List of People's Artists of Azerbaijan

This is a list of People's Artists of Azerbaijan. Before 1990 the title was People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR.

1930s

1931

• Gurban Pirimov (1880—1965), tarist

1932

• Abbasov Hajiagha Muttalib oglu (1888-1975), theater actor, playwright
• Hovhannes Abelian (1865-1936), film and theater actor
• Huseyngulu Sarabski (1879-1945), opera singer (tenor)

1933

• Mirzaagha Aliyev (1883-1954), film and theater actor

1934

• Reinhold Glière (1875-1956), composer
• Shovkat Mammadova (1897-1981), opera singer
• Vasily Nikolsky (1882-1967), opera singer

1935

• Mary losifovna Zhasmen (1894-?), actress
• Vahram Papazian (1888-1968), actor

1936

• Marziyya Davudova (1901-1962), actress
• Abbas Mirza Sharifzadeh (1893-1938), theater actor and director
• Alexander Tuganov, director

1937

• Uzeyir Hajibeyov (1885-1948), composer, conductor, writer, columnist, playwright and teacher

1938

• Huseynagha Hajibababeyov (1898-1972), singer
• Agha Javadov (1894-1981), actor
• Ruhulla Sidgi (1886-1959), actor

1940s

1940

• Alasgar Alakbarov (1910-1963), film and theater actor
• Aghasadyg Garaybeyli (1897-1988), film and theater actor
• Fatma Mukhtarova (1893 or 1898-1972), opera singer

1943

• Gamar Almaszadeh (1915-2006), ballerina
• Rza Afganly (1899-1973), film and theater actor
• Adil Rza Iskenderov (1912-1978), director, film and theater actor
• Kazim Zia (1896-1956), film and theater actor, director
• Mustafa Mardanov, film and theater actor
• Hagigat Rzayeva (1907-1969), opera singer

1946

• Alexei L. Gripich (1891-1983), theater director

1947

• Barat Shakinskaya (1914-1999), theater and film actress

1948

• Ismail Osman Osmanli (1902-1978), film and theater actor

1949

• Heydar Velikhanli (1899-?), film and theater actor
• Sona Salman Hajiyev (1907-1979), actress
• Dagestanly (1907-1980), actor
• Movsun Sanani (1900-1981), actor
• Alexander Andriasovich Hovhannisyan (1895-1949), actor of theater
• Eugene Nikitichna Olenski (1900-1959), actress

1950s

1951

• Rashid Behbudov (1915-1989), opera singer

1954

• Aliagha Aghayev (1913-1983), film and theater actor
• Arkady Nikolayevich Arzumanyan (1898-1985), film and theater actor
• Suraya Sadraddin Qajar (1910-1992), singer

1955

• Gurgen M. Harutyunyan (1905-?), theater actor
• Niyazi (1912-1984), composer and conductor

1956

• Vladimir Vladimirovich Otradinsky (1904-1971), theater actor

1957

• Said Rustamov (1907-1983), composer, teacher and conductor

1958

• Fikret Amirov (1922-1984), composer
• Leyla Vakilova (1927-1999), ballerina
• Gara Garayev (1918-1982), composer
• Mehdi Asadullah Mamedov (1918-1985), actor and director

1959

• Alibala Abdullah Abdullayev (b. 1915), dancer and choreographer
• Leyla Badirbeyli (1920-1999), film actress
• Amina Dilbazi (1919-2010), dancer

1960s

1960

• Lutfali Abdullayev (1914-1973), theater and film actor
• Afrasiyab Badalbeyli (1907-1976), composer, conductor, writer and musicologist
• Soltan Hajibeyov (1919-1974), composer
• Hokuma Gurbanova (1913-1988), film actress

1962

• Nina Ovanesovna Osipyan (b. 1913), actress

1963

• Jahangir Jahangirov (1921-1992), composer, conductor and choirmaster

1964

• Frangiz Yusif Akhmedov (1928-2011), opera singer
• Shamsi Badalbeyli (1911-1986), theater director
• Rauf Hajiyev (1922-1995), composer
• Tofig Guliyev (1917-2000), composer, pianist and conductor

See also

• People's Artist
• Azerbaijan SSR