List of Famous people born in Chechen Republic, Russia

Meseda Bagaudinova is a Russian singer and ex-member of the popular pop group Nu Virgos.

Adlan Mairbekovich Amagov is a Russian mixed martial artist and kickboxer of Chechen heritage, who most recently competed in the Welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A professional competitor from 2007-2014, Amagov also formerly competed for Strikeforce and is the former Unifight World Champion.

Magomed Abuyazidovich Mitrishev is a Russian professional football player of Chechen origin who currently plays for Chayka Peschanokopskoye, on loan from FC Akhmat Grozny, as a forward, attacking midfielder or winger.

Movladi Saidarbievich Udugov in Germenchuk, Shalinsky District, Chechnya into the Shirdi teip) is an activist and the former First Deputy Prime Minister of the separatist Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (ChRI). As a Chechen propaganda chief, he was credited for the Chechen separatists' victory on the information front during the First Chechen War.

Maxim Yuryevich Lazovsky was a KGB and FSB officer who became involved in underground business. According to Alexander Litvinenko and co-authors he was also suspected of participation in Russian apartment bombings in 1999, along with other crimes including murders and kidnappings.

Umar S. Israilov was a former bodyguard of Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov who became a critic of the Chechen government. He was shot and killed in exile in Vienna, Austria on January 13, 2009.