List of Chuvashes

A Chuvash is a member of the Chuvash people, an ethnic group living in Russia.

Leaders and politicians

Daniil Elmen

Military figures

  • Iskej Pajtulĕ (17th century) - Chuvash poet, ataman (colonel) in the army of Stenka Razin.

Religious figures

Academic figures

Ivan Yakovlev (educator).

Educators

  • Ivan Yakovlev (1848–1930) - Chuvash patriarch, inventor of modern Chuvash alphabet.
  • Gennady Volkov (1927–2010) - Chuvash educator, Academician of the Russian Academy of Education, founder of the ethnopedagogics.

Linguists

Atner Husankaj

Journalists

  • Nikolai Yut - Chuvash writer, folklorist and literary critic.

Cultural figures

Actors and actresses

  • Tany Youne (1903–1977) - first Chuvash theater actress, the first Chuvash film actress.
  • Boris Markov - actor, famous music director, People's Artist of the Russia and Chuvash ASSR.

Architects

  • Pyotr Yegorov (1731–1789) - author of the railing of Summer Garden.

Ballet dancers

Musicians

Painters

Sculptors

  • Gerasim Pileš (1913–1994) - writer, playwright, sculptor and graphicist.

Writers and poets

Mišši Śeśpĕl

Other figures

Cosmonauts

Sportspersons

See also