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Tatars refer to several Turkic^[1] ethnic group numbering 7.3 million in 21st century, including all Turkic subgroups that are still referred to as Tatars, such as Volga Tatars, Lipka Tatars, Crimean Tatars, Mishar Tatars, Tatar (Hazara tribe) and Siberian Tatars. Russia is home to the majority of ethnic Tatars, with a population of around 5,500,000. Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Azerbaijan also each have populations greater than 30,000.

Artists

Aisa Hakimcan – poet, musician, director (Finnish Tatar) ^[2]
Dajan Ahmet – actor, director (Estonian Tatar) ^[3]
Minsalim Timergazeev [ru] – sculptor
Aleksandr Bashirov – actor (Siberian Tatar mother)
Vadim Abdrashitov – film director (Volga Tatar father)
Talgat Nigmatulin – movie actor
Chulpan Khamatova – actress^[4]
Renata Litvinova – TV celebrity^[5] (Volga Tatar father)
Charles Bronson – American actor^[6] (Lipka Tatar father)
Glen Powell – actor
Rinat Baibekov – artist^[7]
Marat Basharov – movie actor, TV show actor
Marat Gaziev [ru] – artist, choreographer, ballet dancer^[8]
Sergey Shakurov – actor
Valentina Talyzina – film and stage actress^[9](Russified Tatar father)
Vasily Vereshchagin (Tatar ancestry)

Businessmen

Rinat Akhmetov^[10] – billionaire, Ukraine's richest citizen,^[11] leader of the Donetsk business group
Rustam Tariko – billionaire
Akhat Bragin – businessman and mentor of Renat Akhmetov, former owner of FC Shakhtar Donetsk

Dancers

Galiya Izmaylova – ballerina
Ilshat Shabaev – Russian dancer
Rudolf Nureyev – Soviet ballet dancer and choreographer.
Diana Vishneva – ballerina (Volga Tatar mother)

Media

Lilia Gildeeva – journalist, newscaster with NTV^[12]
Maxim Sharafutdinov
Rosa Syabitova

Models

Elmira Abdrazakova – Kazakhstani-Russian model and Miss Russia 2013 (Volga Tatar father)
Diana Galimullina – Russian fashion model

Musicians

Sara Sadiqova – composer
Alfiya Avzalova – singer
Dima Bilan – singer (Volga Tatar ancestry)
Aida Garifullina
Dina Garipova – pop singer
Rustem Hayroudinoff – pianist
Farit Yarullin – composer, author of the music to the first Tatar ballet: Şüräle
Zemfira – rock singer
Eldar Djangirov – jazz pianist (Volga Tatar father)
Halida Dinova – pianist
Nacip Cihanov – composer
Rustem Yakhin – composer
Alina Ibragimova
Airat Ichmouratov – composer, conductor, clarinetist
Salih Saidashev – composer
Irina Smelaya
Timati – rapper, pop singer (Volga Tatar father)
Alsou – pop singer (Volga Tatar mother)
Sofia Gubaidulina – composer (Volga Tatar father)
Jamala – singer, composer, winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 (Crimean Tatar father)
Räşit Wahapov – singer
Zulya Kamalova

Noble families

Leaders

Simeon Bekbulatovich
Sayed Borhan
Elena Glinskaya (Lipka Tatar father)
Boris Godunov
Dmitry Petrovich Maksutov – Tatar noble family Maksutov
Yadegar Mokhammad of Kazan
Utameshgaray of Kazan
Natalya Naryshkina – Victoria of Baden related to natalya 8 generations

Military personnel

Raushan Abdullin, reconnaissance engineer, participated in the Russo–Georgian War, was posthumously awarded the Hero of the Russian Federation for bravery
Asaf Abdrakhmanov, naval officer, participated in the Great Patriotic War, was awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union for bravery
Iskander Dautov, machine-gunner, fought in the Great Patriotic War, was posthumously awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union for bravery
Makhmut Gareyev, author, military strategist and theoretician, participated in the Great Patriotic War and the Afghan War, served as advisor to the Presidents of Egypt and Afghanistan, served as the President of the Academy of Military Science
Shakir Geniatullin, major general in the Red Army, fought in the Russian Civil War and the Great Patriotic War, received numerous military awards
Tamerlan Ishmukhamedov, military pilot, participated in the Great Patriotic War, was awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union for heroism
Anvar Kaliyev, reconnaissance officer, participated in the Great Patriotic War, was awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union for bravery
Khamit Niyeatbakov, medical instructor, participated in the Great Patriotic War, was awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union for bravery, killed in battle
Khabibulla Yakin, telephone operator and soldier, participated in the Great Patriotic War, was awarded the Order of Glory for bravery
Pyotr Gavrilov, Soviet officer, World War II-era Hero of Soviet Union
Dmitry Karbyshev

Poets

Anna Achmatova – poet (Tatar grandmother)
Bella Akhmadulina – poet (Volga Tatar father)
Gavrila Derzhavin – poet (distant Tatar ancestry)
Vladimir Nabokov – poet
Musa Jalil – poet, prisoner of war during World War II
Ghabdulla Tuqay – prominent Volga Tatar poet
Yevgeny Yevtushenko – poet (partially Tatar origin)

Politicians and public figures

Nafigulla Ashirov – mufti, president of the spiritual association of Muslims of the Asiatic part of Russia
Aydar Akhatov
Edkham Akbulatov
Mikhail Tugan-Baranovsky
Aleksander Sulkiewicz – co-founder of the Polish Socialist Party
Rashid Nurgaliyev – former Russia`s Minister of Internal Affairs
Elvira Nabiullina – former Russia's Minister of Economic Development and Trade
Mintimer Shaimiev – Tatarstan's first president
Ravil Geniatullin – governor of the Chita region (oblast) in Russia (Tatar father)
Ravil Gainutdin – Grand Mufti of Russia
Felix Yusupov – Russian nobleman, Rasputin's killer (Tatar ancestry)
Janette Sadik-Khan – former Commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation (under Mayor Michael Bloomberg)
Aman Tuleyev – governor of Kemerovo oblast (half-Volga Tatar mother)
Mirsaid Sultan-Galiev – Volga Tatar Bolshevik
Marat Khusnullin – Deputy Mayor of Moscow
Mullanur Waxitov – Revolutionary active in the Russian Revolution

Scientists and mathematicians

Gabdulkhay Akhatov – linguist, professor
Reşid Rahmeti Arat – professor
Rifkat Bogdanov – mathematician
Roald Sagdeev – nuclear physicist, former science advisor to President Gorbachev, former Director of the Russian Space Research Institute in Moscow (1973–1988)
Edl Schamiloglu – electrical engineer and physicist^[13]
Rashid Syunaev – astrophysicist
Haroun Tazieff – vulcanologist and geologist (Volga Tatar father)
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (Volga Tatar ancestry)
Vil Mirzayanov – chemistry scientist, known to be chased by Russia's Federal Security Service and then emigrated to USA

Sports and games persons

Chess Grandmasters

Ice Hockey

Other

Albina Akhatova – biathlete
Timur Safin – foil fencer
Gulnaz Gubaydullina – modern pentathlete
Artur Akhmatkhuzin – foil fencer
Anvar Ibragimov – foil fencer
Kamil Ibragimov – foil fencer (Volga Tatar father)
Adelina Zagidullina – foil fencer
Yuliya Garayeva – fencer
Ilfat Abdullin – archer
Danil Khalimov – Greco-Roman wrestler
Dina Aspandiyarova – sports shooter
Ildar Akhmadiev – sprinter
Ruslan Kurbanov – épée fencer
Alise Fakhrutdinova – modern pentathlete
Rishat Khaibullin – climber
Malika Khakimova – épée fencer
Zilia Batyrshina – sports shooter
Veronika Vakhitova – water polo player
Ilmir Hazetdinov – ski jumper
Ildar Fatchullin – ski jumper
Denis Galimzyanov – racing cyclist
Radion Gataullin – pole vaulter
Ildar Hafizov – wrestler
Aigul Gareeva – racing cyclist
Ilnur Zakarin – racing cyclist
Gulnaz Khatuntseva – racing cyclist
Elvira Khasanova – racewalking athlete
Irek Rizaev – BMX rider
Elvina Karimova – water polo player
Yulia Karimova – sport shooter
Vadim Mukhametyanov – sports shooter
Alsu Minazova – slalom canoeist
Halina Konopacka – athlete (Lipka Tatar mother)
Svetlana Ishmouratova – biathlete
Batu Khasikov – former professional kickboxer and politician, (Tatar mother)
Mikhail Koklyaev – strongman, (Volga Tatar mother)
Rinat Mardanshin
Zemfira Meftahatdinova
Viktor Minibaev – Olympic diver
Farhat Mustafin – wrestler
Rozaliya Nasretdinova – swimmer (Volga Tatar father)
Ruslan Nurudinov – weightlifter
Aydar Nuriev – racing driver
Ilgizar Safiullin – athlete
Gulnara Samitova – distance runner
Imil Sharafetdinov – wrestler
Emil Sayfutdinov (Volga Tatar father)
Irina Shayk – model, (Volga Tatar paternal grandmother)
Sariya Zakyrova – rower
Alina Zagitova – figure skater, 2018 Olympic champion
Kamila Valieva – figure skater, 2019 Junior Grand Prix champion, 2020 Russian junior champion
Aleksandr Galliamov – figure skater
Karina Safina – figure skater
Rustam Valiullin – biathlete
Irek Zinnurov – water polo player

Theologians

Ravil Gainutdin
Musa Bigiev – one of the prominent representatives of the Jadid movement
Sergei Bulgakov (distant Tatar ancestry)
Gabdennasir Kursawi – Islamic reformist, innovator (Jadidist)
Talgat Tadzhuddin
Said Ismagilov

Writers

Saadet Çağatay – writer and professor
Cengiz Dağcı – writer, novelist and poet
Näqi İsänbät – writer
Ayaz İshaki – emigree writer, prominent member of the Turkish elite during the first half of the 20th century, one of the founders of Pan-Turkism
Sadri Maksudi Arsal – writer, scholar, and theorist of Turkish nationalist thought
Yusuf Akçura – writer, publicist, and theorist of Turkish nationalist thought
Ğädel Qutuy – writer
Abdulla Aliş – writer
Hadi Taqtaş – writer
Şärif Kamal – writer, novellist and playwright
Fatix Ämirxan – writer
Näqi İsänbät – writer
Ğäliäsğar Kamal – writer and playwright
Tufan Miñnullin – writer and playwright
Chingiz Aitmatov (Volga Tatar mother)