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North Caucasian independence activists

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Dzhokhar Dudayev
Soviet general, Chechen leader (1944-1996)
Shamil
North Caucasian imam and warrior (1797-1871)
Aslan Maskhadov
Chechen warlord and politician
Shamil Basayev
Chechen militant Islamist leader (1965-2006)
Omar Dokka
Chechen warlord (1964-2013)
Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev
President of Chechnya (1952-2004)
Sheikh Mansur
Military general and politician (1760-1794)
Zaki Axmad
Prime Minister of Ichkeria
Hadji Murad
Avar leader (1795-1852)
Ghazi Muhammad
Imam of Dagestan (1795–1832)
Hamzat Bek
Dagestani Imam
Ruslan Gelayev
Chechen field commander (1964-2004)
Kizbech Tughuzhuqo
circassian military commander
Abdurakhman Avtorkhanov
Chechen writer (1908–1997)
Baysangur of Benoa
19th-century Chechen commander
Tapa Tchermoeff
Russian politician
Khasan Israilov
Chechen guerilla leader (1910–1944)
Mairbek Sheripov
Chechen warlord (1905–1942)
Turpal-Ali Atgeriyev
Deputy prime minister of Chechnya (1969-2002)
Movladi Udugov
Russian politician
Muhammad Amin
naib of Imam Shamil, one of Caucasian leaders in Caucasus War
Jebağı Kezenoko
East Circassian philosopher
Seferbiy Zaneqo
Circassian diplomat and politician
Khunkar-Pasha Israpilov
Chechen fighter (1967–2000)
Qerandiqo Berzeg
Circassian military commander and chief
Isa Gendargenoevsky
politician
Aslambek Abdulkhadzhiev
Chechen commander (1962–2002)
Sultan Sosnaliyev
Soviet/Abkhaz General (1942-2008)
Dalkhan Khozhaev
chechen author, fighter (1961–2000)
Muhammad Yarguvi
Lezgin religious figure
Teofil Łapiński
Polish revolutionary
Beibulat Taimiev
Russian politician
Ibragim-Bek Gaidarov
North Caucasian politician
Rizvan Chitigov
United States Marine (1964-2005)
Tashaw-Hadji
Tashaw-Hadji (1770 – died 1843 or later) was one of the prominent leaders of the North Caucasian resistance during the Caucasian War, a companion of imam Shamil. He was the imam of Chechnya since 1834. Upon the death of Gazi-Muhammad, he was one of the major candidates at the elections of the Imam of Dagestan, losing to Shamil by one vote only. Later, he became one of the mudirs of Imam Shamil. He was also the governor (naib) of Aukh.
Shuaib-Mulla of Tsentara
Pshemakho Kotsev
North Caucasian politician (1884–1962)