Notable people · Turkmenistan

• PersonTughril Beg and Chaghri BegThe brothers who founded the Great Seljuk state and defeated the Ghaznavids near Merv in 1040.Read more →
• PersonSultan Ahmad SanjarThe last great sultan of the Great Seljuk state (1086–1157), who ruled from Merv.Read more →

• PersonMagtymguly PyragyThe great poet and thinker of the Turkmen people (c. 1724–1807), founder of written Turkmen literature.Read more →
• PersonKemineA satirical poet (c. 1770–1840) who made satire a genre of its own in Turkmen literature.Read more →
• PersonMollanepesPoet (1810–1862), author of the epic Zöhre and Tahyr, counted with Magtymguly among the greatest Turkmen poets.Read more →
• PersonBerdi KerbabayevWriter (1894–1974), one of the leading figures of Soviet Turkmen literature and People's Writer of the Turkmen SSR.Read more →

• PersonMaýa GulyýewaTurkmen operatic soprano and actress (1920–2018), People's Artist of the USSR and Hero of Turkmenistan.Read more →
• PersonNury HalmammedovComposer (1938–1983), one of the greatest figures of Turkmen music, counted among Turkmenistan's "Greatest Sons".Read more →

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• PersonTughril Beg and Chaghri BegThe brothers who founded the Great Seljuk state and defeated the Ghaznavids near Merv in 1040.Read more →

• PersonPolina GuryevaWeightlifter (b. 1999) whose silver at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 was Turkmenistan's first ever Olympic medal.Read more →

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