List of Famous people named Shamil

Shamil Radzhabovich Gamzatov is a Russian Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner and mixed martial artist of Avar heritage, who competed in the Light Heavyweight division of the World Series of Fighting and Absolute Championship Berkut. Also he competed in the Middleweight division of the Professional Fighters League. He is currently fighting in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Shamil Abdurakhimov is a Russian mixed martial artist of Avar heritage, who is currently fighting in the heavyweight division for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. As of October 26, 2020, he is #8 in the UFC heavyweight rankings.

Shamil Magomedovich Zavurov is a Russian mixed martial artist of Avar descent, who competes in the Welterweight and Lightweight divisions. A professional MMA competitor since 2004, he is the former M-1 Global World Welterweight champion.

Shamil Anvyarovich Tarpishchev is a Russian tennis coach and former player.

Shamil Borchashvili is an Austrian judoka. He immigrated to Wels, Austria with his family from Chechnya, Russia when he was a child.

Shamil Khisamutdinov is a Russian wrestler. He won an Olympic gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1972, competing for the Soviet Union. He won a gold medals at the 1973 and 1975 World Wrestling Championships. He was affliated with Spartak Moscow.