List of Famous people born in Almaty Region, Kazakhstan

Nursultan Äbishuly Nazarbayev is a Kazakh politician currently serving as the Chairman of the Security Council of Kazakhstan who previously served as the first President of Kazakhstan, in office from 24 April 1990 until his formal resignation on 19 March 2019. He is one of the longest-ruling non-royal leaders in the world, having ruled Kazakhstan for nearly three decades. He was named First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Kazakh SSR in 1989 and was elected as the nation's first president following its independence from the Soviet Union. He holds the title "Leader of the Nation".

Janibek Alimkhanuly is a Kazakhstani professional boxer. As an amateur he won gold medals at the 2013 World Championships, 2013 Asian Championships and 2014 Asian Games. He also represented Kazakhstan at the 2016 Olympics, losing in the quarter-finals.

Victoria Dayneko is a singer, songwriter, and actress. In 2004, she started her career in Russia after her victory at the Star Factory-5 All-Russian TV show. Dayneko's songs have topped the Russian charts, and the music video of the "Bei Sebia" song has garnered more than 30 million YouTube views. Dayneko has also won Russian music award Golden Gramophone several times. She was declared as a Singer of the Year by Russian Glamour magazine and by Russian Fashion TV. She has appeared on the Russian Playboy magazine cover three times.

Akhmed Halidovich Zakayev is a former Deputy Prime Minister and Prime Minister of the unrecognised Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (ChRI). He was also the Foreign Minister of the Ichkerian government, appointed by Aslan Maskhadov shortly after his 1997 election, and again in 2006 by Abdul Halim Sadulayev. During the First Chechen war Zakayev took part in the battles for Grozny and other military operations, as well as in high-level negotiations with the Russian side.

Oleg Nikolayevich Soskovets is a Soviet, Kazakh and Russian politician.

Talgat Amangeldyuly Musabayev is a Kazakh test pilot and former cosmonaut who flew on three spaceflights. His first two spaceflights were long-duration stays aboard the Russian space station Mir. His third spaceflight was a short duration visiting mission to the International Space Station, which also carried the first paying space tourist Dennis Tito. He retired as a cosmonaut in November 2003. Since 2007 he has been head of Kazakhstan's National Space Agency, KazCosmos.

Mahmud-Ali Maksharipovich Kalimatov, is a Kazakh-born Ingush politician and government official. He was appointed as the acting Head of Ingushetia on 26 June 2019 by the Russian President Vladimir Putin on 26 June 2019 and was elected as the head of the republic on 8 September 2019.

Kulash Nogataiqyzy Shamshidinova is a Kazakh politician who served as a Minister of Education and Science from 25 February to 13 June 2019.

Karina Goricheva is a Kazakh weightlifter.

Kanat Bekmyrzauly Saudabayev is a Kazakh politician who served as the State Secretary of Kazakhstan from 2007 to 2012. Prior to that, he served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2009 to 2011 and in 1994, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to the United States from 2000 to 2007, Ambassador to the United Kingdom from 1996 to 1999 and Ambassador to Turkey from 1994 to 1996.