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Famous people from Uzbekistan
Here is a list of famous people from Uzbekistan. Curious if anybody from Uzbekistan made it list? Read the aformentioned article in order to find out.
Babur
Monarch
Zahir-ud-din Muhammad Babur was a conqueror from Central Asia who, following a series of setbacks, finally succeeded in laying the basis for the Mughal dynasty in the Indian Subcontinent and became the first Mughal emperor. He was a direct descendant of Timur, from the Barlas clan, through his father, and a descendant also of Genghis Khan through his mother. Culturally, he was greatly influenced by the Persian culture and this affected both his own actions and those of his successors, giving rise to a significant expansion of the Persianate ethos in the Indian subcontinent.
Anna German
Singer
Anna Wiktoria German was a Polish singer immensely popular in Poland and in the Soviet Union in 1960s-1970s. She released over a dozen music albums with songs in Polish, as well as several albums with Russian repertoire.

Islam Karimov

Politician
Islom Abdug‘aniyevich Karimov is the first President of Uzbekistan, ruling since 1989. Karimov was placed in an orphanage in Samarkand at birth, grew up to study economics and engineering at school. He became an official in the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, becoming the party's First Secretary in Uzbekistan in 1989. On March 24, 1990 he became President of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic. Karimov's election to the Uzbek Communist Party resulted after his predecessor Rafik Nishanov failed to quell inter-ethnic clashes and instability in the Fergana region. He declared Uzbekistan an independent nation on August 31, 1991 and subsequently won Uzbekistan's first presidential election on December 29, 1991, with 86% of the vote. The election was called unfair, with state-run propaganda and a falsified vote count, although the opposing candidate and leader of the Erk Party, Muhammad Salih, had a chance to participate. Karimov permitted the participation of the opposition organizations Birlik and the Islamic Renaissance Party until his efforts to consolidate power over Shukrullo Mirsaidov, a former Communist Party elite who had originally supported Karimov's rise to the Party presidency. The period of political thaw was brief; Karimov began to complicate the registration process of opposition parties during elections. As Birlik grew in strength as a "popular movement", it was denied the ability to register as a "political party" without the required 60,000 signatures. The Karimov government allowed Birlik one day to gather these signatures, 25,000 of which they rejected. Karimov effectively took authoritarian measures to block any meaningful opposition.
Peter Odemwingie
Soccer
Peter Osaze Odemwingie is a footballer who plays for Premier League club Cardiff City as a striker. Brought up in Russia, Odemwingie was eligible to play for the Kazakhstan, Russia and Uzbekistan national teams but chose to play for Nigeria.
Muhammad al-Bukhari
Author
Abū ‘Abd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Ismā‘īl ibn Ibrāhīm ibn al-Mughīrah ibn Bardizbah al-Ju‘fī al-Bukhārī, or Bukhārī, commonly referred to as Imam al-Bukhari or Imam Bukhari, was a Persian Islamic scholar who authored the hadith collection known as Sahih al-Bukhari, regarded by Sunni Muslims as one of the most sahih of all hadith compilations. He also wrote the books Al-Adab al-Mufrad.
Alisher Usmanov
Investor
Alisher Burkhanovich Usmanov is an Uzbek-born Russian business magnate. According to the 2011 edition of Forbes magazine, the oligarch Usmanov is Russia's richest man, with a fortune estimated at $18.1 billion, and the world's 28th richest person. According to the December 2012 Bloomberg Billionaires Index, he has an estimated net worth of $17.3 billion, making him the 39th richest person in the world. In April 2013, the Sunday Times listed him as the richest person in the UK, ousting Lakshmi Mittal for the number one spot, coming in with a net worth of $17.7 billion according to RussianCapitalists.com. He built his wealth through mining and lumber operations, and investments, and is the majority shareholder of Metalloinvest, a Russian industrial conglomerate, which he founded to manage Gazprom's metals interests. Usmanov is also a co‑owner of the media holding company which comprises 7TV and Muz‑TV federal television channels and 33 regional TV broadcasting stations. He owns the Kommersant and Sekret Firmy Publishing Houses, shares in the company SUP, which controls Internet website Livejournal.com and Internet newspaper Gazeta.ru. He is a co‑owner of Russia's second-largest mobile telephone operator, MegaFon, and co-owner of Mail.ru, the largest Internet company in the Russian-speaking world, which owns stakes in popular web portals like Odnoklassniki, Vkontakte, Facebook and others.
Varvara Lepchenko
Tennis Player
Varvara Petrovna Lepchenko is an Uzbek-American professional tennis player. As of June 24, 2013, she is ranked No. 29 in the world, and No. 3 in the United States. Lepchenko has won eleven ITF singles titles during her career.
Gulnara Karimova
Politician
Gulnora Islomovna Karimova is an Uzbekistan diplomat, professor and businessperson. She is the founder and chairperson of The Forum of Culture and Arts of Uzbekistan Foundations Board of Trustees and a number of NGOs focused on cultural and social aspects of life in Uzbekistan. She is the eldest daughter of the dictator of Uzbekistan, Islam Karimov.
Marsel İlhan
Tennis Player
Marsel İlhan is a Turkish tennis player, ranked No. 1 in Turkey and with a career-high singles ranking of World No. 87 in January 2011. He is the first ever Turkish player to reach the 2nd round in a Grand Slam tournament, as well as the first Turkish player to win a Challenger Tournament and also the first Turkish player to enter the top 100 in the world ranking.
Yulduz Usmanova
Pop Artist
Yulduz Usmonova is a well-known Uzbek singer and actress. She has achieved widespread fame in Uzbekistan, other parts of Central Asia, and more recently in Turkey. Usmonova has also acted in a number of Uzbek films.
Ravshan Irmatov
Referee
Ravshan Sayfiddinovich Irmatov is an Uzbek football referee.
Odil Ahmedov
Soccer Midfielder
Odil Ahmedov is an Uzbek international footballer, who plays for Anzhi Makhachkala. He usually plays as a central midfielder, but also played as a centre back during the 2011 Asian Cup, because of some injured defenders.
Maksim Shatskikh
Soccer
Maksim Aleksandrovich Shatskikh, is an Uzbek professional footballer of Russian origin who plays for Arsenal Kyiv in the Ukrainian Premier League. He is widely regarded as one of the best Uzbekistani players of all time and is currently the leading goalscorer of the national team. Shatskikh is one of the best all-time scorers of the Ukrainian Premier League and the best scorer among foreign players. On 28 July 1999, Shatskikh became the second Asian player after South Korean Park Ji-Sung to score in the UEFA Champions League and is only the second Uzbek player after Mirjalol Kasymov to score in UEFA football competitions.
Ruslan Chagaev
Professional Boxer
Ruslan Chagaev born 19 October 1978 in Andijan, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union is a former WBA heavyweight boxing champion. As an amateur boxer, he has won the Asian and World Championships in the heavyweight category. Chagaev won the WBA title in 2007 with a majority decision victory over Nikolai Valuev, becoming the first and so far the only Asian in history to hold a major heavyweight title. He was made "champion in recess" after he sustained an injury and relinquished the title after failing to have a rematch with Valuev. In his next fight, Chagaev lost by stoppage to IBF, WBO and IBO Champion Wladimir Klitschko.
Irina Viner
Woman
Irina Aleksandrovna Viner-Usmanova is a Russian rhythmic gymnastics coach who is head trainer of the Russian national team. Her husband is an Uzbek-born Russian business magnate Alisher Usmanov. She is Jewish.
Lev Leviev
Businessperson
Lev Avnerovich Leviev is a Soviet-born Israeli businessman, philanthropist and investor. With a net worth of roughly $1.5 billion in March 2013, he has been a major philanthropist for Hasidic Jewish causes in Eastern Europe and Israel. Beginning in the 1990s, Leviev avoided being directly involved with the Yeltsin family, and nurtured ties with Vladimir Putin. His diamond mining investments in Angola and his investments in Israeli settlements have been the target of protests.
Sevara Nazarkhan
Singer
Sevara Nazarkhan is an Uzbek singer, songwriter, and musician. Her musical style incorporates Uzbek folk and contemporary music. Nazarkhan has achieved worldwide fame and has collaborated with high-profile international artists. In 2004, Nazarkhan received the BBC Radio 3 World Music Award in the category "Best Asian Artist".
Akgul Amanmuradova
Tennis Player
Akgul Charievna Amanmuradova is a professional female tennis player from Uzbekistan. In 2005, she reached her first-ever WTA singles final at the Tashkent Open, held in the capital of her home country, where she was the runner-up to 16-year-old Michaëlla Krajicek of the Netherlands. She repeated this performance in 2009, where she lost the finals to Shahar Pe'er of Israel. In 2011, she reached her biggest ITF singles final at the President's Cup held in Astana, Kazakhstan. where she was beaten by Vitalia Diatchenko of Russia.
Djamolidine Abdoujaparov
Professional Cyclist
Djamolidine Abdoujaparov is a former professional road racing cyclist from Uzbekistan. Abdoujaparov was a sprinter, nicknamed "The Tashkent Terror" as he was so ferocious in the sprints. His unorthodox and often erratic sprinting caused a number of crashes. He is one of five riders to have won the points competition in all three Grand Tours. Abdoujaparov was born in Tashkent. A graduate of the Soviet sports programme, he came into his prime just as his country gained independence; after initial difficulties he signed for a Western professional team and became one of the world's top sprinters. Abdoujaparov had numerous tussles with Laurent Jalabert in the Tour de France's green sprinters jersey competition in the early 1990s. In 1991 Abdoujaparov won the competition despite a spectacular crash during the final stage on the Champs-Élysées in Paris, where he collided with the barriers 100m before the finish and somersaulted into the air. Despite still holding enough points to win the sprinters' jersey, he had to cross the line unaided. Members of his team picked him up, put him back on the bike, and he rode slowly over the last few meters, medical staff walking alongside him.
Oksana Chusovitina
Gymnast
Oksana Aleksandrovna Chusovitina is an Olympic medalist and World Champion gymnast who has competed for Germany since 2006. She was formerly a citizen of, and a competitor for, the Soviet Union and Uzbekistan. To date, Chusovitina's career in elite gymnastics has spanned more than 20 years. She won the USSR Junior Nationals in 1988 and began competing at the international level in 1989, before many of her current rivals were even born. She is the only female gymnast ever to compete in six Olympic Games, and is one of only two female gymnasts to compete at the Olympics under three different national teams: the Unified Team in 1992; Uzbekistan in 1996, 2000 and 2004; and Germany in 2008 and 2012. Chusovitina has also competed in 10 World Championships, three Asian Games and three Goodwill Games. In addition, Chusovitina holds the record for the most individual world championships medals on a single event. Chusovitina is also one of only a handful of women, along with Cuban Leyanet Gonzalez, Soviet legend Larisa Latynina, and Dutch Olympian Suzanne Harmes, to return to high-level gymnastics and international competition after becoming a mother. Australia's head women's coach, Peggy Liddick, said Chusovitina is a role model and an inspiration.
Muhammad ibn `Isa at-Tirmidhi
Man
Abū ‘Īsá Muḥammad ibn ‛Īsá as-Sulamī aḍ-Ḍarīr al-Būghī at-Tirmidhī, often referred to as Imam at-Tirmidhi, was a Persian Islamic scholar and collector of hadith who wrote al-Jami` as-Sahih, one of the six canonical hadith compilations in Sunni Islam. He also wrote Shama'il Muhammadiyah, a compilation of hadiths concerning the person and character of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad. At-Tirmidhi was also well versed in Arabic grammar, favoring the school of Kufa over Basra due to the former's preservation of Arabic poetry as a primary source.
Jami
Author
Nur ad-Dīn Abd ar-Rahmān Jāmī also known as DJāmī, Mawlanā Nūr al-Dīn 'Abd al-Rahmān or Abd-Al-Rahmān Nur-Al-Din Muhammad Dashti who is commonly known as Jami, is known for his achievements as a scholar, mystic, writer, composer of numerous lyrics and idylls, historian, and the greatest Persian and Tajik Sufi poets of the 15th century. Jami was primarily an outstanding poet-theologian of the school of Ibn Arabi and a prominent Khwājagānī Sũfī. He was recognized for his eloquent tongue and ready at repartee who analyzed the idea of the metaphysics of mercy. Among his famous poetical works are: Haft Awrang, Tuhfat al-Ahrar, Layla wa -Majnun, Fatihat al-Shabab, Lawa'ih, Al-Durrah al-Fakhirah.
Server Djeparov
Soccer Midfielder
Server Djeparov is an Uzbekistani professional football midfielder who currently plays for Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma. He has won the Asian Footballer of the Year awards twice, first in 2008 and the other in 2011.
Shahzoda
Pop Artist
Zilola Bahodirovna Musaeva, most commonly known by her stage name Shahzoda, is an Uzbek singer and actress. Zilola Musaeva was born on July 28, 1979, in Tashkent. Shahzoda has become an immensely popular singer in Uzbekistan and other neighboring countries. Recently Shahzoda has gained some fame in Russia. She sings in Uzbek, Russian, Persian, Kazakh, Tajik, Romanian, and English.
Yefim Bronfman
Pianist
Yefim "Fima" Naumovich Bronfman is a Soviet-born Israeli-American pianist.
Iroda Tulyaganova
Tennis Player
Iroda Tulyaganova is a professional tennis player who comes from Uzbekistan.
Shavkat Mirziyoyev
Politician
Shavkat Miromonovich Mirziyoyev is a Uzbek politician who has been Prime Minister of Uzbekistan since 2003. Previously he served as governor of Jizzakh Province from 1996 to September 2001, then as governor of Samarqand Province from September 2001 until his appointment as Prime Minister in 2003. He was nominated as Prime Minister by President Islam Karimov on December 12, 2003 and approved by the Uzbek parliament. He replaced Prime Minister O‘tkir Sultonov. His deputy is Ergash Shoismatov.
Alexander Geynrikh
Soccer Midfielder
Alexander Geynrikh is a Russian-Uzbek professional footballer forward who plays for the Uzbekistan national team. He is of partial German descent.
Abu Mansur Maturidi
Philosopher
Muhammad Abu Mansur al-Maturidi was an Persian Muslim theologian, and a scholar of Islamic jurisprudence and Qur'anic exegesis. Al Maturidi is one of the pioneers of Islamic Jurisprudence scholars and his two works are considered to be authoritative on the subject. He had a "high standing" among the scholars of his time and region.
Dmitry Kharatyan
Actor
Dmitry Kharatyan PAR is a Russian actor of Armenian descent. He was born in Olmaliq, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union. His debut was in Vladimir Menshov's The Prank in 1977.
Mirjalol Qosimov
Soccer Midfielder
Mirjalol Kushakovich Qosimov is head coach of the Uzbekistan national football team and FC Bunyodkor. He played for the national team as a midfielder.
Vladimir Dzhanibekov
Astronaut
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Dzhanibekov is a former cosmonaut who made five flights.
Michael Cherney
Businessperson
Michael Cherney is a Uzbekistan-born Israeli entrepreneur and industrialist. He is known for his significant role in the 1990s Aluminium in Russia, and his business ventures in Israel. He is also the founder of the Michael Cherney Foundation and main sponsor of The Intelligence Summit.
Dina Rubina
Novelist
Dina Ilyinichna Rubina is a Russian-Israeli prose writer.
Alimzhan Tokhtakhunov
Businessperson
Alimzhan Tursunovich Tokhtakhounov is a Russian businessman, suspected criminal, and former sportsman. He is accused in relations with organized crime and bribing of figure skating judges in the 2002 Winter Olympics. His nickname is thought to be "Taiwanchik," which refers to his distinctly Asiatic as opposed to European facial features.
Artur Grigorian
Professional Boxer
Artur Grigorian is an Uzbek professional boxer of Armenian descent. Grigorian is a former WBO Lightweight Champion. He retained his lightweight belt for a record of 17 times and held his belt for seven years, six months and twenty days; nearly as long as record holder Benny Leonard held his lightweight title.
Rustam Kasimdzhanov
Chess Player
Rustam Kasimdzhanov is an Uzbekistani chess Grandmaster, best known for winning the FIDE World Chess Championship 2004. He was born in Tashkent, in the former Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic. He is an ethnic Uzbek.
Iskander Makhmudov
Businessperson
Iskander Makhmudov is an Uzbek businessman based in Russia. He was born to an ethnic Uzbek Muslim family. Mr. Makhmudov has been referred by Yekaterinburg News as "One of Russia’s most prominent and civically involved industrialists" who has contributed more than $1 billion to social, civic and philanthropic causes since 2001.
Vitaliy Denisov
Soccer Defender
Vitaliy Gennadievich Denisov is a Uzbekistani footballer with Belarusian origins, currently playing for Russian Premier League club FC Lokomotiv Moscow as a left-back. He is a member of the Uzbekistan national football team. He is the son of Gennadi Denisov.
Abusaeid Abolkheir
Poet
Abusa'id Abolkhayr or Abū-Sa'īd Abul-Khayr, also known as Sheikh Abusaeid or Abu Sa'eed, was a famous Persian Sufi and poet who contributed extensively to the evolution of Sufi tradition. The majority of what is known from his life comes from the book Asrar al-Tawhid written by Mohammad Ibn Monavvar, one of his grandsons, 130 years after his death. The book, which is an important early Sufi writing in Persian, presents a record of his life in the form of anecdotes from a variety of sources and contains a collection of his words. During his life his fame spread throughout the Islamic world, even to Spain. He was the first Sufi writer to widely use ordinary love poems as way to express and illuminate mysticism, and as such he played a major role in foundation of Persian Sufi poetry. He spent most of his life in Nishapur.