20 Notable alumni of Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University
Updated: June 03, 2026 EliteDegrees
Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University is ranked #8,981 in the world and #15 in Azerbaijan by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 20 notable alumni from Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Bagrat Ulubabyan
1925-2001 (aged 76)
historian
writer
Bagrat Arshaki Ulubabyan was an Armenian writer and historian, known most prominently for his work on the histories of Nagorno-Karabakh and Artsakh.
2. Sharif Aghayar
1976-. (aged 50)
writer
opinion journalist
Sharif Aghayar is an Azerbaijani writer.
3. Abulhasan
1906-1986 (aged 80)
writer
Abulhasan Alibaba oglu Alakbarzadeh was a Soviet Azerbaijani writer known under the pen- name Abulhasan, People's Writer of Azerbaijan (1979).
4. Yosef Shagal
1949-. (aged 77)
politician
television presenter
writer
diplomat
journalist
Yosef Shagal is an Israeli politician and former journalist, of Azerbaijani Jewish origin. He served as a member of the Knesset for the Russian-immigrant dominated Yisrael Beiteinu between 2006 and 2009. From 2012 until 2015, he was the ambassador of Israel to Belarus.
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5. Gular Ahmadova
1965-. (aged 61)
mathematician
politician
Gular Mikayil qizi Ahmadova, née Aliyeva (born 20 August 1965 in Baku), is a retired Azerbaijani politician, former member of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan and former member of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party.
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6. Salahaddin Kazimov
1920-1978 (aged 58)
military officer
Salahaddin Hasan oglu Kazimov was a Soviet Internal Troops Major general and a Hero of the Soviet Union. Kazimov was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 16 October 1943 for his leadership of an artillery battalion during the Battle of the Dnieper. In a twelve-day period during the battle, his battalion's guns were reported to have killed...
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7. Hamid Arasly
1909-1983 (aged 74)
literary scholar
Hamid Mammadtaghi oglu Arasly was an Azerbaijani literary critic, Doctor of Sciences in Philology, and an academic at the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences. He is acknowledged as one of the most prominent literary critics and philologists of Azerbaijan.
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8. Fatma Gadri
1907-1968 (aged 61)
actor
Fatma Gadir qizi Gadri, also spelled Qadri, Kadri, or Kadry (14 April 1907 – 29 February 1968) was a Soviet and Azerbaijani stage and film actress. People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR (1943).
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9. Maqsud Shayxzoda
1908-1967 (aged 59)
writer
prose writer
poet
playwright
Maqsud Shayxzoda was a Soviet-Uzbek poet of Azerbaijani Turk origin. He is considered one of the founders of modern Uzbek literature. He was the brother of Fuad Shikhiev and hailed from the village of Yukhari Salahli in the Qazax district, although he was born in Aghdash.
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10. Hasan Abdullayev
1918-1993 (aged 75)
nuclear physicist
physicist
Hasan Abdullayev was a leading Soviet and Azerbaijani physicist, scientist and public official, who served as President of the National Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijan SSR. He was a Doctor of Sciences in physics and mathematics, Professor of physics and mathematics, Director of the Institute of Mathematics and Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijan SSR,...
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11. Yevda Abramov
1948-2019 (aged 71)
legislator
politician
Yevda Sasunovich Abramov was an Azerbaijani politician. He served as a Member of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan from 2005 until his death in 2019. and Deputy chairman of Azerbaijani National Assembly's Committee on Human Rights.
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12. Shikhali Gurbanov
1925-1967 (aged 42)
poet
politician
Shikhali Gurban oglu Gurbanov was an Azerbaijani writer, philologist and statesman. A street is named after him in Azerbaijan and is part of a culture sector of UNESCO intangible heritage.
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13. Madina Gulgun
1926-1991 (aged 65)
poet
writer
Madina Gulgun, born Madina Nurulla qizi Alakbarzadeh (17 January 1926 in Baku – 17 February 1991 in Baku), was an Iranian-Azerbaijani poet.
14. Said Rustamov
1907-1983 (aged 76)
music educator
conductor
composer
Said Rustamov, born Mir-Jabbar Ali oglu Seyid-Rustamzadeh (12 May 1907, Yerevan – 10 June 1983, Baku), was a Soviet and Azerbaijani composer, conductor and pedagogue.
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15. Ali Naghiyev
1958-. (aged 68)
military personnel
politician
Ali Naghi oglu Naghiyev, is an Azerbaijani Colonel general, Head of the State Security Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Chairman of the State Commission on Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing Persons, Deputy Minister of the National Security of the Republic of Azerbaijan 3 (2005-2011).
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16. Mehdi Huseynzade
1918-1944 (aged 26)
military personnel
partisan
Lieutenant Mehdi Huseynzade was an Azerbaijani guerrilla and scout during World War II. He was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union on 11 April 1957.
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17. Mammad Araz
1933-2004 (aged 71)
poet
Mammad Araz was an Azerbaijani poet. His pen name, Araz, is the Azerbaijani spelling for the Aras river.
18. Ilyas Afandiyev
1914-1996 (aged 82)
playwright
literary critic
writer
Ilyas Muhammad oglu Afandiyev was an Azerbaijani and Soviet writer, member of Azerbaijan Union of Writers (1940), Honored Art Worker of Azerbaijan (1960), laureate of the State Prize of Azerbaijan (1972) and People’s Writer of Azerbaijan (1979).
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19. Ahmad Javad
1892-1937 (aged 45)
translator
poet
literary critic
editing staff
Ahmad Javad was an Azerbaijani poet who is best known for writing the words of the National Anthem of Azerbaijan used under the 1918–1920 Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan, and again since 1991, and another poem named Chirpynirdi gara deniz. He was later arrested by the Soviet regime and executed on October 13, 1937, accused of trying to spread Musavat-inspired nationalism...
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20. Hamo Sahyan
1914-1993 (aged 79)
poet
translator
Hamo Sahyan was an Armenian poet and translator.