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:
Asashōryū Akinori (b. 1980), professional sumo wrestler, the 68th yokozuna in history, one of the most successful yokozuna ever.[2] In 2005, he became the first wrestler to win all six official tournaments (honbasho) in a single year.
Kyokutenhō Masaru (b. 1974), professional sumo wrestler, Yūshō-winner, who made more appearances in the top division than any other wrestler at 1470;[5]sekiwake .
Kostya Tszyu (b. 1968), boxer of paternal Mongolian descent,[8] who is considered one of the greatest Australian boxers in history, as well as one of the hardest-punching light-welterweights in the division's history.[9]
Tim Tszyu (b. 1994), professional boxer, the son of Kostya Tszyu.
Yanjaa, Mongolian-Swedish triple world-record holding memory athlete, public speaker, and polyglot. First woman in history to place at the world event together with fellow countryman Munkhshur Narmandakh.[15]
Chosgi Odsir (1260–1320), scholar, translator and writer.
Yelü Chucai (1190–1244), Khitan statesman from the imperial clan of the Liao dynasty who became a vigorous adviser and administrator of the early Mongol Empire in the Confucian tradition.
Dami Im (b. 1988), Korean Australian singer-songwriter partly of Mongolian descent.[23]
Sa Dingding (b. 1979), folk singer-songwriter of mixed Mongolian Chinese and Chinese ethnicity.[24] She also plays traditional instruments such as the guzheng and morin khuur.[25]
Nature Ganganbaigal (1990–2019), music performer, songwriter, producer and film music composer.
Zanabazar (1635–1723), sculptor, painter, architect, poet, costume designer, scholar and linguist, beside being the supreme spiritual authority of the Gelugpa lineage of Tibetan Buddhism in Outer Mongolia.
Queen Anu (1227–1287), queen consort and military leader.
Ayusi (18th century), officer of the Qing dynasty, best known for his achievements against the Dzungar Khanate. His achievements allowed the Qing dynasty to pacify northern Xinjiang.[44][45][46]
Timur (1336–1405), Turco-Mongol conqueror born into the Barlas tribe who shared an ancestor with Genghis Khan on his father's side and allegedly was a direct descendant of Khan on his mother's side. Founded the Timurid Empire.
Byamba fictional character portrayed by Uli Latukefu in the American TV series Marco Polo. He is a general of both the imperial army and the Mongol horde and the illegitimate son of Kublai Khan and a Javanese woman.
Bu Jun, fictional character in the Marvel Universe. He is a mutant of Mongolian descent, affiliated with the Sleepers.[62]
The Mandarin, fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Mandarin is of Mongolian origin and a descendant of Genghis Khan. He was portrayed by Ben Kingsley in Iron Man 3. The character was associated with Mongolian script words' in the movie, with the Mongolian minister of sports and tourism reportedly writing a letter against it, and Marvel later apologizing.[63]
Mulan, legendary folk heroine of Chinese history. The legendary character was born in Northern Wei in the 4th-6th century AD, which frequently engaged in intermarriage with the Rouranroyals. Further, the Northern Wei were themselves Xianbei, of Donghu origin.
Pagma, fictional character portrayed by Badema in the 1991 film Close to Eden. She appears as Genghis Khan's wife in Gombo's dream, dressed in the Mongolian imperial fashion. The dress of Star Wars' Padmé was based on such Mongolian imperial fashion.
Temjin, the son of a Kiyat chieftain, protagonist of the Japanese manga Fenrir.
^Kilmer stated in an interview that he is of Mongolian descent.[33]
^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]
^This isn't actually a depiction of Dashi but simply that of a Kara-Khitan man.
^Lenin never spoke of his origins, and other ethnicities have been proposed instead of Kalmyk.
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