Yulduz Usmonova is an Uzbek singer, song-writer, composer and actress. She is the People's artist of Uzbekistan and honored artist of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan. She has achieved widespread fame in Uzbekistan, other parts of Central Asia, and more recently in Turkey. Usmonova has also acted in a number of Uzbek films.
Dilnoza Kubayeva is an Uzbek theater and film actress. Dilnoza Kubayeva became famous for a number of numerous roles in modern Uzbek films. Kubayeva is best known for her roles in such films as Kelgindi kelin, Telba, Kechikkan hayot, Farzandim, Hijron and Ko'rgim keladi. In 2012, she was awarded the "Shuhrat medali". Since 2007, she has been working at the National Theater of Uzbekistan. Kubayeva has played about 30 large and small roles in various theatrical performances. She also takes an active part in public affairs and sincerely approaches every case. In 2010, Kubayeva was awarded the "Oʻzbekiston belgisi".
Shukur Burkhanov was a Soviet and Uzbek stage and film actor. He is recognized as a People's artist of the USSR.
Shoʻrchi is a city in Surxondaryo Region, Uzbekistan. It is the administrative center of Shoʻrchi District. The town population was 16,560 people in 1989, and 25,000 in 2016. It is mentioned in the works of Kudain and Ibn Khurdadbeh that there was a village of Barangi in the Shorchi region. There were several mosques in Barangi in the 11th and 12th centuries.
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.
Dilbar Gʻulomovna Abdurahmonova was a Soviet and Uzbek conductor, violinist, educator, and People's Artist of the USSR (1977). She was born on May 1, 1936, in Moscow and died on March 20, 2018, in Tashkent. She was the first female conductor in Uzbekistan.
Khusniddin Norbekov is an Uzbekistani Paralympic athlete with cerebral palsy. He is a Paralympic champion at the Summer Paralympics in 2016, 2021 and 2024. He holds five world championships titles in para-athletics.
Major General Pavel Ismailovich Ergashev is an Uzbek military leader who is a Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Uzbekistan. He was appointed to this position on 11 January 2018 and was dismissed in March 2021. He is the son of former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Major General Ismail Ergashev. He was among 12 high-ranking officials were banned from entering the European Union for a year in November 2005 for their role in putting down the 2005 Andijan unrest. At the time, he was a Colonel who commanded of a detachment of from the Ministry of Defense. On 4 September 2017, he was appointed by Shavkat Mirziyoyev to the post of Acting Deputy Minister of Defense and commander of the troops of the Southwestern Special Military District.
Zaynab Kazbekovna Dayibekova is an Uzbek fencer. She competed in the women's sabre event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, reaching the quarterfinals.
Diyor Mahkamov is an Uzbek pop singer and actor. The singer was awarded "Badge of Uzbekistan", 30th anniversary of independence of Uzbekistan.
Botir Parpiyev — Chairman of the State Tax Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan from 2004 to 2018, Lieutenant general.
Honored Artist of the Republic of Uzbekistan is an honorary title given to those who contributed to the development of art in the republic. It is mainly presented to the artists of theatre, film, pop music, circus, TV and radio broadcast, film directors, musicians, singers, ballet masters, the conductors of orchestra and choir, the representatives of music or other artistic teams.
People's Artist of Uzbekistan is an honorary title of the Republic of Uzbekistan. It is presented to the prominent artists of theatre, music, film, pop music, circus, TV and radio broadcast who contributed to the development of the art in the republic.
Xushnud G‘ayratovich Xudayberdiyev (Uzbek Latin: Xushnud G‘ayratovich Xudayberdiyev, Uzbek Cyrillic: Хушнуд Ғайратович Худайбердиев; is an Uzbek lawyer, blogger, and politician who has served as deputy director of the Uzbekistan National News Agency since 2020. He also known as a prominent veteran contestant of Zakovat, an Uzbek iteration of the intellectual game show What? Where? When?. Xudayberdiyev has run a popular blog since 2012. He has a large social media following: as of October 2022, his Telegram channel has over 487,000 subscribers. In 2019, the Internet publication Sof selected Xudayberdiyev as the best blogger of the year.
The Uzbekistan cough syrup scandal was a series of poisonings that resulted in the deaths of 18 children in Samarkand and two more children elsewhere in Uzbekistan in December 2022 and January 2023. It was caused by the toxic levels of diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol in cold medicines produced by the Indian company Marion Biotech, such as the Dok-1 Max brand. Subsequently, the Indian government investigated Marion Biotech's manufacturing processes, while Uzbek authorities opened a criminal case against members of the health system that had contributed to the children's deaths, such as regulatory officials and pharmacy administrators.
The State Hamza Prize or simply the Hamza Prize, officially the State Prize of the Uzbek SSR Named After Hamza was a state prize established in the Uzbek SSR in 1964 to recognize outstanding achievement in literature, arts, and architecture. The prize was named in honor of Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi, an early pioneer of literature in the Uzbek SSR.
Agʻitay Adilov was an honored agricultural worker of Uzbekistan (1992), a senator (2005), and a Hero of Uzbekistan (2005).
Elmira Basithanova is an Uzbek physician and political figure in Uzbekistan. In January 2020, Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev appointed her as a member of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan for the IV convocation.
Munavvara Abdullayeva is an Uzbek actress, director, teacher, and a master of national theater art.
Ubaydulla Uvatov was a renowned Uzbek Orientalist, historian, Doctor of Historical Sciences, and professor. He extensively researched the history of the Timurid era, Central Asian cultural heritage, scientific studies in manuscriptology, and historiography. He was also the author of significant documentary films and theater scripts.
