List of Kazakhs

"This is a "'list of famous Kazakhs."

Actors/Actresses

*Gulshat Omarova (), writer, film director and actress
*Doskhan Djoldjaksinov (07.10.1951, actor

Artists

*Abylkhan Kasteev (1904 - 1973), painter

Composers

*Shamshi Kaldayakov (1930 - 1992), composer
*Muqagali Maqatayev (1931 - 1976), akyn, poet
*Makhambet Otemisuly (1804 - 1846), akyn, composer, leader of rebellious movement against Russian Empire
*Kurmangazy Sagyrbayuly (1823 - 1896), composer, instrumentalist and folk artist
*Suinbai Aronuly (1815 - 1898), akyn

Filmmakers

*Shaken Aimanov (1914 - 1970), film director, screenwriter, producer and actor
*Timur Bekmambetov (born 1961), film director
*Rashid Nugmanov (born 1954), film director
*Gulshat Omarova (), writer, film director and actress

Freedom Heroes

*Akhmet Baitursynov (1873 - 1937), poet, writer and politician
*Alikhan Bokeikhanov (1866 - 1937), writer, political activist and environmental scientist
*Mirjaqip Dulatuli (1885 - 1935), poet, writer and a leader of Alash Orda government
*Osman Batur (1899 - 1951), (also referred to as Ospan) fighter for the freedom of the Qazaq people in Xinjiang
*Makhambet Otemisuly (1804 - 1846), akyn, composer, leader of rebellious movement against Russian Empire
*Raiymbek Batyr (1705 - ?), warrior in the 18th century against Dzungars
*Mustafa Shokay (1890 - 1941), leader of the Kokand revolt (1917) against the Bolsheviks
*Olzhas Suleimenov (born 1936), poet, politician, and anti-nuclear activist
*Isatay Taymanuly (1791 - 1838), leader of rebellious movement against Russian Empire

Khans

*Ablai Khan (1711 - 1781), khan of Middle Juz
*Abul Khair Khan (1693 - 1748), khan of Junior juz
*Janybek Khan (?), founder and co-leader of Kazakh Khanate
*Kasym Khan (1445 - ?), leader of the Kazakh Khanate (1510 - 1521)
*Kenesary Khan (1802 - 1847), Khan of all three Juzes (1841 - 1847)

Musicians and singers

*Marat Bisengaliev (born 1962), violinist and director of Orchestras
*Kulyash Baiseitova (1905 - 1957), opera singer
*Alan Buribaev (born 1979), conductor
*Bukhar-zhirau Kalmakanov (1693 - 1789), poet
*Erik Kurmangaliev (1959 - 2008), opera singer
*Kurmangazy Sagyrbayuly (1823 - 1896)), composer, instrumentalist and folk artist
*Maira Muhamedqyzy (),
*Makhambet Otemisuly (1804 - 1846), akyn, composer, leader of rebellious movement against Russian Empire
*Roza Rymbaeva (born 1957), singer
*Suinbai Aronuly (1815 - 1898), akyn
*Tolkyn Zabirova (born 1970), singer
*Zhambyl Zhabaev (1846 - 1945), akyn

Philosophers

*Abay Qunanbayuli (1845 - 1904), poet, composer and philosopher.
*Al-Farabi (872 - 950), scientist, philosopher and mathematician
*Khwaja Ahmad Yasavi (1106 - 1166), poet and Sufi (Muslim mystic)

Politicians

Miscellaneous

*Daniyal Akhmetov (born 1954), Prime Minister
*Toktar Aubakirov (born 1946), first Kazakh in space, MP
*Byrganym Aytimova (born 1953), ambassador, Minister
*Akhmet Baitursynov (1873 - 1937), poet, writer and politician
*Alikhan Bokeikhanov (1866 - 1937), writer, political activist and environmental scientist
*Mirjaqip Dulatuli (1885 - 1935), poet, writer and leader of Alash Orda
*Janabil (born 1934), politician in China
*Ashat Kerimbay (born 1947), politician in China
*Olzhas Suleimenov (born 1936), poet, politician and anti-nuclear activist
*Imangali Tasmagambetov (born 1956), Prime Minister
*Marat Tazhin (born 1960), Foreign Minister
*Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (born 1953), Foreign Minister, Prime Minister
*Aman Tuleev (born 1944), governor of Kemerovo Oblast, Russia
*Mukhammedzhan Tynyshbayev (1879-1937), historian, politician, engineer

Presidents of Kazakhstan

*Dinmukhamed Kunayev (1912 - 1993), First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Kazakh SSR (1960 - 1962, 1964 - 1986), Prime Minister, President Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences
*Nursultan Nazarbaev (born 1940), President of Kazakhstan
*Zhumabay Shayakhmetov (1902 - 1966), First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Kazakh SSR (1946 - 1954)

Scientists and engineers

*Ken Alibek (born 1950), microbiologist
*Kaisha Atakhanova (), genetic biologist
*Al-Farabi (872 - 950), scientist, philosopher and mathematician
*Alikhan Bokeikhanov (1866 - 1937), writer, political activist and environmental scientist
*Orazak Ismagulov (1879-1937), anthropologist
*Kanysh Satpayev (1899-1964), geologist, founder of Soviet metallogeny, President of Academy of Sciences
*Sarsen Amanzholov (1903 - 1958), Turkologist, linguistics

Sportspersons

*Nikolai Antropov (born 1980), ice hockey player
*Bakhtiyar Artayev (born 1983), boxer
*Kairat Ashirbekov (born 1982), footballer
*Assan Bazayev (born 1981), cyclist
*Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov (born 1976), boxer
*Serik Konakpaev (born ?), boxer
*Maulen Mamyrov (born 1970), wrestler
*Kaisar Nurmagambetov (born 1977), flatwater canoer
*Mustafa Ozturk (1954—1995), taekwondo, public figure
*Qajymuqan ((1871 - 1948), freestyle wrestler
*Darmen Sadvakasov (born 1978), chess grandmaster
*Bekzat Sattarkhanov (1980 - 2000), boxer
*Serik Sapiyev (born 1983), boxer
*Samat Smakov (born 1978), footballer
*Aliya Yussupova (born 1984), athlete
*Yernar Yerimbetov {born 1980), gymnast
*Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev (born 1981), footballer
*Yerdos Zhanabergenov (born 1983), boxer
*Radik Zhaparov (born 1984), ski jumper
*Alex Mizurov (born 1986), Skateboarder
*Evgeny Nabokov (born 1975), ice hockey goalie

Writers

*Abay Qunanbayuli (1845 - 1904), poet, composer and philosopher.
*Ibrahim Altynsarin (1841-1889), pedagogue, writer
*Mukhtar Auezov (1897 - 1961), writer, public figure
*Bukhar-zhirau Kalmakanov (1693 - 1789), poet
*Akhmet Baitursynov (1873 - 1937), poet, writer, pedagogue and politician.
*Alikhan Bokeikhanov (1866 - 1937), writer, political activist and environmental scientist.
*Mirjaqip Dulatuli (1885 - 1935), poet, writer and a leader of Alash Orda government
*Ilyas Esenberlin (1915 - 1983), writer
*Qabdesh Jumadilov (born 1936), writer
*Bakhytzhan Kanapyanov (born 1951), poet and lyricist
*Muqagali Maqatayev (1931 - 1976), akyn, poet
*Baurzhan Momyshuly (1910 - 1982), writer, Hero of the Soviet Union of WWII
*Sabit Mukanov (1900 - 1973), poet and writer
*Gabit Musrepov (1902—1985), writer, playwright
*Saken Seifullin (1894 - 1939), poet and writer, national activist
*Muhtar Shahanov (born 1942), writer, lawmaker, ambassador
*Olzhas Suleimenov (born 1936), poet, politician, and anti-nuclear activist
*Sultanmahmut Toraygirov (1893 - 1920), poet and writer
*Shoqan Ualikhanov (1835 - 1865), scholar, ethnographer and historian
*Magzhan Zhumabayev (1893 - 1938), writer, publicist, founder of modern Kazakh literature
*Khwaja Ahmad Yasavi (1106 - 1166), poet and Sufi (Muslim mystic)

Military

*Nurken Abdirov (1919 - 1942), fighter pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union of WWII
*Talgat Begeldinov (born 1922), fighter pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union of WWII
*Manshuk Mametova (1922 - 1943), machine gunner, Hero of the Soviet Union of WWII
*Alia Moldagulova (1925 - 1944), sniper, Hero of the Soviet Union of WWII
*Baurzhan Momyshuly (1910 - 1982), writer, Hero of the Soviet Union of WWII
*Rakhimzhan Qoshqarbaev (born 1924), first soldier to raise the Soviet Flag over the Reichstag in Berlin

Others

*Altynai Asylmuratova (born 1961), ballerina
*Toktar Aubakirov (born 1946), the first Kazakh cosmonaut, member of Kazakhstan parliament
*Dana Kaparova (born 1988), beauty queen who represented Kazakhstan in Miss World 2007
*Timur Kulibayev (born 1966), businessman
*Talgat Musabayev (born 1951), test pilot, former cosmonaut, Director of Aerospace Agency of Republic of Kazakhstan
*Qalmukhan Isabaev (),

ee also

*List of people by nationality