Famous People from Kazakhstan
List of Kazakh People
- 1845-08-10 Abai Qunanbaiuli, Kazakh poet, composer and philosopher, born in Karauyl, Semipalatinsk, Russian Empire (now Abay District, Kazakhstan) (d. 1904)
- 1897-09-28 Muchtar Auezov, Kazakh writer, born in Semipalatinsk Oblast, Russia (d. 1961)
- 1905-11-12 Yevgeny Brusilovsky, Soviet composer (wrote 1st Kazakh opera), born in Rostov-on-Don, Russia (d. 1981)
- 1925-10-25 Yakov Rylsky, USSR sabre team (Olympic bronze 1956), born in Aleksandrovka, Verkhubinsky District, Kazakhstan (d. 1999)
- 1927-12-08 Vladimir Shatalov, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 4, 8, 10), born in Petropavlovsk, Kazakh SSR
- 1933-06-19 Viktor Patsayev, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 11-landing accident), born in Aktobe, Kazakhstan, Soviet Union (d. 1971)
- 1936-05-18 Olzhas Suleimenov, Kazakh poet, writer and anti-nuclear activist (Nevada-Semipalatinsk), born in Alma-Ata, Kazakh ASSR, Soviet Union
- 1940-07-06 Nursultan Nazarbayev, 1st President of Kazakhstan (1990-2019), born in Chemolgan, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
- 1942-05-13 Vladimir Dzhanibekov, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 27, 39, T-6, T-12, T-13), born in Iskandar, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
- 1946-04-25 Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Russian nationalist and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, born in Almaty, Kazakhstan
- 1946-07-27 Toktar Ongarbajewitch Aubakirov, Kazakhstan, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-13)
- 1947-03-16 Ramzan Paskayev, Chechen accordionist and folk musician, born in Taraz, Kazakhstan
- 1947-03-29 Aleksandr Stepenovich Viktorenko, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-3, 8, 14, 20), born in Olginka, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
- 1951-01-07 Talgat Musabayev, Kazakh test pilot & cosmonaut (TM-19, TM-27), born in Kargaly, Kazakhstan
- 1951-05-06 Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov, Kazakh Greco-Roman wrestler (Olympic gold, light-flyweight 1980; World C'ship gold 1981), born in Tegistik, Kazakhstan (d. 2020)
- 1951-10-04 Bakhytzhan Kanapyanov, Kazakh poet
- 1958-01-16 Anatoli Boukreev, Kazakhstani-Russian mountaineer, born in Korkino, Russia (d. 1997)
- 1960-10-27 Oleg Bryjak, Kazakhstani-German bass-baritone opera singer (Deutsche Oper am Rhein), born in Jezkazgan, Kazakhstan, USSR (d. 2015)
- 1961-06-25 Timur Bekmambetov, Russian Kazakh director (Night Watch), born in Guryev, Soviet Union
- 1965-03-12 Liza Umarova, Chechen singer and actress, born in Almaty, Kazakhstan
- 1968-04-11 Sergei Lukyanenko, Russian sci-fi author (Labyrinth of Reflections), born in Karatau, Kazakhstan
- 1968-09-11 Konstantin Shafranov, Kazakhstani ice hockey forward (Team Kazakhstan 1998, St. Louis Blues), born in Oskemen, Kazakhstan
- 1973-09-16 Alexander Vinokourov, Russian-Kazakhtani road cyclist, born in Petropavl, Kazakh S.S.R.
- 1978-01-08 Boris Avrukh, Israeli chess grandmaster, born in Karaganda, Kazakhstan
- 1980-02-18 Nikolai Antropov, Kazakh ice hockey player, born in Ust'-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan
- 1982-04-08 Gennady Golovkin, Kazakh boxer (undisputed world middleweight champion), born in Karaganda, Kazakhstan
- 1983-03-14 Bakhtiyar Artayev, Kazakh boxer (2004 Olympic gold medal), born in Taraz, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
- 1987-07-02 Ruslana Korshunova, Kazakhstani model who died in unexplained circumstances, born in Almaty, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union (d. 2008)
- 1999-06-17 Elena Rybakina, Kazakhstani tennis player (Wimbledon women's singles 2022), born in Moscow, Russia
- 2000-10-21 Imanbek [Zeikenov], Kazakh music producer (Roses), born in Aksu, Kazakhstan