This is a partial list of ethnic Bashkir people.
Business edit
- Ruslan Fazlyev, internet entrepreneur
- Salavat Fidai, sculptor
- Ural Rakhimov, oligarch
Culture edit
- Ildar Abdrazakov, bass 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
- 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 edit
- Musa Gareyev, twice Hero of the Soviet Union
- Salawat Yulayev, Bashkir national hero
- Shagit Hudayberdin, Communist revolutionary
- Tagir Kusimov, Soviet military leader
Politics edit
- 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 edit
- Denis Shafikov, boxer
- Igor Abdrazakov, footballer
- Ilshat Aitkulov, football coach
- Adelina Ibatullina, pentathelete
- Aygul Idrisova, international draughts player