List of Tatars

Tatars refer to several related Turkic 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 – poet, musician, director
Dajan Ahmet – actor, director
– sculptor
Aleksandr Bashirov – actor
Vadim Abdrashitov – film director
Elisabeth Boehm – painter
Talgat Nigmatulin – movie actor
Chulpan Khamatova – actress
Renata Litvinova – TV celebrity
Charles Bronson – American actor
Glen Powell – actor
Marat Basharov – movie actor, TV show actor
Erté – artist
– artist, choreographer, ballet dancer
Sergey Shakurov – actor
Valentina Talyzina – film and stage actress
Vasily Vereshchagin

Architecture and design

Stepan Krichinsky – Russian architect

Businessmen

Rinat Akhmetov – billionaire, Ukraine's richest citizen, 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

Media

Lilia Gildeeva – journalist, newscaster with NTV
Maxim Sharafutdinov – Russian journalist, television presenter of Channel One.
Rosa Syabitova – television personality on the Channel One

Models

Elmira Abdrazakova – Kazakhstani-Russian model and Miss Russia 2013
Diana Galimullina – Russian fashion model
Irina Shayk Russian Model

Musicians

Sara Sadiqova – composer
Alfiya Avzalova – singer
Dima Bilan – singer
Roman Kim – violin virtuoso, composer and inventor
Aida Garifullina – Russian lyric soprano
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
Halida Dinova – pianist
Nacip Cihanov – composer
Rustem Yakhin – composer
Alina Ibragimova – Russian-British violinist.
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 – female hip-hop artist
Timati – rapper, pop singer
Alsou – pop singer
Sofia Gubaidulina – composer
Jamala – singer, composer, winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016
Räşit Wahapov – singer
Zulya Kamalova – Russian-born Australian singer

Noble families

Leaders

Simeon Bekbulatovich – Russian statesman
Sayed Borhan – was Khan of the Qasim Khanate
Elena Glinskaya
Boris Godunov – was the de facto regent of Russia
Dmitry Petrovich Maksutov – Tatar noble family Maksutov
Yadegar Mokhammad of Kazan – was the last khan of the Kazan Khanate
Utameshgaray of Kazan – was Khan of the Kazan Khanate
Natalya Naryshkina– 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, was a Red Army general
Fatyh Sharipov, was a participant of the Second World War

Poets

Anna Achmatova – poet
Bella Akhmadulina – poet
Denis Davydov – russian soldier-poet
Gavrila Derzhavin – poet
Gabdrakhim Utyz Imyani - poet
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

Politicians and public figures

Nafigulla Ashirov – mufti, president of the spiritual association of Muslims of the Asiatic part of Russia
Aydar Aganin – Russian diplomat
Aydar Akhatov – political and public figure, journalist, scientist-economist,
Kamil Iskhakov - State Councillor of the Russian Federation, the initiator and organizer of the celebration of the millennium of Kazan and the construction of the Kazan metro.
Edkham Akbulatov – Russian politician who
George Bakhmeteff – Imperial Russian Ambassador to the United States.
Ural Latypov – Belarusian politician
Mikhail Tugan-Baranovsky – Marxist, economist, and politician.
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 in Russia
Ravil Gainutdin – Grand Mufti of Russia
Felix Yusupov – Russian nobleman, Rasputin's killer
Janette Sadik-Khan – former Commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation
Rustam Temirgaliev – is the Director General Russia-China Investment Fund
Aman Tuleyev – governor of Kemerovo oblast
Mirsaid Sultan-Galiev – Volga Tatar Bolshevik
Tatiana C. Gfoeller – is a veteran American diplomat
Karim Khakimov – revolutionary who became a 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
Ravil Safiullin – Ukrainian football executive and politician who served as Minister of Youth and Sports
Emine Dzhaparova – politician. She was appointed the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
Olgierd Najman-Mirza Kryczyński - Polish lawyer

Scientists and mathematicians

Gabdulkhay Akhatov – linguist, professor
Mirfatyh Zakiev - Soviet and Russian Turkologist
Reşid Rahmeti Arat – professor
Yuri Leonidovich Belousov – was a researcher and engineer in the field of Materials Science: glass and Glass-ceramic technologies.
Rifkat Bogdanov – mathematician
Nail H. Ibragimov – was a Russian mathematician and mathematical physicist
Roald Sagdeev – nuclear physicist, former science advisor to President Gorbachev, former Director of the Russian Space Research Institute in Moscow
Russ Salakhutdinov – working in the field of artificial intelligence
Edl Schamiloglu – electrical engineer and physicist
Rashid Syunaev – astrophysicist
Leon Najman-Mirza Kryczyński - historian
Haroun Tazieff – vulcanologist and geologist
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
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)

Tennis

Boxing

Gymnastics

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
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
Svetlana Ishmouratova – biathlete
Batu Khasikov – former professional kickboxer and politician,
Mikhail Koklyaev – strongman,
Rinat Mardanshin
Zemfira Meftahatdinova
Viktor Minibaev – Olympic diver
Farhat Mustafin – wrestler
Rozaliya Nasretdinova – swimmer
Ruslan Nurudinov – weightlifter
Aydar Nuriev – racing driver
Ilgizar Safiullin – athlete
Gulnara Samitova – distance runner
Imil Sharafetdinov – wrestler
Rosa Salikhova – volleyball player
Emil Sayfutdinov
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
Gabdennasir Kursawi – Islamic reformist, innovator
Talgat Tadzhuddin
Said Ismagilov

Writers

Guzel Yakhina – is a Russian author and screenwriter.
Mikhail Artsybashev – writer
Mikhail Bulgakov – writer, novelist
Pyotr Chaadayev – russian philosopher. He was one of the Russian Schellingians
Fyodor Dostoevsky – novelist
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, novelist and playwright
Fatix Ämirxan – writer
Näqi İsänbät – writer
Ğäliäsğar Kamal – writer and playwright
Tufan Miñnullin – writer and playwright
Chingiz Aitmatov