The people behind the place

Historical figures

Amir Temur

Founder of the Timurid Empire

1336 – 1405

Historical figures

Zahiriddin Muhammad Babur

Founder of the Mughal Empire; memoirist

1483 – 1530

Great scholars

Al-Khwarizmi

Mathematician; the origin of the words algebra and algorithm

780 – 850

Great scholars

Ahmad al-Farghani

Astronomer and mathematician

Great scholars

Imam al-Bukhari

Hadith scholar

810 – 870

Great scholars

Imam al-Tirmidhi

Hadith scholar

824 – 892

Great scholars

Al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi

Sufi thinker and theologian

Great scholars

Rudaki

Poet

858 – 941

Great scholars

Abu Mansur al-Maturidi

Theologian

Great scholars

Abu Nasr al-Farabi

Philosopher and music theorist

Great scholars

Al-Beruni

Polymath, geographer and early comparative scholar of religion

973 – 1048

Great scholars

Ibn Sina (Avicenna)

Physician and philosopher

980 – 1037

Great scholars

Yusuf Khass Hajib

Poet and statesman

Great scholars

Mahmud al-Kashgari

Linguist and lexicographer

Great scholars

Al-Zamakhshari

Linguist and Quran commentator

1075 – 1144

Great scholars

Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani

Islamic jurist

1123 – 1197

Great scholars

Najm al-Din Kubra

Sufi master

1145 – 1221

Great scholars

Pahlavon Mahmud

Poet, wrestler and patron saint of Khiva

1247 – 1326

Great scholars

Baha al-Din Naqshband

Sufi master

1318 – 1389

Great scholars

Jamshid al-Kashi

Mathematician and astronomer

Great scholars

Mirzo Ulugbek

Astronomer, mathematician and ruler

1394 – 1449

Great scholars

Ali Qushji

Astronomer and mathematician

1403 – 1474

Great scholars

Abdurahman Jami

Poet and Sufi scholar

1414 – 1492

Great scholars

Alisher Navoi

Poet and statesman; founder of Uzbek literature

1441 – 1501

Jadid reformers

Is'hoqxon Ibrat

Scholar, traveller, linguist and printer

1862 – 1937

Jadid reformers

Siddiqiy-Ajziy

Poet and educator

1864 – 1927

Jadid reformers

Mahmudxo'ja Behbudiy

Educator, publisher and playwright

1875 – 1919

Jadid reformers

Abdulla Avloniy

Teacher, poet and theatre pioneer

1878 – 1934

Jadid reformers

Sadriddin Ayniy

Novelist and memoirist in two languages

1878 – 1954

Jadid reformers

Munavvar Qori Abdurashidxonov

Educator and organiser of the national press

1878 – 1931

Jadid reformers

Tavallo

Poet

1883 – 1937

Jadid reformers

Hoji Muin

Playwright and journalist

1883 – 1942

Jadid reformers

Ashurali Zohiriy

Linguist, journalist and educator

1885 – 1937

Jadid reformers

Abdurauf Fitrat

Scholar, playwright and language reformer

1886 – 1938

Jadid reformers

Hamza Hakimzoda Niyoziy

Poet, playwright and educator

1889 – 1929

Jadid reformers

Abdulla Qodiriy

Novelist; author of the first Uzbek novel

1894 – 1938

Jadid reformers

Fayzulla Xo'jayev

Head of government of the Uzbek SSR

1896 – 1938

Jadid reformers

Cho'lpon

Poet, novelist and translator

1897 – 1938

Jadid reformers

Elbek

Poet, linguist and educator

1898 – 1939

Jadid reformers

Botu

Poet and journalist

1904 – 1938

Jadid reformers

Usmon Nosir

Poet and playwright

1912 – 1944

Arts & culture

Tamara Khanum

Dancer and singer

1906 – 1991

Government officials

Islam Karimov

First President of Uzbekistan, 1991–2016

1938 – 2016

Government officials

Shavkat Mirziyoyev

President of Uzbekistan since 2016

1957 – present

Record breakers

Oksana Chusovitina

Artistic gymnast

1975 – present

Sport

Bakhodir Jalolov

Super-heavyweight boxer

1994 – present

Sport

Hasanboy Dusmatov

Boxer

1993 – present

Record breakers

Nodirbek Abdusattorov

Chess grandmaster

2004 – present