List of People's Artists of the Azerbaijan SSR

This is a list of People's Artists of Azerbaijan which before 1990 was named 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 Isgandarov (1910-1978), 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 (1899-1969), 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 (1905-1973), 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 (1915-1980), 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 (1913-1977), 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

1966

• Rza Tahmasib (1894-1980), theater director, actor

1967

• Kamal Abdullayev (1927-1997), conductor, educator
• Rauf Atakishiyev (1925-1994), pianist and educator
• Zarosh Hamzayeva (1925-2004), actress
• Lutfiyar Imanov (1928-2008), an operatic singer

1968

• Mayor Brenner (1906-1973), pianist and educator

1969

• Firangiz Sharifova (1924-2014), actress and singer

1970s

1970

• Rafiga Akhundova (1931), Ballerina, choreographer, teacher

1971

• Ajdar Ibrahimov (1919-1993), filmmaker
• Muslim Magomayev (1942-2008), Soviet, Azerbaijani and Russian opera and variety singer (baritone), composer
• Rubaba Muradova (1930-1983), opera singer (mezzo-soprano)

1972

• Konstantin Adamov (1923), actor and producer
• Safar Aliyeva (1907-1984), pianist and teacher
• Anatoliy Falkovich (1923-1994), actor

1973

• Akhmad Bakikhanov (1892-1973), tarist
• Lyudmila Sakina (1929-2009), singer
• Aram Khachaturyan (1903-1978)

1974

• Sofa Bashirzade (1918-2000), actress
• Malik Dadashov (1924-1996), actor
• Nasiba Zeynalova (1916-2004), actress
• Najiba Malikova (1921-1992), actress
• Nina Sarnachkaya (1909-1986), actress

1975

• Zeynab Khanlarova (1936), opera singer

1976

• Mukhtar Dadashov (1913-1998), operator, screenwriter, director, actor
• Hasan Sayidbayli (1920-1980), writer, playwright, screenwriter, director
• Tofig Tahgizade (1919-1998), actor, screenwriter, director

1977

• Khosrov Abdullayev (1926-1980), circus artist, juggler, illusionist

1978

• Farkhad Badalbayli (1947), pianist
• Bahram Mansurov (1911 - 1985), Soviet Azerbaijani artist
• Arif Malikov (1933), Soviet Azerbaijani compositor
• Tamilla Shiraliyeva (1946), Soviet Azerbaijani ballerina, teacher, choreographer

1979

• Zinovar Gevokrkyan (1920-2005), theater actor
• Yusif Valiyev (1917-1980), Soviet Azerbaijani actor
• Huseynaga Sadigov (1914-1983), Soviet Azerbaijani actor

1980s

See also

• People's Artist
• Azerbaijan SSR