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This is a list of Iranian Azerbaijani notable people by birth or ancestry, ethnicity or nationality, arranged by main profession then birthdate. For similar reasons related to ethnogenesis and national identity, this list starts from the early modern history of Azerbaijan and Iran, when the Safavids established a national state officially known as Persia or Iran and reasserted the Iranian identity of the region.

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  • This is a list of Iranian Azerbaijani notable people by birth or ancestry, ethnicity or nationality, arranged by main profession then birthdate. For similar reasons related to ethnogenesis and national identity, this list starts from the early modern history of Azerbaijan and Iran, when the Safavids established a national state officially known as Persia or Iran and reasserted the Iranian identity of the region. Iranian Azeribaijanis, a Turkic-speaking people, are Iranians of Azerbaijani ethnicity who may speak the Azerbaijani language as their first language. They are mainly settled in and are native to the Iranian Azerbaijan region region including provinces of East Azerbaijan, Ardabil, Zanjan and West Azerbaijan, and in smaller numbers, in other provinces such as Kurdistan, Qazvin, Hamadan, Gilan, Markazi and Kermanshah, also constitute a significant minority in Tehran, Karaj and other regions. They are known by variant and similar names in Persian and Azerbaijani languages, depending on the identity and self-preference, including: Azeri, Azerbaijani, Azeri-speaker, South Azerbaijani or Southern Azerbaijani, Turk etc with the prefix of "Iranian" or "Persian" to distinguish from the people of the Republic of Azerbaijan which was formed in 1918. This list is not automatically filled with notables from Iranian Azerbaijan region, but the following Iranian people have either stated that they are Azerbaijanis or that credible sources indicate that. To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article and references showing the person is Azerbaijani and Iranian. (en)
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  • This is a list of Iranian Azerbaijani notable people by birth or ancestry, ethnicity or nationality, arranged by main profession then birthdate. For similar reasons related to ethnogenesis and national identity, this list starts from the early modern history of Azerbaijan and Iran, when the Safavids established a national state officially known as Persia or Iran and reasserted the Iranian identity of the region. (en)
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  • List of Iranian Azerbaijanis (en)
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