Bijan (also Bizhan or Bejan; fa, بیژن) is a Persian given name meaning "Hero". People named Bijan include:
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Bijan (designer), surname Pakzad, a fashion and perfume designer
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Bijan Abdolkarimi, philosopher
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Bijan Beg Saakadze
Bijan Beg, also known as Bijan Beg Gorji (''Bezhan'', ''Bizhan''), was a Safavid courtier, official, and royal ''gholam'' from the Georgian Saakadze clan. He was one of the most influential and closest servants of king Abbas I (r. 1588–1629) i ...
, Safavid noble and officeholder
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Bijan Beg (son of Rostam Khan), Safavid official
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Bijan Daneshmand
Bijan Daneshmand (born 16 August 1958) is an Iranian born-English actor and artist based in London, England. He was born in Tehran, Iran, and was sent to England for his schooling at the age of 10.
He was educated in England at Eastbourne Colleg ...
, actor
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Bijan Emkanian
Bijan Emkanian ( fa, بیژن امکانیان ) is an Iranian actor born on August 18, 1953 in Abadan, Iran.
Selected filmography
* ''Bijan and Dream and Shoes (Bijan o Khial o Kafsh), Short Film, 1969
* ''Liegemen'', 1981
* ''The Chrysanthemum ...
, actor
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Bijan Jalali
Bijan Jalali ( fa, بیژن جلالی; 1927 – January 2000) was a modern Persian poet.
Jalali was born in Tehran, Iran. His works include: The Color of Water, Days, Dailies, Our Heart and the World, Play of Light, and The Water and the Su ...
, poet
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Bijan Jazani, intellectual
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Bijan Kamkar
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, musician
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Bijan Kian, businessman involved in American politics, notably associated with the administration of Donald Trump
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Bijan Mortazavi
Bijan Mortazavi ( fa, بیژن مرتضوی, born November 16, 1957) is an Iranian virtuoso violinist, musician, composer, songwriter, arranger and singer.
Biography Musical education
Born in the city of Babol, Iran. Mortazavi studied music ...
, violinist and singer
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Bijan Namdar Zangeneh
Bijan Namdar Zangeneh ( fa, بيژن نامدار زنگنه; born 21 September 1952) is an Iranian politician, who served as minister, at different cabinets after the Islamic Revolution, for 30 years. He lately served as Minister of Petroleum f ...
, politician
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Bijan Robinson
Bijan Robinson (born January 30, 2002) is an American football running back for the Texas Longhorns. He won the Doak Walker Award in 2022.
Early years
Robinson attended Salpointe Catholic High School in Tucson, Arizona. During his career he had ...
(born 2002), American football player
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Bijan Nobaveh-Vatan, politician
In literature
*Bijan, a character in ''
Bijan and Manijeh'', a love story in the Persian epic poem Shahnameh
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Persian masculine given names