List of Chuvashes
A Chuvash is a member of the Chuvash people, an ethnic group living in Russia.
Leaders and politicians
- Vakrim - Chuvash noble who left Golden Horde to become a vassal of Vasily the Blind.
- Mĕtri Căvaš - hero of the siege of Kazan. Descendant of mărsa Vakrim, ancestor of Gavrila Derzhavin.
- Kamaj - Chuvash mărsa at the service of Khan of Kazan who defected to the Russian side.
- Aransajpik - Chuvash noble at Russian service who was granted 300 desiatinas of land around Şĕrpü.
- Daniil Elmen - Chuvash statesman, first leader of Chuvash autonomy in Soviet Russia.
- Nikolay Fyodorov - former president of Chuvashia.
Military figures
- Iskej Pajtulĕ - Chuvash poet, ataman in the army of Stenka Razin.
Religious figures
- Valĕm Huşa - Volga Bulgar Muslim saint, highly revered by Chuvashes.
- Mehmet Huşa Celepi - Chuvash convert to Islam, hajji and scholar.
- Nikita Bichurin - Christian archimandrite, orientalist.
Academic figures
Educators
- Ivan Yakovlev - Chuvash patriarch, inventor of modern Chuvash alphabet.
- Gennady Volkov - Chuvash educator, Academician of the Russian Academy of Education, founder of the ethnopedagogics.
Linguists
- Atner Husankaj - linguist and philologist, first president of Chuvash National Congress. Son of poet Petĕr Husankaj.
Journalists
- Nikolai Yut - Chuvash writer, folklorist and literary critic.
Cultural figures
Actors and actresses
- Tany Youne - first Chuvash theater actress, the first Chuvash film actress.
- Boris Markov - actor, famous music director, People's Artist of the Russia and Chuvash ASSR.
Architects
- Pyotr Yegorov - author of the railing of Summer Garden.
Ballet dancers
Musicians
- Alexey Aygi - musician, son of Gennady Aygi.
- Elina Nechayeva - musician
Painters
- Aleksey Kokel - painter
- Nikolai Ovchinnikov - People's Painter of the RSFSR and Chuvashia.
- Praski Vitti - Chuvash painter and illustrator.
Sculptors
- Gerasim Pileš - writer, playwright, sculptor and graphicist.
Writers and poets
- Emine - Chuvash woman poet
- Kĕştenttin Ivanov - poet, author of "Narspi".
- Mišši Śeśpĕl - pioneer of Chuvash syllabotonic poetry
- Dimitri Isayev - writer and literary critic
- Ille Tuktaš - Chuvash writer, poet and folklorist, author of the anthem of Chuvashia.
- Anat Serep - World War II veteran, writer
- Alexander Artemiev - people's poet, writer and translator
- Arkady Malov - Chuvash writer, journalist and translator
- Gennady Aygi - poet and translator, father of Russian surrealist poetry
- Boris Căntăk - writer, playwright and poet
- Vasley Mitta - poet and translator
- Nikifor Mran'ka - poet and dramatist
- Marina Karyagina - poet
Other figures
Cosmonauts
- Andriyan Nikolayev - third Soviet cosmonaut, fifth man in space.
Sportspersons
- Svetlana Chirkova-Lozovaya - fencer, two times olympic champion in foil team competition.
- Veronika Chumikova
- Olimpiada Ivanova - race walker, silver medalist of 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
- Irina Kalentyeva - professional mountain bike racer, bronze medalist of 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.