This is a list of notable people from the Tajik ethnic group.
Politics
edit- Sultan Pakhal Gibari - Founder of Sultanate of Swat, basically from Gibari (Magi)[1] tribe of old Tajiks.
- Rustam Emomali, Mayor of Dushanbe and the eldest son of president Emomali Rahmon
- Habibullah Kalakani, former King of Afghanistan
- Abdurahmon Karimov, political party chairman in Tajikistan[2]
- Jamshed Karimov, former Prime Minister of Tajikistan and a cousin of former President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov
- Ahmed Shah Massoud, commander and mujahideen in Afghanistan, assassinated by al Qaeda
- Rahmon Nabiyev, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Tajikistan and two time President of Tajikistan
- Burhanuddin Rabbani, former President of Afghanistan
- Emomali Rahmon, current President of Tajikistan
- Kokhir Rasulzoda, current Prime Minister of Tajikistan
- Fawzia Koofi, politician, writer
- Babrak Karmal, Former President of Afghanistan
- Abdul Qadir, politician
- Anahita Ratebzad, a socialist and Marxist-Leninist politician
- Meena Keshwar Kamal, Feminist and human rights activist
- Faiz Ahmad, politician
- Abdul Latif Pedram, politician and a Member of Parliament in Afghanistan
- Atta Muhammad Nur, politician
- Ahmad Massoud, politician and the founder of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan
- Ahmad Zia Massoud, politician
- Shirinsho Shotemur, a founding father of Tajikistan alongside his confidant Nisar Muhammad Yousafzai
Military
edit- Sherali Mirzo, Minister of Defense since November 2013
- Emomali Sobirzoda, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Tajikistan
- Negmatullo Kurbanov, Commanding Officer of the Tajik Internal Troops
- Abduhalim Nazarzoda, former Deputy Minister of Defense
- Latif Fayziyev, Commander of the Tajik Mobile Forces
- Saimumin Yatimov, Chairman of the State Committee for National Security
- Ramazon Rahimov, Minister of Internal Affairs
- Gulmurod Khalimov, lieutenant-colonel when commander of the police special forces of the Interior Ministry of Tajikistan until 2015, he then defected to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
- Ismail Khan, Former Minister of Water and Energy and governor of Herat
- Abdul Qadir, Afghan Communist general. He is of Tajik origin
- Ahmad Shah Massoud, Afghan military personnel. Fought in the Afghan-soviet war and then the Afghan civil wars. He was famously named the lion of Panjshir
Sports
editBusiness
edit- Rus Yusupov, co-founder of Vine and the co-founder and CEO of HQ Trivia
- Roya Mahboob, businesswoman
- Mahmoud Saikal, a tajik diplomat and international development specialist
- Manizha Wafeq, businesswoman
Entertainment
edit- Malika Kalontarova, Tajik-American actress
- Manizha
- Mayram Isoeva
- Gulchehra Baqoeva
- Bozgul Isoeva, ballet dancer
- Katerina Izmailova, 3-time Olympic swimmer
- Hammasa Kohistani, model
Arts and culture
edit- Zakir Sabirov
- Zuhur Habibullaev
- Rohat Nabieva Tajikistani historian
Science
edit- Salizhan Sharipov, cosmonaut
- Mohammed dawran, cosmonaut
- Abu Zayd al-Balkhi, Tajik polymath
- Rumi, scholar and poet
- Avicenna, Tajik polymath, physician and philosopher
- Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi, Tajik astrologer and philosopher
- Nazif Shahrani, a professor of anthropology, Central Asian Studies
- Al-Muqanna, Tajik Islamic sect founder
- Ghulam Faroq Nijrabi, physician, lecturer
- Al-Isfizari, Islamic mathematician and astronomer from Harran
- Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Ilaqi, Tajik physician
- Abu Mansur Muwaffaq, Tajik physician
- Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Harawi, Tajik physician
- Abolfadl Harawi, Medieval Tajik astronomer
- Ahmad ibn Farrokh, Tajik physician
- Al-Taftazani, Tajik theologian, literary and philosopher
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Bellew, Henry Walter. "An inquiry into the ethnography of Afghanistan, prepared and presented to the Ninth International Congress of Orientalists (1891)".
- ^ "Tajikistan". The World Factbook. CIA. 2002. Archived from the original on 30 August 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2010.