List of Azerbaijanis
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Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to...
, Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
, Russia (Dagestan
Dagestan
The Republic of Dagestan is a federal subject of Russia, located in the North Caucasus region. Its capital and the largest city is Makhachkala, located at the center of Dagestan on the Caspian Sea...
), Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
(Kars
Kars
Kars is a city in northeast Turkey and the capital of Kars Province. The population of the city is 73,826 as of 2010.-Etymology:As Chorzene, the town appears in Roman historiography as part of ancient Armenia...
and Igdir
Igdir
Iğdır is the capital of Iğdır Province in the Eastern Anatolia Region, Turkey, and borders Armenia, Azerbaijan and Iran. The border with Armenia is formed by the Aras River...
) and Georgia
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
(Borchali
Borchali
Borchali is a region of Georgia largely populated by ethnic Azerbaijanis. Historical name of present day-Kvemo Kartli.-Etymology:According to the etymological research "Borchali" toponymy is considered coming from the words "hole" and "empty"...
).
Below are lists of famous, prominent and notable Azeris from Azerbaijan, Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
, Georgia
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
, Russia, Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
(Anatolia) and other countries. Some Azeris were born in one country, but gained fame in another. In the list, they are indicated only by place of birth. List also includes people who have at least one parent is of Azerbaijani origin.
Actors
- Abbas Mirza SharifzadehAbbas Mirza SharifzadehAbbas Mirza Abdulrasul oglu Sharifzadeh was an Azerbaijani actor, film director and film editor, Honoured Artist of Azerbaijan SSR .-Acting career:...
— actor, Honoured Artist of Azerbaijan SSR (1935). - Aghasadyg GaraybeyliAghasadyg GaraybeyliAghasadyg Aghaali oglu Garaybeyli was an Azerbaijani actor.-Life and contributions:Garaybeyli was born in the city of Shamakhi, but like many natives of that city at the time, he found himself in Baku after the devastating earthquake of 1902. Garaybeyli became an orphan at a young age and was...
— actor, People's Artist of Azerbaijan SSR (1940). - Alasgar AlakbarovAlasgar AlakbarovAlasgar Hajiagha oglu Alakbarov was an Azerbaijani actor.-Career:He was born to a family of a poor merchant. He delevoped passion for acting and music while still a child by watching street performances and listening to dervishes' singing. In 1920 his father deceased and he along with his...
— actor, People's Artist of USSR (1961). - Fakhraddin ManafovFakhraddin ManafovFakhraddin Manaf oglu Manafov is an Azerbaijani and Soviet actor.He was born in Stepanakert , capital of Soviet Azerbaijan's Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. His family moved to Baku when he was around 5. He made his first movie appearance in 1978...
— actor. - Leyla BadirbeyliLeyla BadirbeyliLeyla Aghalar gizi Badirbeyli and Leyla Badirbeyova – Leyla Aghalar gizi Badirbeyli and Leyla Badirbeyova – Leyla Aghalar gizi Badirbeyli and Leyla Badirbeyova – (after marriage – Javanshirova; ; (1920-1999), Soviet and Azerbaijani actress of theatre and cinema, People's Artist of the Azerbaijan...
— actress, People's Artist of Azerbaijan SSR (1959). - Lutfali AbdullayevLutfali AbdullayevLutfali Amir oglu Abdullayev was an Azerbaijani theatre and film actor.-Career:Lutfali Abdullayev was born into a merchant family in the city of Nukha, presently known as Shaki. He developed his interest towards acting while watching touring actors perform on the stage of local theatres...
— actor. - Mirza Babayev — Azerbaijani Soviet actor and singer, Honoured Artist of Azerbaijan SSR (1956), People's Artist of Azerbaijan (1992).
- Mirzaagha AliyevMirzaagha AliyevMirza Agha Aliyev - October 25, 1954, Baku) was an Azerbaijani actor. Born to a rural family, Mirza Agha received his first education at a Muslim religious school, and later completed a Russian-Muslim school in Baku...
— actor, People's Artist of USSR (1949). - Nasiba ZeynalovaNasiba ZeynalovaNasiba Jahangir qizi Zeynalova was an Azerbaijani actress and People's Artist of Azerbaijan. She was famous mostly for her comedy roles.-Life and career:...
— actress, Honored Artist of Azerbaijan SSR (1960), People's Artist of Azerbaijan SSR (1974). - Hagigat RzayevaHagigat RzayevaHagigat Ali qizi Rzayeva was an Azerbaijani actress and singer .-Career:Hagigat Rzayeva was born in a small village near Lankaran . Her father died of pneumonia when she was eighteen months old...
— folk, opera and pop singer and actress, People's Artist of Azerbaijan SSR (1943). - Hamida OmarovaHamida Omarova-Early life:Hamida Omarova was born to a family of teachers, Mammad and Nasiba Omarov. Her parents met at university where both of them studied foreign languages, and went on to have four children, three of whom died in their infancy. When Hamida was born, her parents visited the Sufi Hamid shrine...
— actress, Honored Artist of Azerbaijan SSR (1988), People's Artist of Azerbaijan SSR (2005). - Hasan Turabov — actor, People's Artist of Azerbaijan SSR (1982).
- Huseyn ArablinskiHuseyn ArablinskiHuseyn Arablinski , born Huseynbala Mammad oglu Khalafov , was an Azerbaijani actor.-Life and career:...
— actor.
Art
- Azim AzimzadeAzim AzimzadeAzim Aslan Ogly Azimzade was a renowned Azerbaijani painter and cartoonist.Azim Azimzade was born on April 30, 1880 in Novkhani, a village near Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. His father Aslan was a stonecutter and farmer.An art school is named after Azimzade and a museum is dedicated to his...
— painter and graphic artist, founder of Azerbaijani satirical graphics, People's Painter of Azerbaijan SSR (1927) - Boyukagha MirzazadeBoyukagha MirzazadeBoyukagha Meshadi oglu Mirzazade – prominent Azerbaijani artist, People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR .-Biography:In 1939, Boyukagha Mirzazade graduated from Baku technical school of arts, where Azim Azimzade was one of his teachers. In 1940, Mirzazade entered Moscow Institute of Fine Arts, but...
- prominent Azerbaijani artist, People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR (1967) - Mikail Abdullayev — painter, People's Painter of the USSR (1963)
- Mir Mohsun Navvab — poet, artist, music historian, astronomer, carpenter, chemist and mathematician
- Sattar Bahlulzadeh — Impressionist painter
- Tahir SalahovTahir SalahovTahir Salahov is an Azerbaijani painter and draughtsman....
— painter, People's Painter of Azerbaijan SSR (1963), USSR (1973) and the Russian Federation (1996) - Aydan Salakhova - artist and media personality in Russia
- Togrul NarimanbekovTogrul NarimanbekovTogrul Farman oglu Narimanbekov is an Azeri painter and a People's Artist of the Azerbaijani SSR since 1967. He was awarded the USSR State Prize in 1980 and the Leninist Komsomol Prize of Azerbaijan SSR in 1967....
— painter, People's Artist of Azerbaijan SSR, Member of French Academy - Vidadi NarimanbekovVidadi NarimanbekovVidadi Yaqub oglu Narimanbekov . Born July 13, 1926, in Caen. Vidadi is famous Azeri painter and a People's Artist of the Azerbaijani SSR since 1982. Died in Baku in 2001....
— painter, People's Artist of the Azerbaijani SSR
Authors
- Abbas SahhatAbbas SahhatAbbas Sahhat , born Abbasgulu Aliabbas oglu Mehdizadeh , was an Azerbaijani poet and dramatist.-Life and career:...
— poet and dramatist. - Ahmad Javad — poet. He is best known for composing Azerbaijan's national anthem.
- Ashig AlasgarAshig AlasgarAshig Alasgar , , was an Azeri mystic troubadour and highly regarded poet of Azeri folk songs . He was born in the village of Aghkilsa in the Goycha district of the Erivan Khanate.-References:...
— poet - Aliagha VahidAliagha VahidAliagha Vahid , born Aliagha Mammadqulu oglu Isgandarov , was an Azerbaijani poet. He was known for reintroducing medieval ghazel style in Soviet Azerbaijani poetry...
— poet, Honored Art Worker of Azerbaijan SSR (1943) - Eduard Bagirov - best-selling writer in Russia
- Chingiz AbdullayevChingiz AbdullayevChingiz Akif oglu Abdullayev is Azerbaijani writer, Secretary of the Union of Azerbaijani Writers.Unlike many other Azerbaijani writers, who studied philology, Abdullayev has a Doctorate in Law from Baku State University ....
- best-selling detective writer - Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh — poet
- Banine — French writer
- Gurbani — poet
- Jafar JabbarlyJafar JabbarlyJafar Gafar oglu Jabbarly, often spelled Jabbarli was an Azerbaijani playwright, poet, director and screenwriter.-Literature and theatre:...
— writer - Jalil MammadguluzadehJalil MammadguluzadehJalil Huseyngulu oglu Mammadguluzadeh was an Azerbaijani satirist and writer.-Life:Mammadguluzadeh was born in Nakhchivan into an Iranian Azeri merchant family from Khoy...
— satirist and writer - Huseyn JavidHuseyn JavidHuseyn Javid , born Huseyn Abdulla oglu Rasizadeh , other spellings "," was a prominent Azerbaijani poet and playwright of the early 20th century...
— poet and playwright, founder of the progressive romanticism in Azerbaijani literature. - Khurshidbanu Natavan — poetess
- Maksud Sheyhzadeh — Uzbek writer, Honored Art Worker of the Uzbek SSR (1964)
- Mammed Said OrdubadiMammed Said OrdubadiMammad Said Ordubadi was Azerbaijani writer, poet, playwright and journalist.He was initially educated at religious school, medrese, and later studied at Mahammad Sidgi's secular school "Əxtər"...
— writer - Mikayil MushfigMikayil MushfigMikayil Mushfig , born Mikayil Ismayilzadeh was an Azerbaijani poet of the 1930s. During the Stalinist purges in the USSR, Mikayil Mushfig was arrested and executed by the Soviet authorities at the age of 30.-Life and poetry:Mikayil Mushfig was born in the city of Baku of Baku Governorate in 1908...
— poet - Mirza Alakbar SabirMirza Alakbar SabirMirza Alakbar Sabir , born Alakbar Zeynalabdin oglu Tahirzadeh . Sabir was a public figure, philosopher, teacher and a poet-innovator. He set up an inspiring attitude to classical traditions, rejecting well-trodden ways in poetry...
— poet - Mirza Fatali AkhundovMirza Fatali AkhundovMirza Fatali Akhundov , former – Akhundzade , was a celebrated Azerbaijani author, playwright, philosopher, and founder of modern literary criticism, "who acquired fame primarily as the writer of European-inspired plays in the Azeri language"...
— writer, educator and philosopher, founder of Azerbaijani drama - Mirza Shafi VazehMirza Shafi VazehMirza-Shafi Vazeh , also known as the "sage from Ganja", was a classical bilingual poet of Azerbaijani poet and Persian language who continued the classical traditions of Azerbaijani poetry from the 14th century. His verses were translated into nearly all European languages.-Early life:Mirza Shafi...
— poet - Molla Panah VagifMolla Panah VagifMolla Panah Vagif was an 18th-century poet, the founder of the realism genre in the Azerbaijani poetry and also a prominent statesman and diplomat, vizier – the minister of foreign affairs in the Karabakh khanate.- Life :...
— poet and vizier Karabakh Khanate, the founder of realism in Azerbaijani literature - Molla Vali VidadiMolla Vali VidadiMolla Vali Vidadi was an Azerbaijani poet.Little is known about Vidadi. He spent most of his life in his native town of Shamkir where he taught at a religious school he had established himself. According to some sources, Vidadi spent some years in Tiflis, Georgia, where we served as a court poet...
— poet - Najaf bey Vazirov — novelist and playwright, theatrical figure, one of the founders of Azerbaijani theater.
- Rasul RzaRasul RzaRasul Rza , , was Azerbaijani writer, Hero of Socialist Labour , People's Poet of Azerbaijan, Laureate of Soviet State Award and the Chairman of the Writers' Union of Azerbaijan...
— writer, People's Poet of Azerbaijan, Hero of Socialist Labour, Minister of Cinematography of Azerbaijan SSR (1945–1949). - Samad Vurgun — poet, Honored Art Worker of Azerbaijan SSR (1943), People's Poet of Azerbaijan SSR (1956).
- Seyid Azim ShirvaniSeyid Azim ShirvaniSeyid Azim Shirvani was an Azerbaijani poet. He was born in 1835 in Shamakhi. He got his elementary education in his native city, but soon was sent to Baghdad and then to Egypt to receive religious education. After returning to Shamakhi, Shirvani started paying attention to secular sciences and...
— poet. - Suleyman RustamSuleyman RustamSuleyman Rustam , was an Azerbaijani poet, state and public figure. He was born in the Novkhani district of Baku. In the 1920s he graduated from the Baku State University and later from the Moscow State University. Rustam was Chairman of the Azerbaijani SSR Supreme Soviet from July 1, 1971 to June...
— poet.
Businessmen
- Aras AgalarovAras AgalarovAras Agalarov is an Azerbaijani-born Russian businessman, with an estimated fortune of $1.2Bn, the 962nd richest man in the world.Born in Baku, he was educated at the Baku Polytechnical Institute...
— the owner and president of Crocus International based in Moscow, Russia. - Azay Mohnatov – the owner and president of AF Holding International, group of companies with operations in Azerbaijan, Germany, UK and UAE and VTB Belarus.
- Farkhad AkhmedovFarkhad AkhmedovFarkhad Temurovich Akhmedov , , born September 15, 1955 is a businessman and politician.Farkhad was born in Baku, Azerbaijan and continues to maintain business interests there, such as AzNar JSC. A natural beverage manufacturer located in Goychay, which Farkhad purchased and renovated in 2007 in...
— NorthgasNorthgasNorthgas is a natural gas-producing company in Russia. It is a developer of the North-Urengoy gas field in the Yamalo-Nenets region. According to DeGolyer and MacNaughton, it controls a total reserves of 368 billion cubic metres of natural gas. All produced gas is acquired by...
, Geokchay Konserv, Senator. - God Nisanov — the president of Kiyevskaya Ploshad company and co-chairman of Safra Instruments with Zarakh Iliev.
- Haji Zeynalabdin TaghiyevHaji Zeynalabdin TaghiyevHajji Zeynalabdin Taghi oglu Taghiyev was an Azeri national industrial magnate and philanthropist.-Early life:...
— oil millionaire in Czarist Russia. - Iskander Khalilov — the owner and president of ISR Holding.
- Mubariz MansimovMubariz MansimovMubariz Mansimov is an Azerbaijani entrepreneur and the founder of Palmali Group of Companies, a major shipping company, as well of the Azerbaijani football club Khazar Lankaran. He is currently listed on Forbes list of billionaires , the youngest billionaire in Turkey as of March 1, 2009...
— President of Palmali Group of Companies based in Istanbul, Turkey. - Murtuza MukhtarovMurtuza MukhtarovMurtuza Mukhtarov was an Azerbaijani Oil industrialist and millionaire.Mukhtarov was born into a poor family in a village of Amirajan near Baku. Mukhtarov managed to become one of the most reputable drilling experts in Baku through his ability and many years of experience. He set up his own...
— oil industrialist and millionaire in Czarist RussiaRussian EmpireThe Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia and the predecessor of the Soviet Union...
. - Musa NagiyevMusa NagiyevMusa Naghiyev was an Azerbaijani industrial oil magnate in late 19th - early 20th century.He was born into a very poor family near Baku and started working as a cargo carrier , but thanks to his natural wit and business abilities, he progressed to accumulate a vast amount of wealth...
— industrial oil magnate in Czarist Russia. - Telman IsmailovTelman IsmailovTelman Ismailov is a Russian entrepreneur and businessman of Azerbaijani Mountain Jew descent. He is chairman of the Russian AST Group of companies, which is active in many countries.-Early life:...
- the owner and president of AST Group of Companies. - Vagit AlekperovVagit AlekperovVagit Alekperov ; is an Azerbaijani businessman and currently a President of the leading Russian oil company LUKOIL.He is currently rated by Forbes magazine as the eighth richest person in Russia with $13.9 billion of net worth and the 50th richest person in the world.-Biography:He was born in...
— President of the leading Russian oil company LUKOILLUKoilLukoil/LUKoil ; ) is Russia's second largest oil company and its second largest producer of oil. In 2009, the company produced 97.615 million tons of oil; ....
(Azeri father). - Zarakh Iliyev — the president of Ploshad Evropy company and co-chairman of Safra Instruments with God Nisanov.
Film industry
- Magsud IbrahimbeyovMagsud IbrahimbeyovMagsud Mammad oglu Ibrahimbeyov, also spelled Ibragimbekov is an Azerbaijani writer and member of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan.-Life and contributions:...
- Rasim OjagovRasim OjagovRasim Ojagov was one of the most popular Azerbaijan film directors, enjoying immense popularity and broad public recognition in the Azerbaijan.-Biography:...
— film director and operator, Honored Artist of the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1964), People's Artist of Azerbaijan SSR (1982). - 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....
— soviet and Azerbaijani writer and screenwriter, State Prize Laureate, People's Writer of Azerbaijan, Honored Artist of Azerbaijan SSR (1976) and Honored Artist of Russia (1995).
Military
- Ahmadiyya JabrayilovAhmadiyya JabrayilovAhmadiyya Mikail ogly Jabrayilov was a celebrated Azerbaijani activist of the French Resistance.When World War II started, he was drafted into the Soviet Army. In May 1942 he was severely wounded, taken prisoner by the Nazis and sent to a concentration camp in Montauban...
— activist of French ResistanceFrench ResistanceThe French Resistance is the name used to denote the collection of French resistance movements that fought against the Nazi German occupation of France and against the collaborationist Vichy régime during World War II...
. - Ali-Agha ShikhlinskiAli-Agha ShikhlinskiAli-Agha Ismail-Agha oglu Shikhlinski was lieutenant-general of the Russian tsarist army and Deputy Minister of Defense and General of the Artillery of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic.-Life and military career:...
(God of Artillery) — Russian Imperial army general, deputy Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan Democratic RepublicAzerbaijan Democratic RepublicThe Azerbaijan Democratic Republic was the first successful attempt to establish a democratic and secular republic in the Muslim world . The ADR was founded on May 28, 1918 after the collapse of the Russian Empire that began with the Russian Revolution of 1917 by Azerbaijani National Council in...
. - Allahverdi BagirovAllahverdi BagirovAllahverdi Teymur oglu Bagirov was an Azerbaijani officer, former leader of Azerbaijani Popular Front Party, head coach of FK Qarabağ and National Hero of Azerbaijan.-Early years:...
— National Hero of Azerbaijan. - Avraamy Aslanbegov — vice-admiral and military writer.
- Azi AslanovAzi AslanovAzi Agadovich Aslanov , commonly described as A. A. Aslanov, known as Hazi Aslanov or Hezi Aslanov in the Republic of Azerbaijan; January 22, 1910, Lankaran — January 24, 1945, Latvia) was an Azerbaijani Major-General of the Soviet armoured troops during World War II...
— Soviet army general, twice Hero of the Soviet UnionHero of the Soviet UnionThe title Hero of the Soviet Union was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded personally or collectively for heroic feats in service to the Soviet state and society.-Overview:...
. - Farrukh Gayibov — the first Azeri military pilot during World War I.
- Jamshid NakhichevanskiJamshid NakhichevanskiJamshid Jafarqulu oglu Nakhichevanski , also known as Jamshid Khan Nakhichevanski, was a Russian Imperial, Azerbaijani and Soviet military commander...
— Russian Imperial, Azerbaijani and Soviet military commander. He rose to the rank of CombrigCombrigCombrig was a military rank used in the Red Army for commanders of brigades between 1935 and 1940 . Kombrigs were senior to polkovniks and junior to comdivs...
in the Soviet army. - Javad bey Shikhlinski — Russian, Azerbaijani and Iranian military commander, Maj.-Gen. :ru:Шихлинский, Джавад-бек
- Israfil Mammadov — the first Azerbajani to be awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet UnionHero of the Soviet UnionThe title Hero of the Soviet Union was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded personally or collectively for heroic feats in service to the Soviet state and society.-Overview:...
. - Hasan Najafov — Hero of Russia.
- Hussein Khan NakhichevanskiHussein Khan NakhichevanskiHuseyn Khan Nakhchivanski, francised spelling: Hussein Nahitchevansky , was a Russian Cavalry General of Azerbaijani origin. He was the only Muslim to serve as General-Adjutant of the H. I. M...
— Russian Imperial Cavalry General and General-AdjutantAdjutant generalAn Adjutant General is a military chief administrative officer.-Imperial Russia:In Imperial Russia, the General-Adjutant was a Court officer, who was usually an army general. He served as a personal aide to the Tsar and hence was a member of the H. I. M. Retinue...
of the Emperor of Russia. He was the only Muslim to serve as General-Adjutant of the Russian Emperor. - Ibrahim bey UsubovIbrahim bey UsubovIbrahim bey Usubov Musa Agha oglu was an Azerbaijani Major General in Russian Imperial Army and Azerbaijan Democratic Republic.-Early life:...
— military commander in Russian Imperial Army and Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, Maj.-Gen. - Kelbali Khan Nakhichevanski — Russian, Azerbaijani and Iranian military commander, General. :ru:Нахичеванский, Келбали Хан Джафаркули Хан оглы
- Leyla MammadbeyovaLeyla MammadbeyovaLeyla Mammadbeyova was the first Azerbaijani female aviator. She was also the first female pilot in Southern Europe and the Middle East.-Career:...
— the first Azerbaijani female aviator and the first female pilot in Southern Europe and the Middle East. - Mehdi HuseynzadeMehdi HuseynzadeLieutenant Mehdi Huseynzade was an Azerbaijani guerrilla and scout during World War II. He was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union on April 11, 1957.-Early years:...
— legendary guerrilla fighter in YugoslaviaYugoslaviaYugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
and Italy during World War II, Hero of the Soviet UnionHero of the Soviet UnionThe title Hero of the Soviet Union was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded personally or collectively for heroic feats in service to the Soviet state and society.-Overview:...
. - Riad AhmadovRiad AhmadovRiad Fikrat ogly Ahmadov was awarded the decoration Hero of Azerbaijan for his part in the Nagorno-Karabakh war. Riad Ahmadov was a KGB-trained military officer who let a Special Intelligence unit in the Nagorno-Karabakh battles...
— National Hero of Azerbaijan. - Sadykh bey AghabekovSadykh bey AghabekovSadykh bey Aghabekov also spelled as Sadykh bey Aghabeyov was an Azerbaijani general in the Russian Imperial Army and Azerbaijani politician in Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, founder and reformer of Azerbaijani Police, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, Major...
— general in the Russian Imperial Army, founder and reformer of Azerbaijani Police, Major General, Orientalist. - Samedbey MehmandarovSamedbey MehmandarovSamadbey Mehmandarov Sadykhbey oglu was an Azerbaijani General of the Artillery in the Imperial Russian Army and served as the Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic.-Early life:...
— Russian army general, Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan Democratic RepublicAzerbaijan Democratic RepublicThe Azerbaijan Democratic Republic was the first successful attempt to establish a democratic and secular republic in the Muslim world . The ADR was founded on May 28, 1918 after the collapse of the Russian Empire that began with the Russian Revolution of 1917 by Azerbaijani National Council in...
Mugam
- Aghakhan AbdullayevAghakhan AbdullayevAghakhan Abdullayev , born 1950, Baku, is an Azerbaijani khananda , often called "Guardian" of the Mugham.-Life:He graduated from his secondary school in 1968. Then he continued his education in A.Zeynally Music College during 1969-1973. He become mugham teacher in 1973 at Abilov Culture House in...
— MughamMughamMugam also known as Azerbaijani Mugham is one of the many folk musical compositions from Azerbaijan, contrast with Tasnif, Ashugs. Mugam draws on Iranian-Arabic-Turkish Maqam....
singer. - Alim QasimovAlim QasimovAlim Qasimov is an Azerbaijani musician, and one of the foremost mugam singers in Azerbaijan. He was awarded the International Music Council-UNESCO Music Prize in 1999, one of the highest international accolades for music. His music is characterised by his vocal improvisation and represents a move...
— musician and MughamMughamMugam also known as Azerbaijani Mugham is one of the many folk musical compositions from Azerbaijan, contrast with Tasnif, Ashugs. Mugam draws on Iranian-Arabic-Turkish Maqam....
singer - Bulbuljan — Mugam singer.
- Hajibaba HuseynovHajibaba HuseynovHajibaba Huseynov is one of the most famous Azeri mugham singers and teachers. He received the title of National Artist of Azerbaijan in 1991.-References:...
- Jabbar Garyagdyoglu
- Khan ShushinskiKhan ShushinskiKhan Shushinski , born Isfandiyar Aslan oglu Javanshir , was an Azerbaijani khananda .-Life:...
- Seyid ShushinskiSeyid ShushinskiSeyid Shushinski , born Mir Mohsun Seyid Ibrahim oglu Shushinski , was an Azerbaijani folk singer .-Early career:...
Tar
- Haji MammadovHaji MammadovHaji Mammadov is a former officer of Crime Investigation Department of Interior Ministry of Azerbaijan. He was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of 11 people and kidnapping of 10.-The gang:...
- Mahmud Aliyev
- SadigjanSadigjanSadigjan , also spelled Sadikhjan or Sadiqjan, born Sadig Asadoglu , was an Azerbaijani tar-player known for developing the Azeri tar from the Iranian tar.-Life and Fame:...
— tar-player (sazanda) and the inventor of the Azeri tar.
Composers
- Afrasiyab BadalbeyliAfrasiyab BadalbeyliAfrasiyab Badal oglu Badalbeyli was a Soviet Azerbaijani composer, conductor and music critic. The author of music and the libretto of the first Azerbaijani Ballet and the first ballet in the Muslim East Giz Galasi .-Life:Afrasiyab Badalbeyli was born to Shusha natives Badal and Rahima Badalbeyli...
— composer, conductor and music critic. The author of music and the libretto of the first Azerbaijani Ballet and the first ballet in the Muslim East. - Ali SalimiAli SalimiAli Salimi , , was an Azerbaijani musician, composer and tar player. He had been based in Tehran for the last few decades where he made significant contribution to promotion and development of Azerbaijani music....
- Arif MalikovArif MalikovArif Malikov is an Azerbaijani and Soviet composer. He graduated from the Baku Conservatory as a music composer in 1958. He shot to fame in 1961 when his first major composition "Legend of Love" was staged at the Kirov State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Leningrad and received...
- Eldar MansurovEldar MansurovEldar Bahram oglu Mansurov is an Azerbaijani musician, composer and songwriter.He is the son of musician Bahram Mansurov...
- 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 and singer. - Emin SabitogluEmin SabitogluEmin Sabitoglu-Azerbaijani composer, author of a lot of well-known Azerbaijani songs and music for films. People’s actor of Azerbaijan.-Biography:...
-composer, music editor. - Fikret AmirovFikret AmirovFikret Mashadi Jamil oghlu Amirov |Ganja]] - February 20, 1984, Baku) was a prominent Azerbaijani composer of the Soviet period.Fikret Amirov grew up in an atmosphere of Azerbaijani folk music...
— composer, People's Artist of USSR (1965), Hero of Socialist Labor. - Franghiz Ali-ZadehFranghiz Ali-ZadehFranghiz Ali-Zadeh is an Azerbaijani composer and pianist, currently living in Germany. She is best known for her works which combine the musical tradition of the Azerbaijani mugam and 20th century Western compositional techniques, especially those of Arnold Schönberg and Gara Garayev...
— composer. - Gara GarayevGara GarayevGara Abulfaz oghlu Garayev , also spelled as Qara Qarayev or Kara [Abulfazovich] Karayev, was a prominent Azerbaijani composer of the Soviet period...
— composer. - Muslim Magomayev — composer, one of the founders of Azerbaijani classical music. He is the grandfather and a namesake of Azerbaijani opera singer Muslim Magomayev.
- Rafig BabayevRafig BabayevRafig Farzi oglu Babayev was an Azerbaijani jazz composer and pianist. In 1978 he was conferred the title of Honoured Artist and in 1993 the title of National Artist of Azerbaijan....
— jazz pianist and composer. - Rauf HajiyevRauf HajiyevRauf Soltan oglu Hajiyev -Soviet and Azerbaijani composer and politician. People’s artist of the USSR . He was Chairman of the Union of Composers of the Azerbaijan SSR, minister of culture of the Azerbaijan SSR .-Biography:...
— composer, People's Artist of Azerbaijan SSR (1964), People's Artist of USSR (1978), Minister of Culture of Azerbaijan SSR (1965–1971). - Soltan HajibeyovSoltan HajibeyovSoltan Ismayil ogli Hajibeyov, was an Azerbaijani composer and People's Artist of the USSR.Soltan Hajibeyov was Uzeyir Hajibeyov's cousin. Soltan was a composer who contributed greatly to the formation of national symphonic music of Azerbaijan...
- Tofig BakikhanovTofig BakikhanovBakikhanov Tofig Ahmed-agha oglu -composer, People's artist of Azerbaijan.-Biography:Tofig Bakikhanov-descendant of Baku khans' generation, was born on December 8, 1930, in Baku, in the family of Ahmed–agha Bakikhanov, People's artist of the republic. He began his musical activity as...
-composer. - Tofig GuliyevTofig GuliyevTofig Alakbar oglu Guliyev – Azerbaijani composer, pianist, conductor, People's Artist of the USSR.-Biography:Tofig Guliyev was born on November 7, 1917, in Baku, in the family of salary worker. He became a student of the Azerbaijan State Conservatoire when he was 12 years old due to his musical...
— composer. - Uzeyir HajibeyovUzeyir HajibeyovUzeyir bey Abdul Hussein oglu Hajibeyov was an Azerbaijani and Soviet composer, conductor, publicist, playwright, teacher, translator, and social figure from Azerbaijan. He is recognized as the father of Azerbaijani classical music and opera...
— composer, conductor, scientist, publicist, playwright, teacher, translator, and social figure. He is the first Muslim author of an opera.
Classical
- Bulbul — folk and opera singer (tenor), one of the founders of Azerbaijani national musical theater, People's Artist of USSR (1938).
- Dinara AlievaDinara AlievaDinara Alieva is an Azerbaijani operatic soprano. She is currently a soloist at the Bolshoi Theatre of Russia, where she made her debut in 2009 as Liù in Puccini's opera Turandot.-Career:...
— singer (soprano). - Huseyngulu SarabskiHuseyngulu SarabskiHuseyngulu Sarabski , born Huseyngulu Malik oglu Rzayev , was an Azerbaijani opera singer , composer, playwright, stage actor, theatre director, and musician .-Early life:...
— opera singer (tenor), composer, playwright, actor, producer, musician (TAR), People's Artist of Azerbaijan SSR (1932). - Lutfiyar ImanovLutfiyar ImanovLutfiyar Muslum oglu Imanov was an Azerbaijani opera singer .-Career:Lutfiyar Imanov started his career in the arts as a teenage actor at the Sabirabad State Drama Theatre. He graduated from the Zeynalli School of Music with a degree in vocal arts in 1957...
— opera singer (dramatic tenor), People's Artist of USSR (1977). - Muslim Magomayev — outstanding Soviet and Russian opera and pop singer (baritone), composer, People's Artist of USSR (1973).
- Rauf AtakishiyevRauf AtakishiyevRauf Israfil oglu Atakishiyev was a Soviet Azerbaijani singer, pianist, singer-soloist, People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR , professor .-Biography:...
- Soviet Azerbaijani singer, pianist, singer-soloist, People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR (1967), professor (1972). - Shovkat AlakbarovaShovkat AlakbarovaShovkat Feyzulla qizi Alakbarova was an Azerbaijani singer.-Life and Career Development:Shovkat Alakbarova was born to Azeri parents - Feyzulla and Hokuma Alakbarov and was the third of the family's four children. Her mother was a professional tar player and her father, a labourer, was a folk...
— singer. - Zeynab KhanlarovaZeynab KhanlarovaZeynab Yahya qizi Khanlarova is an Azerbaijani folk singer.-Life and Career Development:Zeynab Khanlarova was born to Azerbaijani parents and is the youngest of the family's five children....
— singer (soprano), People's Artist of Azerbaijan SSR (1975), People's Artist of USSR (1980).
Jazz
- Amina FigarovaAmina FigarovaAmina Figarova is a jazz composer and jazz pianist. She currently lives in Rotterdam, Netherlands.-Education:Amina began studying music as a child, beginning learning the piano, and expanding into musical composition and arrangement as she matured...
— jazz composer and pianist. - Aziza Mustafa ZadehAziza Mustafa ZadehAziza Mustafa Zadeh also known as The Princess of Jazz, or Die Prinzessin des Jazz or as Jazziza is an Azerbaijani singer, pianist and composer who plays a fusion of jazz and mugam with classical and Avant-garde influences...
— jazz singer and pianist - Isfar SarabskiIsfar SarabskiIsfar Rzayev , better known as Isfar Sarabski, is an Azerbaijani jazz pianist. He is the great-grandson of opera singer Huseyngulu Sarabski....
— jazz pianist - Rain SultanovRain SultanovRain Aladdin oglu Sultanov is an Azerbaijani jazz musician, saxophonist and Honorary Artist of Azerbaijan.-Early years:At the age of fourteen Rain entered the music school for clarinet classes and became interested in Miles Davis...
— saxophonist, composer - Salman GambarovSalman GambarovSalman Gambarov Huseyn oglu is an Azerbaijani jazz musician, pianist and composer.-Early years:Salman Gambarov was born in Baku in 1959. In 1977, he has been graduated from the 11-year secondary music school named after Bulbul. In 1983, he completed his study at the Musicology department of...
— jazz pianist, composer - Vagif Mustafa Zadeh — jazz pianist and composer, founder of Azerbaijani jazzAzerbaijani jazzThe Azerbaijani jazz is a popular variety of jazz, widespread in Azerbaijan. It covers a broad range of styles and often features a blend with traditional Azeri music. The Baku International Jazz Festival is held annually in Azerbaijan's capital, Baku...
, the creator of a new direction in jazz — Azeri jazz — «jazz Mugam»
Popular
- Aygun KazimovaAygun KazimovaAygun Alasgar qizi Kazimova is an Azerbaijani singer, songwriter, pop musician and actress, and a six-time winner of the Grand Music Award for best concert, videoclip and song. She is considered Azerbaijan's leading pop star, and is seen as a cultural icon for the South Caucasian nation in fast...
- Aysel TeymurzadehAysel Teymurzadeh-Biography:Aysel was born in the Azerbaijani capital Baku, the youngest of the three daughters of a journalist and a university professor. She is a descendant of the nineteenth-century Azerbaijani publicist Hasan bey Zardabi. Her grandmother on her mother's side was half-Russian, half-Ukrainian...
- Brilliant DadashovaBrilliant DadashovaBrilliant Suleyman qizi Dadashova is an Azerbaijani pop singer.-Life:Brilliant Dadashova was born into a family of six children. Her mother Gizkhanim Dadashova was a famous accordion player who died in a car accident in 1966...
— pop singer, People's Artist of Azerbaijan (2008). - Polad BulbulogluPolad BülbülogluPolad Bülbüloğlu is a Soviet and Azerbaijani singer, actor, politician and diplomat. Bülbüloğlu is currently the Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Russian Federation.-Biography:...
— Soviet and Azerbaijani singer, songwriter and actor. Honored Art Worker of Azerbaijan SSR (1973), People's Artist of Azerbaijan SSR (1982), Minister of Culture of Azerbaijan SSR (1988–1991) and Republic of Azerbaijan (1991–2006), Ambassador of the Azerbaijan to the Russian Federation (since 2006). - Sevda AlakbarzadehSevda AlakbarzadehSevda Alekperzadeh , is an Azerbaijani female singer.Sevda's grandfather – Abulgasan Alekperzade is a national writer of Azerbaijan and author of the first Azerbaijani novel written in the Soviet period. Her father, Chingiz Alekperzade, was a journalist and writer.-References:...
— singer. - Nigar JamalNigar JamalNigar "Nikki" Jamal is an Azerbaijani singer currently living in London, United Kingdom, since 2005. Jamal's singing genres include R&B, soul and pop music...
— singer. - Eldar GasimovEldar GasimovEldar "Ell" Gasimov is an Azerbaijani singer who successfully represented Azerbaijan at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in the music duo Eldar & Nigar with Nigar Jamal.-Early life:...
— singer. - Safura AlizadehSafura AlizadehSafura Alizadeh is an Azerbaijani singer and saxophonist. Alizadeh took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, where she brought Azerbaijan on 5th place, with song "Drip Drop". She later released her debut album It's My War, which made its way into several European countries...
- singer. - Zeynab KhanlarovaZeynab KhanlarovaZeynab Yahya qizi Khanlarova is an Azerbaijani folk singer.-Life and Career Development:Zeynab Khanlarova was born to Azerbaijani parents and is the youngest of the family's five children....
— singer.
Other
- Alihan SamedovAlihan SamedovAlihan Samedov is a musician known for playing wind instruments and Azerbaijan folk instruments.Alihan Samedov was born in Sumqayıt, Azeri SSR in 1964. Descending from a musician family, he completed his first and secondary education between the years 1971 and 1979. He received his music...
— balaban player. - Kamil JalilovKamil JalilovKamil Jalilov is a musician known for his master expertise playing wind instruments and Azerbaijani folk instruments....
— oboeOboeThe oboe is a double reed musical instrument of the woodwind family. In English, prior to 1770, the instrument was called "hautbois" , "hoboy", or "French hoboy". The spelling "oboe" was adopted into English ca...
player.
Politicians
- Abulfaz Elchibey — president of Azerbaijan (1992–1993).
- Ayaz Mutalibov — First Secretary of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan SSR (1990), the first president of Azerbaijan (1990–1992).
- Dzhafarkuli Khan Nakhchivanski — general Governor proclaimed in 1918 the Republic of AraksRepublic of AraksThe Republic of Aras was a short-lived and unrecognized state in the South Caucasus, roughly corresponding with the territory that is now the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan...
. :ru:Нахичеванский, Джафаркули Хан Келбали Хан оглы - Gazanfar MusabekovGazanfar MusabekovGazanfar Mahmud oglu Musabekov or Musabeyov was an Azerbaijani Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet statesman. He was Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of Azerbaijan SSR from 1929 to 1931 and he headed the government of the Transcaucasian SFSR from 1931 to 1936...
— Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Azerbaijan SSR (1922–1930), Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars ZSFSR (1932–1936), Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of Azerbaijan SSRAzerbaijan SSRThe Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic , also known as the Azerbaijan SSR for short, was one of the republics that made up the former Soviet Union....
. - Fatali Khan KhoyskiFatali Khan KhoyskiFatali Khan Khoyski Isgender oglu was an attorney, a member of the Second State Duma of the Russian Empire, Minister of Internal Affairs, Minister of Defense and, later the first Prime Minister of the independent Azerbaijan Democratic Republic.-Early life:Khoyski was born on December 7, 1875 in...
— attorney, member of the Duma of the Russian Empire and later Prime Minister and one of the founding leaders of Azerbaijan Democratic RepublicAzerbaijan Democratic RepublicThe Azerbaijan Democratic Republic was the first successful attempt to establish a democratic and secular republic in the Muslim world . The ADR was founded on May 28, 1918 after the collapse of the Russian Empire that began with the Russian Revolution of 1917 by Azerbaijani National Council in...
. - Heydar AliyevHeydar AliyevHeydar Alirza oglu Aliyev , also spelled as Heidar Aliev, Geidar Aliev, Haydar Aliyev, Geydar Aliyev was the third President of Azerbaijan for the New Azerbaijan Party from June 1993 to October 2003, when his son Ilham Aliyev succeeded him.From 1969 till 1982, Aliyev was also the leader of Soviet...
— First Secretary of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan SSR (1969–1982), president of Azerbaijan (1993–2003). - Ilham AliyevIlham AliyevIlham Heydar oglu Aliyev is the President of Azerbaijan since 2003. He also functions as the Chairman of the New Azerbaijan Party and the head of the National Olympic Committee...
— prime minister of Azerbaijan (2003), president of Azerbaijan (2003–). - Islam Aliyev — party activist, First Secretary of Karakalpakstan regional committee of the CPSU (1933–1937).
- Mammed Amin RasulzadeMammed Amin RasulzadeMammad Amin Rasulzade was an Azerbaijani statesman, scholar, public figure and one of the founding political leaders of Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan...
— statesman, scholar, public figure and one of the founders of Azerbaijan Democratic RepublicAzerbaijan Democratic RepublicThe Azerbaijan Democratic Republic was the first successful attempt to establish a democratic and secular republic in the Muslim world . The ADR was founded on May 28, 1918 after the collapse of the Russian Empire that began with the Russian Revolution of 1917 by Azerbaijani National Council in...
, the chairman of the Azerbaijani National CouncilAzerbaijani National CouncilAzerbaijani National Council was the first delegated legislative body of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic from 27 May 1918 to 17 June 1918 and again from 16 November 1918 to 3 December 1918...
(1918). - Mehriban AliyevaMehriban AliyevaMehriban Arif qizi Aliyeva is the head of Azerbaijan's Heydar Aliyev Foundation and the wife of its current president Ilham Aliyev. The Sunday Times, writing in 2005 about Mrs...
— member of the National Assembly of AzerbaijanNational Assembly of AzerbaijanThe National Assembly , also transliterated as Milli Majlis is the legislative branch of government in Azerbaijan. The unicameral National Assembly has 125 deputies: previously 100 members were elected for five-year terms in single-seat constituencies and 25 were members elected by proportional...
and UNESCO Goodwill AmbassadorUNESCO Goodwill AmbassadorUNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors are celebrity advocates of UNESCO who use their talent or fame to spread the UNESCO ideals, especially attracting media attention...
. - Mir Jafar BaghirovMir Jafar BaghirovMir Jafar Baghirov Abbas oglu was the communist leader of Azerbaijan SSR from 1932 till 1953, under the Soviet leadership of Joseph Stalin.-Early life:Born in Quba of Baku Governorate in 1896, Baghirov studied pedagogy in Petrovsk....
(Azerbaijani Stalin) — party activist, head of the Cheka/GPU/OGPU of the Azerbaijan, chairman of People's Commissars of the Azerbaijan SSR (1932–1933), first secretary of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan SSR (1933–1953), Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Azerbaijan SSR (1953); the author of several scholarly books. - Mirza Davud HuseynovMirza Davud HuseynovMirza Davud Baghir oglu Huseynov , also spelled Husseynov or Guseynov , was an Azerbaijani revolutionary and statesman.-Early life:Huseynov was born in a religious family in March 1894 in Baku...
— Chairman of the Presidium of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan SSR (1920), People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan SSR (1921), First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Tajik SSR (1930–1933). - Nasib YusifbeyliNasib YusifbeyliNasib Yusif oglu Yusifbeyli or Usubbeyov - Azerbaijani publicist, statesman and major political figure in Azerbaijan Democratic Republic.-Early years:Nasib Yusifbeyli was born in 1881 in Elisavetpol...
— publicist, statesman and one of the founding leaders of Azerbaijan Democratic RepublicAzerbaijan Democratic RepublicThe Azerbaijan Democratic Republic was the first successful attempt to establish a democratic and secular republic in the Muslim world . The ADR was founded on May 28, 1918 after the collapse of the Russian Empire that began with the Russian Revolution of 1917 by Azerbaijani National Council in...
. - Rasul GuliyevRasul Guliyev-Early years:Guliyev was born on December 10, 1947 in the Gazanchy village of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan. After completing his secondary education in 1965, he entered the Chemistry-Technology faculty of the Oil And Chemistry Institute of Azerbaijan, graduating in 1970 and...
- reformist-democrat, Speaker of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan from 1993 to 1996. - Sabit OrujovSabit OrujovSabit Atayevich Orujev Azerbaijani Soviet politician, Deputy Prime-minister of Azerbaijan SSR , Deputy Minister of Oil Extracting Industry of USSR , Minister of Gas Industry of USSR and member of Central Committee of Communist Party of Soviet Union .He was a laureate of the USSR State Prize...
— Minister of Gas Industry of the USSR (1972–1981). - Vafa GuluzadeVafa GuluzadeVafa Guluzade is an Azerbaijani diplomat, political scientist and specialist in conflict resolution. He worked as Foreign Policy State Advisor for Azerbaijan President between 1990-1999.- Education and political career :Vafa Guluzade was born on December 22, 1940 in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR. Mr...
— diplomatDiplomatA diplomat is a person appointed by a state to conduct diplomacy with another state or international organization. The main functions of diplomats revolve around the representation and protection of the interests and nationals of the sending state, as well as the promotion of information and...
, political scientist and specialist in conflict resolution. He worked as Foreign PolicyForeign PolicyForeign Policy is a bimonthly American magazine founded in 1970 by Samuel P. Huntington and Warren Demian Manshel.Originally, the magazine was a quarterly...
State Advisor for Azerbaijan President between 1990–1999. - Elmar MammadyarovElmar MammadyarovElmar Mammadyarov Maharram oglu , born on July 2, 1960, Baku), is the Foreign Minister in the Government of Azerbaijan since 2004. Mammadyarov speaks Russian, English and Turkish.-Early life:...
– Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Azerbaijan Republic (2004–present). - Araz AzimovAraz AzimovAraz Azimov Boyukagha oglu , is the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs at the Government of Azerbaijan since 1994.-Early life:Azimov was born in Baku, Azerbaijan on June 13, 1962. In between 1978-1984, he studied at the Oriental Studies faculty of, with the former name, Azerbaijan State...
– Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Azerbaijan Republic (1994–present).
Revolutionaries and leaders of rebellions
- Aina Sultanova — one of the first Azeri women revolutionaries, People's Commissar of Justice of the Azerbaijan SSR; its name is associated with appearance of the first in the East women's magazine "Shark Kadyny" ("Woman of the East"); sister of Gazanfar MusabekovGazanfar MusabekovGazanfar Mahmud oglu Musabekov or Musabeyov was an Azerbaijani Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet statesman. He was Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of Azerbaijan SSR from 1929 to 1931 and he headed the government of the Transcaucasian SFSR from 1931 to 1936...
and the wife of Hamid Sultanov. - Khanlar SafaraliyevKhanlar SafaraliyevKhanlar Safaraliyev was an Azerbaijani oil field worker, labor organizer, and Moslem social democrat. In 1907, he helped lead a successful strike at the Baku oil fields. Subsequently, he was shot by an assassin, Jafar , and died several days later...
— oil field worker, trade unionist and revolutionary Moslem social democrat. In 1907, he helped lead a successful strike at the Baku oil fields - Meshadi AzizbekovMeshadi AzizbekovMeshadi Azimbey oghlu Azizbekov, also spelled Azizbeyov , was a famous Azerbaijani revolutionary.- Early life :...
— revolutionary, of the 26 Baku Commissars26 Baku CommissarsThe 26 Baku Commissars were Bolshevik and Left Socialist Revolutionary members of the Baku Soviet Commune. The commune was established in the city of Baku...
; one of the first Azeri-Marxists. - Mir Hasan VazirovMir Hasan VazirovMir-Hasan Kazim oglu Vazirov, also spelled Vezirov was an Azerbaijani revolutionary. Son of a teacher, he was born in the city of Shusha . During the secondary school years, he joined the revolutionary movement and became a member of the Socialist-Revolutionary Party...
— socialist-revolutionary, of the 26 Baku Commissars26 Baku CommissarsThe 26 Baku Commissars were Bolshevik and Left Socialist Revolutionary members of the Baku Soviet Commune. The commune was established in the city of Baku...
.He signed the decree of the Baku CPC confiscation of landed estates and transferring them to the working peasants. - Qatir Mammed — People's hero of Azerbaijan, the legendary leader of the Peasant Movement in the Ganja province of Azerbaijan in 1918–1919. :ru:Гатыр Мамед
Scientists
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- Abbasgulu BakikhanovAbbasgulu BakikhanovAbbasgulu Bakikhanov , also known as Gudsi , was an Azerbaijani writer, historian, journalist, linguist, poet and philosopher; descendant of the ruling dynasty of the Baku Khanate, nephew of the last khan of Baku...
— historian and writer, founder of Azerbaijani scientific historiography. - Alexander KazembekAlexander Kazembek (Russian orientalist)Alexander Kasimovich Kazembek , Russia, born Muhammad Ali Kazim-bey , was a famous orientalist, historian and philologist of Azeri origin...
— a famous orientalist, historian and philologist. The world-renowned scientist and organizer of Russian Oriental Studies. - Farman SalmanovFarman SalmanovFarman Gurban oglu Salmanov was an Azerbaijani geologist famous for discovering great oil fields in Western Siberia in Tyumen Oblast in 1961....
— geologist who first discovered oil fields in SiberiaSiberiaSiberia is an extensive region constituting almost all of Northern Asia. Comprising the central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, it was part of the Soviet Union from its beginning, as its predecessor states, the Tsardom of Russia and the Russian Empire, conquered it during the 16th...
, Hero of Socialist LaborHero of Socialist LaborHero of Socialist Labour was an honorary title in the Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact countries. It was the highest degree of distinction for exceptional achievements in national economy and culture...
. - Firudin bey Kocharli — a prominent Azerbaijani philologist, writer and literary critic.
- Elchin KhalilovElchin KhalilovDr.Prof. Elchin Khalilov is a geophysicist who works in the area of geodynamics and geotectonics.- Early life and family :Elchin Nusrat oglu Khalilov was born in 1959 in Baku to the family of a known Azerbaijani petroleum geologist...
— geophysicist, professor, doctor of geological and mineralogical sciences. - Kerim KerimovKerim KerimovLieutenant-General Kerim Aliyevich Kerimov was an Azerbaijani-Soviet/Russian aerospace engineer and a renowned rocket scientist, one of the founders of the Soviet space industry, and for many years a central figure in the Soviet space program. Despite his prominent role, his identity was kept a...
— rocket scientist, one of the founders of the Soviet space industry, and for many years a central figure in the Soviet space program, Hero of Socialist Labor. - Lotfi A. Zadeh — mathematician, electrical engineer, computer scientist, founder of the theory of fuzzy sets and fuzzy logic.
- Mirza Adigozal Bey — historian. :ru:Мирза Адигезаль-бек
- Movlazadeh Mahammad Hasan Shakavi — a noble Azerbaijani religious leader, philosopher, alimAlim-Given name:* Amat Al Alim Alsoswa, Yemeni politician* Alim Ashirov, Soviet footballer* AFM Alim Chowdhury, Bangladeshi physician*Aleem Dar , Pakistani cricketer* Alim Karkayev, Russian footballer* Mohammed Alim Khan, last emir of the Manghit dynasty...
and the first Sheikh ul-IslamSheikh ul-IslamShaykh al-Islām is a title of superior authority in the issues of Islam....
of the Caucasus and the first scholar who translated Koran into Azerbaijani language. - Yusif Mamedaliyev — chemist, founder of petrochemical science in Azerbaijan. :ru:Мамедалиев, Юсиф Гейдар оглы
- Zeynalabdin ShirvaniZeynalabdin ShirvaniZeynalabdin Shirvani , also known as Tamkin, was an Azerbaijani geographer, philosopher and poet.-Early life:...
— traveller and geographer. - Ziya Buniatov — historian, Hero of the Soviet Union.
- Arif SalimovArif SalimovArif Salimov is an Azerbaijani/Soviet mathematician, known for his research in differential geometry. He obtained a B.Sc. degree from Baku State University, Azerbaijan in 1978, a PhD and Doctor of Sciences degrees in geometry from Kazan State University, Russia in 1984 and 1998, respectively. His...
— mathematician. - Hamlet IsakhanliHamlet IsakhanliHamlet Abdulla oglu Isayev is an Azerbaijani mathematician, poet, science- and sosial science writer, living founder of Khazar University and founding president during April, 1991 - September, 2010...
(Isayev) — mathematician, social scientist.
Sports
- Alekper MamedovAlekper MamedovAlekper Mamedov is a Soviet and Azerbaijani footballer best known as a striker for FC Dynamo Moscow in the 1950s and later as the first manager of the independent Azerbaijan national football team. He has been classified as a Master of Sport of the USSR as a four-time champion player in the...
— USSR soccer star. - Elnur MammadliElnur MammadliElnur Chingiz oglu Mammadli is an Azerbaijani judoka.He won the gold medal during the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the -73 kg division. In the final he beat the favorite Wang Ki-Chun from Korea in 13 seconds by ippon.-Achievements:-References:...
— judoka, Olympic champion. - Karina AznavourianKarina AznavourianKarina Borisovna Aznavourian is a Russian épée fencer. She won two gold medals in the team épée event at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. Also won bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics....
— Russian épée fencer, olympic Champion (2000, 2004) world champion (2003) and Europe (2004) (Azeri mother). - Namig AbdullayevNamig AbdullayevNamig Yadulla oglu Abdullayev was an Azerbaijani Olympic Champion wrestler, winning a gold medal in freestyle for Azerbaijan at the 2000 Summer Olympics...
— wrestler, Olympic champion. - Nizami PashayevNizami PashayevNizami Pashayev is an Azerbaijani athlete in weightlifting. He won two World Weightlifting Championships titles and one European Weightlifting Championships title, when he hauled 402 kilograms in total to take the overall gold in the men's 94 kg category.Pashayev totalled 402 kg on...
— weightlifter, winner of the world and European championships. - Rafael AghayevRafael AghayevRafael Aghayev is a leading Azeri Karate competitor and is three times World, seven times European champion. -Achievements:2010 results*1st WKF 20th Championships Belgrade, under 75 kg*2nd WKF 20th Championships Belgrade, Team Kumite...
— karate competitor, World and European champion. - Ramil GuliyevRamil GuliyevRamil Guliyev is a Azerbaijani-born Turkish sprint athlete. He competes in the 100 meters and 200 meters events. He competed at the 2009 European Athletics Junior Championships, winning a silver medal in the 100 m and a gold medal in the 200 m.He holds the national and...
— sprinter. - Rashad SadygovRashad sadygovRashad Farhad oghlu Sadygov is an Azerbaijani footballer and the national team captain. He plays for the Azerbaijani club side FK Qarabağ.In 2006, as a result of missing the registration deadline for the Azerbaijani football club side PFC Neftchi, Sadygov played basketball for local club BK...
— soccer player. - Rasim BaşakRasim BasakRasim Başak is a Azerbaijani-Turkish professional basketball player of Türk Telekom B.K. The power forward is 2.02 m tall and 100 kg weight and wears 8 number for Fenerbahçe Ülker. He has Russian mother and Azeri father but also has Turkish citizenship and he already played several times for...
— Turkish basketball player. - Rovshan BayramovRovshan BayramovRovshan Bayramov is an Azerbaijani athlete.In the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Bayramov successfully reached the final having beaten Mostafa Mohamed , Yagnier Hernandez , Roman Amoyan but lost to Nazyr Mankiev from Russia. Coach: Hijran Sharifov.-References:*...
— wrestler, Olympic champion. - Shakhriyar MamedyarovShakhriyar MamedyarovShakhriyar Hamid oglu Mammadyarov , also known for his Shah nickname, is a chess Grandmaster. On the September 2010 FIDE rating list he was ranked number nine in the world with an Elo rating of 2756....
— chess grandmaster. - Teimour RadjabovTeimour RadjabovRadjabov's knight sacrifice, 21. ... Ngxe5, was praised by several strong players for its bravery, including English grandmaster Nigel Short. Said Short of the move, "Radjabov plays very imaginatively... he just won't give up, he is extremely tenacious and will always find a way to muddy the...
— chess grandmaster. - Tofik BakhramovTofik BakhramovTofik Bahram oglu Bahramov , commonly known as the Russian linesman in England, was an Azerbaijani football referee notable for being the linesman who helped to award a goal for England in the 1966 FIFA World Cup Final against West Germany...
— the 'Russian' linesman from 1966 World Cup final. - Vali Gasimov — former international footballer.
- Vugar GashimovVugar GashimovVugar Gashimov , born July 24, 1986 in Baku, is one of the leading chess players from Azerbaijan. He is a noted player of Bullet chess and three times Azerbaijani national chess champion .He won at Athens 2005 ....
— chess grandmaster. - Zemfira MeftakhetdinovaZemfira MeftakhetdinovaZemfira Meftakhetdinova is an Azerbaijani sport shooter who has won two Olympic medals in skeet.She was born in Baku and is a police officer and sports teacher, and she speaks three languages. She has been a scholarship holder with the Olympic Solidarity program since November 2002.-Olympic...
— sport shooter, Olympic champion.
Other
- Enver Mamedov — Soviet mass media manager.
- Gamar AlmaszadehGamar AlmaszadehGamar Hajiaga qizi Almaszadeh was an Azerbaijani ballerina and ballet instructor. She's considered the first ballerina of the Muslim world. -Early life:...
— the first Azerbaijani ballerina, People's Artist of USSR (1959). - Hasan bey ZardabiHasan bey ZardabiHasan bey Zardabi , born Hasan bey Salim bey oglu Malikov , was an Azerbaijani publicist, founder of the first Azeri-language newspaper Akinchi in 1875.-Early life:...
— publicist, founder of the first Azeri-language newspaper. - Leyla VakilovaLeyla VakilovaLeyla Mahad qizi Vakilova was an Azerbaijani ballerina and ballet instructor.-Career:Leyla Vakilova was born in Baku and took ballet lessons at the Baku School of Choreography from prominent Azerbaijani ballerina Gamar Almaszadeh...
— ballerina, People's Artist of USSR (1967). - Nadir Aghayev — Russian public figure, Head of Administration of the Leningrad raion of KaliningradKaliningradKaliningrad is a seaport and the administrative center of Kaliningrad Oblast, the Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea...
(2009–2011). - Nigar TalibovaNigar TalibovaNigar Talibova is an Azeri fashion model, based in Turkey.Nigar Talibova was a member of the music group Adrenalin, which she formed with two other Turkish models, Gizem Özdilli and Doğa Bekleriz.-External links:...
— Turkish model. - Sureyya AgaogluSüreyya AgaogluSüreyya Ağaoğlu was a Turkish writer, jurist, and the first female lawyer in Turkish history.-Biography:...
— first female lawyer in Turkish history.
Art
- Aydin AghdashlooAydin AghdashlooAydin Aghdashloo is an Iranian painter, author, art critic, art historian and graphic designer.He currently lives in Tehran, Iran and lectures in different Iranian Universities besides his professional work.- Early life :...
— painter. - Haydar HatemiHaydar HatemiHaydar Hatemi is an Iranian artist whose work is based on blends of classical oriental styles such as miniature and tazhib, with some modern elements. His early studies in art started at Tabriz's Art Academy after finishing high school in Tabriz, Iran. Haydar Hatemi is a graduate of the...
— painter. - Reza DeghatiReza DeghatiReza Deghati, born 1952 in Tabriz, Iran is an Iranian-French photojournalist, who works under the name Reza .-Biography:Reza has covered much of the globe for National Geographic Magazine. Several films about Reza's work have been produced by National Geographic Television, most notably Frontline...
— the Paris-based, world-renown photographer, a regular contributor to National Geographic Magazine.
Actors
- Behrouz VossoughiBehrouz Vossoughi-Career:He started acting in films with Samuel Khachikian's Toofan dar shahr-e ma. He has over 40 years of experience in the motion picture industry, with featured appearances in more than 90 films. His work has earned him recognition at several international film festivals...
— Iranian actor. - Mustafa Mardanov — Azerbaijani Soviet actor, People's Artist of Azerbaijan SSR (1943).
Authors
- Ali Mojuz — satirical poet.
- Parvin Etesami — Persian poetess (Persian Father and Azeri Mother).
- Ebrahim NabaviEbrahim NabaviSeyyed Ebrahim Nabavi is a prolific Iranian satirist, writer, diarist, and researcher. , he is the most widely known and active Iranian satirist, currently living in Belgium...
— political journalist, satirist. - Gholam Hossein Saedi — writer
- Hassan Roshdieh — teacher, politician, and journalist
- Iraj MirzaIraj MirzaPrince Iraj Mirza , son of prince Gholam Hossein Mirza, was a famous Iranian poet. He was a modern poet and his works are associated with the criticism of traditions. He had translations from the French language....
— poet and politician - Mir Jalal PashayevMir Jalal PashayevMir Jalal Pashayev , , known by his literary pen-name Mir Jalal, was an Azerbaijani writer and literary critic...
— writer and literary critic, Honored Scientist of Azerbaijan SSR, grandfather of Mehriban AliyevaMehriban AliyevaMehriban Arif qizi Aliyeva is the head of Azerbaijan's Heydar Aliyev Foundation and the wife of its current president Ilham Aliyev. The Sunday Times, writing in 2005 about Mrs...
. - Mohammad Hossein ShahriarMohammad Hossein ShahriarSeyyed Mohammad Hossein Behjat-Tabrizi , chiefly known by his pen name as Shahriar , was a legendary Iranian poet of Azeri origin, wrote in Persian languages and Azerbaijani language....
— legendary Azerbaijani poet, wrote in Azerbaijani and Persian languages. - Mirza IbrahimovMirza IbrahimovMirza Ibrahimov , Azerbaijani writer, playwright, state and public figure.Mirza Ibrahimov was born in the village of Eve in Iranian Azerbaijan...
— writer, playwright, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of Azerbaijan SSR (1954—1958). - Reza BaraheniReza BaraheniReza Baraheni is an exiled Iranian novelist, poet, critic, and political activist.Former president of PEN Canada, the often called "Iran's finest living Writer" lives in Toronto, Canada, where he used to teach at the Centre for Comparative Literature at the University of Toronto.He’s the author of...
— novelist, poet and politician. - Saib Tabrizi — poet
- Samad BehrangiSamad BehrangiSamad Behrangi was an Iranian teacher, social critic, folklorist, translator, and short story writer of Azeri extraction. He is famous for his children's book, The Little Black Fish.-Life:He was born in Tabriz to a lower-class Azerbaijani family...
— political writer - Seyid Abulgasim Nabati — poet.
Military
- Colonel Mohammad Taqi-Khan Pessian - He was a popular military leader of Iran and became a national hero after his assassination. He is also famously known as being the first Iranian to successfully pilot an aircraft.
- Abbas GharabaghiAbbas GharabaghiGeneral Abbas Gharabaghi was the last Chief of the Supreme Commander's Staff of the Iranian armed forces during the rule of the Pahlavi dynasty. Appointed on 7 January 1979, his role was to support the Shah until the Shah fled, and then to support the civilian government the Shah left behind during...
— Iran's last Army Chief of Staff under the Pahlavi regime. - Javad FakoriJavad FakoriMajor General Javad Fakoori was a Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force leader. He was the commander of the IRIAF during the Iran–Iraq War and served as Defense Minister. He was killed in an air crash. When he died he held the rank of Major General....
— Major General of IRIAF, Commander of Iranian Air force during Iran-Iraq warIran-Iraq WarThe Iran–Iraq War was an armed conflict between the armed forces of Iraq and Iran, lasting from September 1980 to August 1988, making it the longest conventional war of the twentieth century...
and Defence ministerDefence ministerA defence minister is a person in a cabinet position in charge of a Ministry of Defence, which regulates the armed forces in some sovereign nations...
. - Habibulla Huseynov — Hero of the Soviet UnionHero of the Soviet UnionThe title Hero of the Soviet Union was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded personally or collectively for heroic feats in service to the Soviet state and society.-Overview:...
. - Mehdi BakeriMehdi BakeriMehdi Bakeri was an Iranian war hero in the Iran–Iraq War. He was graduated in Mechanical Engineering from University of Tabriz. During the revolution on 1979 he joined to the revolution and just after revolution he was chosen as the mayor of Urmia, West Azerbaijan, Iran...
— Iran-Iraq warIran-Iraq WarThe Iran–Iraq War was an armed conflict between the armed forces of Iraq and Iran, lasting from September 1980 to August 1988, making it the longest conventional war of the twentieth century...
war hero. - Tadfel Molouk AyrumluTadfel Molouk AyrumluGeneral Teymur-Khan Ayromlou was a prominent figure in the army of Persia at the start of the twentieth century. Queen Tadj ol-Molouk Ayromlou was his daughter. The notable General Muhammad-Husayn Ayrom was his nephew. He was an ethnic Azeri of the Ayrumlu tribe. Some members of the Ayrums family...
— A general in the Qajar era IranIranIran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
. The grand father of ^& & * Yahya Safavi, former head of IRGC, and now an advisor to the Iranian state.
Music
- Arash — Iranian-Swedish singer, dancer, entertainer and producer (Azeri great-grandfather).
- Aref Arefkia — singer.
- Davod Azad — composer, Sufi vocalist, multi-instrumentalist.
- Dariush EghbaliDariush EghbaliDariush Eghbali better known by his stage name Dariush is a famous Iranian pop singer best known for his warm and plaintive bass voice heard in both ballads and political songs. He is also a social activist who directs a recovery center.-Early life:...
— Iranian pop artist - Faegheh Atashin — singer and actress also known as 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...
. - Hossein AlizadehHossein AlizadehHossein Alizadeh , is an Iranian composer, radif-preserver, researcher, teacher, and tar and setar instrumentalist and improviser, described by Allmusic as a leading Iranian classical composer and musician....
— classical composer and folk musician (Azeri father). - Rubaba MuradovaRubaba MuradovaRubaba Khalil qizi Muradova , born Rubaba Ishragi , was an Azerbaijani opera and folk singer.-Life and career:...
— opera (mezzo soprano) and folk singer, People's Artist of Azerbaijan (1971). - Sami YusufSami YusufSami Yusuf is a British singer-songwriter, composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist musician of Azeri origin.In 2003 Yusuf released his first album "Al-Mu`allim" at the age of 23, selling over two million copies...
— singer well known in Islamic World. - Hassan Sattar — Iranian pop singer.
- Habib MohebianHabib MohebianHabib is a Persian singer-songwriter, first became seriously passionate about music and playing guitar in the last years of high school. He participated in a nationwide competition held by the Iranian Radio and Television Broadcasting and was chosen as one of the 16 short listed candidates...
— Iranian pop singer. - Samin BaghtchebanSamin BaghtchebanSamin Baghtcheban , was an Iranian musician, composer, author and translator.-Biography:Samin Baghtcheban was born in 1925 in Tabriz, and grew up in Shiraz and Tehran, where his father established the first modern kindergartens and schools for the deaf in Iran...
— Western Classical / Persian Symphonic. - André Hossein — Western Classical / Persian Symphonic.
- Reza ValiReza valiReza Vali is an Iranian musician and composer.Reza Vali was born in Iran and studied at the Tehran Conservatory. In 1972, he attended the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, where he studied composition. He later attended the University of Pittsburgh where he received his PhD in...
— Western Classical / Persian Symphonic.
Politicians
- Abbas-Ali Amid Zanjani — Iranian hardliner theologian, politician and University lecturer.
- Ali KhameneiAli KhameneiAyatollah Seyed Ali Hoseyni Khāmene’i is the Supreme Leader of Iran and the figurative head of the Muslim conservative establishment in Iran and Twelver Shi'a marja...
— President of Iran (1981–1989), Supreme Leader of Iran (since 1989) (half Azeri). - Ali MeshkiniAli MeshkiniAyatollah Ali Akbar Feyz Meshkini was an Iranian hardline cleric and politician.-Life:Meshkini was an Iranian Azerbaijani born in a village near Meshkinshahr and the Sabalan mountain. He was born as Āli, but preferred the pronounciaton, Ali during his career. He succeeded Ayatollah Montazeri as...
— influential cleric and the ex-chairman of Assembly of ExpertsAssembly of ExpertsThe Assembly of Experts of Iran , also translated as Council of Experts, is a deliberative body of 86 Mujtahids that is charged with electing and removing the Supreme Leader of Iran and supervising his activities.Members of the assembly are elected from a government-screened list of candidates by...
. - Ali SoheiliAli SoheiliAli Soheili was a Prime Minister of Iran.Born in Tabriz, he served as Prime Minister in 1942, and Ambassador to Britain in 1953.The Tehran Conference took place during his administration....
— Prime Minister of IranIranIran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
. - Ebrahim HakimiEbrahim HakimiEbrahim Hakimi was a Prime Minister of Iran.He was born in Tabriz to an ethnic Iranian Azeri family. He attended Dar ol-Fonoon, and finished advanced studies in Medicine in Paris....
— Prime Minister of IranIranIran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
. - Farah PahlaviFarah PahlaviFarah Pahlavi is the former Queen and Empress of Iran. She is the widow of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran, and only Empress of modern Iran...
(Farah Diba) — the last Queen of Iran (Mohammadreza Shah's wife). - Gholam Reza AghazadehGholam Reza AghazadehGholam Reza Aghazadeh is an Iranian Politician. Aghazadeh served as the Vice President for Atomic Energy of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the president of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran up until July 2009....
— president of the Atomic Energy Organization of IranAtomic Energy Organization of IranThe Atomic Energy Organization of Iran is the main official body responsible for implementing regulations and operating nuclear energy installations in Iran....
. - Gurban Khalilov — Minister of Finance of the Azerbaijan SSR (1958—1969).
- Hassan Roshdieh — famous cleric, politician.
- Shah Ismail KhateiIsmail IIsmail I , known in Persian as Shāh Ismāʿil , was a Shah of Iran and the founder of the Safavid dynasty which survived until 1736. Isma'il started his campaign in Azerbaijan in 1500 as the leader of the Safaviyya, an extremist heterodox Twelver Shi'i militant religious order and unified all of Iran...
— poet, ruler. - Mahmud JamMahmud JamMahmoud Jam was a Prime Minister of Iran from 1935 to 1939.Born in Tabriz, he began his political career as a French-Persian translator, and climbed his way up to Prime Minister....
— Prime Minister of IranIranIran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
. - Mehdi BazarganMehdi BazarganMehdi Bazargan was a prominent Iranian scholar, academic, long-time pro-democracy activist and head of Iran's interim government, making him Iran's first prime minister after the Iranian Revolution of 1979. He was the head of the first engineering department of Tehran University...
— head of The Interim Government of Iran, first prime minister after the Iranian RevolutionIranian RevolutionThe Iranian Revolution refers to events involving the overthrow of Iran's monarchy under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and its replacement with an Islamic republic under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of the...
. - Mina AhadiMina AhadiMina Ahadi is an Austrian human rights activist. As an Iranian born Communist political activist she is a current member of the Central Committee and Politburo of the Worker-Communist Party of Iran....
— Communist Activist from WPIWorker-Communist Party of IranThe Worker-communist Party of Iran founded 1991, is a political party that seeks the revolutionary overthrow of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the establishment of a 'Socialist Republic' in its place...
. - Mir Bashir Gasimov — People's Commissar of Social Security of the Azerbaijan SSR (1935—1937), Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of Azerbaijan SSR (1938—1949).
- Mir-Hossein MousaviMir-Hossein MousaviMir-Hossein Mousavi Khameneh is an Iranian reformist politician, artist and architect who served as the seventy-ninth and last Prime Minister of Iran from 1981 to 1989. He was a Reformist candidate for the 2009 presidential election and eventually the leader of the opposition in the post-election...
— Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran (1981), last Prime Minister of IranPrime Minister of IranPrime Minister of Iran was a political post in Iran that had existed during several different periods of time starting with the Qajar era until its most recent revival from 1979 to 1989 following the Iranian Revolution.-Prime Ministers of Qajar era:In the Qajar era, prime ministers were known by...
(1981—1989). - Mohammad Reza PahlaviMohammad Reza PahlaviMohammad Rezā Shāh Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, Shah of Persia , ruled Iran from 16 September 1941 until his overthrow by the Iranian Revolution on 11 February 1979...
— the last Shah of Iran (Azeri mother). - Mohsen MehralizadehMohsen MehralizadehMohsen Mehralizadeh was a Vice President of Iran and the head of the National Sports Organization of Iran under President Khatami...
— Khorasan Province Governor General (1997—2001). - Sadegh MahsouliSadegh MahsouliSadegh Mahsouli is an Iranian politician who was Minister of Interior from 2008 to 2009 and Minister of Welfare and Social Security from 2009 to 2011. He was appointed to this post in 19 November 2009, as part of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's second cabinet after received vote of from Parliament...
— Minister of Welfare and Social Security of Iran. - Parviz FattahParviz FattahParviz Fattah is an Iranian politician, former member of Revolutionary Guard and former Iran's Minister of Energy in Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's cabinet -Biography:...
— current Minister of Energy. - Reza MoridiReza MoridiReza Moridi is a Canadian politician, and the first Iranian-Canadian elected to a provincial or federal legislature in Canada. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2007 provincial election, representing the riding of Richmond Hill...
— member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Canada (Orumieh native). - Sadegh Khalkhali — hardline Shia cleric of the Islamic Republic.
- Tadfel Molouk AyrumluTadfel Molouk AyrumluGeneral Teymur-Khan Ayromlou was a prominent figure in the army of Persia at the start of the twentieth century. Queen Tadj ol-Molouk Ayromlou was his daughter. The notable General Muhammad-Husayn Ayrom was his nephew. He was an ethnic Azeri of the Ayrumlu tribe. Some members of the Ayrums family...
, general of the Qajar army. - Tadj ol-MoloukTadj ol-MoloukTadj ol-Molouk of Iran was the daughter of General Teymūr Khan Ayromlou, and the Queen Consort of Reza Shah, founder of the Pahlavi dynasty and Shah of Iran between 1915 and 1941. The title she was given after becoming Queen means "Crown of the King" in the Persian language...
— mother of the last Shah of Iran.
Revolutionaries
- Bagher KhanBagher KhanBāqer Khān , honorarily titled Sālār-e Melli , was one of the key figures in the Persian Constitutional Revolution.-Notes:...
— constitutional revolutionary leader. - Bahram Agayev — party of the First Russian Revolution and Iranian Constitutional RevolutionIranian Constitutional RevolutionThe Persian Constitutional Revolution or Iranian Constitutional Revolution took place between 1905 and 1907...
, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Adalat Party and a member of RSDLP. - Haydar Khan e Amo-oghliHaydar Khan e Amo-oghliHaydar Khan e Amo-oghli or Haidar Khan Amu Ogly Tariverdiev - a revolutionary activist who acted in Iran, Republic of Azerbaijan and Central Asia and used terror to radicalize Persian politics in the early 20th century.-Early years:He was born in Salmas or Urmiainto the Tariverdiev family and...
(Tariverdiev) — revolutionary activist who used terror to radicalize Persian politics in the early 20th century, General Secretary of the Iranian Communist Party.- Ja'far Pishevari — the founder and chairman of the socialist Azerbaijan People's GovernmentAzerbaijan People's GovernmentThe Azerbaijan People's Government was a short-lived, Soviet-backed client state in northern Iran. Established in Iranian Azerbaijan, the APG's capital was the city of Tabriz...
(November 1945 – November 1946). - Mohammad KhiabaniMohammad KhiabaniShaikh Mohammad Khiābāni , also known as Shaikh Mohammad Khiābāni Tabrizi , was an Iranian cleric, political leader, and representative to the parliament....
— famous cleric and politician, leader of the national liberation movement against the Shah's regime in Persia, Chairman of the Central Committee of Azadistan (1920). - Sattar KhanSattar KhanSattar Khan Sattar Khan Sattar Khan (Persian/Azeri: ستارخان, ; (October 20, 1866—November 17, 1914), honorarily titled Sardār-e Melli was a pivotal figure in the Iranian Constitutional Revolution and is one of the greatest heroes of Iran.Sattar Khan,...
— constitutional revolutionary leader.
Grand Ayatollahs
- In addition to those mentioned above:
- Abdolkarim Mousavi Ardabili
- Abul-Qassim KhoeiAbul-Qassim KhoeiGrand Ayatollah Sayyid Abul-Qassim al-Khoei was one of the most influential Twelver Shia Islamic scholars , and the predecessor to Grand Ayatullah Sayyid Ali Al-Husayni Al-Sistani. He was the spiritual leader of much of the Shia world until his death in 1992...
- Allameh TabatabaeiAllameh TabatabaeiAllameh Seyyed Muhammad Husayn Tabatabaei was one of the most prominent thinkers of philosophy and contemporary Shia Islam...
- Fazel Lankarani
- Javad Gharavi AliariJavad Gharavi AliariGrand Ayatollah Javad Gharavi Aliari is an Iranian Twelver Shi'a Marja. He was born in Tabriz, Iran. He migrated to Najaf to study in Grand Ayatollah al-Khoei's seminaries. He currently teaches in the Seminary of Tehran, Iran. He is seen as being close to Iranian reformists.-See also:*Grand...
- Mousa Shubairi ZanjaniMousa Shubairi ZanjaniGrand Ayatollah Mousa Shubairi Zanjani is an Iranian Twelver Shi'a Marja. He was born in Qom, Iran. He has studied in the seminaries of Qom under Grand Ayatollah Borujerdi and Mohaqeq Damad. He currently resides and teaches in the Seminary of Qom, Iran...
- Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari
- Moslem Malakouti
Scientists
- Ahmad KasraviAhmad KasraviAhmad Kasravi , was a notable Iranian linguist, historian, and reformer.Born in Hokmabad , Tabriz, Iran, Kasravi was an Iranian Azeri Initially, Kasravi enrolled in a seminary. Later, he joined the Iranian Constitutional Revolution...
— Iranian linguist, historian, reformer, nationalist politician, author and philosopher - 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...
— physician and inventor. He co-invented the gas laser in 1960, with William R. Bennett. - Ali Murad DavudiAli Murad DavudiDr Ali Murad Davudi was an Iranian Bahá'í who was a member of the national governing body of the Bahá'ís in Iran. He was a professor at Tehran University in the philosophy department...
— philosopher - Allameh TabatabaeiAllameh TabatabaeiAllameh Seyyed Muhammad Husayn Tabatabaei was one of the most prominent thinkers of philosophy and contemporary Shia Islam...
— prominent Shi'a theoretician - Camila BatmanghelidjhCamila BatmanghelidjhCamila Batmanghelidjh is a British businesswoman, charity leader and author of Iranian and Belgian origin. She has been living in England since the age of 11 and founded two charities - the place2b and Kids Company where she and her team care for 14,000 vulnerable children and young people in London...
(Kamila Batmanghelidj) — psychotherapist and social entrepreneur - Fereydoon BatmanghelidjFereydoon BatmanghelidjFereydoon Batmanghelidj was born in Tehran, Iran. He was best known for his book, Your Body's Many Cries for Water, and his writings related to health and wellness. His ideas have not been adopted by the medical community....
— medical scientist - Kazem Sadegh-ZadehKazem Sadegh-ZadehKazem Sadegh-Zadeh is an analytic philosopher of medicine. He studied medicine and philosophy at the German universities of Münster, Berlin, and Göttingen with Internship and residency 1967-1971, assistant professor 1972-1982, full professor of philosophy of medicine at the University of Münster...
— analytic philosopher
Sports
- Ali DaeiAli DaeiAli Daei is an Iranian retired football player and former national team coach who currently manages a local Iranian team, Rah Ahan. He is a former captain of the Iran national football team, and is the world's all-time leading goalscorer in international matches...
, football player, former head coach of the Iran national football teamIran national football teamThe national football team of Iran represents Iran in international football competitions and is controlled by the Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran...
. - Aziz AsliAziz AsliAziz Aslimanesh is an Iranian retired football goalkeeper, manager and actor with an Azeri descent. He played for Daraei F.C. and then joined Persepolis F.C. for rest of his career. He also capped for Team Melli. On January 7, 1971 he smacked the referee in Tehran derby.He acted in many films in...
— football player. - Cyrus DinmohammadiSirous DinmohammadiSirous Dinmohammadi is a retired Iranian football player.-International career:Dinmohammadi made 43 appearances for the Iran national football team and participated in the 1998 FIFA World Cup.-References:...
— football player. - Ali Akbar Ostad-AsadiAli Akbar Ostad-AsadiAli Akbar Ostad-Asadi or Ostadasadli is a retired Iranian football player.He played for a few clubs, most notably Zob Ahan FC and in the final years of his career Mashin Sazi of Tabriz....
football player - Javad AllahverdiJavad AllahverdiJavad Allahverdi is a retired Iranian footballer. He is of Iranian Azeri ethnicity.- Club career :Allahverdi started his career playing for Taj F.C.. There he could win the Asian Championship Club Tournament in 1970; he also won the Iranian league in 1971 as well as the second place in 1974.After...
— football player. - Hossein Reza Zadeh — World champion weight-lifter.
- Karim BagheriKarim BagheriKarim Bagheri is a retired professional Iranian player, most notably playing for Persepolis in the Iran Pro League. He was known as a two-footed midfielder and is famous for his powerful and thundering long range shots and free kicks.-Early years:...
— football player. - Mohammad NavaziMohammad NavaziMohamad Navazi is an Iranian football player who currently plays for Shahrdari Yasuj, He usually plays as a Right Midfielder.In the famous Tehran derby played in 2000, he fought with Hamid Estili at the end of the match and was arrested by Police. They were imprissoned in Qasr Prison for 3 days....
— football player. - Rasoul KhatibiRasoul KhatibiRasoul Khatibi is an Iranian football player–Manager currently playing and Managing Machine Sazi Tabriz. He is a former member of the Iranian national team.-Club career:...
— football player. - Yahya GolmohammadiYahya GolmohammadiYahya Golmohammadi is a retired Iranian football player. His position usually was the central defender. He is currently with Tarbiat Yazd as a manager and has now retired from the Iranian national football team...
— football player. - Yousef Karami — Iranian taekwondo athlete.
- Hossein ojaghiHossein OjaghiHossein Ojaghi is an Iranian wushu athlete and mixed martial artist.-Achievements:* 1997 World Wushu Championships – Gold medal* 1998 Asian Games – Silver medal* 1999 World Wushu Championships – Gold medal...
— Iranian fighter. - mansour norouzi — Iranian fighter.
- Saeed moradlou — Iranian fighter.
Other
- Ghulam Mammadli — journalist and literary critic, Honored Worker of Culture of Azerbaijan SSR (1977).
- Sona Babai — oldest naturalized Iranian American
Turkey
- Cem KaracaCem KaracaMuhtar Cem Karaca , also called Cem Baba , was a prominent Turkish rock musician and one of the most important figures in the Anatolian rock movement.-Biography:...
— Turkish musician (Azeri father). - Eren Bakıcı — Turkish singer and dancer.
- Qazi BurhanaddinKadi Burhan al-DinKadi Burhan al-Din Ahmed was vizier and atabeg to the Eretnid rulers of Anatolia. In 783 AH he took over Eretnid lands and claimed the title of sultan for himself. He was an outstanding Turkish poet. He was also a poet who wrote primarily in Persian...
— poet, ruler. - Melahat Abbasova — Turkish actress and producer.
- Servet ÇetinServet ÇetinServet Çetin , is a Turkish footballer who is playing for Galatasaray in the centre back position. He received the nickname Ayıboğan which literally means; a man who could choke a bear, due to his height and strength....
— Turkish footballer. - Sinan Şamil SamSinan Samil SamSinan Şamil Sam is a German born Turkish heavyweight professional boxer. As a professional boxer, Sam won the EBU and WBC International titles in the heavyweight division.- Amateur career :...
— German boxer. - Çağla Şikel — Miss Turkey (1997).
Georgia
Art
- Abdulla ShaigAbdulla ShaigAbdulla Shaig , born Abdulla Mustafa oglu Talibzadeh, was an Azerbaijani writer.-Early life and education:Shaig was born to Marneuli-native Azeri parents, Mustafa Talibzadeh and Mehri Bayramli...
— Azerbaijani poet and writer. - Geysar KashiyevaGeysar KashiyevaGeysar Seyfulla qizi Kashiyeva was an Azerbaijani painter. She is considered the first professional female painter in Azerbaijani history.-Life and contributions:...
— painter. She is considered the first professional female painter in Azerbaijani history. - Khadija GayibovaKhadija GayibovaKhadija Osman bey qizi Gayibova was an Azerbaijani female pianist. She was born in the city of Tiflis and was trained in piano playing while studying at the St. Nina Gymnasium for Girls between 1901 and 1911. She became well known for the performance of mughams on piano...
— the first Azerbaijani female pianist. - Movsun Sanani — film and theater actor, People's Artist of Azerbaijan SSR (1949). :ru:Мовсун Санани
- NiyaziNiyaziNiyazi Zulfigar oglu Tagizade Hajibeyov was a prominent Soviet Azerbaijani musical conductor, composer, author of the famous "Rast" symphonic mugam.-Early life:...
— musical conductor, composer, author of the famous "Rast" symphonic mugam, People's Artist of USSR (1959), Hero of Socialist LaborHero of Socialist LaborHero of Socialist Labour was an honorary title in the Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact countries. It was the highest degree of distinction for exceptional achievements in national economy and culture...
. - Rashid BehbudovRashid BehbudovRashid Behbudov was an Azerbaijani singer and actor. He sang in Azerbaijani, Russian, Persian, Turkish, Hindi, Armenian, Urdu and Bengali among other languages....
— Azerbaijani singer and actor, People's Artist of USSR (1959), Hero of Socialist Labor. - Shovkat MammadovaShovkat MammadovaShovkat Hasan qizi Mammadova was an Azerbaijani opera singer and music instructor.-Early life and musical career:...
— the first Azerbaijani opera singer. - Hamlet IsakhanliHamlet IsakhanliHamlet Abdulla oglu Isayev is an Azerbaijani mathematician, poet, science- and sosial science writer, living founder of Khazar University and founding president during April, 1991 - September, 2010...
— Poet, philosopher, educator, mathematician.
Politicians
- Ali Tagi-zadeh — People's Commissar of Social Welfare and Labour of the Armenian SSR (1929—1932), Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of Azerbaijan SSR (1959—1963).
- Alimardan TopchubashevAlimardan TopchubashevAlimardan Alakbar oglu Topchubashov was a prominent Azerbaijani politician, foreign minister and speaker of the Parliament of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic....
— politician, foreign minister and Minister of External Affairs of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (1918), Head of the Parliament in absentia of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (1918—1920). - Hasan HasanovHasan HasanovHasan Hasanov Aziz oglu is an Azerbaijani politician and diplomat. He served as Azerbaijan's last communist leader, as its Prime Minister of Azerbaijan both during the Soviet rule and Azerbaijan's subsequent independence after the collapse of Soviet Union but eventually resigned.-Early...
— the first Prime Minister of Azerbaijan (1990—1992), Minister of External Affairs of Azerbaijan (1993—1998). - Hasan Seyidov — Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Azerbaijan SSR (1981–1989).
- Nariman NarimanovNariman NarimanovNarimanov Nariman Karbalayi Najaf oglu was an Azerbaijani revolutionary, writer, publicist, politician and statesman. In 1920, Narimanov headed the Soviet government of Azerbaijan, the Provisional Military-Revolutionary Committee , replacing Mirza Davud Huseynov, then he was the Chairman of the...
— Azerbaijani and Soviet politician and writer, People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan SSR (1920—1921), Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Azerbaijan SSR (1920—1922). - Raul UsupovRaul UsupovRaul Usupov was a politician in the nation of Georgia and deputy governor of Kvemo Kartli region....
— Georgian politician, ex-deputy governor of Kvemo KartliKvemo KartliKvemo Kartli is a historic province and current administrative region in southeastern Georgia. The city of Rustavi is a regional capital. The population is mixed between Azeris and Georgians .The current governor is Davit Kirkitadze.- External links :* *...
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Military
- Abdul Gamied Guytabashi — Major-General of Azerbaijan Democratic RepublicAzerbaijan Democratic RepublicThe Azerbaijan Democratic Republic was the first successful attempt to establish a democratic and secular republic in the Muslim world . The ADR was founded on May 28, 1918 after the collapse of the Russian Empire that began with the Russian Revolution of 1917 by Azerbaijani National Council in...
. :ru:Гайтабашы, Абдулгамид-бек - Amrah Aslanov — Full Cavalier of the Order of Glory.
- Eldar Agayev — National Hero of Azerbaijan.
- Firudin bey Vazirov — Russian, Azerbaijani and Soviet military commander, commandant of Baku, Maj.-Gen. :ru:Везиров, Фиридун-бек Джамал-бек оглы
- Jalil Safarov — National Hero of Azerbaijan.
- Vazir Sadiyev — National Hero of Azerbaijan.
- Veli bey Yadigar — Russian, Azeri, Polish military commander. :ru:Ядигяр, Вели-бек
Sports
- Farid MansurovFarid MansurovFarid Mansurov is a former Azerbaijani wrestler who competed in the Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal....
— Azerbaijani wrestler, 2004 Olympic gold medal winner. - Zabit SamedovZabit SamedovZabit "Maugli" Samedov is an Azerbaijani kickboxer fighting out of Chinuk Gym in Minsk, Belarus.-Biography and career:...
— Azerbaijani kickboxer.
Others
- Dilara AliyevaDilara AliyevaDilyara Sharipova qizi Aliyeva , Ph. D., was an Azerbaijani philologist, translator and women's rights activist, and Member of Supreme Council of Azerbaijan in 1990–1991.-Life:...
— Azerbaijani women's rights activist and scholar. - Hamlet IsakhanliHamlet IsakhanliHamlet Abdulla oglu Isayev is an Azerbaijani mathematician, poet, science- and sosial science writer, living founder of Khazar University and founding president during April, 1991 - September, 2010...
— Azerbaijani mathematician and poet, founder and President of Khazar UniversityKhazar UniversityKhazar University is a private university located in Baku, Azerbaijan.-Campuses:...
. - Nigar ShikhlinskayaNigar ShikhlinskayaNigar Huseyn Afandi gizi Shikhlinskaya, née Gayibova was the first Azerbaijani nurse. She was fluent in several languages, including Russian and French and served on the Western Front of World War I, where she opened the Red Cross hospital....
— the first Azerbaijani nurse.
Dagestan
- Asaf ZeynallyAsaf ZeynallyAsaf Zeynalabdin oglu Zeynally , also spelled Zeynalli , was an Azerbaijani composer.-Early life:...
— composer, founder of the romancesRomance (music)The term romance has a centuries-long history. Applied to narrative ballads in Spain, it came to be used by the 18th century for simple lyrical pieces not only for voice, but also for instruments alone. During the 18th and 19th centuries Russian composers developed the French variety of the...
in Azerbaijani music, laid the foundation of the Azerbaijani children's music. - Kerim Mammadbayov — revolutionary, People's Commissar of Internal Affairs of Dagestan ASSR (1921—1923), People's Commissar of Finance of the Dagestan ASSR (1925—1928), Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Dagestan ASSR (1931—1937).
- Sarhat RashidovaSarhat RashidovaSarhat Ibrahimovna Rashidova was an ethnic Azeri woman who lived in the Dagestan Republic in Russia and who was said by some people to have been the world's oldest living person prior to her death...
— was believed to be the oldest person to live on Earth as of January 2007. - Shafiga Mammadova — Azerbaijani film and theater actress, People's Artist of Azerbaijan SSR (1982). :ru:Мамедова, Шафига Гашим кызы
- Shamsula Aliyev — Hero of the Soviet UnionHero of the Soviet UnionThe title Hero of the Soviet Union was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded personally or collectively for heroic feats in service to the Soviet state and society.-Overview:...
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Other regions
- Ali Ibrahimov — Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Azerbaijan SSR (1970—1981).
- Chingiz Mustafayev — one of the most noted independent Azerbaijani journalists, National Hero of Azerbaijan.
- Dawood Pashayev — President of the Russian State Nuclear Shipbuilding Center, Hero of Russia (Azeri father).
- Geydar Dzhemal — philosopher, politician and social activist, Chairman of the Islamic Committee of Russia (Azeri father).
- Georgiy Mamedov — Russian diplomat, Russia's ambassador to Canada (2003—).
- Ismail Bayramov — Hero of the Soviet UnionHero of the Soviet UnionThe title Hero of the Soviet Union was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded personally or collectively for heroic feats in service to the Soviet state and society.-Overview:...
. - Marziya Davudova — actress, People's Artist of USSR (1949).
- Oleh BabayevOleh BabayevOleh Meydanovych Babayev is a Ukrainian politician, since 2005 the President of FC Vorskla Poltava, in 2010 Babayev was elected Mayor of Kremenchuk..- Biography :...
— Ukrainian politician, Mayor of Kremenchug (since 2010), President of FC Vorskla PoltavaFC Vorskla PoltavaFC Vorskla Poltava ,is a professional football team which plays in the Ukrainian Premier League and represents the city of Poltava.- History :...
(Azeri father). - Pyotr Babayev — 1917 revolutionistOctober RevolutionThe October Revolution , also known as the Great October Socialist Revolution , Red October, the October Uprising or the Bolshevik Revolution, was a political revolution and a part of the Russian Revolution of 1917...
after whom the Babayevski confectionery factory was named (Azeri father). - Tamilla AbassovaTamilla AbassovaTamilla Rashidovna Abassova is a Russian racing cyclist who won the silver medal in the women's sprint event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and the silver medal at the 2005 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in the same event.-External links:* *...
— 2004 Olympic2004 Summer OlympicsThe 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
silver medalist. - Tofig ZulfugarovTofig ZulfugarovTofig Zulfugarov Nadir oglu also spelled as Tofiq Zulfuqarov, is a politician from Azerbaijan. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan under Heydar Aliyev from March 1998 until October 1999 when he was replaced by Vilayat Guliyev....
— Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan (1998—1999).
Armenia
Art
- Ashig AlasgarAshig AlasgarAshig Alasgar , , was an Azeri mystic troubadour and highly regarded poet of Azeri folk songs . He was born in the village of Aghkilsa in the Goycha district of the Erivan Khanate.-References:...
— 19th century poet and folk singer. - Huseyn SeyidzadehHuseyn SeyidzadehHuseyn Ali oglu Seyidzadeh was an Azerbaijani film director.-Life and career:Huseyn Seyidzadeh was born to a family of a merchant in the city of Erivan . He fled the city with his family in 1918 and settled first in Tiflis, and then in Baku...
— Azerbaijani film director. - Mirza Gadim IravaniMirza Gadim IravaniMirza Gadim Iravani, was an Azerbaijani ornamentalist artist and portraitist, founder of Azerbaijani panel painting, whose works greatly influenced Azerbaijani visual art of the modern period....
— Azeri painter of the mid-19th century. - Said RustamovSaid RustamovSaid Rustamov , born Mir-Jabbar Ali oglu Seyid-Rustamzadeh , was an Azerbaijani composer and conductor.-Life and contributions:...
— Azerbaijani composer and conductor. - Sabir Rizayev — Armenian Soviet film scholar, critic, writer and drama, Honored Artist of the Armenian SSR (1975).
Scientists
- Heydar HuseynovHeydar HuseynovDr. Heydar Najaf oglu Huseynov was an Azerbaijani philosopher and academician.-Life:...
— Azerbaijani philosopher. - Mammad agha ShahtakhtinskiMammad agha ShahtakhtinskiMammad agha Mammad Taghi Soltan oglu Shahtakhtinski was an Azerbaijani linguist and public figure.-Life and career:...
— Azerbaijani linguist and Member of the State DumaState DumaThe State Duma , common abbreviation: Госду́ма ) in the Russian Federation is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia , the upper house being the Federation Council of Russia. The Duma headquarters is located in central Moscow, a few steps from Manege Square. Its members are referred to...
. - Mustafa TopchubashovMustafa TopchubashovDr. Mustafa Agha bey oglu Topchubashov , Ph.D., was an Azerbaijani surgeon, Hero of Socialist Labor, Stalin Prize winner, and recipient of the Order of Lenin.-Early life:...
— prominent Soviet surgeon and academician, Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of Azerbaijan SSR (1953—1955 and 1967—1971), Hero of Socialist LaborHero of Socialist LaborHero of Socialist Labour was an honorary title in the Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact countries. It was the highest degree of distinction for exceptional achievements in national economy and culture...
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Politicians
- Akbar agha SheykhulislamovAkbar agha SheykhulislamovAkbar agha Sheykhulislamov was an Azerbaijani public figure and politician. He served in the First cabinet of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic as its Minister of Agriculture and Labor.-Early life and career:...
— Minister of Agriculture of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (1918—1920). :ru:Шейхульисламов, Акпер-ага Ибрагим оглы - Ali Insanov — Minister of Health of Azerbaijan (1993—2005).
- Aziz AliyevAziz AliyevDr. Aziz Mammad Karim oglu Aliyev , Ph.D., was an Azerbaijani, Dagestani and Soviet politician, scientist, and member of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR...
— People's Commissariat for Health of the Azerbaijan SSR (1939—1941), Secretary of the Dagestan Regional Committee of the Communist Party (1942—1948). - Avaz AlakbarovAvaz AlakbarovDr Avaz Alakbarov Akbar oglu is an Azerbaijani politician who served as Minister of Finance of Azerbaijan Republic from July 1999 to April 2006.-Early life:Dr Alakbarov was born in the village of Krasnosyelsk, Gegharkunik, Armenian SSR...
— Azerbaijani economist, Minister of Finance of Azerbaijan (1999—2006). - Hasan Seyidov — Minister of Agriculture of the Azerbaijan SSR (1955—1959).
- Husein Mammadov — Chairman of the Supreme Council of Nakhchivan ASSR (1952—1964).
- Ismat AbbasovIsmat AbbasovIsmat Abbasov Dursun oglu is an Azerbaijani politician who serves as the Minister of Agriculture of Azerbaijan.-Early life and political career:...
— Minister of Agriculture of Azerbaijan (since 2004). - Misir MardanovMisir MardanovMisir Mardanov Jumayil oglu is an Azerbaijani politician serving as the Minister of Education.-Early life:Mardanov was born on October 3, 1946 in Armenia. In 1969, he graduated from Mechanics and Mathematics Department of Azerbaijan State University. In 1972, he completed his graduate studies. In...
— Minister of Education of Azerbaijan (since 1998). - Nariman Imranov — Minister of National Security of Azerbaijan (1992—1993). :ru:Имранов, Нариман Шамо оглы
- Ogtay AsadovOgtay AsadovOgtay Asadov Sabir oglu is an Azerbaijani politician serving as the Speaker of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan.-Ealy life:Asadov was born in the Shaharjik village of Qafan Rayon of Armenia. He graduated from the Machinery Manufacturing Technologies Department of Azerbaijan State Oil Academy...
— Speaker of the National Assembly of AzerbaijanNational Assembly of AzerbaijanThe National Assembly , also transliterated as Milli Majlis is the legislative branch of government in Azerbaijan. The unicameral National Assembly has 125 deputies: previously 100 members were elected for five-year terms in single-seat constituencies and 25 were members elected by proportional...
(since 2005). - Shahin MustafayevShahin MustafayevShahin Mustafayev Abdulla oglu is an Azerbaijani politician serving as the Minister of Economic Development.-Ealy life:Mustafayev was born on June 13, 1965 in Noyemberyan, Armenia. In 1989, he graduated from the Baku branch of Voznesensky Saint Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance....
— Minister of Economic Development of Azerbaijan (since 2008).
Sports
- Khagani Mammadov — Azerbaijani football player.
- Ramazan AbbasovRamazan AbbasovRamazan Abbasov is an Azerbaijani footballer who plays as a midfielder for Khazar Lankaran and for Azerbaijan.- External links :*...
— Azerbaijani football player. - Rovshan HuseynovRovshan HuseynovRovshan Huseynov was an Azerbaijani amateur boxer.In 1994 Huseynov won the gold medal at the World Cup Boxing Championship, held in Bangkok, Thailand, having beaten Vichai Khadpo of Thailand...
— Azerbaijani boxer.
Military
- Asad Ahmadov — National Hero of Azerbaijan.
- Agil Guliyev — National Hero of Azerbaijan.
- Eldar Khalilov — National Hero of Azerbaijan.
- Etibar HajiyevEtibar HajiyevEtibar Hajiyev is a National Hero of Azerbaijan. He was born in 1971 in the Zod village of the Basarkechar Rayon of the Armenian SSR. He died on 13 June 1992 during the Shaumyan offensive....
— National Hero of Azerbaijan. - Fakhraddin Jabrayılov — National Hero of Azerbaijan.
- Farhad Humbatov — National Hero of Azerbaijan.
- Habib bey SalimovHabib Bey SalimovHabib bey Haji Yusif oglu Salimov was the first Chief of General Staff of Azerbaijani Armed Forces of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic.-Early life:...
— Major-General of Azerbaijan Democratic RepublicAzerbaijan Democratic RepublicThe Azerbaijan Democratic Republic was the first successful attempt to establish a democratic and secular republic in the Muslim world . The ADR was founded on May 28, 1918 after the collapse of the Russian Empire that began with the Russian Revolution of 1917 by Azerbaijani National Council in...
. :ru:Салимов, Габиб-бек - Khydyr Mustafayev — Hero of the Soviet UnionHero of the Soviet UnionThe title Hero of the Soviet Union was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded personally or collectively for heroic feats in service to the Soviet state and society.-Overview:...
. - Mehdi Abbasov — National Hero of Azerbaijan.
- Mehman Sayadov — National Hero of Azerbaijan.
- Miralakbar Ibrahimov — National Hero of Azerbaijan.
- Sakhavat Maharramov — National Hero of Azerbaijan.
- Sahil Mammadov — National Hero of Azerbaijan.
- Shovgiyar Abdullayev — National Hero of Azerbaijan.
- Yahya Rahim SafaviYahya Rahim SafaviMajor General Yahya Rahim Safavi is an Iranian military commander who served as the Chief commander of the Sepah from September 1, 1997 until September 1, 2007.-Early life:...
— Major General, Chief commander of AGIR (1997—2007).
Other places
Estonia
- Eldar Efendiev — Mayor of Narva (1999–2000), Minister of Population Affairs of Estonia (2002–2003).
Iraq
- FuzûlîFuzûlîFużūlī was the pen name of the Azerbaijani or the Bayat branch of Oghuz Turkish and Ottoman poet, writer and thinker Muhammad bin Suleyman...
— poet and thinker. Often considered one of the greatest contributors to the Dîvân tradition of Azerbaijani literature. - Nasimi — poet.
Turkmenistan
- Fakhraddin Musaev — National Hero of Azerbaijan.
- Hajibala AbutalybovHajibala AbutalybovHajibala Ibrahim oglu Abutalybov is an Azerbaijani politician and the current Mayor of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan.Abutalybov was born in Krasnovodsk, Turkmenistan...
— Mayor of Baku (since 2001). - Rolan Guliyev — kickboxer, World Champion version WPKA (2009), Champion of 2004 Asian Kickboxing, Turkmenistan champion 2004 Kickboxing among professionals, Two-time champion in kickboxing Azerbaijan (2005 and 2006) among young people. :ru:Гулиев, Ролан Мурадхан оглы
- Tahir Baghirov — National Hero of Azerbaijan.
- Tahira TahirovaTahira Tahirova-Early life:Tahira Tahirova was born on November 7, 1913 in Bayram-Ali . Having graduated from the Azerbaijan State Oil Academy in 1935, she became the first Azerbaijani female professional obtaining a degree of higher education related to oil industry...
— Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan SSR (1959—1983).
Ukraine
- Eduard Zeynalov — governor of the Kirovohrad Oblast of the Ukraine (2005—2006).
See also
- List of companies of Azerbaijan
- Azerbaijani peopleAzerbaijani peopleThe 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...
- Iranian AzerbaijanisIranian AzerbaijanisIranian Azerbaijanis also known as Iranian Azeris, Iranian Turks, Azeri Turks or Persian Azerbaijanis, are Iranians of Azerbaijani ethnicity. Iranian Azeris are mainly found in the northwest provinces of East Azerbaijan, Ardabil, Zanjan, parts of West Azerbaijan, and in smaller numbers, in other...
- Ja'far Pishevari — the founder and chairman of the socialist Azerbaijan People's Government
- Mirzaagha Aliyev