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Elmar Huseynov
male, deceased - Elmar Huseynov was an independent Azerbaijani journalist, widely known for his harsh criticism of Azerbaijani authorities, especially incumbent...
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Aziza Mustafa Zadeh
female - Aziza Mustafa Zadeh - also known as "The Princess of Jazz", or "Die Prinzessin des Jazz" or as "Jazziza", was born in Baku on December 19, 1969 and...
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Mstislav Rostropovich
male, deceased - Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich KBE, (March 27 1927 - April 27 2007), known to close friends as “Slava”, was a cellist and conductor. He was marr...
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Vagit Alekperov
male - Vagit Alekperov is currently a President of the leading Russian oil company LUKOIL. Vagit Alekperov, rated by Forbes magazine as the 48th richest...
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Muslim Magomayev
male - Muslim Mahammad oglu Magomayev (Azeri: "Müslüm Maqomayev"; Russian: "Муслим Магомаев"; born 17 August 1942 in Baku) is an Azerbaijani bari...
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Nariman Narimanov
male, deceased - Nariman Kerbalai Najaf oglu Narimanov (Azeri in full: Nəriman Kərbəlayi Nəcəf oğlu Nərimanov, Russian: Нариман Нариманов; April 2, 1870, Tbilisi...
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Samad Vurgun
male, deceased - Samad Vurgun, born Samad Vakilov was a prominent Azerbaijani and Soviet poet, honoured worker of arts of Azerbaijan SSR and a member of the Academy...
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Suleyman Rustam
male, deceased - Suleyman Rustam, (1906-1989) was an Azerbaijani poet. He was born in the Novkhani district of Baku. In the 1920s he graduated from the Baku State...
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Emil Sutovsky
male - Emil Sutovsky (born 19 September, 1977) is an Israeli chess Grandmaster. He is one of the several top chess grandmasters who were born in Baku,...
