List of Famous people born in Kazakhstan
Ruslan Baltiev
Ruslan Takhiruly Baltiyev is a retired Kazakh football midfielder. He is a former Kazakh international, whom he is the top goalscorer.
Eugen Bauder
Eugen Bauder is a German model and actor.
Anton Khudobin
Anton Valerievich Khudobin is a Russian professional ice hockey goaltender for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Yelena Masyuk
Yelena Vasiliyevna Masyuk is a Russian television journalist known for her coverage of the First and Second Chechen Wars.
Elena Ilinykh
Elena Ruslanovna Ilinykh is a Russian former competitive ice dancer. With partner Ruslan Zhiganshin, she is the 2015 Russian national champion.
Ruslan Aushev
Ruslan Sultanovich Aushev was the president of Ingushetia from March 1993 to December 2001. He was reportedly the youngest officer in the Soviet army to reach the rank of lieutenant general. He was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 7 May 1982 for his actions in Afghanistan. Aushev has emerged as Ingushetia's most popular politician, having kept peace and stability during the Chechen war.
Natascha Ragosina
Natalia Yurievna Ragozina, better known as Natascha Ragosina, is an undefeated retired professional boxer who spent much of her career ranked as the top female super middleweight in the world.
Mukhtar Shakhanov
Mukhtar Shakhanov is a prominent Kazakh writer, lawmaker, and the Kazakh ambassador to Kyrgyzstan. He is also a Member of Parliament for Majilis, as well as Editor-in-Chief of the magazine Zhalyn.
Yuriy Chursin
Yuri Anatolyevich Chursin is a Russian actor who is known for Playing the Victim, The Three Musketeers and Mafia: The Game of Survival.
Dmitriy Balandin
Dmitriy Igorevich Balandin is a Kazakh breaststroke swimmer. He won the 200 m breaststroke at the 2016 Summer Olympics, as well as the 50, 100 and 200 m breaststroke events at the 2014 Asian Games.