WSafa Fatulla oghly Akhundov was the National Hero of Azerbaijan and warrior during the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
WMajor General Yusif Akhundzade is a prestigious Azerbaijani military conductor and director. Akhundzade is the current Senior Military Director of the Military Band Service of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan. He also serves concurrently as the director of the Central Band of the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan, a position he has held since 1992.
WAliyar Aliyev was an Azerbaijani officer, a National Hero of Azerbaijan, and a participant in the Nagorno-Karabakh War.
WAmiraslan Rza oglu Aliyev - National Hero of Azerbaijan was born on August 30, 1960, in the Nakhchivan city of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan.
WAllahverdi Teymur oglu Baghirov was an Azerbaijani officer, former leader of Azerbaijani Popular Front Party, head coach of FK Qarabağ and National Hero of Azerbaijan.
WMais Shukur oghlu Barkhudarov is an Azerbaijani officer, major general of Armed Forces of Azerbaijan, who was a participant of 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh clashes.
WZiba Pasha qizi Ganiyeva was sniper in the Red Army during World War II credited with 21 kills. After the war she became a philologist.
WAlif Haciyev Latif oglu was an Azerbaijani officer, Commandant of Khojaly Airport and National Hero of Azerbaijan.
WSayavush Hasan oglu Hasanov - National Hero of Azerbaijan was born on January 20, 1964, in the Yengicə village of the Sharur District of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan.
WLieutenant Mehdi Huseynzade 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.
WSamid Imanov was an Azerbaijani officer, major of Special Forces of Azerbaijan, National Hero of Azerbaijan.
WAhmadiyya Mikayil oglu Jabrayilov was a French Resistance member of Azerbaijani ethnicity. However, the factual existence of Jabrailov has been questioned, with allegations that his official wartime biography was Soviet propaganda.
WRovshan Javadov was an officer in the Azerbaijani Armed Forces and the chief of the Special Purpose Police Detachment of Azerbaijan (OPON). Born in what was then part of the Soviet Union, Javadov fought in Afghanistan before beginning his political career. He took on an early role in the early years of the newly independent Azerbaijan, becoming the leader of OPON, a military police unit of a few thousand people. The creation of the organization would lead to clashes with President Heydar Aliyev. In 1995, this conflict with Aliyev would eventually culminate into an attempted coup against Aliyev, which would fail and lead to a siege of OPON headquarters. During the siege, Javadov was shot and eventually died of his wounds.
WVeli bek Jedigar was a soldier of the Imperial Russian Army and officer of both the Azerbaijani Armed Forces, Polish Army in the Second Polish Republic and the Home Army. He served in different armed forces from 1916 until 1946, fighting in both World War One and World War Two. In the interbellum Poland, he was promoted to commandant of the 7th Lublin Uhlan Regiment.
WSamir Ziyaddin oglu Kachayev was an Azerbaijani sculptor.
WKerim Kerimov - National Hero of Azerbaijan was born in the Qarahəsənli village of the Sharur District of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan.
WArastun Ispandi oghlu Mahmudov was the National Hero of Azerbaijan and warrior during the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
WZakir Majidov, National Hero of Azerbaijan, was born June 26, 1956 in the Hasanabad village of the Neftchala Rayon of Azerbaijan.
WLeyla Alasgar qizi Mammadbeyova, née Zeynalova, was the first Azerbaijani female aviator. She also was the first female pilot of Transcaucasia, of Southern Europe and of Middle East.
WAli Huseyn oglu Mammadov - National Hero of Azerbaijan was born on August 11, 1955, in the Nakhchivan city of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan.
WIbrahim Ismayil oglu Mammadov - National Hero of Azerbaijan was born on December 20, 1958, in the Nakhchivan city of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan.
WYusif Mirzayev - National Hero of Azerbaijan was born on May 23, 1958, in the Böyükdüz village of the Kangarli District of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan.
WJafargulu Khan Nakhchivanski was a Russian Imperial officer and later an Azerbaijani statesman. He was the brother of General-Adjutant Huseyn Khan Nakhchivanski and father of Major General Jamshid Nakhchivanski.
WRuslan Polovinko was a Ukrainian–Azerbaijani helicopter pilot and lieutenant, who participated in the Nagorno-Karabakh War within Azerbaijani military. For his actions in the war he was posthumously awarded the title of the National Hero of Azerbaijan.
WJavanshir Izzat oglu Rahimov was an Azerbaijani soldier and the National Hero of Azerbaijan.
WMaharram Seyidov was the National Hero of Azerbaijan and warrior during the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
WMirasgar Mirabdulla oglu Seyidov - National Hero of Azerbaijan was born on February 6, 1970, in the Qaraxanbəyli village of the Nakhchivan city of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan.
WAbbasgulu bey Khanbaba oglu Shadlinski was a Soviet military leader, revolutionary, and commander of a partisan detachment force called "Red camp", which played a significant role in establishment of the Soviet power in Armenia and Nakhchivan. The historian S.P.Aghayan called Shadlinski "the brave son of Azerbaijani people".