Tamilla Nasirova

Tamilla Nasirova (Azerbaijani: Tamilla Nəsirova; 20 October 1936 – 12 April 2023) was an Azerbaijani mathematician. She specialized in probability theory and is known for her discoveries pertaining to the semi-Markov process. She was a professor at Baku State University from 1980 to 2018 and at the Karadeniz Technical University from 1996 to 2000. Nasirova was the first woman to earn a doctorate in mathematics in Azerbaijan and the first Azerbaijani woman to become a professor of mathematics.