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

Historians and writers

Military officers

Ancient

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.[21][22]

Kings of Kabardia

Safavid people

18th–19th century

Russo-Circassian War participants

20th–21st century

Ottoman military officers

Turkish military officers

Egyptian military officers

Libyan military officers

Syrian military officers

Jordanian military officers

  • Major General Ibrahim Pasha Othman Kashoqa – 1st commander of the Royal Jordanian Air Force (1956–1962)
  • Hero of Samu Incident Lieutenant General Ihsan Pasha Shurdom −9th commander of the Royal Jordanian Air Force (1983–1993), his Hawker Hunter Jet Fighter still presented in the entrance of the Martyr's Monument in Amman, Jordan
  • Major General Awni Pasha Belal −10th commander of the Royal Jordanian Air Force (1993–1994)
  • Major General Hussein Pasha Ahmad Shodash Shapsoug – 16th commander of the Royal Jordanian Air Force (2006–2010)[66]
  • Major General Mansour Pasha Hakouz Bgane – Shapsig – commander of southern region
  • Major General Izzat Pasha Quandour −9th commander of the Jordanian public security directorate (1969–1970)[67]
  • Lieutenant General Anwar Pasha Mohammed −12th commander of the Jordanian public security directorate (1971–1976)[67]
  • Major General Mamoun Pasha Khalil Ha'opsh −14th commander of the Jordanian public security directorate (1979–1981)[67]
  • Lieutenant General Mohammad Pasha Idris Dodokh −15th commander of the Jordanian public security directorate (1981–1984)[67]
  • Lieutenant General Thyab Pasha Yousef −16th commander of the Jordanian public security directorate (1984–1985)[67]
  • General officer Tahseen Pasha Shordum −22nd commander of the Jordanian public security directorate (2002–2004)[67]
  • General officer Tareq Pasha Ala'Eddin Bersik −7th commander of the Jordanian General Intelligence Department.

Athletes

Football and basketball

Martial arts

Theologians and philosophers

Islamic clergy

Christian clergy

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

Philosophers

Politicians

Jordanian politicians

German politicians

Syrian politicians

Prime ministers of Libya

Prime ministers of Iraq

Tunisian politicians

Prime ministers of Tunisia

Egyptian politicians

Prime ministers of Egypt

Turkish politicians

Presidents and prime ministers of Turkey

Grand viziers of the Ottoman Empire

Ottoman governors

Heads of the federal subjects of Russia

Presidents of Adygea

Presidents of Kabardino–Balkaria

Economists

Nobility

Royal families

  • The Babouk and Qala families are two of the few Circassian aristocratic families left in Jordan that descend from the 'warq' social class in Circassia.
  • Burji dynasty of Egypt.

Sultans of the Ottoman Empire with Circassian mothers

Shahs of the Safavid Empire with Circassian mothers

Other nobility

Artists

Film, TV, and stage

Musicians and painters

See also

Circassians

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