List of sons and daughters of the city of Baku

The following list contains personalities born in Baku , listed chronologically by year of birth. The list does not claim to be complete.

To 1900

Zeynalabdin Taghiyev (1821/23 / 38–1924), industrialist and philanthropist
Arshak Adamjan (1884–1956), Armenian conductor, music critic and philosopher
Məhəmməd Əmin Rəsulzadə (1884–1955), statesman
Matwei Skobelew (1885–1938), Russian journalist, engineer, revolutionary, minister and Soviet politician
Artemi Chalatow (1894–1938), party official and publisher
Abram Gurwitsch (1897–1962), literary scholar, theater critic and chess composer
Vladimir Dekanasow (1898–1953), politician and diplomat

Nadezhda Alliluyeva (1901–1932), second wife of Josef Stalin
Sivar Mammadova (1902–1980), sculptor
Evgeni Mikeladze (1903–1937), Georgian conductor
Andreas Saks (1903–1983), Russian poet, writer and playwright for the German-speaking minority in the USSR
Banine , Umm-El-Banine Assadoulaeff (1905–1992), French writer
Essad Bey (1905–1942), German-speaking writer of Russian descent
Sara Aşurbəyli (1906–2001), historian and painter
Lew Landau (1908–1968), Soviet physicist and Nobel Prize winner
Mikayıl Müşfiq (1908–1939), poet
Max Black (1909–1988), American philosopher
Tamara Michailowna Butajewa (1912–1998), Soviet-Russian architect and urban planner
Jewgeni Feinberg (1912–2005), Russian theoretical physicist
Georgi Popow (1912–1974), Soviet weightlifter
Georges Candilis (1913–1995), Greek architect and urban planner
Weronika Dudarowa (1916–2009), Russian conductor
Qara Qarayev (1918–1982), composer
Vladimir Rochlin (1919–1984), Russian mathematician
Zecharia Sitchin (1920–2010), American best-selling author
Elbert Tuganov (1920–2007), Estonian animation film director

Lotfi Zadeh (1921–2017), inventor of fuzzy set theory and fuzzy logic
Grigori Jastrbenezki (* 1923), Russian sculptor
Emanuel Sarkisyanz (1923–2015), German university professor
Tofiq Bəhramov (1925–1993), football referee
Togrul Schachtinski (1925–2010), chemist
Mstislaw Rostropowitsch (1927–2007), Russian cellist, conductor, pianist, composer and humanist
Bella Davidovich (* 1928), American pianist
Yuri Konovalov (1929–2008), Soviet sprinter
Avet Terterjan (1929–1994), Armenian composer
Rada Biller (1930–2019), Russian economic geographer and German writer
Asa Rachmanowa (1932–2015), Soviet-Russian doctor, infectiologist, HIV expert and university lecturer
Boris Babajan (* 1933), computer architect of Armenian descent
Elmira Hüseynova (1933–1995), sculptor and painter
Arif Melikow (1933–2019), composer
Elmira Gafarova (1934–1993), politician
Oleg Peressypkin (* 1935), Soviet and Russian ambassador
Tatjana Satulowskaja (1935–2017), Russian chess player
Andrei Mirsabekow (1937–2003), Russian molecular biologist
Armais Sajadow (* 1937), Soviet wrestler
Elmira Suleimanowa (* 1937), chemist, university lecturer and women's rights activist
Ayaz Mütəllibov (* 1938), politician
Rustəm İbrahimbəyov (* 1939), writer, screenwriter and film producer
Vladimir Menshov (* 1939), Russian actor, director, film producer and screenwriter
Vaqif Mustafazadə (1940–1979), composer and pianist

Flora Kerimova (* 1941), singer and folk artist
Mueslüm Maqomayev (1942–2008), singer
Eduard Markarow (* 1942), Armenian football player and coach
Fərəc Qarayev (born 1943), composer
Arif Mirsojew (* 1944), composer, organist and pianist
Evgeni Petrossjan (* 1945), Russian comedian
Anatoli Banischewski (1946–1997), football player
Arkadi Andreasjan (* 1947), Armenian football coach
Firəngiz Əlizadə (* 1947), pianist and composer
Rita Pogossowa (* 1948), Russian table tennis player and trainer
Wagit Alekperow (* 1950), Russian entrepreneur of Azerbaijani origin
Mussa Manarov (* 1951), Soviet cosmonaut
Gasan Gusejnov (* 1953), Russian classical philologist, cultural historian, writer and university professor
Georgi Poltavchenko (* 1953), Russian politician and governor of Saint Petersburg
Swetlana Tatunz (* 1953), Russian ethnosociologist, conflict researcher
Dmitri Sitkowetski (* 1954), Russian violinist and conductor
Etibar Məmmədov (* 1955), politician
Telman Ismailow (* 1956), Azerbaijani-Russian entrepreneur
Alexander Grigorjan (* 1957), Armenian mathematician
Naila Mussajewa (* 1957), computer scientist and university professor
İsa Qəmbər (* 1957), politician
Elmar Məhərrəmov (* 1958), chess player
Çingiz Abdullayev (* 1959), writer
Əsgər Abdullayev (born 1960), football player
Elmar Məmmədyarov (* 1960), diplomat and politician
Elshad Nassirov (* 1960), entrepreneur and functionary

İlham Əliyev (* 1961), politician, incumbent President of Azerbaijan
Boris Korezki (* 1961), fencer
Alexander Portnow (* 1961), Soviet-Belarusian water diver, 1980 Olympic champion
Garri Kasparow (* 1963), Russian world chess champion and chess book author of Armenian origin, founder of the Russian extra-parliamentary opposition movement " Solidarnost "
David Gazarov (* 1965), jazz musician
İlqar Məmmədov (* 1965), fencer
Amina Figarova (* 1966), jazz musician
Andrei Lugowoi (* 1966), employee of the Soviet secret service
Petros Ovsepyan (* 1966), Armenian composer
Aziza Mustafa Zadeh (* 1969), composer, pianist and singer
Melikset Khachiyan (* 1970), chess player and trainer
Namig Abdullajew (* 1971), wrestler
Tərlan Əhmədov (* 1971), football player
Vladimir Hakobjan (* 1971), Armenian chess grandmaster
Aschot Nadanjan (* 1972), Armenian chess player and coach
Aslan Kərimov (* 1973), football player
Isabel dos Santos (* 1973), Angolan investor
Karina Asnawurjan (* 1974), Russian sword fencer
Anna Melikjan (* 1976), Armenian-Russian film director and producer
Svetlana Mosgowaja (* 1976), Russian handball player
Anna Karina Mosmann (* 1977), German dancer
Emil Sutovsky (* 1977), Israeli chess master
Elina Danieljan (* 1978), Armenian chess player
Anna Astvatsaturian Turcotte (* 1978), American author
Fərid Abbasov (* 1979), chess player and trainer
Emin Ağalarov (* 1979), singer
Henry David (* 1979), Israeli actor
Nigar Camal (born 1980), singer
Samir Cavadzadə (* 1980), singer

Rəşad Babayev (* 1981), chess player
Rəsul İbrahimov (* 1981), chess player
Fərid Mansurov (* 1982), wrestler
Rəşad Sadıqov (* 1982), football player
David Hajrapetjan (* 1983), Russian boxer of Armenian origin
Olga Grjasnowa (* 1984), German writer of Russian origin
Valeriya Korotenko (* 1984), volleyball player
Vüqar Həşimov (1986-2014), chess player
Dina Kagramanov (* 1986), chess player
Rövşən Bayramov (* 1987), wrestler
Jura Mowsisjan (* 1987), Armenian-American football player
Teymur Rəcəbov (* 1987), chess player
Rauf Məmmədov (* 1988), chess player
Sergei Petrosian (1988–2017), Russian weightlifter of Armenian origin
Vaqif Cavadov (* 1989), football player
Aysel Teymurzadə (* 1989), pop singer
Ramil Guliyev (* 1990), sprinter of Azerbaijani origin who has been racing for Turkey since 2011
Rufat Dadashov (born 1991), football player
Safura (* 1992), singer
Eltac Səfərli (* 1992), chess player
Ülvi Bacarani (* 1995), chess player