This is a list of notable

Iranian-American Iranian Americans are United States citizens or nationals who are of Iranian ancestry or who hold Iranian citizenship. Iranian Americans are among the most highly educated people in the United States. They have historically excelled in busine ...

s of all Iranian ethnic backgrounds, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants. ''To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Iranian-American or must have references showing they are Iranian American.

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Religion

* Shua'u'llah Behai, known in the Baháʼí tradition as "Mirza Shua'u’llah". Eldest grandson of Bahá'u'lláh, the founder-prophet of the

Baháʼí Faith The Baháʼí Faith is a religion founded in the 19th century that teaches the Baháʼí Faith and the unity of religion, essential worth of all religions and Baháʼí Faith and the unity of humanity, the unity of all people. Established by ...

, and son of Mírzá Muhammad `Alí. Only known descendant of the Baháʼí prophet to have become an American citizen *

Jacob David Jacob David (15 November 1873 – 26 May 1967) was a Qajar Iran, Persian-born Assyrian people, Assyrian pastor and relief worker. He was born in Sir, West Azerbaijan, Seyr (Sir), a village to the west of the city of Urmia, and died in Chicago. Sou ...

, pastor and relief worker *

David Shofet David Shofet is an Iranian American rabbi. He is the founder and chief rabbi of the Nessah Synagogue in Beverly Hills, California. Early life Shofet was born in Tehran, Iran. David comes from a family who have been rabbis for twelve generations. ...

, founder and chief rabbi of the

Nessah Synagogue The Nessah Synagogue is a Sephardic synagogue in Beverly Hills, California. History The synagogue was established in 1980 for the immigration of Persian Jews to Los Angeles County, shortly after the Iranian Revolution of 1979.Karmel MelamedIranian ...

Beverly Hills, California Beverly Hills is a city located in Los Angeles County, California. A notable and historic suburb of Greater Los Angeles, it is in a wealthy area immediately southwest of the Hollywood Hills, approximately northwest of downtown Los Angeles. B ...

. Son of former

chief rabbi Chief Rabbi ( he, רב ראשי ''Rav Rashi'') is a title given in several countries to the recognized religious leader of that country's Jewish community, or to a rabbinic leader appointed by the local secular authorities. Since 1911, through a ...

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

Yedidia Shofet Yedidia Shofet (also spelled ''Shophet'', and often referred to as Hakham Yedidia; November 14, 1908 – June 24, 2005) was the former Chief Rabbi of Iran and the worldwide spiritual leader of Persian Jewry. Early life Yedidia Shofet was born ...

and current recognized spiritual leader of

Persian Jewry Persian Jews or Iranian Jews ( fa, یهودیان ایرانی, ''yahudiān-e-Irāni''; he, יהודים פרסים ''Yəhūdīm Parsīm'') are the descendants of Jews who were historically associated with the Persian Empire, whose successor s ...

, former

and spiritual leader of worldwide

Ahmad Sohrab Mírzá Aḥmad Sohráb (March 21, 1890 – April 20, 1958) was a Persian- American author and Baháʼí who served as ʻAbdu'l-Bahá's secretary and interpreter from 1912 to 1919. He co-founded the New History Society and the Caravan of East and ...

, Baháʼí, author who served as Abdu'l-Bahá's secretary and interpreter (1912–1919). Co-founder of the ''New History Society'' and

Caravan of East and West The Caravan of East and West is a tax-exempt, educational foundation for brotherhood, established in 1929 by Mirza Ahmad Sohrab, Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler and his wife Julie and located at 132 East 65th Street in New York City, at '' Caravan House'' ...

in New York City, which aimed to spread the teachings of the

through international correspondence and education. Ex-communicated from the Baháʼí Faith by

Shoghi Effendi Shoghí Effendi (; 1 March 1897 – 4 November 1957) was the grandson and successor of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, appointed to the role of Guardian of the Baháʼí Faith from 1921 until his death in 1957. He created a series of teaching plans that over ...

in 1939

Other

* Gelareh Bagherzadeh, Iranian residing in Houston, Texas, killed in 2012 in an

honor killing An honor killing (American English), honour killing (Commonwealth English), or shame killing is the murder of an individual, either an outsider or a member of a family, by someone seeking to protect what they see as the dignity and honor of t ...

perpetrated by

Ali Irsan Ali Mahmood Awad Irsan ( ar, علي محمود عوض عرسان; born December 27, 1957
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Reza Zadeh Reza Zadeh is an American-Canadian-Iranian computer scientist and technology executive working on machine learning. He is adjunct professor at Stanford University and CEO of Matroid. He has served on the technical advisory boards of Databricks and ...

, computer science

References

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Iranian Iranian may refer to: * Iran, a sovereign state * Iranian peoples, the speakers of the Iranian languages. The term Iranic peoples is also used for this term to distinguish the pan ethnic term from Iranian, used for the people of Iran * Iranian lan ...