This is a list of historical and living Bosniaks (of Bosnia or the Bosnian diaspora) who are famous or notable.

• Safvet-beg Bašagić
• Enver Čolaković (writer)
• Musa Ćazim Ćatić (poet)
• Mak Dizdar (poet)
• Zija Dizdarević (writer)
• Zuko Džumhur (writer)
• Osman Đikić (writer)
• Hamid Šahinović Ekrem (dramatist)
• Abdulvehhab Ilhamija (poet)
• Nasiha Kapidžić-Hadžić (writer)
• Dževad Karahasan (poet)
• Ayşe Kulin (contemporary novelist and columnist)
• Skender Kulenović (writer)
• Semezdin Mehmedinović (writer)
• Ahmed Muradbegović (dramatist)
• Semir Osmanagić (controversial writer, amateur archaeologist)
• Asim Peco (linguist and academic)
• Safet Plakalo (dramatist)
• Izet Sarajlić (writer)
• Meša Selimović (writer)
• Abdulah Sidran (writer and screenwriter)

• Metin Boşnak (scholar of American Studies and Comparative Literature)
• Šerbo Rastoder (historian)

• Edin Dervišhalidović (singer and musician)
• Halid Bešlić (singer)
• Haris Džinović (singer)
• Osman Hadžić (folk singer)
• Zaim Imamović (sevdalinka performer)
• Alen Islamović (singer)
• Safet Isović (sevdalinka performer)
• Emina Jahović (pop singer)
• Edin Osmić (rapper)
• Kemal Monteno (singer)
• Edo Mulahalilović (songwriter)
• Hanka Paldum (singer)
• Himzo Polovina sevdalinka (performer)
• Hajrudin Varešanović (singer)
• Franciscus Bossinensis (composer)
• Cem Adrian (Turkish singer of Bosniak ancestry)

• Enis Bešlagić (actor)
• Jasmin Dizdar (filmmaker)
• Benjamin Filipović (filmmaker)
• Tarik Filipović (actor)
• Ademir Kenović (filmmaker and film producer)
• Mustafa Nadarević (actor)
• Danis Tanović (filmmaker)
• Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ (actor and model)
• Jasmila Žbanić (filmmaker)

• Mersad Berber (painter)
• Adi Granov (comic book artist)
• Nesim Tahirović (painter, sculptor)

• Alija Izetbegović (served as president of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
• Haris Silajdžić (served as prime minister and president of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
• Fikret Abdić (served as President of former Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia)
• Beriz Belkić
• Džemal Bijedić (served as Prime Minister of former SFR Yugoslavia)
• Raif Dizdarević
• Jasmin Imamović
• Zlatko Lagumdžija
• Rasim Ljajić (Bosniak politician in Serbia)
• Irfan Ljubijankić
• Hamdija Pozderac (served as Vice President of former SFR Yugoslavia)
• Rifat Rastoder (deputy speaker of the Parliament of Montenegro and the vice-president of the Social Democratic Party of Montenegro)
• Mehmed Spaho
• Adnan Terzić
• Sulejman Tihić
• Hakija Turajlić
• Sulejman Ugljanin (Bosniak politician in Serbia)
• Sarı Süleyman Pasha (Ottoman statesman)

• Džemaludin Čaušević
• Mustafa Cerić
• Ivan Franjo Jukić

• Matrakçı Nasuh (Ottoman Admiral)
• Tiryaki Hasan Pasha or Hasan-paša Tiro
• Sokollu Mehmet Paşa or Mehmed-paša Sokolović
• Isa-Beg Isaković (founder of Sarajevo)
• Gazi Husrev-beg (first notable Bosniak leader)
• Osman Gradaščević (Bosniak nobleman)
• Husein-Kapetan Gradaščević (Bosniak rebel aristocrat)
• Ali-paša Rizvanbegović (Vizier of Herzegovina)
• Hasan Predojević (commander of the Ottoman northern army)
• Telli Hasan Pasha
• Ferhat-paša Sokolović
• Hadım-paša Boroniviç
• Skender-paša Mihajlovic
• Damat İbrahim Pasha – Grand Vizier
• Mehmed-beg Kulenović– commander of the Bosniak forces in 1806
• Alija Sirotanović (famous miner)

• Cem Uzan
  • Irfan Škiljan (creator of IrfanView)

• Zlatan Bajramović (football player)
• Hasan Salihamidžić (football player)
• Elvir Baljić (football player)
• Sergej Barbarez (football player (Bosnian Serb father, Bosniak mother))
• Tarik Hodžić (football player)
• Edis Bahtijarević (football player)
• Edin Bavčić (basketball player)
• Mirsad Bešlija (football player)
• Nenad Bijedić (football player, later manager)
• Elvir Bolić (football player)
• Adnan Ćatić (Felix Sturm) (professional boxer)
• Ömer Çatkıç (football player))
• Mirza Delibašić (former basketball player)
• Adnan Hodzic (basketball player)
• Amer Delić (tennis player)
• Edin Džeko (football player)
• Miralem Pjanić (football player)
• Mirza Džomba (handball player)
• Mirsad Fazlagić (former football player)
• Asim Ferhatović (former football player)
• Abdulah Gegić (football coach)
• Almir Gegić (football player)
• Faruk Hadžibegić (former football player)
• Vahid Halilhodžić (football coach and former football player)
• Zlatan Ibrahimović (football player (Bosniak father, Croatian mother))
• Meho Kodro (football player)
• Ivan Ljubičić (tennis player (Croatian father, Bosniak mother))
• Muhamed Konjić (football player)
• Enver Marić (former football player)
• Damir Mršić (basketball player
• Muhamed Mujić (former football player)
• Zlatan Muslimović (football player)
• Džemaludin Mušović (football coach and former football player)
• Fuad Muzurović (football coach and former football player)
• Asım Pars (basketball player)
• Emir Preldžič (basketball player)
• Saffet Sancaklı (football player)
• Irfan Smajlagić former handball player
• Darijo Srna (football player (Bosniak father, Croatian mother))
• Safet Sušić (football coach and former football player)
• Refik Šabanadžović (former football player)
• Mirsad Türkcan (Jahović) (basketball player)
• Vedad Ibišević (football player)
• Sejad Salihović (football player)
• Fikret Hodžić (bodybilder)

• Mahmut Bajraktarević (mathematician)
• Asim Kurjak (physician ,gynecologist)
• Asim Peco

• Atif Dudaković (former general in the Bosnian Army)
• Sefer Halilović (former general and commander in the Bosnian Army, politician)
• Rasim Delić (former general and commander in the Bosnian Army)
• Naser Orić (war-time military officer)
• Mehmed Alagić (was a general in the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
• Sabiha Gökçen (first female combat pilot in the world and adopted daughter of Ataturk)
• Fatih Erden (naval officer, electronics engineer and academician)

• For references. Also see, Logicka Djela Bosanskih Turaka na Arapskom Jeziku by Dr. Amir Ljubić