Famous People Born in the -stans

Can you name the 27 people born in the -stan countries (Central Asia, Afghanistan & Pakistan) with over 70 Wikipedia languages as of 2020?

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Born in	Lifespan	Hint	Person
Uzbekistan	980–1037	Islamic Golden Age physician, astronomer & philosopher	Avicenna
Pakistan	1542–1605	expansionist Mughal emperor who ruled most of India	Akbar
Kyrgyzstan	701–762	legendary traditional Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty	Li Bai
Turkmenistan	780–850	Islamic Golden Age polymath, "father of algebra"	Al-Khwarizmi
Uzbekistan	1336–1405	brutal military leader & conqueror, eponymous empire	Timur
Pakistan	1953–2007	exiled & assassinated 2-time female PM of Pakistan	Benazir Bhutto
Pakistan	1997–	women's & human rights activist, youngest Nobel laureate	Malala Yousafzai
Pakistan	-375–-283	Indian polymath, pioneer of economics & political science	Chanakya
Afghanistan	1207–1273	Persian poet; Islamic scholar, mystic & spiritual leader	Rumi
Pakistan	1932–	economist, Sikh prime minister of India 2004–14	Manmohan Singh
Kazakhstan	1940–	authoritarian first leader of Kazakhstan 1991–2019	Nursultan Nazarbayev
Pakistan	1469–1539	founder of Sikhism, first of the ten Sikh gurus	Guru Nanak
Pakistan	1876–1948	first governor-general of Pakistan, Father of the Nation	Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Uzbekistan	973–1048	Islamic Golden Age polymath, pioneer of various fields	Al-Biruni
Uzbekistan	1483–1530	conqueror, amir and founder of the Mughal Empire	Babur
Afghanistan	1957–	tribe leader and president of Afghanistan 2002–14	Hamid Karzai
Pakistan	1592–1666	heyday Mughal emperor 1628–58, built the Taj Mahal	Shah Jahan
Uzbekistan	1938–2016	authoritarian first leader of Uzbekistan 1989/91–2016	Islam Karimov
Pakistan	1887–1938	Urdu poet, philosopher & scholar; Pakistani National Poet	Muhammad Iqbal
Pakistan	1910–1995	theoretical astrophysicist (stellar evolution), Nobel 1983	Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Turkmenistan	1957–	nacissistic authoritarian leader of Turkmenistan 2006–22	Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
Pakistan	1926–1996	theoretical physicist (electroweak theory), Nobel 1979	Abdus Salam
Pakistan	1928–1979	executed Pakistani president / PM 1970–73, PPP founder	Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Pakistan	1955–	unpopular president of Pakistan 2008–13, husband of #6	Asif Ali Zardari
Kyrgyzstan	1983–	Ukrainian singer, won the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest	Jamala
Kyrgyzstan	1928–2008	writer of short stories & novels (Jamila) and diplomat	Chinghiz Aitmatov
Turkmenistan	1940–2006	repressive dictator of Turkmenistan 1991–2006, narcissist	Saparmurat Niyazov

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