List of Famous people born in Shusha District, Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic

Ahmed Agdamski also known by the stage name of Ahmed Bashir oglu Badalbeyli who was an Azerbaijani opera singer, mugam singer and actor.

Seyran Musheghi Ohanyan is an Armenian general and politician. He served as Defence Minister of Armenia from 14 April 2008 until 3 October 2016. A native of Nagorno-Karabakh, he participated in both the first and second Karabakh wars, and from 2000 to 2007 served as Defence Minister of the unrecognized Republic of Artsakh.

Shamsi Badal oglu Badalbeyli was an Azerbaijani theatre director and actor.

Ibrahim Khalil khan Javanshir (1732–1806) was an Azeri Turkic khan of the Karabakh Khanate from the Javanshir family, who succeeded his father Panah-Ali khan Javanshir as the ruler of the khanate.

Armen Leonovich Takhtajan or Takhtajian, was a Soviet-Armenian botanist, one of the most important figures in 20th century plant evolution and systematics and biogeography. His other interests included morphology of flowering plants, paleobotany, and the flora of the Caucasus. He was born in Shusha. He was one of the most influential taxonomists of the latter twentieth century.

Jeyhun Hajibeyli (1891–1962) was an Azerbaijani publicist, journalist and ethnographer.

Mir-Mohsun Navvab occupies a prominent place in the history of Azerbaijani culture as the last representative of old traditional school of science, arts and literature. Navvab was versatile person of his time. He is known as a poet, artist, music historian, astronomer, carpenter, chemist and mathematician.

Bayram Safarov is an Azerbaijani politician who is served as the mayor of Shusha following a four-day long battle, the Head of the Executive Power of city and the Chairman of the Azerbaijani Community of Nagorno-Karabakh in Exile.