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Notable people · Uzbekistan

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

Rulers and statesmen

PersonAmir Timur (Tamerlane)Great conqueror and ruler (1320s–1405), founder of the Timurid Empire with its capital at Samarkand.Read more →
PersonUlugh BegTimur's grandson, a ruler and great astronomer (1394–1449) who built the Samarkand observatory.Read more →
PersonAlisher NavoiGreat poet and statesman (1441–1501), the summit of Chagatai Turkic literature, who argued that Turkic was no less than Persian.Read more →
PersonBaburRuler and poet born in Andijan (1483–1530), founder of the Mughal Empire in India and author of the Baburnama.Read more →
PersonMahmudkhoja BehbudiyJadid reformer, writer and journalist (1875–1919), author of the first Uzbek play.Read more →

Writers and poets

Composers and performers

Artists

PersonTamara KhanumDancer, singer and choreographer (1906–1991) who brought Uzbek women's dance to the stage, People's Artist of the USSR.Read more →

Scientists

Commanders and heroes

PersonAmir Timur (Tamerlane)Great conqueror and ruler (1320s–1405), founder of the Timurid Empire with its capital at Samarkand.Read more →

Athletes

Religious figures

Entrepreneurs and philanthropists

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