List of Mongolians

Last updated

This is a list of notable historical and living Mongolians (of Mongolia, a landlocked country in East Asia with about 3 million inhabitants as of 2015, [1] or the Mongolian diaspora) and of people of Mongolian descent, sorted by field and name:

Contents

Athletes

Wrestlers

Sumo wrestlers

Boxers

Judoka

Other martial artists

Shooters

Archers

Chess players

Other

Science and humanities

Musicians

Classical musicians

Artists

Writers

Movie industry

Military leaders

Politicians (1900–present)

Religious leaders

Empresses and queens

Rulers

Fictional characters

Other

See also

Notes

  1. Kilmer stated in an interview that he is of Mongolian descent. [33]
  2. Seagal has stated that he is of Mongol (Kalmyk) descent in a 2007 interview. [36] It is unknown whether this is accurate. Seagal is married to Erdenetuya Batsukh, of Mongolian ethnicity, with whom he has a son. [37]
  3. This isn't actually a depiction of Dashi but simply that of a Kara-Khitan man.
  4. Lenin never spoke of his origins, and other ethnicities have been proposed instead of Kalmyk.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mongols</span> Ethnic group native to East Asia

The Mongols are an East Asian ethnic group native to Mongolia, China, as well as Buryatia and Kalmykia republics of Russia. The Mongols are the principal member of the large family of Mongolic peoples. The Oirats and the Buryats are classified either as distinct ethno-linguistic groups or subgroups of Mongols.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Inner Mongolia</span> Autonomous region of China

Inner Mongolia, officially the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region of China. Its border includes two-thirds of the length of China's border with the country of Mongolia. Inner Mongolia also accounts for a small section of China's border with Russia. Its capital is Hohhot; other major cities include Baotou, Chifeng, Tongliao, and Ordos.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kalmyks</span> Sole Mongolic ethnic group of Europe

Kalmyks are the only Mongolic-speaking people living in Europe, residing in the easternmost part of the European Plain.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Oirats</span> Westernmost group of Mongols

Oirats or Oirds, formerly known as Eluts and Eleuths, are the westernmost group of the Mongols, whose ancestral home is in the Altai region of Siberia, Xinjiang and western Mongolia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Inner Asia</span> Historical region over time

Inner Asia refers to the northern and landlocked regions spanning North, Central and East Asia. It includes parts of western and northeast China, as well as southern Siberia. The area overlaps with some definitions of "Central Asia", mostly the historical ones, but certain regions that are often included in Inner Asia, such as Manchuria, are not a part of Central Asia by any of its definitions. Inner Asia may be regarded as the western and northern "frontier" of China proper and as being bounded by East Asia proper, which consists of China proper, Japan and Korea.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Buddhism in Mongolia</span>

Buddhism is the largest religion in Mongolia practiced by 51.7% of Mongolia's population, according to the 2020 Mongolia census. Buddhism in Mongolia derives much of its recent characteristics from Tibetan Buddhism of the Gelug and Kagyu lineages, but is distinct and presents its own unique characteristics.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hakuhō Shō</span> Japanese sumo wrestler

Hakuhō Shō is a former professional sumo wrestler (rikishi) from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Making his debut in March 2001, he reached the top makuuchi division in May 2004. In May 2007, at age 22, he became the second native of Mongolia, and the fourth non-Japanese overall, to be promoted to the highest rank in sumo, yokozuna. He is widely considered to be the greatest sumo wrestler of all time.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mongolian Americans</span> Americans of Mongolian birth or descent

Mongolian Americans are American citizens who are of full or partial Mongolian ancestry. The term Mongol American is also used to include ethnic Mongol immigrants from groups outside of Mongolia as well, such as Kalmyks, Buryats, and people from the Inner Mongolia autonomous region of China. Some immigrants came from Mongolia to the United States as early as 1949, spurred by religious persecution in their homeland. However, Mongolian American communities today are composed largely of migrants who arrived after restrictions on emigration were lifted after the Mongolian revolution of 1990.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Torghut</span> Ethnic group

The Torghut are one of the four major subgroups of the Four Oirats. The Torghut nobles traced their descent to the Mongol Keraite ruler Toghrul, and many Torghuts descended from the Keraites.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ja Lama</span> Mongolian adventurer

Ja Lama was an adventurer and warlord of unknown birth and background who fought successive campaigns against the rule of the Qing dynasty in western Mongolia between 1890 and 1922. He claimed to be a Buddhist lama, though it is not clear whether he actually was one, as well as a grandson and later the reincarnation of Amursana, the Khoid-Oirat prince who led the last great Mongol uprising against the Qing in 1757. He was one of the commanders of Mongolian forces that liberated Khovd city from Qing control in 1912.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Harumafuji Kōhei</span> Mongolian sumo wrestler

Harumafuji Kōhei, previously known as Ama Kōhei, is a Mongolian former professional sumo wrestler. He was the sport's 70th yokozuna from 2012 to 2017, making him the third Mongolian and fifth overall non-Japanese wrestler to attain sumo's highest rank.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kakuryū Rikisaburō</span> Japanese sumo wrestler

Kakuryū Rikisaburō is a former professional sumo wrestler from Sükhbaatar Province, Mongolia. He was a member of the top makuuchi division from November 2006 until his retirement in March 2021, and was the 71st yokozuna in history.

There is a small community of Mongolians in Japan, representing a minor portion of emigration from Mongolia. As of June 2024, there were 20,416 registered Mongolian citizens residing in Japan, according to the Immigration Services Agency, up from 2,545 in 2003.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">China–Mongolia relations</span> Bilateral relations

China–Mongolia relations refer to the bilateral relations between Mongolia and China. These relations have long been determined by the relations between China and the Soviet Union, Mongolia's other neighbour and main ally until early 1990. With the rapprochement between the USSR and China in the late 1980s, Chinese-Mongolian relations also began to improve. Since the 1990s, China has become Mongolia's biggest trading partner, and a number of Chinese businesses operate in Mongolia.

The following are the events in professional sumo during 2009.

The following are the events in professional sumo during 2012.

The Sart Kalmyks are an ethnic group of the Oirats, who live in Issyk Kul Province, Kyrgyzstan. Their population is estimated to be c. 12,000. They are descendants of the Ööled tribes, who moved to the territory of the Russian Empire after the failure of the Dungan revolt, some part inhabited the area during the rule of the Zunghar Khanate. They used to speak Sart Kalmyk, a dialect of the Oirat language, but have largely switched to the Kyrgyz language by now. As a result of their long co-inhabitance with Kyrgyz people, they have largely incorporated into the Kyrgyz nation, though some Kyrgyz still consider them to be distinct. Today the majority of Sart Kalmyks also identify themselves as Kyrgyz, or as "almost Kyrgyz". They belong to the Muslim faith.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Terunofuji Haruo</span> Mongolian-Japanese sumo wrestler

Terunofuji Haruo, is a Mongolian-Japanese professional sumo wrestler. Wrestling for the Isegahama stable, he entered professional sumo in January 2011 and took the second division jūryō championship in his debut as a sekitori in September 2013. He took the top makuuchi division championship in May 2015, only 25 tournaments after his professional debut, which is the fourth-fastest behind Asashōryū and Takanohana's 23 tournaments and Takerufuji's 9 tournaments. This earned him promotion to sumo's second-highest rank of ōzeki.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Yong Mei</span> Chinese actress (born 1970)

Yong Mei is a Chinese actress. In 2019, she won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the 69th Berlin International Film Festival for her performance in the film So Long, My Son directed by Wang Xiaoshuai.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hakuhō Cup</span> Annual school sumo competition in Japan

The Hakuhō Cup is a sumo competition for elementary and middle school students held every year in Japan.

References

  1. "2015 population and housing by census of mongolia". www.1212.mn. Mongolian Statistical Information Service. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  2. Kuroda, Joe (February 2006). "A Shot At the Impossible-Yokozuna Comparison Through The Ages". sumofanmag.com. Archived from the original on 27 June 2007. Retrieved 4 June 2007.
  3. "Mongolian Harumafuji promoted to yokozuna". Japan Today. September 26, 2012. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
  4. "Sumo: Mongolian ozeki Harumafuji promoted to yokozuna". The Mainichi. September 26, 2012.
  5. "Yokozuna rivals stay in hunt for tourney title". Japan Times. 14 May 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  6. Gunning, John (31 March 2021). "Terunofuji redefines legacy with historic return to ozeki rank". japantimes.co.jp. The Japan Times. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  7. "Shinny Bayaar professional record". boxrec.com.
  8. ЦЗЮ (in Russian). RODSTVO.RU (Russian Genealogical Tree). Archived from the original on 27 October 2007. Retrieved 1 January 2004.
  9. Ricky Hatton recalls Kostya Tszyu battle 10 years later – Ring TV Archived 2015-10-04 at the Wayback Machine . Ringtv.craveonline.com (2015-06-03). Retrieved on 2016-06-03.
  10. "Otgontsetseg Galbadrakh". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  11. "Otgontsetseg GALBADRAKH". www.ijf.org.
  12. "Номоконов - вновь на коне" (in Russian). Zabmedia. 13 January 2010. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  13. "Shagdaryn Byambasüren". www.sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  14. "Gan-Erdene, Sugar FIDE Chess Profile - Players Arbiters Trainers". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  15. "World Memory Championships 2017 in Jakarta, Indonesia". Archived from the original on 2018-07-19. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
  16. 金東昭 [Kim Dong-so] (1991), 金啓宗과 淸格爾泰―中國의 두 元老 알타이語學者 [Jin Qizong and Chinggeltei ―Two Chinese Altaists], Journal of the Altaic Society of Korea (in Korean), 3 (1): 45–56, archived from the original on 2013-02-18, retrieved 2010-06-04
  17. Luo Jianjin. "Ming'antu and His Power Series Expansions" (PDF). Institute for the History of Science, Inner Mongolia Normal University; Institute of Science, Technology and Culture, Zhejiang University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 September 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
  18. "The 18th century Chinese discovery of the Catalan numbers" (PDF). www.math.ucla.edu.
  19. Т. Уранчимэг (October 2016). "Зочин ярилцлага №02. 2016 оны 10-р сар. О.Гэрэл" (in Mongolian). Монгол Улсын Шинжлэх Ухаан Технологийн Их Сургууль. Archived from the original on 2023-01-01. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
  20. "民族博物馆_中国科普博览". Kepu.net.cn. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  21. "李林档案资料_著名物理学家李林纪念馆". Eeloves.com. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  22. "The Sun, the Moon and the Stars". CRI English. 2005-03-11. Archived from the original on 2005-03-28. Retrieved 2012-06-06.
  23. "Dami Im". My Heritage. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  24. BBC – Awards for World Music 2008 – Asia/Pacific Archived 24 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine , broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Four television.
  25. "Floating like a butterfly". China Daily. Archived from the original on 11 October 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  26. "First ever exhibition of contemporary Mongol Zurag in New York on view at Sapar Contemporary". artdaily.com. Retrieved 2019-11-18.
  27. "Егоров Алексей Егорович. Биография художника". www.artonline.ru.
  28. Tekcan, Münevver; Corff, Oliver, eds. (2021). Expressions of Gender in the Altaic World. De Gruyter. p. 109. ISBN   9783110748789.
  29. 九十高龄汉学家叶嘉莹: 我的一生"根"在中国. Chinanews (in Chinese). 6 November 2014.
  30. Stern, Marlow (12 November 2013). "'Family Guy' Star Alex Borstein Is Ready for Her HBO Close-Up". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  31. Charles Bronson on The Concerns For Releasing The Valachi Papers. The Dick Cavett Show. Event occurs at 5:27.
  32. "The Story of the Weeping Camel (2003)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . 2009. Archived from the original on 26 July 2009. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
  33. Ullmer, Patrick (1 March 2022). "The following represents Val Kilmer's autobiography". the Spectrum. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  34. Christina (March 7, 2014). "Interview with Venus Lux". AIPdaily. Archived from the original on September 9, 2017. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
  35. Tides and Nightmares: The Making of The Witch Who Came from the Sea. The Witch Who Came from the Sea (Blu-ray documentary). Arrow Video. 2017. Event occurs at 4:00.
  36. Zhironkina, Yulia. ""Таких храмов, как этот, я не видел никогда в своей жизни"". savetibet.ru. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  37. O. Cruz, Edgar. "Seagal to spend first Christmas in Philippines". The Philippine Star. Archived from the original on April 2, 2021. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
  38. Collum, Jason Paul (2015). Assault of the Killer B's: Interviews with 20 Cult Film Actresses. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN   978-0-786-48041-8.
  39. "Daniella Wang". Chinesemov.com. 2015.
  40. Nguyen, Stacy (2011-04-07). "Hit singer Jimmy Wong on Alexandra Wallace and why angry responses are unproductive". Northwest Asian Weekly. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  41. Austen, Ben (2011-12-16). "The YouTube Laugh Factory: A Studio System for Viral Video". Wired . Retrieved 2015-10-18.
  42. "咏梅 我的生活比剧本精彩多了". Xinhua. 2019-03-22. Archived from the original on April 7, 2019. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
  43. Hai Qing 海清 (2019-02-18). "蒙古族演员咏梅 擒"银熊"". Inner Mongolia Morning News. Archived from the original on 2019-04-18. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
  44. Museum, National Palace (6 October 2015). "Portrayals from a Brush Divine: A Special Exhibition on the Tricentennial of Giuseppe Castiglione's Arrival in China_Documenting Military Achievements in Copperplate Prints". National Palace Museum.
  45. "Jianruiying - Special forces of the Qing military". Mandarin Mansion.
  46. d'Extrême-Orient, École française; France), Musée Guimet (Paris; Cernuschi, Musée (16 January 1992). "Arts asiatiques". A. Maisonneuve via Google Books.
  47. Christoph Baumer, The History of Central Asia: The Age of Islam and the Mongols, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018, p. 47
  48. Paul D. Buell; Francesca Fiaschetti (2003). Historical Dictionary of the Mongol World Empire. p. 219.
  49. Aubin, Françoise (1996). "Dabringhaus (Sabine). Das Qing-Imperium als Vision und Wirklichkeit. Tibet in Laufbahn und Schriften des Song Yun (1752-1835)". Archives de sciences sociales des religions . 94 (94): 119.
  50. Schmermund, Elizabeth; Edwards, Judith (2015). Vladimir Lenin and the Russian Revolution. Enslow Publishing. p. 9. ISBN   9780766074156.
  51. John W. Dardess (2012). Ming China, 1368–1644: A Concise History of a Resilient Empire. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 16–. ISBN   978-1-4422-0491-1.
  52. 贾拉森—— 内大教授、博导、南寺活佛, Inner Mongolia University News (in Chinese (China)), 2008-02-13, archived from the original on 2011-07-18, retrieved 2010-06-04
  53. "Kechara".
  54. "Socialite becomes a volunteer in Malaysian soup kitchen". BBC News. November 10, 2014.
  55. https://www.pressreader.com/malaysia/malaysia-tatler-society/20160120/283016873701101 via PressReader.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  56. MEI, WONG PEK. "Helping to keep mozzies at bay". The Star.
  57. René Grousset. "Le conquérant du monde: vie de Gengis-Khan". www.rulit.me. Retrieved 2019-12-01.
  58. Кычанов Е. И. (1995). Жизнь Темучжина, думавшего покорить мир: Чингис-хан. Личность и эпоха (2-е изд., перераб. и доп ed.). Москва: Издательская фирма «Восточная литература» РАН; Школа-Пpecc. p. 18. ISBN   5-02-017390-8.
  59. Alan J. K. Sanders (2003). Historical Dictionary of Mongolia (Second ed.). Scarecrow Press. p. 413. ISBN   978-0-8108-4434-6.
  60. Szany, Wendy Lee (February 27, 2020). "'Mulan': The Biggest Changes from the Animated Version in Disney's Live-Action Remake". Collider . Archived from the original on February 27, 2020. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  61. "Hogun the Grim". writeups.org. 31 January 2015. Archived from the original on 30 June 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  62. Erao, Matthew (18 November 2016). "15 Newest Mutants In The Marvel Universe You Need To Know About". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  63. Robinson, Joanna (April 19, 2021). "Shang-Chi and Marvel's Complicated History With the Ten Rings". Vanity Fair. Archived from the original on June 29, 2021. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  64. Devoe, Noelle (27 August 2020). "Avani Gregg Will Always Be On Your Feed". Elite Daily. Archived from the original on 5 April 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2021.