The Most Famous
MILITARY PERSONNELS from Azerbaijan
This page contains a list of the greatest Azerbaijani Military Personnels. The pantheon dataset contains 1,468 Military Personnels, 7 of which were born in Azerbaijan. This makes Azerbaijan the birth place of the 32nd most number of Military Personnels behind Slovakia and Estonia.
Top 7
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Azerbaijani Military Personnels of all time. This list of famous Azerbaijani Military Personnels is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Ivan Bagramyan (1897 - 1982)
With an HPI of 64.53, Ivan Bagramyan is the most famous Azerbaijani Military Personnel. His biography has been translated into 46 different languages on wikipedia.
Ivan Khristoforovich Bagramyan, also known as Hovhannes Khachaturi Baghramyan (2 December [O.S. 20 November] 1897 – 21 September 1982), was a Soviet military commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union of Armenian origin. During World War II Bagramyan was the second non-Slavic military officer, after Latvian Max Reyter, to become a commander of a Front. He was among several Armenians in the Soviet Army who held the highest proportion of high-ranking officers in the Soviet military during the war. Bagramyan's experience in military planning as a chief of staff allowed him to distinguish himself as a capable commander in the early stages of the Soviet counter-offensives against Nazi Germany. He was given his first command of a unit in 1942, and in November 1943 received his most prestigious command as the commander of the 1st Baltic Front. As commander of the Baltic Front, he participated in the offensives which pushed German forces out of the Baltic republics. He did not immediately join the Communist Party after the consolidation of the October Revolution, becoming a member only in 1941, a move atypical for a Soviet military officer. After the war, he served as a deputy of the Supreme Soviets of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic and Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic and was a regular attendee of the Party Congresses. In 1952, he became a candidate for entry into the Central Committee and, in 1961, was inducted as a full member. For his contributions during the war, he was widely regarded as a national hero in the Soviet Union, and continues to hold such esteemed status among Armenians today.
2. Hikmat Mirzayev ( - )
With an HPI of 56.69, Hikmat Mirzayev is the 2nd most famous Azerbaijani Military Personnel. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Hikmat Izzat oghlu Mirzayev (Azerbaijani: Hikmət İzzət oğlu Mirzəyev; born 29 February 1968) is an Azerbaijani military officer who serves as Deputy Minister of Defense and commander of the Azerbaijani Land Forces since 2024. He is a lieutenant general of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces and the former commander of the Special Forces from 2014 to 2024, and participated in the 2016 Nagorno–Karabakh clashes and the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War, during which he led Azerbaijani forces in the 2020 battle of Shusha. He received the title of the Hero of the Patriotic War.
3. Hamazasp Babadzhanian (1906 - 1977)
With an HPI of 54.92, Hamazasp Babadzhanian is the 3rd most famous Azerbaijani Military Personnel. His biography has been translated into 22 different languages.
Hamazasp Khachaturi Babadzhanian (Armenian: Համազասպ Խաչատուրի Բաբաջանյան; Russian: Амазасп Хачатурович Бабаджанян, Amazasp Khachaturovich Babadzhanyan; 18 February 1906 – 1 November 1977) was a Soviet Armenian Chief marshal of the armored troops. He was a recipient of the Hero of the Soviet Union (1944).
4. Samad bey Mehmandarov (1855 - 1931)
With an HPI of 53.50, Samad bey Mehmandarov is the 4th most famous Azerbaijani Military Personnel. His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.
Samad bey Sadykh bey oghlu Mehmandarov (Azerbaijani: صمد بگ صادق بگ اوغلی مهمانداروف, Səməd bəy Sadıx bəy oğlu Mehmandarov; 16 October 1855 – 12 February 1931) was an Azerbaijani General of the Artillery in the Imperial Russian Army and served as Minister of Defense of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic.
5. Ziba Ganiyeva (1923 - 2010)
With an HPI of 52.41, Ziba Ganiyeva is the 5th most famous Azerbaijani Military Personnel. Her biography has been translated into 23 different languages.
Ziba Pasha qizi Ganiyeva (Azerbaijani: Ziba Paşa qızı Qəniyeva, Russian: Зиба Пашаевна Ганиева; 20 August 1923 – 2010) was an Azerbaijani sniper, reconnaissance scout, and radio operator in the Red Army who killed at least 20 enemy soldiers in World War II. After the war she starred in a movie and became a philologist.
6. Aliagha Shikhlinski (1863 - 1943)
With an HPI of 51.35, Aliagha Shikhlinski is the 6th most famous Azerbaijani Military Personnel. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Ali Agha Ismail Agha oghlu Shikhlinski (Azerbaijani: Əli Ağa İsmayıl Ağa oğlu Şıxlinski;); 3 March [O.S. 15 March] 1863 – 18 August 1943) was an Azerbaijani lieutenant-general of the Russian imperial army, Deputy Minister of Defense and General of the Artillery of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and a Soviet military officer.
7. Polad Hashimov (1975 - 2020)
With an HPI of 41.15, Polad Hashimov is the 7th most famous Azerbaijani Military Personnel. His biography has been translated into 22 different languages.
Polad Israyil oghlu Hashimov (Azerbaijani: Polad İsrayıl oğlu Həşimov; 2 January 1975 – 14 July 2020) was an Azerbaijani military officer, National Hero of Azerbaijan and a major general who served as the Deputy Commander and the Chief of Staff of the 3rd Army Corps of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces. Hashimov was a popular military figure who took part in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War and the Four-Day War. He was awarded numerous honours during his military career, including jubilee and other medals. He commanded the Azerbaijani forces during the border clashes with Armenia in July 2020 and was killed on the morning of 14 July while fighting on the front-line in the Tovuz District of Azerbaijan. His death sparked violent protests throughout the country calling for war with Armenia, a prelude to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, which began in September of the same year. He was awarded the title of National Hero of Azerbaijan posthumously in December 2020. Hashimov is the first and only general of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces to be killed during battle. Before him, Ismat Gayibov, the first Prosecutor General of Azerbaijan, and Mahammad Asadov, a major general in the Azerbaijani Ministry of Internal Affairs, were killed in November 1991 when the Mil Mi-8 helicopter they were in was shot down by Armenian forces.
Pantheon has 7 people classified as military personnels born between 1855 and 1975. Of these 7, 1 (14.29%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living military personnels include Hikmat Mirzayev. The most famous deceased military personnels include Ivan Bagramyan, Hamazasp Babadzhanian, and Samad bey Mehmandarov. As of April 2022, 2 new military personnels have been added to Pantheon including Hikmat Mirzayev and Aliagha Shikhlinski.
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Ivan Bagramyan
1897 - 1982
HPI: 64.53
Hamazasp Babadzhanian
1906 - 1977
HPI: 54.92
Samad bey Mehmandarov
1855 - 1931
HPI: 53.50
Ziba Ganiyeva
1923 - 2010
HPI: 52.41
Aliagha Shikhlinski
1863 - 1943
HPI: 51.35
Polad Hashimov
1975 - 2020
HPI: 41.15
Newly Added Military Personnels (2022)
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