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This is a list of famous Kazakhs.
[edit] Actors/Actresses
- Gulshat Omarova (), writer, film director and actress
- Doskhan Djoldjaksinov (07.10.1951) - actor and stunt man
[edit] Artists
- Abylkhan Kasteev (1904 - 1973), painter
[edit] Composers
[edit] Filmmakers
[edit] 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
[edit] Musicians and singers
- Marat Bisengaliev (born 1962), violinist and director of Orchestras
- Kulyash Baiseitova (1905 - 1957), opera singer
- Alan Buribaev (born 1979), conductor
- 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
[edit] Philosophers
[edit] Politicians
[edit] 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
[edit] 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)
[edit] 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
[edit] Sportspersons
- 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
[edit] 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)
[edit] 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
[edit] Others
[edit] See also