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.
1930s
1931 Gurban Pirimov (1880–1965), tarist, the first awardee
1932
(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
(1894–?), actress Vahram Papazian (1888–1968), actor
1936
Marziyya Davudova (1901–1962), actress Abbas Mirza Sharifzadeh (1893–1938), theater actor and director , 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
1940s
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
(1899–1969), film and theater actor (1907–1979), actress Ismayil Daghistanli (1907–1980), actor (1900–1981), actor (1895–1949), actor of theater Yeva Olenskaya (1900–1959), actress
1950s
1951
Rashid Behbudov (1915–1989), opera singer
1954
Aliagha Aghayev (1913–1983), film and theater actor (1898–1985), film and theater actor Suraya Sadraddin Qajar (1910–1992), singer
1955
(1905–1973), theater actor Niyazi (1912–1984), composer and conductor
1956
(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
(1915–1980), dancer and choreographer Leyla Badirbeyli (1920–1999), film actress Amina Dilbazi (1919–2010), dancer Nadir Gasimov (1928–2000), painter
1960s
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
(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 (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
1970s
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 Ahmad 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
1980s
1980
1981
1982 Hasan Mammadov (1938-2003) Azerbaijani actor
1983
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 Ramiz Guliyev (born 1947), Azerbaijani musician
1989
Shahmar Alakbarov (1943–1992), Azerbaijani actor and film director Arif Babayev (singer) (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 (1930–2026), 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
See also
People's Artiste of Azerbaijan People's Artist Azerbaijan SSR
References