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Notable people · Kazakhstan

Rulers, poets, composers, scientists and heroes: the notable figures of the Turkic world.

Rulers and statesmen

PersonKerey and Janibek KhansThe two khans who founded the Kazakh Khanate in 1465 — the beginning of Kazakh statehood.Read more →
PersonAblai KhanKazakh khan (1711–1781) and commander who united the Kazakh tribes against the Dzungar invasion.Read more →
PersonKenesary KhanThe last Kazakh khan (1802–1847), leader of the 1837–1847 uprising against the Russian Empire.Read more →
PersonTole Bi, Kazybek Bi and Aiteke BiThe three great judges of the three zhuzes (17th–18th centuries), sages who drafted the Zheti Zhargy laws and symbolise unity.Read more →
PersonAlikhan BukeikhanovStatesman and scholar (1866–1937), leader of the Alash party and the Alash Orda autonomy.Read more →

Writers and poets

Composers and performers

Artists

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Scientists

Commanders and heroes

Athletes

Religious figures

PersonKhoja Ahmed YasawiThe father of Turkic Sufism and poet (c. 1093–1166), author of the Divan-i Hikmet and founder of the Yasawiyya order.Read more →

Entrepreneurs and philanthropists

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