Uzbeks

The Uzbeks () are a Turkic ethnic group native to Central Asia, being the largest Turkic ethnic group in the area. They comprise the majority population of Uzbekistan, next to Tajiks and Karakalpak minorities, and also form minority groups in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Russia, and China. Uzbek diaspora communities also exist in Turkey, Saudi Arabia, United States, Ukraine, Pakistan, and other countries.

Uzbekistani chess player

The founder of Shaybanid Dynasty, Khanate of Bukhara

Khan of Khiva from 1643 to 1663

The last Amir of Emirate of Bukhara (1911–1920)

Uzbek screenwriter and poet (1889-1929)

The Shibanids or Shaybanids, more accurately known as the Abul-Khayrid-Shibanids, were a culturally Persianate dynasty of Karlukified Uzbek (Turko-Mongol) origin who ruled over the Khanate of Bukhara (from 1505 to 1598), the Khanate of Khwarezm (Khiva) (from 1511 to 1695), and the Khanate of Sibir (from 1563 until 1598). Their territory included most of modern-day Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and parts of Russia (including West Siberia) in the 15-16th century (1428-1599). They were succeeded by the Janid dynasty (1599 to 1785).

Nodira (also spelled Nadira; 1792–1842) was a poet in the Khanate of Kokand, who wrote in Chagatai Turkic and Persian.

Zilola Bahodirovna Musaeva (; born 28 July 1979), most commonly known by her stage name Shahzoda, is an Uzbek singer and actress. Shahzoda has become a highly popular singer in Uzbekistan and other neighboring countries.

Shaybanid state preceding the Shaybanid Empire of Muhammad Shaybani and the Khanate of Bukhara

Shaybanid Khan of Bukhara from 1583 to 1598

Uzbek dancer and honor killing victim

Soviet opera singer, music educator and actor (1913-2003)

Uzbek judoka

Uzbekistani singer and actress

Abdulhamid Sulaymon oʻgʻli Yunusov (, 1893 – 4 October 1938), most commonly known by his penname Choʻlpon (sometimes spelled Cholpán in English), was an Uzbek poet, playwright, novelist, and literary translator. Choʻlpon was one of Central Asia's most popular poets during the first half of the 20th century. He was also the first person to translate William Shakespeare's plays into the Uzbek language.

Uzbekistani judoka

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Uzbekistani boxer

Uzbek film actress and singer

Uzbekistani tennis player

Zokirjon Xolmuhammad oʻgʻli () (1859–1909), better known by his pen name Furqat, was an Uzbek author, poet, and political activist. He had a major influence on the development of modern Uzbek literature. He wrote one of the earliest pamphlets and satirical articles in Uzbek.

Uzbek author (1907-1968)

Uzbek singer, songwriter and dutar player (born 1976)

Uzbek actor, director, playwright, and producer (1931–2018)

Uzbekistani poet

Uzbekistani singer

Uzbekistani association football player

Soviet film actor (1949-1985)

Uzbek poet, translator and statesman

boxer

53rd Khan of Khiva (1871–1918)

Uzbekistani journalist

first Uzbek pilot (1909-1981)

Uzbek 20th century historian of Turkestan and Central Asia (1917-2006)

Uzbekistan actor

former-Soviet Kazakh film director

Turkmenistani weightlifter

Uzbek film and theater actress

Uzbekistani judoka

Uzbek actress

Uzbekistani musician

Soviet actor (1917-1977)

Uzbek singer

Uzbekistani judoka

Uzbek politician

Uzbek actor, singer and soccer player

Grand Vizier of the Khiva Khanate (1872–1913)

Uzbekistan actor

Soviet and Uzbek actor, director, screenwriter, and producer (1938-2016)

Mirtemir Tursunov () (30 May 1910 — January 1978) most commonly known simply as Mirtemir, was an Uzbek poet and literary translator. In addition to writing his own poetry, Mirtemir translated the works of many famous foreign poets, such as Abai Qunanbaiuli, Aleksandr Pushkin, Heinrich Heine, Magtymguly Pyragy, Maxim Gorky, Mikhail Lermontov, Nâzım Hikmet, Nikolay Nekrasov, Pablo Neruda, Samad Vurgun, and Shota Rustaveli into the Uzbek language.

Uzbek TV announcer (1960–2016)

Uzbekistani judoka

Uzbekistani judoka

Singer from Uzbekistan

Soviet and Uzbek actor

Hero of the Soviet Union (1917–1992)

Olympic judoka

actress from Uzbekistan

Uzbek writer (1946–2010)