We talked about the beauties of Iran, Egypt and other countries, it's time to look at our beauties and beauties.

Day.Az presents a selection of the world's most famous singers, models, actresses who have Azerbaijani roots.

Sami Yusif - British singer, composer, instrumentalist, performer of Islamic religious songs. Born in July 1980 in Tehran. His parents are ethnic Azerbaijanis. Sami Yusuf became the second singer in the world in terms of the number of albums sold and video views on YouTube.

Timur Rodriguez ( real name- Kerimov) - Russian showman, singer, television and radio host, actor, participant in KVN television projects, Comedy Club, One to One, Showa Stgowan and "Southern Butovo", host of the programs "Crocodile", "Sexy Chart", "Dancing without Rules", "National Geographic". Born in Penza on October 14, 1979, in the family of an actor puppet theater Mikail Kerimov, an Azerbaijani, and Jewish Zlata Efimovna Levina, translator, teacher of German and English.

Rustam Dzhabrailov- Actor and model. Born on June 8, 1986 in the city of Lugansk, in an Azerbaijani family. Winner of the competition "The Best Model Of Azerbaijan 2006". Held in Istanbul international competition male models in December 2007, Rustam won the championship title as the best male model "The Best Model of the World 2007" among 90 participants from all over the world. After that, Rustam was offered to act in Turkey in films and TV series. He worked with companies such as Nissan, Samsung, Brioni, Gucci, " Yves Saint Laurent", "D&G", "Marc Ecko", "Çinici Collection", "Century 21", etc.

Robert Hossein- French theater and film actor, director, producer, artistic director theater "Marigny" (Paris). Hossein's greatest success as an actor was in the role of Geoffrey de Peyrac in the film adaptations of the novels by Anne and Serge Golon about Angélique, where Michel Mercier became his partner. Born December 30, 1927 in Paris. His father, violinist and composer André Hossein (born Aminulla Husseinov, 1905-1983), of Azerbaijani (paternal) and Tajik (maternal) origin, was from Samarkand.

Paniz Yousefzade- Canadian model with Azerbaijani roots, Miss Universe Canada 2010 finalist. Born in Tehran, at the age of 10 she moved with her family to Vancouver.

Bahare Kian Afshar is an Iranian actress. Belongs to the Afshars, which are considered a sub-ethnos of Azerbaijanis.

Sarah Shahi- American actress and fashion model. Father - Iranian Azerbaijani, mother - Spanish.

Andrea Karimli (Mantea)- Romanian fashion model Azerbaijani origin.

Nesrin Javadzadeh- a native Azerbaijani, a well-known actress in Turkey. At the age of 11, she moved to Turkey and now works in Turkish cinema.



Bianca Balti- famous Italian model. The father of the star of the world catwalks is Italian, and his mother is from Azerbaijan.

Aylar Dianati Lee- Norwegian fashion model and actress. By nationality - Iranian Azerbaijani.

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Ten Azerbaijani performers who conquered the USSR - PHOTO

All-Union fame, tours, full houses and applause from fans accompanied popular Azerbaijani performers, who undoubtedly contributed to the development of Soviet musical culture. Magomaev, Beibutov, Bulbul and many others - their voices were among the most powerful and recognizable, and the whole country sang their songs.

According to Oxu Az, the Moscow-Baku portal presents the ten most popular artists from Azerbaijan, whose names conquered the entire Soviet Union.

1. Muslim Magomayev

In the 70s of the last century, there was no equal in popularity to the opera and pop singer Muslim Magomayev. Television and radio constantly played his songs "Evening on the Road", "Blue Taiga", "Beauty Queen" and many others. For the first time, Muslim spoke at professional level in the Song and Dance Ensemble of the Baku Military District in 1961, and a year later he was sent to the World Youth Festival in Helsinki. At the same time, in the Kremlin Palace of Congresses, the singer won all-Union fame by performing at the festival of Azerbaijani art. After an internship at Italian opera"La Scala" was waiting for him on tour in Paris, where the director of the famous "Olympia" will offer him a contract for several years. However, the Ministry of Culture of the USSR was against it - Magomayev was indispensable at government concerts. At the age of 31, the singer became not only the "People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR", but also the "People's Artist of the USSR". The peak of Muslim Magomayev's musical career falls on the 60-70s. The singer collected stadiums throughout the USSR, he was enthusiastically accepted by the largest concert and opera scenes peace. On October 25, 2008, Muslim Magometovich died, he was buried in Baku on the Alley of Honor.

2. Rashid Behbudov

People's Artist of the USSR, laureate of State Prizes, Hero of Socialist Labor Rashid Behbudov had many awards, but the greatest title for him was the love of the people. He will forever remain in the memory of millions of people as a sunny singer from sunny Azerbaijan. Rashid Medzhidovich devoted his life to music, and his voice became national treasure Azerbaijan. He went on tour in almost all countries of the world, and in each of them he always sang in the language of the people where he performed. He sang in seventy languages ​​of the world and equally virtuoso performed pop hits and opera arias, introducing some of his own, Rashid's handwriting into them. His talent was limitless, and his fame went far beyond the borders of the USSR - he sang in front of Indira Gandhi, Mao Dze Dun and Iranian Shah Mahomet Reza Pahlavi. The great tenor was awarded the highest Soviet award - the title of Hero of Socialist Labor, and in his younger years received the title of People's Artist Soviet Union. He died in 1989 in Moscow after an unsuccessful surgical operation, was buried in the Alley of Honor in Baku.

3. Bulbul

For rare musical gift already in childhood, he was given the nickname "Bulbul", which means "nightingale" in Azerbaijani. It later became his stage name. The real name of the Soviet opera singer (lyric-dramatic tenor), musicologist-folklorist and teacher, People's Artist of the USSR was Murtuza Mamedov. He was born on June 22, 1897 in the village of Khanbagy, Elizavetpol province, which was part of Russian Empire. Bulbul decided to get an education at the Moscow Conservatory, after which he went to the Italian La Scala. Returning to his homeland, the tenor performed at the Azerbaijan Opera and Ballet Theater and surprised the audience with his magnificent performances. By that time feature his performance was a combination of Azerbaijani folk motives with Italian classical traditions of operatic singing. He is called the founder of the Azerbaijani national musical theater, his merits were also invaluable in the study and publication of folk musical creativity. He was awarded the title of People's Artist of the USSR, was a laureate of the Stalin Prize, the Orders of the Red Banner of Labor and the Badge of Honor, as well as the Italian Star of Garibaldi. In 1961, two months before the death of the singer, his concert took place in the Karabakh Shusha, which was attended by thousands of spectators. This was the last performance of the talented Azerbaijani performer.

4. Polad Bulbul ogly

Polad Bul-Bul ogly is the son of the famous Bulbul. It was his father who brought Polad to the stage for the first time as an accompanist. He graduated from the Baku Conservatory in the composition class, and having started writing songs at the age of 17, he became a propagandist of Azerbaijani culture, toured the USSR and many countries of the world. Polad Bul-Bul ogly is considered the founder of a new direction on the stage, connecting national traditions in music with modern rhythms. His songs were performed famous singers USSR - Iosif Kobzon, Lev Leshchenko and others. He also tried himself as an actor ("Tales of the Russian Forest", "Do not be afraid, I'm with you", "Park of the Soviet period", etc.), but still music brought him great fame. The composer wrote symphonic works, musicals, music for films and performances. In 1969 he was admitted to the Union of Composers of the USSR and the Union of Cinematographers of the USSR. In 2000, the Bul-Bul ogly star was opened on the "Star Square" in Moscow. For many years, Polad Bul-Bul oglu was the Minister of Culture of Azerbaijan, and since 2006 he has been appointed the Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Russia.

5. Ensemble "Gaya"

"Gaya" was a cult ensemble of the 60s in the Soviet Union, which performed not only Western songs, but also actively promoted Azerbaijani music. This "quartet" was somewhat similar to English group The Beatles, however, with all this they had their own unique style. First widespread recognition vocal group received during the I All-Union competition for best performance Soviet song in Moscow in 1966. Since then, the quartet, consisting of Arif Hajiyev, Rauf Babayev, Teymur Mirzoyev and Lev Elisavetsky, has traveled all over the USSR. And wherever they were, they were accompanied by success and full houses, because it was the only quartet in the Union that performed jazz. The generation of the "sixties" probably remembers and popular program"Gaya" called "Lights big city". It was a project that took the breath away with its names alone: ​​director Mark Rozovsky and Julius Gusman, costume designer Slava Zaitsev, satirist Lion Izmailov. In fact, the quartet was also lucky to collaborate with the best Soviet orchestras - Leonid Utyosov, Oleg Lundstrem, Vadim Ludvikovsky. With the collapse of the USSR, they disintegrated and creative teams including Gaia. The ensemble stopped touring, and eventually broke up.

6. Zeynab Khanlarova

At the end of last year, the People's Artist of the USSR and Azerbaijan Zeynab Khanlarova celebrated her 80th birthday. it legendary singer occupies a special place in the history of Azerbaijani art, because it was thanks to her work that many national compositions were known all over the world.

Laureate of the State Prize of the Azerbaijan SSR (1985), she was awarded the Honorary Prize "Golden Disc" of the All-Union Recording Company "Melody" for recordings of Azerbaijani songs and songs of the peoples of the East. Long years she performed parts in opera productions, and was also famous performer mugham. Thus, among Azerbaijani women-khanende she is the first performer of the mugham "Chakhargah". However, she achieved the greatest success in the pop genre and in her more than 50-year-old musical career Zeynab Khanlarova visited with concerts about fifty countries of the world. Filmed about her documentary Hello Zeinab! Zeynab Khanlarova is the owner of numerous awards. The last was the honorary order of "Heydar Aliyev", awarded to her by the President of Azerbaijan for her special merits in the development of the country's culture.

7. Shovket Alekperova

Wherever this appears beautiful woman She drew admiring glances. Shovket Alekperova became a legend during her lifetime, who was able to win the love of fans of her talent for deep emotionality and lyricism, characteristic of her performing style. In 1937, she won a singing competition, where her talent was evaluated by the composer Uzeyir Gadzhibekov and the singer Bulbul. After her brilliant performance of the composition "Karabakh shikestesi", Hajibeyov accepted Alekperova into the newly created Azerbaijan state choir, in which she began her professional career as a singer. During the years of the Great Patriotic War, Alekperova went on tour to the front, singing patriotic songs and often speaking up to fifty times a day. By the 1950s, she was recognized as the most popular performer Azerbaijani folk and pop songs. For my creative career Alekperova has toured more than 20 countries in Europe, Asia and Africa. When the legendary singer passed away in 1993, she was given a state funeral broadcast live on TV.

8. Lutfiyar Imanov

Soviet Opera singer, National artist USSR Lutfiyar Imanov was prominent representative Azerbaijani vocal school. For many years of his creative life, he performed dozens of parts of the world tenor repertoire in the best theaters peace. And the first serious works of the vocalist were parts in the performances of the Azerbaijan Musical Comedy Theater. The main roles in the operettas "Arshin Mal Alan", "Mashadi Ibad", "Haji Gara", "Ulduz" became a serious school for the young vocalist. In 1958, at the Decade of Azerbaijani Literature and Art in Moscow, he became the performer of the part of Koroglu in the opera of the same name and conquered everyone with his brilliant performance. Later, he had the happy opportunity to do an internship at Bolshoi Theater in Moscow and the Milanese opera La Scala, and at the cost of enormous labor, he became a performer of the most complex parts of the world opera. The Moscow critic Florensky, after meeting with Imanov, noted: “Not all singers can so easily and freely move from one school to another. It is remarkable that Imanov surprisingly clean intonation and pronounces texts in Azerbaijani, Russian and Italian. In my opinion, he immaculately performed Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, conveying the very spirit of the classical romance. Son Azerbaijani people, he deeply feels the nature of Russian musical culture. The departure of the 79-year-old tenor in 2008 was a great loss for Azerbaijani culture.

9. Fidan and Khuraman Kasimovs

Two sisters, two sopranos - they glorified Azerbaijan throughout the USSR. Duet opera divas, People's Artists of the USSR Fidan and Khuraman Kasimov were awarded the highest awards and titles. Graduates of the Moscow Conservatory to this day are the stars of the Azerbaijani and world scenes, write music, give concerts, and always go on stage together. 1977 was marked great success- Fidan received gold medal international competition in Italy, her sister Khuraman became a laureate of the Transcaucasian and All-Union competitions of young vocalists. And in 1981, Khuraman also won the "Grand Prix" of the Maria Callas International Competition in Athens. The Kasimovs created a gallery of unforgettable images of world, Russian and Azerbaijani opera classics - Desdemona in Othello, Mikaela in Carmen and Tatiana in Eugene Onegin, toured all over the world, and more than once performed with the Moscow symphony orchestra Moscow Virtuosos. Today they have their own school where they share their secrets operatic art and conducts master classes.

10. Emin Babaev

Honored Artist of Russia, Azerbaijani singer Emin Babaev became famous in the 80s of the last century. He was born in Baku, where he graduated from the Gadzhibekov Conservatory in the violin class, and in parallel with his studies he worked as a soloist-vocalist at the Song Theater under the direction of Rashid Behbudov. Later, Babaev moved to Moscow, where he collaborated with the largest concert organization Moskontsert. Many probably remember his duet with singer Irina Malgina - one of the couple's main hits was the song "City Flowers". In 1993, he was awarded the title of Honored Artist of Russia. composers, many of whom were written specifically for Babaev.

ROYA AYKHAN- in addition to music, the singer is well versed in jurisprudence, as she is a graduate of the Faculty of International Law of the Baku state university. By the way, Roya participated in the torch relay of the First European Games. And recently, Roya performed the composition in Russian "Mom" with her son Hussein.

SABINA BABAYEVA- the singer took fourth place in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 with the song "When The Music Dies". Sabina's father is a military man, and his mother is a pianist. Sabina Babayeva together with Farid Mammadov opened the closing ceremony of the First European Games by singing the Anthem of Azerbaijan. Sabina Babayeva and her husband, director Javidan Sharifov, are expecting their first child.

AYGUN KYAZIMOVA- People's Artist, one of the most popular singers Azerbaijan, which even performed at the Bolshoi Kremlin Hall in Moscow. Aygun is often compared with the world famous singer Beyoncé. By the way, the star does not spare money for lavish birthday celebrations. Aygun is a regular participant television shows and fashion show guest.

NURA SURI- Singer and TV presenter, she composes songs herself and is well educated. Nura Suri was born in a military family, the father and mother of the singer are veterans of the Karabakh war. Two books have even been published about the life and exploits of the singer's parents. Recently, the children of the Azerbaijani singer became national champions in jiu-jitsu among children and youths. AT recent times Noora took up boxing seriously. According to the mother of three children, boxing is a familiar sport for her.

BRILLIANT DADASHEV - pop singer and TV presenter was born in the family of an architect. After the collapse of the USSR and the independence of Azerbaijan, Brilliant became the first singer to represent Azerbaijan in Russia, performing with solo concerts in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Recently, the singer released another album of her songs, calling it "My World".

Nigar Jamal- Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. Nigar holds a Diploma in Economics and Management. At the opening ceremony of the First European Games in Baku, Nigar sang in the choir at the main sports arena when the Anthem of the Republic of Azerbaijan was performed. And recently, the singer presented a new clip "Broken Dreams", dedicated to the tragedy in Khojaly.

SEVDA YAHIAEVA- the singer admits that her childhood was not easy, she had to earn money and help her family. From the age of 15, the singer worked in one of the restaurants in the show program and did not even imagine that she would become famous. However, all these events are early childhood forced her to think in an adult way and tempered.

IRADA IBRAGIMOVA- the singer will become a mother for the second time. “To be a mother to a woman is the most light feeling. I am grateful to God that I experienced this feeling, ”Irada shares her opinion. Today, the singer and her husband live in Istanbul and are raising their daughter.

BAKU, April 28 - News-Azerbaijan, Ali Mammadov. AMI News-Azerbaijan offers the top 11 greatest Azerbaijanis of the 20th century:

1. Heydar Aliyev- Soviet and Azerbaijani state, party and political figure. President of Azerbaijan from 1993 to 2003. Double Hero Socialist Labor. Founder of modern Azerbaijan statehood.

2. Mammad Emin Rasulzade- Outstanding writer, political and public figure. Founder of the Azerbaijan Republic.

3. Haji Zeynalabdin Tagiyev- Azerbaijani millionaire and philanthropist, real state adviser. In some works of historians and biographers, he is mainly referred to as a "great benefactor". He has made donations to charitable causes all over the world.

4. Rashid Behbudov- Soviet Azerbaijani pop and opera singer ( lyric tenor), an actor. Born in Tiflis (now Tbilisi, Georgia) in the family of a famous folk singer-khanende from Shusha. People's Artist of the USSR. Hero of Socialist Labor.

5. Lutfi Zadeh- Azerbaijani mathematician and logician, founder of fuzzy set theory and fuzzy logic, professor at the University of California (Berkeley). He was born on February 4, 1921 in the village of Novkhani, Azerbaijan.

6. Muslim Magomayev- Soviet, Azerbaijani and Russian opera and pop singer (baritone), composer. People's Artist of the USSR and Azerbaijan. Born in Baku. Grandson of Abdul-Muslim Magomayev, an Azerbaijani composer who is one of the founders of the Azerbaijani classical music whose name is the Azerbaijan State Philharmonic.

7. Mustafa Topchibashev- Soviet surgeon, academician of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences, vice-president of the Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijan SSR. Author of over 160 scientific works which are still used by world surgery. He was awarded four Orders of Lenin during his lifetime.

8. Hazi Aslanov - Soviet military leader, Guards Major General, twice Hero of the Soviet Union. Streets, schools, higher educational institutions are named in his honor in the CIS countries.

9. Kerim Kerimov- the founders of the Soviet space program, who made a significant contribution to space exploration. For many years he was a central figure in the Soviet cosmonautics. But despite his important role, his identity was kept secret from the public for most of his career. Hero of Socialist Labor, laureate of the Stalin, Lenin and State Prizes of the USSR.

10. Bulbul- People's and opera singer (tenor), one of the founders of the Azerbaijani national musical theater, People's Artist of the USSR.

11. Kara Karaev- composer and teacher, People's Artist of the USSR, laureate Stalin Prizes, holder of the orders of Lenin, the October Revolution, the Red Banner of Labor. One of the largest figures of Azerbaijani culture of the post-war period.

39th place: Namig Garachukhurlu- singer, actor, performs meykhana (Azerbaijani folk musical and poetic creativity, original recitative improvisations, rhythmic poetry, similar to modern rap). Born on November 8, 1978 in Baku.

38th place: Rovshan Askerov- journalist, player of the television game “What? Where? When?" (winner of the main prize of this game - a crystal owl), a former sports columnist for the Sport-Express newspaper. Since July 2009 - PR director of the "Baku" magazine. Born on May 4, 1972 in Baku. The first laureate of the IAC Award “What? Where? When?" in the nomination "Person of the Year" (2003) for participation in the organization of the world championships.

37th place: Ruslan Abyshev- Azerbaijani football player. Born on October 10, 1987 in Baku. Azerbaijan national team player. He played in such clubs as Neftchi, Khazar-Lenkoran, Denizlispor and Rubin. Now he plays in the Gabala club. Height 187 cm.

35th place: Farid Mammadov- singer. Born on August 30, 1991 in Baku. He represented Azerbaijan at the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 with the song "Hold Me" and took 2nd place with 234 points. In addition to music, Farid Mammadov is also fond of sports. He is seriously engaged in Greco-Roman wrestling, which is the national sport in Azerbaijan, as well as the Brazilian martial art of capoeira (he even taught this sport discipline). Farid's mother - Maya Mammadova - silver medalist championship of the USSR in gymnastics, and his father, Asif Mammadov, is a master of sports in judo.

34th place: Alexander Samedov- Russian football player, midfielder of the Moscow Lokomotiv and the Russian national team. Master of Sports of Russia. Born July 19, 1984 in Moscow. Azeri father, Russian mother. Height 177 cm.

33rd place: Farid Hasanov- singer. Born on April 9, 1994 in Baku. Winner song contest"Turkvision-2013".

32nd place: Emin Garibov- Russian gymnast, captain of the Russian national gymnastics team. Specialist in performances on the crossbar and uneven bars. Honored Master of Sports of Russia. Born on September 8, 1990 in Moscow.

31st place: Ilkin Gasani- popular TV and radio host, actor. Born October 21, 1983.

29th place: Elnur Huseynov- singer. Born on March 7, 1987 in Ashgabad in the family of a military man (father) and a theoretical musician (mother). In 2003, he won the Sing Your Song TV competition. Elnur represented Azerbaijan at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Belgrade with the song "Day after Day" in a duet with another performer Samir Javadzade.

28th place: Zabit Samedov- Belarusian kickboxer of Azerbaijani origin, fighting from the club "Patriot" (Minsk, Belarus) under the nickname "Mowgli". Born June 21, 1984 in the village. Jandari, Georgia. Height 183 cm.

26th place: Eldar Gasimov(sometimes his last name is given as Kasimov) - Azerbaijani singer, actor, winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 (in a duet with). Born on June 4, 1989 in Baku. On the paternal side, he is a descendant of famous Azerbaijani Soviet actors: his great-grandmother - Tatar by origin, Marziya Davudova, People's Artist of the USSR, great-grandfather - theater actor and one of the first Azerbaijani film directors Abbas-Mirza Sharifzade, Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR, and his grandmother - Firangiz Sharifova, People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR.

Nigar Jamal and Eldar Gasimov

25th place: Azer Atakishiyev- model and actor. Born on December 6, 1990 in Baku. Height is 190 cm. In 2008 he became the champion of Azerbaijan in wrestling "Pankration". Winner of the competition "The Best Model Of Azerbaijan 2010". Currently working with the brand "Louisa Models" in Germany.

24th place: Emin Agalarov- Russian entrepreneur, vice president of the Crocus Group, singer, musician, organizer of the Miss Universe 2013 contest in Moscow (she took part in this contest for the first time in history). Emin Agalarov is better known by his stage name- Emin. Born on December 12, 1979 in Baku.

23rd place: Enver Sadigov- Musician and harmonist. Honored Artist of Azerbaijan. Born on April 30, 1966 in Baku.

22nd place: Balash Kasumov- player of the television game “What? Where? When?". The owner of a crystal and diamond owl. Born on October 20, 1978 in Baku. Currently, he is the host and general producer of the TV game “What? Where? When?" in Azerbaijan, the head of the production center GameTV.az.

20th place: Garagan- musician, rapper, writer, journalist. Real name Elkhan Zeynalli. Member of the Writers' Union of Azerbaijan. Born on April 3, 1986 in Baku. At the beginning, he sang as a member of the H.O.S.T group, and since 2012 he has continued his solo career.

19th place: Elnur Abbasov- Actor, model. An artist by education.

18th place: Chingiz Mustafaev- Azerbaijani singer, guitarist. Winner music show"Yeni Ulduz 7" (" New star", 2007, Baku). He composes his own songs, mainly on the guitar, as well as the words to them. He is fond of the Spanish school of playing the guitar.

17th place: Timur Rodriguez(real name - Kerimov) - Russian showman, singer, television and radio host, actor, participant in the television projects KVN, Comedy Club, One to One, ShowaStgouon and Yuzhnoye Butovo, host of the programs Crocodile, Sexy Chart, Dancing Without Rules, " National Geographic". Born in Penza on October 14, 1979, in the family of puppet theater actor Mikail Kerimov, an Azerbaijani and Zlata Efimovna Levina, translator, teacher of German and English.

16th place: Sami Yusif / Sami Yusuf- British singer, composer, instrumentalist, performer of Islamic religious songs. Born in July 1980 in Tehran. His parents are ethnic Azerbaijanis. Sami Yusuf became the second singer in the world in terms of the number of albums sold and video views on YouTube.

15th place: Timur Badalbeyli - Russian actor theater and cinema, Honored Artist of Russia. Born July 5, 1973. By nationality - Azerbaijani. Timur's father, Azerbaijani poet and translator Ilham Badalbeyli.

14th place: Elchin Safarli- Writer, journalist. Born on March 12, 1984 in Baku. Writes in Russian, talking about Eastern traditions, culture and life, love.

13th place: Firdovsi Atakishiyev- presenter, theater and film actor. Honored Artist of Azerbaijan, Artist of the Azerbaijan State Russian Drama theater. Born June 7, 1970.

12th place: Shamil Suleimanov- actor. Honored Artist of Azerbaijan. Born on May 1, 1955 in Baku.

11th place: Telman Adygozalov- Soviet and Azerbaijani theater and film actor, presenter, People's Artist of Azerbaijan. Born on July 17, 1953 in Balakan (Azerbaijan), died on April 15, 2010 in Baku.

10th place: Rafael Dadashev- Actor, Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR, People's Artist of Azerbaijan. Born on January 4, 1946 in Nakhichevan (Azerbaijan). His father Melik Dadashev was famous actor, People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR.

9th place: Behruz Vosugi- famous Iranian actor of Azerbaijani origin. Born March 10, 1937 in Khoy, Iran.

8th place: Siyavush Shafiyev- actor. Born on September 1, 1937 in Fizuli, died on November 24, 2001.

7th place: Rustam Dzhabrailov- Actor and model. Born on June 8, 1986 in the city of Lugansk, in an Azerbaijani family. Winner of the competition "The Best Model Of Azerbaijan 2006". Rustam won the title of the best male model "The Best Model of the World 2007" among 90 participants from all over the world at the international competition of male models held in Istanbul in December 2007. After that, Rustam was offered to act in films and TV shows in Turkey. Worked with such companies as Nissan, Samsung, Brioni, Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, D&G, Marc Ecko, Çinici Collection, Century 21 and others. covers of Viral fashion magazine, Time Out magazine, New York magazine, Psychology Today, Wedding magazine, Details magazine, Dew magazine, New York magazine, Vouge magazine . Height 193 cm.

6th place: Polad Bul-Bul ogly- Soviet and Azerbaijani pop singer, composer and actor. Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR, People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR, Minister of Culture of Azerbaijan (1988-2006), Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Azerbaijan to Russian Federation(since 2006), professor in the specialty "music", doctor of art history of the National Creative Academy of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Polad Bul-Bul Ogly was born on February 4, 1945 in Baku in the family of the People's Artist of the USSR, singer Murtuza Mammadov, who received the nickname Bulbul (“nightingale”).

5th place: Robert Hossein- French theater and film actor, director, producer, artistic director of the Marigny Theater (Paris). Hossein's greatest success as an actor was in the role of Geoffrey de Peyrac in the film adaptations of the novels by Anne and Serge Golon about Angélique, where Michel Mercier became his partner. Born December 30, 1927 in Paris. His father, violinist and composer André Hossein (born Aminulla Husseinov, 1905-1983), of Azerbaijani (paternal) and (maternal) origin, was from Samarkand. Before the First World War, Andre Hossein lived for some time in Moscow, then went to Germany, where he met a pianist and comedian theater actress of Jewish origin Anna Minevskaya, whose family left Russia after the October Revolution of 1917. Together the couple settled in Paris.

4th place: Rashid Beibudov- Soviet, Azerbaijani pop and opera singer (lyric tenor), actor. People's Artist of the USSR. Hero of Socialist Labor. Rashid Behbudov was born on December 1, 1915 in Tbilisi. His father - Majid Behbudov - was a famous folk singer-khanende from Shushi. Mother - Firuza Vekilova - was a teacher of the Russian language, as well as the head of the drama circle in the Tiflis club.

3rd place: Muslim Magomaev(August 17, 1944, Baku - October 25, 2008, Moscow) - an outstanding Soviet, Azerbaijani and Russian opera and pop singer (baritone), composer, actor. People's Artist of the USSR. His father is Magomet Magomaev, theater artist, died at the front, mother - Aishet Magomaeva ( stage name- Kinzhalova), dramatic actress, Stalin scholarship holder. Paternal grandfather - Abdul Muslim Magomayev, an Azerbaijani composer, whose name is the Azerbaijan State Philharmonic, is one of the founders of Azerbaijani classical music. About the origin of the mother, Muslim Magomayev wrote that she was born in Maikop, her father was a Turk by nationality, and her mother was half Adyghe, half Russian. About the origin of his father, he said that his mother was (his grandmother Bagdagul-Jamal was sister Ali and Khanafi Teregulovs), and it is not known who the ancestors of his father were by origin. Journalist Said-Khamzat Gerikhanov writes in one of his articles that his father's ancestors were from the Chechen tukkhum teip Shotoi. Muslim Magomayev himself always considered himself an Azerbaijani, and said about citizenship: “ Azerbaijan is my father, Russia is my mother».

From an interview with Muslim Magomayev:

"It is not known what nationality my father is. According to a family legend, his grandfather, the blacksmith Mohammed, was kidnapped as a foolish child by the famous Shamil, who rode through the mountains and believed that the problems of the Caucasus could be solved only by mixing it numerous nations. To do this, he took small children and transported them from one village to another. As a result, my great-grandfather ended up in Grozny, and where he was brought from remains a mystery. (...) In the Kremlin Palace of Congresses, there was a government concert dedicated to some regular anniversary, and now I look, before going on stage, where the dressing room and the ballerinas are warming up, Makhmud [Esambaev] is standing, telling something enthusiastically, and there are a lot of people around. He saw me and was delighted: “Here is Muslim. Tell me, what is your nationality? I answered: “Azerbaijani”, and all in unison: “Wow!”. He flared up: “Are you not proud that you are a Chechen?” “Hmm, where did you get that from? - I ask. - Do you know where my great-grandfather is from, where are his roots? This is firstly, and secondly, forgive me, my grandmother is a Tatar, my mother has God knows how many bloodlines, so who should I consider myself?"(http://www.bulvar.com.ua/arch/2008/44/4910d04a1a624/

2nd place: Gunduz Abbasov(November 20, 1930, Baku - 1995) - actor, writer, artist and translator. The son of the famous playwright Shamsaddin Abbasov. He was married to actress Ofelia Mammadzadeh.

1 place: Rasim Balaev- Soviet and Azerbaijani actor, People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR. Rasim Balaev was born on August 8, 1948 in the city of Akhsu (Azerbaijan). Known for his charismatic roles in the films Nasimi and Babek.