This is a list of Azerbaijani Jews who are notable.
The first mention of the Jews in the territory of what is now Azerbaijan is dated to the 7th century AD. Over the centuries, a distinct ethnic group of Mountain Jews formed here.
Since 1810, when Russian empire conquered the area, Ashkenazi Jews started to settle in Baku. In 1835, according to official data, there were 2,718 Jews living in Kuba, and 2,774 in the county. Currently 16,000 Jews live in Azerbaijan[citation needed]. The following list shows the names of some of them.
Yevda Abramov – member of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan and Deputy chairman of Azerbaijani National Assembly's Committee on Human Rights, representing a part of Azerbaijani Jewish community[5][6]
Yosef Shagal – politician and former journalist, since 2012 he is the ambassador of Israel to Belarus[7]
Yakov Mikhaylovich Agarunov – political and public figure of Azerbaijan, a mountain-Jewish poet and playwright, the author of the new mountain-Jewish alphabet[8]
Hasan Mirzoyev – President of the Russian Lawyers' Guild, a member of the Russian Duma[9]
Garry Kasparov – Russian (formerly Soviet) chess Grandmaster, former World Chess Champion, writer, and political activist, considered by many to be the greatest chess player of all time[30]