Alishir Navoiy was born February 9, 1441 

Poet, linguist, statesman, painter & mystic
Father of Uzbek literature
His name has a number of spelling variations, depending on how it is translated. Also written Ali Shir Navayi and Ali-Shir Nava’i 

Uzbekistan souvenir sheet
Issued Feb. 9, 2021, for 580th anniversary of his birth.
Designer Zakirov Kh

Alishir Navoiy (1441-1501) was a great poet and thinker, a statesman. His full name was Nizomiddin Mir Alisher. He wrote poetry under the pseudonym Navoi in both Chagatai (ancient Uzbek language) and Farsi (in Persian works). He is the outstanding figure of Uzbek literature, known in the West as Chagatai literature. There is no greater personality than him in the literature of the Turkic peoples.
Alisher Navoi | Famous People of Central Asia | Turkestan Travel is a decent article. 

Voices on Central Asia has an extensive (and approachable) page on Alishir Navoiy that explores his history and influence on Central Asia:

Ottoman scholars referred to Chagatai as “the language of Navayi” and knowledge of Chagatai was considered one of the signs of an educated man. Ali Shir Navayi and the Rich World of Turkic-Persian Poetry. An Interview with Nicholas Walmsley – Voices On Cental Asia (voicesoncentralasia.org) 

For another perspective on his influence see Nearly six centuries after his birth, who owns Alisher Navoiy, the ‘father of Uzbek literature?’ · Global Voices