи Идрисов, russian: Абухаджи Идрисович Идрисов; 17 May 1918 – 22 October 1983) was a Chechen sniper and machine-gunner in the Red Army during the Second World War. ...

, Red army machine gunner and sniper,

Khasan Israilov Hasan Israilov ( ce, Исраил КIант Хьасан / ; russian: Хасан Исраилов ''Khasan Israilov''; 1910 – December 29, 1944) was a Chechen nationalist, guerrilla fighter, journalist, and poet who led Chechen and Ingush res ...

, leader of the 1940–1944 uprising against Soviet rule *

Khavazi Muhamed-Mirzaev Khavazi Muhamed-Mirzaev (russian: Хаваджи Мухамед-Мирзаев; 1910 – 4 October 1943) was a Chechen cavalry soldier during World War II who was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 15 January 1944. Biograp ...

, Red army senior sergeant and

* Khanpasha Nuradilov, highest scoring machine gunner of the Red Army,

* Lyalya Nasukhanova, the first Chechen woman pilot and the first Soviet woman to command a fighter jet echelon *

Mairbek Sheripov Mairbek Sheripov (1905 – November 7, 1942) was one of the leaders of 1940-1944 insurgency in Chechnya, Chechen insurgency against the Soviet Union in the 1940s. Mairbek Sheripov was a younger brother of Aslanbek Sheripov, a Bolshevik revoluti ...

, prominent leader in the 1940–1944 insurgency against Soviet rule * Movldi Umarov, Red army lieutenant and

* Movlid Visaitov, commander of 255th Chechen-Ingush Cavalry Regiment, and the first one to shake hands with Americans on Elbe river; posthumous

Chechen-Russian war period and after

Arbi Barayev Arbi Alautdinovich Barayev ( ce, Арби Алаутдинович Бараев; 27 May 1974 – 22 June 2001) was a Chechen warlord and terrorist, who in 1996 became the founder and first leader of the Special Purpose Islamic Regiment (SPI ...

, nicknamed "The Terminator", founder and first leader of the Special Purpose Islamic Regiment *

Movsar Barayev Movsar Buharovich Barayev (Suleimanov) (russian: Мовсар Бухарович Бараев; October 26, 1979 – October 26, 2002), earlier known as Suleimanov, was a Chechen Islamist militia leader during the Second Chechen War, who le ...

, militia leader during the Second Chechen War, who led seizure of Moscow theater that led to deaths of 170 people *

Shamil Basayev Shamil Salmanovich Basayev ( ce, Салман ВоӀ Шамиль ; russian: Шамиль Салманович Басаев; 14 January 1965 – 10 July 2006), also known by his kunya "Abu Idris", was a senior military commander in the Cheche ...

, militant Islamist and participant of the Chechen resistance movement * Dzhokhar Dudayev, Soviet Air Force general and Chechen leader, first President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria *

Ruslan Gelayev Ruslan (Hamzat) Gelayev (russian: Руслан (Хамзат) Гелаев; was a prominent commander in the Chechen people, Chechen separatist movement against Russia, in which he played a significant, yet controversial, military and political ...

, commander in the Chechen separatist movement *

Aslan Maskhadov Aslan (Khalid) Aliyevich Maskhadov (russian: Асла́н (Хали́д) Али́евич Масха́дов; ce, Масхадан Али-воӀ Аслан (Халид), Masxadan Ali-voj Aslan (Xalid); 21 September 1951 – 8 March 2005) was ...

, leader of the Chechen separatist movement and the third President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria *

Abdul-Halim Salamovich Sadulayev Abdul-Halim Abusalamovich Sadulayev ( ; Chechen language, Chechen: Сайд-Iелийн Абусаламин кІант Iабдул-Хьалим, ''Sadulin Abusalamin-Kant Abdulhalim''; Russian language, Russian: Абдул-Халим Αбу� ...

, fourth President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria

Diaspora

* Ahmad Aladdin, Jordanian Major general, two time Hero of Jordan * Mümtaz Çeçen, Ottoman officer * Ahmad Ramzi, general in the

Jordanian Armed forces The Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF) ( ar, الْقُوَّاتُ الْمُسَلَّحَةُ الأرْدُنِية, romanized: ''Al-Quwwat Al-Musallaha Al-Urduniyya''), also referred to as the Arab Army ( ar, الْجَيْشُ الْعَرَبي ...

, minister of interior of Jordan, he was also a friend of the first Jordanian King * Mahmud Shevket, Ottoman

Grand vizier Grand vizier ( fa, وزيرِ اعظم, vazîr-i aʾzam; ota, صدر اعظم, sadr-ı aʾzam; tr, sadrazam) was the title of the effective head of government of many sovereign states in the Islamic world. The office of Grand Vizier was first ...

known for the founding of the Ottoman airforce *

Muhammed Bashir Ismail ash-Shishani Muhammad Bashir Ismail ash-Shishani (born 1933) is a Jordanian statesman and Major General of the Royal Jordanian Army, Bashir is also the former Minister of Agriculture of Jordan, and Mayor of Amman Amman (; ar, عَمَّان, ' ; Ammoni ...

, major general in the Jordanian Army, former minister of Agriculture, mayor of Amman and director of Military intelligence

Politicians

Soviet Union

Ruslan Khasbulatov Ruslan Imranovich Khasbulatov (russian: link=no, Русла́н Имранович Хасбула́тов, ce, Хасбола́ти Имра́ни кIант Руслан) (born November 22, 1942) is a Russian economist and politician and the ...

, Speaker of the RSFSR Supreme Soviet, 1991–1993 *

Doku Zavgayev Doku Gapurovich Zavgayev (russian: Доку Гапурович Завгаев, born 22 December 1940, Beno-Yurt, Chechnya) is a Soviet and Russian statesman and politician. He was the leader of the Checheno-Ingush ASSR and later an ambassador of ...

, Russian

ambassador An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or sov ...

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...

Russian Federation

Alu Alkhanov Alu Dadashevich Alkhanov (russian: link=no, Алу Дадашевич Алханов; born 20 January 1957) is a Russian politician and the former president of Russia's Chechen Republic. He is a career police officer who fought within the ran ...

, Russian politician, former president of Russia's Chechen Republic *

Vladislav Surkov Vladislav Yuryevich Surkov (russian: Владислав Юрьевич Сурков; born 21 September 1962 or 1964) is a Russian politician and businessman. He was First Deputy Chief of the Russian Presidential Administration from 1999 to 201 ...

, Businessman and Politician, former advisor to the

President of Russia The president of the Russian Federation ( rus, Президент Российской Федерации, Prezident Rossiyskoy Federatsii) is the head of state of the Russian Federation. The president leads the executive branch of the federal ...

Ramzan Kadyrov Ramzan Akhmadovich Kadyrov ce, КъадаргӀеран Ахьмат-кӏант Рамзан, translit= (born 5 October 1976) is a Russian politician who currently serves as the Head of the Chechen Republic. He was formerly affiliated to the ...

, Head of the Chechen Republic *

Akhmad Kadyrov Akhmad-Khadzhi Abdulkhamidovich Kadyrov ce, Къадири Ӏабдулхьамидан кӀант Ахьмад-Хьажи, Q̇adiri Jabdulẋamidan khant Aẋmad-Ẋaƶi (23 August 1951 – 9 May 2004) was a Russian politician and revolutionar ...

, First president of the Pro-Russian

Chechen republic Chechnya ( rus, Чечня́, Chechnyá, p=tɕɪtɕˈnʲa; ce, Нохчийчоь, Noxçiyçö), officially the Chechen Republic,; ce, Нохчийн Республика, Noxçiyn Respublika is a republic of Russia. It is situated in the ...

Chechen Republic of Ichkeria

Ilyas Akhmadov Ilyas Khamzatovich Akhmadov ( ce, Ilyasaŋ Aẋmad-k̇ant Ẋamzat/Ильясан Ахьмад-кlант Хьамзат, russian: Ильяс Хамзатович Ахмадов; born December 19, 1960) served as the foreign minister of the Chechen ...

, former foreign minister of the

Chechen Republic of Ichkeria The Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (; ce, Нохчийн Республик Ичкери, Nóxçiyn Respublik Içkeri; russian: Чеченская Республика Ичкерия; abbreviated as "ChRI" or "CRI") was a ''de facto'' state that ...

Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev Zelimkhan Abdulmuslimovich Yandarbiyev ( ce, Яндарбин Абдулмуслиман-кIант Зелимхан, romanized: ''Yandarbin Abdulmusliman-khant Zelimxan''; russian: link=no, Зелимхан Абдулмуслимович Я� ...

, writer and a politician, served as acting president of the breakaway Chechen Republic of Ichkeria between 1996 and 1997 *

Akhmed Zakayev Akhmed Halidovich Zakayev ( ce, Заки Хьалид кlант Ахьмад, Zaki Halid-khant Ahmad; russian: Ахмед Халидович Закаев, Akhmed Khalidovich Zakayev; born 26 April 1959) is a former Deputy Prime Minister and Pri ...

, leader and prime minister of the

Diaspora

* Abdul Baqi Jammoh

Business

* Ruslan Baisarov, Chechen entrepreneur and businessman *

Musa Bazhaev Musa Yusupovich Bazhaev (Russian language, Russian: Муса Юсупович Бажаев) is a Russian businessperson of Chechen descent. He is the current president of the Alliance group, which he became after the death of the company's founde ...

, president of Alliance Group * Malik Saidulaev, businessman and politician *

Tapa Tchermoeff Tapa (Abdul Medjid) Bey Ortsu Tchermoev (1882 – August 28, 1937) ( ce, Тапа́ (Абду́л Меджи́д) Арцу́евич Чермо́ев or Тапа Абдул Миджит Бей Орцу Чермо́ев) was a North Caucasian stat ...

, politician and oil magnate * Ziya Bazhayev, founder of Alliance group and a philanthropist *

Umar Dzhabrailov Umar Aliyevich Dzhabrailov (; born 28 June 1958, Grozny, USSR) is a Russian politician and advisor to Sergei Prikhodko, the Assistant to the President of Russia,Zaur Sadayev Zaur Umarovich Sadayev (russian: Заур Умарович Садаев; born 6 November 1989) is a Russian former professional footballer of Chechen origin. Club career He made his debut with FC Terek Grozny in the Russian Premier League in ...

, attacking Midfielder for Turkish club Ankaragücü *

Dzhabrail Kadiyev Dzhabrail Aslanbekovich Kadiyev (russian: Джабраил Асланбекович Кадиев; born 21 January 1994) is a Russian football player. Club career On 30 January 2013 he was transferred to the Israeli club Beitar Jerusalem along ...

, plays for

FC Legion Dynamo Makhachkala FC Legion Makhachkala (russian: «Легион» (Махачкала)) is a Russian football team from Makhachkala. It was founded in 2015 as FC Legion Makhachkala and participated in local amateur competitions. Before the 2016–17 season, it was ...

* Adlan Katsayev, attacking midfielder who plays for

FC SKA-Khabarovsk Football Club SKA-Khabarovsk (russian: Футбольный клуб СКА-Хабаровск) is a Russian professional association football club based in Khabarovsk which plays in the second-tier Russian First League. They played in the Russi ...

* Magomed Mitrishev, striker, attacking midfielder and winger for

FC Akhmat Grozny Republican Football Club Akhmat ( ce, футболан клуб Ахмат Соьлжа-ГӀала; russian: Республиканский футбольный клуб Ахмат Грозный), commonly known as Akhmat Grozny, is a Russian ...

* Khalid Kadyrov, left winger for the

Russian Premier League The Russian Premier League (RPL; russian: Российская премьер-лига; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is the top division professional association football league in Russia. It was established at the end of 2001 ...

team

* Rizvan Utsiyev, captain of

* Lechi Sadulayev, plays for

Mohammad Omar Shishani Mohammad Omar Shishani ( ar, محمد عمر شيشاني) (born April 24, 1989) is a Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossr ...

, striker for Al-Faisaly * Murad Tagilov, plays for

FC Druzhba Maykop FC Druzhba Maykop (russian: ФК "Дружба" Майкоп) is a Russian association football club from Maykop, Republic of Adygea, founded in 1963. It is playing in the Russian Football National League 2, FNL 2. Their biggest achievement was ...

* Sergei Tashuyev, currently a coach, he is of Chechen and Belarusian descent * Rassambek Akhmatov, Chechen football player from

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Wrestlers

Islambek Albiev Islambek Tsilimovich Albiev (russian: Исламбек Цилимович Альбиев, ce, СаӀид-Цилиман кӀант Альбиев Ислам-Бека; born December 28, 1988, in Chechnya)2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

in Greco-Roman wrestling *

Buvaisar Saitiev Buvaisar Hamidovich Saitiev, also spelled Buvaysar Hamidovich Saytiev, (russian: Бувайсар Хамидович Сайтиев, ce, Сайт КIант Бувайса) (born March 11, 1975, in Khasavyurt, Dagestan ASSR) is a Russian retired F ...

, Russian wrestler of Chechen heritage, he is a six-time world champion and a three-time Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling *

Adam Saitiev Adam Hamidovich Saitiev, also spelled Saytiev, ( ce, Адам Хамидович Сайтиев, born December 12, 1977) is a Russian wrestler of Chechen descent who won gold at the 2000 Summer Olympics for the Russian Federation at 85 kg c ...

wrestler, a gold medalist at the

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* Dzhamal Otarsultanov, wrestler, won the gold medal in men's freestyle 55 kg at the 2012

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Anzor Boltukaev Anzor Adamovich Boltukayev (russian: Анзор Адамович Болтукаев; born 5 April 1986 in Chechnya) is a Russian freestyle wrestler of Chechen descent. He competes in the 96 kg division and won the bronze medal in the same di ...

, accomplished wrestler, beat Kyle Snyder in 2016 *

Albert Saritov Albert Ramazanovich Saritov (russian: Альберт Рамазанович Саритов; born July 8, 1985, in Khasavyurt) is a Russian-born Naturalized Romanian freestyle wrestler of Chechen descent. 2016 Olympics bronze me ...

, bronze medalist of the

2016 Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ...

Adlan Varayev Adlan Abuevich Varayev (russian: Адлан Абуевич Вараев; 2 January 1962 – 4 May 2016) was a Russian-Chechen welterweight Welterweight is a weight class in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxi ...

, freestyle wrestler, won a silver medal at the 1988 Olympics * Rasul Dzhukayev, won a silver medal in the 66 kg. division at the 2009 FILA World Championships * Bekkhan Goygereyev, freestyle wrestler, won the gold medal at the 2013 World Wrestling Championships *

Salman Hashimikov Salman Alkhazurovich Hashimikov, also spelled Hasimikov (russian: Салман Хасимиков) (born 4 May 1953), is a prominent Soviet retired heavyweight wrestler. A Chechen from Russia, he won two European and four World Championship gold ...

, freestyle wrestler, won two European and four World Championship gold medals in

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(1979, 1981, 1982, 1983) * Bekhan Tungaev, wrestler who won the European championship back in the 1970s *

Elmadi Zhabrailov Elmadi Zaynaydiyevich Zhabrailov (russian: Эльмади Зайнайдиевич Жабраилов; born 6 September 1965) is a Russian freestyle wrestler of Chechen origin, who competed for the Soviet Union and then Kazakhstan Kazakhst ...

, won silver in freestyle wrestling at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

* Chingiz Labazanov, Greco-Roman wrestler and world gold medal holder *

Ramazan Şahin Ramazan Şahin (born Ramzan Irbaikhanov, russian: Рамзан Ирбайханов, on 8 July 1983) is a Russian- Turkish freestyle wrestler of Chechen descent. He won gold medals at the 2007 World Championships, 2008 European Championships, a ...

, a gold medalist in freestyle wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics *

Zelimkhan Huseynov Zelimkhan Tezhdeivich Huseynov ( az, Zəlimxan Hüseynov; russian: Зелимхан Гусейнов; born July 13, 1981 in Dagestan) is a retired Russian and Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler of Chechen heritage who represented Azerbaijan in the ...

, silver medalist at the 2009 World Wrestling Championships *

Lukman Zhabrailov Lukman Zaynaydiyevich Zhabrailov (russian: Лукман Зайнайдиевич Жабраилов, born April 27, 1962) is a retired freestyle wrestler who competed for the Soviet Union and then for Moldova. He won a world title in 1994, a worl ...

, gold medalist at the 1994 World Wrestling Championships * Zagir Shakhiev, gold medalist at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships *

Akhmed Chakaev Akhmed Osmanovich Chakaev (russian: Ахмед Османович Чакаев; born 23 March 1988) is a Russian freestyle wrestler. He is a two-time world freestyle wrestling bronze medalist. He is a silver medalist in the Golden Grand Prix Ivan ...

, two time bronze medalist at the World Wrestling Championships * Alikhan Zhabrailov, bronze medalist at the

2019 World Wrestling Championships The 2019 World Wrestling Championships were held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan from 14 September to 22 September 2019. The tournament served as qualification for the 2020 Summer Olympics, the top six wrestlers from each category earned their NOCs a qu ...

* Roland Schwarz, bronze medalist at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships

Boxers

Artur Beterbiev Artur Asilbekovich Beterbiev ( ce, Арту́р Асильбе́кович Бетерби́ев russian: Артур Асильбекович Бетербиев; born 21 January 1985) is a Russian-Canadian professional boxer. He is a unified li ...

, Unified light-heavyweight boxing champion *

Umar Salamov Umar Isaevich Salamov (; born 7 June 1994) is a Russian professional boxer who held the IBO light-heavyweight title in 2016. Professional career In May 2016, Salamov moved to Las Vegas, Nevada to start at a new training camp in Kevin Barry's ...

, professional boxer who held the IBO

light-heavyweight Light heavyweight, also referred to as junior cruiserweight or light cruiserweight, is a weight class in combat sports. Boxing Professional In professional boxing, the division is above and up to , falling between super middleweight and cruiserw ...

title in 2016 *

Zaurbek Baysangurov Zaurbek Musaevich Baysangurov (born 2 March 1985) is a Russian former professional boxer who competed from 2004 to 2014. He is a former WBO and IBO light middleweight champion, having held the IBO title twice between 2010–2015 and the WBO tit ...

, professional boxer and former WBO and IBO light middleweight champion * Khuseyn Baysangurov, professional boxer who held the WBA Continental (Europe) and the

IBF The International Boxing Federation (IBF) is one of four major organizations recognized by the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) which sanctions professional boxing bouts, alongside the World Boxing Association (WBA), World Boxing Counci ...

International light-middleweight titles from 2017 to 2018 *

Apti Davtaev Apti Alkhazurovich Davtaev (russian: Апти Алхазурович Давтаев) is a Russian professional boxer. Professional career Davtaev made his professional debut on 30 March 2013, scoring a second-round stoppage victory via corner r ...

, Professional boxer * Imam Khataev, Tokyo 2020 bronze medalist

Mixed martial artists

Adlan Amagov Chechen Van Damme , image = , image_size = 400px , alt = , caption = , birth_name = , birth_date = , birth_place = Sunzhensky District, Chechen–Ingush ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Un ...

, formerly competed in the

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, where he is the first Chechen mixed martial artist to compete *

Mamed Khalidov Mamed Khalidov ( rus, Мамед Магомедович Халидов, Mamied Magomedowicz Chalidow, mɐˈmʲɛt maɣɔmʲɛdɔvʲit͡ʂ xɐˈlʲidəf; pl, Mamed Chalidow ; born 17 July 1980 in Grozny) is a Polish mixed martial artist of Chech ...

, currently competing in the KSW *

Mairbek Taisumov Mairbek Vakhaevich Taisumov (Russian: Майрбек Вахаевич Тайсумов; born August 8, 1988 in Chechnya) is a Russian-born Austrian mixed martial artist. He fights in the lightweight division. A professional mixed martial artist ...

, formerly competed in the

Zubaira Tukhugov Zubaira Alikhanovich Tukhugov (born January 15, 1991) is a Russian mixed martial artist who fights in the Lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional MMA competitor since 2010, Tukhugov made a name for himsel ...

, currently competing in the

Ismail Naurdiev Ismail Naurdiev (born August 18, 1996) is a Chechnya, Chechen-born Austria, Austrian mixed martial artist currently competing in the Super welterweight (MMA), Super Welterweight division of Brave Combat Federation. He has competed in the Welterwe ...

, formerly competed in the

Khamzat Chimaev Khamzat Khizarovich Chimaev ( ce, Хизаран Хамзат; russian: Хамзат Хизарович Чимаев; born 1 May 1994), is a Swedish professional mixed martial artist and freestyle wrestler who competes in the Welterweight div ...

, currently competing in the

Weightlifters

Apti Aukhadov Apti Khamzatovich Aukhadov (russian: Апти Хамзатович Аухадов, born 18 November 1992) is a Russian weightlifter competing in the 85 kg category. He is of Chechen descent. Career Aukhadov was the world junior champion ...

, weightlifter, 2013 World Champion and silver medalist at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Judo practitioners

* Hüseyin Özkan, gold medalist at the

Bashir Varaev Bashir Varaev (russian: Башир Вараев, also spelled Varayev, born 23 February 1964) is a Chechen judoka who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of ...

, bronze medalist at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

Shamil Borchashvili Shamil Borchashvili (born 9 June 1995) is an Austrian judoka. He immigrated to Wels, Austria with his family from Chechnya, Russia when he was a child. Borchashvili won the silver medal at the 2021 Judo Grand Slam Tbilisi in the -81 kg class. ...

, Tokyo 2020 Olympics bronze medalist *

Tamerlan Bashaev Tamerlan Tausovich Bashaev ( rus, Тамерлан Таусович Башаев, , təmʲɪrˈɫan bɐˈʂa(ɪ̯)ɪf; born 22 April 1996) is a Russian judoka. In 2021, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's +100 kg event at the 2020 Sum ...

, Tokyo 2020 Olympics bronze medalist *

Yakub Shamilov Yakub Dzhambekovich Shamilov (russian: Якуб Джамбекович Шамилов; born 25 April 1991 in Argun, Chechnya) is a Russian judoka of Chechen nationality. He is the 2016 Abu Dhabi champion References External links * ...

, bronze medalist at the

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* Salamu Mezhidov, 2007 european champion * Islam Matsiev * Bektaş Demirel * German Abdulaev *

David Margoshvili David Margoshvili (born August 11, 1980) is a Georgian judo is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電� ...

Musicians and dancers

* Said Dimayev, orchestral music composer *

Umar Dimayev Umar Dimayev ( ce, Умар Димаев; 1 October 1908 – 26 December 1972) was a Chechen people, Chechen accordionist and folk musician. His sons, Ali Dimayev, Ali, Valid Dimayev, Valid, and Said Dimayev, Said are also professional Chec ...

, accordionist and folk music composer * Ali Dimayev, musician and composer * Sultan Islamov, actor and singer * Timur Mutsurayev, musician and bard *

Makka Sagaipova Makka Umarovna Sagaipova (russian: link=no, Макка Умаровна Сагаипова) (born February 14, 1987 in Grozny, Chechen-Ingush ASSR, Soviet Union) is a Chechen singer. Biography She is the daughter of accordion player Umar Sagaip ...

, popular singer *

Xava Tashaeva Xava Tashaeva ( ce, Хава Ташаева or Xava Taşaeva) is a popular young Chechen pop singer. She has a wide fan base, but appeals mainly to teenagers and young adults. She is the daughter of the Russian singer-bardess Maryam Tashaeva, Mare ...

, popular singer * Makhmud Esambayev, actor and dancer, was regarded as one of the most famous dancers of the Soviet Union * Imran Usmanov, folk singer * Ramzan Paskayev, accordionist and folk musician * Imam Alimsultanov, folk singer

Writers and poets

Writers

* Musa Geshaev, writer * Abuzar Aydamirov, novelist and poet *

Abdurakhman Avtorkhanov Abdurakhman Genazovich (Ganazovich) Avtorkhanov ( ce, Абдурахма́н Гена́зович (Гана́зович) Авторха́нов, 23 October 1908 – 24 April 1997) was a Chechen historian who worked primarily in the fields of ...

, Chechen historian of the communist period

Poets

* Magomet Mamakaev, one of the founders of modern Chechen literature *

Raisa Akhmatova Raisa Soltamuradovna Akhmatova ( ce, Раиса Солтамурадовна Ахматова; 13 December 1928 – 29 January 1992) was an internationally recognized Chechen people, Chechen poet. Raisa's poems have been especially popular among ...

, poet

Scientists

Historians

Ibragim-Bek Sarakaev Ibragim-Bek Sarakaev (21 September 1883–1934) was one of the first Chechen writers and publicists, as well as a historian on the traditions and folklore of the Chechen people. Biography Sarakaev was born on September 21, 1883, in a fortress ...

, writer and historian * Khozh-Akhmed Bersanov, ethnographer and author *

Dalkhan Khozhaev Dalkhan Abdulazizovich Khozhaev (18 April 1961 – 26 July 2000) was a Chechen historian, field commander, brigadier general and author with numerous works on the centuries-old confrontation between Chechnya and Russia, as well as the First C ...

, historian and field commander

Physicist

* Akhmed Tsebiev,

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and inventor

Medicine

Surgeons

Khassan Baiev Khassan Zhunidovich Baiev (; born 4 April 1963) is a Chechen-American surgeon who performed numerous operations under critical conditions during the Second Chechen War. He is mostly known as author of two memoirs, ''The Oath: A Surgeon Under ...

, Chechen-American trauma surgeon

Activists and journalists

* Natalya Estemirova, human rights activist * Salavdi Gugaev, activist for the rehabilitation of Chechens from

Aardakh The deportation of the Chechens and Ingush ( ce, До́хадар, Махках дахар, inh, Мехках дахар), or Ardakhar Genocide ( ce, Ардахар Махках), and also known as Operation Lentil (russian: Чечевица ...

* Oyub Titiev, human rights activist * Hadijat Gatayeva, humanitarian activist and nurse * Amina Okueva, deceased

Euromaidan Euromaidan (; uk, Євромайдан, translit=Yevromaidan, lit=Euro Square, ), or the Maidan Uprising, was a wave of Political demonstration, demonstrations and civil unrest in Ukraine, which began on 21 November 2013 with large protes ...

activist and soldier in Ukraine conflict

Journalists

* Musa Muradov, journalist * Milana Bakhaeva (''

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'' Terloeva), journalist and author *

Adlan Khasanov Adlan Khasanov (russian: Адлан Хасанов 25 May 1970 – 9 May 2004) was a Russian Chechen journalist and photographer, killed in action in Grozny. Khasanov studied journalism at the Chechen State University, and later worked in newspa ...

, photographer and journalist

Artists and painters

Pyotr Zakharov-Chechenets Pyotr Zakharovich Zakharov-Chechenets (russian: Пётр Захарович Захаров-Чеченец; 1816 – 1846) was a Russian painter of Chechen origin. He is believed to be the only professional painter of Chechen origin in the 19th ce ...

, first professional painter of Chechen origin

References

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