Editing Almaty (section)

==Notable people==
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* [[Zhansaya Abdumalik]] (born 2000), chess Grandmaster and prodigy
* [[Altynai Asylmuratova]] (born 1961), prima ballerina with the Kirov ballet
* [[Eugen Bauder]] (born 1986), model in Germany
* [[Anatoly Bose]] (born 1988), Australian basketball player
* [[Alexander Brener]] (born 1957), film star in Russia
* [[Sergei Chekmezov]] (born 1964), professional football coach and former player
* [[Zarina Diyas]] (born 1993), tennis player
* [[Alexandra Elbakyan]] (born 1988), intellectual property activist, creator of [[Sci-Hub]]
* [[Nagima Eskalieva]] (born 1954), singer and entertainer
* [[Dmitri Fofonov]] (born 1976), racing cyclist
* [[Kinbōzan Haruki]] (born 1997), [[rikishi|sumo wrestler]] and first Kazakhstani to reach the ''[[makuuchi]]'' division
* [[Alexey Korolev]] (born 1987), ski jumper
* [[Nikolay Karpenko]] (born 1981), ski jumper
* [[Ruslana Korshunova]] (1987–2008), model 
* [[Olessya Kulakova]] (born 1977), volleyball representative for Germany
* [[Regina Kulikova]] (born 1989), tennis player
* [[Dinmukhamed Konayev]] (1912–1993), politician
* [[Fuat Mansurov]] (1928–2008), Soviet and Russian conductor
* [[Dmitriy Ogai]] (born 1960), soccer trainer and Soviet soccer player
* [[Sergei Ostapenko]] (born 1986), soccer player
* [[Alexander Parygin]] (born 1973), olympic athlete
* [[Alexander Petrenko]] (1976–2006), basketball representative for Russia
* [[Boris Polak]] (born 1954), Israeli world champion and Olympic sport shooter
* [[Vadim Sayutin]] (born 1970), ice speed skater in Russia
* [[Thomas Schertwitis]] (born 1972), water polo
* [[Levi Yitzchak Schneerson]] (1878–1944) Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic rabbi
* [[Zhanar Sekerbayeva]] (born 1983), LGBT activist
* [[Olga Shishigina]] (born 1968), Olympic champion in hurdling
* [[Konstantin Sokolenko]] (born 1987), Nordic combined skier/ski jumper
* [[Igor Sysoev]] (born 1970) open-source software engineer, founder of nginx, Inc.
* [[Elena Likhovtseva]] (born 1975), tennis player
* [[Elzhana Taniyeva]] (born 2005), rhythmic gymnast
* [[Denis Ten]] (1993-2018), figure skater
* [[Yernar Yerimbetov]] (1980), gymnast
* [[Anatoly Vaisser]] (born 1949), French chess grandmaster
* [[Sofya Velikaya]] (born 1985), Russian Olympic fencer
* [[Radik Zhaparov]] (born 1984), ski jumper
* [[Vladimir Zhirinovsky]] (1946–2022), politician
* [[Elena Zoubareva]] (born 1972), Russian American opera singer
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