page_title: List of Azerbaijanis
section_title: Armenia
hierarchical_section_title: List of Azerbaijanis / Armenia
caption_attribution_description: English: Avaz Alakbarov ex-Minister of Finance of Azerbaijan Republic
context_page_description: Azerbaijanis or Azeris are a Turkic people. Azerbaijanis are predominantly Shia Muslims living throughout Caucasus, northern Iran and eastern Turkey. Traditionally, Azerbaijanis live in Azerbaijan, Iran, Russia, Turkey and Georgia.
  Regardless of ethnicity or emigration, this list also includes famous natives of Azerbaijan, as well as people who were born elsewhere but spent most of their active life in Azerbaijan. Some Azerbaijanis were born in one country, but gained fame in another. Here, they are indicated only by place of birth. This list also includes people who have at least one parent of Azerbaijani origin.
caption: Avaz Alakbarov, ex-Minister of Finance of Azerbaijan Republic
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