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A partial list of notable Crimean Tatars, in alphabetical order:

Military personnel

• Alime Abdenanova – Soviet spy during World War II
• Teyfuq Abdul – battalion commander in the Red Army during World War II; Hero of the Soviet Union
• Seitnebi Abduramanov – platoon commander in the Red Army during World War II
• Uzeir Abduramanov – sapper in the Red Army during World War II; Hero of the Soviet Union
• Fetislyam Abilov – regiment commander during World War II; belatedly declared Hero of the Soviet Union in 1990
• Umer Adamanov – partisan detachment leader who defended Polish villages from the SS
• Ismail Bulatov – Major-general
• Emir Chalbash – flying ace
• Abdulla Dagci – commander of partisan detachment during World War II
• Dzhevdet Dermendzhi – infantry officer, nominated for title Hero of the Soviet Union
• Nuri Dzhelilov – tank officer, nominated for title Hero of the Soviet Union
• Amet-khan Sultan – flying ace, test pilot, and double Hero of the Soviet Union
• Kenan Kutub-zade – Red Army cameraman who filmed scenes in Auschwitz used in the Nuremberg trials
• Refat Mustafaev – battalion commissar and partisan leader
• Mansur Mazinov – first Crimean Tatar pilot
• Abdraim Reshidov – decorated Pe-2 pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union; told KGB that he would commit self-immolation during a public holiday if he was forced to remain in exile.
• Seytnafe Seytveliyev – sergeant in the Red Army; Hero of the Soviet Union
• Dzhafer Osman Topchi – infantry officer, twice nominated for the title Hero of the Soviet Union
• Asan Khaliev – Red Army sniper with over 240 kills

Politicians

• Rustem Umierov
• Kázím Abdulakim – former Deputy Mayor of Constanța and a Member of the Romanian Parliament
• Ruslan Balbek – Member of the Russian Duma
• Noman Çelebicihan – first President of the Crimean People's Republic
• Refat Çubarov – Chairman of the Mejlis
• Cemil Çiçek – Speaker of the Parliament of Turkey
• Dimitrie Cantemir, from Cantemir dynasty – voivode of Moldova
• Fahrettin Kerim Gökay – governor of Istanbul
• Ahmed İhsan Kırımlı – president of the Crimean Tatar Society of Turkey
• Vasily Kochubey – was a Russian Imperial state figure and member of Kochubey family
• Adnan Menderes – first democratically elected Prime Minister of Turkey
• Nazim Osmanov – leader of Mubarek
• Ahmet Tevfik Pasha – last Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
• Hasan Polatkan – Minister of Labor and Finance of Turkey
• Zeki Sezer – politician and former chairman of the Democratic Left Party (DSP)
• Sevil Shhaideh – Deputy Prime Minister of Romania
• Hafsa Sultan – first valide sultan of the Ottoman Empire as mother of Suleiman the Magnificent
• Seit Tairov – secretary of the Jizzakh regional committee in the Uzbek SSR
• Lilya Budzhurova - deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Crimea.

Writers and intellectuals

• Ayshe Seitmuratova – dissident
• Ahatanhel Krymsky – scientist
• Shamil Aladin – newspaper editor, poet, and novelist
• Şevqiy Bektöre – textbook writer, linguist, and gulag detainee
• Usein Bodaninsky – historian, museum director, and ethnographer
• Muazzez İlmiye Çığ – archaeologist, sumerologist, assyriologist, writer
• Bekir Çoban-zade – poet and professor; victim of the Great Purge
• Cengiz Dağcı – novelist and poet
• Emel Emin – poet, translator, Turkologist, and educator
• Seitumer Emin – writer and poet
• Tahsin Gemil – historian
• Necip Hablemitoğlu – writer and historian; assassinated
• Halil İnalcık – historian
• Murat Bardakçı – journalist
• Ismail Gaspirali – founder of the Jadid movement
• Abdulla Latif-zade – literary critic, poet, and writer
• Aziz Nesin – humorist and writer of over 100 books
• Mehmet Niyazi – poet, journalist, academic and activist
• İlber Ortaylı – historian
• Septar Mehmet Yakub – lawyer, thinker, Mufti of Romania
• Çetin Altan – writer, politician
• Ennan Alimov – writer, artist

Civil rights activists

• Reşat Amet – murdered activist
• Mustafa Dzhemilev – leader of the Mejlis
• Emir-Usein Kuku – human rights defender
• Musa Mamut – committed self-immolation in protest of being forced to leave Crimea
• Server Mustafayev – human rights defender
• Yuri Osmanov – one of the founders of the National Movement of Crimean Tatars; assassinated
• Ayshe Seitmuratova – activist for right of return who were deported as young children

Entrepreneurs

• Feyzi Akkaya – one of the founders of STFA Construction Group
• Yıldırım Demirören – businessman, president of the Turkish Football Federation
• Sabri Ülker - Turkish industrialist and businessman, and the founder of Ülker.

Athletes

• Djamolidine Abdoujaparov – Cyclist, three-time winner of Green Jersey in the Tour de France
• Enver Ablaev – skier
• Denis Alibec – Romanian footballer
• Server Djeparov – professional soccer player
• Ersan İlyasova – professional basketball player
• İlhan Mansız – former professional soccer player
• Aihan Omer – former handball player and coach

Artists, musicians, and popular culture personalities

• Zarema - Singer, songwriter, actress. Signed and released an album with Sony Music in 2007. Co-wrote the song "Night Of My Life" with legendary multi Grammy winning producer RedOne. Member of SAG-AFTRA.
• Melek Amet – first Crimean Tatar fashion model in Romania
• Cüneyt Arkın – film actor, producer and director
• Gürer Aykal – conductor and adjunct professor at Bilkent University; the musical director and principal conductor of the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra
• Erol Büyükburç – singer-songwriter, pop music composer
• Ayşe Dittanova – actress
• Adaviye Efendieva – master weaver and embroiderer
• Esin Engin musician, composer, arranger and film actor
• Erol Evgin – pop singer and composer
• Enver İzmaylov – folk and jazz musician
• Jamala – winner of 2016 Eurovision Song Contest representing Ukraine
• Evelina Mambetova – international supermodel
• Aybüke Pusat – actress and model
• Aydan Şener – 1981 Miss Turkey
• Akhtem Seitablayev – director of the film Haytarma
• Nilüfer Yumlu – pop singer and Eurovision contestant
• Selda Bağcan – musician
• Orhan Gencebay – musician and actor

Scientists, Engineers, and Mathemeticians

• Ali Aliev – nanoscientist
• Refat Appazov – OKB-1 engineer
• Lenur Arifov – nuclear physicist
• Asan Asan-Nuri – petroleum engineer
• Girey Bairov – surgeon
• Kerim Bekirbaev – aircraft designer
• Midat Selimov – infectious disease specialist
• Rollan Kadyev – physicist