Editing Baku (section)

== Notable residents ==
{{Main|List of people from Baku}}
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File:Lotfi Zadeh Berkeley c.jpg|[[Lotfi A. Zadeh]], artificial intelligence researcher, founder of [[fuzzy mathematics]], [[fuzzy set]] theory, and [[fuzzy logic]]
File:Landau.jpg|[[Physicist]] [[Lev Landau]], [[Baku State University]] student, winner of the [[Nobel Prize in Physics]] in 1962
File:Stamps of Azerbaijan, 2007-813.jpg|[[Kerim Kerimov]], one of the founders of the [[Soviet space program]]
File:Kasparov-34.jpg|[[Garry Kasparov]], chess [[International Grandmaster|grandmaster]], former [[World Chess Champion]]
File:Mushfig.JPG|[[Mikayil Mushfig]], Bakuvian poet and victim of the [[Great Purge|Stalinist purges]]
File:Tofiq Bahramov.jpg|[[Tofiq Bahramov]], a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] footballer and [[Referee (association football)|football referee]] from [[Azerbaijan]]
File:Вагит Алекперов.jpg|[[Vagit Alekperov]], President of the leading Russian [[oil company]] [[LUKOIL]]
File:Muslim Magomaev.jpg|[[Muslim Magomayev (musician)|Muslim Magomayev]], singer
File:RIAN archive 438589 Mstislav Rostropovich.jpg|[[Mstislav Rostropovich]], [[Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance|Grammy Award]]–winning cellist
File:Gusman Yliy.jpg|[[Yuli Gusman]], film director and actor, founder and CEO of the [[Nika Award]]
File:Natalla Arsieńnieva1927.jpg|[[Natallia Arsiennieva]], Belarusian playwright, poet and translator
File:Владимир Меньшов 2018 (cropped) (cropped).jpg|[[Vladimir Menshov]], Soviet and Russian actor and film director
File:Ələkbər Məmmədov.jpg|[[Alakbar Mammadov]], Soviet footballer, four-time champion player in the [[Soviet Top League]]
File:Matvej Skobelev.jpg|[[Matvey Skobelev]], Russian revolutionary and politician
<!-- Deleted image removed: File:Salatyn and Son.JPG|[[Salatyn Asgarova]], Azerbaijani journalist, National Hero of Azerbaijan -->
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