List of Famous people born in Uzbekistan

Nargiz (Nargiza) Pulatovna Zakirova is an Russian-Uzbek singer. She won the Golden Gramophone Award in three consecutive years 2015, 2016 and 2017.

Rustam Kasimdzhanov is an Uzbekistani chess grandmaster and former FIDE World Champion (2004-05). He was Asian champion in 1998.

Gulnara Islamovna Karimova is the elder daughter of Islam Karimov, the leader of Uzbekistan from 1989 to his death in 2016. Karimova is the founder of the Forum of Culture and Arts of Uzbekistan Foundation and chair of its Board of Trustees; she is also the head of a number of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) focused on cultural and social aspects of life in Uzbekistan. According to political observers, Gulnara Karimova was widely considered to be in line to succeed her father as President of Uzbekistan, however, after 2013, Gulnara had conflict with her father, and she began to rapidly lose influence in Uzbekistan.

Ekaterina Vasilyevna Zelyonaya (Russian: Екатерина Васильевна Зелёная;, better known by her stage name Rina Zelyonaya, was a Soviet actress, singer and comedian. She was named People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1970.

Tatyana Georgyevna Konyukhova is a Soviet actress. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1991). Member of the CPSU since 1967.

Alexander Borisovich Zhurbin is a Russian composer.

Valery Mikhaylovich Khalilov was an Uzbek-born Russian military band conductor and composer. A lieutenant general in the Russian military, he was the Senior Director of Music of the Military Band Service of the Armed Forces of Russia, most famously conducting the massed Russian military bands at the annual "Victory Day" parade held in the Moscow's Red Square a record 14 times. He died when the plane he was on, en route to Syria, crashed into the Black Sea off Sochi, Russia.

Lola Karimova-Tillyaeva is an Uzbek diplomat and philanthropist. She is the younger daughter of former Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov and his wife, Tatyana Akbarovna Karimova. Her older sister is Uzbek diplomat and business mogul Gulnara Karimova.

Farrukh Karimovich Zokirov is an Uzbek and Soviet singer, composer and actor. He has been artistic director of folk rock band Yalla since 1976. Zokirov has been voted People's Artist in six states of the republic, and he is a laureate of the State Prize of Uzbekistan. From May 2002 to July 2004, he was deputy minister of the Ministry of Culture and Sports of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Vladimir Aleksandrovich Dzhanibekov is a former cosmonaut who made five flights.