List of Famous people born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Yefim Bronfman
Yefim "Fima" Naumovich Bronfman is a Soviet-born Israeli-American pianist.
Stanislav Ioudenitch
Stanislav Ioudenitch is an Uzbekistani-born American pianist, known for winning the Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Gold Medal at the Eleventh Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 2001, as well as the Steven De Groote Memorial Award for Best Performance of Chamber Music. He has also won top prizes at the Busoni, Kapell, and Maria Callas Competitions, as well as at the 1998 Palm Beach Invitational and the 2000 New Orleans International. His win at the Van Cliburn Competition led to a recital debut at the Aspen Music Festival and a European tour, highlighted by appearances at summer festivals in France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom.
Habibullah Khan
Habibullah Khan was the Emir of Afghanistan from 1901 until 1919. He was the eldest son of the Emir Abdur Rahman Khan, whom he succeeded by right of primogeniture in October 1901. His grandfather was Mohammad Afzal Khan.
Princess Natalia Romanovskaya-Iskander
Princess Natalia Alexandrovna Romanovskaya-Iskander, or simply Princess Iskander, was the last of two members of the male line of the House of Romanov to remain alive in the Soviet Union following the Revolution and its aftermath. The princess was a professional vertical motorcyclist and secret agent of the Lubyanka.
Anastasia Gimazetdinova
Anastasia Dmitrievna Gimazetdinova, married surname: Kipnis is an Uzbekistani former competitive figure skater. She is the 2008 Asian Trophy champion and a three-time Uzbekistani national champion. At the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, she finished in 23rd place.
Alexandr Nikolajewitsch Iskander
Abdulla Nigmatovich Aripov
Abdulla Nigmatovich Aripov is the Prime Minister of Uzbekistan, in office since 14 December 2016. Aripov is a member of the Uzbekistan Liberal Democratic Party. He was Deputy Prime Minister from 2002 to 2012 and again in 2016.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Elena Kats-Chernin is a Soviet-born Australian pianist and composer, best known for her ballet Wild Swans.
Zulfiya Zabirova
Zulfiya Khasanovna Zabirova is a Russian professional cycle racer who won the Gold medal in the time trial event in the 1996 Olympics and later, in 2002, won the World Time Trial Championship.
Viktor Buchstaber
Victor Matveevich Buchstaber is a Soviet and Russian mathematician known for his work on algebraic topology, homotopy theory, and mathematical physics.