Society

 Number 

First and Last Names

Brief information about the person

1.

Baba Kuhi Bakuvi

X-XI century traveller, scientist and researcher, engineer

2.

Ismail ibn Yashar

One of the Arab Caliphate poets, known for his great influence among Caliphate elite

3.

Khatib Tabrizi

XI century Azerbaijani scientist, philologist, poet and one of the founders of Arabian language, literature, grammar and lexicology-related science

4.

Haji Nasreddin Tusi

In the XIII century travelled across a few East countries and made a tremendous contribution to the oriental science and culture

5.

Safiaddin Urmavi

Renowned as a talented musician and skilled calligrapher of the oriental world

6.

Abdurrashid Bakuvi

XIV century traveller and geographer

7.

Oruj bey Bayat

Azerbaijani historian, military commander and politician

8.

Haji Zeynalabdin Shirvani

During his 37 years-long travel learned traditions and features of Islam, Fire-Worship, Judaism, Paganism and Christianity as well as traditions and features of many nations and made an invaluable contribution to the culture with his 4 scientific books and a divan

9.

Mirza Jafar Topchubashov

Prominent orientalist, translator, polyglot, diplomat and poet

10.

Mirza Kazimbey

Azerbaijani orientalist and enlightener, one of the founders of Russian oriental studies

11.

Jamaladdin Afghani

Commander of Ottoman Army was assigned to a position of Garapapag regiments chief commander. Was conferred a name of National Hero of Turkey

12.

Mehrali Bey (Mammadali oghlu)

Commander of Ottoman Army was assigned to a position of Garapapag regiments chief commander. Was conferred a name of National Hero of Turkey

13.

Alimardan bey Topchubashov

Prominent lawyer, journalist, highly skilled diplomat, politician, enlightener and statesman

14.

Alibey Huseinzadeh

Writer and journalist, translator, public figure

15.

Ahmad bey Aghayev (Aghaoghlu)

Prominent journalist, scientist and public figure

16.

Mahammad Amin Rasulzade

Leader of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, intellectual, public and political figure

17.

Jahangir Kazimbeyli

Graduated from Russian Air Force Academy, participated in the World War I, was a brigade commander in Ganja regiment. Moved to Poland afterwards and was promoted to the rank of Colonel

18.

Sadigbey Aghabeyzadeh

Major-General of Tsarist Russia's Army, orientalist, deputy director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the ADP

19.

Said Alizadeh

Author of the first alphabet in Uzbek and Tajik languages and first grammar and textbooks written in these languages. Outstanding enlightener, pedagogue, writer and publicist

20.

Jeyhun Hajibeyli

Writer, publicist, journalist and translator

21.

Samad bey Rafibeyli

Prominent military commander, talented and professional serviceman, in 1948, for services to Turkish High Military Command was promoted to the rank of "pasha" (Full General)

22.

Farajbey
Aghayev

Serviceman, Lieutenant General of Tsarist Russia's Army (in1844 Emperor Nicholas I and his spouse Maria Aleksandrovna christened and adopted him) 

23.

Shafi Bey Rustambeyli

Statesman and public figure, renowned journalist and lawyer, translator

24.

Aziz Sharif

Prominent scientist, critic, pedagogue and translator, made a significant contribution to Azerbaijan literary criticism with his versatile creative works

25.

Mirzabala Mammadzadeh

Public and political figure, journalist

26.

Ahmad Jafaroghlu

One of the prominent figures in the Turkic World, famous turkologist, orientalist and philologist, professor, doctor of philological sciences

27.

Ummulbanu

Prominent writer and translator, daughter of Mirza Asadullaev, occupied a fitting place in the literary society of Paris in 20-30th years

28.

Mammadsalim (Salim Turan)

The painter worked as a teacher in Goethe Academic School of Arts in Paris, son of Alibey Huseynzade

29.

Huseyn Kazimzade

Author of the 120-volume book, an outstanding scientist, pedagogue

30.

Sabit Orujov

Prominent statesman, the brilliant specialist in of the oil and gas industry, was a minister of the USSR Gas Industry

31.

Maksud Sheykhzade

Uzbek writer, also renowned as scientist and pedagogue. Honoured worker of arts of Uzbekistan

32.

Iren Malikov

Delivers lectures on linguistics and literature in the University of Strasbourg, professor, president of French "Center of Azerbaijan Culture and Civilization Studies"

33.

Shirin Malikov

Scientist and researcher, Chief secretary of the "Research centre of Azerbaijan culture" in France

34.

Zuleikha Asadullaeva

A public figure with perfect knowledge of Turkish, English, French, German, Russian and Portuguese languages, teacher and translator. Worked in various US oil companies

35.

Lutfi Alaskarzade (Lutfi Zade)

Scientist and inventor, physicist, professor of Berkeley University in California, leading researcher of NASA and NATO

36.

Karim Karimov

Former chief of State Committee for testing piloted and robot space ships and stations, Hero of Socialist Labor, engineer and constructor, Lieutenant General

37.

Jahangir Karimov

Jurist, doctor of juridical sciences, professor, correspondent member of Russian Academy of Sciences

38.

Ahmad Iskandarov

Historian and orientalist, correspondent member of Russian Academy of Sciences, Chief Editor of the journal "Voprosi istorii"

39.

Farman Salmanov

Doctor of geological-mineralogical sciences, correspondent member of Russian Academy of Sciences, Hero of Socialist Labor

40.

Tahir Salahov

People's painter of USSR, Academician secretary of the branch of Painting of USSR Academy of Arts, Honorary President of the International Association of Plastic Arts at UNESCO, Hero of Socialist Labor.

41.

Togrul Narimanbeyov

People's Painter of Azerbaijan

42.

Muslim Magomaev

Singer and composer

43.

Almas Yildirim

 The emigrant poet of Azerbaijan

44.

Huseyn Baykara

Writer, publicist

45.

Khalilbey Khasmammadov

A prominent political and statesman of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic. In 1918 - Minister of Justice and Internal Affairs of the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan

47.

Mammad Ali Rasulzadeh

public figure, journalist, member of Parliament of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic. Azerbaijan's one of the active participants of the national independence movement

48.

Mstislav Leopoldovich
Rostropovich

Famous violinist and conductor. A public figure, an active advocate of human rights and freedoms

49.

Naghi bey Şeykhzamanli

 Head of the counterrevolution, special services of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic

50.

Rustamkhan Khoyski

Azerbaijan's one of the active participants of the national independence movement

51.

Teymur Mustafayev

The second pilot of Azerbaijan