Born in Baku
Baku
Capital of Azerbaijan
Baku as a birthplace has produced a number of famous personalities of various fields (e.g. Russian chess grandmaster and activist, President of Azerbaijan since 2003, Soviet film director): Garry Kasparov, Ilham Aliyev, Vladimir Menshov and some more.
Celebrities from BakuCelebrities from Baku
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80 Mstislav Rostropovich
Russian cellist and conductor (1927-2007)
*March 27th, 1927 †April 27th, 2007, Moscow
59 Mehriban Aliyeva
Wife of Azerbaijan's president Ilham Aliyev, Vice President of Azerbaijan and Head of Heydar Aliyev Foundation
*August 26th, 1964
49 Richard Sorge
Soviet spy in Germany and Japan (1895－1944)
*October 4th, 1895 †November 7th, 1944, Sugamo Prison
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_Rustam_Karimov_at_rehearsal_1.jpg "Rustam Karimov")
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.jpg "Nijat Abasov")
81 Tatiana Zatulovskaya
Russian/Israeli chess player (1935-2017)
*December 8th, 1935 †July 2nd, 2017, Ashkelon.png "Anatoliy Banishevskiy")
51 Anatoliy Banishevskiy
Soviet footballer (1946-1997)
*February 23rd, 1946 †December 10th, 1997, Baku
.jpg "Araz Azimov")
45 Farid Gayibov
Azerbaijani community leader, President of the European Union of Gymnastics
*April 24th, 1979
54 Elkhan Nuriyev
Political scientist and a recognized expert on Eurasian affairs and regional security issues.
*May 15th, 1969.jpg "Elnur Amanov")
62 Rauf Mirgadirov
Azerbaijani journalist, and editor accused of spying for Armenia
*June 15th, 1961.jpg "Aysun Aliyeva")
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Nadezhda Alliluyeva
Second wife of Joseph Stalin
*September 22nd, 1901 †November 9th, 1932, Moscow 90
Zecharia Sitchin
American-Israeli author of Azerbaijani origin (1920-2010)
*July 11th, 1920 †October 9th, 2010, New York City 39
Vagif Mustafazadeh
Azerbaijani musician (1940-1979)
*March 16th, 1940 †December 16th, 1979, TashkentBirthdays of famous people
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