List of Tatars

Tatars refer to several Turkic^[1] ethnic group numbering 7.3 million in 21st century, including all Turkic subgroups that are still referred to as Tatars, such as Volga Tatars, Lipka Tatars, Tatars in Lithuania, Crimean Tatars, Mishar Tatars, Dobrujan Tatars, Tatar (Hazara tribe) and Siberian Tatars. Russia is home to the majority of ethnic Tatars, with a population of around 5,500,000. Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Azerbaijan also each have populations greater than 30,000.

Crimean Tatars, who are considered the indigenous people of Ukraine and Crimea, live in Ukraine.

Artists

Aisa Hakimcan

Charles Bronson

Aisa Hakimcan – poet, musician, director (Finnish Tatar) ^[2]
Dajan Ahmet – actor, director (Estonian Tatar) ^[3]
Minsalim Timergazeev [ru] – sculptor
Xenia Benivolski – curator of contemporary art
Aleksandr Bashirov – actor (Siberian Tatar mother)
Vadim Abdrashitov – film director (Volga Tatar father)
Elisabeth Boehm – painter
Talgat Nigmatulin – movie actor
Chulpan Khamatova – actress^[4]
Renata Litvinova – TV celebrity^[5] (Volga Tatar father)
Charles Bronson – American actor^[6] (Lipka Tatar father)
Glen Powell – actor
Marat Basharov – movie actor, TV show actor
Erté – artist
Marat Gaziev [ru] – artist, choreographer, ballet dancer^[7]
Sergey Shakurov – actor
Valentina Talyzina – film and stage actress^[8](Russified Tatar father)
Vasily Vereshchagin (Tatar ancestry)

Architecture and design

Stepan Krichinsky – Russian architect

Businessmen

Rinat Akhmetov^[9] – billionaire, Ukraine's richest citizen,^[10] leader of the Donetsk business group
Rustam Tariko – billionaire
Akhat Bragin – businessman and mentor of Renat Akhmetov, former owner of FC Shakhtar Donetsk

Dancers

Galiya Izmaylova – ballerina
Ilshat Shabaev – Russian dancer
Rudolf Nureyev – Soviet ballet dancer and choreographer.
Diana Vishneva – ballerina (Volga Tatar mother)

Media

Lilia Gildeeva – journalist, newscaster with NTV^[11]
Maxim Sharafutdinov
Rosa Syabitova

Models

Elmira Abdrazakova – Kazakhstani-Russian model and Miss Russia 2013 (Volga Tatar father)
Diana Galimullina – Russian fashion model
Irina Shayk Russian Model(Volga Tatar Father)

Musicians

Sara Sadiqova – composer
Alfiya Avzalova – singer
Dima Bilan – singer (Volga Tatar ancestry)
Roman Kim – violin virtuoso, composer and inventor
Aida Garifullina
Dina Garipova – pop singer
Rustem Hayroudinoff – pianist
Farit Yarullin – composer, author of the music to the first Tatar ballet: Şüräle
Zemfira – rock singer
Eldar Djangirov – jazz pianist (Volga Tatar father)
Halida Dinova – pianist
Nacip Cihanov – composer
Rustem Yakhin – composer
Alina Ibragimova
Airat Ichmouratov – composer, conductor, clarinetist
Vladimir Rebikov – was a late romantic 20th-century Russian composer and pianist.
Salih Saidashev – composer
Albina Shagimuratova – opera singer
Irina Smelaya
Timati – rapper, pop singer (Volga Tatar father)
Alsou – pop singer (Volga Tatar mother)
Sofia Gubaidulina – composer (Volga Tatar father)
Jamala – singer, composer, winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 (Crimean Tatar father)
Räşit Wahapov – singer
Zulya Kamalova

Noble families

Leaders

Simeon Bekbulatovich
Sayed Borhan
Elena Glinskaya^[14] (Lipka Tatar father)
Boris Godunov
Dmitry Petrovich Maksutov – Tatar noble family Maksutov
Yadegar Mokhammad of Kazan
Utameshgaray of Kazan
Natalya Naryshkina^[15]^[16]^[17] ^[18]– Victoria of Baden and Juliana of the Netherlands are related to natalya 8 generations

Military personnel

Raushan Abdullin, reconnaissance engineer, participated in the Russo–Georgian War, was posthumously awarded the Hero of the Russian Federation for bravery
Asaf Abdrakhmanov, naval officer, participated in the Great Patriotic War, was awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union for bravery
Iskander Dautov, machine-gunner, fought in the Great Patriotic War, was posthumously awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union for bravery
Makhmut Gareyev, author, military strategist and theoretician, participated in the Great Patriotic War and the Afghan War, served as advisor to the Presidents of Egypt and Afghanistan, served as the President of the Academy of Military Science
Shakir Geniatullin, major general in the Red Army, fought in the Russian Civil War and the Great Patriotic War, received numerous military awards
Tamerlan Ishmukhamedov, military pilot, participated in the Great Patriotic War, was awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union for heroism
Anvar Kaliyev, reconnaissance officer, participated in the Great Patriotic War, was awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union for bravery
Khamit Niyeatbakov, medical instructor, participated in the Great Patriotic War, was awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union for bravery, killed in battle
Khabibulla Yakin, telephone operator and soldier, participated in the Great Patriotic War, was awarded the Order of Glory for bravery
Pyotr Gavrilov, Soviet officer, World War II-era Hero of Soviet Union
Dmitry Karbyshev
Fatyh Sharipov

Poets

Anna Achmatova – poet (Tatar grandmother)
Bella Akhmadulina – poet (Volga Tatar father)
Denis Davydov – russian soldier-poet
Gavrila Derzhavin – poet (distant Tatar ancestry)
Vladimir Nabokov – poet
Musa Jalil – poet, prisoner of war during World War II
Jarosław Marek Rymkiewicz – poet
Ghabdulla Tuqay – prominent Volga Tatar poet
Yevgeny Yevtushenko – poet (partially Tatar origin)

Politicians and public figures

Nafigulla Ashirov – mufti, president of the spiritual association of Muslims of the Asiatic part of Russia
Aydar Akhatov
Edkham Akbulatov
George Bakhmeteff – Imperial Russian Ambassador to the United States.
Ural Latypov – Belarusian politician
Mikhail Tugan-Baranovsky
Aleksander Sulkiewicz – co-founder of the Polish Socialist Party
Rashid Nurgaliyev – former Russia`s Minister of Internal Affairs
Elvira Nabiullina – former Russia's Minister of Economic Development and Trade
Mintimer Shaimiev – Tatarstan's first president
Ravil Geniatullin – governor of the Chita region (oblast) in Russia (Tatar father)
Ravil Gainutdin – Grand Mufti of Russia
Felix Yusupov – Russian nobleman, Rasputin's killer (Tatar ancestry)
Janette Sadik-Khan – former Commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation (under Mayor Michael Bloomberg)
Rustam Temirgaliev
Aman Tuleyev – governor of Kemerovo oblast (half-Volga Tatar mother)
Mirsaid Sultan-Galiev – Volga Tatar Bolshevik
Tatiana C. Gfoeller – is a veteran American diplomat
Marat Khusnullin – Deputy Mayor of Moscow
Vladimir Kara-Murza – political activist
Georgi Plekhanov – father of Russian Marxism
Mullanur Waxitov – Revolutionary active in the Russian Revolution

Scientists and mathematicians

Gabdulkhay Akhatov – linguist, professor
Reşid Rahmeti Arat – professor
Rifkat Bogdanov – mathematician
Roald Sagdeev – nuclear physicist, former science advisor to President Gorbachev, former Director of the Russian Space Research Institute in Moscow (1973–1988)
Russ Salakhutdinov – working in the field of artificial intelligence
Edl Schamiloglu – electrical engineer and physicist^[19]
Rashid Syunaev – astrophysicist
Haroun Tazieff – vulcanologist and geologist (Volga Tatar father)
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (Volga Tatar ancestry)
Vil Mirzayanov – chemistry scientist, known to be chased by Russia's Federal Security Service and then emigrated to USA
Bashir Rameev – was a Soviet inventor and scientist

Sports and games persons

Chess Grandmasters

Football (Association)

Marat Kabaev
Elmir Nabiullin
Yuri Utkulbayev
Marat Garayev
Rinat Bilyaletdinov
Diniyar Bilyaletdinov
Rinat Dasayev
Rustyam Fakhrutdinov
Ilshat Faizulin
Viktor Fayzulin
Vagiz Galiullin
Marat Izmailov
Rustem Kalimullin
Ruslan Mingazow
Galimzyan Khusainov
Vagiz Khidiatullin
Ravil Netfullin
Ruslan Nigmatullin
Marat Anvaryevich Safin
Vladislav Shayakhmetov (Tatar father)
Renat Yanbayev (Volga Tatar father)
Artur Rimovich Yusupov
Rifat Zhemaletdinov
Danil Akhatov
Kamil Mullin
Daler Kuzyayev
Ravil Sabitov
Arminas Narbekovas (Volga Tatar father)^[20]

Tennis

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (Volga Tatar Mother)
Timur Khabibulin
Rauza Islanova
Marat Safin
Dinara Safina
Roman Safiullin (Tatar father)
Shamil Tarpishchev
Kamilla Rakhimova
Veronika Kudermetova (Volga Tatar father)

Boxing

Gymnastics

Galima Shugurova
Venera Zaripova
Amina Zaripova
Dinara Gimatova
Aliya Garayeva
Aliya Yusupova
Laysan Utiasheva (Volga Tatar ancestry)
Alina Kabayeva (Volga Tatar father)
Nellie Kim (Volga Tatar mother)
Yanina Batyrchina (Volga Tatar father)
Hanna Rizatdinova
Aliya Mustafina (Volga Tatar father)

Ice Hockey

Other

Inal Aflitulin – handball player
Albina Akhatova – biathlete
Timur Safin – foil fencer
Gulnaz Gubaydullina – modern pentathlete
Artur Akhmatkhuzin – foil fencer
Anvar Ibragimov – foil fencer
Kamil Ibragimov – foil fencer (Volga Tatar father)
Adelina Zagidullina – foil fencer
Yuliya Garayeva – fencer
Ilfat Abdullin – archer
Danil Khalimov – Greco-Roman wrestler
Dina Aspandiyarova – sports shooter
Ildar Akhmadiev – sprinter
Ruslan Kurbanov – épée fencer
Alise Fakhrutdinova – modern pentathlete
Rishat Khaibullin – climber
Malika Khakimova – épée fencer
Zilia Batyrshina – sports shooter
Veronika Vakhitova – water polo player
Ilmir Hazetdinov – ski jumper
Rinat Fakhretdinov – MMA fighter
Ildar Fatchullin – ski jumper
Denis Galimzyanov – racing cyclist
Radion Gataullin – pole vaulter
Ildar Hafizov – wrestler
Aigul Gareeva – racing cyclist
Ilnur Zakarin – racing cyclist
Gulnaz Khatuntseva – racing cyclist
Elvira Khasanova – racewalking athlete
Irek Rizaev – BMX rider
Elvina Karimova – water polo player
Yulia Karimova – sport shooter
Vadim Mukhametyanov – sports shooter
Alsu Minazova – slalom canoeist
Halina Konopacka – athlete (Lipka Tatar mother)
Svetlana Ishmouratova – biathlete
Batu Khasikov – former professional kickboxer and politician, (Tatar mother)
Mikhail Koklyaev – strongman, (Volga Tatar mother)
Rinat Mardanshin
Zemfira Meftahatdinova
Viktor Minibaev – Olympic diver
Farhat Mustafin – wrestler
Rozaliya Nasretdinova – swimmer (Volga Tatar father)
Ruslan Nurudinov – weightlifter
Aydar Nuriev – racing driver
Ilgizar Safiullin – athlete
Gulnara Samitova – distance runner
Imil Sharafetdinov – wrestler
Rosa Salikhova – volleyball player
Emil Sayfutdinov (Volga Tatar father)
Sariya Zakyrova – rower
Alina Zagitova – figure skater, 2018 Olympic champion
Kamila Valieva – figure skater, 2019 Junior Grand Prix champion, 2020 Russian junior champion
Aleksandr Galliamov – figure skater
Karina Safina – figure skater
Rustam Valiullin – biathlete
Irek Zinnurov – water polo player

Theologians

Nikolai Berdyaev
Ravil Gainutdin
Musa Bigiev – one of the prominent representatives of the Jadid movement
Sergei Bulgakov (distant Tatar ancestry)
Gabdennasir Kursawi – Islamic reformist, innovator (Jadidist)
Talgat Tadzhuddin
Said Ismagilov

Writers

Mikhail Artsybashev – writer
Mikhail Bulgakov – writer, novelist
Pyotr Chaadayev – russian philosopher. He was one of the Russian Schellingians
Ivan Turgenev – writer, novelist
Alexander Radishchev – author
Hryhorii Skovoroda – writer, poet
Vladimir Volkoff – writer
Aleksandr I. Kuprin – writer, novelist
Saadet Çağatay – writer and professor
Cengiz Dağcı – writer, novelist and poet
Näqi İsänbät – writer
Ayaz İshaki – emigree writer, prominent member of the Turkish elite during the first half of the 20th century, one of the founders of Pan-Turkism
Sadri Maksudi Arsal – writer, scholar, and theorist of Turkish nationalist thought
Yusuf Akçura – writer, publicist, and theorist of Turkish nationalist thought
Ğädel Qutuy – writer
Abdulla Aliş – writer
Hadi Taqtaş – writer
Şärif Kamal – writer, novellist and playwright
Fatix Ämirxan – writer
Näqi İsänbät – writer
Ğäliäsğar Kamal – writer and playwright
Tufan Miñnullin – writer and playwright
Chingiz Aitmatov (Volga Tatar mother)

Journalists

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[2] * Baibulat, Muazzez; Ali, Ölken; Baibulat, Aygül. (2004). The Tampere Islamic Congregation; the roots and the history. Tampereen Islamilainen Seurakunta. ISBN 952-91-6753-9. OCLC 76844362.

[3] Viivik, Allar (2006). "Dajan Ahmet 1962–2006".

[4] Biography for Chulpan Khamatova at IMDb

[5] Biography for Renata Litvinova at IMDb

[6] Biography for Charles Bronson at IMDb

[7] Pavlovich, Subbotin. "GAZIEV MARAT MUSAEVICH". enc.permculture.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on April 19, 2016.

[8] Lyutsiya Kamalova (September 6, 2013). "Валентина Талызина заявила в Казани, что ее предком был татарский мурза". Tatar-Inform (in Russian). Retrieved September 18, 2021.

[9] Yekelchyk, Serhy (2007). Ukraine : birth of a modern nation. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-530545-6. OCLC 71173938. (page 204)

[10] The World's Billionaires, Forbes.com (03.10.10)

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[12] Robert K. Massie, Peter the Great: His Life and World, Random House Publishing Group (2012), p. 19

[13] W. E. D. Allen, The Ukraine, Cambridge University Press (2014), p. 121

[14] Maureen Perrie, Andrei Pavlov (2014). Ivan the Terrible. p. 26.

[15] Troyat, Henri (1987). Peter the Great. Translated from the French by Joan Pinkham (1st American ed.). New York: Dutton. ISBN 978-0525245476.

[16] Allen, W. E. D. (2014). The Ukraine. Cambridge University Press. p. 121. ISBN 978-1-107-64186-0.

[17] Prokofieff, Sergei O. (1993). The Spiritual Origins of Eastern Europe and the Future Mysteries of the Holy Grail. Temple Lodge Publishing. p. 460. ISBN 9780904693553.

[18] Robert K. Massie (2012). Peter the Great: His Life and World. p. 19.

[19] "THE TATAR GAZETTE". tatar.yuldash.com. Retrieved August 21, 2021.

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