List of Uzbeks

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

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Politics and military

• Anushtegin Gharchai, turkic commander and fonder of Khwarazmian dynasty
• Alauddin Khalji, Turco-Afghan emperor of indian subcontinent
• Islam Karimov, first President of Uzbekistan
• Shavkat Mirziyoyev, current President of Uzbekistan
• Abdul Rashid Dostum, former Afghan warlord of Uzbek ethnicity, currently Marshal of Afghanistan
• 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
• Babur, First Emperor Of Mughal Empire
• Chagatai Khan Khan of Chagatai Khanate
• Muhammad Khudayar Khan 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, was an Uzbek leader during the violent power-struggles of 1990s Afghanistan
• 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 Yunus Nawandish, was the Mayor of Kabul from after his appointment by Afghan President Hamid Karzai in January 2010
• Timur Central Asian conqueror
• Sabuktigin Founder of the Ghaznavid dynasty
• Mahmud of Ghazni Afghan Turkic ruler of Ghaznavid dynasty
• Qutb al-Din Aibak Founder of Dehli Sultanate
• Rasul Pahlawan an Uzbek military leader in Afghanistan and Brother of Abdul Malik Pahlawan

Literature

• Ali-Shir Nava'i, poet, writer, politician, linguist, mystic and painter
• 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
• Ibrahim Ghazanfar, 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
• Zachary Lowe, famous Uzbek.
• Max Sander, also a famous Uzbek.

See also

• Uzbekistan
• Uzbeks
• Uzbeks in Afghanistan