This is a list of notable Azerbaijanis. Azerbaijanis, Azerbaijani Turks, or Azeris () are a Turkic people, mostly living throughout Caucasus, northern Iran and eastern Turkey. Traditionally, Azerbaijanis live in Azerbaijan, Iran, Russia (Dagestan), Turkey (Kars and Iğdır) and Georgia (Borchali). Azerbaijan Aerospace Tofig Ismayilov (1933–1991), aerospace scientist Kerim Kerimov (1917–2003), aerospace engineer Musa Manarov (born 1951), astronaut Actors Lutfali Abdullayev (1914–1973), actor Telman Adigozalov (1953–2010), actor Aliagha Aghayev (1913–1983), actor Alasgar Alakbarov (1910–1963), actor Mirzaagha Aliyev (1883–1954), actor Huseyn Arablinski (1881–1919), actor Sayavush Aslan (1935–2013), actor Mirza Babayev (1903–2003), actor and singer Shamsi Badalbeyli (1911–1986), theatre director and actor Leyla Badirbeyli (1920–1999), actress Hajibaba Baghirov (1932–2006), actor Bahram Bagirzade (born 1972), actor, entertainer, comedian and film director Rasim Balayev (born 1948), actor Afag Bashirgyzy (born 1955), actress Aghasadyg Garaybeyli (1897–1988), actor Hokuma Gurbanova (1913–1988), actress Nesrin Javadzadeh (born 1982), actress Munavvar Kalantarli (1912–1962), actress and folk singer Aygün Kazımova (born 1971), actress and singer Fakhraddin Manafov (born 1955), actor Jeyhun Mirzayev (1946–1993), actor and film director Yashar Nuri (1951–2012), actor Hamida Omarova (born 1957), actress Hagigat Rzayeva (1907–1969), actress and singer Latif Safarov (1920–1963), actor and film director Barat Shakinskaya (1914–1999), actress Abbas Mirza Sharifzadeh (1893–1938), actor and film director Rza Tahmasib (1894–1980), actor Hasanagha Turabov (1938–2003), actor Eldaniz Zeynalov (1937–2001), actor Nasiba Zeynalova (1916–2004), actress Archaeologists and anthropologists Jeyhun Hajibeyli (1891–1962), ethnographer and journalist Mammadali Huseynov (1922–1994), archaeologist Ishag Jafarzadeh (1895–1982), archaeologist and ethnographer Architects Sadig Dadashov (1905–1946), architect Gasim bey Hajibababeyov (1811–1874), architect Mammad Hasan Hajinski (1875–1931), architect and statesman Mikayil Huseynov (1905–1992), architect Karbalayi Safikhan Karabakhi (1817–1910), architect Kamal Mammadbeyov (1924–1997), architect Artists Mikail Abdullayev (1921–2002), painter Fuad Abdurahmanov (1915–1971), sculptor Azim Azimzade (1880–1943), painter and graphic artist and the founder of Azerbaijani satirical graphics Sattar Bahlulzadeh (1909–1974), impressionist painter Omar Eldarov (born 1927), sculptor Jalal Garyaghdi (1914–2001), sculptor Mirza Kadym Irevani (1835–1875), artist Bahruz Kangarli (1892–1922), painter, graphic artist and the founder of realistic easel painting of Azerbaijan Tokay Mammadov (1927–2018), sculptor Boyukagha Mirzazade (1921–2007), painter Rustam Mustafayev (1910–1940), scenic designer Togrul Narimanbekov (1930–2013), painter Vidadi Narimanbekov (1926–2001), painter Mir Mohsun Navvab (1833–1918), calligrapher, poet, artist, music historian, astronomer, carpenter, chemist and mathematician Maral Rahmanzade (1916–2008), graphic artist Alakbar Rezaguliyev (1903–1974), painter Tahir Salahov (1928–2021), painter Fuad Salayev (born 1943), sculptor Broadcasters Mirshahin Agayev (born 1963), TV presenter and journalist Leyla Aliyeva (born 1986), TV presenter Salatyn Asgarova (1961–1991), killed by Armenian militias Nargiz Birk-Petersen