List of Adyghes
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This is a list of notable Adyghe people
(Circassians), including both ethnically Adyghes and people of Adyghe descent.
Presidents of Kabardino-Balkaria
Adyghe people
The Adyghe or Adygs , also often known as Circassians or Cherkess, are in origin a North Caucasian ethnic groupwho were displaced in the course of the Russian conquest of the Caucasus in the 19th century, especially after the Russian–Circassian War of 1862.Adyghe people mostly speak Adyghe and most...
(Circassians), including both ethnically Adyghes and people of Adyghe descent.
Politicians
- Youssef Zulficar PashaYoussef Zulficar PashaYoussef Zulficar Pasha was an Egyptian judge. He was the father of Queen Farida of Egypt and thus father-in-law of King Farouk I....
- 1st Egyptian Ambassador to IranIranIran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia... - Ahmad Mahir PashaAhmad Mahir PashaAhmed Maher Pasha was the Prime Minister of Egypt from October 10, 1944 to February 24, 1945. He was a member of the Saadist Institutional Party and was appointed Prime Minister following the removal of Mustafa an-Nahhas Pasha by King Farouk.After assuming power he called for new elections and...
– Egyptian Prime Minister (1944–1945) - Abdul Majid KubarAbdul Majid KubarAbdul Majid Kabar was the Prime minister of Libya from 26 May 1957 to 17 October 1960, and he is from a Circassian origin....
- Libyan Prime Minister (1957-1960) - Abdüllatif ŞenerAbdüllatif SenerAbdüllatif Şener is a former Finance Minister in the 54th cabinet of the Turkish Government and served as the Deputy Prime Minister in the 58th and 59th cabinets of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan....
– Former Finance Minister in the 54th cabinet of the Turkish Government and served as the Deputy Prime Minister in the 58th and 59th cabinets of R.T. Erdoğan. - Deniz BaykalDeniz BaykalDeniz Baykal is a Turkish politician. He was a long-time leader of the Republican People's Party .-Biography:...
– Turkish politician who was a long-time leader of the Republican People's Party (CHP) in Turkey. - Cem ÖzdemirCem ÖzdemirCem Özdemir is a German politician. He is co-chairman of the German political party Alliance '90/The Greens, together with Claudia Roth...
– German politician. Co-chairman of the German Green Party - Khaled MohieddinKhaled MohieddinKhaled Mohieddine was an Egyptian politician and a major in the Egyptian Army. He participated in the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, as a member of the Free Officers Movement, which overthrew the monarchy under King Farouk...
– Egyptian politician - Toujan al-FaisalToujan al-FaisalToujan al-Faisal is a human rights activist and a former TV journalist, who was Jordan's first female Member of Parliament. She is a Circassian.-Alleged apostasy:...
– Jordanian politician and human rights activist, member of Jordanian Parliament 1993-1977, first woman ever elected to the Jordan Parliament. For her outspoken opinions she was often dubbed "the only man in parliament.". - Bassam Abdel MajeedBassam Abdel MajeedMajor General Bassam Abdel Majeed is the current Syrian ambassador to Kuwait. He also served as the interior minister of Syria between 2006 and 2009....
– former Syrian interior minister and director of the military police. - Muhammad Sharif PashaMuhammad Sharif PashaMuhammad Sharif Pasha was an Egyptian statesman of Turkish origin. He served as Prime Minister of Egypt three times during his career. His first term was between April 7, 1879 and August 18, 1879. His second term was served from September 14, 1881 to February 4, 1882...
– Egyptian Statesman - Ali Mahir PashaAli Mahir PashaAli Mahir Pasha was an Egyptian political figure. He served as Prime Minister of Egypt from 30 January 1936 to 9 May 1936, a second term from 18 August 1939 to 28 June 1940, a third term from 27 January 1952 to 2 March 1952 and a final fourth term from 23 July 1952 to 7 September 1952...
– Egyptian Prime Minister - Sa`id Al-Mufti HabjokaSa`id al-MuftiSaid Pasha al- Mufti was a Jordanian political figure of Circassian origin. Said Pasha received Emir Abdullah with a few Jordanian Sheikhs, when he came to Jordan and was leading the Great Arab Revolt against the Ottoman rule....
- Jordanian Prime Minister - Ali Fethi OkyarAli Fethi OkyarAli Fethi Okyar was a Turkish diplomat and politician who also served as a military officer and as a diplomat during the last decade of the Ottoman Empire...
– The Second Prime Minister of Turkey (1924–25) and the second Speaker of the Turkish Parliament after Mustafa Kemal AtatürkMustafa Kemal AtatürkMustafa Kemal Atatürk was an Ottoman and Turkish army officer, revolutionary statesman, writer, and the first President of Turkey. He is credited with being the founder of the Republic of Turkey.... - Khaireddin al Tunusy – Prime Minister of TunisiaTunisiaTunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...
1873-1877. - Mahmoud FawziMahmoud FawziMahmoud Fawzi was an Egyptian diplomat and political figure from Circassian origin, . He was born and died in Cairo....
- Prime Minister of Egypt, 1970-1974 - Mahmoud Sami el-Baroudi – Egyptian Prime Minister
- Riyad PashaRiyad PashaRiyad Pasha was an Egyptian statesman. His name can also be spelled Riaz Pasha and Riyāḍ Bāshā . He served as Prime Minister of Egypt three times during his career. His first term was between September 21, 1879 and September 10, 1881. His second term was from June 9, 1888 to May 12, 1891...
– Egyptian Prime Minister - Hussein OnnHussein OnnTun Hussein bin Dato' Onn who is of 3/4 Malay and 1/4 Circassian ancestry was the third Prime Minister of Malaysia, ruling from 1976 to 1981. He was granted the soubriquet Bapa Perpaduan...
– former Prime Minister of MalaysiaPrime Minister of MalaysiaThe Prime Minister of Malaysia is the indirectly elected head of government of Malaysia. He is officially appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, the head of state, who in HM's judgment is likely to command the confidence of the majority of the members of that House of Representatives , the...
with 1/4 Circassian ancestry
Heads of the federal subjects of Russia
Presidents of the Republic of Adygea- Aslan DzharimovAslan DzharimovAslan Aliyevich Dzharimov is a Russian politician of Adyghe ethnicity who served as the President of the Republic of Adygea.-Education:He graduated from the Agronomy Faculty of the Kuban Agricultural Institute in 1964, post-graduate degree in agricultural economics in 1968 , ANI of the Central...
- The 1st President of the Republic of Adygea - Hazret SovmenHazret SovmenHazret Medzhidovich Sovmen was the second President of the Republic of Adygea, Russia, having succeeded Aslan Dzharimov at the post. Sovmen is a university professor from Maykop. Before becoming President, Hazret Sovmen had been a successful businessman , having started off as a bulldozer driver...
- The 2nd President of the Republic of Adygea - Aslan Tkhakushinov - The 3rd President Republic of Adygea
Presidents of Kabardino-Balkaria
- Valery KokovValery KokovValery Mukhamedovich Kokov was a Russian politician of Kabardian ethnicity.- Early Life and Political Career :Kokov was born in Tyrnyauz, Kabardino-Balkaria. He was the leader of Kabardino-Balkaria from 1990 to 2005...
- The 1st President of Kabardino-BalkariaKabardino-BalkariaThe Kabardino-Balkar Republic , or Kabardino-Balkaria , is a federal subject of Russia located in the North Caucasus. Population: -Geography:The republic is situated in the North Caucasus mountains, with plains in the northern part.... - Arsen KanokovArsen KanokovArsen Bashirovich Kanokov is the president of the Kabardino-Balkaria republic in Russia.- Biography :...
-The 2nd President of Kabardino-BalkariaKabardino-BalkariaThe Kabardino-Balkar Republic , or Kabardino-Balkaria , is a federal subject of Russia located in the North Caucasus. Population: -Geography:The republic is situated in the North Caucasus mountains, with plains in the northern part....
Royal Families
- Barquq was the first sultanSultanSultan is a title with several historical meanings. Originally, it was an Arabic language abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", "rulership", and "dictatorship", derived from the masdar سلطة , meaning "authority" or "power". Later, it came to be used as the title of certain rulers who...
of the MamlukMamlukA Mamluk was a soldier of slave origin, who were predominantly Cumans/Kipchaks The "mamluk phenomenon", as David Ayalon dubbed the creation of the specific warrior...
Burji dynastyBurji dynastyThe Burji dynasty المماليك البرجية ruled Egypt from 1382 until 1517. It proved especially turbulent, with short-lived sultans. Political power-plays often became important in designating a new sultan. During this time Mamluks fought Timur Lenk and conquered Cyprus. Constant bickering may have...
of Egypt. - BarsbayBarsbayAl-Ashraf Sayf-ad-Din Barsbay was the ninth Burji Mamluk sultan of Egypt from AD 1422 to 1438. He was Circassian by birth and a former slave of the first Burji Sultan, Barquq....
was the ninth Burji Mamluk sultan of Egypt - QaitbayQaitbayAl-Ashraf Sayf al-Din Qa'it Bay was the eighteenth Burji Mamluk Sultan of Egypt from 872-901 A.H. . He was Circassian by birth, and was purchased by the ninth sultan Barsbay before being freed by the eleventh sultan Jaqmaq...
was the eighteenth Burji Mamluk Sultan of Egypt - Al-Ashraf Qansuh Al-GhawriAl-Ashraf Qansuh al-GhawriAl-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri was the second last of the Mamluk Sultans. One of the last of the Burji dynasty, he reigned from 1501 to 1516.On the disappearance of Sultan Al-Adil Sayf ad-Din Tuman bay I, it was not till after some days that the choice of the Emirs and Mamluks fell upon Al-Ashraf...
was the last of the Mamluk Sultans - Maria Temryukovna – Wife of the Russian Tsar Ivan the Terrible
- His Majesty; Colonel Ismail Hussain Shirin – second husband of Princess Fawzia, sister of Egyptian King Faruk, whose first husband was Mohammed Reza Pahlawi, the former Shah of Iran
- SultanaSultana (title)The term Sultana is an Islamic title reserved for a few Muslim women rulers in history. It is sometimes mistaken for the title of the chief wife of a Sultan.-Overview:The most famous Sultana was Razia Sultana of India....
Melek TourhanMelek TourhanMelek Hassan Tourhan was the second wife of Sultan Hussein Kamel of Egypt. After her husband ascended the throne in 1914, she became known as Sultana Melek .-Biography:...
was the wife of SultanSultan of EgyptSultan of Egypt was the status held by the rulers of Egypt after the establishment of the Ayyubid Dynasty of Saladin in 1174 until the Ottoman conquest of Egypt in 1517. Though the extent of the Egyptian Sultanate ebbed and flowed, it generally included Sham and Hejaz, with the consequence that the...
Hussein Kamel of EgyptEgyptEgypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
. - HH Gevherin Nedaxe Kadın Efend -third wife of the Ottoman Sultan Abdulaziz
- Queen FaridaFarida of EgyptQueen Farida, born Safinaz Zulficar was the Queen consort of Egypt and the first wife of King Farouk.-Personal life:...
-Queen consortQueen consortA queen consort is the wife of a reigning king. A queen consort usually shares her husband's rank and holds the feminine equivalent of the king's monarchical titles. Historically, queens consort do not share the king regnant's political and military powers. Most queens in history were queens consort...
of EgyptEgyptEgypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
and the first wife of King Farouk. - Princess Sana AsemPrincess Sana AsemPrincess Sana Asem is a Jordanian princess. She is the daughter of Adnan Mawloud Kalimat, leader of the Circassians tribal council of Jordan and mukhtar of the Circassians in the city of Amman. -Marriage and children:...
- Prince Hussein Nasser Mirza of Jordan the son of HRH Princess Alia bint Al-HusseinPrincess Alia bint Al HusseinPrincess Alia bint Al Hussein of Jordan was born on 13 February 1956 to King Hussein of Jordan and his first wife, Sharifa Dina bint 'Abdu'l-Hamid.-Education:...
Military officers
- Çerkes EthemÇerkes EthemÇerkes Ethem was a Turkish militia leader of Circassian origin who initially gained fame for fighting against the Allied powers invading Anatolia in the aftermath of the World War I and afterwards during the Turkish War of Independence....
– Turkish militia leader who initially gained fame for fighting against the Allied powers invading AnatoliaAnatoliaAnatolia is a geographic and historical term denoting the westernmost protrusion of Asia, comprising the majority of the Republic of Turkey...
in the aftermath of the World War IWorld War IWorld War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
and afterwards during the Turkish War of IndependenceTurkish War of IndependenceThe Turkish War of Independence was a war of independence waged by Turkish nationalists against the Allies, after the country was partitioned by the Allies following the Ottoman Empire's defeat in World War I...
. - Alexander Bekovich-CherkasskyAlexander Bekovich-CherkasskyPrince Alexander Bekovich-Cherkassky was a Russian officer of Circassian origin who led the first Russian military expedition into Central Asia.-Background:...
- a Russian officer who led the first Russian military expedition into Central AsiaCentral AsiaCentral Asia is a core region of the Asian continent from the Caspian Sea in the west, China in the east, Afghanistan in the south, and Russia in the north...
. - Salah SalemSalah SalemSalah Salem was an Egyptian military officer and politician.-Education and military career:Salim was born in Sinkat, Sudan in 1920. He was raised, however, in the Hilmiyyat Jadida neighborhood of Cairo. There he was educated at the Ibrahimiyyeh School, and later, in 1938, he graduated from the...
- an Egyptian Military officer and member in the Egyptian Revolutionary Command CouncilEgyptian Revolutionary Command CouncilThe Revolutionary Command Council was the body established to supervise Egypt and Sudan after the Revolution of 1952. It initially selected Ali Maher Pasha as Prime Minister, but forced him to resign after conflict over land reform. At that time, the Council took full control of Egypt... - Gamal SalemGamal SalemGamal Salem was an Egyptian Air Force officer and political figure in the mid-20th century. He was part of the Free Officers Movement which carried out a coup d'état against King Farouk I and turned Egypt into a Republic.-Career:...
- an Egyptian Air ForceEgyptian Air ForceThe Egyptian Air Force, or EAF , is the aviation branch of the Egyptian Armed Forces. The EAF is headed by an Air Marshal . Currently, the commander of the Egyptian Air Force is Air Marshal Reda Mahmoud Hafez Mohamed...
officer and political figure - Hussein el-ShafeiHussein el-ShafeiHussein Mahmoud Hassan el-Shafei, , also known as Hussein el-Shafei , was a member of Egypt's July, 1952 revolutionary leadership council and served as vice-president under two former Egyptian presidents, Gamal Abdel Nasser and Anwar Sadat...
- an Egyptian Military officer and member in the Egyptian Revolutionary Command CouncilEgyptian Revolutionary Command CouncilThe Revolutionary Command Council was the body established to supervise Egypt and Sudan after the Revolution of 1952. It initially selected Ali Maher Pasha as Prime Minister, but forced him to resign after conflict over land reform. At that time, the Council took full control of Egypt... - Zakaria MohieddinZakaria MohieddinZakaria Mohieddin was an Egyptian military officer, politician, Prime Minister of Egypt and head of the first Intelligence body in Egypt, the Egyptian General Intelligence Directorate.-Overview:...
- an Egyptian Military officer and member in the Egyptian Revolutionary Command CouncilEgyptian Revolutionary Command CouncilThe Revolutionary Command Council was the body established to supervise Egypt and Sudan after the Revolution of 1952. It initially selected Ali Maher Pasha as Prime Minister, but forced him to resign after conflict over land reform. At that time, the Council took full control of Egypt... - General officer Aziz Almasri'Aziz 'Ali al-MisriAziz Ali al-Misri was the co-founder of Al-gahtaniyya and al-‘ahd .-Early Life and Background:Aziz Ali al-Misri was born of both Egyptian and Circassian ancestry. His father, Zakariya, and previous relatives on his father’s side of the family were Circassian, with the original family name before...
- an Egyptian Military officer - Major GeneralMajor GeneralMajor general or major-general is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. A major general is a high-ranking officer, normally subordinate to the rank of lieutenant general and senior to the ranks of brigadier and brigadier general...
Ibrahim Pasha Othman Kashoqa - 1st commander of the Royal Jordanian Air ForceRoyal Jordanian Air ForceThe Royal Jordanian Air Force is the air force branch of the Jordanian Armed Forces.-Early days:...
(1956–1962) - Hero of Samu IncidentSamu IncidentThe Samu incident refers to events on November 13, 1966 involving an Israeli military attack on the Jordanian-controlled West Bank village of Samu in response to Fatah raids against Israelis near the West Bank border...
Lieutenant GeneralLieutenant GeneralLieutenant General is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages where the title of Lieutenant General was held by the second in command on the battlefield, who was normally subordinate to a Captain General....
Ihsan Pasha Shurdom -9th commander of the Royal Jordanian Air ForceRoyal Jordanian Air ForceThe Royal Jordanian Air Force is the air force branch of the Jordanian Armed Forces.-Early days:...
(1983–1993), his Hawker HunterHawker HunterThe Hawker Hunter is a subsonic British jet aircraft developed in the 1950s. The single-seat Hunter entered service as a manoeuvrable fighter aircraft, and later operated in fighter-bomber and reconnaissance roles in numerous conflicts. Two-seat variants remained in use for training and secondary...
Jet Fighter still presented in the entrance of the Martyr's Monument in Amman, Jordan - Major GeneralMajor GeneralMajor general or major-general is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. A major general is a high-ranking officer, normally subordinate to the rank of lieutenant general and senior to the ranks of brigadier and brigadier general...
Awni Pasha Belal -10th commander of the Royal Jordanian Air ForceRoyal Jordanian Air ForceThe Royal Jordanian Air Force is the air force branch of the Jordanian Armed Forces.-Early days:...
(1993–1994) - Major GeneralMajor GeneralMajor general or major-general is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. A major general is a high-ranking officer, normally subordinate to the rank of lieutenant general and senior to the ranks of brigadier and brigadier general...
Hussein Pasha Ahmad Shodash Shapsoug - 16th commander of the Royal Jordanian Air ForceRoyal Jordanian Air ForceThe Royal Jordanian Air Force is the air force branch of the Jordanian Armed Forces.-Early days:...
(2006–2010) - Major GeneralMajor GeneralMajor general or major-general is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. A major general is a high-ranking officer, normally subordinate to the rank of lieutenant general and senior to the ranks of brigadier and brigadier general...
Izzat Pasha Qandour -9th commander of the Jordanian public security directorate (1969–1970) - Lieutenant GeneralLieutenant GeneralLieutenant General is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages where the title of Lieutenant General was held by the second in command on the battlefield, who was normally subordinate to a Captain General....
Anwar Pasha Mohammed -12th commander of the Jordanian public security directorate (1971–1976) - Major GeneralMajor GeneralMajor general or major-general is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. A major general is a high-ranking officer, normally subordinate to the rank of lieutenant general and senior to the ranks of brigadier and brigadier general...
Mamoun Pasha Khalil Ha'opsh -14th commander of the Jordanian public security directorate (1979–1981) - Lieutenant GeneralLieutenant GeneralLieutenant General is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages where the title of Lieutenant General was held by the second in command on the battlefield, who was normally subordinate to a Captain General....
Mohammad Pasha Idris Dodokh -15th commander of the Jordanian public security directorate (1981–1984) - Lieutenant GeneralLieutenant GeneralLieutenant General is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages where the title of Lieutenant General was held by the second in command on the battlefield, who was normally subordinate to a Captain General....
Thyab Pasha Yousef -16th commander of the Jordanian public security directorate (1984–1985) - General officer Tahseen Pasha Shordum -22nd commander of the Jordanian public security directorate (2002–2004)
- General officer Tareq Pasha Ala'Eddin Bersik -7th commander of the Jordanian General Intellegence DepartmentDairat al-Mukhabarat al-AmmahDairat al-Mukhabarat al-Ammah is the intelligence agency of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and a branch of the Jordanian Armed Forces...
. - Umar MihayshiUmar MihayshiUmar Abdullah el Mihayshi was a Libyan of Circassian origin, an army officer and a member of the Libyan Revolutionary Command Council that ruled Libya after the coup d'état of 1 September 1969.-Life:...
- member of the revolutionary council that ruled Libya in 1969 and then became an active member in the Lybian opposition to the Lybian regmine. - Çetin Doğan - Turkish Army general
Film, TV, and stage
- Hussein FahmyHussein FahmyHussein Fahmy, is an Egyptian actor born in 1940 in Cairo. He is the brother of actor Mustafa Fahmy.A leading movie star and the first UNDP Goodwill Ambassador for the Arab States in 1998 and since then has worked hard to convey to his audience in the Middle East important human development messages...
- Famous Egyptian Actor - Mervat AminMervat AminMervat Amin is an Arab Egyptian actress, born in 1946 in El-Menya in Egypt. Her father is Egyptian and her mother Scottish. During the seventies her mom was the Head of the Elementary School of El Nasr School Heliopolis,Egypt. Her father was Dr...
- Famous Egyptian actress - Najdat Anzour - Syrian television and film director.
- Ludmilla TchérinaLudmilla TchérinaLudmilla Tchérina was a French prima ballerina, sculptor, actress, painter, choreographer and author of two novels....
– internationally-famous ballet dancer, actress, artist and sculptor who is a member of a royal family. - Mimi ChakibMimi ChakibMimi Chakib was an Egyptian actress who appeared in some 15 films mostly in the 1940s and 1950s.She entered film in 1934 and appeared in films such as Nahwa al-Majd in 1949. Her last film appearance was in Doa al karawan in 1959 in which she appeared alongside actors such as Faten Hamama and...
-an Egyptian actress who appeared in some 15 films mostly in the 1940s and 1950s
Musicians
- Yuri TemirkanovYuri TemirkanovYuri Khatuevich Temirkanov is a Russian conductor of Circassian origin.Yuri Temirkanov has been the Music Director and Chief Conductor of the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic since 1988.-Early life:...
– Russian music director and chief conductor of the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic since 1988. - Zamudin GuchevZamudin GuchevZamudin Guchev is a Circassian craftsman and musician. Currently live in the Republic of Adygea. and he is well known in the North Caucasus and among Circassian diaspora in preserving the ancient Circassians Cultural heritage....
– craftsman and musician - Hadise Açıkgöz – World wide known songwriter and singer who represented Turkey in Eurovision Song Contest 2009.
- Aidamir MuguAidamir MuguAidamir Mugu , born 17 April 1990, Maykop, Adygea, USSR; is a Russian Adyghe singer.Mugu became famous in summer 2005 when he in cooperation with an accordionist Aslan Tlebzu had recorded his Chyornye Glaza in Russian....
– Russian singer. - Aslan TlebzuAslan TlebzuAslan Tlebzu , born 24 February 1981, Teuchezhsk, Adygea, USSR; is a Russian Adyghe folk musician....
– Russian folk musician. - Timur Shaov – Russian poet, songwriter and singer.
Writers
- Ahmed ShawqiAhmed ShawqiAhmed Shawqi was the great Arabic Poet-Laureate, an Egyptian poet and dramatist who pioneered the modern Egyptian literary movement, most notably introducing the genre of poetic epics to the Arabic literary tradition...
- Very Famous Egyptian Arabic Poet-Laureate. - Kuba ShaabanKuba ShaabanKuba Shaaban : , was a Russian; Writer, Historian, and playwright. famous for his advocacy of the Circassians Culture and he produced works in almost every literary form including plays, poetry, novels, essays, and historical works.Shaaban spent his life traveling between different countries with...
- Famous writer, poet, musician, and historian. - Nadine HaobshNadine HaobshNadine Jolie, born Nadine Freedon Haobsh, is an American novelist, blogger and beauty journalist. She maintains a blog, "Nadine Jolie" , which has received international press, and is the author of Beauty Confidential: The No Preaching, No Lies, Advice-You'll-Actually-Use-Guide to Looking Your Best...
– American blogger, beauty journalist and author of Beauty ConfidentialBeauty ConfidentialBeauty Confidential: The No Preaching, No Lies, Advice-You'll-Actually-Use Guide to Looking Your Best is a 2007 beauty guide by American author Nadine Haobsh.... - Mohydeen Izzat QuandourMohydeen Izzat QuandourMohydeen Izzat Quandour was born in 1938, in Amman, Jordan, to a family of 19th century Circassian immigrants. Well known in the Circassian community as the author of the Kavkas trilogy, he is also an accomplished music composer and film director.-Works:...
– Writer, intellectual, film producer and director, and musician
Athletes
- Mahmut AtalayMahmut AtalayMahmut Atalay , was a renowned Turkish World champion and Olympic medalist sports wrestler in the Welterweight class and a trainer who was born in Corum, Turkey...
– Wrestler, 1968 Olympic Gold medalist - Hamit KaplanHamit KaplanHamit Kaplan , was a renowned Circassian World and Olympic champion sports wrestler in the Heavyweight class who was born in Turkey...
– Wrestler, 1956 Olympic Gold medalist - Bibras Natkho – Former captain of the Israel under-19 football teamIsrael national under-19 football teamIsrael's national Under-19 team , also known as Israel Under-19s or Israel U-19s, is considered to be the feeder team for the Israel national under-21 football team....
- Suleyman SebaSüleyman SebaSüleyman Seba is a former Turkish football player and was the longest presiding Chairman of the Istanbul based multisports club Beşiktaş J.K..-Biography:...
– ex-President of Besiktas Football Club - Fakhraldien Gor – Lawyer and Olympian athlete-Arab and west Asian champion in high jump and member of board of directors of Jordan olympic committee.
Business men
- Wagih Abaza - A Famous Egyptian business man, the owner of the agent of PeugeotPeugeotPeugeot is a major French car brand, part of PSA Peugeot Citroën, the second largest carmaker based in Europe.The family business that precedes the current Peugeot company was founded in 1810, and manufactured coffee mills and bicycles. On 20 November 1858, Emile Peugeot applied for the lion...
in EgyptEgyptEgypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...