People on Tajikistan's street signs

Rudaki

10 Rudaki was a poet, singer, and musician who is regarded as the first major poet to write in New Persian. A court poet under the Samanids, he reportedly composed more than 180,000 verses, yet only a...

Sadriddin Ayni

8 Sadriddin Ayni was a Tajik intellectual who wrote poetry, fiction, journalism, history, and a dictionary. He is regarded by Tajiks as Tajikistan's national poet and one of the most important writers...

Vladimir Lenin

7 Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known as Vladimir Lenin, was a Russian revolutionary, politician and political theorist. He was the first head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 until his death...

Mirzo Tursunzoda

5 Mirzo Tursunzoda was an important Tajikistani and Soviet poet and a prominent political figure, full member (academician) of the Tajik Academy of Sciences, a member of the Central Committee of the...

Timur Malik

4 Timur Malik was a statesman of the Khwarazmian Empire, who served as the governor of Khujand in the region of Transoxiana. He is known for his valiant though ultimately unsuccessful defense of...

Ismail Samani

4 Abū Ibrāhīm Ismā'īl ibn-i Aḥmad-i Sāmāni, better known simply as Amir Ismail-i Samani, and also known as Isma'il ibn-i Ahmad, was the Samanid amir of Transoxiana (892–907) and Khorasan (900–907). His...

Omar Khayyam

4 Omar Khayyam (1048–1131) was a Persian poet and polymath, known for his contributions to mathematics, astronomy, philosophy, and Persian literature. He was born in Nishapur, Iran and lived during the...

Исмаил Самани

4 Абу́ Ибрахи́м Исмаи́л ибн А́хмад Самани́, также известный как Исмаи́л Самани́ — эмир из династии Саманидов, основатель государства в Средней Азии. Его правление ознаменовалось появлением Саманидов...

Yuri Gagarin

4 Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who, aboard the first successful crewed spaceflight, became the first person to journey into outer space. Travelling on Vostok 1, Gagarin...

Камоли Хуҷандӣ

4 Камолиддин Масъуди Хуҷандӣ — ориф, сӯфӣ, зоҳид ва шоири форс-тоҷик.                                 

Kamal Khujandi

3 Kamal Khujandi, also Kamal Khojandi, Kamaleddin Khojandi, or Kamal-e Khojandi, was a Persian sufi and Persian ghazal poet of the 14th century.

Rahmon Nabiyev

3 Rahmon Nabiyevich Nabiyev was a Tajikistani politician and engineer who served as the second president of Tajikistan from 1991 until his resignation in 1992. Having previously served in this role...

Ferdowsi

3 Abolqasem Mansour bin Hassan Tusi (940–1025), better known by his pen name Ferdowsi, was a Persian poet and the author of Shahnameh, which is one of the world's longest epic poems created by a single...

Ахмад Дониш

3 Ахмад Дониш — таджикский учёный, писатель, просветитель, философ, мыслитель и поэт, государственный деятель Бухарского эмирата. Глава кружка таджикских просветителей XIX века.

Amir Khusrau

2 Abu'l Hasan Yamīn ud-Dīn Khusrau, better known as Amīr Khusrau, sometimes spelled as, Amir Khusrow or Amir Khusro, was an Indo-Persian Sufi singer, musician, court poet and scholar, who lived during...

Shota Rustaveli

2 Shota Rustaveli, mononymously known simply as Rustaveli, was a medieval Georgian poet. He is considered to be the pre-eminent poet of the Georgian Golden Age and one of the greatest contributors to...

Bobodzhan Gafurov

2 Bobojon Gafurovich Ghafurov or Babadzan Gafurovich Gafurov was a Tajik historian, academician, and the author of several books published in Russian and Tajik, including History of Tajikistan and The...

Ali-Shir Nava'i

2 'Ali-Shir Nava'i, also known as Nizām-al-Din ʿAli-Shir Herawī was a Timurid poet, writer, statesman, linguist, Hanafi Maturidi mystic and painter who was the greatest representative of Chagatai...

Abduhamid Juraev

2 Abduhamid Juraev Isfara, Tajikistan was a Tajik mathematician. He published many articles and books.