Uzbekistan
Historical figures born in Uzbekistan
1,220 notable historical figures were born in Uzbekistan. These are the most notable:
Uzbekistan ranks #70 of 197 countries by number of historical figures on Histiphy, just behind Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh and Armenia.
By era
- Medieval: 23
- Early Modern: 1
- Modern: 15
By occupation
- Politician: 14
- Monarch/Royalty: 9
- General/Commander: 7
- Islamic Scholar: 6
- Mathematician: 5
- Poet: 5
- Writer/Author: 5
- Astronomer: 4
- Avicenna (980 to 1037, Science)
- Timur (1336 to 1405, Military)
- Babur (1483 to 1530, Politics)
- Shavkat Mirziyoyev (born 1957, Politics)
- Al-Biruni (973 to 1048, Science)
- Muhammad al-Bukhari (810 to 870, Literature)
- Islam Karimov (1938 to 2016, Politics)
- Sergio Gor (born 1986, Business)
- Shah Rukh (1377 to 1447, Politics)
- Sayf ad-Din Qutuz (1300 to ?, Politics)
- Sayyid Mir Muhammad Alim Khan (1880 to 1944, Politics)
- Abu Sa'id Mirza (1424 to 1469, Politics)
- Gulnara Karimova (born 1972, Politics)
- Abdulla Aripov (born 1961, Politics)
- Umar Shaikh Mirza II (1456 to 1494, Politics)
- Al-Tirmidhi (825 to 892, Religion)
- Abu Mansur al-Maturidi (893 to 944, Religion)
- Isma'il ibn Ahmad (849 to 907, Military)
- Yakub Beg of Yettishar (1820 to 1877, Politics)
- Boris Nadezhdin (born 1963, Politics)
- Saida Mirziyoyeva (born 1984, Politics)
- Khanzada Begum (1478 to 1545, Politics)
- Vladimir Vapnik (born 1936, Science)
- Ali Qushji (1403 to 1474, Science)
- Lola Karimova-Tillyaeva (born 1978, Politics)
- Al-Farghani (Science)
- Al-Fudayl ibn Iyad (726 to 803, Religion)
- Vladimir Dzhanibekov (born 1942, Military)
- Nigmatilla Yuldashev (born 1962, Politics)
- Baburi Andijani (1486 to 1526, Politics)
- Amoghavajra (705 to 774, Religion)
- Sayyid Ajjal Shams al-Din Omar (1211 to 1279, Politics)
- Sadriddin Ayni (1878 to 1954, Literature)
- Jahm bin Safwan (696 to 745, Religion)
- Kerei (1425 to 1473, Politics)
- Ghazi ud-Din Khan Feroze Jung I (1649 to 1710, Military)
- Elena Kats-Chernin (born 1957, Arts & Music)
- Gawhar Shad (1378 to 1457, Politics)
- Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat (1499 to 1551, Military)
- Najm al-Din Kubra (1145 to 1221, Religion)
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