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| image1 = Portrait of Nasimi.jpg | caption1 = Nasimi

| image2 = Qudsi.jpg | caption2 = Qudsi

| image3 = Fuzûlî.jpg | caption3 = Fuzuli

| image4 = Mfakhundov.jpg | caption4 = Akhundov

| image5 = Emin bey.jpg | caption5 = Rasulzade

| image6 = Nigar Shikhlinskaya.jpg | caption6 = Shikhlinskaya

| image7 = Khoysky.jpeg | caption7 = Khoysky

| image8 = Hamida Mammadguluzade.jpg | caption8 = Javanshir

| image9 = Khan Nakhichevanski.jpg | caption9 = Nakhchivanski

| image10 = Natavan.jpg | caption10 = Natavan

| image11 = Portrait photo of Nariman Narimanov taken in 1913.jpg | caption11 = Narimanov

| image12 = Mehmandarov.jpg | caption12 = Mehmandarov

| image13 = Üzeyir Hacıbəyov5.gif | caption13 = Hajibeyov

| image14 = Шевкет Гасан кызы Мамедова.jpg | caption14 = Mammadova

| image15 = Leyla Mammadbeyova (crop).jpg | caption15 = Mammadbeyova

| image16 = Shikhlinski.jpg | caption16 = Shikhlinski

| image17 = Tofik Bahramov stamp.jpg | caption17 = Bahramov

| image18 = Shahriyar.jpg | caption18 = Shahriar

| image19 = Kerimov Kerim.jpg | caption19 = Kerimov

| image20 = Heydar Aliyev 1997.jpg | caption20 = Aliyev

| image21 = Vagit Alekperov2011.jpg | caption21 = Alekperov

| image22 = Aziza BakuJazz2007.jpg | caption22 = Mustafazadeh

| image23 = Mir Hussein Mousavi Iranian reformist1.jpg | caption23 = Mousavi

| image24 = Sami Yusuf 2011 cropped.jpg | caption24 = Sami Yusuf

| image25 = Zadeh-barcelona-1997@92x115.gif | caption25 = Lotfi Zadeh

| image26 = Rustam Ibragimbekov foto.jpg | caption26 = Ibragimbekov

| image27 = Eurovision Song Contest 2012, semi-final allocation draw (2).jpg | caption27 = Alim Qasimov

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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).

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Azerbaijan

= Academics =

= Actors =

File:Stamps of Azerbaijan, 2013-1087.jpg]]

= Archaeologists and anthropologists =

= Architects =

= Artists =

{{see also|List of Azerbaijani women artists}}

File:Azim Azimzade.jpg was an Azerbaijani artist and prominent cartoonist.]]

= Broadcasters =

= Businessmen =

File:Hacı Zeynalabdin Tağıyev ailəsi ilə, 1923-cü il.jpg, a national industrial magnate and philanthropist accompanied by his daughter Leyla and his grandchildren]]

= Clergy =

= Dancers =

= Engineers =

== Aerospace ==

= Fashion =

= Film industry =

  • Arif Babayev (born 1928–1983), film director
  • Yuli Gusman (born 1943), film director
  • Robert Hossein (1927–2020), film director and actor
  • Magsud Ibrahimbeyov (1935–2016), writer
  • Rustam Ibragimbekov (1939–2022), writer and screenwriter{{cite news | script-title=ru:Старый князь и новые проблемы| author=Валерий Кичин|publisher="Российская газета" | url=http://www.rg.ru/2007/01/24/a140860.html| date=24 January 2007 | language=ru}} Я азербайджанец, я люблю свой народ, но большую часть жизни прожил в России.
  • Elchin Musaoglu (born 1966), film director
  • Vagif Mustafayev (born 1953), film director, producer and screenwriter
  • Rasim Ojagov (1933–2006), film director and operator
  • Hasan Seyidbeyli (1920–1980), film director, dramatist and screenwriter
  • Rza Tahmasib (1894–1980), film director and actor

= Historians =

File:Qudsi.jpg is known for founding Azerbaijani scientific historiography.]]

  • Igrar Aliyev (1924–2004), historian
  • Sara Ashurbayli (1906–2001), historian, historian and scholar
  • Abbasgulu Bakikhanov (1794–1847), writer, historian, journalist, linguist, poet, philosopher and founder of Azerbaijani scientific historiography
  • Aydin Balayev (born 1956), historian
  • Ziya Buniatov (1923–1997), historian and academician
  • Jamil Hasanli (born 1952), historian and politician
  • Mirza Jamal Javanshir (1773–1853), historian and politician
  • Alexander Kazembek (1802–1870), orientalist, historian and philologistRobert P. Geraci. Window on the East: National and Imperial Identities in Late Tsarist Russia. (Cornell University Press, 2001), 310. {{ISBN|080143422X}}, 9780801434228Perhaps the only exception before Katanov was A.K. Kazembek, an Azeri who converted to Christianity and became a professor of Turkic languages at Kazan and then at St. Petersburg. Kazembek has been referred to as the first European Turkologist of Turkic origin. Robert P. Geraci. Window on the East: National and Imperial Identities in Late Tsarist Russia. Cornell University Press, 2001. {{ISBN|080143422X}}, 9780801434228Not a few in the nineteenth century would have accepted this judgment, and might have echoed Mirza Kazem–Bek, the Russified Azerbaijani orientalist, in asking "What European state has such intimate and inherent ties with Asia and Asiatics as does Russia? Andreas Kappeler, Edward Allworth, Gerhard Simon, Georg Brunner. Muslim Communities Reemerge: Historical Perspectives on Nationality, Politics, and Opposition in the Former Soviet Union and Yugoslavia. Duke University Press, 1994. {{ISBN|0822314908}}, 9780822314905И. Н. Березин, как востоковед, вышел из казанской школы, был учеником… азербайджанца, ираниста А. К. Казембека, который был своеобразной и интересной фигурой. [http://historic.ru/books/item/f00/s00/z0000077/st004.shtml Якубовский А. Ю. Из истории изучения монголов периода XI—XIII вв. — Очерки по истории русского востоковедения. — М., 1953]
  • Tofig Kocharli (1929–2007), historian and politician
  • Farida Mammadova (1936–2021), historian
  • Mirza Adigozal bey (1780s–1840), historian of the 19th century, author of a historical work "Garabaghname"

= Journalists =

= Jurists and Lawyers =

  • Aziz Seyidov (born 1956), lawyer, Justice of the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan.{{cite web |title=Supreme Court Justice profile – Aziz Seyidov |url=https://supremecourt.gov.az/en/supreme-court/judges/criminal-chamber/seyidov-aziz-jafar |website=supremecourt.gov.az |publisher=Supreme Court of Azerbaijan |access-date=21 March 2024}}
  • Farhad Abdullayev (born 1958), lawyer, Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Azerbaijan.{{cite web |title=Chairman Profile – Farhad Abdullayev |url=https://constcourt.gov.az/en/structure/19 |website=constcourt.gov.az |publisher=Constitutional Court of Azerbaijan |access-date=21 March 2024}}
  • Latif Huseynov (born 1964), lawyer, Justice of the European Court of Human Rights.{{cite web |title=Justice Latif Huseynov – profile |url=https://www.echr.coe.int/w/l%C9%99tif-h%C3%BCseynov |website=www.echr.coe.int |publisher=European Court of Human Rights |access-date=21 March 2024}}

= Military =

File:Khan Nakhichevanski.jpg was General of the Russian Cavalry under the Russian Emperor Nicholas II.]]

File:Mehdi Huseynzade.jpg 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.]]

  • Feyzullah Mirza Qajar (1872–1920), commander in the Azerbaijani Democratic Republic and Imperial Russian Army
  • Mehdigulu Khan Vafa (1855–1900), lieutenant colonel in the Imperial Russian Army
  • Jafargulu agha Javanshir (1787–1867), major-general of the Russian Army
  • Safar Abiyev (born 1950), army general
  • Sona Nuriyeva (1915–1986), aviator
  • Albert Agarunov (1969–1992), tank commander
  • Sadykh bey Aghabekov (1865–1944), army general in the Russian Imperial Army, founder and reformer of Azerbaijani Police and orientalist
  • Riad Ahmadov (1956–1992), military officer
  • Avraamy Aslanbegov (1822–1900), vice–admiral and military writer
  • Hazi Aslanov (1910–1945), army general
  • Allahverdi Baghirov (1946–1992), officer and football coach
  • Farrukh Gayibov (1891–1916), first Azerbaijani military pilot during World War I
  • Alif Hajiyev (1953–1992), officer
  • Zakir Hasanov (born 1959), army general
  • Fatulla Huseynov (1937–2004), colonel, politician and public figure
  • Tofig Huseynov (1954–1992), major
  • Mehdi Huseynzade (1918–1944), guerrilla fighter in Yugoslavia and Italy during World War II
  • Mubariz Ibrahimov (1988–2010), warrant officer
  • Ahmadiyya Jabrayilov (1920–1994), activist of French Resistance
  • Rovshan Javadov (1951–1995), influential military activist, public figure
  • Asif Maharramov (1952–1994), lieutenant colonel
  • Leyla Mammadbeyova (1909–1989), first Azerbaijani female aviator and the first female pilot in Southern Europe and the Middle East
  • Eldar Mammadov (1968–1993), officer
  • Israfil Mammadov (1919–1946), military commander{{cite news | script-title=ru:Мамедов Исрафил Магерам Оглы|publisher=Heroes of the country| url=http://www.warheroes.ru/hero/hero.asp?Hero_id=287| language=ru}}
  • Samedbey Mehmandarov (1855–1931), army general and politician
  • Hussein Khan Nakhichevanski (1855–1931), Cavalry General and General–Adjutant
  • Jamshid Nakhichevanski (1863–1919), Russian Imperial, Azerbaijani and Soviet military commander
  • Ali-Agha Shikhlinski (1895–1938), army general and politician
  • Ibrahim bey Usubov (1872–1920), military commander
  • Polad Hashimov (1975–2020), major general (2019), and National Hero of Azerbaijan{{Cite news|title="Ermənilərə qan uddururdu" – Şəhid generalımız haqda|author=Mehman Nəbiyev|url=https://lent.az/news/363574|website=Lent.az|date=14 July 2020|access-date=28 January 2021|archive-date=17 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717165424/https://lent.az/news/363574|url-status=dead}}{{Cite news|title=В направлении Товузского района идут ожесточенные бои|url=https://www.azerbaycan24.com/ru/v-napravlenii-tovuzskogo-rayona-idut-ozhestochennie-boi/|website=Azerbaycan 24|date=14 July 2020}}
  • Anar Aliyev (1980–2020), lieutenant colonel and Hero of the Patriotic War{{Cite web |url=https://mod.gov.az//images/pdf/5082d8a9b46b498271fb2acaf4b72bec.pdf |title=Vətən müharibəsində şəhid olan hərbi qulluqçuların siyahısı |trans-title=List of servicemen killed in the Great Patriotic War |work=Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence |date=8 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208151938/https://mod.gov.az//images/pdf/5082d8a9b46b498271fb2acaf4b72bec.pdf |archive-date=8 December 2020 |access-date=5 January 2021 |language=az }}
  • Hikmat Mirzayev, lieutenant general of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces and Hero of the Patriotic War.
  • Zakir Hasanov, Colonel General, Minister of Defence of Azerbaijan since 2013.{{cite web|title=Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan|url=http://mia.gov.az/index.php?/en/content/28955/|publisher=Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan|access-date=16 July 2014|year=2008}}
  • Ramiz Jafarov (1974–2020), lieutenant colonel and Hero of the Patriotic War{{cite web |url = https://president.az/articles/48679 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201209145030/https://president.az/articles/48679 |archive-date = 9 December 2020 |title = Azərbaycan Silahlı Qüvvələrinin hərbi qulluqçularına "Vətən Müharibəsi Qəhrəmanı" adının verilməsi haqqında Azərbaycan Prezidentinin 09.12.2020-ci il tarixli Sərəncamı |author = mod.gov.az |date = 9 December 2020 |publisher = president.az |access-date = 6 January 2020 }}
  • Tehran Mansimov, colonel and senior leader in the Special Forces.{{Cite web |url=https://www.turan.az/ext/news/2020/11/free/Want%20to%20Say/en/129944.htm |title=Glory to our heroes! |archive-date=29 November 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201129195252/https://www.turan.az/ext/news/2020/11/free/Want%20to%20Say/en/129944.htm |date=15 November 2020 |work=Turan Information Agency |access-date=29 November 2020 |language=en }}

= Musicians =

== Composers ==

File:Üzeyir Hacıbəyov5.gif is recognized as the father of Azerbaijani classical music and opera. He composed the national anthem of Azerbaijan.]]

  • Franghiz Ali-Zadeh (born 1947), composer
  • Fikret Amirov (1922–1984), composer{{cite news | script-title=ru:Амиров Фикрет Мешади Джамиль оглы|publisher=Heroes of the country| url=http://www.warheroes.ru/hero/hero.asp?Hero_id=11311| language=ru}}
  • Rafig Babayev (1937–1994), composer, jazz pianist and singer
  • Afrasiyab Badalbeyli (1907–1976), 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
  • Tofig Bakikhanov (born 1930), composer
  • Amina Figarova (born 1964), jazz composer and pianist{{cite web|script-title=ru:АМИНА ФИГАРОВА: "БАКУ ВСЕГДА СО МНОЙ" |url=http://vyshka.azeurotel.com/arxiv/2002/26/4.htm|author=СЕВДА БАБАЕВА| publisher= ВЫШКА |date=28 June 2002|language=ru}} "Вы знаете, я сама чистокровная азербайджанка. Но папа больше похож на иностранца. Они с моим мужем очень похожи. Так, что трудно мне не было."
  • Salman Gambarov (born 1959), composer and jazz pianist
  • Gara Garayev (1918–1982), composer
  • Tofig Guliyev (1917–2000), composer
  • Soltan Hajibeyov (1919–1974), composer
  • Uzeyir Hajibeyov (1885–1948), composer, conductor, scientist, publicist, playwright, teacher, translator, and social figure; the first Muslim author of an opera
  • Rauf Hajiyev (1922–1985), composer and politician
  • Muslim Magomayev (1885–1937), composer, one of the founders of Azerbaijani classical music
  • Arif Malikov (1933–2019), composer
  • Eldar Mansurov (born 1952), composer
  • Vagif Mustafazadeh (1940–1979), composer and jazz pianist and the founder of Azerbaijani jazz
  • Emin Sabitoglu (1937–2000), composer, music editor
  • Ali Salimi (1922–1997), composer and tar player
  • Alakbar Taghiyev (1922–1981), composer
  • Aziza Mustafa Zadeh (born 1969), singer, composer, pianist

== Singers ==

File:Pht-Vugar Ibadov eurovision (2).jpg is the winner of the International Music Council's UNESCO Music Prize, one of the highest international accolades for music.]]

File:Diana Hajiyeva (Dihaj) on the Red Carpet Ceremony Kyiv Eurovision 2017.jpg, Azerbaijan's representative in 2017 Eurovision Song Contest.]]

== Instrumental musicians ==

= Philosophers =

= Politicians =

File:Fatali Khan Khoyski.jpg was the first Prime Minister of the independent Azerbaijan Democratic Republic.]]

File:Mammad Amin Rasulzade.jpg was the only president of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic.]]

= Political activists and leaders of rebellions =

= Scientists and mathematicians =

File:1996 The 90th Anniversary of anacademician Yusif Mammadaliyev.jpg]]

  • Hasan Abdullayev (1918–1993), physicist, scientist and public official, President of the National Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijan SSR.
  • Rasim Alguliyev (born 1958), doctor of technical sciences, active member of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
  • Aminaga Sadigov (born 1962), doctor of technical sciences, professor, the head of the Office of Science and Education of the Presidium of ANAS
  • Ahliman Amiraslanov (born 1947), oncologist, professor and Rector of Azerbaijan Medical University
  • Hamid Arasly (1902–1983), literary critic
  • Firuddin Babayev (1929–1987), pathologist
  • Anvar Chingizoglu (born 1962), historian, ethnologist and genealogist
  • Jeyhun Hajibeyli (1891–1962), ethnographer
  • Alemdar Hasanoğlu (born 1954), mathematician
  • Ashraf Huseynov (1907–1981), mathematician, member of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
  • Nadir Ibrahimov (1932–1977), astronomer
  • Hamlet Isakhanli (born 1948), mathematician and poet, founder and president of Khazar University
  • Ishag Jafarzadeh (1895–1982), one of the pioneers of Azerbaijan archaeology and ethnography
  • Kerim Kerimov (1917–2003), rocket scientist, one of the founders of the Soviet space industry, and for many years a central figure in the Soviet space program{{cite news | script-title=ru:Керимов Керим Аббас–Алиевич|publisher=Heroes of the country| url=http://www.warheroes.ru/hero/hero.asp?Hero_id=10456| language=ru}}
  • Yusif Kerimov (1926–1997), electrical engineer, inventor and former head of the Azerenergy
  • Firudin bey Kocharli (1863–1920), philologist, writer and literary critic
  • Yusif Mammadaliyev (1905–1961), chemist, was the president of the National Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijan SSR
  • Leyla Mammadbeyova (1922–2006), first female Azerbaijani pathologist and the first female forensic medical expert
  • Faig Mammadov (1929–1987) agronomist
  • Tamilla Nasirova (1936–2023), mathematician{{Cite journal |last=Maden |first=Selahattin |last2=Karimova |first2=Ulviyya Y. |last3=Nasirova |first3=Tamilla I. |date=2017-08-25 |title=Ingtegral equations with delaying arguments for semi-Markovian processes |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.20852/ntmsci.2017.193 |journal=New Trends in Mathematical Science |volume=3 |issue=5 |pages=162–167 |doi=10.20852/ntmsci.2017.193 |issn=2147-5520 |doi-access=free}}
  • Zaid Orudzhev (born 1932), philosopher
  • Mirali Qashqai (1907–1977), geologist
  • Arif Salimov (born 1956), mathematician
  • Farman Salmanov (1931–2007), geologist{{cite news | script-title=ru:Открытие сибирской нефти как полет Гагарина | author=Наталья Лебедева |publisher="Российская газета"| url=http://www.rg.ru/2005/09/27/a80471.html| date= 27 September 2005 | language=ru}}
  • Ilham Shahmuradov (born 1958), geneticist
  • Agabey Sultanov (1938–2007), psychiatrist, scholar and public activist
  • Hajibey Sultanov (1921–2008), astronomer and former head of the Shamakhi Astrophysical Observatory
  • Lotfi A. Zadeh (1921–2017), mathematician, electrical engineer, computer scientist, founder of the theory of fuzzy sets and fuzzy logicBetty Blair.[http://www.azer.com/aiweb/categories/magazine/24_folder/24_articles/24_zadeh.html "Short Biographical Sketch"]. Azerbaijan International, Winter 1994 (2.4), page 49. Accessed August 19, 2005.
  • Marif Zeynalov (1934–2020), candidate of geology and mineralogy
  • Anvar Gasimzade (1912–1969), architect, Honored Architect of the Azerbaijan SSR (1960), correspondent member of ANAS (1967), rector of Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University (1962–1968).Касимзаде Энвер Али оглы // Большая советская энциклопедия: [в 30 т.] / под ред. А. М. Прохорова — 3-е изд. — М.: Советская энциклопедия, 1969. — Т. 11. — С. 496.
  • Aghakhan Aghabeyli (1904–1980), Azerbaijani scientist in the field of genetics and animal breeding, doctor of agricultural sciences, professor, corresponding member of the VASKhNIL (now RAAS – Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences), honored worker of science of the Azerbaijan SSR. The founder of the doctrine of buffalo breeding.{{cite web

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  • Lutfiyar Imanov (1922–1980), physicist, full member of the Azerbaijan Academy of Sciences (1976), pedagogue, Honored Scientist of the Azerbaijan SSR (1979).{{cite web

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= Sports =

File:Tofiq Bahramov.jpg became the first referee to have a stadium named after him.]]

File:Qurban Qurbanov.jpg is Azerbaijan's all-time leading goal scorer in international matches and most successful manager in European cups.]]

File:Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2013(2).jpg is the 2013 World Rapid Chess Champion.]]

= Writers =

{{main|List of Azerbaijani writers}}

{{see also|List of Azerbaijani women writers}}

File:Natavan.jpg 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.]]

= Other notables =

File:Zerdabi1.jpg was the founder of the first Azerbaijani–language newspaper, Akinchi]]

Iran

{{Main|Iranian Azerbaijanis|List of Iranian Azerbaijanis}}

= Actors =

  • Behrouz Vossoughi (born 1938), actor
  • Mohammad Reza Golzar (born 1977), actor and singer{{cite web|url=http://www.asriran.com/fa/news/451550/%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B6%D8%A7-%DA%AF%D9%84%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%AA%D9%8F%D8%B1%DA%A9-%D9%87%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%85-%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%87-%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%AF-%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D9%85%D9%85%DA%A9%D9%86-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA|title=5- (proudly I am a Azerbaijani Turk)گلزار |publisher=asriran+video|accessdate=22 May 2016}}
  • Rambod Javan (born 1971), actor{{cite news|url=http://bashgah.tebyan.net/newindex.aspx?pid=199308|title=توصیهٔ رامبد جوان به زن ‌و شوهرهای جوان |publisher=tebyan|accessdate=4 September 2014}}

= Artists =

= Businessmen =

= Clergy =

File:Roshdieh.jpg.]]

File:Kazem Shariatmadari.jpg was a Grand Ayatollah.Cavid Məmmədli, "İranda türkcə təhsil olmuşdu", "Ayna" qəzeti, Bakı, 7 noyabr 2009-cu il."Həblül Mətin" qəzeti, 14 sentyabr 1903.]]

  • Haji-Mirza Hassan Roshdieh (born 1851), cleric, teacher, politician, and journalist. introduced some modern teaching methods in Iran, especially in teaching the alphabet."Azərbaycan klassik ədəbiyyatında işlədilən adların və terminlərin şərhi". Tərtib edəni: A.M. Babayev, Bakı, "Maarif", 1993, səh. 47
  • Mohammad-Taqi Ja'fari Islamic scholar and philosopher{{cite book|author=Timothy Wright|title=No Peace Without Prayer: Encouraging Muslims and Christians to Pray Together; A Benedictine Approach|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QJIXAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA110|date=7 November 2013|publisher=Liturgical Press|isbn=978-0-8146-3847-7|page=110}}{{cite web | url=http://www.ibna.ir/en/doc/naghli/69469/allameh-jafari-commemoration-in-the-23rd-book-fair | title=Allameh Jafari commemoration in the 23rd Book Fair | publisher=Iran's Book News Agency | date=10 May 2010 | accessdate=4 April 2016}}
  • Muhammad Husayn Tabatabaei, Islamic scholar and philosopherNasr, Seyyid Hossein in the preface to the book of Shiite in Islam by Allameh tabatabaei, 2005, p. 37
  • Javad Gharavi Aliari (1935–2018), Twelver shi'a marja
  • Abdolkarim Mousavi Ardabili (1926–2016), politician and Twelver shi'a marja
  • Sadegh Khalkhali (1926–2003), hardline Shia cleric of the Islamic Republic
  • Abul-Qassim Khoei (1899–1992), Twelver shi'a marja
  • Fazel Lankarani (1931–2007), Twelver shi'a marja
  • Ali Meshkini (1922–2007), cleric and politician{{cite news |script-title=ru:"Старая гвардия" иранских консерваторов в лицах: аятолла Али Мешкини |publisher=Институт Ближнего Востока |url=http://www.iimes.ru/rus/stat/2006/27–04–06c.htm |date=2008-08-13 |author=А.М.Вартанян |language=ru }}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}Этнический азербайджанец (как и Хаменеи), А.Мешкини на протяжении многих лет бессменно возглавляет один из ключевых органов власти в Иране, отвечающий за выбор Рахбара – Собрание экспертов (СЭ).
  • Hassan Roshdieh (1851–1944), cleric and politician
  • Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari (1905–1986), Grand Ayatollah{{cite news | title=In memorial of Grand Ayatallah Seyyed Mohammad Kazzen Shariatmadari | publisher=yatollahshariatmadari.com | url=http://www.ayatollahshariatmadari.com/ | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130803020051/http://ayatollahshariatmadari.com/ | archive-date=2013-08-03 }}
  • Allameh Tabatabaei (1903–1981), philosopher
  • Abbas-Ali Amid Zanjani (1937–2011), hardliner theologian, politician and scholar
  • Mousa Shubairi Zanjani (born 1928), Twelver shi'a marja

= Filmmakers =

= Journalists =

= Military =

= Musicians =

File:Aysel Arash 2009.JPG and Arash in the green room during the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow]]

  • Hossein Alizadeh (born 1951), classical composer and folk musician{{cite web|last=Harris|first=Craig|title=Hossein Alizâdeh > Biography|publisher=Allmusic|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=hossein–alizdeh–p141810/biography|pure_url=yes}}|access-date=August 18, 2010}} Alizadeh was destined to become a musician. His mother, a Persian from Arak, and his father, an Azeri from Urmia, both loved music.
  • Arash (born 1977), singer, dancer, entertainer and producer{{cite web |url=http://eurovisionblog.wordpress.com/2009/05/05/the–great–big–eurovision–experiment–2009–azerbaijan/ |title=The Great Big Eurovision Experiment 2009 – Azerbaijan |publisher=Eurovisionblog.wordpress.com |date=2009-05-05 |access-date=2011-05-28 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web |url=http://en.itv.az/eurovisionsong/202.html |title=Public Television and Radio Broadcasting Company – AySel and Arash held a press conference |access-date=2010-10-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20090522211020/http://en.itv.az/eurovisionsong/202.html |archive-date=2009-05-22 }}{{cite web|url=http://esckaz.com/2009/aze.htm#interview|title=Azerbaijan at Eurovision Song Contest 2009 – Азербайджан на конкурсе песни Евровидение 2009|website=esckaz.com}}{{cite web|url=http://www.eg.ru/daily/stars/13327/|title=Араш Лабаф, увидев Путина, чуть не упал в обморок}}
  • Aref Arefkia (born 1941), singer
  • Faegheh Atashin (born 1960), singer and actress
  • Davod Azad (born 1963), composer, Sufi vocalist and multi–instrumentalist
  • Samin Baghtcheban (1925–2008), musician, composer, author and translator
  • Dariush Eghbali (born 1951), pop singer
  • André Hossein (1905–1983), composer
  • Aygün Kazımova (born 1971), pop singer
  • Fatma Mukhtarova (1893–1972), opera singer
  • Rubaba Muradova (1930–1983), mugham and folk singer
  • Hassan Sattar (born 1949), pop singer

= Monarchy =

= Politicians =

File:Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei at the funeral of commanders of the Air Force.jpg)]] File:Mir Hossein Mousavi in Zanjan by Mardetanha1.jpg, last Prime Minister of Iran from 1981 to 1989, current leader of Iranian opposition]]

File:Sattar khan.jpg was a key figure in the Iranian Constitutional Revolution and one of the greatest heroes of Persia (Iran).]]

  • Gholam Reza Aghazadeh (born 1949), politician
  • Mina Ahadi (born 1956), politician
  • Mehdi Bazargan (1908–1995), politician
  • Mahmudali Chehregani (born 1958), politician
  • Piruz Dilanchi (born 1965), politician and poet
  • Parviz Fattah (born 1961), politician
  • Mir Bashir Gasimov (1879–1949), politician{{cite web|url=http://gatchina3000.ru/great–soviet–encyclopedia/bse/059/833.htm|title=Касумов Мир Башир Фаттах оглы|publisher=БСЭ}}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  • Ebrahim Hakimi (1863–1959), politician
  • Mahmud Jam (1884–1969), politician
  • Ali Khamenei (born 1939), President of Iran and Supreme Leader of Iran{{cite web|url=http://www.worlddialogue.org/content.php?id=150 |title=Iran and the Caucasus: The Triumph of Pragmatism over Ideology – Centre for World Dialogue |publisher=Worlddialogue.org |access-date=2011-05-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927184152/http://www.worlddialogue.org/content.php?id=150 |archive-date=2013-09-27 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.worlddialogue.org/content.php?id%3D150 |title=Iran and the Caucasus: The Triumph of Pragmatism over Ideology – Centre for World Dialogue |access-date=2014-01-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927184152/http://www.worlddialogue.org/content.php?id=150 |archive-date=2013-09-27 }}Clawson, Patrick. Eternal Iran, 2005, {{ISBN|1-4039-6276-6}}, Palgrave Macmillan, p.5
  • Sadegh Mahsouli (born 1959), politician
  • Mohsen Mehralizadeh (born 1955), politician
  • Reza Moridi (born 1945), politician
  • Mir-Hossein Mousavi (born 1942), politician
  • Masoud Pezeshkian (born 1954), ninth and current president of Iran since 2024
  • Ali Soheili (1896–1958), politician
  • Amir Hatami (born 1965), defense minister of Iran

= Revolutionaries =

= Scientists =

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

  • Shahriar Afshar (born 1971), physicist and inventor
  • Ali Murad Davudi (1922–1979), philosopher
  • Ali Javan (1926–2016), physicist and inventor[http://www.farhangsara.com/alijavan.htm Ali Javan] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121031072819/http://www.farhangsara.com/alijavan.htm |date=2012-10-31 }} web–page of 'Farhang–Sara' / Born in Tehran of Azerbaijani parentage, Javan came to the United States in 1949 where shortly afterwards he received his Ph.D. at Columbia University in New York City. He has been with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) since 1962.
  • Ahmad Kasravi (1890–1946), linguist, historian, reformer, nationalist politician, author and philosopher
  • Kazem Sadegh-Zadeh (born 1942), analytic philosopher

= Sports =

File:Saeid Marouf in World Olympic qualification tournaments 2016.jpg

= Writers =

File:Shahriyar.jpg was an outstanding Azerbaijani poet from Iran.]]

  • Reza Baraheni (1926–2000), novelist, poet and politician
  • Samad Behrangi (1939–1967), political writer
  • Izzeddin Hasanoglu (13th–14th centuries), the founder of literature in Azerbaijani language
  • Mirza Ibrahimov (1911–1993), writer, playwright, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of Azerbaijan SSR (1954–1958)
  • Naser Manzuri (born 1953), novelist and linguist
  • Iraj Mirza (1874–1926), poet and politician
  • Ali Mojuz (1873–1934), satirical poet{{cite web|url=http://gatchina3000.ru/great–soviet–encyclopedia/bse/077/410.htm|title=Моджуз|publisher=БСЭ}}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  • Seyid Abulgasim Nabati (1812–1873), poet{{cite web|url=http://gatchina3000.ru/great–soviet–encyclopedia/bse/079/564.htm|title=Набати Сеид Абульгасем|publisher=БСЭ}}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  • Ebrahim Nabavi (born 1958), political journalist, satirist
  • Ali Nazem (1906–1941), poet, writer and literary critic
  • Mir Jalal Pashayev (1908–1978), writer and literary critic, honored scientist of Azerbaijan SSR
  • Bulud Qarachorlu (1926–1979), poet
  • Khasta Qasim (1684–1760), poet
  • Hassan Roshdieh (1851–1944), teacher, politician, and journalist
  • Gholam Hossein Saedi (1936–1985), writer
  • Mohammad Hossein Shahriar (1906–1988), poet
  • Qovsi Tabrizi (1568–1640), poet

Turkey

File:ServetÇetin.JPG is a member of the Turkey national football team.]]

{{Main|Azerbaijanis in Turkey|List of Azerbaijanis in Turkey}}

= Actors =

= Literature =

= Musicians =

  • Yusuf Aktaş, better known as Reynmen (born 1995), singer
  • Edis Görgülü (born 1990), British-born Turkish singer of Azerbaijani origin
  • Tuğba Ekinci (born 1976), pop singer
  • Nuray Hafiftaş (born 1964), folk singer
  • Cem Karaca (1945–2004), musician{{cite web|title=Cem Karaca: Yakında ben de geliyorum|url=http://hurarsiv.hurriyet.com.tr/goster/haber.aspx?viewid=368722|publisher= Hürriyet |date=10 February 2004 |language=tr}}

= Politicians =

= Sports =

= Other =

Georgia

{{Main list|List of Georgian Azerbaijanis}}

= Actors =

= Activists =

= Artists =

= Military =

= Musicians =

= Politicians =

File:Portrait photo of Nariman Narimanov taken in 1913.jpg was a writer and a major public and political figure in Azerbaijan.]]

  • 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)

= Scientists, mathematicians, and medical professionals =

= Sports =

Russia

{{Main list|List of Russian Azerbaijanis}}

= Actors =

= Journalists =

= Military =

= Musicians =

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

= Politicians =

  • Geydar Dzhemal (born 1947), philosopher, politician and social activist{{cite news | script-title=ru:ДЖЕМАЛЬ Гейдар Джахидович – БД "Лабиринт" |publisher=База данных "Лабиринт| url=http://www.labyrinth.ru/content/card.asp?cardid=17310| language=ru}}
  • Georgiy Mamedov (born 1947), diplomat
  • Tofig Zulfugarov (born 1959), politician{{cite news | script-title=ru:ЗУЛЬФУГАРОВ Тофиг – БД "Лабиринт" |publisher=База данных "Лабиринт| url=http://www.labyrinth.ru/content/card.asp?cardid=45656| language=ru}}

= Scientists, mathematicians, and medical professionals =

= Sports =

File:Zenit-Legia (3).jpg is a member of the Azerbaijan national football team.]]

Armenia

File:Aaalakbarov2017.jpg, ex-Minister of Finance of Azerbaijan Republic]]

{{Main list|List of Armenian Azerbaijanis}}

= Artists =

= Film industry =

= Military =

  • Etibar Hajiyev (1971–1992), soldier{{cite web|url=http://www.milliqahraman.az/milli_qehremanlar/298–hacdyev–etibar–firudin–odlu.html|title=Hacıyev Etibar Firudin oğlu|publisher=milliqahraman.az}}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  • Habib bey Salimov (1881–1920), Major–General of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic

= Musicians =

= Politicians =

= Scientists =

= Sports =

= Writers =

United Kingdom

File:Sami Yusuf.jpg performing at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall]]

{{Main list|List of British Azerbaijanis}}

United States

File:Sibel edmonds on RT.png is a founder of the National Security Whistleblowers Coalition (NSWBC).]]

{{Main|Azerbaijani Americans}}

Other places

= Belarus =

= Iraq =

File:Fuzûlî.jpg is considered one of the greatest contributors to the Dîvân tradition of Azerbaijani literature.]]

= France =

= Hungary =

= Spain =

= Turkmenistan =

= Ukraine =

= Uzbekistan =

See also

References

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Notes

External links

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