List of Famous people born in Azerbaijan

Chingiz Akif oğlu Abdullayev is an Azerbaijani writer, Secretary of the Union of Azerbaijani Writers.

Boris Artashesovich Babayan is a Russian computer scientist, notable as the pioneering creator of supercomputers in the former Soviet Union and Russia.

Murad Magomedovich Kajlayev is a well-known Soviet and Dagestani composer and conductor, People's Artist of the USSR (1981), laureate of international premiums and contests, Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the Great Academic Concert Orchestra named after Silantyev, professor and academician at Russian Academy of Natural Sciences.

Rasim Akhmed oglu Balayev is an Azerbaijani cinema and theatrical actor. He starred in the leading roles in more than 60 Azerbaijani films.

Karina Borisovna Aznavourian is a Russian épée fencer. She won two gold medals in the team épée event at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. Also won bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Mukhtar Bahadur oghlu Babayev is an Azerbaijani politician, Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan Republic.

Fakhraddin Manaf oglu Manafov is an Azerbaijani actor.