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 →