List of Uzbeks
This is a list of notable people of Uzbek ethnicity, regardless of their countries.
Politics and military[]
- Islam Karimov, first President of Uzbekistan
- Shavkat Mirziyoyev, current President of Uzbekistan
- Abdul Rashid Dostum, former Afghan warlord of Uzbek ethnicity
- Abdulla Oripov, Deputy Prime Minister
- Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi, Uzbek politician from Afghanistan
- Abdusamat Taymetov, the first Uzbek pilot
- Azad Beg, Abdul Waris Karimi, was an Uzbek doctor serving in the Pakistan Army
- Chagatai Khan, Khan of Chagatai Khanate
- Muhammad Khudayar Khan, ruler of Kokand
- Nasruddin Khan, was the 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, former Afghan warlord from an Uzbek ethnicity
- Sayed Anwar Sadat, is an ethnic Uzbek politician in Afghanistan.
- Suraya Dalil, is an Afghan physician and politician.
- Husn Banu Ghazanfar, is a politician in Afghanistan, formerly served as the Minister of Women's Affairs.
- Delbar Nazari, is an Afghanistan politician who serves as Minister for Women's Affairs.
- Abdul Majid Rouzi, was an Uzbek commander of Arab Descent during the Afghan Civil war.
- Mohammad Rozi, is an Uzbek fugitive wanted for shooting three Australian troops serving in southern Afghanistan and two Afghan National Army.
- Ahmad Khan Samangani, was an Afghan member of parliament and a commander of the Junbish-i Milli.
- Mohammad Hashim Zare, is the current governor of Samangan, Afghanistan.
- Muhammad Shaybani, Uzbek emperor and warrior
- Muhammad Yunus Nawandish, was the Mayor of Kabul from after his appointment by Afghan President Hamid Karzai in January 2010
- Rasul Pahlawan, an Uzbek military leader in Afghanistan and Brother of Abdul Malik Pahlawan
Literature[]
- Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi, author, composer, playwright, poet, and political activist
- Gʻafur Gʻulom, poet, writer, and literary translator; considered one of the most influential Uzbek writers of the 20th century
- 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; one of the National Poets of Uzbekistan, winner of the prestigious Hero of Uzbekistan award
- Komil Yashin, playwright, Hero of Socialist Labour
- Erkin Vohidov, poet, playwright, and literary translator; one of the National Poets of Uzbekistan, winner of the prestigious Hero of Uzbekistan award
- Zulfiya, writer
- Abdulla Qahhor, novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright, and literary translator; considered one of the best Uzbek writers of the 20th century
- Odil Yakubov, writer
- Sylvia Nasar, American writer, economist and journalist
Sports[]
- Bekzod Abdurakhmonov, wrestler
- Nodirbek Abdusattorov (born 2004), Chess grandmaster and World Rapid Chess Champion (since 2021)
- Akgul Amanmuradova, tennis player
- Aleksandr Agafonov, swimmer
- Server Djeparov, footballer
- Anastasia Gimazetdinova, skater
- Ibrahim Nazarov, swimmer
- Anisa Petrova, fencer
- Artem Knyazev, skater
- Denis Istomin, tennis player
- Djamolidine Abdoujaparov, cyclist
- Mirjalol Kasymov, footballer
- Ravshan Irmatov, football referee
- Donior Islamov (born 1989), wrestler
- Oksana Chusovitina, gymnast
- Ruslan Chagaev, boxer
- Rustam Kasimdzhanov, chess player
- Sakina Mamedova, sports shooter
- Makhmud Muradov, mixed martial artist, first Uzbek UFC fighter
Science[]
- Ulugh Beg (1394-1449), Timurid sultan, as well as an astronomer and mathematician
- Yitzhak Apeloig (born 1944), Israeli computational chemistry professor and President of the Technion
- Salizhan Sharipov, cosmonaut
- Vladimir Vapnik, co-inventor of Support Vector Machines and an IEEE John von Neumann Medal recipient
Business[]
- Alisher Usmanov, businessman
- Salim Abduvaliev, businessman
- Zemarai Kamgar, founder and CEO of Kam Air
- Sherkhan Farnood, Afghan banker and businessman from an Uzbek ethnicity and also founder of Kabul Bank
- , Afghan businessman from an Uzbek ethnicity and chairman of Chairman Ghazanfar Group LLC
Entertainment[]
- Rita Volk (Margarita Volkovinskaya), Uzbek-American actress
- Lola Astanova, Uzbek-American pianist
- Milana Vayntrub, Uzbek-American actor, writer and comedian
- Lucy Dacus, American singer-songwriter
- Zachary Lowe, famous Uzbek.
- Max Sander, also a famous Uzbek.
See also[]
- Uzbekistan
- Uzbeks
- Uzbeks in Afghanistan
Categories:
- Lists of people by nationality
- Lists of Uzbekistani people
- Ethnic Uzbek people