People from Shamakhi

Afzal al-Dīn Badīl ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿOthmān (), commonly known as Khāqānī (, –  1199), was a major Persian poet and prose-writer. He was born in Shirvanshah, a vassal of the Seljuks in the region of Shirvan, where he served as an ode-writer to the Shirvanshahs. His fame most securely rests upon the qasidas collected in his Divān, and his autobiographical travelogue Tohfat al-ʿErāqayn. He is also notable for his contributions to the genre of habsiyāt ("prison poetry").

Soviet sniper, actor and philologist

Armenian dancer, actor and writer (1887–1976)

Azerbaijani poet

Azerbaijani poet (1862–1911)

Azerbaijani architect (1873–1925)

Azerbaijani mugham singer

Armenian writer (1858-1935)

15th-century Sufi mystic from Shamakhi, who founded the Khalwati order.

Azerbaijani actor (1893–1938)

Revolutionary, statesman (1887-1938)

Azerbaijani poet (1835–1888)

Armenian writer (1885-1969)

Armenian general

Armenian actor (1865–1936)

Azerbaijani poet

Persian poet

Azerbaijani singer

Azerbaijani actor (1897–1988)

Azerbaijani singer

Azerbaijani architect (1916-1983)

Azerbaijani pedagogue, writer and politician

Azerbaijani architect (1811–1874)

Azərbaijan Soviet politician (1896-1938)

Azerbaijani politician and economist (1964–2022)

Azerbaijani politician (1908-1958)

Azerbaijani politician

Persian poet

Azerbaijani singer

Azerbaijani educator, geographer, translator and editor

Azerbaijani opera singer (1898–1972)

Azerbaijani actor, publisher, engineer, director of the Azerbaijan State Theater (1919-1920).

Azerbaijani footballer