List of Chechen people

This is a partial list of notable Chechen people.

13th–19th century

 * Aguk Shagin, 8th-century Chechen commander from Aukh, participant in the Arab–Khazar wars on the side of the Khazar Khaganate
 * Khasi I, prince of Durdzuketi and king of Alania, participant in the Mongol invasions of Durdzuketi
 * Khour I, son of the previous, self proclaimed king of Alania and Durdzuketi, leader of the Insurgency in Durdzuketi
 * Botur, participant in the Mongol invasions of Durdzuketi on the side of the Mongols, servant in the Mongol army, king of Boturcha
 * Ors Ela, participant in the Mongol invasions of Durdzuketi, ruler of the pro-Mongol Durdzuketi
 * Chakhig, son of Khour I, leader of the Dedyakov rebellion
 * Khour II, 14th century Chechen prince that ruled the Princedom of Simsim
 * Surakat, 14th-15th century Chechen prince that ruled the Princedom of Simsim and the Avar Khanate, brother of Khour II, defended Simsim against Timurid Empire
 * Aldaman Gheza, elected leader of Chechnya in the 17th century, protected the Chechen borders against several foreign invasions
 * Sheikh Mansur, led the resistance against Catherine the Great's imperialist expansion into the Caucasus during the late 18th century
 * Beibulat Taimiev, Chechen military leader and diplomat
 * Isa Gendargeno, Chechen military leader during the Russo-Caucasian War
 * Gubash of Gukhoy, Chechen elder who was known for being anti Caucasian Imamate
 * Baysangur of Benoa, Chechen governor and military leader
 * Uma Duyev, Chechen military leader during the Russo-Caucasian War. Leader of the uprisings in Chechnya in 1860–1861 and 1877
 * Alexander Chechenskiy, Russian major general and participant in the Napoleonic wars
 * Talkhig of Shali, governor of the province of Shali in the Caucasian Imamate
 * Tovbolat Kurchaloevsky, Chechen abrek
 * Shuaib-Mulla of Tsentara, commander in the Caucasian War
 * Zelimkhan, legendary Chechen folk hero and abrek

World War II

 * Kanti Abdurakhmanov, Red Army master sergeant, Hero of the Russian Federation
 * Dasha Akayev, commander of the 35th Assault Aviation Regiment; also was the first Chechen pilot
 * Mahmud Amayev, Soviet junior sergeant and sniper
 * Irbaykhan Baybulatov, Red Army battalion commander, Hero of the Soviet Union
 * Khansultan Dachiev, Red army Junior lieutenant and Hero of the Soviet Union
 * Duda Enginoev, full bearer of the Order of Glory
 * Abukhadzhi Idrisov, Red army machine gunner and sniper, Hero of the Soviet Union
 * Khasan Israilov, leader of the 1940–1944 uprising against Soviet rule
 * Khavazi Muhamed-Mirzaev, Red army senior sergeant and Hero of the Soviet Union
 * Khanpasha Nuradilov, highest scoring machine gunner of the Red Army, Hero of the Soviet Union
 * Lyalya Nasukhanova, the first Chechen woman pilot and the first Soviet woman to command a fighter jet echelon
 * Mairbek Sheripov, prominent leader in the 1940–1944 insurgency against Soviet rule
 * Movldi Umarov, Red army lieutenant and Hero of the Russian Federation
 * Movlid Visaitov, commander of 255th Chechen-Ingush Cavalry Regiment, and the first one to shake hands with Americans on Elbe river; posthumous Hero of the Soviet Union

Chechen-Russian war period and after

 * Arbi Barayev, nicknamed "The Terminator", founder and first leader of the Special Purpose Islamic Regiment
 * Movsar Barayev, militia leader during the Second Chechen War, who led seizure of Moscow theater that led to deaths of 170 people
 * Shamil Basayev, militant Islamist and participant of the Chechen resistance movement
 * Dzhokhar Dudayev, Soviet Air Force general and Chechen leader, first President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
 * Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, writer and a politician, served as acting president of the breakaway Chechen Republic of Ichkeria between 1996 and 1997
 * Ruslan Gelayev, commander in the Chechen separatist movement
 * Aslan Maskhadov, leader of the Chechen separatist movement and the third President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
 * Abdul-Halim Sadulayev, fourth President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria

Diaspora

 * Ahmad Aladdin, Jordanian Major general, two time Hero of Jordan
 * Mümtaz Çeçen, Ottoman officer
 * Ahmad Ramzi, general in the Jordanian Armed forces, minister of interior of Jordan, he was also a friend of the first Jordanian King
 * Mahmud Shevket, Ottoman Grand vizier known for the founding of the Ottoman airforce
 * Muhammed Bashir Ismail ash-Shishani, major general in the Jordanian Army, former minister of Agriculture, mayor of Amman and director of Military intelligence

Soviet Union

 * Ruslan Khasbulatov, Speaker of the RSFSR Supreme Soviet, 1991–1993
 * Doku Zavgayev, Russian ambassador to Slovenia

Russian Federation

 * Alu Alkhanov, Russian politician, former president of Russia's Chechen Republic
 * Vladislav Surkov, Businessman and Politician, former advisor to the President of Russia
 * Ramzan Kadyrov, Head of the Chechen Republic
 * Akhmad Kadyrov, First president of the Pro-Russian Chechen republic

Chechen Republic of Ichkeria

 * Ilyas Akhmadov, former foreign minister of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
 * Akhmed Zakayev, leader and prime minister of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria

Diaspora

 * Abdul Baqi Jammoh

Business

 * Ruslan Baisarov, Chechen entrepreneur and businessman
 * Musa Bazhaev, president of Alliance Group
 * Malik Saidulaev, businessman and politician
 * Tapa Tchermoeff, politician and oil magnate
 * Ziya Bazhayev, founder of Alliance group and a philanthropist
 * Umar Dzhabrailov, businessman and politician

Footballers

 * Zaur Sadayev, attacking Midfielder for Turkish club Ankaragücü
 * Dzhabrail Kadiyev, plays for FC Legion Dynamo Makhachkala
 * Adlan Katsayev, attacking midfielder who plays for FC SKA-Khabarovsk
 * Magomed Mitrishev, striker, attacking midfielder and winger for FC Akhmat Grozny
 * Khalid Kadyrov, left winger for the Russian Premier League team FC Akhmat Grozny
 * Rizvan Utsiyev, captain of FC Akhmat Grozny
 * Lechi Sadulayev, plays for FC Akhmat Grozny
 * Mohammad Omar Shishani, striker for Al-Faisaly
 * Murad Tagilov, plays for FC Druzhba Maykop
 * Sergei Tashuyev, currently a coach, he is of Chechen and Belarusian descent
 * Rassambek Akhmatov, Chechen football player from France

Wrestlers

 * Islambek Albiev, Russian wrestler, a gold medalist at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Greco-Roman wrestling
 * Buvaisar Saitiev, Russian wrestler of Chechen heritage, he is a six-time world champion and a three-time Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling
 * Adam Saitiev wrestler, a gold medalist at the 2000 Summer Olympics
 * Dzhamal Otarsultanov, wrestler, won the gold medal in men's freestyle 55 kg at the 2012 Summer Olympics
 * Anzor Boltukaev, accomplished wrestler, beat Kyle Snyder in 2016
 * Albert Saritov, bronze medalist of the 2016 Olympics
 * Adlan Varayev, freestyle wrestler, won a silver medal at the 1988 Olympics
 * Rasul Dzhukayev, won a silver medal in the 66 kg. division at the 2009 FILA World Championships
 * Bekkhan Goygereyev, freestyle wrestler, won the gold medal at the 2013 World Wrestling Championships
 * Salman Hashimikov, freestyle wrestler, won two European and four World Championship gold medals in freestyle wrestling (1979, 1981, 1982, 1983)
 * Bekhan Tungaev, wrestler who won the European championship back in the 1970s
 * Elmadi Zhabrailov, won silver in freestyle wrestling at the 1992 Summer Olympics
 * Chingiz Labazanov, Greco-Roman wrestler and world gold medal holder
 * Ramazan Şahin, a gold medalist in freestyle wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics
 * Zelimkhan Huseynov, silver medalist at the 2009 World Wrestling Championships
 * Lukman Zhabrailov, gold medalist at the 1994 World Wrestling Championships
 * Zagir Shakhiev, gold medalist at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships
 * Akhmed Chakaev, two time bronze medalist at the World Wrestling Championships
 * Alikhan Zhabrailov, bronze medalist at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships
 * Roland Schwarz, bronze medalist at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships

Boxers

 * Artur Beterbiev, Unified light-heavyweight boxing champion
 * Umar Salamov, professional boxer who held the IBO light-heavyweight title in 2016
 * Zaurbek Baysangurov, professional boxer and former WBO and IBO light middleweight champion
 * Khuseyn Baysangurov, professional boxer who held the WBA Continental (Europe) and the IBF International light-middleweight titles from 2017 to 2018
 * Apti Davtaev, Professional boxer
 * Imam Khataev, Tokyo 2020 bronze medalist

Mixed martial artists

 * Adlan Amagov, formerly competed in the UFC, where he is the first Chechen mixed martial artist to compete
 * Mamed Khalidov, currently competing in the KSW
 * Mairbek Taisumov, formerly competed in the UFC
 * Zubaira Tukhugov, currently competing in the UFC
 * Ismail Naurdiev, formerly competed in the UFC
 * Khamzat Chimaev, currently competing in the UFC

Weightlifters

 * Apti Aukhadov, weightlifter, 2013 World Champion and silver medalist at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Judo practitioners

 * Hüseyin Özkan, gold medalist at the 2000 Summer Olympics
 * Bashir Varaev, bronze medalist at the 1988 Summer Olympics
 * Shamil Borchashvili, Tokyo 2020 Olympics bronze medalist
 * Tamerlan Bashaev, Tokyo 2020 Olympics bronze medalist
 * Yakub Shamilov, bronze medalist at the 2021 World Judo Championships
 * Salamu Mezhidov, 2007 european champion
 * Islam Matsiev
 * Bektaş Demirel
 * German Abdulaev
 * David Margoshvili

Musicians and dancers

 * Said Dimayev, orchestral music composer
 * Umar Dimayev, accordionist and folk music composer
 * Ali Dimayev, musician and composer
 * Sultan Islamov, actor and singer
 * Timur Mutsurayev, musician and bard
 * Makka Sagaipova, popular singer
 * Xava Tashaeva, popular singer
 * Makhmud Esambayev, actor and dancer, was regarded as one of the most famous dancers of the Soviet Union
 * Imran Usmanov, folk singer
 * Ramzan Paskayev, accordionist and folk musician
 * Imam Alimsultanov, folk singer

Writers

 * Azdeen Vazar, writer and historian
 * Musa Geshaev, writer
 * Abuzar Aydamirov, novelist and poet
 * Abdurakhman Avtorkhanov, Chechen historian of the communist period

Poets

 * Magomet Mamakaev, one of the founders of modern Chechen literature
 * Raisa Akhmatova, poet
 * Yamlikhan Khasbulatov, writer and poet. Brother of Ruslan Khasbulatov

Historians

 * Ibragim-Bek Sarakaev, writer and historian
 * Khozh-Akhmed Bersanov, ethnographer and author
 * Aslanbek Khasbulatov, historian and director at University of Grozny, brother of Ruslan Khasbulatov
 * Zulay Khasbulatova, ethnographer and historian, sister of Ruslan Khasbulatov
 * Dalkhan Khozhaev, historian and field commander

Physicist

 * Akhmed Tsebiev, Physicist and inventor

Surgeons

 * Khassan Baiev, Chechen-American trauma surgeon

Activists and journalists

 * Natalya Estemirova, human rights activist
 * Salavdi Gugaev, activist for the rehabilitation of Chechens from Aardakh
 * Oyub Titiev, human rights activist
 * Hadijat Gatayeva, humanitarian activist and nurse
 * Amina Okueva, deceased Euromaidan activist and soldier in Ukraine conflict

Journalists

 * Musa Muradov, journalist
 * Milana Bakhaeva (pen name Terloeva), journalist and author
 * Adlan Khasanov, photographer and journalist

Artists and painters

 * Pyotr Zakharov-Chechenets, first professional painter of Chechen origin