List of Famous people born in Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia

Murtaza Gubaydullovich Rakhimov is a Russian politician of Bashkir ethnicity who served as the first President of Bashkortostan, a republic within Russia, from 1993 to 2010.

Mirsaid Sultan-Galiev, also known as Mirza Sultan-Galiev, was a Tatar Bolshevik revolutionary who rose to prominence in the Russian Communist Party in the early 1920s. He was the architect of Muslim "national communism". His views were a direct threat to the policies of the Comintern; he was imprisoned briefly in 1923 and expelled from the Communist Party. He was rearrested in 1928 and imprisoned for six years. He was then arrested again in 1937 and executed in 1940 during the Stalin period.

Igor Sokolov is a former Soviet sport shooter and Olympic champion.

Alina Ilgizarovna Davletova is a Russian badminton player. Davletova who was born in Ufa, started to playing badminton at aged nine. She joined the national team in 2013, and made a debut in 2014. She crowned as mixed doubles champion at the 2016 Bulgaria International tournament, the first senior international title in her career. Davletova who still in the junior age group, was the mixed doubles gold medalist at the 2017 European Junior Championships partnered with Rodion Alimov, made them as the first Russian player to win that category. At the same year, she and Alimov also won the bronze medal at the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei. At the 2019 Minsk European Games, she clinched the bronze medal in the women's doubles event partnered with Ekaterina Bolotova.

Ivan Sukharev is a Russian political figure and a deputy of the 6th, 7th, and 8th State Dumas.