List of Famous people born in Tajikistan

Lyudmila Alexeyevna Chursina is a Soviet and Russian film actress. She has appeared in more than 50 films and television shows since 1962. In 1981 she was a member of the jury at the 12th Moscow International Film Festival. At the age of 40, she is the youngest actress to receive the title of the People's Artist of the USSR.

Viktor Anatolyevich Bout is a Russian arms dealer.

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.

Makhmud Muradov is a Tajik-born Uzbek-Czech professional mixed martial artist, former professional kickboxer and amateur combat sambist fighting out of Bukhara, Uzbekistan and Prague, Czech Republic. He is currently signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Middleweight division.

Rus Yusupov is an American designer and tech entrepreneur. He is best known as the co-founder of Vine and the co-founder and CEO of HQ Trivia, a daily, appointment-based trivia game that was broadcast live to mobile phones.

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.

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.

Tatyana Khashimovna Nikitina is a prominent Russian bard. She usually performs together with her husband, Sergey Nikitin.

Malika Kolontarova is a Tajik–American dancer. She is known as the "Queen of Tajik and Oriental Dance."

Igor Gennadyevich Cherevchenko is a football manager and a former player who represented Tajikistan. He is the manager of FC Khimki.

Dilshod Jamoliddinovich Nazarov is a Tajik track and field athlete who specializes in the hammer throw. He has represented his country at the Olympic Games on four occasions, winning the gold medal in Rio de Janeiro, the first gold medal for Tajikistan in the history of the Olympic Games.

Khasan Makharbekovich Baroyev is a Russian Greco-Roman wrestler of Ossetian origin, who competes in the 120 kg weightclass. He competed in the Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal. He is also the 2003 and 2006 world champion. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, he was awarded the silver medal, which was later stripped due to doping. He also competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Rashid Mamatkulovich Rakhimov is Tajikistani professional football former player and current head coach of FC Ufa.

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 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".

Alan Taimurazovich Kasaev is a Russian former football player of Ossetian descent who played as a left winger.

Rustam Sharipov is a Ukrainian gymnast and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, representing Ukraine, and also a gold medal for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

Daler Nazarov is a Tajik singer, composer and actor of Pamiri origin.

Yuri Mikhailovich Baturenko is a Tajikistani professional football coach and a former player. He works now as a manager of Russian Premier League club Rotor Volgograd.

Olga Yuryevna Mullina is a Russian pole vaulter. She competed in the women's pole vault at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics.