List of Uzbeks

This is a list of notable people of Uzbek ethnicity, regardless of their countries.

Academia

 * Raʼno Abdullayeva, historian

Business

 * Salim Abduvaliev, businessman
 * Sherkhan Farnood, founder of Kabul Bank
 * Zemarai Kamgar, founder and CEO of Kam Air
 * Alisher Usmanov, businessman, oligarch, former president of the FIE
 * Siyosatxon Abdullayeva, farmer and peasant (1940–2018

Entertainment

 * Lola Astanova, Uzbek-American pianist
 * Ari Babakhanov, musician
 * Lucy Dacus, singer-songwriter and producer
 * Sora Eshontoʻrayeva, actress
 * Gavriel Mullokandov, singer
 * Malik Qayumov, filmmaker
 * Ziyoda Qobilova, singer
 * Muhitdin Qoriyoqubov, singer
 * Tursunoy Saidazimova, singer
 * Shahzoda, singer and actress
 * Mukarram Turgunbaeva, choreographer
 * Lola Yoʻldosheva, singer
 * Nurkhon Yuldashkhojayeva, actress
 * Farrukh Zokirov, singer, composer, and actor
 * Lola Zunnunova, journalist and presenter

Literature

 * Uyg‘un, poet, writer, and politician
 * Sylvia Nasar, American writer, economist and journalist
 * Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi, author, composer, playwright, poet, and political activist
 * Gʻafur Gʻulom, poet, writer, and literary translator
 * Jahangir Mamatov, journalist, author, politician, political analyst, and linguist
 * Ismat Xushev, journalist, author, and political analyst
 * Abdulla Oripov, poet, politician, literary translator, and former head of the Writers' Union of Uzbekistan
 * Komil Yashin, playwright, Hero of Socialist Labour
 * Erkin Vohidov, poet, playwright, and literary translator
 * Zulfiya, writer
 * Abdulla Qahhor, novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright, and literary translator
 * Odil Yakubov, writer
 * Muhammadsharif Soʻfizoda, poet

Politics and military

 * Raʼno Abdullayeva, prominent leader of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan
 * Zahīr ud-Dīn Muhammad, or Babur, founder of the Mughal Empire
 * Islam Karimov, first President of Uzbekistan
 * Shavkat Mirziyoyev, current President of Uzbekistan
 * Muhammad Yunus Nawandish, was the Mayor of Kabul from after his appointment by Afghan President Hamid Karzai in January 2010
 * Abdul Rashid Dostum, former Afghan warlord of Uzbek ethnicity
 * Abdulla Aripov, current Prime Minister
 * Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi, Uzbek politician from Afghanistan
 * Abdusamat Taymetov, first Uzbek pilot
 * Alla Anarov, supreme soviet deputy and double Hero of Socialist Labour
 * Azad Beg, Abdul Waris Karimi, was an Uzbek doctor serving in the Pakistan Army
 * Muhammad Khudayar Khan, ruler of Kokand
 * Nasruddin Khan, last ruler of Khanate of Kokand, who was settled in Peshawar after Khanate was abolished
 * Khan Jahan Ali, Khan-i-Azam of Khalifatabad
 * Gul Mohammad Pahalwan, former Afghan warlord from an Uzbek ethnicity
 * Sayed Anwar Sadat, ethnic Uzbek politician in Afghanistan
 * Suraya Dalil, Afghan physician and politician
 * Husn Banu Ghazanfar, is a politician in Afghanistan, formerly served as the Minister of Women's Affairs
 * Delbar Nazari, is an Afghanistan politician who serves as Minister for Women's Affairs
 * Abdul Majid Rouzi, Uzbek commander of Arab Descent during the Afghan Civil war
 * Mohammad Rozi, is an Uzbek fugitive wanted for shooting three Australian troops serving in southern Afghanistan and two Afghan National Army
 * Ahmad Khan Samangani, was an Afghan member of parliament and a commander of the Junbish-i Milli
 * Mohammad Hashim Zare, is the current governor of Samangan, Afghanistan
 * Muhammad Shaybani, Uzbek emperor and warrior
 * Rasul Pahlawan, Uzbek military leader in Afghanistan and Brother of Abdul Malik Pahlawan

Academics

 * Salizhan Sharipov, cosmonaut
 * Toshmuhammad Qori-Niyoziy, academic
 * Toshmuhammad Sarimsoqov, mathematician
 * Habib Abdullayev, geologist
 * Tesha Zohidov, zoologist
 * Ubay Orifov, physicist
 * Obid Sadiqov, chemist
 * Pulat Habibullayev, physicist
 * Bekhzod Yuldoshev, physicist

Sports

 * Bekzod Abdurakhmonov, wrestler
 * Nodirbek Abdusattorov (born 2004), chess grandmaster and World Rapid Chess Champion (since 2021)
 * Akgul Amanmuradova, tennis player
 * Ruslan Chagaev, boxer
 * Anastasia Gimazetdinova, skater
 * Ibrahim Nazarov, swimmer
 * Mirjalol Kasymov, footballer
 * Ravshan Irmatov, football referee
 * Donior Islamov (born 1989), wrestler
 * Oksana Chusovitina, gymnast
 * Rustam Kasimdzhanov, chess player
 * Sakina Mamedova, sports shooter
 * Makhmud Muradov, mixed martial artist, first Uzbek UFC fighter
 * Anisa Petrova, fencer
 * Eldor Shomurodov, footballer