List of Famous people born in Sughd Province, Tajikistan
Henri Weber
Henri Weber was a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the north-west of France. He was a member of the Socialist Party (PS), which is part of the Party of European Socialists, and sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Culture and Education.
Igor Yankovsky
Igor Rostislavovich Yankovsky is a Soviet and Russian actor and a TV presenter. He is a son of Rostislav Yankovsky, and a nephew of Oleg Yankovsky.
Oleh Skrypka
Oleg Yuriyovych Skrypka (Ukrainian: Оле́г Ю́рійович Скри́пка, romanized: Oléh Júrijovyč Skrýpka, pronounced [oˈlɛɦ ˈjur⁽ʲ⁾ijowɪtʃ ˈskrɪpkɐ]; Russian: Оле́г Юрьевич Скри́пка, romanized: Olég Júr'jevič Skripka, pronounced [ɐˈlʲek ˈjʉrʲɪvʲɪtɕ ˈskrʲipkɐ]; born 24 May 1964 is a Ukrainian musician, vocalist, composer, and leader of the group Vopli Vidoplyasova.
Solomon Volkov
Solomon Moiseyevich Volkov is a Russian Jewish journalist and musicologist. He is best known for Testimony, which was published in 1979 following his emigration from the Soviet Union in 1976. He claimed that the book was the memoir of Dmitri Shostakovich, as related to him by the composer.
Nellie Kim
Nellie Vladimirovna Kim is a retired Soviet Tatar gymnast who won three gold medals and a silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, and two gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics. She was the second woman in Olympic history to earn a perfect 10 score and the first woman to score it on the vault and on the floor exercise, rivaling Nadia Comăneci, Ludmilla Tourischeva, and other strong competitors of the 1970s. Nellie Kim worked for a long time as a coach, training several national teams, and judged many major international competitions. As President of the Women's Artistic Gymnastics Technical Committee, she coordinates the introduction of new rules in women's gymnastics, as provided by the new Code of Points, developed by the FIG in 2004–2005 and in effect since 2006. Her gymnastic appearances are remembered for "her strong feminine, temperamental and charismatic appeal".
Qahhor Mahkamov
Qahhor Mahkamov was a Tajik politician who served as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Tajikistan and was the first President of Tajikistan.
Shukrullo Mirsaidov
Shukrullo Raxmatovich Mirsaidov was a politician in Uzbekistan. He was born in Leninabad, Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic.
Yuri Maslyukov
Yuri Dmitriyevich Maslyukov was a Russian politician who was in charge of the Gosplan for three years preceding the demise of the Soviet Union and first deputy prime minister in 1998–1999.
Gulnazar Keldi
Gulnazar Keldi was a Tajikistani poet from Dardar and editor of the publication Adabiyet va sanat. Keldi wrote the lyrics of Surudi Milli, the national anthem of Tajikistan.
Rahmon Nabiyev
Rahmon Nabiyevich Nabiyev served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Tajikistan and twice as the President of Tajikistan. He partly instigated the Tajik Civil War. Rising out of the regional nomenklatura, Nabiyev ascended to power in 1982 as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Tajikistan. In 1985 he was ousted in a corruption scandal.