List of Uyghurs
This list of Uyghurs includes noted members of the Uyghur ethnic group who today live primarily in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region of Northwestern China.
Famous Kings and Historical Figures
- Akhmad Alach also known as Ahmed, Khan of Turpan during the Ming Turpan Border Wars
- Hala Bashi - a Uyghur General who served the Ming dynasty during the Miao Rebellions
- Iparhan (Xiang Fei)
- Abdurashid Khan
- Bayanchur Khan
- Makhmud Khan
- Mansur Khan Khan of Turpan during the Ming Turpan Border Wars
- Sultan Said Khan
- Sultan Satuq Bughra Khan
- Yulbars Khan
- Yunus Khan also known as Ali, Khan of Turpan during the Ming Turpan Border Wars
- Jakhangir Khoja
- Dost Muhammad
- Rabban Bar Sauma
- Maqsud Shah
- Kebek Sultan
- Baurchuk Art Tekin
- Mar Yaballaha III
Republic of China politicians
People's Republic of China politicians
Writers, poets
- Mahmud al-Kashgari
- Turghun Almas
- Yusuf Balasaghuni (Yusuf Has Hajip)
- Kahar Barat (born 1950), historian
- Jian Bozan
- Durnyam Mashurova
- Lutpulla Mutellip
- Ali-Shir Nava'i
- Abdurehim Ötkür
- Zordun Sabir
- Ziya Samedi
- Musa Sayrami (1836–1917), historian
- Tohti Tunyaz
- Abduxaliq Uyghur
- Nurmemet Yasin
- Ilham Tohti
- Nur Luke
- Zunun Kadir
- Ghulam Osman Yaghma
- Ahmatjan Osman
Independence leaders
Scientists
- Abbas Borhan (1932–2010), first Uyghur scientist on Genetic Engineering, Biology
- Rahimzhan Avutov[1]
- Shoukhrat Mitalipov
- Wushour Silamu (b. 1941), computer scientist and academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering
Musicians
- Erkin Abdulla
- Abdulla Abdurehim
- Dilnaz Akhmadieva
- Amannisa Khan
- Dilber
- Murat Nasyrov
- Ablajan Awut Ayup
- Perhat Khaliq (帕尔哈提)
- Xerinay Malik (希莉娜依)
- Xilinnayi Gao (希林娜依·高)
Television Host
- Nëghmet Raxman
- Najat Abdulwali (尼加提·阿布都瓦力)
Actors
- Dilraba Dilmurat (迪丽热巴, Dilireba)
- Gülnezer Bextiyar (古力娜扎, Gulinazha)
- Madina Memet (麦迪娜, Maidina)
- Merxat Yalkun (米热, Mire)
- Mukdais Qurban (代斯, Daisi)
- Hankiz Omar (哈妮克孜, Hanikezi)
- Bahargul Rehmtulla (巴哈古丽·热合木吐拉, Bahaguli "Alice" Rehemutula)
- Nurbiya (努尔比亚)
- Wei Ni (维妮)
- Jurat Kutilai (居来提·库提来)
- Tursun Aparjan (阿帕尔江 图尔荪)
Dancers
- Rena Abdulkarim (热娜·阿布都克力木)
- Dilnar Abdulla (迪丽娜尔·阿布都拉)
- Mayire Ametjan (马依热·艾买提江)
- Gulmira Memet (古丽米娜·麦麦提)
- Umut Tursun (玉米提)
- Hankiz Omar (哈妮克孜, Hanikezi)
- Dilhumar Khalif (迪丽胡玛尔·哈力甫)
Sportspeople
- Adiljan Jun, retired professional basketball player
- Abudushalamu Abudurexiti, professional basketball player
- Bari Mamatil, Uyghur footballer
- Mehmet Tursun Chong, Chinese olympic boxer
- Adili Wuxor, Chinese tightrope walker
- Dzhamaldin Khodzhaniyazov, Turkmen-Russian professional football player
- Rouzi Maimaiti, professional snooker player
- Ilzat Akhmetov, Kyrgyz Russian professional football player, midfielder of the Russian national football team
- Mersim Memeti, Australian professional football player represented the Australia national under-17 football team
- Shirelijan Muxtar, professional basketball player
Detainees in Guantanamo
Other
- Alimjan Yimit, jailed house church leader
- Dadash Babazhanov, Hero of the Soviet Union
- Ismail Semed, Uighur activist executed for possession of illegal firearms and explosives
- Shereen, model
References
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