- Nambaryn Enkhbayar
Nambaryn Enkhbayar (born June 1, 1958, in Ulaanbaatar) is the current President of Mongolia. He took office on June 24, 2005 after winning the May 2005 elections. Enkhbayar is the ex-chairman of former communist party - Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP). Enkhbayar was the Prime Minister of Mongolia from 2000 until 2004 and Speaker of Parliament between 2004 and 2005.
- Bogd Khan
Bogd Khan, (Mongolian ; 1869-1924), was enthroned as the Emperor (Khan) of Mongolia on the 29th of December of 1911, when the country declared independence from the Qing Dynasty. As the eighth Jebtsundamba Khutugtu, he had already been the spiritual leader of Mongolia's Tibetan Buddhism. He was placed under house arrest when the Chinese troops occupied the country in 1919, but he was freed and reinstated by Baron Ungern's forces, …
- Byambasuren Davaa
Byambasuren Davaa, really Davaagiin Byambasüren is a Mongolian film maker currently residing in Germany. Between 1995 and 1998 she studied at the Movie Academy in Ulaanbaatar. In 1998 she began to work as a moderator and director's assistant with the Mongolian National Television in. In 2000 she moved to Munich, Germany to study documentary film and communication sciences at the Munich Television and Movie Academy.
- Altantuya Shaaribuu
Altantuya Shaaribuu (1978 – 2006), a Mongolian national, was a murder victim whose remains were destroyed with C4 explosives in October 2006 in city of Shah Alam, Malaysia.
- Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj is a Mongolian politician. He has been one of the principal leaders of the peaceful democratic revolution in 1990 that ended nearly 75 years of communist rule. Elbegdorj has been the Prime Minister of Mongolia twice, the Vice Speaker of Parliament once, the Majority Leader of the Parliament once, and a Member of Parliament three times. He is known as a pro-democracy, libertarian politician.
- Galsan Tschinag
Galsan Tschinag, born "Irgit Schynykbai-oglu Dshurukuwaa", (* December 26, 1944 in Bayan-Ölgii Province, Mongolia) is internationally known as a writer of novels, poems, and essays in the German language, though he hails from a Tuvan background. He is also often described as a Shaman, a teacher, and an actor.
- Arjia Rinpoche
Arjia Lobsang Thubten Rinpoche' is the Abbot of Kumbum Monastery in Amdo, one of the six great centers of Buddhism in Tibet. Born to Mongolian nomads in Eastern Tibet, he is believed to be the reincarnation of the father of Tsongkhapa, the founder of the Gelupa (Yellow Hat) Sect of Tibetan Buddhism. He was ordained as the Abbot of Kumbum by Tenzin Gyatso the living 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet.
- ‘abdullah
- Natsagiin Bagabandi
Natsagiin Bagabandi (born April 22, 1950 in Zavkhan Province) was the president of Mongolia from 1997 to 2005, and a member of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party. He became speaker of the State Great Khural in 1992 for four years, then ran for presidential elections in 1997, winning them. He won re-election in 2001. In the presidential elections on May 22, 2005, …
- Timur
Tīmūr bin Tara<u>gh</u>ay Barlas, known in the West as Tamburlaine, was a 14th century warlord of Turco-Mongol descent, conqueror of much of Western and central Asia, and founder of the Timurid Empire and Timurid dynasty (1370–1405) in Central Asia, which survived in some form until 1857. Perhaps, he is more commonly known by his pejorative Persian name Timur-e Lang which translates to Timur the Lame, …
- Subutai
Subutai was the primary strategist and general of Genghis Khan and Ögedei Khan. He directed more than 20 campaigns during which he conquered (or overran) more territory than any other commander in history. He gained victory by means of imaginative and sophisticated strategies. He routinely coordinated movements of armies that were more than 500 km away from each other. Usually he maneuvered the enemy into a position of weakness before accepting battle.
- Hoelun
Hoelun was the mother of Mongol Khan Genghis Khan and the grandmother of Ogedei Khan. She was the wife of Yesükhei, the chief of the Kiyad clan. After Yesükhei's death, his clan abandoned Hoelun and her sons including Genghis Khan ("Temujin" by birth). Therefore Genghis Khan was raised in the harsh environment of the Mongolian steppes. According to Mongolian legend, Hoelun taught Genghis and his brothers the basics of unity and support for one another, …
- Andrew West
Andrew West is an English linguist. He initially devoted himself to studying Chinese novels of the Ming and Qing dynasties. In particular, he produced a comprehensive and detailed study of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", with a new approach to analyze the relationship among the various versions, interpolating the original text of that novel. He now specializes in the minority languages of China, especially Khitan, Manchu, and Mongolian.
- Demchugdongrub
Prince Demchugdongrub (February 8, 1902 - May 23, 1966) was the leader of a Mongol independence movement in Inner Mongolia. His Chinese courtesy name is Xixian (希賢). He assumed the Mongolian chairman of Mengjiang, a Japanese puppet state in WWII. Some see him as a Mongol nationalist promoting Pan-Mongolism. Others view him as a traitor and as the pawn of the Japanese during World War II.
- Khorloogiin Choibalsan
Khorloogiin Choibalsan was the Communist leader of the Mongolian People's Republic from the 1930s until his death. Choibalsan originally trained as a lamaist monk. He made contact with Russian revolutionaries when he travelled to Siberia. He founded his first revolutionary organisation in 1919 and in 1921 joined up with Damdin Sükhbaatar to form the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party.
- Sorghaghtani Beki
Sorghaghtani Beki or Sorkhokhtani, a Kereyid princess and daughter-in-law of Genghis Khan, was one of the most powerful and competent women in the Mongol Empire. Married to Tolui, Genghis' youngest son, she raised her sons to be leaders, and maneuvered the family politics so that all four of her sons were to become Great Khans, founding several dynasties: * Möngke Khan: 1251-1259 * Kublai Khan: 1259-1294, Eastern Mongol Empire, …
- Rinchen Barsbold
Dr. Rinchen Barsbold (Rinchyengiin Barsbold) is a Mongolian paleontologist and geologist. He works with the Institute of Geology, at Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. He is world-renowned and an acknowledged leader in vertebrate paleontology and Mesozoic stratigraphy. He has been instrumental in the discovery and recovery of one of the largest dinosaur collections in the world.
- Miyeegombyn Enkhbold
Miyeegombyn Enkhbold (born 1964) is the current Prime Minister of Mongolia. He took office on January 25 2006 following the controversial collapse of Tsakhiagiyn Elbegdorj's Government. Since 2005 he is the chairman of the ex-communist Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP). Previously he had been the Mayor of the capital Ulan Bator.
- Lakva Sim
Lakva Sim, (born March 10, 1972 in Ulan Bator, Mongolia as Lkhagva Dugarbaatar,), is a professional boxer. Sim was the first Mongolian boxer to capture a recognized World Title. He has held belts as both the WBA Lightweight Champion and the WBA Super Featherweight Champion. A fighter with a heavy punch, Sim turned pro in 1995 and won the WBA Super Featherweight by defeating Takanori Hatakeyama. In that same year he later lost the belt to Jong Kwon Baek, …
- Fujiko Kano
Fujiko Kano (born April 18, 1972, in Fukuoka, Japan) is a pornstar of Japanese and Mongolian descent. Kano started out working as a caddie in a women's golf club in Japan and stayed there for a year. She then found work in a strip club as a hostess and later as a stripper, but tiring of this, she started working in adult films after four years and was at the time 26. After being spotted by an adult director, …
- Mendsaikhan Enkhsaikhan
Mendsaikhany Enkhsaikhan was the prime minister of Mongolia from July 7 1996 to April 23 1998, the first in 80 years not to belong to the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party.
- Töregene Khatun
Töregene Khatun was a Khatun and ruled as regent of the Mongol Empire from the death of her husband Ögedei Khan in 1241 until the election of her eldest son Güyük Khan in 1246. She was effective in the exercise of power in a society that was traditionally led only by men. She managed to balance the various competing powers within the empire, and even within the extended family of the descendants of Genghis Khan, …
- Guo Kan
Guo Kan (郭侃) was a famous general of Han Chinese descent that served the Mongolian Khans in their Western conquests and the conquest of China itself. He was descended from a lineage of Chinese generals. Both his father and grandfather had served the Khan, while his ancestor is Guo Ziyi, a famed general of the Tang Dynasty. Along with Jebe and Subotai, he was one of the Mongol's most able commanders, …
- Tsetsegee Munkhbayar
Tsetsegee Munkhbayar began the Onggi River Movement environmental group in 2001. This Mongolian herdsman struggled against mining companies and lawsuits to protect the natural resources of his homeland.
- Asashoryu Akinori
born as Dolgorsuren Dagvadorj on September 27, 1980 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, is the first sumo wrestler ("rikishi") from Mongolia to reach the rank of yokozuna, the highest sumo rank. He is considered one of the greatest sumo wrestlers in history.
- Luvsangiin Erdenechuluun
Luvsangiin Erdenechuluun (born October 10 1948 in Ulan Bator, Mongolia) was the foreign minister of Mongolia from August 2000 until September 2004. He is a member of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party. He lost his post when the Mongolian parliament approved a coalition government following the 2004 parliamentary elections.
- Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat
Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat (born 1942 in Zavkhan) is a Mongolian political figure. He served as the president of Mongolia, the first one elected by direct popular vote.
- Tsendiin Nyamdorj
Tsendiin Nyamdorj (* 1956) is the Speaker (Chairman) of the State Great Khural (parliament) of Mongolia.
- Damdin Sükhbaatar
Damdin Sükhbaatar (usually only Sükhbaatar, originally Sükh was a Mongolian military leader known for his excellent horsemanship capabilities. Sükh (which means "axe" in the Mongolian language) was probably born in Ikh Khüree and joined the nation's army in 1911. He was later forced to leave the army because of charges of insubordination. In 1917, he joined the army again, fought against the Chinese, …
- Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal
Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal was one of the leaders of Mongolia from the 1940s to 1984. During his political life, he served as prime minister and general secretary of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party. After taking over premiership in 1952 with Marshal Khorloogiin Choibalsan's death, Tsedenbal successfully purged his political rivals: Dashiin Damba in 1958-59,Daramyn Tömör-Ochir in 1962, Luvsantserengiin Tsend in 1963, …
- Jambyn Batmönkh
Jambyn Batmönkh was a Mongolian communist political leader. Batmönkh was born in Mongolia. He became a member of the ruling Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party in 1948 and rose through the ranks of the party. He became the minister of science in 1973, a member of the politburo in 1974, and the prime minister (chairman of the council of ministers) in June 1974. In 1984, along with D. Molomjamts, Batmönkh played a key role in easing Tsedenbal's way out of power.
- Jebe
Jebe (哲别) or Jebei Noyan(d. 1225) was one of the greatest generals of Genghis Khan. His clan was Besud, which belonged to the Taichud tribe, which was at the time of Genghis Khan under Targudai Khiriltug's leadership. He was one of Genghis Khan's legendary "dogs of war". When Genghis Khan attacked this tribe, Jebe was said, …
- Munkhbayar Dorjsuren
Munkhbayar Dorjsuren is a sport shooter, originally from Mongolia but now a German citizen. At the 1992 Summer Olympics she won the bronze medal in the women's 25 m Pistol category. She won the 1998 ISSF World Shooting Championships in 10 m Air Pistol and the 2002 ISSF World Shooting Championships in 25 m Pistol.
- Hakuho Sho
is a professional sumo wrestler. Born Munkhbat Davaajargal on March 11 1985 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, he is the sixth foreign-born wrestler to reach the rank of ozeki. Like many of his countrymen in the sumo world, Hakuho comes from a family with mongolian wrestling tradition. His father Jigjid Munkhbat won a silver medal in freestyle wrestling at the 1968 Olympics. When Hakuho was 15, he came to Japan. Weighing only 62 kilograms, no sumo training stables accepted him.
- Anandyn Amar
Anandyn Amar (Mongolian ; 1886 - 1941) was a Mongolian Communist political figure. He served as the Prime Minister of Mongolia (Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars) between February 21 1928 and April 27 1930, as president of Mongolia (Chairman of the Presidium of the State Little Khural) between July 2 1934 and March 22 1936, and again as Prime Minister between March 22 1936 and March 7 1939. He was arrested in 1939, brought to Moscow and executed in 1941.
- Mishig Sonompil
Mishigyn Sonompil (Mongolian ; born 1965), has been a Mongolia's Minister for Defense since January 2006 and a Member of Parliament since June 2004.
- Yuan Hongbing
Yuan Hongbing (1953-) is an ethnic Mongolian jurist, novelist, and dissident from China. Yuan was born in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia. He graduated from Beijing University with a masters degree in criminal procedure in 1986 and went on to head the School of Criminal Procedural law at Beijing University. Following the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, he came under notice of government authorities for his outspoken views. In 1990 Yuan published "Winds on the Plain", …
- Gereltsogt
Gereltsogt is a noted Khalkhan practitioner of "Khöömi", or Mongolian throat-singing. His brother Ganbold is also a renowned khöömiich. Gereltsogt is married to Oyuna.
- Janlavyn Narantsatsralt
Janlavyn Narantsatsralt (Mongolian ; born 1957) is a mongolian politician. He was the Prime Minister of Mongolia from 1998-12-09 to 1999-07-22.
- Isaac Jacob Schmidt
Issac Jacob Schmidt (1779-1847) was an orientalist specializing in Mongolian and Tibetan. Born in Amsterdam, he spent most of his career in St. Petersburg as a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He published the first grammar and dictionary of Mongolian, as well as a grammar and dictionary of Tibetan. He translated portions of the Bible into Mongolian, and produced an edition and German translation of the important annals, the Sagang Secen (1662).