List of Famous people born in Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic

Yusif Haydar oglu Mammadaliyev was an Azerbaijani chemist. He was a Doctor of Chemistry, academician of the National Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijan SSR, and was the president of the National Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijan SSR.

Haji Aliyev is an Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler. He competed at the 61 kg division in the 2014 European Wrestling Championships and won the gold medal after beating Bekkhan Goygereyev of Russia.

Novruz Ismayil oglu Mammadov is an Azerbaijani politician and translator who served as Prime Minister of Azerbaijan from April 2018 to October 2019. He previously held the title as assistant to the President for Foreign Policy Issues and Head of Department of Foreign Policy.

Isa Habibbayli is the Vice-president of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Ph.D. in philology, professor, Honored Scientist of the Republic of Azerbaijan, a full member of ANAS.

Ali Hidayat oğlu Asadov is an Azerbaijani politician currently serving as the Prime Minister of Azerbaijan following his appointment to the post on 8 October 2019 by president Ilham Aliyev.

Vasif Talibov is the current chairman of the Supreme Assembly of Nakhchivan, an autonomous exclave of Azerbaijan. He is considered the de facto authoritarian ruler of the Nakhichivan Autonomous Republic. Talibov is related by marriage to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.

Rovnag Ibrahim oglu Abdullayev is the CEO of the SOCAR oil company and has been president of the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan since 2008. He is also member of National Assembly of Azerbaijan.