List of Azerbaijanian Americans
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This is a list of Americans of Azerbaijani
descent.
Azerbaijani people
The Azerbaijanis are a Turkic-speaking people living mainly in northwestern Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan, as well as in the neighbourhood states, Georgia, Russia and formerly Armenia. Commonly referred to as Azeris or Azerbaijani Turks , they also live in a wider area from the Caucasus to...
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- AySelAyselAysel is a common feminine Turkish given name. In Turkish, "Aysel" means "moonbeam" .-People:* Aysel Gürel, Turkish lyricist* Aysel Teymurzadeh, Azerbaijani pop and R&B singer* Aysel Tuğluk, Kurdish politician...
, singer - Sona AslanovaSona AslanovaSona Aslanova was a Soviet and Azerbaijanian soprano, Meritorious Artist of Azerbaijan Republic known for her historic performances of Azerbaijani, Russian, and international classical and folk vocal music repertoire....
, Soviet and Azerbaijani soprano - Semyon BilmesSemyon BilmesSemyon Bilmes is an Azerbaijani-American painter and the founder and master instructor of The Ashland Academy of Art, in Ashland, Oregon, United States.Bilmes has achieved national recognition as an advertising, editorial, and book illustrator...
, Azerbaijani-American painter - Ella LeyaElla LeyaElla Leya is an Azerbaijani-American composer, singer, and writer born in Baku, Azerbaijan. Her American CD releases include "Queen of Night," "Russian Romance" and "Secret Lives of Women."...
, composer, singer, and writer born in Baku - Stepan PachikovStepan PachikovStepan Alexandrovich Pachikov is the co-founder of ParaGraph Intl., Parascript, Evernote Corp...
, businessman - Rustam IbragimbekovRustam IbragimbekovRustam Mammad Ibrahim oglu Ibrahimbeyov, also spelled Ibragimbekov is Azerbaijani, Soviet and an Azerbaijani-American screenwriter, dramatist and producer, well known beyond his home Azerbaijan and the CIS....
, Producer, writer and director (At this point in time with your family lives in the U.S.) - John Vafa, American politic
- Paul Murad, American businessmen and politic (He participated in the election of the governor of Nevada, took third place in the election)
- Naimi Amiraliyev, He took part in the election of Senator from Virginia, but lost.
- Chingiz SadykhovChingiz SadykhovChingiz Sadykhov , also spelled Sadikhov or Sadighov , is a pianist from Azerbaijan.He graduated from Bul-Bul Musical School in Baku and Azerbaijani State Conservatory. Mr. Sadykhov further studied for PhD degree in Moscow Conservatory under professor Goldenveyser. Then he returned to Baku where he...
, pianist from Azerbaijan - Rob Sobhani, politician and businessman
- Lotfi A. Zadeh, mathematician, electrical engineer and computer scientist,University of California,Berkeley
- Zecharia SitchinZecharia SitchinZecharia Sitchin was an Azerbaijani-born American author of books promoting an explanation for human origins involving ancient astronauts. Sitchin attributes the creation of the ancient Sumerian culture to the Anunnaki, which he states was a race of extra-terrestrials from a planet beyond Neptune...
, Azerbaijani-born American author - Ali JavanAli JavanAli Mortimer Javan , born December 26, 1926 in Tehran, Iran is an Iranian American inventor and physicist at MIT. He co-invented the gas laser in 1960, with William R. Bennett...
, professor of physics,inventor of gas laser,Massachusetts Institute of Technology - GoogooshGoogooshFaegheh Atashin also known by her stage name Googoosh is an Iranian singer and actress. She is known for her contributions to Iranian pop music, but also starred in a variety of movies from the 1950s to the 1970s. She achieved the pinnacle of her fame and success towards the end of the 1970s...
, pop singer - Michael Hoomani, American businessmen
- Mstislav RostropovichMstislav RostropovichMstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich, KBE , known to close friends as Slava, was a Soviet and Russian cellist and conductor. He was married to the soprano Galina Vishnevskaya. He is widely considered to have been the greatest cellist of the second half of the 20th century, and one of the greatest of...
, musician,violinist - Norm ZadaNorm ZadaNorm Zada is the founder of Perfect 10, an adult magazine focusing on women without cosmetic surgery. Zada launched the magazine after a friend was rejected from Playboy magazine because her proportions did not fit the magazine's tastes.He estimates losing approximately $46 million on Perfect 10...
, doctor,founder of Perfect 10 - Sona Babai, fourth oldest person in the American history to ever naturalize
- Kristin FraserKristin FraserKristin Fraser is an American ice dancer who competes for Azerbaijan.She represents Azerbaijan with Igor Lukanin. They teamed up in 2000 and are four time Azerbaijani national champions. They represented Azerbaijan at the 2002 Winter Olympics and 2006 Winter Olympics...
, figure skating champion (representing Azerbaijan and America) - Max BlackMax BlackMax Black was a British-American philosopher, who was a leading influential figure in analytic philosophy in the first half of the twentieth century. He made contributions to the philosophy of language, the philosophy of mathematics and science, and the philosophy of art, also publishing studies...
, philosopher and physicist - mathematician - Emil and Rufat ("Baku Brothers"), American boxers
- Mourad Ragimov, Military
- Albert AsriyanAlbert AsriyanAlbert Asriyan was a Soviet-Armenian violinist, composer, arranger and band leader.- Childhood :Albert Asriyan was born in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR on June 28, 1951 to an Armenian family, as the first of three children. Albert's father, Mikhail Asriyan was a circus administrator and his mother,...
, musician - Melikset KhachiyanMelikset KhachiyanMelikset Khachiyan is an Armenian-American Grandmaster of chess, originally from Armenia, who now resides in Los Angeles.Khachiyan began playing chess at the age of eight. Two years later he won the Baku Junior Championship. When he was twelve he became a Soviet candidate master. Among his own...
, ArmenianArmeniansArmenian people or Armenians are a nation and ethnic group native to the Armenian Highland.The largest concentration is in Armenia having a nearly-homogeneous population with 97.9% or 3,145,354 being ethnic Armenian....
-AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
GrandmasterGrandmasterGrandmaster or Grand Master may refer to:In positions:*Grand Master , the head of various orders**Grand Masters of the Knights Templar**List of Grand Masters of the Knights Hospitaller**Grand Masters of the Teutonic Knights...
of chess, originally from ArmeniaArmeniaArmenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
, who now resides in Los AngelesLos ÁngelesLos Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
. - Yura MovsisyanYura MovsisyanYura Movsisyan is an Armenian-American footballer who currently plays for the Armenian national football team and Krasnodar in the Russian Premier League. Yura Movsisyan is the cousin of former Real Salt Lake player Artur Aghasyan....
, Armenian American football player (born in Baku)