List of Famous people born in Lankaran District, Azerbaijan

Rovshan Janiyev, also known as Rovshan Lankaransky, was an influential Azerbaijani gangster.

Hazi Aslanov was an Azerbaijani major-general of the Soviet armoured troops during World War II. Aslanov was one of the youngest ever Soviet generals when he promoted to the rank of major general at the age of 34 years and a month on March 13, 1944. He was awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union title twice. The second Hero title was posthumously awarded on July 12, 1991, by Mikhail Gorbachev, at the constant recommendations by Heydar Aliyev.

Ilhama Guliyeva was an Azerbaijani celebrity, actress and singer of Azerbaijani folk and classical music. Throughout active musical-stage career, Ilhama Guliyeva gained popular success in her respective genre of music and received such major state-level honors as Honored Artist of Azerbaijani SSR in 1982, People's Artist of the Republic of Azerbaijan in 1998 and People's Artist of the Republic of Dagestan in 2007.

Samadbey Sadykhbey oglu Mehmandarov was an Azerbaijani General of the Artillery in the Imperial Russian Army and served as Minister of Defense of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic.