List of People's Artistes of the Azerbaijan SSR

This is a list of People's Artiste of the Azerbaijan SSR (1931–1991); which after 1998, was renamed and rededicated as the People's Artiste of Azerbaijan to reflect the new country leadership. It was awarded for artists within the theater, cinema, and music fields.

1931

 * Gurban Pirimov (1880–1965), tarist, the first awardee

1932

 * Abbasov Hajiagha Muttalib oglu (1888–1975), theater actor, playwright
 * Hovhannes Abelian (1865–1936), Armenian film and theater actor
 * Huseyngulu Sarabski (1879–1945), Soviet Azerbaijani opera singer (tenor)

1933

 * Mirzaagha Aliyev (1883–1954), film and theater actor

1934

 * Reinhold Glière (1875–1956), composer
 * Shovkat Mammadova (1897–1981), opera singer
 * (1882–1967), opera singer

1935

 * Mary losifovna Zhasmen (1894–?), actress
 * Vahram Papazian (1888–1968), actor

1936

 * Marziyya Davudova (1901–1962), actress
 * Abbas Mirza Sharifzadeh (1893–1938), theater actor and director
 * Alexander Tuganov, director

1937

 * Uzeyir Hajibeyov (1885–1948), composer, conductor, writer, columnist, playwright and teacher

1938

 * Mammadtaghi Baghirov (1890–1961), opera singer
 * Huseynagha Hajibababeyov (1898–1972), singer
 * (1894–1981), actor
 * Sidgi Ruhulla (1886–1959), actor

1940

 * Alasgar Alakbarov (1910–1963), film and theater actor
 * Aghasadyg Garaybeyli (1897–1988), film and theater actor
 * Fatma Mukhtarova (1893 or 1898 – 1972), opera singer

1943

 * Gamar Almaszadeh (1915–2006), ballerina
 * (1899–1973), film and theater actor
 * Adil Isgandarov (1910–1978), director, film and theater actor
 * (1896–1956), film and theater actor, director
 * Mustafa Mardanov, film and theater actor
 * Hagigat Rzayeva (1907–1969), opera singer

1946

 * (1891–1983), theater director

1947

 * Barat Shakinskaya (1914–1999), theater and film actress

1948

 * (1902–1978), film and theater actor

1949

 * Heydar Velikhanli (1899–1969), film and theater actor
 * Sona Salman Hajiyev (1907–1979), actress
 * Ismayil Daghistanli (1907–1980), actor
 * (1900–1981), actor
 * Alexander Andriasovich Hovhannisyan (1895–1949), actor of theater
 * Yeva Olenskaya (1900–1959), actress

1951

 * Rashid Behbudov (1915–1989), opera singer

1954

 * Aliagha Aghayev (1913–1983), film and theater actor
 * Arkady Nikolayevich Arzumanyan (1898–1985), film and theater actor
 * Suraya Sadraddin Qajar (1910–1992), singer

1955

 * Gurgen M. Harutyunyan (1905–1973), theater actor
 * Niyazi (1912–1984), composer and conductor

1956

 * Vladimir Vladimirovich Otradinsky (1904–1971), theater actor

1957

 * Said Rustamov (1907–1983), composer, teacher and conductor

1958

 * Fikret Amirov (1922–1984), composer
 * Leyla Vakilova (1927–1999), ballerina
 * Gara Garayev (1918–1982), composer
 * (1918–1985), actor and director

1959

 * Alibala Abdullah Abdullayev (1915–1980), dancer and choreographer
 * Leyla Badirbeyli (1920–1999), film actress
 * Amina Dilbazi (1919–2010), dancer
 * Nadir Gasimov (1928–2000), painter

1960

 * Lutfali Abdullayev (1914–1973), theater and film actor
 * Afrasiyab Badalbeyli (1907–1976), composer, conductor, writer and musicologist
 * Soltan Hajibeyov (1919–1974), composer
 * Hokuma Gurbanova (1913–1988), film actress

1962

 * Nina Ovanesovna Osipyan (1913–1977), actress

1963

 * Jahangir Jahangirov (1921–1992), composer, conductor and choirmaster

1964

 * Franghiz Ahmadova (1928–2011), opera singer
 * Shamsi Badalbeyli (1911–1986), theater director
 * Rauf Hajiyev (1922–1995), composer
 * Tofig Guliyev (1917–2000), composer, pianist and conductor

1966

 * Rza Tahmasib (1894–1980), theater director, actor

1967

 * Kamal Abdullayev (1927–1997), conductor, educator
 * Rauf Atakishiyev (1925–1994), pianist and educator
 * Zarosh Hamzayeva (1925–2004), actress
 * Lutfiyar Imanov (1928–2008), an operatic singer
 * Togrul Narimanbekov (1930–2013), painter and opera singer

1968

 * Mayor Brenner (1906–1973), pianist and educator

1969

 * Firangiz Sharifova (1924–2014), actress and singer

1970

 * Rafiga Akhundova (1931-2024), Ballerina, choreographer, teacher

1971

 * Ajdar Ibrahimov (1919–1993), filmmaker
 * Muslim Magomayev (1942–2008), Soviet, Azerbaijani and Russian opera and variety singer (baritone), composer
 * Rubaba Muradova (1930–1983), opera singer (mezzo-soprano)

1972

 * Konstantin Adamov (1923), actor and producer
 * Safar Aliyeva (1907–1984), pianist and teacher
 * Anatoliy Falkovich (1923–1994), actor

1973

 * Akhmad Bakikhanov (1892–1973), tarist
 * Lyudmila Sakina (1929–2009), singer
 * Aram Khachaturian (1903–1978)

1974

 * Sofa Bashirzade (1918–2000), actress
 * Malik Dadashov (1924–1996), actor
 * Nasiba Zeynalova (1916–2004), actress
 * Najiba Malikova (1921–1992), actress
 * Nina Sarnachkaya (1909–1986), actress

1975

 * Zeynab Khanlarova (1936), opera singer

1976

 * Mukhtar Dadashov (1913–1998), operator, screenwriter, director, actor
 * Hasan Sayidbayli (1920–1980), writer, playwright, screenwriter, director
 * Tofig Tahgizade (1919–1998), actor, screenwriter, director

1977

 * Khosrov Abdullayev (1926–1980), circus artist, juggler, illusionist

1978

 * Farhad Badalbeyli (1947), pianist
 * Bahram Mansurov (1911–1985), Soviet Azerbaijani artist
 * Arif Malikov (1933), Soviet Azerbaijani compositor
 * Afag Malikova (born 1947), Azerbaijani dancer
 * Tamilla Shiraliyeva (1946), Soviet Azerbaijani ballerina, teacher, choreographer

1979

 * Zinovar Gevokrkyan (1920–2005), theater actor
 * Yusif Valiyev (1917–1980), Soviet Azerbaijani actor
 * Huseynagha Sadigov (1914–1983), Soviet Azerbaijani actor

1985

 * Amaliya Panahova (1945–2018), Azerbaijani actress and director

1986

 * Khuraman Gasimova (born 1951), Azerbaijani singer and actress

1987

 * Agshin Alizadeh (1937–2014), Soviet Azerbaijani composer
 * (1923–1994), Soviet Azerbaijani theater actor, in 1990 he moved to Israel
 * Fuad Poladov (1948–2018), Azerbaijani actor
 * (1923–2001), Azerbaijani actor
 * Khayyam Mirzazade (1935–2018), Soviet Azerbaijani composer
 * Ramiz Mustafayev (1926–2008), Soviet Azerbaijani musician
 * Chingiz Sadykhov (1929–2017), Azerbaijani musician, pianist

1988

 * Haji Khanmammadov (1918–2005), Azerbaijani and Soviet composer
 * (born 1947), Azerbaijani musician

1989

 * Shahmar Alakbarov (1943–1992), Azerbaijani actor and film director
 * (born 1938), Azerbaijani singer
 * Yashar Nuri (1951–2012), Azerbaijani-Soviet actor
 * Islam Rzayev (1934–2008), Azerbaijani singer
 * , Soviet Azerbaijani television and film director
 * (born 1941), Soviet–Azerbaijani circus artist and animal trainer
 * (1926–1994), Soviet–Azerbaijani musician
 * , Soviet–Azerbaijani musician
 * Alibaba Mammadov (1929–2022), Azerbaijani singer and composer

1990

 * Rafig Huseynov (announcer) (1946–2017), Soviet–Azerbaijani television announcer
 * (1920–2010), Soviet–Azerbaijani announcer of Azdevlattele Radio
 * Ashraf Abbasov (1920–1992), Soviet Azerbaijani composer
 * Yagub Mammadov (singer) (1930–1993), Soviet Azerbaijani mugham singer
 * Hajibaba Huseynov (1919–1993), Soviet Azerbaijani singer
 * Tofig Bakikhanov (born 1930), Soviet and Azerbaijani composer
 * (1928–1993), Soviet Azerbaijani composer
 * (1934–2015), Soviet and Azerbaijani composer
 * (1930–2015), Soviet and Azerbaijani composter

1991

 * Ajdar Ibrahimbeyov, Soviet and Azerbaijani film director; the last awardee
 * Solmaz Gurbanova, Azerbaijani actress