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.
^金東昭 [Kim Dong-so] (1991),
金啓宗과 淸格爾泰―中國의 두 元老 알타이語學者 [Jin Qizong and Chinggeltei ―Two Chinese Altaists], Journal of the Altaic Society of Korea (in Korean), 3 (1): 45–56, archived from
the original on 2013-02-18, retrieved 2010-06-04
^Luo Jianjin.
"Ming'antu and His Power Series Expansions"(PDF). Institute for the History of Science, Inner Mongolia Normal University; Institute of Science, Technology and Culture, Zhejiang University. Archived from
the original(PDF) on 26 September 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
^Tides and Nightmares: The Making of The Witch Who Came from the Sea. The Witch Who Came from the Sea (
Blu-ray documentary).
Arrow Video. 2017. Event occurs at 4:00.
^Collum, Jason Paul (2015). Assault of the Killer B's: Interviews with 20 Cult Film Actresses. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland.
ISBN978-0-786-48041-8.
^d'Extrême-Orient, École française; France), Musée Guimet (Paris; Cernuschi, Musée (16 January 1992).
"Arts asiatiques". A. Maisonneuve – via Google Books.
^Christoph Baumer, The History of Central Asia: The Age of Islam and the Mongols, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018, p. 47
^Paul D. Buell; Francesca Fiaschetti (2003). Historical Dictionary of the Mongol World Empire. p. 219.
^Кычанов Е. И. (1995). Жизнь Темучжина, думавшего покорить мир: Чингис-хан. Личность и эпоха (2-е изд., перераб. и доп ed.). Москва: Издательская фирма «Восточная литература» РАН; Школа-Пpecc. p. 18.
ISBN5-02-017390-8.
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.
^金東昭 [Kim Dong-so] (1991),
金啓宗과 淸格爾泰―中國의 두 元老 알타이語學者 [Jin Qizong and Chinggeltei ―Two Chinese Altaists], Journal of the Altaic Society of Korea (in Korean), 3 (1): 45–56, archived from
the original on 2013-02-18, retrieved 2010-06-04
^Luo Jianjin.
"Ming'antu and His Power Series Expansions"(PDF). Institute for the History of Science, Inner Mongolia Normal University; Institute of Science, Technology and Culture, Zhejiang University. Archived from
the original(PDF) on 26 September 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
^Tides and Nightmares: The Making of The Witch Who Came from the Sea. The Witch Who Came from the Sea (
Blu-ray documentary).
Arrow Video. 2017. Event occurs at 4:00.
^Collum, Jason Paul (2015). Assault of the Killer B's: Interviews with 20 Cult Film Actresses. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland.
ISBN978-0-786-48041-8.
^d'Extrême-Orient, École française; France), Musée Guimet (Paris; Cernuschi, Musée (16 January 1992).
"Arts asiatiques". A. Maisonneuve – via Google Books.
^Christoph Baumer, The History of Central Asia: The Age of Islam and the Mongols, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018, p. 47
^Paul D. Buell; Francesca Fiaschetti (2003). Historical Dictionary of the Mongol World Empire. p. 219.
^Кычанов Е. И. (1995). Жизнь Темучжина, думавшего покорить мир: Чингис-хан. Личность и эпоха (2-е изд., перераб. и доп ed.). Москва: Издательская фирма «Восточная литература» РАН; Школа-Пpecc. p. 18.
ISBN5-02-017390-8.