Bakhtiari (and its variant ''Bakhtiary'') is a surname of Persian origin. Notable people with the surname are as follows:
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Abu'l-Fath Khan Bakhtiari
Abu'l-Fath Khan Bakhtiari ( fa, ابوالفتح خان بختیاری, Abōlfatḥ Khān-e Bakhtīārī ) was the Bakhtiari people, Bakhtiari supreme chieftain (''ilkhani'') of the Haft Lang branch.
Biography
He was the governor of Isfahan at ...
(died 1750), supreme chieftain of the Bakhtiari tribe
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Ali Mardan Khan Bakhtiari
Ali Mardan Khan Bakhtiari (Luri/ fa, علیمردانخان بختیاری, Alī-Mardān Khān-e Bakhtīārī ) was the Bakhtiari supreme chieftain (''ilkhani'') of the Chahar Lang branch, and major contender for supremacy in western Iran a ...
(died 1754), supreme chieftain of the Bakhtiari tribe
* Ali Morad Bakhtiari (died 1735), supreme chieftain of the Bakhtiari tribe
* Ali Morteza Samsam Bakhtiari (1945–2007), Iranian author and oil expert
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Ali-Qoli Khan Bakhtiari
Sardar Asaad Bakhtiari (1856–1917) ( Luri/Persian: ), also known as Haj Ali-Gholi Khan, Sardar Asaad II (born Ali-Gholi Khan) was an Iranian revolutionary and a chieftain of the Bakhtiari ''Haft Lang'' tribe. The third son of Hossein Gholi Khan ...
(1856–1917), supreme chieftain of the Bakhtiari tribe and revolutionary
* Alireza Bakhtiari, Iranian media executive
* Behnoosh Bakhtiari (born 1975), Iranian actress
* Bibi Maryam Bakhtiari (1874–1937), Iranian politician
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David Bakhtiari
David Afrasiab Assad Bakhtiari (born September 30, 1991) is an American football offensive tackle for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Colorado, and was drafted by the Packers in the fourt ...
(born 1991), American football player
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Eric Bakhtiari
Eric Assad Bakhtiari (born December 2, 1984) is a former American football linebacker. He was most recently playing for the San Francisco 49ers, but was cut from the team on January 1, 2013. He was signed by the San Diego Chargers as an undrafte ...
(born 1984), American football player
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Khalil Esfandiary-Bakhtiary
Khalil Esfandiary-Bakhtiary ( fa, خلیل اسفندیاری; April 3, 1901 in Izeh – January 19, 1983 in Munich), was an Iranian politician and diplomat. Bakhtiary was Iran's Ambassador to West Germany from 1952 to 1961.Liliana Bakhtiari, Iranian American community organizer
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Morteza Bakhtiari
Morteza Bakhtiari (born 1952) is an Iranian politician who served as Minister of Justice from 2009 to 2013.
Early life
Bakhtiari was born in Mashhad in 1952.
Career
Bakhtiari served as the director of the state prisons organization of Iran ...
(born 1952), Iranian politician
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Najaf-Qoli Khan Bakhtiari
Najaf-Qoli Khan Bakhtiari ( fa, نجفقلیخان بختیاری) also known Saad al-Dowleh and Samsam al-Saltane (1846–1930), was an Iranian Prime Minister and a leader of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution. He was elected Prime Min ...
(1846–1930), former prime minister of Iran
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Pouya Bakhtiari
Pouya Bakhtiari ( fa, پویا بختیاری; 1992–2019) was an Iranian protester who was shot and killed on 16 November 2019 in Karaj during the 2019 Iranian protests. His death and his parents' reaction garnered nationwide attention; the arre ...
(1992–2019), Iranian activist
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Shapour Bakhtiar
Shapour Bakhtiar ( fa, شاپور بختیار, ; 26 June 19146 August 1991) was an Iranian politician who served as the last Prime Minister of Iran under the Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi. In the words of historian Abbas Milani: "more than once in ...
(1914–1991), former prime minister of Iran
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Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary
Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary ( fa, ثریا اسفندیاری بختیاری, Sorayâ Esfandiâri-Baxtiâri; 22 June 1932 – 26 October 2001) was Queen of the Imperial State of Iran as the second wife of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, whom she mar ...