List of Tajik people

This is a list of notable people from the Tajik ethnic group, a Persian-speaking Iranic people native to modern day Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan. This list may also includes other closely associated ethnicities to Tajiks.

• Burhanuddin Rabbani, former President of Afghanistan, founder of the Jamiat-e Islami.
• Habibullah Kalakani, former King of Afghanistan
• Rustam Emomali, Mayor of Dushanbe and the eldest son of president Emomali Rahmon
• Abdurahmon Karimov, political party chairman in Tajikistan^[1]
• Jamshed Karimov, former Prime Minister of Tajikistan and a cousin of former President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov
• Ahmed Shah Massoud, Commander and Mujahideen in Afghanistan, assassinated by Al Qaeda
• Rahmon Nabiyev, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Tajikistan and two time President of Tajikistan
• Emomali Rahmon, current President of Tajikistan
• Kokhir Rasulzoda, current Prime Minister of Tajikistan
• Fawzia Koofi, politician, writer
• Anahita Ratebzad, a socialist and Marxist-Leninist politician
• Meena Keshwar Kamal, Feminist and human rights activist
• Faiz Ahmad, politician
• Abdul Latif Pedram, politician and a Member of Parliament in Afghanistan
• Atta Muhammad Nur, politician
• Karim Massimov, Kazakh politician
• Ahmad Massoud, politician and the founder of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan
• Ahmad Zia Massoud, politician
• Shirinsho Shotemur, a founding father of Tajikistan
• Amrullah Saleh, former Vice President of Afghanistan
• Sayid Abdulloh Nuri, founder and leader of Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan
• Fatima Payman, Australian politician

• Sherali Mirzo, Minister of Defense since November 2013
• Emomali Sobirzoda, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Tajikistan
• Negmatullo Kurbanov, Commanding Officer of the Tajik Internal Troops
• Abduhalim Nazarzoda, former Deputy Minister of Defense
• Latif Fayziyev, Commander of the Tajik Mobile Forces
• Saimumin Yatimov, Chairman of the State Committee for National Security
• Ramazon Rahimov, Minister of Internal Affairs
• Gulmurod Khalimov, lieutenant-colonel when commander of the police special forces of the Interior Ministry of Tajikistan until 2015, he then defected to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
• Ismail Khan, Former Minister of Water and Energy and Governor of Herat
• Ahmad Shah Massoud, Afghan military personnel. Fought in the Afghan-soviet war and then the Afghan civil wars. He was famously named the lion of Panjshir
• Mohammad Qasim Fahim, former Marshal of Afghanistan, former Minister of Defense of Afghanistan and former Vice President
• Mir Masjidi Khan, Resistance leader against the British Empire in the First Anglo-Afghan War
• Mir Bacha Khan Kohdamani, Resistance leader against the British Empire in the Second Anglo-Afghan War
• Sayyid Husayn, former Minister of Defense and Saqqawist leader
• Purdil Khan, former Marshal and Minister of Defense of Afghanistan, Saqqawist leader
• Faizal Maksum, Tajik Basmachi Leader
• Bismillah Khan, Former Minister of Defense

• Farshad Noor, Professional football player
• Omid Musawi, Professional football player
• Omran Haydary, Professional football player
• Sharif Nazarov, football coach
• Alisher Chingizov, Professional swimmer
• Sherali Dostiev, Professional boxer currently competing in AIBA’s Light flyweight division
• Shamil Aliev, Former professional wrestler who competed in the men's light heavyweight category
• Farzad Mansouri, Taekwondo fighter
• Somon Makhmadbekov, Professional judoka wrestler who came 3rd place in 2024 Summer Olympics of Paris in the Men’s 81 kg event
• Nematullo Asranqulov, Professional Judoka wrestler who won a silver medal for his division (middleweight) at the 2007 Asian Judo Championships
• Temur Rakhimov, Professional Judoka wrestler who won bronze medal at 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris’s Men's +100 kg event
• Rasul Boqiev, Professional Judoka wrestler who won bronze medal at the 2007 World Judo Championships. Tajikistan's first ever Olympic medal, at the 2008 Summer Olympics
• Komronshokh Ustopiriyon, Professional Judoka wrestler who competed in 2016 Summer Olympics of Rio de Janeiro and won 2 gold medals (2016, 2017) in Asian Judo Championships’s middleweight class
• Mukhamadmurod Abdurakhmonov, Judoka wrestler who competed in 2016 Summer Olympics’s Men's +100 kg event
• Sherali Bozorov, Professional Judoka wrestler who won a silver medal for his division (Half-Middleweight) at the 2007 Asian Judo Championships
• Saidahtam Rahimov, Professional Judoka wrestler who competed in the men's heavyweight event at the 1996 Summer Olympics
• Khayrullo Nazriev, Professional Judoka wrestler who competed in the men's half-heavyweight event at the 1996 Summer Olympics
• Akmal Murodov, Professional Judoka wrestler who represented Tajikistan in the men's 81 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics
• Behruzi Khojazoda, Professional sambist and Judoka wrestler
• Khushqadam Khusravov, Professional sambist and Judoka wrestler
• Rustam Boqiev, Professional judoka wrestler
• Rauf Hukmatov, Professional judoka wrestler
• Parviz Sobirov, Professional judoka wrestler
• Makhmud Muradov, Professional MMA fighter who competed in the UFC’s Middleweight division
• Abdul Azim Badakhshi, Former professional MMA fighter and Kickboxer
• Siyar Bahadurzada, Former professional MMA fighter who competed in the UFC’s Welterweight division
• Muhammad Naimov, Professional MMA fighter who currently competes in the UFC’s Featherweight division

• Roya Mahboob, businesswoman
• Mahmoud Saikal, a Tajik diplomat and international development specialist
• Manizha Wafeq, businesswoman

• Rus Yusupov, Jewish-American co-founder of Vine and the co-founder and CEO of HQ Trivia

• Davlatmand Kholov
• Fatima Kuinova
• Jurabek Murodov
• Shoista Mullojonova
• Tolib Shahidi
• Tuhfa Fozilova
• Suleiman Yudakov
• Yakhiel Sabzanov
• Zafar Nozim
• Ziyodullo Shahidi

• Karomatullo Qurbonov
• Nargis Bandishoeva
• Nigina Amonkulova
• Noziya Karomatullo
• Madina Aknazarova
• Manija Dawlat
• Tahmina Niyazova
• Kibriyo Rajabova
• Shabnam Surayyo
• Zulaykho

• Nobovar Chanorov
• Oleg Fesov
• Muboraksho Mirzoshoyev
• Daler Nazarov
• Parem

• Abdul Rahim Sarban
• Ahmad Wali
• Hangama
• Haidar Salim
• Jalil Zaland
• Nasrat Parsa
• Soheila Zaland
• Rahim Bakhsh
• Zheela

• Amir Jan Sabori
• Asad Badie
• Aryana Sayeed
• Farid Rastagar
• Ghazal Sadat
• Mojgan Azimi
• Mozhdah Jamalzadah
• Seeta Qasemi
• Parasto
• Rahim Jahani
• Rahim Mehryar
• Qader Eshpari
• Wajiha Rastagar

• Miri Maftun

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• Makhfi Badakhshi
• Asad Gulzoda
• Mirsaid Mirshakar
• Gulrukhsor Safieva
• Roziya Ozod
• Gulnazar Keldi
• Gulchihra Sulaymonova
• Zulfiya Atoulloeva
• Abdumalik Bahori
• Latofat Kenjaeva
• Iskandar Khatloni
• Mavjuda Hakimova
• Ozod Aminova
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• Hadisa Qurbonova
• Payrav Sulaymoni
• Qahar Asi

• Murivat Bekhnazarov
• Zuhur Habibullaev
• Rohat Nabieva
• Hammasa Kohistani
• Zakir Sabirov
• Suleiman Sharifi

• Mohammed Dawran
• Ghulam Faroq Nijrabi
• Nazif Shahrani

• Salizhan Sharipov
• Khalimakhon Suleymanova

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• List of Tajik Dynasties