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Famous People with Turkic Names

The famous people in this quiz all have given names which are Turkic in origin. Complete their names based on the clues provided.
Turkic languages include Azerbaijani, Kazakh, Tatar, Turkish, Turkmen, Uyghur and Uzbek.
One person has two given names; the first is accepted on its own.
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Last updated: April 30, 2026
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The founder of modern Turkey
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
The longest-reigning Ottoman sultan
Suleiman the Magnificent
Television presenter most famous for appearing on "Oprah"
Dr Mehmet Oz
President of Turkey elected in 2014
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Turkish-American sociologist and columnist for the "New York Times"
Zeynep Tufekci
Kazakhstan's first President and former namesake of its capital
Nursultan Nazarbayev
Dictator of Turkmenistan who declared himself Türkmenbaşy
Saparmyrat Nyýazow
Turkey's most popular volleyball player, regarded as one of the best middle blockers
Zehra Güneş
Russian tennis player who won the 2000 US Open and 2005 Australian Open singles titles
Marat Safin
Russian actor known for her role in the 2003 German film "Good Bye, Lenin!"
Chulpan Khamatova
An ethnic Uyghur, she is one of the highest-earning female actors in China
Dilraba Dilmurat
Azerbaijan's national poet, considered the greatest romantic epic poet in Persian literature
Nizami Ganjavi
Actor known as "the Turkish Jason Momoa"
Can Yaman
First weightlifter to win gold at 3 consecutive Olympic Games
Naim Süleymanoğlu
Russian-Uzbek mining billionaire, the 149th richest person in the world
Alisher Usmanov
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