List of Famous people born in Kazakhstan
Zhansaya Abdumalik
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 Li
Olga Sergeyevna Li is a Russian politician and journalist. Since 2011, she has been a representative in the Kursk regional legislative.
Alexander Widiker
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 Tonoyan
David Edgari Tonoyan is an Armenian political figure and the former Defence Minister of Armenia.
Ablaikhan Zhussupov
Ablaikhan Zhussupov is a Kazakhstani boxer. He competed in the men's light welterweight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Sergey Dvortsevoy
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
Karina Goricheva is a Kazakh weightlifter.
Maxim Rakov
Maxim Rakov is a Kazakhstani judoka.
Vyacheslav Boguslayev
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 Liukin
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.