A partial list of notable Crimean Tatars, in alphabetical order:

Military personnel

  • Alime Abdenanova – Soviet spy during World War II
  • Teyfuq Abdul – battalion commander in the Red Army during World War II; Hero of the Soviet Union
  • Seitnebi Abduramanov – platoon commander in the Red Army during World War II
  • Uzeir Abduramanov – sapper in the Red Army during World War II; Hero of the Soviet Union
  • Fetislyam Abilov – regiment commander during World War II; belatedly declared Hero of the Soviet Union in 1990
  • Umer Adamanov – partisan detachment leader who defended Polish villages from the SS
  • Ismail Bulatov – Major-general
  • Emir Chalbash – flying ace
  • Abdulla Dagci – commander of partisan detachment during World War II
  • Dzhevdet Dermendzhi – infantry officer, nominated for title Hero of the Soviet Union
  • Nuri Dzhelilov – tank officer, nominated for title Hero of the Soviet Union
  • Amet-khan Sultan – flying ace, test pilot, and double Hero of the Soviet Union
  • Refiyîk Kadír – dobrujan-born Crimean Tatar officer regarded as a hero of the Romanian Army
  • Kenan Kutub-zade – Red Army cameraman who filmed scenes in Auschwitz used in the Nuremberg trials
  • Refat Mustafaev – battalion commissar and partisan leader
  • Mansur Mazinov – first Crimean Tatar pilot
  • Abdraim Reshidov – decorated Pe-2 pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union; told KGB that he would commit self-immolation during a public holiday if he was forced to remain in exile.
  • Seytnafe Seytveliyev – sergeant in the Red Army; Hero of the Soviet Union
  • Dzhafer Osman Topchi – infantry officer, twice nominated for the title Hero of the Soviet Union
  • Asan Khaliev – Red Army sniper with over 240 kills

Politicians

  • Kázím Abdulakim – former Deputy Mayor of Constanța and a Member of the Romanian Parliament
  • Ruslan Balbek – Member of the Russian Duma
  • Lilya Budzhurova - deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Crimea
  • Noman Çelebicihan – first President of the Crimean People's Republic
  • Refat Çubarov – Chairman of the Mejlis
  • Cemil Çiçek – Speaker of the Parliament of Turkey
  • Dimitrie Cantemir, from Cantemir dynasty – voivode of Moldova
  • Emine Dzhaparova – was the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
  • Nariman Dzhelyal – Ukraine ambassador to Turkey
  • Fahrettin Kerim Gökay – governor of Istanbul
  • Ahmed İhsan Kırımlı – president of the Crimean Tatar Society of Turkey
  • Vasily Kochubey – was a Russian Imperial state figure and member of Kochubey family
  • Adnan Menderes – first democratically elected Prime Minister of Turkey
  • Nazim Osmanov – leader of Mubarek
  • Ahmet Tevfik Pasha – last Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
  • Hasan Polatkan – Minister of Labor and Finance of Turkey
  • Fyodor Rostopchin - was a Russian statesman
  • Zeki Sezer – politician and former chairman of the Democratic Left Party (DSP)
  • Sevil Shhaideh – Deputy Prime Minister of Romania
  • Hafsa Sultan – first valide sultan of the Ottoman Empire as mother of Suleiman the Magnificent
  • Seit Tairov – secretary of the Jizzakh regional committee in the Uzbek SSR
  • Ersin Tatar - President of Northern Cyprus
  • Rustem Umierov – Defence minister of Ukraine

Writers and intellectuals

  • Countess of Ségur – writer
  • Hryhorii Skovoroda – writer, poet
  • Ayshe Seitmuratova – dissident
  • Ahatanhel Krymsky – scientist
  • Shamil Aladin – newspaper editor, poet, and novelist
  • Şevqiy Bektöre – textbook writer, linguist, and gulag detainee
  • Usein Bodaninsky – historian, museum director, and ethnographer
  • Muazzez İlmiye Çığ – archaeologist, sumerologist, assyriologist, writer
  • Bekir Çoban-zade – poet and professor; victim of the Great Purge
  • Cengiz Dağcı – novelist and poet
  • Emel Emin – poet, translator, Turkologist, and educator
  • Seitumer Emin – writer and poet
  • Tahsin Gemil – historian
  • Necip Hablemitoğlu – writer and historian; assassinated
  • Halil İnalcık – historian
  • Murat Bardakçı – journalist
  • Ismail Gaspirali – founder of the Jadid movement
  • Abdulla Latif-zade – literary critic, poet, and writer
  • Aziz Nesin – humorist and writer of over 100 books
  • Mehmet Niyazi – poet, journalist, academic and activist
  • İlber Ortaylı – historian
  • Septar Mehmet Yakub – lawyer, thinker, Mufti of Romania
  • Çetin Altan – writer, politician
  • Ennan Alimov – writer, artist

Civil rights activists

  • Reşat Amet – murdered activist
  • Mustafa Dzhemilev – leader of the Mejlis
  • Emir-Usein Kuku – human rights defender
  • Musa Mamut – committed self-immolation in protest of being forced to leave Crimea
  • Server Mustafayev – human rights defender
  • Yuri Osmanov – one of the founders of the National Movement of Crimean Tatars; assassinated
  • Ayşe Seitmuratova – activist for right of return of Crimean Tatars who were deported as young children

Entrepreneurs

  • Feyzi Akkaya – one of the founders of STFA Construction Group
  • Yıldırım Demirören – businessman, president of the Turkish Football Federation
  • Sabri Ülker - Turkish industrialist and businessman, and the founder of Ülker.

Athletes

  • Djamolidine Abdoujaparov – Cyclist, three-time winner of Green Jersey in the Tour de France
  • Aider Abduraimov – boxer
  • Enver Ablaev – skier
  • Denis Alibec – Romanian footballer
  • Edris Fetisleam - tennis player
  • Server Djeparov – professional soccer player
  • Ersan İlyasova – professional basketball player
  • İlhan Mansız – former professional soccer player
  • Aihan Omer – former handball player and coach
  • Serdar Ortaç - singer
  • Zarema - singer, songwriter, actress. Signed and released an album with Sony Music in 2007. Co-wrote the song "Night Of My Life" with legendary multi Grammy winning producer RedOne. Member of SAG-AFTRA.
  • Melek Amet – first Crimean Tatar fashion model in Romania
  • Cüneyt Arkın – film actor, producer and director
  • Gürer Aykal – conductor and adjunct professor at Bilkent University; the musical director and principal conductor of the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Erol Büyükburç – singer-songwriter, pop music composer
  • Ayşe Dittanova – actress
  • Adaviye Efendieva – master weaver and embroiderer
  • Esin Engin musician, composer, arranger and film actor
  • Erol Evgin – pop singer and composer
  • Enver İzmaylov – folk and jazz musician
  • Zamir Gotta – Russian television personality and producer.
  • Jamala – winner of 2016 Eurovision Song Contest representing Ukraine
  • Evelina Mambetova – international supermodel
  • Aybüke Pusat – actress and model
  • Aydan Şener – 1981 Miss Turkey
  • Akhtem Seitablayev – film director (Haytarma, Cyborgs (film)), screenwriter and actor
  • Nariman Aliev – film director and screenwriter (Homeward (film)).
  • Nilüfer Yumlu – pop singer and Eurovision contestant
  • Selda Bağcan – musician
  • Orhan Gencebay – musician and actor

Scientists, engineers, and mathematicians

  • Ali Aliev – nanoscientist
  • Refat Appazov – OKB-1 engineer
  • Lenur Arifov – nuclear physicist
  • Asan Asan-Nuri – petroleum engineer
  • Girey Bairov – surgeon
  • Kerim Bekirbaev – aircraft designer
  • Mustafa Emirbayer – professor of sociology at University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Midat Selimov – infectious disease specialist
  • Rollan Kadyev – physicist

See also

  • List of Crimean khans