List of Crimean Tatars

A partial list of notable Crimean Tatars, in alphabetical order:

Military personnel

 * Alime Abdenanova – Soviet spy during World War II
 * Teyfuq Abdul – battalion commander in the Red Army during World War II; Hero of the Soviet Union
 * Seitnebi Abduramanov – platoon commander in the Red Army during World War II
 * Uzeir Abduramanov – sapper in the Red Army during World War II; Hero of the Soviet Union
 * Fetislyam Abilov – regiment commander during World War II; belatedly declared Hero of the Soviet Union in 1990
 * Umer Adamanov – partisan detachment leader who defended Polish villages from the SS
 * Ismail Bulatov – Major-general
 * Emir Chalbash – flying ace
 * Abdulla Dagci – commander of partisan detachment during World War II
 * Dzhevdet Dermendzhi – infantry officer, nominated for title Hero of the Soviet Union
 * Nuri Dzhelilov – tank officer, nominated for title Hero of the Soviet Union
 * Amet-khan Sultan – flying ace, test pilot, and double Hero of the Soviet Union
 * Kenan Kutub-zade – Red Army cameraman who filmed scenes in Auschwitz used in the Nuremberg trials
 * Refat Mustafaev – battalion commissar and partisan leader
 * Mansur Mazinov – first Crimean Tatar pilot
 * Abdraim Reshidov – decorated Pe-2 pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union; told KGB that he would commit self-immolation during a public holiday if he was forced to remain in exile.
 * Seytnafe Seytveliyev – sergeant in the Red Army; Hero of the Soviet Union
 * Dzhafer Osman Topchi – infantry officer, twice nominated for the title Hero of the Soviet Union
 * Asan Khaliev – Red Army sniper with over 240 kills

Politicians

 * Rustem Umierov
 * Kázím Abdulakim – former Deputy Mayor of Constanța and a Member of the Romanian Parliament
 * Ruslan Balbek – Member of the Russian Duma
 * Noman Çelebicihan – first President of the Crimean People's Republic
 * Refat Çubarov – Chairman of the Mejlis
 * Cemil Çiçek – Speaker of the Parliament of Turkey
 * Dimitrie Cantemir, from Cantemir dynasty – voivode of Moldova
 * Fahrettin Kerim Gökay – governor of Istanbul
 * Ahmed İhsan Kırımlı – president of the Crimean Tatar Society of Turkey
 * Vasily Kochubey – was a Russian Imperial state figure and member of Kochubey family
 * Adnan Menderes – first democratically elected Prime Minister of Turkey
 * Nazim Osmanov – leader of Mubarek
 * Ahmet Tevfik Pasha – last Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
 * Hasan Polatkan – Minister of Labor and Finance of Turkey
 * Zeki Sezer – politician and former chairman of the Democratic Left Party (DSP)
 * Sevil Shhaideh – Deputy Prime Minister of Romania
 * Hafsa Sultan – first valide sultan of the Ottoman Empire as mother of Suleiman the Magnificent
 * Seit Tairov – secretary of the Jizzakh regional committee in the Uzbek SSR
 * Lilya Budzhurova - deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Crimea.

Writers and intellectuals

 * Hryhorii Skovoroda – writer, poet
 * Ayshe Seitmuratova – dissident
 * Ahatanhel Krymsky – scientist
 * Shamil Aladin – newspaper editor, poet, and novelist
 * Şevqiy Bektöre – textbook writer, linguist, and gulag detainee
 * Usein Bodaninsky – historian, museum director, and ethnographer
 * Muazzez İlmiye Çığ – archaeologist, sumerologist, assyriologist, writer
 * Bekir Çoban-zade – poet and professor; victim of the Great Purge
 * Cengiz Dağcı – novelist and poet
 * Emel Emin – poet, translator, Turkologist, and educator
 * Seitumer Emin – writer and poet
 * Tahsin Gemil – historian
 * Necip Hablemitoğlu – writer and historian; assassinated
 * Halil İnalcık – historian
 * Murat Bardakçı – journalist
 * Ismail Gaspirali – founder of the Jadid movement
 * Abdulla Latif-zade – literary critic, poet, and writer
 * Aziz Nesin – humorist and writer of over 100 books
 * Mehmet Niyazi – poet, journalist, academic and activist
 * İlber Ortaylı – historian
 * Septar Mehmet Yakub – lawyer, thinker, Mufti of Romania
 * Çetin Altan – writer, politician
 * Ennan Alimov – writer, artist

Civil rights activists

 * Reşat Amet – murdered activist
 * Mustafa Dzhemilev – leader of the Mejlis
 * Emir-Usein Kuku – human rights defender
 * Musa Mamut – committed self-immolation in protest of being forced to leave Crimea
 * Server Mustafayev – human rights defender
 * Yuri Osmanov – one of the founders of the National Movement of Crimean Tatars; assassinated
 * Ayshe Seitmuratova – activist for right of return who were deported as young children

Entrepreneurs

 * Feyzi Akkaya – one of the founders of STFA Construction Group
 * Yıldırım Demirören – businessman, president of the Turkish Football Federation
 * Sabri Ülker - Turkish industrialist and businessman, and the founder of Ülker.

Athletes

 * Djamolidine Abdoujaparov – Cyclist, three-time winner of Green Jersey in the Tour de France
 * Enver Ablaev – skier
 * Denis Alibec – Romanian footballer
 * Server Djeparov – professional soccer player
 * Ersan İlyasova – professional basketball player
 * İlhan Mansız – former professional soccer player
 * Aihan Omer – former handball player and coach

Artists, musicians, and popular culture personalities

 * Zarema - Singer, songwriter, actress. Signed and released an album with Sony Music in 2007. Co-wrote the song "Night Of My Life" with legendary multi Grammy winning producer RedOne. Member of SAG-AFTRA.
 * Melek Amet – first Crimean Tatar fashion model in Romania
 * Cüneyt Arkın – film actor, producer and director
 * Gürer Aykal – conductor and adjunct professor at Bilkent University; the musical director and principal conductor of the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra
 * Erol Büyükburç – singer-songwriter, pop music composer
 * Ayşe Dittanova – actress
 * Adaviye Efendieva – master weaver and embroiderer
 * Esin Engin musician, composer, arranger and film actor
 * Erol Evgin – pop singer and composer
 * Enver İzmaylov – folk and jazz musician
 * Jamala – winner of 2016 Eurovision Song Contest representing Ukraine
 * Evelina Mambetova – international supermodel
 * Aybüke Pusat – actress and model
 * Aydan Şener – 1981 Miss Turkey
 * Akhtem Seitablayev – director of the film Haytarma
 * Nilüfer Yumlu – pop singer and Eurovision contestant
 * Selda Bağcan – musician
 * Orhan Gencebay – musician and actor

Scientists, engineers, and mathematicians

 * Ali Aliev – nanoscientist
 * Refat Appazov – OKB-1 engineer
 * Lenur Arifov – nuclear physicist
 * Asan Asan-Nuri – petroleum engineer
 * Girey Bairov – surgeon
 * Kerim Bekirbaev – aircraft designer
 * Midat Selimov – infectious disease specialist
 * Rollan Kadyev – physicist