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List of Azerbaijanis

Summary

This is a list of notable Azerbaijanis, a Turkic people who mostly live in the Caucasus region (including Azerbaijan, Georgia, Dagestan) northern Iran and eastern Turkey (specifically in Kars and Iğdır).

  Ethnographic map of Azerbaijanis in the Caucasus (1995)

Azerbaijan edit

Aerospace edit

Actors edit

 
Hokuma Gurbanova

Archaeologists and anthropologists edit

Architects edit

Artists edit

 
Azim Azimzade was an Azerbaijani artist and prominent cartoonist.

Broadcasters edit

Businessmen edit

 
Zeynalabdin Taghiyev, a national industrial magnate and philanthropist accompanied by his daughter Leyla and his grandchildren

Clergy edit

 
Mahammad Hasan Movlazadeh Shakavi was an alim, the first Sheikh ul-Islam of the Caucasus, and the first scholar who translated Quran into Azerbaijani language.

Dancers edit

Fashion edit

 
Fashion Designer Fakhriya Khalafova in Istanbul Fashion Week. 2007

Film industry edit

Historians edit

 
Abbasgulu Bakikhanov is known for founding Azerbaijani scientific historiography.

Journalists edit

Jurists and Lawyers edit

Military edit

 
Huseyn Khan Nakhchivanski was General of the Russian Cavalry under the Russian Emperor Nicholas II.
 
Mehdi Huseynzade was a legendary guerrilla and reconnaissance, made famous daring operations against the German and Italian invaders during the Second World War in Yugoslavia and Italy, Hero of the Soviet Union.

Musicians edit

Composers edit

 
Uzeyir Hajibeyov is recognized as the father of Azerbaijani classical music and opera. He composed the national anthem of Azerbaijan.

Singers edit

 
Alim Qasimov is the winner of the International Music Council's UNESCO Music Prize, one of the highest international accolades for music.
 
Diana Hajiyeva, Azerbaijan's representative in 2017 Eurovision Song Contest.

Instrumental musicians edit

Philosophers edit

Politicians edit

 
Fatali Khan Khoyski was the first Prime Minister of the independent Azerbaijan Democratic Republic.
 
Mammad Amin Rasulzade was the only president of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic.

Political activists and leaders of rebellions edit

Scientists edit

 
Stamp dedicated to the 90th anniversary of chemist Yusif Mammadaliyev

Sports edit

 
Tofiq Bahramov became the first referee to have a stadium named after him.
 
Gurban Gurbanov is Azerbaijan's all-time leading goal scorer in international matches and most successful manager in European cups.
 
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov is the 2013 World Rapid Chess Champion.

Writers edit

 
Khurshidbanu Natavan was the daughter of Mehdi Gulu–khan, the last ruler of the Karabakh khanate (1748–1822); she is considered one of the best lyrical poets of Azerbaijan.
 
Mikayil Mushfig was an Azerbaijani poet of the 1930s. Though he was not opposed to the Soviets, his name was entered in a list of counter-revolutionaries by his own countrymen. He was arrested and executed by the Soviet authorities at the age of 30.

Other notables edit

 
Hasan bey Zardabi was the founder of the first Azerbaijani–language newspaper, Akinchi

Iran edit

Actors edit

Artists edit

Businessmen edit

Clergy edit

 
Haji-Mirza Hassan Roshdieh which introduced some modern teaching methods in Iran.
 
Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari was a Grand Ayatollah.[39][40]

Filmmakers edit

Military edit

Musicians edit

 
Aysel and Arash in the green room during the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow

Monarchy edit

Politicians edit

 
Supreme leader of Iran (Khamenei)
 
Mir-Hossein Mousavi, last Prime Minister of Iran from 1981 to 1989, current leader of Iranian opposition
 
Sattar Khan was a key figure in the Iranian Constitutional Revolution and one of the greatest heroes of Persia (Iran).

Revolutionaries edit

Scientists edit

 
Ahmad Kasravi, one of the most famous Iranians in Iran's modern history. He is known for his discovery of the Ancient Azari language.

Sports edit

 
Saeid Marouf, Captain of the national team of Iran.[60]

Writers edit

 
Mohammad Hossein Shahriar was an outstanding Azerbaijani poet from Iran.

Other notables edit

Turkey edit

 
Servet Çetin is a member of the Turkey national football team.

Actors edit

Literature edit

Musicians edit

Politicians edit

Sports edit

Other edit

Georgia edit

 
Nariman Narimanov was a writer and a major public and political figure in Azerbaijan.

Military edit

Musicians edit

Politicians edit

  • Hasan Hasanov (born 1940), first Prime Minister of Azerbaijan
  • Nariman Narimanov (1870–1925), politician, writer and Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Azerbaijan SSR
  • Alimardan Topchubashev (1862–1934), 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)
  • Raul Usupov (1980–2005), politician
  • Peri-Khan Sofiyeva (1884–1951), Georgian deputy of Azerbaijani origin, the first Muslim woman to become a deputy, deputy of the Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918–1920)

Sports edit

Other notables edit

 
Nigar Shikhlinskaya was the first Azerbaijani nurse.

Russia edit

Actors edit

Musicians edit

  • Asaf Zeynally (1909–1932), composer, founder of the romance in Azerbaijani music and Azerbaijani children's music

Politicians edit

Sports edit

 
Ramil Sheydayev is a member of the Azerbaijan national football team.

Other notables edit

Armenia edit

 
Avaz Alakbarov, ex-Minister of Finance of Azerbaijan Republic

Artists edit

Military edit

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Politicians edit

Scientists edit

Sports edit

Writers edit

Other notables edit

United Kingdom edit

 
Sami Yusuf performing at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

United States edit

 
Sibel Edmonds is a founder of the National Security Whistleblowers Coalition (NSWBC).

Other places edit

Belarus edit

Iraq edit

 
Fuzuli is considered one of the greatest contributors to the Dîvân tradition of Azerbaijani literature.

France edit

Hungary edit

Spain edit

Turkmenistan edit

Ukraine edit

Uzbekistan edit

See also edit

References edit

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