composer Sakhavat Mammadov (1953–1991), folk and mugham singer Yagub Mammadov (1930–2002), mugham singer Nazakat Mammadova (1944–1981), folk and mugham singer Anar Nagilbaz (born 1974), rapper, actor Alim Qasimov (born 1957), mugham singer Farghana Qasimova (born 1979), mugham singer Nizami Ramzi (1947–1997), meykhana performer Gadir Rustamov (1935–2011), mugham singer Huseyngulu Sarabski (1879–1945), opera singer, composer, playwright, actor, producer and musician Adalet Shukurov (born 1966), singer Khan Shushinski (1901–1979), mugham singer Seyid Shushinski (1889–1965), mugham singer Aysel Teymurzadeh (born 1989), singer Elshad Xose (born 1979), rapper Eyyub Yaqubov (born 1965), singer Miri Yusif (born 1977), rapper and singer Sami Yusuf (born 1980)‚ singer-songwriter Aziza Mustafa Zadeh (born 1969), jazz singer and pianist Diana Hajiyeva (born 1989), singer-songwriter Namig Garachukhurlu (born 1978), singer-songwriter, meykhana, performer Instrumental musicians Habil Aliyev (1927–2015), kamancha player Farhad Badalbeyli (born 1947), pianist and composer Kamil Jalilov (1938–2022), oboe player Bahram Mansurov (1911–1985), tar player Shahin Novrasli (born 1977), jazz pianist Gurban Pirimov (1880–1965), tar player Sadigjan (1846–1902), tar player and the inventor of the Azerbaijani tar Alihan Samedov (born 1964), balaban player Isfar Sarabski (born 1989), jazz pianist Rain Sultanov (born 1965), saxophonist Philosophers Bahmanyar (d. 1066), philosopher and scholar, who is mainly known as one of the most prominent pupils of Avicenna (d. 1037). Seyid Yahya Bakuvi (1410–1462), philosopher Max Black (1909–1988), philosopher Salahaddin Khalilov (born 1952), philosopher Adil Asadov (born 1958), philosopher Zaid Orudzhev (born 1932), philosopher Heydar Huseynov (1908–1950), philosopher and academician Politicians Sultan Majid Afandiyev (1887–1938), politician and revolutionary Samad aga Agamalioglu (1867–1930), politician and revolutionary Ahmet Ağaoğlu (1869–1939), politician, publicist and journalist Ruhulla Akhundov (1897–1938), First Secretary of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan SSR Vali Akhundov (1916–1986), First Secretary of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan SSR Heydar Aliyev (1923–2003), First Secretary of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan SSR and President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev (born 1961), President of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva (born 1964), politician and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Mahammad Asadov (1941–1991), politician Araz Azimov (born 1962), politician Kamran Baghirov (1933–2000), First Secretary of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan SSR Mir Jafar Baghirov (1896–1956), First Secretary of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan SSR Elmir Bagirov (born 1980), politician Govhar Bakhshaliyeva (born 1954), Vice Speaker of the Milli Majlis Abulfaz Elchibey (1938–2000), President of Azerbaijan Aslan bey Gardashov (1866–1920), politician Ismat Gayibov (1942–1991), politician, the Public Prosecutor General of Azerbaijan Rasul Guliyev (born 1947), politician Vafa Guluzade (1940–2015), diplomat, political scientist and specialist in conflict