List of Bashkirs

This is a partial list of ethnic Bashkir people.

The monument for the national hero of Bashkortostan, Salawat Yulayev, who led a rebellion against the Russian Empire.

Russian postage stamp honoring a Bashkir soldier killed in Ukraine who was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation.

Business

• Ruslan Fazlyev, internet entrepreneur
• Salavat Fidai, sculptor
• Ural Rakhimov, oligarch

Culture

• Ildar Abdrazakov, bass opera singer
• Aigul Akhmetshina, mezzo-soprano opera singer
• Gaziz Al'mukhametov, tenor opera singer
• Roza Akkuchukova, pop singer
• Miftahetdin Akmulla, Bashkir poet and philosopher, famous for his patriotic chants and his philosophical publications
• Shaikhzada Babich, Bashkir poet, writer and playwright. Member of the Bashkir national liberation movement, one of the members of the Bashkir government (1917–1919)
• Mustai Karim, Bashkir Soviet poet, writer and playwright. He was named People's Poet of the Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1963), Hero of Socialist Labour (1979), and winner of the Lenin Prize (1984) and the State Prize of the USSR (1972)
• Zagir Ismagilov, composer and educator
• Yakup Kulmiy, poet
• Rudolf Nureyev, ballet dancer and choreographer
• Lyasan Utiasheva, TV show host, socialite and former rhythmic gymnast
• Alina Ibragimova, violinist
• Morgenshtern, rapper and internet personality

Military

• Musa Gareyev, twice Hero of the Soviet Union
• Salawat Yulayev, Bashkir national hero
• Shagit Hudayberdin, Communist revolutionary
• Tagir Kusimov, Soviet military leader

Politics

• Zekeria Aknazarov, Communist party leader
• Murtaza Rakhimov, first president of Bashkortostan
• Rustem Khamitov, second president of Bashkortostan
• Radiy Khabirov, head of Bashkortostan since 2018
• Zaynulla Rasulev, Jadid movement leader
• Zeki Velidi Togan, historian, Turkologist and leader of the Bashkir national movement of the early 20th century

Sport

• Igor Abdrazakov, footballer
• Ilshat Aitkulov, football coach
• Vener Galiev, amateur wrestler, sambist and mixed martial artist
• Adelina Ibatullina, pentathelete
• Liza Greene, amateur wrestler and backflip enthusiast
• Aygul Idrisova, international draughts player
• Svetlana Ishmouratova, biathlete
• Denis Shafikov, boxer
• Liliya Shobukhova, long-distance runner
• Tamara Tansykkuzhina, international draughts player
• Arthem Vakhitov, kickboxer
• Irek Zaripov, biathlete and cross-country skier