List of Kazakhs
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Actors/Actresses and Filmmakers
- Timur BekmambetovTimur BekmambetovTimur Nuruakhitovich Bekmambetov is a Kazakh-born director, producer and screenwriter who has worked on films and commercials. He is mostly popular for the Russian film Night Watch and its sequel Day Watch , and the American film Wanted .-Early life:Bekmambetov was born on June 25, 1961 in the...
(born 1961), film director - Rashid NugmanovRashid NugmanovRashid Nugmanov is a Kazakh film director, dissident, political activist and founder of the Kazakh New Wave cinema movement.- Film career :...
(born 1954), film director - Gulshat OmarovaGulshat OmarovaGulshat Omarova is a Kazakh film director, actress and screen writer. She was born in Almaty, Kazakhstan and now lives in Rotterdam, Netherlands...
, writer, film director and actress
Artists
- Altynai AsylmuratovaAltynai AsylmuratovaAltynai Asylmuratova is a former Soviet and Kazakhstaniprima ballerina with the Kirov Ballet/Mariinsky Theatre and a guest artist all over the world. Asylmuratova was born in Alma-Ata, Kazakstan, and after graduation from the Vaganova Choreographic Institute she joined the Kirov Ballet in 1978...
(born 1961), ballerina - Abylkhan KasteevAbylkhan KasteevAbylkhan Kasteev was a Kazakhstani painter. He was highly decorated, winning the National Artist of Kazakh SSR, and The Laureate of the Chokan Valikhanov State Premium of the Kazakh SSR...
(1904 - 1973), painter
Composers and Musicians
- Kulyash BaiseitovaKulyash BaiseitovaKulyash Baiseitova was a Soviet Kazakh opera singer.She was one of the 13 original recipients of the award of People's Artist of the USSR in 1936....
(1905 - 1957), opera singer - Marat BisengalievMarat BisengalievMarat Bisengaliev is a Kazakh violinist and director of both the West Kazakhstan Philharmonic Orchestra and TuranAlem Kazakhstan Philharmonic Orchestra...
(born 1962), violinist and director of Orchestras - Alan BuribaevAlan BuribaevAlan Buribaev is a Kazakh conductor, the son of a cellist/conductor father and a pianist mother. He studied violin and conducting at the Kazakh State Conservatory. He was later a conducting student of Uros Lajovic in Vienna...
(born 1979), conductor - Bukhar-zhirau KalmakanovBukhar-zhirau KalmakanovBukhar-zhirau Kalkaman Uli was a Kazakh poet at the court of the Middle Horde. His period of activity at the court lasted from 1711 until 1781, during the reign of the Abylay Khan. Although his primary activity was entertaining the court through poetry and singing, Kalmakanov also acted as an...
(1693 - 1789), akyn - Jambyl Jabayev (1846 - 1945), akyn
- Shamshi KaldayakovShamshi KaldayakovShamshi Kaldayakov was a Kazakhstani composer. In 1956, he composed the music to the patriotic song My Kazakhstan. It was adopted in 2006 to be the Kazakhstan national anthem by Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev after a few modifications in the lyrics.-External links:*...
(1930 - 1992), composer - Erik KurmangalievErik KurmangalievErik Kurmangaliev was a Russian-Kazakh opera singer, actor and a leading public figure in Russia's perestroika music scene.-Early life:...
(1959 - 2008), opera singer - Muqagali Maqatayev (1931 - 1976), akynAkynAkyns or aqyns are improvising poets and singers in the Kazakh and Kyrgyz cultures. Akyns differs from the so-called zhiraus, who are epic storytellers and a song performers. Akyns improvise in the form of a song-like recitative to the accompaniment of a dombra or a qomuz...
, poet - Maira Muhamedqyzy ,
- Makhambet OtemisulyMakhambet OtemisulyMakhambet Otemisuly was a Kazakh poet and political figure. He is best known for his activity as a leader of rebellions against Russian colonialism. This activity is believed to have resulted in his murder in 1846. His first rebellions took place against Zhangir-Kerey Khan of the Bukey Horde...
(1804 - 1846), akyn, composer, leader of rebellious movement against Russian Empire - Roza RymbaevaRoza RymbaevaRoza Kuanyshevna Rymbayeva is a Soviet and Kazakh singer, the national artist of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic , the national artist of the USSR.-Biography:...
(born 1957), singer - Kurmangazy Sagyrbayuly (1823 - 1896), composer, instrumentalist and folk artist
- Suinbai Aronuly (1815 - 1898), akyn
- Tolkyn ZabirovaTolkyn ZabirovaTolkyn Zabirova is a singer from Ayagoz, Kazakhstan. Most of her songs are in Kazakh or Russian, though several exist in other languages.- External links :*...
(born 1970), singer
Heads of State
- Ablai Khan (1711 - 1781), khan of Middle jüzMiddle JuzMiddle jüz is one of three main traditional divisions of the Kazakh nation. The other two are Great jüz and Little jüz.Middle jüz consists of six tribes. The tribes, in turn, are subdivided into clans, creating a hierarchical pyramid of affiliations. Some historians claim that Middle Juz have...
- Abul Khair KhanAbul Khair KhanAbul Khair Khan was leader of the Kazakh Little jüz in present-day western Kazakhstan. During this period, the Little jüz participated in the 1723-1730 war against the Dzungars, following their "Great Disaster" invasion of Kazakh territories...
(1693 - 1748), khan of Junior jüzJunior JüzLittle jüz or Alshyns are the Western subgroup of the Kazakhs. They originate from the Nogais of the Nogai Horde, which once was placed in Western Kazakhstan, but in the 16th century it was defeated by the Kazakhs and the Russians and Nogais retreated to the Western part of their khanate, to the... - Dinmukhamed Kunayev (1912 - 1993), First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Kazakh SSR (1960 - 1962, 1964 - 1986), Prime Minister, President Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences
- Janybek KhanJanybek Khan----Janybek Khan was a co-leader of a new Kazakh Khanate, following a successful rebellion against the Uzbek Khan Abu'l-Khayr Khan in 1465 and 1466. Janybek's father was Baraq who was poisoned by emirs of the former White Horde...
(?), founder and co-leader of Kazakh Khanate - Kasym KhanKasym KhanKasym Khan was the leader of the Kazakh Khanate from about 1511 to 1523.He was the son of Janybek who created the Kazakh Khanate by gaining their independence from Abu'l-Khayr Khan. Kasym khan is viewed as the first leader who united the Kazakh tribes, carrying on the line of the Golden...
(1445 - ?), leader of the Kazakh Khanate (1510 - 1521) - Kenesary Khan (1802 - 1847), Khan of all three jüzes (1841 - 1847)
- Nursultan Nazarbaev (born 1940), President of Kazakhstan
- Tauke khanTauke khanTauke Khan was a Kazakh khan of the Kazakh khanate.In 1652 after the death of Jangir khan, the son of Khan Esim, the ruler of Jungars Batyr had strengthened the military pressure on Kazakh khanate. Eventually he dies in 1670...
(? - ?), leader of the Kazakh Khanate (1680-1718) - Zhumabay ShayakhmetovZhumabay ShayakhmetovZhumabay Shayakhmetovich Shayakhmetov, , was a Kazakh Soviet Communist political figure. From 1946 through 1954, he was First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Kazakh SSR....
(1902 - 1966), First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Kazakh SSR (1946 - 1954)
Philosophers
- Abay Qunanbayuli (1845 - 1904), poet, composer and philosopher.
- Al-FarabiAl-Farabi' known in the West as Alpharabius , was a scientist and philosopher of the Islamic world...
(872 - 950), scientist, philosopher and mathematician - Khwaja Ahmad Yasavi (1106 - 1166), poet and Sufi (Muslim mystic)
Politicians
- Daniyal AkhmetovDaniyal AkhmetovDaniyal Kenzhetayuly Akhmetov has served as the Minister of Defense and Gm/fr/neeneral of the Army of Kazakhstan since Prime Minister Karim Massimov appointed him on 10 January 2007. He previously served as Prime Minister from 13 June 2003 to 9 January 2007...
(born 1954), Prime Minister - Byrganym AytimovaByrganym AytimovaByrganym Sariyevna Aitimova has served as the ambassador of Kazakhstan to the United Nations since her appointment in February 2007. She served as the Minister of Education and Science until Zhanseit Tuymenbayev replaced her on 10 January 2007. She previously served as Kazakhstan's ambassador to...
(born 1953), ambassador, Minister - Akhmet BaitursynovAkhmet BaitursynovAkhmet Baytursinuli was a Kazakh intellectual who worked in the fields of poetry, linguistics and education.Baytursinuli was born in what is today Kostanay Province, and was educated at the Orenburg Teachers' School...
(1873 - 1937), poet, writer and politician - Osman Batur (1899 - 1951), (also referred to as Ospan) fighter for the freedom of the Qazaq people in XinjiangXinjiangXinjiang is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. It is the largest Chinese administrative division and spans over 1.6 million km2...
- Alikhan BokeikhanovAlikhan BokeikhanovAlikhan Nurmukhameduli Bokeikhanov was a Kazakh writer, political activist and environmental scientist. He is famous for advocating the idea that Kazakhs should learn Russian culture and simultaneously preserve Kazakh customs and law.Bokeikhanov's early education took place in a Russian-Kazakh...
(1866 - 1937), writer, political activist and environmental scientist - Mirjaqip DulatuliMirjaqip DulatuliMirjaqip Dulatuli Mirjaqip Dulatuli Mirjaqip Dulatuli (Kazakh: Міржақып Дулатұлы, Russian: Миржакып Дулатов (1885–1935) was a Kazakh poet, writer and one of leaders of Kazakh nationalist Alash Orda government. He also is known to have used the pen names Madiyar and Arghyn...
(1885 - 1935), poet, writer and a leader of Alash OrdaAlash OrdaAlash Orda was the name of the provisional Kazakh government between 13 December 1917 and 26 August 1920.The Alash Party proclaimed the autonomy of the Kazakh people in December 1917. Membership consists from 25 members and 15 member candidates...
government - JanabilJanabilJanabil is a male Chinese politician of Kazakh nationality. He was born in 1934 Kaba County, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.Janabil is a Kazakh male name meaning is father's soul-External Links:**...
(born 1934), politician in China - Gulzhana KaragusovaGulzhana KaragusovaGulzhana Dzhanpeisovna Karagusova member of Majilis of Parliament of Kazakhstan from Nur Otan party. Has served as the Minister of Labor and Social Protection in the Government of Kazakhstan since 2001...
(born 1950), member of Majilis, Minister of Labor and Social Protection - Ashat KerimbayAshat KerimbayAshat Kerimbay Razdykov is a Chinese politician of Kazakh nationality.-Biography:...
(born 1947), politician in China - Eset Kotibaruli (1803—1889), leader of the anti-colonial war against Russian Empire
- Bolat NurgaliyevBolat NurgaliyevBolat Kabdylkhamitovich Nurgaliyev is a Kazakh diplomat and the current Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for protracted conflicts....
(born 1951), diplomat - Makhambet OtemisulyMakhambet OtemisulyMakhambet Otemisuly was a Kazakh poet and political figure. He is best known for his activity as a leader of rebellions against Russian colonialism. This activity is believed to have resulted in his murder in 1846. His first rebellions took place against Zhangir-Kerey Khan of the Bukey Horde...
(1804 - 1846), akyn, composer, leader of rebellious movement against Russian Empire - Kanat SaudabayevKanat SaudabayevKanat Bekmyrzayevich Saudabayev is a Kazakhstani politician who was born next to Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan in 1946. Saudabayev has served as the Secretary of State of the Republic of Kazakhstan since 15 May 2007...
(born 1946), politician, Secretary of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs - Zhumabay ShayakhmetovZhumabay ShayakhmetovZhumabay Shayakhmetovich Shayakhmetov, , was a Kazakh Soviet Communist political figure. From 1946 through 1954, he was First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Kazakh SSR....
(1902-1966), First Secretary of the Kazakh SSR - Mustafa ShokayMustafa ShokayMustafa Shokay , was a Kazakh leader of the Kokand revolt in 1917 against the Bolsheviks that created the “Provisional Government of Autonomous Turkestan.” After the revolt was crushed Shokay fled the country...
(1890 - 1941), leader of the Kokand revolt (1917) against the Bolsheviks - Olzhas SuleimenovOlzhas SuleimenovOlzhas Omaruli Suleimenov is a Soviet poet, Kazakhstani politician, and Soviet anti-nuclear activist.-Life:Suleimenov was born on 18 May 1936 in Alma-Ata. He graduated from Geological Sciences Department of Kazakh State University in 1959. Suleimenov also finished Gorkii Institute of Literature in...
(born 1936), poet, politician, and anti-nuclear activist - Imangali TasmagambetovImangali TasmagambetovImangali Nurgaliuly Tasmagambetov is the current mayor of Astana, Kazakhstan. From December 2004-April 2008 he served as the mayor of Almaty...
(born 1956), Prime Minister - Marat TazhinMarat TazhinMarat Muhanbetuly Tazhin is a Kazakh politician. He served as the Foreign Minister in the Government of Kazakhstan from 2007 to 2009. He previously served as Secretary of the National Security Committee...
(born 1960), Foreign Minister - Isatay Taymanuly (1791 - 1838), leader of rebellious movement against Russian Empire
- Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (born 1953), Foreign Minister, Prime Minister
- Zhanseit TuimebayevZhanseit TuimebayevZhanseit Qanseituly Tuimebayev is the Minister of Education and Science in the Government of Kazakhstan.Born on July 8, 1958. Graduated from the Kirov Kazakh State University , philologist, PhD in Philology, Associated professor...
(born 1958), Minister of Education and Science - Aman Tuleev (born 1944), governor of Kemerovo OblastKemerovo OblastKemerovo Oblast , also known as Kuzbass after the Kuznetsk Basin, is a federal subject of Russia , located in southwestern Siberia, where the West Siberian Plain meets the South Siberian mountains...
, Russia - Mukhammedzhan Tynyshbayev (1879-1937), historian, politician, engineer
Military
- Nurken AbdirovNurken AbdirovNurken Abdirovich Abdirov was a Kazakh pilot who served for the Soviet Union in World War II, and was killed in the Battle of Stalingrad.Abdirov is a legendary figure in his hometown of Karaganda, Kazakhstan...
(1919 - 1942), fighter pilot, Hero of Soviet Union Toktar AubakirovToktar AubakirovToktar Ongarbayuly Aubakirov is a retired Kazakhstani Air Force officer and a former cosmonaut .-Early life:Toktar Aubakirov was born on July 27, 1946 in Karaganda, Kazakh SSR, which is now Kazakhstan...
(born 1946), first Kazakh in space, MP - Raiymbek BatyrRaiymbek BatyrRaiymbek Batyr was a famous Kazakh warrior from the 18th century. 'Batyr' is an honorific term meaning hero in the Khazakh language, his given name being Raiymbek. He actively resisted the Dzungar invasion of Kazakh territories and played a major role in liberating the Kazakhs from Dzungar rule...
(1705 - ?), warrior in the 18th century against Dzungars - Talgat Begeldinov (born 1922), fighter pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union of WWII
- Manshuk MametovaManshuk MametovaManshuk "Mansiya" Zhiengalieva Mametova or Mänşük Jïenğaliqizi Mämetova was a Soviet Kazakh machine gunner of the 21st Rifle Division of the 3rd Guard Shock Army and the first Soviet Asian woman to receive the Hero of the Soviet Union medal for acts of bravery.Orphaned at very young age, Manshuk...
(1922 - 1943), machine gunner, Hero of the Soviet Union of WWII - Alia Moldagulova (1925 - 1944), sniper, Hero of the Soviet Union of WWII
- Baurzhan MomyshulyBaurzhan MomyshulyBaurzhan Momyshuly was a Kazakh-Soviet military officer, writer and a posthumous Hero of the Soviet Union.- Early life :...
(1910 - 1982), writer, Hero of the Soviet Union of WWII - Talgat MusabayevTalgat MusabayevTalgat Amangeldyuly Musabayev , is a Kazakh test pilot and former cosmonaut who flew on three spaceflights. His first two spaceflights were long-duration stays aboard the Russian space station Mir. His third spaceflight was a short duration visiting mission to the International Space Station, which...
(born 1951), test pilot, former cosmonaut, Director of Aerospace Agency of Republic of Kazakhstan - Rakhimzhan QoshqarbaevRakhimzhan QoshqarbaevRaqymzhan Qoshqarbayev was a Kazakh soldier. He was the first officer to raise the Soviet Flag over the Reichstag building in Berlin, on April 30, 1945, during World War II....
(born 1924), first soldier to raise the Soviet Flag over the Reichstag in Berlin
Scientists
Applied and Natural Science- Ken AlibekKen AlibekColonel Kanatzhan Alibekov — known as Dr. Kenneth Alibek since 1992 — is a former Soviet physician, scientist and biological warfare expert of Kazakh descent. He is a military physician, has PhD in microbiology and ScD in biotechnology...
(born 1950), microbiologist - Kaisha AtakhanovaKaisha AtakhanovaKaisha Atakhanova is a biologist from Karaganda, Kazakhstan, specializing in the genetic effects of nuclear radiation. By political reasons she was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2005 for "leading" a quasi-campaign to prevent nuclear waste from being commercially imported into the...
(born 1957), genetic biologist - Alikhan BokeikhanovAlikhan BokeikhanovAlikhan Nurmukhameduli Bokeikhanov was a Kazakh writer, political activist and environmental scientist. He is famous for advocating the idea that Kazakhs should learn Russian culture and simultaneously preserve Kazakh customs and law.Bokeikhanov's early education took place in a Russian-Kazakh...
(1866 - 1937), writer, political activist and environmental scientist - Shafik ChokinShafik ChokinSháfik Chókinovich Chókin is the most recognized Kazakh scientist of energy sector. Doctor of Sciences, Professor. Founder of Kazakh Scientific Research Institute of power engineering. Deputy of The Supreme Soviet of the USSR, associate of the chairman of Soviet of the Union chamber...
(1912-2003), engineer, President of Academy of Sciences - Yedil Dadambayev (born 1945), physician
- Kanat Kudaibergenov, mathematician
- Kanysh SatpayevKanysh SatpayevKanysh Imantayuli Satpayev is one of the founders of Soviet metallogeny, principal advocate and the first president of Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences.-Biography:...
(1899-1964), engineer, geologist, President of Academy of Sciences
Social Science
- Al-FarabiAl-Farabi' known in the West as Alpharabius , was a scientist and philosopher of the Islamic world...
(872 - 950), scientist, philosopher and mathematician - Sarsen AmanzholovSarsen AmanzholovSarsen Amanzholovich Amanzholov , was a famous Turkologist, and one of the pioneers of Kazakh linguistics. He cultivated the foundations of Kazakh grammar for all levels of education, and helped create the current Cyrillic Kazakh alphabet...
(1903 - 1958), linguist, Turkologist - Orazak IsmagulovOrazak IsmagulovOrazak Ismagulov is an internationally-known anthropologist, Doctor of historical sciences , corresponding member of the Kazakhstan National Academy of Sciences . Ismagulov uses anthropological studies of ancient and modern people as a source of historical information for ethnogenesis and ethnic...
(born 1930), anthropologist - Zhenis KembayevZhenis KembayevZhenis Kembayev is a Professor of Law at the KIMEP University, Almaty, Kazakhstan....
(born 1975), jurist - Marat Aldangorovich SarsembaevMarat Aldangorovich SarsembaevMarat Aldangar-uly Sarsembaev is a Kazakh doctor of law and professor.Sarsembaev is a member of the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Kazakhstan, appointed by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan in 2007...
(born 1947), jurist
Box
- Serik Konakbaev (born 1959)- silver prize-vinner of the 1980 Summer Olympics1980 Summer OlympicsThe 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Moscow in the Soviet Union. In addition, the yachting events were held in Tallinn, and some of the preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament...
- Bolat NiyazymbetovBolat NiyazymbetovBolat Niyazymbetov is a Kazakhstani Light Welterweight boxer. He won a bronze medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics.-Olympic results:* Defeated Carlos Martínez 25-3* Defeated Davis Mwale 11-3...
(born 1972)- bronze prize-vinner of the 1996 Summer Olympics1996 Summer OlympicsThe 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.... - Yermakhan IbraimovYermakhan IbraimovYermakhan Ibraimov is a Kazakh boxer who competed in the Light Middleweight at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal. Four years earlier, at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, he captured the bronze medal...
(born 1972) - bronze prize-vinner of the 1996 Summer Olympics1996 Summer OlympicsThe 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....
, champion of the 2000 Summer Olympics2000 Summer OlympicsThe Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia... - Bekzat SattarkhanovBekzat SattarkhanovBekzat Sattarkhanov was a Kazakh boxer who competed in the men's featherweight division at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal....
(1980 - 2000) - champion of the 2000 Summer Olympics2000 Summer OlympicsThe Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia... - Bulat JumadilovBulat JumadilovBulat Jumadilov is a Kazakh boxer who competed in the Men's Flyweight at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal. Four years earlier at the 1996 Summer Olympics he also captured the silver medal...
(born 1973)- silver prize-vinner of the 1996 Summer Olympics1996 Summer OlympicsThe 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....
and 2000 Summer Olympics2000 Summer OlympicsThe Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia... - Mukhtarkhan DildabekovMukhtarkhan DildabekovMukhtarkhan Koblanbekovich Dildabekov is a Kazakh boxer, best known to win the silver medal in the Super Heavyweight division at the 2000 Summer Olympics.-Career:...
(born 1976) - silver prize-vinner of the 2000 Summer Olympics2000 Summer OlympicsThe Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia... - Bakhtiyar ArtayevBakhtiyar ArtayevBakhtiyar Karipullauly Artayev is a Kazakh boxer who won the only Gold medal for Kazakhstan in the men's welterweight division at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He was also the Winner of the Val Barker Trophy for the outstanding boxer of the 2004 Olympics Games...
(born 1983)- champion of the 2004 Summer Olympics2004 Summer OlympicsThe 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team... - Serik YeleuovSerik YeleuovSerik Samatovich Yeleuov is a Kazakhstani boxer who won the bronze medal in the men's lightweight division at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He qualified for the Athens Games by ending up in first place at the 1st AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Guangzhou, PR China...
(born 1980) - bronze prize-vinner of the 2004 Summer Olympics2004 Summer OlympicsThe 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team... - Bakhyt SarsekbayevBakhyt SarsekbayevBakhyt Abdirakhmanovich Sarsekbayev is a Kazakh amateur boxer who won Olympic Gold 2008 at Welterweight. At the 2006 Asian Games he had also won the gold medal in the welterweight division.-Career:...
(born 1981) - champion of the 2008 Summer Olympics2008 Summer OlympicsThe 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events... - Yerkebulan Shynaliyev (born 1987) - bronze prize-vinner of the 2008 Summer Olympics2008 Summer OlympicsThe 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
- Serik SapiyevSerik SapiyevSerik Zhumangaliyevich Sapiyev is an amateur boxer from Kazakhstan who won the world title in the light welterweight division in 2005 and 2007.-Career:The fleetfooted southpaw counterpuncher defeated Dilshod Mahmudov in 2005....
(born 1983), boxer - Yerdos ZhanabergenovYerdos ZhanabergenovYerdos Zhanabergenov is an amateur boxer from Kazakhstan, best known for winning the light heavyweight title at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships.-Career:...
(born 1983), boxer
Greek-Roman (Classic) Style
- Shamil SerikovShamil SerikovShamil Serikov was a Soviet wrestler and Olympic Champion.He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow where he won a gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, the bantamweight class.-References:...
(1956 - 1989) - champion of the 1980 Summer Olympics1980 Summer OlympicsThe 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Moscow in the Soviet Union. In addition, the yachting events were held in Tallinn, and some of the preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament... - Jacksylyk Ushkempirov (born 1951) - champion of the 1980 Summer Olympics1980 Summer OlympicsThe 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Moscow in the Soviet Union. In addition, the yachting events were held in Tallinn, and some of the preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament...
- Daulet Turlykhanov (born 1963) - silver prize-vinner of the 1992 Summer Olympics1992 Summer OlympicsThe 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...
, silver bronze-vinner of the 1996 Summer Olympics1996 Summer OlympicsThe 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.... - Nurbakyt TengizbayevNurbakyt TengizbayevNurbakyt Tengizbayev is a Kazakh wrestler who won the Bronze medal in the Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.- References :...
(born 1983) - bronze prize-vinner of the 2008 Summer Olympics2008 Summer OlympicsThe 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events... - Asset MambetovAsset MambetovAsset Mambetov is a Kazakh wrestler, who has won a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.- References :...
(born 1982) - bronze prize-vinner of the 2008 Summer Olympics2008 Summer OlympicsThe 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
Freestyle
- Maulen MamyrovMaulen MamyrovMaulen Mamyrov is a Kazakhstani wrestler. At the 1996 Summer Olympics he won the bronze medal in the Men's Freestyle Flyweight category.-Achievements:...
(born 1970) - bronze prize-vinner of the 1996 Summer Olympics1996 Summer OlympicsThe 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.... - Islam BairamukovIslam BairamukovIslam Bairamukov is a Kazakh wrestler who competed in the Men's Freestyle 97 kg at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal. He also competed in the 1996 and 2004 Summer Olympics, but did not reach the final rounds....
(born 1971) - silver prize-vinner of the 2000 Summer Olympics2000 Summer OlympicsThe Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
Soccer
- Seilda BaishakovSeilda BaishakovSeilda Ikramovich Baishakov is a retired Soviet professional football player.Baishakov played seven seasons in the Soviet Top League and made nearly 300 league appearances for FC Kairat during his career.-International career:...
(born 1950) - FC Kairat (1971 -1981) - Kairat AshirbekovKairat AshirbekovKairat Ashirbekov is a Kazakhstani football midfielder and playmaker. He has played for the club FC Lokomotiv Astana since 2009. His national team debut was in 7 July 2006 against Tajikistan friendly match.-Club career stats:Last update: 10 February 2009...
(born 1982), footballer - Samat SmakovSamat Smakov- Club career :Smakov started his career in his home town Semey playing for FC Elimay, and has since played for different teams, including FC Rostov in Russian Premier League. He is a Four-time champion of Kazakhstan with four different clubs. Having a strong leadership qualities, he has captained...
(born 1978), footballer - Nurbol ZhumaskaliyevNurbol ZhumaskaliyevNurbol Zhumaskaliyev is a Kazakh football attacking midfielder and forward. He plays for FC Lokomotiv Astana.- Early career:At the age of 11, Nurbol was selected for a youth club, Namys , which was created to find the most promising talents in the nation. His first coach was Talgat Nurmagambetov...
(born 1981), footballer
Other
- Qajymuqan ((1871 - 1948), freestyle wrestler
- Assan BazayevAssan BazayevAssan Bazayev is a professional road bicycle racer from Kazakhstan. Since 2007, he rides for on the UCI ProTour.In 2004 he won the Hellas Tour, but he did not win any stage.He also won stage 1 of the 2006 Tour of Germany in August 2006.- Palmares :...
(born 1981), cyclist - Kaisar NurmagambetovKaisar NurmagambetovKaisar Nurmaganbetov, is a Kazakhstani sprint canoer who has competed since 1995. At the 1996 Summer Olympics, he was eliminated in the semifinals of both the C-2 500 m and the C-2 1000 m events. Four years later, Nurmaganbetov was eliminated in the semifinals of both the C-1 500 m and the C-1...
(born 1977), flatwater canoer - Darmen SadvakasovDarmen SadvakasovDarmen Sadvakasov is a Kazakhstani chess grandmaster. Sadvakasov received the International Master title in 1995 and the GM title in 1998 as a result of his victory in the World Junior Championship. He tied for first at Bali 2000 and the 2003 Samba Cup, and won first place outright at Copenhagen...
(born 1978), chess grandmaster - Aliya YussupovaAliya YussupovaAliya Yussupova is an individual Rhythmic Gymnast of Kazakh ethnicity, who competes for Kazakhstan, coached by the Russian coach, Irina Viner.At the 2004 Athens Olympics she qualified for the finals in 5th...
(born 1984), athlete - Yernar YerimbetovYernar YerimbetovYernar Yerimbetov is a gymnast from Kazakhstan. He has been Kazakhstan's most successful gymnast of the new millennium....
(born 1980), gymnast - Radik ZhaparovRadik ZhaparovRadik Zhaparov is a Kazakh ski jumper who has competed since 2003. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, he finished 11th in the team large hill and 26th in the individual norma hill events....
(born 1984), ski jumper - Kazbek Waliev (born 1952), subjugator of Everest (1982), Kanchenjunga (1989), DhaulagiriDhaulagiriDhaulagiri is Earth's seventh highest mountain at ; one of fourteen over eight thousand metres. Dhaulagiri was first climbed May 13, 1960 by a Swiss/Austrian expedition....
(1988), climberClimberClimber may refer to:*Climber, a participant in the activity of climbing*Climber, general name for a vine*Climber , a robot that goes upward or downward on a track*Climber , by Nintendo... - Dias KeneshevDias KeneshevDias Keneshev is a biathlete from Kazakhstan. He competed for Kazakhstan at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Keneshev was Kazakhstan's flag bearer during the 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony.- References :...
(born 1985), biathlete - Askhat ZhitkeyevAskhat ZhitkeyevAskhat Zhitkeyev is a Kazakh judoka. He won a silver medal at the 2008 Olympics in the 90-100 kg division and a bronze medal at the 2001 world judo championships in the -100 kg division. He won a bronze medal at the -100 kg category of the Asian Games.- References :...
(born 1981), judoka, silver prize-vinner of the 2008 Summer Olympics2008 Summer OlympicsThe 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events... - Arman ChilmanovArman ChilmanovArman Chilmanov is a Kazakhstani Taekwondo athlete.- 2008 Olympics :Chilmanov was the other competitor in the controversial +80 kg bronze medal match against Ángel Matos of Cuba....
(born 1984) taekwondo athlete, bronze prize-vinner of the 2008 Summer Olympics2008 Summer OlympicsThe 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
Writers and Poets
- Abay Qunanbayuli (1845 - 1904), poet, composer and philosopher.
- Ibrahim AltynsarinIbrahim AltynsarinIbrahim Altynsarin was a major figure in pre-Soviet Kazakh history...
(1841-1889), pedagogue, writer - Mukhtar AuezovMukhtar AuezovMukhtar Omarkhanuli Auezov was a prominent Kazakh writer, known best for his work as a playwright.-Life:...
(1897 - 1961), writer, public figure - Bukhar-zhirau KalmakanovBukhar-zhirau KalmakanovBukhar-zhirau Kalkaman Uli was a Kazakh poet at the court of the Middle Horde. His period of activity at the court lasted from 1711 until 1781, during the reign of the Abylay Khan. Although his primary activity was entertaining the court through poetry and singing, Kalmakanov also acted as an...
(1693 - 1789), poet - Akhmet Baytursinuli (1873 - 1937), poet, writer, pedagogue and politician.
- Alikhan BokeikhanovAlikhan BokeikhanovAlikhan Nurmukhameduli Bokeikhanov was a Kazakh writer, political activist and environmental scientist. He is famous for advocating the idea that Kazakhs should learn Russian culture and simultaneously preserve Kazakh customs and law.Bokeikhanov's early education took place in a Russian-Kazakh...
(1866 - 1937), writer, political activist and environmental scientist. - Mirjaqip DulatuliMirjaqip DulatuliMirjaqip Dulatuli Mirjaqip Dulatuli Mirjaqip Dulatuli (Kazakh: Міржақып Дулатұлы, Russian: Миржакып Дулатов (1885–1935) was a Kazakh poet, writer and one of leaders of Kazakh nationalist Alash Orda government. He also is known to have used the pen names Madiyar and Arghyn...
(1885 - 1935), poet, writer and a leader of Alash OrdaAlash OrdaAlash Orda was the name of the provisional Kazakh government between 13 December 1917 and 26 August 1920.The Alash Party proclaimed the autonomy of the Kazakh people in December 1917. Membership consists from 25 members and 15 member candidates...
government - Ilyas Esenberlin (1915 - 1983), writer
- Qabdesh JumadilovQabdesh JumadilovQabdesh Jumadilov is a Kazakh author and national writer of Kazakhstan. He was born in Xinjiang.-Works:*Соңғы көш, Almaty: "Jazushy", 1998.*Ata Meken, Almaty : Zhalyn, 1985.*Taghdar, Almaty: "Jazushy", 1988.-References:...
(born 1936), writer - Bakhytzhan KanapyanovBakhytzhan KanapyanovBakhytzhan Musakhanuli Kanapyanov is a Kazakhstani poet and writer.Kanapyanov is a poet and a lyricist. He was born in Kokshetau, a descendant of Genghis Khan. He was a winner of the Kazakhstan's boxing cup for two consecutive years . Liquidator of Chernobyl disaster...
(born 1951), poet and lyricist - Muqagali Maqatayev (1931 - 1976), akynAkynAkyns or aqyns are improvising poets and singers in the Kazakh and Kyrgyz cultures. Akyns differs from the so-called zhiraus, who are epic storytellers and a song performers. Akyns improvise in the form of a song-like recitative to the accompaniment of a dombra or a qomuz...
, poet - Baurzhan MomyshulyBaurzhan MomyshulyBaurzhan Momyshuly was a Kazakh-Soviet military officer, writer and a posthumous Hero of the Soviet Union.- Early life :...
(1910 - 1982), writer, Hero of the Soviet Union of WWII - Sabit MukanovSabit MukanovSabit Mukanov is a classic of Kazakh literature, a poet, a social activist, an academic, and a head of the Writers' Union of Kazakhstan....
(1900 - 1973), poet and writer - Gabit Musirepov (1902—1985), writer, playwright
- Saken Seyfullin (1894 - 1939), poet and writer, national activist
- Mukhtar Shakhanov (born 1942), writer, lawmaker, ambassador
- Olzhas SuleimenovOlzhas SuleimenovOlzhas Omaruli Suleimenov is a Soviet poet, Kazakhstani politician, and Soviet anti-nuclear activist.-Life:Suleimenov was born on 18 May 1936 in Alma-Ata. He graduated from Geological Sciences Department of Kazakh State University in 1959. Suleimenov also finished Gorkii Institute of Literature in...
(born 1936), poet, politician, and anti-nuclear activist - Sultanmahmut ToraygirovSultanmahmut ToraygirovSultanmahmut Toraygirov was a prominent Kazakh writer and poet. He was born in Qyzyl Tau but moved to Bayanaul in the province of Pavlodar at the age of four. Toraygirov wrote his first poems when only 13 years old. From 1913 on, he was the sub-editor for the first Kazakh journal Aikap. In 1914...
(1893 - 1920), poet and writer - Shokan Walikhanuli (1835 - 1865), scholar, ethnographer and historian
- Magjan JumabayevMağjan JumabayevMağjan Jumabayev was a prominent Qazaq writer and pedagogue, one of the modern Qazaq literature's founders.-Biography:From 1905 till 1910 Mağjan Jumabayev was studying in Petropavl madrasah, learning there Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages...
(1893 - 1938), writer, publicist, founder of modern Kazakh literature - Khwaja Ahmad Yasavi (1106 - 1166), poet and Sufi (Muslim mystic)