List of Azerbaijani scientists and philosophers

This is a comprehensive list of notable Azerbaijani scientists and philosophers, arranged alphabetically.

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Scientists and philosophers

• Ali Abbasov — physicist, specialized in the field of microelectronics
• Hasan Abdullayev — Lenin-prize winning physicist, specialized in the field of semiconductors research, President of the Azerbaijan Academy of Sciences in 1970-1983
• Zarifa Aliyeva — ophthalmologist, devised and introduced new methods for treatment of ocular diseases
• Ahliman Amiraslanov — oncologist, professor and rector of Azerbaijan Medical University
• Hamid Arasly — philologist, specialized in Azerbaijani literary studies, history and linguistics
• Adil Asadov — philosopher, specialized in aesthetics, philosophy of thinking, philosophy of politics
• Abbasgulu Bakikhanov — philosopher, historian and writer, founder of Azerbaijani scientific historiography
• Seyid Yahya Bakuvi — scientist and philosopher of the late medieval era in the fields of mathematics and astronomy
• Vagif Guliyev — mathematician, specializes in the fields lie groups and homogeneous spaces
• Zumrud Gulu-zade — philosopher, professor of philosophy at the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences^[1]
• Elshan Hajizadeh — economic scientist, specialized in the problems of economy and management of fuel and energy complex
• Ashraf Huseynov — mathematician, first to study the nonlinear Hilbert problem as applied to analytic functions,^[2] created the H_{α, β, γ} function space and proved some theorems for nonlinear singular integral equations with Cauchy kernel within that space^[2]
• Heydar Huseynov — philosopher, specialized in dialectical materialism
• Nadir Ibrahimov — astrophysicist, astronomer of the Shamakhy Astrophysical Observatory of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Ibragimov crater on Mars is named in his honor
• Hamlet Isakhanli — mathematician, science writer, founder of Khazar University
• Ishag Jafarzadeh — archeologist, a pioneer of archaeology and ethnography in Azerbaijan
• Ali Javan — physicist and inventor at MIT with main contributions in the fields of quantum physics and spectroscopy, co-inventor of the gas laser
• Alexander Kazembek^[3][4][5][6] — philologist, organizer of the Russian Oriental Studies
• George Kechaari — philologist, specialized in the Udi language
• Dzhangir Kerimov — philosopher, specializes in philosophical problems of legal science, social planning and administration, theory of state and law
• Kerim Kerimov^[7] — rocket scientist, one of the founders of the Soviet space industry, for many years a central figure in the Soviet space program, Hero of Socialist Labor
• Yusif Kerimov — electrical engineer and inventor
• Salahaddin Khalilov — philosopher, specializes in philosophy of science, science about science, philosophical comparativism, phenomenology, philosophical aspects of Eastern and Western Civilizations, philosophy of Abu Turkhan and cognitive theory
• Zahid Khalilov — mathematician and engineer, solved the boundary value problem for polyharmonic equations, proposed abstract generalizations of singular integral operators,^[8] founder of the Azerbaijani functional analysis school
• Firudin bey Kocharli — philologist, writer and literary critic
• Fuad Mamedov — social scientist, specializes in culturology, founder of Culturology in Azerbaijan, President of Cultural Association Simurgh
• Vasim Mammadaliyev — philosopher and theologian, specializes in oriental studies and Arabic philology
• Yusif Mammadaliyev — chemist, founder of petrochemical science in Azerbaijan
• Garib Mammadov — agronomist
• Yaqub Mammadov — physiologist, specializes in pathophysiology
• Zakir Mammadov — philosopher, specializes in Eastern philosophy, especially history of Azerbaijani philosophy
• Izzet Orujova — chemist, specialized in oil^[9]
• Mirali Qashqai — geologist in the fields of geomorphology and stratigraphy
• Arif Salimov — mathematician, known for research in differential geometry
• Farman Salmanov^[10] — geologist, first discovered oil fields in Siberia, Hero of Socialist Labor
• Movlazadeh Mahammad Hasan Shakavi — philosopher, theologian, alim, first Sheikh ul-Islam of the Caucasus, first scholar who translated the Koran into the Azerbaijani language
• Zeynalabdin Shirvani — philosopher, poet, traveller and geographer of the pre-Tsarist era
• Hajibey Sultanov — astronomer
• Lotfi A. Zadeh^[11] — mathematician, electrical engineer, computer scientist, founder of the fuzzy set theory and fuzzy logic