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- Politics and military
- Sports
- The arts
- Other
This is a partial list of notable Chechen people. {{Dynamic list|date=April 2013}}Politics and military- Dasha Akayev, highly successful Soviet ground-attack pilot and aviation commander; also was the first Chechen pilot.
- 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
- Irbaykhan Baybulatov, Red Army battalion commander
- 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 in Red Army who had 349+ kills.
- Khasan Israilov, leader of 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
- Lyalya Nasukhanova, the first Chechen woman pilot and the first Soviet woman to command a fighter jet echelon
- Khanpasha Nuradilov, one of the highest scoring machine gunners of the Red Army
- 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.
- Tapa Tchermoeff, Prime Minister of the Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus
- 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
- Natalya Estemirova, human rights activist
- Hadijat Gatayeva, Muslim humanitarian activist
- Musa Geshaev, writer
- Kunta-haji, Muslim preacher of the Sufi Qadiriyyah sect
- Musa Muradov, journalist
- Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, perpetrators of the Boston Marathon bombings
- Zelimxan, Legendary Chechen folk hero
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