List of Famous people born in Kazakhstan

Zhansaya Abdumalik is a Kazakhstani chess player holding the titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). A chess prodigy, she twice won the World Youth Chess Championships in her age and gender category. She holds three Grandmaster (GM) norms, and only needs to achieve a rating of 2500 to qualify for the GM title.

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

Alexander Widiker is a German international rugby union player, playing for Heidelberger RK in the Rugby-Bundesliga and, formerly, the German national rugby union team.

David Edgari Tonoyan is an Armenian political figure and the former Defence Minister of Armenia.

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

Sergey Vladimirovich Dvortsevoy is a Kazakh filmmaker of Russian origin. His 2008 feature film Tulpan, was Kazakhstan's 2009 Academy Awards official submission to Foreign Language Film category.

Karina Goricheva is a Kazakh weightlifter.

Maxim Rakov is a Kazakhstani judoka.

Vyacheslav Aleksandrovich Boguslayev is a Ukrainian engineer, businessman and politician. He is also a Hero of Ukraine, Member of the Party of Regions. He is mainly known as chief engineer of Motor Sich.

Valeri Viktorovich Liukin is a Russian-American retired artistic gymnast turned gymnastics coach. As a competitor for the former Soviet Union, Liukin was the 1988 Olympic champion in the team competition and individually on the horizontal bar, and Olympic silver medalist in the all-around and the parallel bars.