Baku has produced a number of well-known physicists, chess players, family members, political leaders, vloggers and several other personalities from other spheres. Our list of famous people from Baku includes Lev Landau, Garry Kasparov, Nadezhda Alliluyeva, Ilham Aliyev, Mimi Ikonn, and many others.

Famous People Born In Baku

Garry KasparovGarry Kasparov
(Chess Player)

13 April 1963

Russian

Lev Landau Lev Landau
(Physicist)

22 January 1908

Russian

Nadezhda AlliluyevaNadezhda Alliluyeva
(Joseph Stalin’s Wife)

22 September 1901

Russian

Ilham AliyevIlham Aliyev
(Fourth President of Azerbaijan)

24 December 1961

Azerbaijani

Mimi IkonnMimi Ikonn
(YouTuber, Author, Entrepreneur)

25 July 1986

Azerbaijani,Canadian

Mstislav RostropovichMstislav Rostropovich
(Cellist, Conductor)

27 March 1927

Azerbaijani,American,Russian

Mehriban AliyevaMehriban Aliyeva
(Ophthalmologist, Politician, Physician)

26 August 1964

Azerbaijani

Lotfi A. ZadehLotfi A. Zadeh
(Mathematician, Engineer, Professor, Scientist, Computer scientist)

04 February 1921

Azerbaijani,American

Vagit AlekperovVagit Alekperov
(Entrepreneur, Engineer, Economist)

01 September 1950

Russian

Aras AgalarovAras Agalarov
(Author)

08 November 1955

Russian

Aysel TeymurzadehAysel Teymurzadeh
(Azerbaijani singer)

25 April 1989

Azerbaijani

Teimour RadjabovTeimour Radjabov
(Chess player)

12 March 1987

Azerbaijani

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Nigar JamalNigar Jamal
(Singer)

07 September 1980

Azerbaijani

Eldar GasimovEldar Gasimov
(Azerbaijani singer)

04 June 1989

Azerbaijani

Safura AlizadehSafura Alizadeh
(Singer)

20 September 1992

Azerbaijani

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