List of Famous people born in Azerbaijan

Emmanuil Gedeonovich Vitorgan is a Soviet, Russian film and theater actor, Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1990). People's Artist of Russia (1998). He acted in over a hundred films.

Serzh Azati Sargsyan is an Armenian politician who served twice as the Prime Minister of Armenia and was the third President of Armenia, from 2008 to 2018. He won the February 2008 presidential election with the backing of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia, a party in which he serves as chairman, and took office in April 2008. On 18 February 2013, he was re-elected as president and served the entire term.

Arsen Borysovych Avakov is a Ukrainian politician and businessman. Since 2014, he has served as Ukraine's Minister of Internal Affairs, first being appointed in the first cabinet of Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk. He was reappointed to the same position by every successive government since then, most recently in March 2020 in the Shmyhal Government led by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal. Between 2005 and 2010 Avakov was Governor of Kharkiv Oblast. In 2013, Avakov was 118th richest person in Ukraine worth 100 million dollars.

Ramil Guliyev is an Azerbaijani-born naturalized Turkish sprinter. He competes in the 100 metres and 200 metres events. At the 2017 World Championships, Guliyev became World Champion in the men's 200 metre race, winning Turkey's first ever gold medal in the World Championships. His club is Fenerbahçe Athletics. In 2018, he won the gold medal in the 200 m event at the European Championships.

Mehriban Arif qizi Aliyeva is an Azerbaijani physician and ophthalmologist, the first Vice President and First Lady of Azerbaijan, the head of Heydar Aliyev Foundation, the chairperson of Azerbaijani Culture Friends Foundation, the President of Azerbaijani Gymnastics Federation, and the goodwill ambassador of UNESCO and ISESCO.

Yaqub Abdulla oglu Eyyubov is an Azerbaijani politician who has been First Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan since 2003.

Aras Iskenderovich Agalarov is an Azerbaijani-Russian billionaire businessman, property developer, public figure, and author. The United States Senate Intelligence Committee found in 2020 that Agalarov has significant ties to Russian organized crime.

Alexander Dmitryevich Beglov ; born 19 May 1956 in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR ) is a Russian politician. He was appointed acting Governor of Saint Petersburg on 3 October 2018. In the 2019 Saint Petersburg gubernatorial election Beglov won with 64.43% of the votes.

Samira Azer gizi Efendiyeva, known as Samira Efendi or Efendi, is an Azerbaijani singer.