Bijan (also Bizhan or Bejan; fa, بیژن) is a Persian given name meaning "Hero". People named Bijan include: *

Bijan (designer) Bijan Pakzad (; fa, بیژن پاکزاد, ), generally known simply as Bijan (4 April 1940 - 16 April 2011), was an Iranian designer of menswear and fragrances. Biography Bijan Pakzad was born in Tehran, Iran in either 1940 or 1944.Parisa Miche ...

, surname Pakzad, a fashion and perfume designer *

Bijan Abdolkarimi Bijan Abdolkarimi ( fa, بیژن عبدالکریمی; born 1963) is an Iranian philosopher, thinker, translator, and editor. His main interests are ontology, political philosophy and the critique of religious and intellectual traditions. H ...

, philosopher *

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 *

Bijan Beg (son of Rostam Khan) Bijan Beg (''Bezhan'', ''Bizhan''; fl. 17th-century) was a Safavid official and ''gholam'' of Georgian origin. He served as a governor (''beglarbeg'') of Azerbaijan during the reign of king Suleiman I (r. 1666–1694). Biography A scion of the ...

, Safavid official *

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 *

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 *

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 *

Bijan Jazani Bijan Jazani ( fa, بیژن جزنی; 9 January 1938, Tehran – April 19, 1975) was an Iranian political activist and a major figure among modern Iranian Socialist intellectuals, a Marxist theorist as well as one of the founders of the Organiz ...

, intellectual *

Bijan Kamkar , fa, کامکارها , image = , caption = , image_size = , background = classical_ensemble , alias = Kamkar Ensemble , origin = Sanandaj, Kurdistan, Iran , genre ...

, musician *

Bijan Kian Bijan R. Kian (Persian: بیژن کیان; born January 15, 1952), sometimes written Bijan Rafiekian (بیژن رفیعی‌کیان), is an Iranian-American businessman, who is based in San Juan Capistrano, California. He has been an executive ...

, businessman involved in American politics, notably associated with the administration of Donald Trump *

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 *

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 *

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 * Bijan Nobaveh-Vatan, politician

In literature

*Bijan, a character in ''

Bijan and Manijeh ''Bijan and Manijeh'' (also ''Bizhan and Manizheh'', Persian بيژن و منيژه - ''Bīžan ow Manīža'') is a love story in Ferdowsi's Shahnameh. Bijan was the son of Giv, a famous Iranian knight during the reign of Kay Khosrow, the Sh ...

'', a love story in the Persian epic poem Shahnameh {{given name Persian masculine given names