List Of People From Tabriz

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Safina-yi Tabriz ''Safīna-yi Tabrīz'' ( fa, سفینهٔ تبریز, " heVessel of Tabriz" or " heTreasury of Tabriz") is an important encyclopedic manuscript from 14th century Ilkhanid Iran compiled by Abu'l Majd Muhammad ibn Mas'ud Tabrizi between 1321 and 13 ...

'', writer *

Ahmad Hussein Adl Ahmad-Hossein Adl (1889–1963) was an Iranian politician, who served as the minister of agriculture for several periods in the Ahmad Qavam, Ebrahim Hakimi, and Fazlollah Zahedi governments. He was also the first head of the College of Agronomy ...

, Minister of Agriculture *

Akbar Alami Akbar Aâlami ( fa, اکبر اعلمی) was born in Bandar Torkaman, Golestan Province, Golestan from Iranian Azerbaijanis, Azerbaijanis family. He is an Iranian politician, a former member of the Iranian parliament. He was nominated for 2009 Iran ...

, Representative of Parliament * Massoud Amin, American Engineer *

Taghi Arani Taqi Arani ( fa, تقی ارانی; September 5, 1903 – February 4, 1940), was a professor of chemistry, left-wing Iranian political activist, and the founder and editor of the Marxist magazine '' Donya'' (''The World''). Biography Arani ...

, Iranian political activist; killed in prison in the First Pahlavi era *

Armik Armik Dashchi, professionally known as Armik, is an Iranian-Armenian American New Flamenco New flamenco (or ''nuevo flamenco'') or flamenco fusion is a musical genre that was born in Spain, starting in the 1980s. It combines flamenco guitar virt ...

* Aziz Asli, soccer player * Cristoforo Armeno, translator B * Bagher Khan, Nationalist revolutionist * Karim Bagheri, soccer player *

Reza Baraheni Reza Baraheni ( fa, رضا براهنی; 13 December 1935 – 25 March 2022) was an Iranian novelist, poet, critic, and political activist. Baraheni lived in Toronto, Canada, where he used to teach at the Centre for Comparative Literature at t ...

, novelist, poet, critic and political activist, former president of Pen Canada * Mohammad Hossein Behjat Tabrizi (Shahriar), poet *

Samad Behrangi Samad Behrangi ( fa, صمد بهرنگی; June 24, 1939 – August 31, 1968) was an Iranian teacher, social activist and critic, folklorist, translator, and short story writer of Azerbaijani descent. He is famous for his children's books, particu ...

, children's books writer *

Qolam Hossein Bigjeh-Khani Qolamhossein Bigjekhani, also ''Qolam-Hossein Bigjeh-Khani'', (1918 – April 13, 1987) was an Iranian musician and tar player. He was born in Tabriz. His art of tar playing is characterized by: * extreme transparency and a detailed approac ...

, musician and tar player *

Gayk Bzhishkyan Hayk Bzhishkian ( hy, Հայկ Բժշկյան, Persian هایک پزشکیان, Russian: Гайк Бжишкян, also known as Guy Dmitrievich Guy, Gai Dmitrievich Gai (Гай Дмитриевич Гай), Gaya Gai (Гая Гай), or Bzhishkyan ...

C D * Reza Deghati, photographer * Cyrus Dinmohammadi, soccer player E *

Hasan Enami Olya Hasan Anami Olya ( fa, حسن انعامي عليا; az, Həsən Anami Olya / , ; born 15 March 1967) is an Iranian opera singer. Since 1997, he has been a soloist of the Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre in Baku, Azerbaijan. H ...

Parvin E'tesami Parvin E'tesami (1907 – April 5, 1941) also known as Rakhshandeh Etesami ( fa, رخشنده اعتصامی), and Parvin Etesami ( fa, پروین اعتصامی), was an Iranian 20th-century Persian poet. Life Parvin E'tesami was born in 1907 i ...

, poet F * Javad Fakori, Major General; commander of the IRIAF during the Iran–Iraq War; served as Defense Minister *

Farhad Fakhredini Farhad Fakhreddini ( fa, فرهاد فخرالدینی; born 11 March 1938 in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan) is a renowned Iranian composer, conductor and founder of Iran’s National Orchestra. He led Iran's Radio and Television Orchestra from 1 ...

, conductor of National Orchestra G *

Ivan Galamian Ivan Alexander Galamian ( hy, Իվան Ղալամեան; April 14, 1981) was an Armenian-American violin teacher of the twentieth century who was the violin teacher of many seminal violin players including Itzhak Perlman. Biography Galamian w ...

Azim Gheychisaz Azim Gheychisaz ( fa, عظیم قیچی‌ساز) is an Iranian peoples, Iranian mountain climber and the summiter of all 14 Eight-thousanders. Marble Wall peak in Kazakhstan was his first professional climbing in 2000. He is a member of Irania ...

Vartan Gregorian Vartan Gregorian; fa, وارتان گرگوریان (April 8, 1934 – April 15, 2021) was an Armenian-American academic, educator, and historian. He served as president of the Carnegie Corporation from 1997 to 2021. An Armenian born in Ira ...

, President of Carnegie Corporation H *

Ebrahim Hakimi Ebrahim Hakimi ( fa, ابراهیم حکیمی; 1869 – 19 October 1959) was an Iranian statesman who served as Prime Minister of Iran on three occasions. Early life and education Born in Tabriz in 1869, Ḥakimi was part of "an old and promine ...

, Prime Minister of Iran *

Sattar Hamedani Sattar Hamedani ( fa, ستار همدانی) born 7 June 1974 in Tabriz) is a retired Iranian football player. He usually played in the midfielder position. Club career He played for a few clubs, including Tractor S.C., Keshavarz F.C., Paya ...

, soccer player *

Hamid Mirza Prince Sultan Hamid Mirza Qajar (23 April 1918 – 5 May 1988) was the head and heir presumptive of the Qajar dynasty, the former ruling dynasty of Iran, and the son of the last Qajar Crown Prince of Iran. Biography Early life He was born in Tabr ...

, heir presumptive of the

Qajar dynasty The Qajar dynasty (; fa, دودمان قاجار ', az, Qacarlar ) was an IranianAbbas Amanat, ''The Pivot of the Universe: Nasir Al-Din Shah Qajar and the Iranian Monarchy, 1831–1896'', I. B. Tauris, pp 2–3 royal dynasty of Turkic peoples ...

Mohsen Hashtroodi Mohsen Hashtroodi (Hachtroudi) ( fa, محسن هشترودی; also romanized as Mohsen Hashtrūdi; December 13, 1908, Tabriz – September 4, 1976, Tehran) was a prominent Iranian mathematician, known as "Professor Hashtroodi (Hashtroudi)". His f ...

, mathematician * Homam-e Tabrizi, poet * Ahad Hoseini, painter I *

Iraj Mirza Prince Iraj Mirza ( fa, ایرج میرزا, literally ''Prince Iraj''; October 1874 – 14 March 1926) (titled Jalāl-ol-Mamālek, fa, جلال‌الممالک), son of prince Gholam-Hossein Mirza, was a famous Iranian poet. He was a modern p ...

, poet and famous politician J * Allameh Jafari, cleric, researcher * Feridoun Jam, Head of Iranian Army corps * Jafar Tabrizi, calligrapher *

Mahmud Jam Mahmoud Modir al-Molk Djam ( fa, محمود جم; 1880 – 10 August 1969) was a prime minister of Iran from 1935 to 1939. Early life Djam was born in Tabriz in around 1880. Career Djam learned French from a Frenchman in Tabriz and began to wor ...

, Prime Minister of Iran *

Rosa Jamali Rosa Jamali ( fa, رزا جمالی; born 1977 in Tabriz), is an Iranian poet, translator, literary critic and playwright. Education and career She studied Dramatic Literature at the Tehran University of Art and later received an MA degree in En ...

, poet, writer K * Ahmad Kasravi, politician and author * Samuel Khachikian, film director *

Rasoul Khatibi Rasoul Paki Khatibi ( fa, رسول خطیبی; born 22 September 1978) is an Iranian football coach and former player who manages Persian Gulf Pro League team Aluminium Arak. He is the younger brother of Hossein Khatibi, who is also a football ...

, soccer player *

Mohammad Khiabani Shaikh Mohammad Khiābāni ( fa, شیخ محمد خیابانی, 1880–1920), sometimes spelled Khiyabani, also known as Shaikh Mohammad Khiābāni Tabrizi was an Iranian Shia cleric, political leader, and representative to the parliament. He wa ...

, cleric; a political leader during Iran's Constitutionalist Revolution L M *

Yadollah Maftun Amini Yadollah Maftun Amini ( fa, یدالله مفتون امینی; 12 June 1926 – 1 December 2022) was an Iranian poet. Early life Yadollah Amini, whose literary nickname was Maftun, was born in 1926 in Shahindezh, West Azerbaijan, northwest of ...

, poet * Abu'l Majd Tabrizi, compiler of ''

''; writer *

Naser Manzuri Naser Manzuri (Azeri: ''Nasir Mənzuri''; Persian: ناصر منظوری) is an Iranian novelist and linguist, born in 1953 in Mianeh. He writes his novels in the Azerbaijani language. He vastly concentrates on Azeri mythical thoughts in his th ...

, novelist, linguist *

Tahmineh Milani Tahmineh Milāni ( fa, تهمینه میلانی) is an Iranian feminist activist, and film director and producer. Early career She was born 1960 in Tabriz, Iran. After graduating in architecture from the University of Science and Technology ...

, film director * Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Prime Minister of Iran, reformist N *

Reza Naji Reza Naji is an Iranian actor and an iconic figure of Iranian cinema. Naji started his career in theater when he was a teenager. While serving in the Iranian army, he continued to perform in different roles. His first role in a film goes back to ...

, actor * Nasimi, poet (however, there is a controversy about his birthplace) P * Farah Pahlavi (Farah Diba), the last queen consort of Iran *

Jafar Panahi Jafar Panâhi ( fa, جعفر پناهی, ; born 11 July 1960) is an Iranian film director, screenwriter, and film editor, commonly associated with the Iranian New Wave film movement. After several years of making short films and working as an ass ...

, film director Q * Abbas Mirza Qajar, prince, reformist * Ahmad Shah Qajar, King of Iran * Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar, King of Iran *

Mohammad Shah Qajar Mohammad Shah (; born Mohammad Mirza; 5 January 1808 – 5 September 1848) was the third Qajar dynasty, Qajar ''shah'' of Qajar Iran, Iran from 1834 to 1848, having succeeded his grandfather Fath-Ali Shah Qajar, Fath-Ali Shah. From a young age, M ...

Shah of Persia Iranian monarchism is the advocacy of restoring the monarchy in Iran, which was abolished after the 1979 Revolution. Historical background Iran first became a constitutional monarchy in 1906, but underwent a period of autocracy during the years ...

of the

* Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, King of Iran * Qalandar Tabrizi, speaker of bitter truths to power * Qatran Tabrizi, poet R * Mirza Taqikhan Raf'at Tabrizi, poet, writer, founder of Raf'at Literary School *

Hassan Roshdieh Haji Mirza Hassan Tabrizi (میرزا حسن تبریزی; July 4, 1851, Tabriz – December 12, 1944, Qom), famously known as Hassan Roshdieh (حسن رشدیه), was an Iranian cleric, teacher, politician, and journalist. He introduced some mod ...

, founder of the first modern school in Iran S * Kazem Sadegh-Zadeh *

Gholamhossein Saedi Gholām-Hossein Sā'edi MD ( fa, غلامحسین ساعدی, also transliterated as Gholamhoseyn Sa'edi and Ghulamhusayn Sa'idi; January 15, 1936 in Tabriz – November 23, 1985 in Paris) was a prolific Iranian writer. He published over fort ...

, writer, novelist and political activist *

Sattar Khan Sattar Khan ( fa, ستارخان, , October 20, 1866 – November 17, 1914), honorarily titled Sardār-e Melli ( fa, سردار ملی meaning ''National Commander'') was a pivotal figure in the Iranian Constitutional Revolution and is considered ...

, Nationalist revolutionary leader *

Seqat-ol-Eslam Tabrizi Mirza Ali-Aqa Tabrizi, () known as Thiqat-ul-Islam Tabrizi (; January 19, 1861 - December 31, 1911) was an Iranian nationalist who lived in Tabriz, Iran, during the Iranian Constitutional Revolution and was a reformist Shia cleric. He was hanged b ...

, Nationalist cleric * Shams Tabrizi, Sufi * Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari, Grand Ayatollah *

Jamileh Sheykhi Jamileh Sheykhi ( fa, جمیله شیخی , 30 April 1930 – 23 May 2001) was an Iranian actress and the mother of actor Atila Pesyani. Career She made her stage debut in 1957 and began film acting with ''Shipwreck'' (1975, Nosrat Kari ...

, actress * Ali Soheili, Prime Minister of Iran T *

Allameh Tabatabaei Muhammad Husayn Tabataba'i or Sayyid Mohammad Hossein Tabataba'i (16 March 1903 – 15 November 1981) was an Iranian scholar, theorist, philosopher and one of the most prominent thinkers of modern Shia Islam. He is perhaps best known for his '' ...

, cleric, researcher *

Javad Tabatabai Seyyed Javad Tabatabai ( fa, سید جواد طباطبایی; born 14 December 1945 in Tabriz, Iran) is an Iranian philosopher and political scientist. He was Professor and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Law and Political Science at the University o ...

, political philosopher, historian, distinguished university professor *

Maqsud Ali Tabrizi Maqsud Ali Tabrizi was a 17th-century Iranian physician in Mughal India. As indicated by his nisba, he was from Tabriz. He was a translator who worked at the request of the Mughal emperor Jahangir (who ruled 1605-1627 CE). He translated Arabic ...

Mir Ali Tabrizi Mir Ali Tabrizi ( fa, ) was a distinguished Iranian calligrapher of the 14th century, to whom the invention of Nas-Taliq calligraphy style is attributed. Early life He lived in the 14th century. Historians have not been able to unveil details ...

, calligraphist *

Mirza Abdul'Rahim Talibov Tabrizi Mirzā Abdul'Rahim Tālibi Najjār Tabrizi (1834, Tabriz — 1911, Temir-Khan-Shura, named Buinaksk since 1922) ( fa, ميرزا عبدالرحیم طالبی نجار تبریزی), also known as Talibov, was an Iranian Azerbaijanis, Iranian A ...

, intellectual and social reformer *

Muhammad ibn Muhammad Tabrizi Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr ibn Muhammad Tabrizi was a thirteenth-century Persian Muslim writer, known for his Arabic commentary on the twenty five propositions at the beginning of Book II of the Jewish philosopher Maimonides's ''Guide for t ...

, Muslim convert from Judaism; philosopher and translator * Hasan Taqizadeh, politician, diplomat and scholar *

Varto Terian Varto Terian (; May 11, 1896 – October 2, 1974) also known by the pseudonym LaLa, was an Iranian-born Armenian actress and educator. She was Iran’s first stage actress of theater. Early life and education Varto Terian was born on May 11, 1 ...

, Iran's first stage actress. V *

Fariba Vafi Fariba Vafi ( fa, فریبا وفی; born 21 January 1963) is an Iranian writer. She is of Azerbaijani descent. Biography Fariba Vafi was born in Tabriz on 21 January 1963 in a middle-class family. She started writing early in school and la ...

, novelist * Monir Vakili Nikjoo, opera singer Tabriz Tabriz