the socialist Azerbaijan People's Government Scientists Shahriar Afshar (born 1971), physicist and inventor Ali Murad Davudi (1922–1979), philosopher Ali Javan (1926–2016), physicist and inventor Ahmad Kasravi (1890–1946), linguist, historian, reformer, nationalist politician, author and philosopher Kazem Sadegh-Zadeh (born 1942), analytic philosopher Sports Hossein Reza Zadeh (born 1978), weightlifter and double Olympic champion Ali Daei (born 1969), footballer and coach Rahim Aliabadi (born 1943), wrestler Javad Allahverdi (born 1954), footballer Sajjad Anoushiravani (born 1984), weightlifter Karim Ansarifard (born 1990), footballer Aziz Asli (born 1938), footballer Karim Bagheri (born 1974), footballer Cyrus Dinmohammadi (born 1970), footballer Parviz Ghelichkhani (born 1945), footballer Yahya Golmohammadi (born 1971), footballer Yousef Karami (born 1983), taekwondo athlete Rasoul Khatibi (born 1978), footballer Saeid Marouf (born 1985), volleyball setter of national team of Iran Purya Fayazi (born 1993), volleyball player of national team of Iran Mohammad Navazi (born 1974), footballer Ali Akbar Ostad-Asadi (born 1965), footballer Mohammad Paziraei (1929–2002), wrestler Hadi Saei (born 1976), taekwondo athlete and double Olympic and world champion Jafar Salmasi (born 1918), weightlifter Aboutaleb Talebi (born 1945), wrestler Kimia Alizadeh (born 1998), taekwondo athlete and Iran's first female Olympic medalist Writers Reza Baraheni (1926–2000), novelist, poet and politician Samad Behrangi (1939–1967), political writer Izzeddin Hasanoglu (13th–14th centuries), the founder of literature in Azerbaijani language Mirza Ibrahimov (1911–1993), writer, playwright, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of Azerbaijan SSR (1954–1958) Naser Manzuri (born 1953), novelist and linguist Iraj Mirza (1874–1926), poet and politician Ali Mojuz (1873–1934), satirical poet Seyid Abulgasim Nabati (1812–1873), poet Ebrahim Nabavi (born 1958), political journalist, satirist Ali Nazem (1906–1941), poet, writer and literary critic Mir Jalal Pashayev (1908–1978), writer and literary critic, honored scientist of Azerbaijan SSR Bulud Qarachorlu (1926–1979), poet Khasta Qasim (1684–1760), poet Hassan Roshdieh (1851–1944), teacher, politician, and journalist Gholam Hossein Saedi (1936–1985), writer Mohammad Hossein Shahriar (1906–1988), poet Qovsi Tabrizi (1568–1640), poet Other notables Reza Deghati (born 1952), photographer Hassan Khosrowshahi (born 1940), businessman and philanthropist Turkey Actors Nesrin Cevadzade (born 1981), actress Tamer Karadağlı (born 1967), actor Nevra Serezli (born 1944), actress Mehmet Karaca, actor Literature Ataol Behramoğlu (born 1942), poet, translator Musicians Edis Görgülü (born 1990), British-born Turkish singer of Azerbaijani origin Tuğba Ekinci (born 1976), pop singer Nuray Hafiftaş (born 1964), folk singer Cem Karaca (1945–2004), musician Politicians Sinan Oğan (born 1967), politician Kıznaz Türkeli (born 1968), politician Ahmet Ağaoğlu (1869–1939), politician and journalist Sports Vasıf Arzumanov (born 1988), wrestler Servet Çetin