Famous People

Najiba Behbudova

Actress

A well-known Azerbaijani theatre and film actress, Honoured Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR. (January 6, 1914 – December 7, 1999)

Rashid Behbudov

Azerbaijani singer

Rashid Majid oglu Behbudov (1915 – 1989) — Azerbaijani singer, People's Artist of the USSR, laureate of State Awards of the USSR and Azerbaijan SSR, Hero of Socialist Labor, People's Artist of Azerbaijan and Dagestan MSSR, Honoured Artist of the Georgian SSR.

Mirza Alasgar Novras

Azerbaijani poet

Mirza Alasgar bey Karbalayi Abdin bey oglu Ahmadbayov (1839, Shusha - 1912, Shusha) — Azerbaijani poet.

Mirza Hamid bey Vazirov

Lawyer

Mirza Alasgar bey Karbalayi Abdin bey oglu Ahmedbeyov (1827, Shusha - Shusha) — lawyer, conciliatory judge, poet.

Latif Safarov

Actor

Azerbaijani actor, director, screenwriter, Honoured Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR. (September 30, 1920, Shusha - December 12, 1963, Baku)

Mir Mohsun Navvab

Poet, artist, astronomer

(1833 – 1918) — Azerbaijani poet, artist, astronomer, literary critic, painter, historian, calligrapher and musicologist who lived and worked in Shusha. Mir Mohsun Navvab, a person with a broad scientific knowledge, lived and worked in Shusha at a time when capitalist relations were sprouting everywhere in Azerbaijan and a new ideas was emerging. An outstanding musician, poet, painter, calligrapher, astrologer, chemist and mathematician, Mir Mohsun can be considered one of the last comrehensive scientists of the Middle Ages in terms of the content, level and volume of his works. That said, he always stood in the leading positions in Shusha's social life, progressive for that time.

Mustafa Mehmandarov

Conductor

(June 2, 1992), Conductor.

Rauf Aliyev

Composer

Azerbaijani composer, music editor of "Azerbaijanfilm" film studio. (May 1, 1947, Shusha - June 13, 2017, Baku).

Shukur Rzayev

Statesman

Lawyer, statesman, major-general of justice. Between 1982-1986 worked as a transport prosecutor of the Azerbaijan SSR, 1994-1998 as a Baku city prosecutor, in 1983-1987 was a deputy of the Baku City Council of People's Deputies.

Gasim bey Zakir

Poet

(1784, Shusha - 1857, Shusha) — Azerbaijani poet.

Mehdi Mammadov

Theatre director, actor

Azerbaijani theatre director, actor and pedagogue, PhD in art, professor, People's Artist of the USSR, People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR, laureate of the State Prize of the Azerbaijan SSR. (May 22, 1918, Shusha - January 28, 1985, Baku).

Jalal Garyagdi

Sculptor

Azerbaijani sculptor, People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR. (June 2, 1914, Shusha - January 1, 2001, Baku)

Eldar Azimzada

Football referee

Azerbaijani football referee, FIFA arbitrator (1979). He was elected the best judge of the USSR 3 times, and was included in the list of the best 7 judges 9 times. He played in 148 matches in the USSR football championship. (May 25, 1934, Shusha - January 20, 2003, Baku)

Huseyn Baykara

Poet

In Azerbaijani: Qara Huseynbeyli‎. Azerbaijani researcher-researcher, publicist, poet. (1904, Shusha - July 1, 1984, Turkey, Kayseri).

Tofiq Rustambayov

Oilman

Mining engineer, Honoured oilman of the USSR, Honoored Oil and Gas Industry Worker of the RSFSR. (1918, Shusha - 2007, Moscow)

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Mir Mohsun Navvab

Poet, artist, astronomer

(1833 – 1918) — Azerbaijani poet, artist, astronomer, literary critic, painter, historian, calligrapher and musicologist who lived and worked in Shusha. Mir Mohsun Navvab, a person with a broad scientific knowledge, lived and worked in Shusha at a time when capitalist relations were sprouting everywhere in Azerbaijan and a new ideas was emerging. An outstanding musician, poet, painter, calligrapher, astrologer, chemist and mathematician, Mir Mohsun can be considered one of the last comrehensive scientists of the Middle Ages in terms of the content, level and volume of his works. That said, he always stood in the leading positions in Shusha's social life, progressive for that time.

Mir Mohsun Navvab

Poet, artist, astronomer

(1833 – 1918) — Azerbaijani poet, artist, astronomer, literary critic, painter, historian, calligrapher and musicologist who lived and worked in Shusha. Mir Mohsun Navvab, a person with a broad scientific knowledge, lived and worked in Shusha at a time when capitalist relations were sprouting everywhere in Azerbaijan and a new ideas was emerging. An outstanding musician, poet, painter, calligrapher, astrologer, chemist and mathematician, Mir Mohsun can be considered one of the last comrehensive scientists of the Middle Ages in terms of the content, level and volume of his works. That said, he always stood in the leading positions in Shusha's social life, progressive for that time.

(1833 – 1918) — Azerbaijani poet, artist, astronomer, literary critic, painter, historian, calligrapher and musicologist who lived and worked in Shusha. Mir Mohsun Navvab, a person with a broad scientific knowledge, lived and worked in Shusha at a time when capitalist relations were sprouting everywhere in Azerbaijan and a new ideas was emerging. An outstanding musician, poet, painter, calligrapher, astrologer, chemist and mathematician, Mir Mohsun can be considered one of the last comrehensive scientists of the Middle Ages in terms of the content, level and volume of his works. That said, he always stood in the leading positions in Shusha's social life, progressive for that time.