People from Samarkand

1st President of the Republic of Uzbekistan (1938–2016)

Timurid ruler

Emir of Afghanistan (1901-1919)

Ottoman astronomer and mathematician

Crimean archivist and politician

Persian Timurid islamic scholar, diplomat and historian

Ukrainian artist

Gabriel Arkadyevich Ureklyan (; ; 15 December 1899 – 30 June 1945), better known as El-Registan (), was a Soviet Armenian poet best known for having co-written the lyrics to the State Anthem of the Soviet Union along with Sergey Mikhalkov.

His son was Jahiruddin Mahmud Babur

Israeli-Russian businessman, philanthropist and investor

Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Darimi (; 797–869 CE) was a Muslim scholar and Imam of Arab or Persian ancestry. His best known work is Sunan al-Darimi, a book collection of hadith, considered one of the Nine Books (Al-Kutub Al-Tis’ah).

Hanafite jurist

Uzbek writer

Ukrainian politician

Medieval astronomer and mathematician

mirza (royal title)

12th-century Persian poet and writer

The son of Asad bin Saman and Amir of Samarkand (819–841)

Muslim scholar and jurist

Divashtich (also spelled Devashtich, Dewashtich, and Divasti), was a medieval Sogdian ruler in Transoxiana during the period of the Muslim conquest of Transoxiana. He was the ruler of Panjikant and its surroundings from ca. 706 until his downfall and execution in the autumn of 722. Panjikant reached the height of its prosperity during his rule.

Uzbeki archaeologist (1897-1986)

Russian astrophysicist

Israeli politician

Tajik-American Shashmakom singer

singer

French composer (1905-1983)

Russian author (1924–1993)

Persian physician

academic and ecologist

Iranian poet

10th-century Samarkand Sunni-Hanafi scholar, judge and sage

Russian musician

Tūrgār, also Thurgar (Sogdian: ''twrγ'r, Chinese: 咄曷 Duō-hé'') was a medieval Sogdian ruler (an Ikhshid) in Transoxiana and successor to his father Ghurak during the period of the Muslim conquest of Transoxiana. He was the last ruler of Samarkand and its surroundings from ca. 738 until no later than 755/57, until the Arabs took full control of the region. He was an Ikhshid, a princely title of the Iranian rulers of Soghdia and the Ferghana Valley in Transoxiana during the pre-Islamic and early Islamic periods.

thumb|Crenellated wall portion of the ruins of Afrasiyab, Samarkand. Varkhuman, also Vargoman (, c. 640-670 CE) was an Ikhshid (King) of Sogdia, residing in the city of Samarkand in the 7th century CE. He succeeded King Shishpin. He is known from the Afrasiab murals of Afrasiyab in Samarkand, where he is seen being visited by embassies from numerous countries, including China. There is also an inscription in the murals directly mentioning him. His name is also known from Chinese histories.

Soviet-Tajikistani musician, composer and teacher

Tajikistani poet (1899–1933)

American political activist (1901-1956)

10th-century Samarkand Sunni-Hanafi scholar

Uzbekistani association football player

Grand Vizier of the Mughal Empire

'''Abu al-Hasan 'Ali ibn Muhammad al-Bazdawi () (c. 1010-1089 A.D.), known with the honorific title of Fakhr al-Islam' (the pride of Islam), was a leading Hanafi scholar in the principles of Islamic jurisprudence. He is author of the acclaimed Kanz al-Wusul ila Ma'refat al-Usul (), popularly known as Usul al-Bazdawi'', a seminal work in Hanafi Usul al-Fiqh.

turkestani educator, journalist and activist (1875–1943)

uzbek public figure

Russian journalist (1946–2023)

Uzbek businessman

Soviet and Russian theater and film director

Tajikistani physician (1952-2021)

scientist

Russian artist (1930-2019)

al-Samarqandi () or Samarqandi (, ) is a nisba meaning "from Samarqand", a city in Central Asia (Greater Persia), in modern Uzbekistan. It may refer to: