List of Uyghurs
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This list of Uyghurs includes noted members of the Uyghur ethnic group who today live primarily in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region of Northwestern China.
Famous Kings and Historical Figures
- Akhmad Alach also known as Ahmed, Khan of Turpan during the Ming Turpan Border Wars
- Hala Bashi - a Uyghur General who served the Ming dynasty during the Miao Rebellions
- Iparhan (Xiang Fei)
- Abdurashid Khan
- Bayanchur Khan
- Makhmud Khan
- Mansur Khan Khan of Turpan during the Ming Turpan Border Wars
- Sultan Said Khan
- Sultan Satuq Bughra Khan
- Yulbars Khan
- Yunus Khan also known as Ali, Khan of Turpan during the Ming Turpan Border Wars
- Jakhangir Khoja
- Dost Muhammad
- Rabban Bar Sauma
- Maqsud Shah
- Kebek Sultan
- Baurchuk Art Tekin
- Mar Yaballaha III
Republic of China politicians
- Sabit Damulla Abdulbaki
- Isa Alptekin
- Abdullah Bughra
- Muhammad Amin Bughra
- Nur Ahmad Jan Bughra
- Isma'il Beg
- Timur Beg
- Khoja Niyaz
People's Republic of China politicians
- Zulfiya Abdiqadir
- Abdul'ahat Abdulrixit
- Abudureyimu Ajiyiming
- Burhan Shahidi
- Ismail Tiliwaldi
- Subair Xi
- Mahinur Qasim
- Nur Bekri
- Saifuddin Azizi
- Shohrat Zakir
- Tömür Dawamat
Writers, poets
- Mahmud al-Kashgari
- Turghun Almas
- Yusuf Balasaghuni (Yusuf Has Hajip)
- Kahar Barat (born 1950), historian
- Jian Bozan
- Durnyam Mashurova
- Lutpulla Mutellip
- Ali-Shir Nava'i
- Abdurehim Ötkür
- Zordun Sabir
- Ziya Samedi
- Musa Sayrami (1836–1917), historian
- Tohti Tunyaz
- Abduxaliq Uyghur
- Nurmemet Yasin
- Ilham Tohti
- Nur Luke
- Zunun Kadir
- Ghulam Osman Yaghma
- Ahmatjan Osman
Independence leaders
Scientists
- Abbas Borhan (1932–2010), first Uyghur scientist on Genetic Engineering, Biology
- Rahimzhan Avutov[1]
- Shoukhrat Mitalipov
- Wushour Silamu (b. 1941), computer scientist and academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering
Musicians
- Erkin Abdulla
- Abdulla Abdurehim
- Dilnaz Akhmadieva
- Amannisa Khan
- Dilber
- Murat Nasyrov
- Perhat Khaliq (帕尔哈提)
- Xerinay Malik (希莉娜依)
- Xilinnayi Gao (希林娜依·高)
Television Host
- Nëghmet Raxman
- Najat Abdulwali (尼加提·阿布都瓦力)
Actors
- Dilraba Dilmurat (迪丽热巴, Dilireba)
- Gülnezer Bextiyar (古力娜扎, Gulinazha)
- Madina Memet (麦迪娜, Maidina)
- Merxat Yalkun (米热, Mire)
- Mukdais Qurban (代斯, Daisi)
- Hankiz Omar (哈妮克孜, Hanikezi)
- Bahargul Rehmtulla (巴哈古丽·热合木吐拉, Bahaguli "Alice" Rehemutula)
- Nurbiya (努尔比亚)
- Wei Ni (维妮)
- Jurat Kutilai (居来提·库提来)
- Tursun Aparjan (阿帕尔江 图尔荪)
Dancers
- Rena Abdulkarim (热娜·阿布都克力木)
- Dilnar Abdulla (迪丽娜尔·阿布都拉)
- Mayire Ametjan (马依热·艾买提江)
- Gulmira Memet (古丽米娜·麦麦提)
- Umut Tursun (玉米提)
- Hankiz Omar (哈妮克孜, Hanikezi)
- Dilhumar Khalif (迪丽胡玛尔·哈力甫)
Sportspeople
- Adiljan Jun, retired professional basketball player
- Abudushalamu Abudurexiti, professional basketball player
- Bari Mamatil, Uyghur footballer
- Mehmet Tursun Chong, Chinese olympic boxer
- Adili Wuxor, Chinese tightrope walker
- Dzhamaldin Khodzhaniyazov, Turkmen-Russian professional football player
- Rouzi Maimaiti, professional snooker player
- Ilzat Akhmetov, Kyrgyz Russian professional football player, midfielder of the Russian national football team
- Mersim Memeti, Australian professional football player represented the Australia national under-17 football team
- Shirelijan Muxtar, professional basketball player
Detainees in Guantanamo
Other
- Alimjan Yimit, jailed house church leader
- Dadash Babazhanov, Hero of the Soviet Union
- Ismail Semed, Uighur activist executed for possession of illegal firearms and explosives
- Shereen, model
References
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