• Farhat Abdraimov (1966–2021), actor
• Shaken Aimanov (1914–1970), film director, actor
• Berik Aitjanov (born 1979), actor, film producer
• Dinmukhamet Akhimov (born 1948), actor
• Damir Amangeldin (born 2002), actor
• Emir Baigazin (born 1984), actor, film director
• Timur Bekmambetov (born 1961), film director
• Khadisha Bukeyeva (1917–2011), theater and film actress
• C.C.TAY (born 2000), singer and actress
• Eva Dedova (born 1992), actress
• Ruslana Korshunova (1987–2008), international fashion model
• Sergei Lukyanenko (born 1968), author, screenwriter
• Rashid Nugmanov (born 1954), film director
• Gulshat Omarova (born 1968), writer, film director and actress
• Darezhan Omirbaev (born 1958), film director, screenwriter
• Linda Nigmatulina (born 1983), actress
• Venera Nigmatulina (born 1962), actress
• Kuman Tastanbekov (1945–2017), actor
• Vladimir Tolokonnikov (1943–2017), actor
• Gulnara Sarsenova (born 1961), film producer
• Alyona Subbotina (born 1990), international fashion model
• Bayan Yessentayeva (born 1974), producer, television presenter, actress
• Samal Yeslyamova (born 1984), actress

• 
  Aimanov
• 
  Omirbaev
• 
  Yeslyamova

• Altynai Asylmuratova (born 1961), ballerina
• Dilka Bear (born 1977), painter
• Agimsaly Duzelkhanov (born 1951), artist
• Aigana Gali (born Ayganim Sadykova, 1981), multimedia artist
• Aisha Galimbaeva (1917–2008), painter and educator
• Gulfairus Mansurovna Ismailova (1929–2013), artist, actress
• Lazzate Maralbayeva (born 1951), painter and architect
• Sergey Kalmykov (1891–1967), painter, draughtsman and writer
• Abilkhan Kasteev (1904–1973), painter
• Zhenis Kakenuly Nurlybayev (born 1965), painter
• Rustam Khalfin (1949–2008), painter
• Leyla Mahat (born 1970), artist, curator, gallery director, associate professor
• Almagul Menlibayeva (born 1969), artist
• Shaken Niyazbekov (1938–2014), artist, designer of the flag of Kazakhstan
• Edige Niyazov (1940–2009), photographer
• Malik Oskenbay (born 1966), artist, sculptor
• Yesken Sergebayev (born 1940), sculptor
• Chezhina Svetlana (born 1985), comic book artist
• Ural Tansykbayev (1904–1974)
• Ola Volo, Canadian muralist of Kazakh descent

• 
  Asylmuratova
• 
  Kasteev

• Karina Abdullina (born 1976) – poet and singer
• Ibrahim Altynsarin (1841–1889) – pedagogue, writer
• Mukhtar Auezov (1897–1961) – writer, public figure
• Ahmed Baitursynuli (1873–1937) – poet, writer, pedagogue and politician
• Alikhan Bukeikhanov (1866–1937) – writer, political activist and environmental scientist
• Mir Yakub Dulatuli (1885–1935) – poet, writer and a leader of Alash Orda government
• Bukhar-zhirau Kalmakanov (1693–1789) – poet
• Aigul Kemelbayeva (born 1965) – prose writer and literary critic
• Baqytjan Kanapyanov (born 1951) – poet and lyricist
• Mukaghali Makatayev (1931–1976) – akyn, poet
• Bauyrjan Momyshuly (1910–1982) – writer, hero of the Soviet Union during World War II
• Sabid Mukanov (1900–1973) – poet and writer
• Gabit Musirepov (1902–1985) – writer, playwright
• Ibrahim Qunanbaiuly (1845–1904) – poet, composer and philosopher
• Saken Seifullin (1894–1939) – poet and writer, national activist
• Mukhtar Shakhanov (born 1942) – writer, lawmaker, ambassador
• Oljas Suleimenov (born 1936) – poet, politician, and anti-nuclear activist
• Aigerim Tazhi (born 1981) – poet
• Sultanmahmud Toraygirov (1893–1920) – poet and writer
• Tauman Torekhanov (born 1931) – writer, journalist and executive editor
• Muhammed Shoqan Qanafiya Shynghysuly Walikhanov (1835–1865) – scholar, ethnographer and historian
• Ahmad Yasawi (1106–1166) – poet and Sufi (Muslim mystic)
• Zhambyl Zhabayuly (1846–1945) – akyn, student of Suinbay
• Muhammedjan Jumabayev (1893–1938) – writer, publicist, founder of modern Kazakh literature
• Qabdesh Zhumadilov (1936–2021) – writer

• 
  Altynsarin
• 
  Dulatuli
• 
  Makatayev
• 
  Momyshuly
• 
  Seifullin
• 
  Suleimenov
• 
  Yasawi
• 
  Zhumabayev

• Dilnaz Akhmadieva (born 1980), pop singer
• Jania Aubakirova (born 1987), pianist
• Roza Baglanova (1922–2011), opera singer
• Kulyash Baiseitova (1912–1957), opera singer
• Marat Bisengaliev (born 1962), violinist and director of orchestras
• Alan Buribayev (born 1979), conductor
• Dos Mukasan (formed 1967), rock and pop music group
• Zhanar Dugalova (born 1987), singer
• Nagima Eskalieva (born 1954), singer
• Imanbek (born 2000), DJ and record producer
• Makpal Isabekova (born 1984), singer
• Shamshi Kaldayakov (1930–1992), composer
• Nurzhan Kermenbayev (born 1989), singer
• Stanislav Khegai (born 1985), pianist
• Almas Kishkenbayev (born 1985), singer
• Kristian Kostov (born 2000), Bulgarian-Russian singer of Kazakh descent^[1]
• Erzhan Kulibaev (born 1986), Spanish violinist of Kazakh descent
• Erik Kurmangaliev (1959–2008), opera singer
• Maria Mudryak (born 1994), operatic soprano
• Mayra Muhammad-kyzy (born 1969), opera singer
• Ninety One (formed 2015), Qpop band
• Aisha Orazbayeva (born 1985), violinist
• Kairat Nurtas (born 1989), singer
• Makhambet Otemisuly (1804–1846), akyn, composer, leader of rebellious movement against Russian Empire
• Dimash Qudaibergen (born 1994), singer with songs in 13 languages
• Roza Rymbayeva (born 1957), singer
• Madina Saduakasova (born 1979), opera singer
• Kurmangazy Sagyrbaev (1823–1896), composer, instrumentalist and folk artist
• Altynay Sapargalieva (born 1989), singer
• Eldar Sattarov (born 1973)
• Scriptonite (born 1990), rapper, singer-songwriter
• Rinat Shakirov, (1962- ), pianist and composer
• Maira Shamsutdinova (1890–1927)
• Baluan Sholak (1864–1919), singer, composer
• Amir Tebenikhin (born 1977), pianist
• Bibigul Tulegenova (born 1929), opera singer
• Daneliya Tuleshova (born 2006), singer
• Kayrat Tuntekov (born 1986), singer
• Ulytau (formed 2001), Folk metal, Neo-classical metal
• Anastasiya Usova (born 1988), singer
• Tolkyn Zabirova (born 1970), singer
• Zhambyl Zhabayuly (1846–1945), Kazakh traditional folksinger
• Gaziza Zhubanova (1927–1993), composer
• Ziruza (born 1997), Q-pop singer
• Akmaral Zykayeva (born 1985), artist, singer-songwriter

• 
  Baiseitova
• 
  Kostov
• 
  Qudaibergen
• 
  Rymbayeva
• 
  Sagyrbaev
• 
  Scriptonite
• 
  Tuleshova
• 
  Zhabayuly

• Abu'l-Mansur Khan (1711–1781), khan of Middle jüz, leader of Kazakh Khanate (1771–1781)
• Abu'l-Khair Muhammed Khan (1693–1748), khan of the Kazakh Junior jüz (1725–1748)
• Burunduk Khan (?–1511), leader of the Kazakh Khanate (1480–1510)
• Esim Khan (?–1628 (1643)), leader of the Kazakh Khanate (1598–1628 (1643))
• Janibek Khan (1428–1480), founder and co-leader of Kazakh Khanate (1465–1480)
• Qasim Khan (1445–1521), leader of the Kazakh Khanate (1510–1521)
• Muhammed Khan (1480–1523), leader of the Kazakh Khanate (1521–1523)
• Tahir Khan (?–1533), leader of the Kazakh Khanate (1523–1533)
• Ahmed Khan (?–1536), leader of the Kazakh Khanate (1533–1536)
• Haqnazar Khan (1509–1580), leader of the Kazakh Khanate (1538–1580)
• Salqam-Jahangir Khan (1610–1652), leader of the Kazakh Khanate (1643–1652)
• Kenesary Khan (1802–1847), khan of all three jüzes (1841–1847)
• Kerei Khan (?–1465), founder and co-leader of Kazakh Khanate (1456–1465)
• Tauke Khan (?–1718), leader of the Kazakh Khanate (1680–1718)
• Dinmukhamed Kunaev (1912–1993), First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Kazakh SSR (1960–1962, 1964–1986), Prime Minister, President Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences
• Nursultan Nazarbayev (born 1940), President of Kazakhstan
• Jumabay Shayahmetov (1902–1966), First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Kazakh SSR (1946–1954), former NKVD officer who participated in repressions against Kazakh people

• 
  Ablai
• 
  Abul Khair

• Miftahetdin Akmulla (1831–1895), educator, poet and philosopher
• Al-Farabi (872–950), scientist, philosopher and mathematician
• Shakarim Qudayberdiuli (1858–1931), poet, theologian, philosopher
• Ibrahim Qunanbaiuly (1845–1904), poet, translator, composer and philosopher.
• Ahmad Yasavi (1106–1166), poet and Sufi (Muslim mystic)

• 
  Al-Farabi

• Gulshara Abdykhalikova (born 1965), politician
• Byrganym Aitimova (born 1953), ambassador, minister, former Komsomol leader who supported Soviet government rogue actions against Kazakh people during Jeltoqsan
• Zhanar Aitzhanova (born 1965), politician, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the United Nations Office at Geneva
• Daniyal Akhmetov (born 1954), Prime Minister
• Akhmet Baitursynov (1873–1937), poet, writer and politician
• Nurlan Balgimbayev (1947–2015), Prime Minister
• Osman Bahadur (1899–1951), fighter for the freedom of the Kazakh people in Xinjiang
• Alikhan Bukeikhanov (1866–1937), writer, political activist and environmental scientist
• Tamara Duisenova (born 1965), politician, e Minister of Labour and Social Protection of the Population
• Mir Yaqub Dulatuli (1885–1935), poet, writer and a leader of Alash Orda government
• Kabibulla Dzhakupov, former Chair of the Mazhilis from 2014 to 2016
• Janabil (born 1934), politician in China
• Guljan Karagusova (born 1950), member of Majilis, Minister of Labour and Social Protection
• Ashat Kerimbay (born 1947), politician in China
• Oralbeg Abdu Kerimovic, Secretary General of the government of Kazakhstan
• Yurii Khitrin, Prosecutor General
• Dinmukhamed Kunaev (1912–1993), soviet politician, First Secretary of the Kazakh Communist Party between 1960–1962 and 1964–1986
• Muhambet Kopeev (born 1949), Kazakh senator, former Deputy Chairman of the Senate of Kazakhstan and Mazhilis, former Minister of Emergency Situations
• Eset Kotibaruli (1803–1889), leader of the anti-colonial war against Russian Empire
• Mukhtar Kul-Mukhammed (born 1960), senator, former Deputy Chairman of the Nur Otan, and former advisor to the President of Kazakhstan
• Asqar Mamin (born 1965), former Prime Minister
• Karim Massimov (born 1965), former Prime Minister
• Nursultan Nazarbayev (born 1940), first President of Kazakhstan and founder of the Nur Otan party
• Bolat Nurgaliyev (born 1951), diplomat
• Makhambet Otemisuly (1804–1846), akyn, composer, leader of rebellious movement against Russian Empire
• Toleutai Raqymbekov (born 1964), politician
• Qairat Rysqulbekov (1966–1988), participant in Jeltoqsan protests, posthumous Hero of Kazakhstan
• Kanat Saudabayev (born 1946), politician, Secretary of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Mustafa Shokay (1890–1941), leader of the Kokand revolt (1917) against the Bolsheviks
• Älihan Smaiylov (born 1972), current Prime Minister
• Oljas Suleimenov (born 1936), poet, politician, and anti-nuclear activist
• Imangali Tasmagambetov (born 1956), Prime Minister
• Isatay Taymanuly (1791–1838), leader of rebellious movement against Russian Empire
• Marat Tazhin (born 1960), Foreign Minister
• Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (born 1953), Foreign Minister, Prime Minister, and current President of Kazakhstan
• Janseiıt Tüimebaev (born 1958), Minister of Education and Science
• Aman Tuleyev (born 1944), governor of Kemerovo Oblast, Russia
• Mukhamedzhan Tynyshpaev (1879–1953), Kazakh engineer, ethnographer, historian, and political activist
• Akhmetzhan Yessimov (born 1960), Kazakh politician and former chairman of Samruk-Kazyna
• Adilbek Zhaksybekov (born 1954), politician, State Secretary, Minister

• 
  Ryskulov
• 
  Bukeikhanov
• 
  Massimov
• 
  Shokay
• 
  Kunayev
• 
  Tokayev

• Nurken Abdirov (1919–1942), fighter pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union
• Galiy Adilbekov (1908–1943), The only Kazakh tank brigade commander of World War II
• Aidyn Aimbetov (born 1972), fighter pilot and cosmonaut
• Toktar Aubakirov (born 1946), first Kazakh in space, MP
• Mukhtar Aymakhanov (born 1967), cosmonaut
• Rahim-Bek Bahadur (1705–?), warrior in the 18th century against Dzungars
• Nasrullah Nauryzbai Bahadur (1706–1781), Kazakh commander in the 18th century who fought against the Dzungars
• Murat Bektanov (born 1965), Minister of Defence
• Talgat Bigeldinov (1922–2014), Il-2 pilot, only Kazak twice awarded Hero of the Soviet Union
• Syrym Datuly (1712–1802), leader of the Kazakhs of the Junior Jüz
• Khiuaz Dospanova (1922–2008), aviation navigator, officer in the "night witches"
• Raziya Iskakova (1922–2010), recipient of the Florence Nightingale Medal
• Murat Maikeyev (born 1959), military figure
• Manshuk Mametova (1922–1943), World War II machine gunner, posthumous Hero of the Soviet Union
• Jaqipbek Maldybayev, (1907–1938), the first Kazakh combat pilot
• Aliya Moldagulova (1925–1944), female Soviet sniper during World War II
• Bauırjan Momyshuly (1910–1982), writer, posthumous Hero of the Soviet Union for actions in World War II
• Talgat Musabayev (born 1951), test pilot, former cosmonaut, Director of Aerospace Agency of Republic of Kazakhstan
• Sagadat Nurmagambetov (1924–2013), Soviet and Kazakh general
• Qasim Qaysenov (1918—2006), Kazakh partisan detachment commander during World War II
• Rahimjan Qoshqarbaev (1924–1988), first soldier to raise the Soviet flag in the Reichstag
• Ibragim Suleymanov (1911–1943), sniper of World War II and Hero of Kazakhstan
• Saken Zhasuzakov (born 1957), Minister of Defence

• 
  Adilbekov
• 
  Aimbetov
• 
  Aubakirov
• 
  Bigeldinov
• 
  Mametova
• 
  Moldagulova
• 
  Musabayev

Scientists[edit]

Sportspersons[edit]

Boxers[edit]

Wrestling[edit]

Greek-Roman (Classic) style[edit]

Freestyle[edit]

Sumo[edit]

Judo[edit]

Mixed Martial Arts[edit]

Chess[edit]

Ice hockey[edit]

• Nik Antropov (born 1980) – former NHL player
• Evgeni Nabokov (born 1975) – former NHL goaltender (1995–2015)
• Anton Khudobin (born 1986) – current NHL goaltender (2004–)
• Vitali Kolesnik (born 1979) – former NHL goaltender

Football[edit]

Other[edit]

Weightlifting[edit]

See also[edit]

• List of people by nationality

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Great People of Kazakhstan