List of Azerbaijani Jews
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This is a list of Azerbaijani Jews who are notable.
The first mention of the Jews in the territory of what is now Azerbaijan is dated to the 7th century AD. Over the centuries, a distinct ethnic group of Mountain Jews formed here.
Since 1810, when Russian Empire conquered the area, Ashkenazi Jews started to settle in Baku. In 1835, according to official data, there were 2,718 Jews living in Kuba, and 2,774 in the county. Currently 16,000 Jews live in Azerbaijan{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}}. The following list shows the names of some of them.
Historical figures
- Albert Agarunov – Starshina of the Azerbaijani Army who died during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, National Hero of Azerbaijan{{Cite web|url=https://gorskie.ru/juhuro/in-memory/item/3651-albert-agarunov-natsionalnyj-geroj-azerbajdzhana|title=Альберт Агарунов – Национальный герой Азербайджана - GORSKIE.ru|website=gorskie.ru|language=ru-ru|access-date=2018-02-17}}
- Boris Vannikov – Soviet government and military official, a three-star General{{Cite web|url=http://www.warheroes.ru/hero/hero.asp?Hero_id=9117|title=Ванников Борис Львович|website=www.warheroes.ru|access-date=2018-02-17}}
- Dov Gazit – chief -commander of the IAF (Israeli Air Force) Technical School in Haifa{{Cite web|url=http://ru.knowledgr.com/04848667/DovGazit|title=Dov Gazit|last=|first=|date=|website=|access-date=}}
- Yevsey Gindes – statesman and pediatrician who served as the Minister of Healthcare of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, and was member of Azerbaijani National Council and later Parliament of Azerbaijan{{Cite web|url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2282764|title="ДЕТСКИЙ БОГ" СТАРОГО БАКУ|date=1996-05-13|access-date=2018-02-17}}
Politicians
- Yevda Abramov – member of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan and Deputy chairman of Azerbaijani National Assembly's Committee on Human Rights, representing a part of Azerbaijani Jewish community{{Cite web|url=http://www.peoples.ru/state/politics/yevda_abramov/|title=Биография Евда Абрамов|website=www.peoples.ru|access-date=2018-02-17}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.shalom-magazine.com/Print.php?id=470511|title=SHALOM 47 - Азербайджан - Евда Абрамов - еврей в меджелисе|website=www.shalom-magazine.com|access-date=2018-02-17}}
- Yosef Shagal – politician and former journalist, since 2012 he is the ambassador of Israel to Belarus{{Cite web|url=https://www.livelib.ru/author/1353-josef-shagal|title=Йосеф Шагал|website=www.livelib.ru|access-date=2018-02-17}}
- Yakov Mikhaylovich Agarunov – political and public figure of Azerbaijan, a mountain-Jewish poet and playwright, the author of the new mountain-Jewish alphabet{{Cite web|url=https://eleven.co.il/jewish-literature/in-other-jewish-languages/10061/|title=Агарунов Яков|last=энциклопедии|first=Редакция|website=Электронная еврейская энциклопедия ОРТ|language=ru|access-date=2018-02-17}}
- Hasan Mirzoyev – President of the Russian Lawyers' Guild, a member of the Russian Duma{{Cite web|url=http://www.bestlawyers.ru/best/m3.html|title=Мирзоев Гасан Борисович. Лучшие адвокаты России.|website=www.bestlawyers.ru|access-date=2018-02-17}}
Scientists
- Gavriil Ilizarov – Soviet physician, known for inventing the Ilizarov apparatus for lengthening limb bones and for his eponymous surgery{{Cite web|url=http://www.warheroes.ru/hero/hero.asp?Hero_id=10570|title=Илизаров Гавриил Абрамович|website=www.warheroes.ru|access-date=2018-02-17}}
- Max Black – British – American philosopher, who was a leading influential figure in analytic philosophy in the first half of the twentieth century{{Cite news|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Max-Black|title=Max Black {{!}} American philosopher|work=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=2018-02-17|language=en}}
- Mirra Komarovsky – American pioneer in the sociology of gender
- Solomon Grobshtein – one of the founders and organizers of the Azerbaijani oil industry
- Semen (Zalman) Ikhiilovich Divilov (1914–1988) – economist, member of the board of the State Planning Committee of Azerbaijan 1952–1982{{Cite web|url=http://novoteka.ru/r/Society.Work?lastdate=/2010-12-26|title=Semen (Zalman) Ikhiilovich Divilov|last=|first=|date=|website=|access-date=}}
- Lev Davidovich Landau- a theoretical physicist, the founder of a scientific school, an academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences (elected in 1946), Nobel laureate in physics in 1962{{Cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/site/kolloidnaahimia/-zol-sol-nol-koagulacia-zolej/landau-lev-davidovic|title=Ландау Лев Давидович - История развития коллоидной химии|website=sites.google.com|access-date=2018-02-17}}
=Mathematicians =
- Lotfi A. Zadeh – mathematician, electrical engineer, computer scientist, creator of "fuzzy logic" artificial intelligence researcher and professor emeritus of computer science{{citation needed|date=September 2018}}
- Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin – mathematician{{citation needed|date=September 2018}}
Artists
- Mstislav Rostropovich – one of the greatest cellists of the 20th century{{Cite web|url=http://www.mymusicbase.ru/PPB/ppb11/Bio_1130.htm|title=Biography – Mstislav Rostropovich (Bio 1130)|website=www.mymusicbase.ru|access-date=2018-02-17}}
- Mirza Khazar – prominent radio journalist, publicist, translator, the legendary voice of Radio Azadliq{{citation needed|date=September 2018}}
- Lala Hasanova – science fiction writer
- Larisa Dolina – Russian (former Soviet) jazz and pop singer and an actress{{Cite news|url=https://uznayvse.ru/znamenitosti/biografiya-larisa-dolina.html|title=Лариса Долина биография, фото, рост и вес Ларисы Долиной, слушать песни онлайн, последние новости 2018|access-date=2018-02-17|language=ru}}
- Misha Black – British architect and designer{{Cite web|url=http://www.designstory.ru/designers/black/|title=Знаменитые дизайнеры – Миша Блэк (Misha Black)|last=Наталья|first=Ковалевская|website=www.designstory.ru|access-date=2018-02-17}}
- Khayyam Nisanov – Azerbaijani singer{{Cite news|url=https://stmegi.com/faces/khayyam-nisanov-semenovich/|title=Хайям Семенович Нисанов|work=STMEGI|access-date=2018-02-17}}
- Bella Davidovich – pianist{{Cite web|url=http://www.belcanto.ru/davidovich.html|title=Белла Михайловна Давидович (Bella Davidovich) {{!}} Belcanto.ru|website=www.belcanto.ru|access-date=2018-02-17}}
- Yuli Gusman – film director and actor, founder and CEO of the Nika Award{{Cite news|url=https://uznayvse.ru/znamenitosti/biografiya-yuliy-gusman.html|title=Юлий Гусман биография, фото, личная жизнь, последние новости 2018|access-date=2018-02-17|language=ru}}
- Yagutil Mishiev – writer{{Cite news|url=https://stmegi.com/faces/yagutil-mishiev-izrailovich/|title=Ягутил Израилович Мишиев|work=STMEGI|access-date=2018-02-17}}
Business figures
- God Nisanov – billionaire property developer, Vice-President of World Jewish Congress{{Cite web|url=http://www.forbes.ru/milliardery-photogallery/256685-sloboda-milliarderov-kak-vyglyadit-malaya-rodina-goda-nisanova-i-zar|title=Слобода миллиардеров: репортаж с малой родины Года Нисанова и Зараха Илиева|website=www.forbes.ru|date=8 May 2014 |access-date=2018-02-17}}
- Zarakh Iliev – billionaire property developer{{Cite web|url=http://www.forbes.ru/profile/zarah-iliev|title=Илиев Зарах Бенсионович|website=www.forbes.ru|access-date=2018-02-17}}
- Telman Ismailov – businessmen, owner of AST group of companies{{Cite news|url=https://uznayvse.ru/znamenitosti/biografiya-telman-ismailov.html|title=Тельман Исмаилов биография, фото, его семья: жена и дети, последние новости 2018|access-date=2018-02-17|language=ru}}
- Zaur Gilalov – President of the World Congress of Mountain Jews, a well-known businessman{{Cite news|url=https://stmegi.com/faces/zaur-gilalov-talkhumovich/|title=Заур Талхумович Гилалов|work=STMEGI|access-date=2018-02-17}}
- Igor Babaev – Russian millionaire, co-owner of the Cherkizovo Group{{Cite web|url=http://www.forbes.ru/profile/315207-babaev|title=Игорь Бабаев|website=www.forbes.ru|access-date=2018-02-17}}
- Yan Abramov – Russian millionaire{{Cite web|url=http://www.luxemag.ru/high-society/6432.html|title=Ян Абрамов: не только муж Алсу|website=www.luxemag.ru|language=ru-ru|access-date=2018-02-17}}
- Matvey Elizarov – a businessman and philanthropist of Azerbaijan, vice-president of the Congress of World Mountain Jews{{Cite news|url=http://isroil.info/set/news_set/jewish/gorskie/person/1157-matvey-elizarov-priznannyy-lider-evreyskoy-obschiny-azerbaydzhana-vice-prezident-kompanii-improteks.html|title=Матвей Елизаров - признанный лидер еврейской общины Азербайджана, вице-президент компании "Импротекс".|work=Исроиль - Информационный центр|access-date=2018-02-17|language=ru}}
- Azad Kerimov – one of the young millionaires of Azerbaijan, CEO of Atlas Capital Financial Services, Cyprus
- German Zakharyayev – businessman, Vice-President of Russian Jewish Congress{{Cite news|url=https://stmegi.com/faces/german-zakharyaev-rashbilovich/|title=Герман Рашбилович Захарьяев|work=STMEGI|access-date=2018-02-17}}
Sportmen
- Valery Belenky – artistic gymnast, won the team gold and all around bronze with the Unified Team in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona{{Cite web|url=http://infosport.ru/person/gimnastika-sportivnaya/belenkii-valerii|title=БЕЛЕНЬКИЙ Валерий Владимирович {{!}} Российские спортсмены и специалисты {{!}} Спортивная Россия|website=infosport.ru|language=ru|access-date=2018-02-17}}
- Garry Kasparov – Russian (formerly Soviet) chess Grandmaster, former World Chess Champion, writer, and political activist, considered by many to be the greatest chess player of all time{{Cite news|url=https://uznayvse.ru/znamenitosti/biografiya-garri-kasparov.html|title=Гарри Каспаров биография, фото, личная жизнь, его жены и дети, последние новости 2018|access-date=2018-02-17|language=ru}}
- Teimour Radjabov – chess Grandmaster
- Emil Sutovsky – chess Grandmaster and former president of the Association of Chess Professionals{{Cite news|url=http://ruchess.ru/persons_of_day/sutovsky_pd/|title=ЭМИЛЬ СУТОВСКИЙ|work=Российская Шахматная Федерация|access-date=2018-02-17|language=ru}}
- Tatiana Zatulovskaya – chess player, Woman Grandmaster, and the 1993 Senior Women's World Chess Champion{{cn|date=November 2020}}