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
20th century
1901 to 1920
- 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
1921 to 1940
- 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
1941 to 1960
- 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
1961 to 1980
- 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
1981 to 2000
- 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