List of Tajik people
This is a list of notable people from the Tajik ethnic group as well as non-Tajiks born in Tajikistan.
Politics
[edit]- Sultan Pakhal Gibari - Founder of Sultanate of Swat, basically from Gibari (Magi)[1] tribe of old Tajiks.
- Rustam Emomali, Mayor of Dushanbe and the eldest son of president Emomali Rahmon
- Habibullah Kalakani, former King of Afghanistan
- Abdurahmon Karimov, political party chairman in Tajikistan[2]
- Jamshed Karimov, former Prime Minister of Tajikistan and a cousin of former President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov
- Ahmed Shah Massoud, Commander and Mujahideen in Afghanistan, assassinated by Al Qaeda
- Rahmon Nabiyev, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Tajikistan and two time President of Tajikistan
- Burhanuddin Rabbani, former President of Afghanistan
- Emomali Rahmon, current President of Tajikistan
- Kokhir Rasulzoda, current Prime Minister of Tajikistan
- Fawzia Koofi, politician, writer
- Anahita Ratebzad, a socialist and Marxist-Leninist politician
- Meena Keshwar Kamal, Feminist and human rights activist
- Faiz Ahmad, politician
- Abdul Latif Pedram, politician and a Member of Parliament in Afghanistan
- Atta Muhammad Nur, politician
- Ahmad Massoud, politician and the founder of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan
- Ahmad Zia Massoud, politician
- Shirinsho Shotemur, a founding father of Tajikistan alongside his confidant Nisar Muhammad Yousafzai
- Amrullah Saleh, former Vice President of Afghanistan
- Sayid Abdulloh Nuri, founder and leader of Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan
Military
[edit]- Sherali Mirzo, Minister of Defense since November 2013
- Emomali Sobirzoda, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Tajikistan
- Negmatullo Kurbanov, Commanding Officer of the Tajik Internal Troops
- Abduhalim Nazarzoda, former Deputy Minister of Defense
- Latif Fayziyev, Commander of the Tajik Mobile Forces
- Saimumin Yatimov, Chairman of the State Committee for National Security
- Ramazon Rahimov, Minister of Internal Affairs
- Gulmurod Khalimov, lieutenant-colonel when commander of the police special forces of the Interior Ministry of Tajikistan until 2015, he then defected to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
- Ismail Khan, Former Minister of Water and Energy and Governor of Herat
- Ahmad Shah Massoud, Afghan military personnel. Fought in the Afghan-soviet war and then the Afghan civil wars. He was famously named the lion of Panjshir
- Mohammad Qasim Fahim, former Marshal of Afghanistan, former Minister of Defense of Afghanistan and former Vice President
- Mir Masjidi Khan, Resistance leader against the British Empire in the First Anglo-Afghan War
- Mir Bacha Khan Kohdamani, Resistance leader against the British Empire in the Second Anglo-Afghan War
- Sayyid Husayn, former Minister of Defense and Saqqawist leader
- Purdil Khan, former Marshal and Minister of Defense of Afghanistan, Saqqawist leader
- Faizal Maksum, Tajik Basmachi Leader
- Bismillah Khan, Former Minister of Defense
Sports
[edit]- Sharif Nazarov, football coach
- Sherali Dostiev, male boxer
- Alisher Chingizov, Tajik swimmer
- Farshad Noor, Professional football player
- Farzad Mansouri, Taekwondo fighter
- Omid Musawi, Professional football player
- Omran Haydary, Professional football player
- Shamil Aliev, Tajik Wrestler
- Makhmud Muradov, Professional MMA fighter who competed in the UFC’s Middleweight division
- Abdul Azim Badakhshi, Former professional MMA fighter and Kickboxer
- Siyar Bahadurzada, Former professional MMA fighter who competed in the UFC’s Welterweight division
- Muhammad Naimov, Professional MMA fighter who currently competes in the UFC’s Featherweight division
Business
[edit]- Rus Yusupov, co-founder of Vine and the co-founder and CEO of HQ Trivia
- Roya Mahboob, businesswoman
- Mahmoud Saikal, a Tajik diplomat and international development specialist
- Manizha Wafeq, businesswoman
Musicians and singers
[edit]Entertainment
[edit]- Malika Kalontarova, Tajik-American actress
- Manizha
- Mayram Isoeva
- Gulchehra Baqoeva
- Bozgul Isoeva, ballet dancer
- Katerina Izmailova, 3-time Olympic swimmer
- Hammasa Kohistani, model
Literature Figures
[edit]Authors and poets
[edit]- Khalilullah Khalili
- Sadriddin Ayni
- Mirzo Tursunzoda
- Layeq Sherali
- Farzona
- Timur Zulfikarov
- Makhfi Badakhshi
- Asad Gulzoda
- Mirsaid Mirshakar
- Gulrukhsor Safieva
- Roziya Ozod
- Gulnazar Keldi
- Gulchihra Sulaymonova
- Zulfiya Atoulloeva
- Abdumalik Bahori
- Latofat Kenjaeva
- Iskandar Khatloni
- Mavjuda Hakimova
- Ozod Aminova
- Khursheda Otakhonova
- Hadisa Qurbonova
- Payrav Sulaymoni
Arts and culture
[edit]- Murivat Bekhnazarov
- Zuhur Habibullaev
- Rohat Nabieva Tajikistani historian
- Zakir Sabirov
- Suleiman Sharifi
Science
[edit]- Salizhan Sharipov, cosmonaut
- Mohammed dawran, cosmonaut
- Ghulam Faroq Nijrabi
- Nazif Shahrani
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Bellew, Henry Walter. "An inquiry into the ethnography of Afghanistan, prepared and presented to the Ninth International Congress of Orientalists (1891)".
- ^ "Tajikistan". The World Factbook. CIA. 2002. Archived from the original on 30 August 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2010.