Notable people · Azerbaijan

Notable People of Azerbaijan

Rulers and poets, composers and scientists, commanders and champions — the people who shaped the country. Choose a theme.

State founders, kings and khans, and the architects of modern statehood.

Poets, novelists, philosophers and the intellectuals of the national revival.

Composers, singers, painters, and the makers of stage and screen.

Scientists and scholars, and the industrialists and philanthropists who built institutions.

Military commanders, folk heroes and national heroes.

Chess grandmasters, Olympic wrestlers and weightlifters, and today's stars.

The story of the country through its eras, from antiquity to today.