List of Chechen people

This is a partial list of notable Chechen people.

Zelimxan

Politics and military

Aslan Maskhadov

Amina Okueva

Tapa Tchermoeff

• Ilyas Akhmadov, former foreign minister of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
• Alu Alkhanov, Russian politician, former president of Russia's Chechen Republic
• Arbi Barayev, nicknamed "The Terminator", founder and first leader of the Special Purpose Islamic Regiment
• Movsar Barayev, militia leader during the Second Chechen War, who led seizure of Moscow theater that led to deaths of 170 people
• Shamil Basayev, militant Islamist and leader of the Chechen rebel movement
• Dzhokhar Dudaev, Soviet Air Force general and Chechen leader, first President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
• Ruslan Gelayev, commander in the Chechen separatist movement
• Abukhadzhi Idrisov, Chechen sniper who had 349+ confirmed German kills.
• Khasan Israilov, prominent leader in the 1940–1944 uprising against Soviet rule
• Akhmad Kadyrov, Chief Mufti of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
• Ramzan Kadyrov, Head of the Chechen Republic and a former Chechen rebel
• Ruslan Khasbulatov, Speaker of the RSFSR Supreme Soviet, 1991–1993
• Sheikh Mansur, led the resistance against Catherine the Great's imperialist expansion into the Caucasus during the late 18th century
• Aslan Maskhadov, leader of the Chechen separatist movement and the third President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
• Khanpasha Nuradilov, machine gunner who fought in World War II on the Soviet side
• Amina Okueva, deceased Euromaidan activist and soldier in Ukraine conflict
• Abdul-Halim Salamovich Sadulayev, fourth President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
• Mairbek Sheripov, prominent leader in the 1940–1944 insurgency against Soviet rule.
• Beibulat Taimiev, 19th century warlord
• Tapa Tchermoeff, Prime Minister of the Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus
• Dokka Umarov, Islamist militant in Russia
• Movlid Visaitov, Chechen commander of 255th Chechen-Ingush regiment, and the first one to shake hand with Americans on Elbe river
• Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, writer and a politician, served as acting president of the breakaway Chechen Republic of Ichkeria between 1996 and 1997
• Akhmed Zakayev, leader and prime minister of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.
• Vladislav Surkov, politician.

Sports

• Islambek Albiev, Russian wrestler, won gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Greco-Roman wrestling
• Adlan Amagov, mixed martial artist from Russia, first Chechen MMA fighter in UFC
• Apti Aukhadov, weightlifter, 2013 World Champion and 2012 Olympic Silver Medal winner
• Artur Beterbiyev, amateur boxer
• Mamed Khalidov, Polish MMA Fighter of Chechen origin
• Islam Matsiev, judoka
• Dzhamal Otarsultanov, wrestler, won the gold medal in men's freestyle 55 kg at the 2012 London Olympics
• Adam Saitiev wrestler, won gold at the 2000 Olympics
• Buvaisar Saitiev, Russian wrestler of Chechen heritage, he is a six-time world champion and a three-time Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling
• Mairbek Taisumov, Austrian mixed martial artist of Chechen heritage, currently fighting in the Ultimate Fighting Championship
• Zubaira Tukhugov, Mixed martial artist, currently fighting in the Ultimate Fighting Championship

The arts

• Abuzar Aydamirov, novelist and poet
• Said Dimayev, orchestral music composer
• Umar Dimayev, legendary accordionist and folk music composer
• Sultan Islamov, Russian actor and singer
• Timur Mutsurayev, bard
• Makka Sagaipova, popular singer.
• Xava Tashaeva, popular singer
• Pyotr Zakharov-Chechenets, Russian painter of Chechen origin
• Makhmud Esambayev (1924 – 2000) - actor and dancer, was regarded as one of the most famous dancers of the Soviet Union.

Other

• Abdurakhman Avtorkhanov, Chechen historian of the communist period
• Khassan Baiev, Chechen-American trauma surgeon
• Milana Bakhaeva (nom-de-plume Terloeva), journalist and author
• Hadijat Gatayeva, Muslim humanitarian activist
• Kunta-haji, Muslim preacher of the Sufi Qadiriyyah sect
• Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, perpetrators of the Boston Marathon bombings
• Zelimxan, Legendary Chechen folk hero