This is a list of notable people of Uzbek ethnicity, regardless of their countries.

Academia

* Salizhan Sharipov, cosmonaut * Toshmuhammad Qori-Niyoziy, academic *

Toshmuhammad Sarimsoqov Toshmuhammad Sarimsoqov (Uzbek Cyrillic: Тошмуҳаммад Алиевич Саримсоқов, russian: Ташмухамед Алиевич Сарымсаков, ''Tashmukhamed Alievich Sarymsakov''; 17 December 1995) was an Uzbek mathema ...

, mathematician *

Habib Abdullayev Habib Muhammedovich Abdullayev (Uzbek Cyrillic: Ҳабиб Муҳаммедович Абдуллаев, russian: Хабиб Мухаммедович Абдуллаев, ''Khabib Mukhammedovich Abdullaev''; — 20 June 1962) was a Soviet-Uzbek geo ...

, geologist *

Tesha Zohidov Tesha Zohidovich Zohidov (Uzbek Cyrillic: Теша Зоҳидович Зоҳидов, russian: Тиша Захидович Захидов, ''Tisha Zakhidovich Zakhidov'') was a Soviet-Uzbek zoologist, ecologist, and politician who served as pres ...

, zoologist *

Ubay Orifov Ubay Orifovich Orifov ( Russian: Убай Арифович Арифов; 15 June Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates.html" ;"title="nowiki/> O.S. 2 June1909 – 24 December 1976) was a Soviet Uzbek physicist and academician who served as the President ...

, physicist * Obid Sadiqov, chemist *

Pulat Habibullayev Pulat Qirgizboyevich Habibullayev ( uz, Poʻlat Qirgʻizboyevich Habibullayev, russian: Пулат Киргизбаевич Хабибуллаев, ''Pulat Kirgizbaevich Khabibullaev''; 14 October 1936 — 7 February 2010) was an Uzbek physicist ...

, physicist *

Bekhzod Yuldoshev Bekhzod Sodiqovich Yuldoshev ( uz, Behzod Sodiqovich Yoʻldoshev, Беҳзод Содиқович Йўлдошев, russian: Бехзод Садыкович Юлдашев; born 9 May 1945) is an Uzbek physicist who served as head of the Academy of ...

, physicist * Raʼno Abdullayeva, historian

Business

Vladimir Putin at award ceremonies (2018-11-27) 15

Salim Abduvaliev Salim Abduvaliev (Uzbek: ''Салим Абдувалиев'', born in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR in 1950) is a uzbek producer and Internet celebrity. In 2015, the producer was awarded the "Do’slik" State Prize of Uzbekistan and the "Ludwig Nobel Pri ...

, businessman *

Sherkhan Farnood Sherkhan Farnood ( – ) was an Afghan banker, Chairman of Kabul Bank until late 2010, which is Afghanistan's largest private financial institution with over 1 million customers. Farnood held 28.16% of the shares in the Kabul Bank. He also owned ...

, founder of

Kabul Bank Kabul (; ps, , ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. Located in the eastern half of the country, it is also a municipality, forming part of the Kabul Province; it is administratively divided into 22 municipal districts. Acco ...

* Zemarai Kamgar, founder and CEO of Kam Air * Alisher Usmanov, businessman, oligarch, former president of the FIE * Siyosatxon Abdullayeva, farmer and peasant (1940–2018

Entertainment

* Lola Astanova, Uzbek-American pianist * Lucy Dacus, singer-songwriter and producer * Sora Eshontoʻrayeva, actress * Jahongir Otajonov, singer-songwriter and politician * Malik Qayumov, filmmaker * Ziyoda Qobilova, singer * Muhitdin Qoriyoqubov, singer *

Tursunoy Saidazimova Tursunoy Saidazimova (russian: Турсуной Саидазимова; 1911 – 10 May 1928), occasionally transliterated as Tursunoi Saidazimova, was one of the first Uzbek actresses in the Uzbek SSR and one of the first to sing onstage without ...

, singer *

Shahzoda Zilola Bahodirovna Musaeva ( uz, Zilola Bahodirovna Musayeva, Зилола Баҳодировна Мусаева; born 28 July 1979), most commonly known by her stage name Shahzoda, is an Uzbek singer and actress. Shahzoda has become a highly po ...

, singer and actress * Mukarram Turgunbaeva, choreographer * Yulduz Usmonova, singer and actress * Lola Yoʻldosheva, singer *

Nurkhon Yuldashkhojayeva Nurkhon Yuldashkhojayeva ( uz, Nurxon Yoʻldoshxoʻjayeva, often anglicized as ''Nurkhon Yuldasheva'') was one of the first Uzbek women to dance onstage without a paranja Paranja, veil. She was born in 1913 in Margilan, a city in Fergana Province ...

, actress * Farrukh Zokirov, singer, composer, and actor * Lola Zunnunova, journalist and presenter

Literature

* Uyg‘un, poet, writer, and politician *

Sylvia Nasar Sylvia Nasar (born 17 August 1947) is an Uzbek German-born American journalist. She is best known for her biography of John Forbes Nash Jr., '' A Beautiful Mind'', for which she won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography. Nasar cur ...

, American writer, economist and journalist *

Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi ( uz, Hamza Hakimzoda Niyoziy / Ҳамза Ҳакимзода Ниёзий) (, Kokand – March 18, 1929, Shohimardon) was an Uzbek people, Uzbek author, composer, playwright, poet, scholar, and political activist. Niyazi, a ...

, author, composer, playwright, poet, and political activist *

Gʻafur Gʻulom Gʻafur Gʻulom or Gafur Gulom (Russified form Gafur Gulyam) ( uz, Gʻafur Gʻulom, Ғафур Ғулом) (May 10, 1903 – July 10, 1966) was an Uzbek poet, writer, and literary translator. He is best remembered for his stories ''Shum Bola'' (' ...

, poet, writer, and literary translator * Jahangir Mamatov, journalist, author, politician, political analyst, and linguist * Ismat Xushev, journalist, author, and political analyst * Abdulla Oripov, poet, politician, literary translator, and former head of the Writers' Union of Uzbekistan *

Komil Yashin Komil Yashin (birth name Nugmanov) (1909-1997) was a Soviet-Uzbekistani poet, screenwriter, and celebrity. He was awarded the titles People's Writer of the Uzbek SSR in 1959, Hero of Socialist Labor in 1974, and the USSR State Prize in 1951. ...

, playwright,

Hero of Socialist Labour The Hero of Socialist Labour (russian: links=no, Герой Социалистического Труда, Geroy Sotsialisticheskogo Truda) was an honorific title in the Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact countries from 1938 to 1991. It repre ...

* Erkin Vohidov, poet, playwright, and literary translator * Zulfiya, writer *

Abdulla Qahhor Abdulla Qahhor (sometimes spelled Abdulla Kahhar in English) ( uz, Abdulla Qahhor, Абдулла Қаҳҳор) (September 17, 1907 – May 24, 1968) was a Soviet and Uzbek novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright, and literary translator. H ...

, novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright, and literary translator * Odil Yakubov, writer * Muhammadsharif Soʻfizoda, poet

Politics and military

Shavkat Mirziyoyev official portrait (cropped 2)

* Raʼno Abdullayeva, prominent leader of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan * Zahīr ud-Dīn Muhammad, or

Babur Babur ( fa, , lit= tiger, translit= Bābur; ; 14 February 148326 December 1530), born Mīrzā Zahīr ud-Dīn Muhammad, was the founder of the Mughal Empire in the Indian subcontinent. He was a descendant of Timur and Genghis Khan through his ...

, founder of the Mughal Empire * Islam Karimov, first President of Uzbekistan * Shavkat Mirziyoyev, current President of Uzbekistan *

Muhammad Yunus Nawandish Muhammad Yunus Nawandish (Uzbek language, Uzbek/ prs, محمديونس نوانديش) was the Mayor of Kabul from after his appointment by Afghan President Hamid Karzai in January 2010. During his time in office the Mayor initiated an aggressive ...

, was the Mayor of Kabul from after his appointment by Afghan President Hamid Karzai in January 2010 * Abdul Rashid Dostum, former Afghan warlord of Uzbek ethnicity * Abdulla Aripov, current Prime Minister *

Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi is an Uzbek legislator and politician from Afghanistan. Biography Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi was born in the Imam Sahib district of northern Kunduz Province in 1962, and is a member of the Ibrahims Clan. He finished his primary ed ...

, Uzbek politician from Afghanistan * Abdusamat Taymetov, first Uzbek pilot * Alla Anarov, supreme soviet deputy and double

Azad Beg Azad Beg (born July 4, 1952) was the founder of the Turkic nationalist Islamic Union of the Northern Provinces, Ittehadiya Islami-ye Wilayat-i Shamal movement in Afghanistan during the Soviet–Afghan War, Soviet-Afghan War. Beg was the great-grands ...

, Abdul Waris Karimi, was an Uzbek doctor serving in the Pakistan Army * Muhammad Khudayar Khan, ruler of Kokand * Nasruddin Khan, last ruler of Khanate of Kokand, who was settled in Peshawar after Khanate was abolished * Khan Jahan Ali, Khan-i-Azam of Khalifatabad *

Gul Mohammad Pahalwan Gul Mohammad Pahlawan (or Gulo) was an Uzbek leader during the violent power-struggles of 1990s Afghanistan, and a brother (in some sources brother-in-law) of leader Abdul Malik Pahlawan. Gul Mohammad played a significant role in Abdul Malik's bet ...

, former Afghan warlord from an Uzbek ethnicity *

Sayed Anwar Sadat Sayed Anwar Sadat ( prs, سید انور سادات) is an ethnic Uzbek politician in Afghanistan. He served as governor of Faryab Province from 2015 to 2017. Early life Sayed Anwar Sadat was born in 1971 in the province of Sar-e Pol, Afghanis ...

, ethnic Uzbek politician in Afghanistan *

Suraya Dalil Suraya Dalil ( Uzbek/ prs, ثریا دلیل), (born 1970) is an Afghan physician and politician who served as Minister of Public Health from 2010 to 2014 and has been the country's Permanent Representative to the United Nations since November 2 ...

Afghan Afghan may refer to: *Something of or related to Afghanistan, a country in Southern-Central Asia *Afghans, people or citizens of Afghanistan, typically of any ethnicity ** Afghan (ethnonym), the historic term applied strictly to people of the Pas ...

physician and politician * Husn Banu Ghazanfar, is a politician in Afghanistan, formerly served as the Minister of Women's Affairs *

Delbar Nazari Delbar Nazari (born 1958) is an Afghan politician who was the last Minister for Women's Affairs. Early life and education Nazari is an Uzbek from Khulm District in Balkh province. She has a degree from the Teachers Training Centre of Balkh and ...

, is an Afghanistan politician who serves as

Minister for Women's Affairs The Ministry for Women (Māori: ''Manatū Wāhine'') is the public service department of New Zealand charged with advising the government on policies and issues affecting women. It was formerly called the Ministry for Women's Affairs (MWA), bu ...

Abdul Majid Rouzi General Abdul Majid Rouzi was an Uzbeks, Uzbek commander of Arab Descent during the Afghan Civil War (1992–1996), Afghan Civil war. He was allied with the forces of General Abdul Rashid Dostum. In 1992 Rouzi was in charge of the overall command ...

, Uzbek commander of Arab Descent during the

Afghan Civil war War in Afghanistan, Afghan war, or Afghan civil war may refer to: *Conquest of Afghanistan by Alexander the Great (330 BC – 327 BC) *Muslim conquests of Afghanistan (637–709) *Conquest of Afghanistan by the Mongol Empire (13th century), see als ...

* Mohammad Rozi, is an Uzbek fugitive wanted for shooting three Australian troops serving in southern Afghanistan and two

Afghan National Army Afghan may refer to: *Something of or related to Afghanistan, a country in Southern-Central Asia * Afghans, people or citizens of Afghanistan, typically of any ethnicity **Afghan (ethnonym), the historic term applied strictly to people of the Pas ...

* Ahmad Khan Samangani, was an

member of parliament and a commander of the Junbish-i Milli *

Mohammad Hashim Zare Mohammad Hashim Zare is the current governor of Samangan, Afghanistan. Before this he had been an adviser to President Hamid Karzai Hamid Karzai (; Pashto/ fa, حامد کرزی, , ; born 24 December 1957) is an Afghan statesman who served ...

, is the current governor of Samangan, Afghanistan *

Muhammad Shaybani Muhammad Shaybani Khan ( uz, Muhammad Shayboniy, also known as Abul-Fath Shaybani Khan or Shayabak Khan or Shahi Beg Khan, originally named "Shibägh", which means " wormwood" or "obsidian") (c. 1451 – 2 December 1510), was an Uzbek leader ...

, Uzbek emperor and warrior * Rasul Pahlawan, Uzbek military leader in Afghanistan and Brother of

Abdul Malik Pahlawan Abdul Malik Pahlawan is an Uzbek warlord and politician based in Faryab Province in northern Afghanistan. He is the head of the Afghanistan Liberation Party and was heavily involved in the factional fighting that consumed Afghanistan throughout ...

Sports

Bekzod Abdurakhmonov Bekzod Makhamadzhonovich Abdurakhmonov (russian: Бекзод Махамаджонович Абдурахмонов; born 15 March 1990) is an Uzbekistani freestyle wrestler and mixed martial artist. He won the gold medal at the 2014 Asian Game ...

, wrestler *

Nodirbek Abdusattorov Nodirbek Abdusattorov (born 18 September 2004) is an Uzbek chess grandmaster and the 2021 World Rapid Chess Champion. A chess prodigy, he qualified for the grandmaster title at the age of 13 years, 1 month, and 11 days. FIDE awarded him the ...

(born 2004),

chess grandmaster Grandmaster (GM) is a title awarded to chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain. Once achieved, the title is held for life, though exceptionally it h ...

and World Rapid Chess Champion (since 2021) * Akgul Amanmuradova, tennis player * Ruslan Chagaev, boxer *

Anastasia Gimazetdinova Anastasia Dmitrievna Gimazetdinova, married surname: Kipnis (russian: Анастасия Дмитриевна Гимазетдинова Кипнис, born 5 May 1980) is an Uzbekistani former competitive figure skater. She is the 2008 Asian Tro ...

, skater * Ibrahim Nazarov, swimmer * Mirjalol Kasymov, footballer * Ravshan Irmatov, football referee * Donior Islamov (born 1989), wrestler * Oksana Chusovitina, gymnast * Rustam Kasimdzhanov, chess player * Sakina Mamedova, sports shooter * Makhmud Muradov, mixed martial artist, first Uzbek UFC fighter *

Anisa Petrova Anisa Petrova (born 23 December 1970) is an Uzbekistani fencer. She competed in the women's individual épée event at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney ...