Mammadbeyov
Mammadbeyov (Azerbaijani: Məmmədbəyov, also Mammadbeyova for females, sometimes encountered in Russified spelling Mamedbekov) is a surname of people of Azeri origin, which consists of three elements: Mammad (reduced form of the male name Mahammad), bey, a title of a chief or a landowner, and the Russian ending -ov.
It is the name of a noble family of Azerbaijan.[citation needed]
Notable people with this family name
- Gulnara Mehmandarova (born 1959, name at birth: Gulnara Mammadbeyova), architect and researcher (PhD in theory and history of architecture and restoration of architectural monuments). First President of ICOMOS Azerbaijan
- Heybatgulu Mammadbeyov, Azerbaijan's tax minister in 1919–1920
- Kamal Mammadbeyov (1924–97), architect and researcher (PhD in theory and history of architecture and restoration of architectural monuments). One of the first honored architects of Azerbaijan
- Karim Mammadbeyov, Dagestani statesman of the 1920s and 1930s
- Leyla Mammadbeyova (1922–2006), physician and researcher. First female professor in Azerbaijan in the field of pathology, the first female forensic medical expert, and the first female chief pathologist of Azerbaijan
- Leyla Mammadbeyova, first female pilot of Southern Europe and the Middle East
- Rashid Mammadbeyov, first Olympic medal winner from Azerbaijan