# List of Crimean Tatars

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
* 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

* Rustem Umierov
* Kázím Abdulakim – former Deputy Mayor of Constanța and a Member of the Romanian Parliament
* Ruslan Balbek – Member of the Russian Duma
* 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
* 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
* 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
* Lilya Budzhurova - deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Crimea.
* Fyodor Rostopchin - was a Russian statesman

## 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
* Ayshe Seitmuratova – activist for right of return 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
* Server Djeparov – professional soccer player
* Ersan İlyasova – professional basketball player
* İlhan Mansız – former professional soccer player
* Aihan Omer – former handball player and coach

## Artists, musicians, and popular culture personalities

* 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 – director of the film Haytarma
* 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