This is a list of notable people from the Tajik ethnic group.

Politics

• Rustam Emomali, Mayor of Dushanbe and the eldest son of president Emomali Rahmon
• Habibullah Kalakani, former King of Afghanistan
• Abdurahmon Karimov, political party chairman in Tajikistan^[1]
• Jamshed Karimov, former Prime Minister of Tajikistan and a cousin of former President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov
• Ahmed Shah Massoud, commander and mujahideen in Afghanistan, assassinated by al Qaeda
• Rahmon Nabiyev, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Tajikistan and two time President of Tajikistan
• Burhanuddin Rabbani, former President of Afghanistan
• Emomali Rahmon, current President of Tajikistan
• Kokhir Rasulzoda, current Prime Minister of Tajikistan

Military

• Sherali Mirzo, Minister of Defense since November 2013
• Emomali Sobirzoda, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Tajikistan
• Negmatullo Kurbanov, Commanding Officer of the Tajik Internal Troops
• Abduhalim Nazarzoda, former Deputy Minister of Defense
• Latif Fayziyev, Commander of the Tajik Mobile Forces
• Saimumin Yatimov, Chairman of the State Committee for National Security
• Ramazon Rahimov, Minister of Internal Affairs
• Gulmurod Khalimov, lieutenant-colonel when commander of the police special forces of the Interior Ministry of Tajikistan until 2015, he then defected to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
• Ismail Khan, Former Minister of Water and Energy and governor of Herat
• Abdul Qadir, Afghan Communist general. He is of Tajik origin
• Ahmad Shah Massoud, Afghan military personnel. Fought in the Afghan-soviet war and then the Afghan civil wars. He was famously named the lion of Panjshir

Sports

• Sharif Nazarov, football coach
• Sherali Dostiev, male boxer
• Alisher Chingizov, Tajik swimmer
• Farshad Noor, Professional football player
• Farzad Mansouri, Taekwondo fighter
• Omid Musawi, Professional football player
• Omran Haydary, Professional football player

Business

• Rus Yusupov, co-founder of Vine and the co-founder and CEO of HQ Trivia

Entertainment

• Malika Kalontarova, Tajik-American actress
• Manizha
• Mayram Isoeva
• Gulchehra Baqoeva
• Bozgul Isoeva, ballet dancer
• Katerina Izmailova, 3-time Olympic swimmer

Arts and culture

• Zakir Sabirov
• Zuhur Habibullaev
• Rohat Nabieva Tajikistani historian

Science

• Salizhan Sharipov, cosmonaut