List of Kazakhs

This is a list of famous Kazakhs.

[edit] Actors/Actresses

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

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

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)

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

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

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)

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

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)

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

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 (),

v • d • e

Prehistory	Saka · Huns

Early history	Turkic Kaganate · Qarluq · Qarakhanid state · Mongol Empire · Golden Horde · Nogai Horde · White Horde

since 1456	Kazakh Khanate · Zhuz · Kazakhstan in the Russian Empire · Alash Autonomy · Kazakh ASSR · Kazakh SSR · Republic of Kazakhstan

Postage stamps and postal history