SOCIAL ACTIVISTS from Azerbaijan

Top 4

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Azerbaijani Social Activists of all time. This list of famous Azerbaijani Social Activists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

1. Hazi Aslanov (1910 - 1945)

With an HPI of 55.14, Hazi Aslanov is the most famous Azerbaijani Social Activist.  His biography has been translated into 21 different languages on wikipedia.

Hazi Aslanov (Azerbaijani: Həzi Əhəd oğlu Aslanov, Һəзи Əһəд оғлу Асланов; Russian: Ази Агадович (also Агад оглы, Ахадович, Ахад оглы) Асланов; commonly described as Azi Aslanov and A. A. Aslanov, 22 January 1910 – 25 January 1945) was an Azerbaijani major-general of the Soviet armoured troops during World War II. He was awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union title twice. The second Hero title was posthumously awarded in 1991, by Mikhail Gorbachev, at the constant recommendations by Heydar Aliyev.

2. Meshadi Azizbekov (1876 - 1918)

With an HPI of 53.16, Meshadi Azizbekov is the 2nd most famous Azerbaijani Social Activist.  His biography has been translated into 22 different languages.

Mashadi Azizbey oghlu Azizbeyov, also spelled Azizbekov (Azerbaijani: Məşədi Əziz bəy oğlu Əzizbəyov; Russian: Мешади Азиз-бек оглы Азизбеков; January 6, 1876 - September 20, 1918) was a Soviet revolutionary of Azerbaijani origin, leader of the revolutionary movement in Azerbaijan, one of the first Azeri Marxists, Provincial Commissioner and Deputy People's Commissar of Internal Affairs, gubernial commissar for Baku. He was one of the 26 Baku Commissars. Azizbeyov became a member of Russian Social Democratic Labour Party and one of the leaders of Muslim Social Democratic Party. After the October Revolution, he joined the Baku Comissars. As the Baku Commune was voted out of power in July 1918, Azizbeyov and rest of the Commissars abandoned Baku and fled across the Caspian Sea. However, they were captured by anti-Soviet forces. On the night of September 20, Azizbeyov was executed by a firing squad in a remote location between the stations of Pereval and Akhcha-Kuyma on the Trans-Caspian railway. Currently, views on Azizbeyov in Azerbaijan are mixed. Azerbaijani nationalists, the ruling New Azerbaijan Party, and the main opposition parties Musavat and APFP do not see Azizbeyov as a positive figure. Meanwhile, the Azerbaijan Communist Party and many other local left-wing politicians and sees Azizbeyov as an important, notable and positive figure in the history of Azerbaijan.

3. Mehdi Huseynzade (1918 - 1944)

With an HPI of 52.32, Mehdi Huseynzade is the 3rd most famous Azerbaijani Social Activist.  His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.

Lieutenant Mehdi Huseynzade (Azerbaijani: Mehdi Hüseynzadə; Russian: Мехти Гусейнзаде; 22 December 1918, in Novxanı, Azerbaijan – 2 November 1944, in Vitovlje, Slovenia) was an Azerbaijani guerrilla and scout during World War II. He was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union on 11 April 1957.

4. Hamida Javanshir (1873 - 1955)

With an HPI of 49.52, Hamida Javanshir is the 4th most famous Azerbaijani Social Activist.  Her biography has been translated into 20 different languages.

Hamida Ahmad bey qizi Javanshir (Azerbaijani: Həmidə Cavanşir; 19 January 1873 – 6 February 1955) was an Azerbaijani activist and one of the first enlightened women of Azerbaijan, wife of Jalil Mammadguluzadeh, daughter of historian Ahmad Bey Javanshir, philanthropist, translator, member of Azerbaijan Writers' Union.