Munojot Yoʻlchiyeva, also known under the Russian form of her name, Munadjat Yulchieva, is the leading performer of classical Uzbek music and its Persian-language cousin Shashmaqâm. She is famous for the unique quality of her voice and her natural charisma. She is recognized as People's artist of Uzbekistan (1994). She is honored as the Heroine of Uzbekistan (2021).
Halima Nosirova or Halima Nasyrova was a Soviet and Uzbek singer of Uzbek music. She also started her creative activities as a drama actress in 1927 and was a popular artist of the USSR.
The Order of Outstanding Merit is an order that is currently awarded by the Republic of Uzbekistan.
Oybarchin Abbosovna Bakirova was an Uzbek actress, People's Artist of the Republic of Uzbekistan (2000).
Agrippina Vasilyevna Shin is an Uzbek politician who has been Uzbekistan's Minister of Preschool Education since 2017.
The Shon-Sharaf Order or the Order of Glory of Service is a state award of the Republic of Uzbekistan. It was introduced in August 1995. It comes in two classes. The ribbon comes in blue, red, white and green.
Zikir Muhammadjonov was a Soviet and Uzbek theater and film actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1977). Laureate of the USSR State Prize (1977). He is recognized as People's Artist of Uzbekistan.
ShamuratovaAyimkhan Turymbetovna was a Karakalpak theater actress, singer (mezzo-soprano) and public figure. She was the only Karakalpak woman to be awarded the title People's Artist of the USSR (1968).
Bahodir Tursunovich Yoldoshev was an Uzbek and Soviet theater and film actor.
Nikolay Ivanovich Kucherskiy was an Uzbek industrialist and the General Director of the Navoi Mining and Metallurgy Combine from 1985 to 2008. He had been working at the Navoi Mining and Metallurgy Combine since 1961. He was awarded the title of Hero of Uzbekistan in 1996.
Sayyora Rashidova was the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Ombudsman) from 1995 to 2016.
Svetlana Baymirzaevna Artikova( was born on January 1, 1962, in Uchkurgan District, Namangan Region) is a lawyer, public and political figure, senator, and Deputy Chairman of the Senate. Since November 7, 2019, she has been appointed Deputy Prosecutor General of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
Roziya Zaripovna Karimova was a Soviet and Uzbek ballet artist, singer, actress, choreographer, performer of Uzbek folk dances, art historian, scholar, and writer. She was awarded the title of People's Artist of the Uzbek SSR in 1950.
Gulyanag Mamedova is an Azerbaijani vocal performer, a soloist at the Rashid Behbudov Azerbaijan State Song Theatre. She was awarded the title of People's Artist of Azerbaijan in 2014 and later became a People's Artist of the Republic of Uzbekistan in 2022.
Abdumo‘min Abdumajidovich O‘tbosarov was an announcer of the National Television and Radio Company of Uzbekistan, People's Artist of Uzbekistan (2014).
Dilbar Abdulazizova was an Uzbek theater and film actress who received the People's Artist of Uzbekistan award in 2013.
Munavvara Abdullayeva is an Uzbek actress, director, teacher, and a master of national theater art.
Lutfulla Sadullayev was a Soviet and Uzbek actor and director who was named the People's Artist of Uzbekistan (2001).
Turgʻun Azizov was an Uzbek actor and director. He was awarded the People's Artist of Uzbekistan in 1974 and the USSR State Prize in 1977.
Pirimqul Qodirov was an Uzbek novelist, short story writer, and literary translator. His best known work is Babur: Starry Nights, a fictionalized account of the life and conquests of the Mughal emperor Babur. Babur is one of the most widely read novels in Uzbekistan, and Qodirov receiving many awards for it, including the State Hamza Prize.
