Tashkent
Tashkent ranks 172nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Sparta, Brisbane, and Damascus. Memorable people born in Tashkent include Spitamenes, Viktor Bryukhanov, and Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat. Memorable people who died in Tashkent include Islam Karimov, Lal Bahadur Shastri, and Ablai Khan. Tashkent has been the birth place of many athletes, and soccer players and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Tashkent is located in Uzbekistan.
Tashkent, also known as Toshkent, is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of more than 3 million people as of April 1st 2024. It is located in northeastern Uzbekistan, near the border with Kazakhstan. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 400 BC and 2004, Tashkent was the birth place of 88 globally memorable people, including Spitamenes, Viktor Bryukhanov, and Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat. Additionaly, 18 globally memorable people have passed away in Tashkent including Islam Karimov, Lal Bahadur Shastri, and Ablai Khan.
People Born in Tashkent
Go to all RankingsSpitamenes
POLITICIAN
400 BC - 328 BC
HPI: 62.83
Rank: 1
Viktor Bryukhanov
ENGINEER
1935 - 2021
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 2
Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat
POLITICIAN
1499 - 1551
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 3
Abdulla Aripov
POLITICIAN
1962 - Present
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 4
Rashid Sunyaev
PHYSICIST
1943 - Present
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 5
Genrich Altshuller
INVENTOR
1926 - 1998
HPI: 53.14
Rank: 6
Boris Nadezhdin
POLITICIAN
1963 - Present
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 7
Sergey Lebedev
POLITICIAN
1948 - Present
HPI: 51.90
Rank: 8
Gʻafur Gʻulom
WRITER
1903 - 1966
HPI: 51.77
Rank: 9
Zulfiya
WRITER
1915 - 1996
HPI: 51.70
Rank: 10
Nigmatilla Yuldashev
POLITICIAN
1962 - Present
HPI: 51.57
Rank: 11
Yuri Antonov
COMPOSER
1945 - Present
HPI: 51.27
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Tashkent
Go to all RankingsBoris Nadezhdin
POLITICIAN
1963 - Present
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 7
Akmal Ikramov
POLITICIAN
1898 - 1938
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 15
Alik Sakharov
FILM DIRECTOR
1959 - Present
HPI: 42.94
Rank: 25
Elvira Saadi
GYMNAST
1952 - Present
HPI: 42.78
Rank: 26
Tursunoy Saidazimova
SINGER
1911 - 1928
HPI: 42.46
Rank: 28
Sergey Belyayev
ATHLETE
1960 - 2020
HPI: 36.66
Rank: 33
Michael Kolganov
ATHLETE
1974 - Present
HPI: 32.62
Rank: 42
Valentin Kovalenko
REFEREE
1975 - Present
HPI: 32.32
Rank: 44
Victor Karpenko
SOCCER PLAYER
1977 - Present
HPI: 29.70
Rank: 54
Rita Volk
ACTOR
1990 - Present
HPI: 27.62
Rank: 60
Alexander Shatilov
GYMNAST
1987 - Present
HPI: 27.34
Rank: 61
Anton Fokin
GYMNAST
1982 - Present
HPI: 24.16
Rank: 64
People Deceased in Tashkent
Go to all RankingsIslam Karimov
POLITICIAN
1938 - 2016
HPI: 71.08
Rank: 1
Lal Bahadur Shastri
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1904 - 1966
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 2
Ablai Khan
POLITICIAN
1711 - 1781
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 3
Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufmann
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1818 - 1882
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 4
Grand Duke Nicholas Konstantinovich of Russia
POLITICIAN
1850 - 1918
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 5
Elihan Tore
POLITICIAN
1885 - 1976
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 6
Vagif Mustafazadeh
MUSICIAN
1940 - 1979
HPI: 54.42
Rank: 7
Abdurauf Fitrat
WRITER
1885 - 1938
HPI: 52.55
Rank: 8
Gʻafur Gʻulom
WRITER
1903 - 1966
HPI: 51.77
Rank: 9
Zulfiya
WRITER
1915 - 1996
HPI: 51.70
Rank: 10
Yunus Khan
POLITICIAN
1415 - 1487
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 11
Oʻtkir Sultonov
POLITICIAN
1939 - 2015
HPI: 51.01
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Tashkent
Go to all RankingsElihan Tore
POLITICIAN
1885 - 1976
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 6
Yunus Khan
POLITICIAN
1415 - 1487
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 11
Tamara Khanum
DANCER
1906 - 1991
HPI: 50.34
Rank: 14
Halima Nosirova
SINGER
1913 - 2003
HPI: 45.39
Rank: 17
Dmitry Ushakov
LINGUIST
1873 - 1942
HPI: 42.41
Rank: 18
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Tashkent were athletes (21), soccer players (16), politicians (10), boxers (5), and wrestlers (4), while most who died were politicians (6), writers (4), social activists (1), military personnels (1), and musicians (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Tashkent, including Radion Gataullin, Sergey Belyayev, and Marina Shmonina. Whereas, throughout history, athletes have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Tashkent, including Radion Gataullin, Sergey Belyayev, and Marina Shmonina.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 11 globally memorable people born in Tashkent since 1700.