List of Famous people born in Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan

Konstantin Engel is a Kazakh professional footballer of German descent who plays as a defender for VfL Osnabrück.

Nurlan Nigmatulin is a Kazakh politician who's serving as the Chair of the Mazhilis since 22 June 2016. Prior to that, he served as the head of the Presidential Administration of Kazakhstan, first deputy of Nur Otan from 2009 to 2012, and akim of Karaganda Region from 2006 to 2009.

Vassiliy Valeryevich Jirov, sometimes known as Vasily Zhirov, is a Kazakhstani former professional boxer who competed from 1997 to 2009, and held the IBF cruiserweight title from 1999 to 2003. As an amateur he won a gold medal at the 1996 Olympics, as well as consecutive bronzes at the 1993 and 1995 World Championships, all in the light heavyweight division.

Ablaikhan Zhussupov is a Kazakhstani boxer. He competed in the men's light welterweight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Olga Sergeyevna Li is a Russian politician and journalist. Since 2011, she has been a representative in the Kursk regional legislative.

Maxim Rakov is a Kazakhstani judoka.

Joseph Werth SJ(Russian: Иосиф Иоганнович Верт; born October 4, 1952 in Karaganda) is Bishop of Transfiguration in Novosibirsk (Russia).

Serik Sapiyev is an amateur boxer from Kazakhstan who won the world title in the light welterweight (-64 kg) division in 2005 and 2007 and Olympic Gold 2012 at welterweight. Sapiyev has signed up for the new AIBA professional league, called AIBA Pro Boxing (APB), which will launch in autumn 2013. He won the Val Barker Trophy for best boxer at the London Olympic Games in 2012. Now he works as general director of WSB.