List of Famous people born in Republic of Kalmykia, Russia

Tamerlan Anzorovich Tsarnaev was a Soviet-Born terrorist who, with his brother Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, planted pressure cooker bombs at the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013. The bombings killed three people and reportedly injured as many as 264 others. Tsarnaev was of Chechen descent. He emigrated to the United States in 2004 at the age of 18. At the time of the bombings, Tsarnaev was an aspiring boxer.

Sangadji Tarbaev — is a Russian producer, television host, actor. Founder and producer of promotion company "Fight Nights Global", founder and the general director of company "My Way Production", founder and general producer of "Yellow, Black and White", member of Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation.

Kirsan Nikolayevich Ilyumzhinov is a Russian businessman and politician. He was the President of the Republic of Kalmykia in the Russian Federation from 1993 to 2010, and was president of FIDE, the international governing body for the game of chess, from 1995 to 2018. He has also been in the forefront of promoting chess in schools in Russia and overseas. He is the founder of Novy Vzglyad publishing house.

Aleksey Maratovich Orlov is a Kalmyk statesman who served as Head of the Republic of Kalmykia from October 2010 until March 2019.