List of Azerbaijanis Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

This is a list of prominent people from the Republic of Azerbaijan (or, previously, the Azerbaijan SSR). The list includes both ethnic Azerbaijanis and members of other ethnicities from the region, such as Armenians, Jews and Russian Orthodox.

Table of contents

1 Leaders 2 Artists 3 Scientists 4 Sports 5 Other

Leaders

See also: Politics of Azerbaijan

• Heydar Aliyev, president (1993-2003)
• Ilham Aliyev, president (2003-)
• Abulfaz Elchibey, president (1992-3)
• Memed-Emin Resulzada, founder of first Azerbaijani Republic (1918-20)

Artists

• Rashid Behbudov, musician
• Alim Qasimov, singer
• Mstislav Rostropovich, cellist
• Aziza Mustafa Zadeh, jazz singer/pianist

Scientists

• Max Black, philosopher
• Karim Karimov, head of Soviet space program
• Lev Landau, physicist
• V. A. Rokhlin, mathematician
• Lotfi Zadeh, mathematician

Sports

• Tofik Bakhramov, the 'Russian' linesman from 1966 World Cup final
• Garry Kasparov, world chess champion
• Teimour Radjabov, chess grandmaster

Other

• Alibey Husseinzadeh, nationalist, poet & flag designer

See also: List of people by nationality

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