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List of Circassians

{{Short description|Notable people of Circassian origin}}

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This is an incomplete list of world-famous or notable Circassians, including both full Circassians and people of at least 50% Circassian descent. Figures who belong in two categories (i.e. a military officer who is also a politician) have only been placed in one of the categories. In previous usage, the term Circassian also included the Abkhazians.

Cultural

(* = Circassian descent only on paternal side)

(** = Circassian descent only on maternal side)

=Cultural figures=

  • Tevfik Esenç{{Cite web|date=2021-03-18|title=29 yıl önce yok olan bir dilin ve son temsilcisi Tevfik Esenç'in hikayesi: "Bir Rüya Gördüm, Anlatsam da Anlamazsınız"|url=https://www.indyturk.com/node/331896/ya%C5%9Fam/29-y%C4%B1l-%C3%B6nce-yok-olan-bir-dilin-ve-son-temsilcisi-tevfik-esen%C3%A7in-hikayesi-bir-r%C3%BCya|access-date=2021-04-22|website=Independent Türkçe|language=tr}} – Last known fully competent speaker of the Ubykh language.

= Historians and writers =

  • Hayriye-Melech Xhundj{{cite web |last1=Akkent |first1=Meral |date=2012 |title=Hayriye Melek Hunç |url=http://www.istanbulkadinmuzesi.org/en/hayriye-melek-hunc |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210425011208/http://www.istanbulkadinmuzesi.org/en/hayriye-melek-hunc |archive-date=25 April 2021 |access-date=8 September 2021 |website=Istanbul Kadin Muzesi |publisher=Women's Museum Istanbul |location=Istanbul, Turkey |editor-last1=Strane |editor-first1=Susan |translator-last1=Kural |translator-first1=Faruk}}{{Cite book |last=Toumarkine |first=Alexandre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qfl0AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA317 |title=A Social History of Late Ottoman Women: New Perspectives |date=2013 |publisher=Brill Publishers |isbn=978-90-04-25525-8 |editor-last1=Köksal |editor-first1=Duygu |pages=317–337 |chapter=14. Hayriye Melek (Hunç), a Circassian Ottoman Writer between Feminism and Nationalism |editor-last2=Falierou |editor-first2=Anastasia |chapter-url=https://brill.com/view/book/edcoll/9789004255258/B9789004255258_016.xml}} – One of the first woman Circassian writers
  • Nâzım Hikmet**{{cite news |last=Gündem |first=Mehmet |date=6 October 2004 |title=Atatürk'ü Samsun'da koruyanlar Çerkez'di |language=tr |newspaper=Milliyet |location=Istanbul |url=http://www.milliyet.com.tr/2004/10/06/guncel/axgun02.html |access-date=2 May 2015}}{{cite web |last1=Lussu |first1=Joyce |author-link1=Joyce Lussu |title=Nazim Hikmet |url=http://www.casadellapoesia.org/poeti/hikmet-i-i-nazim/altro |access-date=2 May 2015 |website=Casa della poesia}} – Poet, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, director and memoirist.Selected poems, Nazim Hikmet translated by Ruth Christie, Richard McKane, Talat Sait Halman, Anvil press Poetry, 2002, p.9 {{ISBN|0-85646-329-9}}
  • Ömer Seyfettin – considered to be one of the greatest turkish writers.
  • Amirkhan Kamizovich Shomakhov – lyrics, prose, and play writer, primarily known as one of the founders of the Kabardian children's literatureThe Great Soviet Encyclopedia / ed. Marron Waxman. – 3-rd Edition. – New York : Mac-Millan, Inc., 1970—1979;
  • Ahmed Shawqi{{citation |last=Goldschmidt |first=Arthur |title=Historical Dictionary of Egypt |page=381 |year=2013 |chapter=Shawqi, Ahmad |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-8025-2 |quote=Distinguished Arabic poet and playwright, often called Amir al-shu'ara (Prince of Poets). He came from wealthy family of mixed Turkish, Arab, Kurdish, and Greek origin that was closely connected to the khedivial family.}}{{citation |last=Shahid |first=Irfan |title=Essays in Arabic Literary Biography: 1850-1950 |page=305 |year=2010 |editor1-last=Allen |editor1-first=Roger M. A. |chapter=Ahmad Shawqi (1868-1932) |publisher=Otto Harrassowitz Verlag |isbn=978-3-447-06141-4 |quote=Shawqi was born in Cairo in 1868 to a good middle class family in whose veins ran Turkish, Kurdish, Circassian, Greek, and Arab blood. |editor2-last=Lowry |editor2-first=Joseph Edmund |editor3-last=Stewart |editor3-first=Devin J.}} – Egyptian poet-Laureate
  • Fekry Pasha Abaza - Egyptian writer and political activist.
  • Kuba Shaabanhttp://www.natpress.net/index.php?newsid=457 Via Natpress (Russian Language) – writer, poet, musician and historian.
  • Tharwat Abaza -Egyptian novelist and journalist.
  • Hasan Cemal**{{cite news |last=CEMAL |first=Hasan|date=16 July 1997 |title=Kardeşlik ve barış... |url=http://arsiv.sabah.com.tr/1997/07/16/y01.html |newspaper=Sabah |access-date=2014-12-20 |language=tr}}{{cite news |last=CEMAL |first=Hasan|date=24 August 2007 |title=Kökler! |url=http://www.milliyet.com.tr/2007/08/24/yazar/cemal.html |newspaper=Milliyet |access-date=2014-12-20 |language=tr}}{{cite news |last=CEMAL |first=Hasan|date=25 August 2007 |title=Roots! |url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/what-others-say.aspx?pageID=438&n=what-others-say-2007-08-25 |newspaper=Milliyet |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220185340/http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/what-others-say.aspx?pageID=438&n=what-others-say-2007-08-25|archive-date=2014-12-20|access-date=2014-12-20}}{{cite news |last=CEMAL |first=Hasan|date=7 March 2012 |title=Çerkeslerin acısını da anlamak zorundayız! |url=http://www.milliyet.com.tr/cerkeslerin-acisini-da-anlamak-zorundayiz-/siyaset/siyasetyazardetay/07.03.2012/1512218/default.htm |newspaper=Milliyet |access-date=2014-12-20 |language=tr}} – Turkish journalist, historian and writer
  • Nadine Jolie Courtney{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/insidious-islamophobia-i-experience-white-blond-muslim-how-i-combat-ncna1092871|title=The insidious Islamophobia I experience as a white, blond Muslim – and how I combat it|date=December 2019 |publisher=NBC News}}{{Cite web|last=Courtney|first=Opinion by Nadine Jolie|date=2019-11-14|title=How I became an all-American Muslim girl|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/14/opinions/becoming-all-american-muslim-girl-nadine-jolie-courtney/index.html|access-date=2021-09-24|publisher=CNN}} – American journalist and author of Beauty Confidential and All-American Muslim Girl
  • Mohydeen Izzat Quandour – Writer, intellectual, film producer and director, and musician
  • Amjad JaimoukhaMamser, M., 2009, entry "Amjad Jaimoukha." In: The Circassian Encyclopaedia. – One of the most influential Circassian writers and publicists
  • Aziz Pasha Abaza - a significant figure in modern Arabic poetry.
  • Orhan Pamuk
  • Costa Chekrezi (31 March 1892 – 10 January 1959), also known as Constantin Anastas Chekrezi (Albanian: Kostandin Çekrezi) was an Albanian patriot, historian, and publicist. He is Circassian by origin through his father's family.
  • Čerkez Ilija (Serbian Cyrillic: Черкез Илија, "Ilija the Circassian"; died April 1881) was a rebel leader active in Kriva Palanka. He was a teacher by profession.
  • Orhan Pamuk – Nobel Laureate

= Architects =

Military officers

= Ancient =

  • Hekataios of Sindike – king of the Sindians{{cite book |last=Polyaenus |url=http://www.attalus.org/translate/polyaenus7.html#37.1 |title=Strategems 6.9.1 |quote=king of the Sindi, a people who live a little above the Bosphorus.}} throughout the reign of both Satyros I and Leukon I, rulers of the Bosporan Kingdom.{{cite book |last=Polyaenus |url=http://www.attalus.org/translate/polyaenus7.html#37.1 |title=Strategems 6.9.1}}
  • Oktamasades of Sindike – king of the Sindians. He usurped the throne from his father{{cite book |last1=Tokhtasev |first1=S.R. |url=https://www.scribd.com/document/32215607/Tokhtasev-S-R-Bosporus-and-the-Sindike-in-the-era-of-Leukon-I |title=Bosporus and the Sindike in the era of Leukon I |quote=when his own son rebelled against him.}} some time in 383 BC after his failed war against Oktamasades's mother, Tirgatao.

= 1st–17th century =

== Kings of Circassia ==

  • Inal the Great – Supreme Prince (King) of Circassia from 1427 to 1453 who unified all Circassians (then divided into several princedoms) into one state.{{Cite web |title=PRENSLERİN PRENSİ İNAL NEKHU (PŞILERİN PŞISI İNAL NEKHU) |url=http://cherkessia.net/news_detail.php?id=5729 |access-date=2021-03-29 |website=cherkessia.net |language=TR}}{{cite book |last1=Абасова |first1=Шамсият |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rCvKDwAAQBAJ&q=%D0%92%D0%B7%D0%B3%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%B4+%D0%BD%D0%B0+%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5+%D0%B8+%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B7%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5+%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0&pg=PT427 |title=Взгляд на османские и кавказские дела |date=26 December 2020 |publisher=Litres |isbn=978-5-04-225754-4 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200707115419/https://books.google.com.tr/books?id=rCvKDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT427&lpg=PT427&dq=%D0%92%D0%B7%D0%B3%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%B4+%D0%BD%D0%B0+%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5+%D0%B8+%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B7%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5+%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0&ots=jY4wKzOxHG&sig=ACfU3U3FgVt77ZtrR2HarbSncwJw2QvmSw&hl=tr&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj04NfO4IrpAhUPecAKHQabCQAQ6AEwCnoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=Взгляд%20на%20османские%20и%20кавказские%20дела&f=false |archive-date=7 July 2020}}

== Kings of Kabardia ==

  • Idar of Kabardia – Supreme Prince of Kabardia. He was the son of Prince Inarmaz, and the grandson of Prince Tabula.{{cite book |last=Godet |first=Martine |title=Stratégies impériales: Expansion, colonisation, intégration, conversion |publisher=Éd. de l'École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales |year=2004 |isbn=978-2-7132-2008-1 |page=14}} Prince Inarmaz himself was the eldest of the three grandsons of Prince Inal.{{cite book |last=Society |first=Hakluyt |title=Works Issued by the Hakluyt Society |publisher=The Society |year=1970 |page=282}} His rule spanned over the period of 1525 to 1540.{{cite book |last=Jaimoukha |first=Amjad |title=A Brief History of Kabarda [from the Seventh Century AD] |page=19}}
  • Temryuk of Kabardia – Supreme Prince of Kabardia. When Temryuk came to power, he put down the revolts of the disputing princes, and helped Circassia become a military power within the North Caucasus.{{Cite web |last=Demidova |first=N.F. |title=Temruk Idarovich |url=http://www.hrono.info/biograf/bio_t/temryuk.php |access-date=2021-09-09 |website=Hrono}}
  • Kurgoqo Atajuq – Supreme Prince of Kabardia who won the Battle of Kanzhal.{{Cite web |title=Подборка статей к 300-летию Канжальской битвы |url=http://www.kabardhorse.ru/history_rus.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130417001833/http://www.kabardhorse.ru/history_rus.html |archive-date=17 April 2013 |access-date=20 September 2018 |website=kabardhorse.ru}}{{Cite book |url=http://slovari.yandex.ru/~%D0%BA%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B8/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%85%D0%B8.%20%D0%9C%D1%83%D1%81%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9%20%D0%92%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BA%20XV-XX/%D0%93%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B8/ |title=Все монархи мира. Мусульманский Восток. XV-XX вв. |publisher=«Вече» |year=2004 |isbn=5-9533-0384-X |edition=Все монархи мира |location=Moscow |page=544 |access-date=2 June 2022 |archive-date=22 December 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121222060915/http://slovari.yandex.ru/~%D0%BA%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B8/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%85%D0%B8.%20%D0%9C%D1%83%D1%81%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9%20%D0%92%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BA%20XV-XX/%D0%93%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B8/}}
  • Jankhot Qushuq – Last Supreme Prince of Kabardia.{{Cite web |title=Кучук Джанхотов Последний Валий Кабарды (Владимир Вороков) / Проза.ру |url=https://proza.ru/2016/10/31/746 |access-date=2021-07-21 |website=proza.ru}}{{Cite web |title=ПОСЛЕДНИЙ КНЯЗЬ КАБАРДЫ – КУЧУК ДЖАНХОТОВ |url=https://www.adygi.ru/index.php?newsid=13239 |access-date=2021-07-21 |website=Адыги.RU – Новости Адыгеи, история, культура и традиции адыгов (черкесов) |language=ru}}{{Cite web |last=Atskanov |first=R. H. |date=2007 |title=Кабарда: историйа и фамилии |url=http://fond-adygi.ru/dmdocuments/Бейтуганов%20С.%20Н.%20-%20Кабарда%20-%20история%20и%20фамилии%20-%202007.pdf |website=Adyg.ru |location=Nalchik}}{{Cite news |last=Тетуев |first=Хадис |year=2019 |title=Кучук Джанхотов}}

== Safavid people ==

= 18th–19th century =

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== Russo-Circassian War participants ==

  • Shuwpagwe Qalawebateqo – politician and military commander who served as the 1st leader of the Circassian Confederation from 1807 to 1827.A.Ü. Arşivi, XII.V, Çerkez tarihi liderleriХункаров, Д. Урыс-Адыгэ зауэ
  • Ismail Berzeg – military commander and politician who served as the 2nd leader of the Circassian Confederation from 1827 to 1839. He was also the princely leader of the Ubykh tribe.В. И. Ворошилов. История убыхов: очерки по истории и этнографии Большого Сочи с древнейших времен до середины XIX в. (рус.). – Майкоп: Афиша, 2006. – {{ISBN|5-7992-0377-1}}.Г. И. Филипсон. Воспоминания (рус.). – М.: Кучково поле, 2019. – С. 236, 238, 316, 321. – (Военные мемуары). – {{ISBN|978-5-9950-0989-4}}.
  • Seferbiy Zaneqo – military commander and diplomat who served as the 5th leader of the Circassian Confederation from 1859 to 1860.BOA, Hariciye Nezâreti Siyasî Kısım [HR.SYS.], 1345/94, 22 Safer 1270 [24 November 1853]Sadâret Divan-I Hümayun Kalemi [A.DVN.], 94/2, 25 Safer 1270 [27 November 1853]
  • Qerandiqo Berzeg – military commander who served as the 6th and last leader of the Circassian Confederation from 1860 to 1864. After the Circassian genocide, he was exiled to the Ottoman Empire, volunteered in the Ottoman army against Russia, and died there of old age.{{Cite web |date=2013 |title=Giranduko Berzeg |url=http://www.kafkasevi.com/index.php/comments/read_comment/whoswho/3666 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200424102254/http://www.kafkasevi.com/index.php/comments/read_comment/whoswho/3666 |archive-date=24 April 2020 |website=Muammer Dursun Erer}}{{Cite web |title=Giranduko Berzeg |url=http://www.kafkasevi.com/index.php/whoswho/detail/3666 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190731183002/http://www.kafkasevi.com/index.php/whoswho/detail/3666 |archive-date=31 July 2019}}
  • Kizbech Tughuzhuqo – military commander who took part in the Russo-Circassian War. Personally witnessing all of his family get killed by the Russian army,{{Cite web |last=Açumıj |first=Hilmi |date=2021 |title=Milletin Özgürlüğü İçin Canla Başla Mücadele Ettiler! |url=http://cherkessia.net/makale_detay.php?id=3974 |access-date=2021-08-15 |website=cherkessia.net}} he received multiple offers from the Russian Empire to switch sides and join its Imperial ranks but he refused all offers and closed negotiations.{{Cite book |last=Bell |first=James Stanlious |title=The Lion of Circassia |year=1837}}
  • Jembulat Boletoqo – military commander, politician, nobleman and leader of the Temirgoy region.Novitskii G.V. Vospominaniya Vospitannika Pervogo Vypuska Iz Artilleriiskogo Uchilisha. Voennyi Sbornik. No 2, 1871, p. 305Stal' K.F. Etnograficheskii Ocherk Cherkesskogo Naroda. Kavkazskii Sbornik (Tiflis, 1900), v. 21, p. 84.{{Cite news |title=Jembulat Bolotoko: The Prince of Princes (Part One) |url=https://jamestown.org/program/jembulat-bolotoko-the-prince-of-princes-part-one/ |access-date=2021-01-05 |website=Jamestown}}{{Cite web |date=2013 |title=JEMBULAT BOLOTOKO: PRENSLERİN PRENSİ (PŞIXEM 'ARİPŞ*) |url=http://cherkessia.net/makale_detay.php?id=3342 |access-date=2021-01-05 |website=cherkessia.net}} He was famous for his courage and tough will.Stahl, K. F.: "had a tremendous influence on the entire Trans-Kuban region. He was famous for his courage, strong character and tough will. This was the last representative of the chivalrous generation of the former Circassian princes."Potto, V. A.: "With fearlessness he combined an extraordinary gift of eloquence, an astute mind, an iron will ... Whole legends circulated about him, and folk bards praised his deeds in their songs." He had great influence among all Circassians, including the Abadzekhs, with whom he was associated with.
  • Qerzech Shirikhuqo – military commander and the leader of the Natukhaj region.Bell, 2.190
  • Psheqo Akhedjaqo – politician, military commander and nobleman.Очерки по истории Адыгеи. Том 1. Майкоп, 1957. Под. Ред. Бушуева С. К.
  • Ale Khirtsizhiqo – military commander from the Abdzakh region.{{Cite web |last=Açumıj |first=Hilmi |date=2021 |title=Milletin Özgürlüğü İçin Canla Başla Mücadele Ettiler! |url=http://cherkessia.net/makale_detay.php?id=3974 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815161800/http://cherkessia.net/makale_detay.php?id=3974 |archive-date=2021-08-15 |access-date=2021-08-15 |website=cherkessia.net}}Peneshu, Asker. Khirtsizhiqo Ale{{Cite web |last=Пэнэшъу |first=Аскэр |title=Лъэпкъым ишъхьафитныгъэ псэемыблэжьэу фэбэнагъэх – Адыгэ макъ |url=https://adygvoice.ru/2021/05/21/%d0%bb%d1%8a%d1%8d%d0%bf%d0%ba%d1%8a%d1%8b%d0%bc-%d0%b8%d1%88%d1%8a%d1%85%d1%8c%d0%b0%d1%84%d0%b8%d1%82%d0%bd%d1%8b%d0%b3%d1%8a%d1%8d-%d0%bf%d1%81%d1%8d%d0%b5%d0%bc%d1%8b%d0%b1%d0%bb%d1%8d%d0%b6%d1%8c/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815164626/https://adygvoice.ru/2021/05/21/%D0%BB%D1%8A%D1%8D%D0%BF%D0%BA%D1%8A%D1%8B%D0%BC-%D0%B8%D1%88%D1%8A%D1%85%D1%8C%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B3%D1%8A%D1%8D-%D0%BF%D1%81%D1%8D%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%8B%D0%B1%D0%BB%D1%8D%D0%B6%D1%8C/ |archive-date=2021-08-15 |access-date=2021-08-15 |language=ru-RU}}{{Cite web |last=НэпшIэкъуй |first=Амин |title=Тибыракъ мамырэу къытшъхьащэрэт! |url=http://koshvesti.ru/novosti/tibyrak-mamyreu-kytshhasheret |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815164625/http://koshvesti.ru/novosti/tibyrak-mamyreu-kytshhasheret |archive-date=2021-08-15 |access-date=2021-08-15 |website=Koshvesti}}{{Cite periodical |script-title=ru:ФИФI ФЫМЫГЪЭПУД, ФИ IЕЙ ФЫМЫГЪЭПЩКIУ |script-periodical=ru:АДЫГЭ ПСАЛЪЭ |url=http://adyghepsale.ru/?p=99168 |access-date=2021-08-15}}

= 20th–21st century =

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== Ottoman military officers ==

  • Çerkes Ethem – guerilla leader, social bandit, efe and soldier. Nicknamed the "Rankless General" by his supporters and crowned as the "National Hero" by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk,{{cite news |last=Özgürel |first=Avni |title=Milli Mücadele Yıllarının Öteki Yüzü |language=tr |trans-title=Other Face of National Struggle Years |newspaper=Radikal |location=Istanbul |url=http://www.radikal.com.tr/haber.php?haberno=172527}} he initially gained fame for establishing the Kuva-yi Seyyare and putting down multiple great-scale rebellions and gaining key major victories against the Greek armies invading Anatolia during the Turkish War of Independence.{{cite book |author=Çerkes Ethem [attributed] |title=Hatıralarım (Çerkes trajedisinin 150. yılında) |date=2014 |publisher=Bizim Kitaplar |isbn=978-605-5476-46-5 |location=Istanbul |language=tr |trans-title=My Memoirs}}{{cite news |date=9 November 2014 |title=Çerkes Ethem Kendini Savunuyor: Vatan İçin İlk Ben Yola Çıktım |language=tr |trans-title=Ethem the Circassian defends himself: I Took the Initiative for the Homeland |newspaper=Radikal |location=Istanbul |url=http://www.radikal.com.tr/politika/cerkes-ethem-kendini-savunuyor-vatan-icin-ilk-ben-yola-ciktim-1227326/}}{{cite news |last=Salihoğlu |first=M. Latif |date=21 September 2015 |title=Çerkes Ethem'e Resmen İade-i İtibar |language=tr |trans-title=Official Restoration of Honour for Ethem the Circassian |newspaper=Yeni Asya |location=Istanbul |url=http://www.yeniasya.com.tr/m-latif-salihoglu/cerkes-ethem-e-resmen-iade-i-itibar_358668}}
  • Yusuf Izzet Pasha – a general of the Ottoman Army and the Turkish Army.
  • Suleyman Askeri Pasha – Ottoman soldier and co founder of the Teşkilât-ı Mahsusa (Special Organisation)Şevket Süreyya Aydemir, Makedonyaʾdan Orta Asyaʾya Enver Paşa: cilt III: 1914-1922, Remzi kitabevi, [https://books.google.com/books?id=zUcsAAAAMAAJ&q=%22B%C3%BCt%C3%BCn+bu+g%C3%B6revler+i%C3%A7in+asker%C3%AE+r%C3%BCtbesi+%C3%A7ok+yetersiz+oldu%C4%9Fundan,+kendisi%22 p. 192.] {{in lang|tr}}
  • Yakub Cemil – Ottoman revolutionary and soldier, who assassinated Nazım Pasha during the 1913 Ottoman coup d'état.{{cite web|last1=Tansu|first1=Samih Nafiz|title=İttihat ve Terakki, Ya Devlet Başa, Ya Kuzgun Leşe|url=https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/222421|language=tr}}
  • Mufid Bey Libohova (1876 in Libohovë – 1927 in Sarandë) was an Albanian economist, diplomat and politician and one of the delegates at the Assembly of Vlorë (28 November 1912) where the Albanian Declaration of Independence took place. He served as the first Minister of Interior of Albania, during the Provisional Government of Albania. His mother Behixhe Hamza was a Circassian from Tuapse.{{Cite book |editor-first1=Christoph |editor-first2=Malek |editor-last1=Herzog |editor-last2=Sharif |date=2016 |title=The first Ottoman experiment in democracy |location=Würzburg |publisher=Ergon Verlag Würzburg |page=164 |doi=10.5771/9783956506802 |doi-access=free |isbn=978-3-95650-680-2}} He served as an Ottoman official before the independence of Albania.
  • Zeki Pasha – WWI and Balkan Wars field marshal
  • Arslan Toğuz – police commissioner of the Ottoman Empire
  • Rüştü Sakarya – officer of Ottoman army

== Turkish military officers ==

== Egyptian military officers ==

== Libyan military officers ==

== Syrian military officers ==

  • Bassam Abdel Majeed{{cite news|title=Strengthening the line |author=Sami Moubayed |newspaper=Al Ahram |date=16–22 February 2006 |url=http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/782/re302.htm |access-date=21 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121224084300/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/782/re302.htm |archive-date=24 December 2012}}{{cite news|title=Assad reshuffles cabinet amid pressure |url=http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411749/659546 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130223004151/http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411749/659546 |archive-date=23 February 2013 |access-date=10 January 2013 |newspaper=TVNZ |date=12 February 2006}} – Syrian military officer, politician and diplomat.{{Cite web|url=https://eng.belta.by/economics/view/belarus-syria-intergovernmental-commission-to-sit-in-early-2019-117073-2018/|title = Belarus-Syria intergovernmental commission to sit in early 2019|date = 4 December 2018}}

Athletes

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= UFC fighter =

= Football and basketball =

  • Emre Belözoğlu – football player and manager
  • Şamil Çinaz – footballer
  • Can Bartu – Former professional basketball and football player and pundit
  • Ayetullah BeyDağlaroğlu Rüştü, "1907-1987 Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü Tarihi", Ofset Matbaa-Yayıncılık, Istanbul, 1987, sy. 28 – footballer, founder and second president of the major Turkish multi–sport club Fenerbahçe SK
  • Süleyman Seba{{Cite web|title=Beşiktaş Onursal Başkanı Süleyman Seba hayatını kaybetti {{!}} Gusips|url=http://www.gusips.net/news/7525-besiktas-onursal-baskani-suleyman-seba-hayatini-kaybetti.html|access-date=2022-01-30|website=gusips.net|date=14 August 2014}} – Ex–President of Beşiktaş J.K.
  • Oğuz Çetin{{Cite web|title=Oğuz Çetin kimdir?|url=https://www.biyografi.info/kisi/oguz-cetin|access-date=2022-01-30|website=biyografi.info|language=tr}}{{Cite web|title=Oğuz Çetin kimdir – Biyografi.net.tr|url=https://www.biyografi.net.tr/oguz-cetin-kimdir/|access-date=2022-01-30|language=tr}} – football player and manager
  • Mesut Bakkal{{cite web |url=http://www.sporx.com/bakkal-isini-duzgun-yapan-7-8-kisi-SXHBQ177090SXQ |title=Denizlispor'da Çok Güzel Günlerim Geçti |last=Sever |first=H. |date=13 December 2009 |website=Sporx.com |location=Istanbul |language=tr|trans-title=I spent a very good time with Denizlispor}} – football player and manager
  • Feras Esmaeel – footballer
  • Yanal Abaza – footballer
  • Tamer Haj Mohamad – footballer
  • Bibras Natcho – footballer
  • Izhak Nash – footballer
  • Nili Natkho – basketball player

= Martial arts =

  • Aslanbek Khushtov – wrestler, 2008 Summer Olympics winner.
  • Murat Kardanov is a wrestler of Circassian descent who won the gold medal in the 2000 summer Olympics
  • Yaşar Doğu – 1948 London Olympics middleweight wrestling champion
  • Gazanfer Bilge (July 23, 1924 – April 20, 2008) was a wrestler of Circassian descent{{Cite web |title=Nişanyan Yeradları - Türkiye ve Çevre Ülkeler Yerleşim Birimleri Envanteri |url=https://www.nisanyanyeradlari.com/?y=Fevziye&ul=All&b=Yalova&o=c&s=1&n=1 |access-date=2024-09-01 |website=Nişanyan Yeradları |language=tr}}{{Cite web |last=Benk |first=Ahmet Cevat |date=2023-05-31 |title=Yalova (Yalakabad) - Türkiye Çerkesleri 28. Bölüm |url=https://jinepsgazetesi.com/2023/06/yalova-yalakabad-turkiye-cerkesleri-28-bolum/ |access-date=2024-09-01 |website=Jineps Gazetesi |language=tr}} who won the gold medal in the Featherweight class of Men's Freestyle Wrestling at the 1948 Olympics.
  • Hamit Kaplan (20 September 1934 – 5 January 1976) was a World and Olympic champion sports wrestler of Circassian descent in the Heavyweight class.{{Cite periodical |title=HAMİT KAPLAN...! |author=Aydın Koç |date=2021-12-17 |url=https://duzceobjektif.com/aydin-koc/3115-hamit-kaplan%25E2%2580%25A6! |access-date=2024-09-01 |periodical=Düzce Objektif Gazetesi |language=tr}}{{Cite web |title=Nişanyan Yeradları - Türkiye ve Çevre Ülkeler Yerleşim Birimleri Envanteri |url=https://www.nisanyanyeradlari.com/?y=Hamam%C3%B6z%C3%BC&ul=All&o=c&s=1&n=1 |access-date=2024-09-01 |website=Nişanyan Yeradları |language=tr}}{{Cite web |last=Benk |first=Ahmet Cevat |date=2021-09-01 |title=Amasya - Türkiye Çerkesleri (8. Bölüm) |url=https://jinepsgazetesi.com/2021/09/amasya-turkiye-cerkesleri-8-bolum/ |access-date=2024-09-01 |website=Jineps Gazetesi |language=tr}}
  • Bilyal Makhov – Mixed Martial Artist and 2012 Olympic Bronze medalist in freestyle wrestling
  • Beslan Mudranov – Judo, 2016 Olympics gold medalist
  • Adil Candemir – Wrestler, 1948 London Olympics silver medalist

Theologians and philosophers

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= Islamic clergy =

  • Caner Dagli[https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/people/caner-dagli Caner Dagli profile] at Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs – Islamic scholar and associate professor of Religious Studies at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts.{{cite web|last=Afsaruddin|first=Asma|date=2015|title=Is Islam incompatible with modernity?|url=https://theconversation.com/is-islam-incompatible-with-modernity-48727|access-date=2021-02-15|website=The Conversation}}{{cite web|date=2020|title=The Sufi Science of Time|url=https://ibnarabisociety.org/time-of-science-and-sufi-science-of-time-caner-dagli/|access-date=2021-02-15|website=Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi Society}}
  • Jawdat Said{{Cite web|title=Mütefekkir Cevdet Said hayatını kaybetti|url=https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/gundem/mutefekkir-cevdet-said-hayatini-kaybetti/2489268|access-date=2022-01-30|website=aa.com.tr}}{{Cite web|title=Cevdet Said kimdir? Cevdet Said nereli kaç yaşındaydı? Cevdet Said eserleri: – Yeni Akit|url=https://www.yeniakit.com.tr/haber/cevdet-said-kimdir-cevdet-said-nereli-kac-yasindaydi-cevdet-said-eserleri-1622282.html|access-date=2022-01-30|website=yeniakit.com.tr|language=tr}} – Islamic scholar and nonviolence advocate.
  • Al-Kawthari – Islamic scholar and theologian of the Maturidi school and the adjunct to the last Shaykh al-Islam of the Ottoman Empire.

= Christian clergy =

  • Carlo de' Medici** – Italian priest, senior clergyman and collector, a member of the powerful Medici family

= Philosophers =

  • Jabagh Qazanoqo{{cite book| author = Туган Хабасович Кумыков | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=8vA8AAAAMAAJ&q=%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BE | title = История Кабардино-Балкарской АССР с древнейших времен до наших дней |date = 1967-01-01 |publisher= Наука}}{{cite book| author = Налоев З.М. | title = Этюды по истории культуры адыгов. |location= Нальчик |date = 2009}} – philosopher, poet, military strategist, and diplomat who gained fame for reforming the Circassian justice system based on the Quran and Adyghe Xabze. He played a big role in the Battle of Kanzhal.Cw (15 October 2009). "Circassian World News: Documentary: Kanzhal Battle"". Circassian World News.{{cite web|url=http://www.endic.ru/enc_sovet/Kazanoko-dzhabagi-21686.html|title=Казаноко Джабаги – Большая Советская энциклопедия – Словари и Энциклопедии|publisher=endic.ru|access-date=8 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201004190111/http://www.endic.ru/enc_sovet/Kazanoko-dzhabagi-21686.html|archive-date=4 October 2020}}

Politicians

= Jordanian politicians =

  • Sa'id Mufti{{Cite periodical |date=2007 |url=http://www.smikbr.ru/2007/adigps/08/09.pdf|script-periodical=ru:Адыгэ Псалъэ |number=154 |language=ru}}{{Citation|title=Черкесский Государственный деятель Са'ИД Аль-Муфти (Хьэбжокъуэ Сэхьид)| date=10 October 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9R7I27NO8M|access-date=2022-01-30}} – Jordanian independent politician, serving in several governments as interior minister (1944–1945, 1948–1950, 1951–1953 and 1957).[http://rulers.org/indexm6.html Rulers.org] He was Minister of Finance in 1945.{{Cite web|url=https://mof.gov.jo/PressCenter/Photos/tabid/217/AlbumID/7/CurrentPage/1/selectedmoduleid/784/language/en-US/Default.aspx|title=Financial Ministers|website=mof.gov.jo}} He served as the President of the Senate of Jordan from December 1956 to July 1963 and from November 1965 to November 1974.{{cite web|url=http://senate.jo/en/content/previous-councils|title=Previous Councils – The Senate of Jordan|date=12 January 2019|publisher=Senate of Jordan}}
  • Ismael Babouk – The first Mayor of Jordan's capital, Amman (1909–1911)
  • Toujan al-Faisal – Human rights activist, member of Jordanian Parliament 1993–1997, first woman ever elected to the parliament

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= German politicians =

= Syrian politicians =

  • Ali Mamlouk – Director of general security of Syria
  • Bassam Abdel Majeed – former Syrian interior minister and director of the military police{{cite news|title=Strengthening the line |author=Sami Moubayed |newspaper=Al-Ahram |date=16–22 February 2006 |url=http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/782/re302.htm |access-date=21 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121224084300/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/782/re302.htm |archive-date=24 December 2012}}

= Prime ministers of Libya =

= Prime ministers of Iraq =

  • Tahir Yahya – prime minister of Iraq
  • Hikmat Sulayman – prime minister of IraqNâzım Tektaş, Sadrazamlar: Osmanlı'da ikinci adam saltanatı, Çatı Kitapları, 2002, p. .İsmail Hâmi Danişmend, Osmanlı Devlet Erkânı, Türkiye Yayınevi, Istanbul, 1971, p. 101. {{in lang|tr}}

= Tunisian politicians =

  • Rashid al-Shakir Sahib al-Taba'a – Tunisian politicianIbn Abi Dhiaf, Présent des hommes de notre temps. Chroniques des rois de Tunis et du pacte fondamental, vol. VIII, éd. Maison tunisienne de l'édition, Tunis, 1990, p. 31Ibn Abi Dhiaf, op. cit, p. 28

== Prime ministers of Tunisia ==

= Egyptian politicians =

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== Prime ministers of Egypt ==

= Turkish politicians =

== Presidents and prime ministers of Turkey ==

  • Ahmet Necdet Sezer – 10th president of Turkey{{cite book|surname=|title=Circassian Diaspor: Israeli Circassians, Turkish People of Circassian Descent, Mehmed VI, Nāzim Hikmet, Hadise, Mehmet Oz, Kāzim Karabekir|date=August 2011|publisher=Books LLC|isbn=978-1-233-08190-5}}
  • Necmettin Erbakan** – politician, engineer and academic who was the Prime Minister of Turkey from 1996 to 1997[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/48025.stm] BBC. Turkey Bans Islamists, January 1998[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/673161.stm] BBC. Ex-Turkish PM sentenced, March 2000 as mandated by the constitution.{{cite web|title=Necmettin Erbakan Kimdir?|date=27 February 2014 |url=https://www.mihraphaber.com/haber/2392830/necmettin-erbakan-kimdir|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328200444/https://www.mihraphaber.com/haber/2392830/necmettin-erbakan-kimdir|archive-date=28 March 2020}}{{cite web|title=13 Aralık 2010 – Aksiyon dergisi röportajı: "Bir yanımız anne tarafından Çerkez"|url=http://www.aksiyon.com.tr/aksiyon/haber-28156-36-en-iyi-dostlarimiz-askerlerden-cikti.html|access-date=28 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108023407/http://www.aksiyon.com.tr/aksiyon/haber-28156-36-en-iyi-dostlarimiz-askerlerden-cikti.html|archive-date=8 January 2014}}

== Grand viziers of the Ottoman Empire ==

== Ottoman governors ==

  • Abdullah Pasha – the Ottoman governor (wali) of Sidon Eyalet. During his reign, all of Palestine and the Syrian coastline came under his jurisdiction.
  • Çerkes Osman Pasha – served as the wali (governor) of the Sidon and Damascus eyalets (provinces) in the early 18th century.Joudah, pp. 143–144.Artan, p. 341.
  • Farrukh Pasha – Ottoman governor of Nablus and Jerusalem in the early 17th century, and founder of the Farrukh dynasty, which held the governorship of Nablus and other posts for much of the 17th century.Ze'evi, 1996, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=-zHZrYQU4icC&pg=PA40 40]
  • Rıza Tevfik Bey (Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı after the Turkish Surname Law of 1934; 1869 – 31 December 1949) was an Ottoman and later Turkishphilosopher, poet, politician of liberal signature. His father was an Albanian, while his mother was a Circassian.

= Heads of the federal subjects of Russia =

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== Presidents of Adygea ==

== Presidents of Kabardino–Balkaria ==

== Krasnodar Krai ==

Economists

Nobility

= Sultans of the Ottoman Empire with Circassian mothers =

= Shahs of the Safavid Empire with Circassian mothers =

= Other nobility =

Scholars

Artists

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=Film, TV, and stage=

  • Asuman Krause – actress, singer, model and TV presenter who was crowned Miss Turkey in 1998
  • Rushdy Abaza – Egyptian actor. He was a member of the Abazin Abaza family, Egypt's largest Circassian clan. He was considered one of the most charming actors in the Egyptian film industry. He died of brain cancer at the age of 53.{{cite web|url=http://www.bibalex.org/alexcinema/actors/Rushdi_Abaza.html|title=Rushdi Abaza, AlexCinema|website=bibalex.org}}
  • Ali İhsan Varol – TV show presenter, producer and actor
  • Mert Fırat – actor and screenwriter
  • Hussein Fahmy – Egyptian actor
  • Mervat Amin – Egyptian actress
  • Najdat Anzour – Syrian television and film director.{{cite news|title=Veteran Syrian director takes on Muslim "extremism"|author=Khaled Yacoub Oweis|work=Reuters|date=7 September 2010|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE68636M20100907?pageNumber=1|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120717181333/http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE68636M20100907?pageNumber=1|archive-date=17 July 2012|access-date=10 January 2011}}[http://www.discover-syria.com/bank/6253 نجدة أنزور] – Discover-Syria
  • Ludmilla Tchérina – internationally famous ballet dancer, actress, artist and sculptor who is a member of a royal family.
  • Mehmet Aslantuğ – actor, director, producer, and screenwriter. He has received a Golden Boll Award, a Golden Objective Award, three Golden Orange Awards, and four Golden Butterfly Awards.
  • Seda Alkor – actress, beauty pageant titleholder, painter and singer{{cite news|last=Sönmezışık|first=Büşra|date=2008-12-06|title=Hanım Ağa Benim Kadınım|newspaper=Yeni Şafak|url=http://yenisafak.com.tr/pazar-haber/hanim-aga-benim-kadinim-08.12.2008-154787|access-date=2014-05-16}}[https://archive.today/20140517165441/http://www.magazinoteli.com/news.php?n_id=33249 Interview]
  • Mimi Chakib–an Egyptian actress who appeared in some 15 films mostly in the 1940s and 1950s
  • Sinem Ünsal – Turkish actress
  • Mehmet Oz** – American surgeon who hosts the TV program "The Dr.Oz show"
  • Damla Sönmez – Theatre, cinema and TV actress{{Cite web|title=Damla Sönmez|url=https://www.asiapacificscreenawards.com/apsa-academy-members/damla-sonmez|access-date=2021-10-14|website=Asia Pacific Screen Awards}}
  • Elçin Sangu – actress known for her role in "Kiralık Aşk".
  • Natalia Azoqa – Contestant on "Survivor: David vs. Goliath."
  • Vladimir Baragun – opera singer, composer, and cultural icon of Circassian music.
  • Filiz Akın* – actress, writer and TV presenter. Known as Yeşilçam Turkish cinema's "noble, modern, urban and elegant face", Filiz Akın won a huge fan base in Turkey.[http://malatyafilmfest.org.tr/haber.php?mesaj=38 Türk sinemasının Avrupai yüzü Filiz Akın] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528175249/http://malatyafilmfest.org.tr/haber.php?mesaj=38|date=28 May 2014}} malatyafilmfest.org.tr, Retrieved 23 January 2014[http://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/haber/diger/133148/Sinema_beni_birakmadan_ben_onu_biraktim.html Türk sinemasının asil, modern, kentli ve zarif yüzü Filiz Akın] Cumhuriyet, Retrieved 23 January 2014{{Cite web|url=https://www.haberler.com/filiz-akin/biyografisi/|title=Filiz Akın Kimdir ? – Filiz Akın Hayatı ve Biyografisi}}
  • Neslihan Atagül – actress best known for her role in Kara Sevda{{Cite web|title=Kara Sevda, official web|url=https://www.ayyapim.com/kara-sevda|access-date=31 October 2021|archive-date=11 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151011063512/http://www.ayyapim.com/kara-sevda}} (2015–2017), one of the most successful Turkish series, sold to more than 110 countries and the only winner of the International Emmy Award in 2017.
  • İrem Sak – actress and singer
  • Ezel Akay – film actor, film director and film producer
  • Sezgi Sena Akay[http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/yazarlar/23097935.asp?yazarid=12 Burun ameliyatından önce çirkindim] Hürriyet, Retrieved 17 January 2014 – actress, former professional volleyball player, presenter, and model who was crowned Best Model of the World 2012.{{cite web|year=2017|title=Winners|url=http://www.bestmodeloftheworld.com/#winners|access-date=11 April 2017|website=BestModeloftheWorld.com|publisher=Best Model of the World|location=Istanbul}}
  • Deniz Akkaya – top model, presenter, fashion editor and disc jockey, entrepreneur, businesswoman, and actress who won Best Model of Turkey 1997. As the top–earning model in Turkey in the early 2000s, Deniz Akkaya is considered to be one of the most leading models in Turkish fashion history,{{cite news|date=21–28 January 2012|title=Çerkes olmakla övünüyorum|language=tr|trans-title=I pride on being Circassian|newspaper=Posta|url=http://www.posta.com.tr/cumartesipostasi/HaberDetay/-Cerkez-olmakla-ovunuyorum-.htm?ArticleID=106616|access-date=12 May 2016}} and one of the most beautiful women of the country.{{cite news|last=Sabuncuoğlu|first=Ömür|date=28 September 2014|title=Türkiye'nin En Güzel Kadınlarından Biri Olan Deniz Akkaya, Kızı Ayşe'nin Doğumundan Sonra Değişen Yaşamını HT Magazin'e Anlattı|newspaper=Habertürk|url=http://www.haberturk.com/magazin/ozel-roportajlar/haber/994589-ben-yaslanmayacagim|access-date=25 June 2016}}{{cite web|date=8 November 2015|title=Deniz Akkaya Ev'lenmek İçin 3 Milyon Harcadı!|url=http://www.teknokule.com/magazin/deniz-akkaya-evlenmek-icin-3-milyon-harcadi-deniz-akkaya-fotograflari-bilinmeyenleri-92039.html|publisher=Teknokule|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513090444/http://teknokule.com/magazin/deniz-akkaya-evlenmek-icin-3-milyon-harcadi-deniz-akkaya-fotograflari-bilinmeyenleri-92039.html|archive-date=13 May 2016|access-date=25 June 2016}}
  • Kanbolat Görkem Arslan – actor{{Cite web|date=19 February 2015|title=Muzip ve ağır abi|url=http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/muzip-ve-agir-abi-28223469|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160224184319/http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/muzip-ve-agir-abi-28223469|archive-date=24 February 2016|access-date=19 February 2016|publisher=Hürriyet|language=tr}}{{Cite web|date=13 April 2009|title=Çerkez mitolojisinden gelen|url=http://www.radikal.com.tr/radikal2/cerkez-mitolojisinden-gelen-954282/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160224184312/http://www.radikal.com.tr/radikal2/cerkez-mitolojisinden-gelen-954282/|archive-date=24 February 2016|access-date=19 February 2016|publisher=Radikal|language=tr}}
  • Günseli Başar – beauty contestant and columnist who was crowned Miss Turkey 1951 and Miss Europe 1952.{{cite web|title=Günseli Başar (Günseli Başar Kimdir? – Günseli Başar Hakkında)|url=http://www.hossohbet.net/forum/moda-tr/7001-gunseli-basar-gunseli-basar-kimdir-gunseli-basar-hakkinda.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723145841/http://www.hossohbet.net/forum/moda-tr/7001-gunseli-basar-gunseli-basar-kimdir-gunseli-basar-hakkinda.html|archive-date=2011-07-23|publisher=Hoş Sohbet|language=tr|access-date=2010-05-16}}{{cite news|author=Süsoy, Yener|date=2001-10-21|title=Bizim kuşak doğal güzeldi|language=tr|newspaper=Hürriyet|url=http://webarsiv.hurriyet.com.tr/2001/10/22/44434.asp|access-date=2010-05-16}}
  • Orhan Boran – radio/TV host and actor. He was also widely known for his laudable usage of the Turkish language.
  • Begüm Birgören – actress.
  • Sanem Çelik – actress, artist and dancer.
  • Sadi Celil Cengiz[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv-lx_fB1MA Sadi Celil Cengiz ile Çerkes Kimliği ve Türkiye'de Yaşanan Son Siyasi Gelişmeler-İMC TV] – actor.
  • Meltem Cumbul – actress.
  • Keriman Halis Ece – beauty pageant titleholder, pianist, and fashion model who won the Miss Turkey 1932 title. She was also crowned Miss Universe 1932 in Spa, Belgium and thus became Turkey's first Miss Universe.
  • Türkan Şoray – actress
  • Ayta Sözeri – Turkish transgender actress and LGBT activist
  • Dolunay Soysert – Turkish actress
  • Çağla Şıkel – is a Turkish ballet, model, actress and TV presenter.
  • Nevra Serezli – Turkish actress
  • Leyla Sayar** – Turkish actress
  • Tan Sağtürk – Turkish actor
  • Liya Akhedzhakova* – Russian actress

=Musicians and painters=

  • Astemir Apanasov – singer
  • Aleyna Tilki - Turkish singer and songwriter
  • Yuri Temirkanov – Russian music director and chief conductor of the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic since 1988
  • Zamudin Guchev – craftsman and musician
  • Aslan Tlebzu – Russian folk musician
  • Sati Kazanova – Russian singer
  • Emanne Beasha- Jordanian/American singer
  • Hadise – singer
  • Zaur Tutov – singer
  • Mihail Chemiakin – Famous painter, stage designer, sculptor and publisher
  • Avni Arbaş – painter
  • Aydilge – writer, poet and singer–songwriter who is famous for her beauty and voice
  • Nuri Bilge Ceylan – photographer, cinematographer, screenwriter and actor and film director{{Cite web|last=Judah|first=Tara|date=2020-04-06|title=Where to begin with Nuri Bilge Ceylan|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/where-begin-nuri-bilge-ceylan|access-date=2021-07-18|website=British Film Institute}}

See also

Circassians

References

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