Zadeh, also Zada, is a

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. Notable people whose names contain 'Zadeh' include: *

Lotfi A. Zadeh Lotfi Aliasker Zadeh (; az, Lütfi Rəhim oğlu Ələsgərzadə; fa, لطفی علی‌عسکرزاده; 4 February 1921 – 6 September 2017) was a mathematician, computer scientist, electrical engineer, artificial intelligence researcher, an ...

(1921–2017), mathematician, electrical engineer, and computer scientist *

Mirza Fatali Akhundzadeh Mirza Fatali Akhundov ( az, Mirzə Fətəli Axundov; fa, میرزا فتحعلی آخوندزاده), also known as Mirza Fatali Akhundzade, or Mirza Fath-Ali Akhundzadeh (12 July 1812 – 9 March 1878), was a celebrated Azerbaijani author, pla ...

(1812–1878), Azerbaijani author, playwright, and philosopher *

Franghiz Ali-Zadeh Franghiz Ali-Zadeh (Azerbaijani Firəngiz Əlizadə, Russian Франгиз Али-Заде; born 29 May 1947 in Baku, Azerbaijani SSR, Soviet Union) is an Azerbaijani composer and pianist, currently living in Germany. She is best known for her w ...

(born 1947), Soviet and Azerbaijani composer and pianist *

Rafael Amen-Zadeh Rafael Amen-Zadeh - physical and mathematical sciences, professor, the "Honored Teacher" of Azerbaijan (2009). His life Rafael Amen-Zadeh, the son of Joseph, was born in Baku on December 31, 1943. In 1950-1960 he studied at the secondary schoo ...

(born 1943), Soviet and Azerbaijani mathematician and physicist *

Hashem Beikzadeh Hashem Beikzadeh ( fa, هاشم بیک زاده, born January 22, 1984, in Tehran) is a former Iranian football defender and assistant coach of Baadraan Tehran F.C. Club career Beikzadeh is a product of the Fajr Sepasi youth academy and since ...

(born 1984), Iranian footballer *

Sadegh Ghotbzadeh Sadegh Ghotbzadeh ( fa, صادق قطب‌زاده, 24 February 1936 – 15 September 1982) was an Iranian politician who served as a close aide of Ayatollah Khomeini during his 1978 exile in France, and foreign minister (30 November 1979 – ...

(1936-1982), Iranian politician * Masoud Hashemzadeh (born 1981), Iranian wrestler *

T. J. Houshmandzadeh Touraj Houshmandzadeh Jr. ( ; born September 26, 1977) is an American former professional American football, football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Cincinnati Bengals in the seventh ...

(born 1977), American NFL football player * Abbas Ibrahim Zada, Afghanistani politician *

Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh (born October 1963) is an Iranian-American physician doing research in nephrology, kidney dialysis, nutrition, and epidemiology. He is best known as a specialist in kidney disease nutrition and chronic kidney disease and f ...

(born 1963), American physician and medical researcher *

Jalil Mammadguluzadeh Jalil Huseyngulu oghlu Mammadguluzadeh ( az, Cəlil Məmmədquluzadə; 22 February 1869 – 4 January 1932), was an Azerbaijani people, Azerbaijani satirist and writer. He was the founder of Molla Nasraddin (magazine), ''Molla Nasraddin'', a ...

(1866–1932), Azerbaijani satirist and writer *

Aziza Mustafazadeh Aziza Mustafa Zadeh ( az, Əzizə Mustafazadə; born December 19, 1969) is an Azerbaijani singer, pianist, and composer who plays a fusion of jazz and mugham (a traditional improvisational style of Azerbaijan) with classical and avant-garde in ...

(born 1969), Soviet and Azerbaijani singer, pianist, and composer *

Vagif Mustafazadeh Vagif Mustafazadeh ( az, Vaqif Mustafazadə; March 16, 1940 – December 16, 1979), also known as Vaqif Mustafa-Zadeh, was a Soviet- Azerbaijani jazz pianist and composer, acclaimed for fusing jazz and the traditional Azerbaijani folk music known ...

(1940–1979), Azerbaijani jazz pianist and composer *

Hossein Rezazadeh Hossein Rezazadeh ( fa, حسین رضازاده, born 12 May 1978) is an Iranian politician and retired weightlifter. Rezazadeh is a two-time Olympic champion, four-time World Weightlifting champion, and five-time Asian champion. Rezazadeh has w ...

(born 1978), Iranian politician, retired Olympic weightlifter, and world record holder *

Kazem Sadegh-Zadeh Kazem Sadegh-Zadeh (; fa, کاظم صادق‌زاده; born 23 April 1942) is a German analytic philosopher of medicine of Iranian descent. He was the first ever professor of philosophy of medicine at a German university and has made significa ...

(born 1942), Iranian and German philosopher of medicine *

Ilya Salmanzadeh Ilya Salmanzadeh (; born 19 September 1986 in Stockholm), known mononymously as ILYA, is a Swedish-Persian songwriter, producer and singer. He rose to prominence outside of Sweden after co-writing and producing Ariana Grande's " Problem" and Je ...

(born 1986), Swedish music producer *

Aysel Teymurzadeh Aysel Teymurzadeh ( az, Aysel Məhəmməd qızı Teymurzadə; born 25 April 1989, Baku) is an Azerbaijani pop and R&B singer. She has become well known after singing the song "Always" along with Arash during the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest in ...

(born 1989), Azerbaijani singer * Kanan Yusif-zada, Azebaijani surgeon

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