List of Chechen people

This is a partial list of notable Chechen people.

Zelimxan

Military

17th-19th century

Aldaman Gheza, Elected leader of Chechnya in the 17th century, protected the Chechen borders against several foreign invasions
Sheikh Mansur, led the resistance against Catherine the Great's imperialist expansion into the Caucasus during the late 18th century
Beibulat Taimiev, Chechen military leader and diplomat
Isa Gendargeno, Chechen military leader
Baysangur of Benoa, Chechen governor and military leader
Alexander Chechenskiy, Russian major general and participant in the Napoleonic wars
Talhig of Shali, governor of the province of Shali in the Caucasian Imamate
Shuaib-Mulla of Tsentara, commander in the Caucasian War

Aslan Maskhadov

Amina Okueva

Tapa Tchermoeff

WW2 period

Irbaykhan Baybulatov, Red Army battalion commander
Dasha Akayev, highly successful Soviet ground-attack pilot and aviation commander; also was the first Chechen pilot.
Duda Enginoev, full bearer of the Order of Glory
Abukhadzhi Idrisov, Red army machine gunner and sniper, Hero of the Soviet Union
Movlid Visaitov, Chechen commander of 255th Chechen-Ingush regiment, and the first one to shake hand with Americans on Elbe river
Khanpasha Nuradilov, one of the highest scoring machine gunners of the Red Army, and Hero of the Soviet Union
Khansultan Dachiev, Red army Junior lieutenant and Hero of the Soviet Union
Mahmud Amayev, Soviet junior sergeant and sniper
Khavazi Muhamed-Mirzaev, Red army senior sergeant and Hero of the Soviet Union
Kanti Abdurakhmanov, Red army master sergeant, Hero of the Russian Federation(awarded due to the fact that he didn't receive Hero of the Soviet Union because of the ethnic cleansing and repression of Chechens)
Movldi Umarov, Red army lieutenant and Hero of the Russian Federation
Lyalya Nasukhanova, the first Chechen woman pilot and the first Soviet woman to command a fighter jet echelon
Khasan Israilov, leader of the 1940–1944 uprising against Soviet rule
Mairbek Sheripov, prominent leader in the 1940–1944 insurgency against Soviet rule.

Chechen-Russian war period and after

Ruslan Gelayev, commander in the Chechen separatist movement
Abdul-Halim Salamovich Sadulayev, fourth President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
Arbi Barayev, nicknamed "The Terminator", founder and first leader of the Special Purpose Islamic Regiment
Dzhokhar Dudaev, Soviet Air Force general and Chechen leader, first President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
Movsar Barayev, militia leader during the Second Chechen War, who led seizure of Moscow theater that led to deaths of 170 people
Aslan Maskhadov, leader of the Chechen separatist movement and the third President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
Shamil Basayev, militant Islamist and participant of the Chechen resistance movement
Dalkhan Khozhaev, military commander, historian

Diaspora

Ahmad Aladdin, Jordanian Major general, two time Hero of Jordan
Mahmud Shevket, Ottoman Grand vizier known for the founding of the Ottoman airforce
Mümtaz Çeçen, Ottoman officer
Ahmad Ramzi, general in the Jordanian Armed forces, minister of interior of Jordan, he was also a friend of the first Jordanian King
Muhammed Bashir Ismail ash-Shishani, major general in the Jordanian Army, former minister of Agriculture, mayor of Amman and director of Military intelligence

Politicians

Soviet Union

Ruslan Khasbulatov, Speaker of the RSFSR Supreme Soviet, 1991–1993
Doku Zavgayev, Russian ambassador to Slovenia

Russian Federation

Vladislav Surkov, Businessman and Politician, former advisor to the President of Russia
Alu Alkhanov, Russian politician, former president of Russia's Chechen Republic
Ramzan Kadyrov, Head of the Chechen Republic
Akhmad Kadyrov, First president of the Pro-Russian Chechen republic

Chechen Republic of Ichkeria

Akhmed Zakayev, leader and prime minister of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.
Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, writer and a politician, served as acting president of the breakaway Chechen Republic of Ichkeria between 1996 and 1997
Ilyas Akhmadov, former foreign minister of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria

Diaspora

Abdul Baqi Jammoh

Business

Ruslan Baisarov, Chechen entrepreneur and businessman
Musa Bazhaev, president of Alliance Group
Malik Saidulaev, businessman and politician
Tapa Tchermoeff, politician and oil magnate
Ziya Bazhayev, founder of Alliance group and a philanthropist
Umar Dzhabrailov, businessman and politician
Abubakar Arsamakov, president of Moscow Industrial Bank

Sports

Mairbek Taisumov

Footballers

Zaur Sadayev, attacking Midfielder for Turkish club Ankaragücü
Dzhabrail Kadiyev, plays for FC Legion Dynamo Makhachkala
Adlan Katsayev, attacking midfielder who plays for FC SKA-Khabarovsk.
Magomed Mitrishev, striker, attacking midfielder and winger for FC Akhmat Grozny
Khalid Kadyrov, left winger for the Russian Premier League team FC Akhmat Grozny
Rizvan Utsiyev, captain of FC Akhmat Grozny
Lechi Sadulayev, plays for FC Akhmat Grozny
Mohammad Omar Shishani, striker for Al-Faisaly
Murad Tagilov, plays for FC Druzhba Maykop
Sergei Tashuyev, currently a coach, he is of Chechen and Belarusian descent
Rassambek Akhmatov, Chechen football player from France

Mixed martial artists

Adlan Amagov, formerly competed in the UFC, where he is the first Chechen mixed martial artist to compete.
Mamed Khalidov, currently competing in the KSW
Mairbek Taisumov, formerly competed in the UFC
Zubaira Tukhugov, currently competing in the UFC
Ismail Naurdiev, formerly competed in the UFC
Khamzat Chimaev, currently competing in the UFC

Boxers

Arthur Biyarslanov, Professional Chechen-Canadian boxer
Artur Beterbiyev, Unified light-heavyweight boxing champion
Umar Salamov, Professional boxer
Zaurbek Baysangurov, professional boxer and former WBO and IBO light middleweight champion

Wrestlers

Islambek Albiev, Russian wrestler, a gold medalist at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Greco-Roman wrestling
Buvaisar Saitiev, Russian wrestler of Chechen heritage, he is a six-time world champion and a three-time Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling
Adam Saitiev wrestler, a gold medalist at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Dzhamal Otarsultanov, wrestler, won the gold medal in men's freestyle 55 kg at the 2012 London Olympics
Anzor Boltukaev, accomplished wrestler, beat Kyle Snyder in 2016
Albert Saritov, bronze medalist of the 2016 Olympics
Adlan Varayev, freestyle wrestler, won a silver medal at the 1988 Olympics
Rasul Dzhukayev, won a silver medal in the 66 kg. division at the 2009 FILA World Championships
Bekkhan Goygereyev, freestyle wrestler, won the gold medal at the 2013 World Wrestling Championships
Salman Hashimikov, freestyle wrestler, won two European and four World Championship gold medals in freestyle wrestling (1979, 1981, 1982, 1983)
Bekhan Tungaev, wrestler who won the European championship back in the 1970s
Elmadi Zhabrailov, won silver in freestyle wrestling at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Chingiz Labazanov, Greco-Roman wrestler and world gold medal holder

Weightlifters

Apti Aukhadov, weightlifter, 2013 World Champion and silver medalist at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Judo practitioners

Musicians and Dancers

Makhmud Esambayev

Said Dimayev, orchestral music composer
Umar Dimayev, accordionist and folk music composer
Ali Dimayev, musician and composer
Sultan Islamov, actor and singer
Timur Mutsurayev, musician and bard
Makka Sagaipova, popular singer
Xava Tashaeva, popular singer
Makhmud Esambayev (1924 – 2000) - actor and dancer, was regarded as one of the most famous dancers of the Soviet Union.
Imran Usmanov, folk singer
Ramzan Paskayev, accordionist and folk musician
Imam Alimsultanov, folk singer

Writers and poets

Writers

Musa Geshaev, writer
Ibragim-Bek Sarakaev, writer and historian
Abuzar Aydamirov, novelist and poet
Khozh-Akhmed Bersanov, ethnographer and author

Poets

Magomet Mamakaev, one of the founders of modern Chechen literature
Raisa Akhmatova, poet

Activists and journalists

Natalya Estemirova, human rights activist
Salavdi Gugaev, activist for the rehabilitation of Chechens from Aardakh
Oyub Titiev, human rights activist
Hadijat Gatayeva, humanitarian activist and nurse
Amina Okueva, deceased Euromaidan activist and soldier in Ukraine conflict

Journalists

Musa Muradov, journalist
Milana Bakhaeva (nom-de-plume Terloeva), journalist and author
Adlan Khasanov, photographer and journalist

Artists and Painters

Pyotr Zakharov-Chechenets

Pyotr Zakharov-Chechenets, first professional painter of Chechen origin

Other

Khassan Baiev

Abdurakhman Avtorkhanov, Chechen historian of the communist period
Khassan Baiev, Chechen-American trauma surgeon
Kunta-haji, Muslim preacher of the Sufi Qadiriyyah sect
Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, perpetrators of the Boston Marathon bombing
Zelimxan, Legendary Chechen folk hero

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