The following notable people were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Tehran, Iran. Tehran natives are also referred to as Tehranis. Picture of Abdul-Baha

Born in Tehran

1801–1900

* Bahá'u'lláh (1817–1892), founder of the Bahá'í faith * Subh-i-Azal (1831–1912), Persian religious leader of Azali Bábism * `Abdu'l-Bahá (1844–1921), founder of the Bahá'í faith * Morteza Gholi Khan Hedayat (1856–1911), politician and first chairman of the Iranian parliament *

Mirza Ali Asghar Khan Amin al-Soltan Mirza Ali Asghar Khan ( fa, میرزا علی‌اصغر خان; 6 January 1858 – 31 August 1907), also known by his honorific titles of Amin al-Soltan and Atabak, was the last prime minister of Qajar dynasty, Iran under Naser al-Din Shah Qa ...

(1858–1907), Prime Minister of Iran * Mehdi Qoli Hedayat (1863–1955), Prime Minister of Iran *

Vossug ed Dowleh Hassan Vossug ed Dowleh ( fa, حسن وثوق‌الدوله; 1 April 1868 – 3 February 1951) was twice Prime Minister of Iran. He was the older brother of Ahmad Qavam Ahmad Qavam (2 January 1873 – 23 July 1955; fa, احمد قوام) ...

(1868–1951), Prime Minister of Qajar era Iran *

Mostowfi ol-Mamalek Mirza Hasan Ashtiani, commonly known by the bestowed title Mostowfi ol-Mamalek ( fa, مستوفی‌الممالک, lit=Chancellor of the Realm; 1871 – 1932) was an Iranian politician who served as Prime Minister on six occasions from 1910 to ...

( 1871–1932), politician; Prime Minister on six occasions from 1910 to 1927 *

Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda Allameh Ali Akbar Dehkhodā ( fa, علی‌اکبر دهخدا; 1879–March 9, 1956) was a prominent Iranian linguist and lexicographer. He was the author of the Dehkhoda Dictionary, the most extensive dictionary of the Persian language pu ...

(1879–1956), linguist * Hossein Ala' (1881–1964), Prime Minister of Iran in 1951 and from 1955 to 1957 *

Abol-Ghasem Kashani Sayyed Abol-Ghasem Mostafavi-Kashani ( fa, سید ابوالقاسم کاشانی ''Abu’l-Qāsem Kāšāni''; 19 November 1882 – 13 March 1962) was an Iranian politician and Shia Marja. Early life His father, Ayatollah Hajj Seyyed Mostafa ...

(1882–1962), Twelver Shia Muslim cleric and Chairman of the Parliament of Iran * Mohammad Mosaddegh (1882–1967), politician * Ali Mansur (1886–1974), Prime Minister of Iran *

Harold Nicolson Sir Harold George Nicolson (21 November 1886 – 1 May 1968) was a British politician, diplomat, historian, biographer, diarist, novelist, lecturer, journalist, broadcaster, and gardener. His wife was the writer Vita Sackville-West. Early lif ...

(1886–1968), English diplomat, author, diarist and politician *

Solayman Haïm Solayman Haïm (also Soleyman or Soleiman), who appears in dictionaries in English under the name Sulayman Hayyim ( fa, سلیمان حییم) ( in Tehran, Iran – February 14, 1970 in Tehran), was an Iranian lexicographer, translator, play ...

(1887–1970), lexicographer, translator, playwright and essayist * Mirza Javad Khan Ameri (1891–1980), Iranian politician * Saeed Nafisi (1895–1966), scholar, fiction writer and poet *

Ahmad Matin-Daftari Ahmad Matin-Daftari, also known as ''Mo'in al-Dowleh'', ( fa, احمد متین دفتری; 23 January 1897 – 26 June 1971) was an Iranian politician. He served as the former Prime Minister of Pahlavi Iran from 1939 until 1940. Biography Ahmad ...

(1896–1971), Prime Minister of Iran *

Gholamreza Rouhani Sayyed Gholamreza Rouhani alias Ajjeneh ( fa, غلامرضا روحانی, 17 May 1897 – 29 August 1985) was an Iranian humorous poet. Mohamad Ali Jamalzadeh called him "the chief of humorous poets". Early life Gholamreza Rouhani was born on 2 ...

(1897–1985), humorous poet * Nasrollah Entezam (1900–1980), diplomat * Mohammad Hejazi (1900–1974), novelist, short-story writer, playwright, essayist, translator

1901–1930

* Haj Ali Razmara (1901–1951), military leader and prime minister of Iran *

Sadegh Hedayat Sadegh Hedayat ( fa, صادق هدایت ; 17 February 1903 – 9 April 1951) was an Iranian writer and translator. Best known for his novel '' The Blind Owl'', he was one of the earliest Iranian writers to adopt literary modernism in their care ...

(1903–1951), writer, translator and intellectual * Bozorg Alavi (1904–1997), writer, novelist, and political intellectual * Ali Amini (1905–1992), politician and writer, Prime Minister of Iran from 1961 to 1962 * Rahi Mo'ayyeri (1909–1968), poet and musician *

Davud Monshizadeh Davud Monshizadeh ( fa, داوود منشی‌زاده; 28 August 1914 – 13 July 1989) was the founder of the SUMKA (the "Iranian National Socialist Workers Party") and a supporter of Nazism in Germany during World War II and in Iran after the ...

(1915–1989), founder of Sumka (the "Iranian National Socialist Workers Party") * Shams Pahlavi (1917–1996), the elder sister of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran * Amir-Abbas Hoveyda (1919–1979), economist and politician *

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi , title = Shahanshah Aryamehr Bozorg Arteshtaran , image = File:Shah_fullsize.jpg , caption = Shah in 1973 , succession = Shah of Iran , reign = 16 September 1941 – 11 February 1979 , coronation = 26 October ...

(1919–1980), king of Iran (Shah of Iran) from 1941 until his overthrow by the Islamic Revolution (1979) *

Nasser Moghadam Lieutenant General Nasser Moghaddam ( fa, ناصر مقدم; 24 June 1921 – 11 April 1979) was the fourth and last chief of SAVAK (6 June 1978 – 12 February 1979). He succeeded General Nematollah Nassiri, who was arrested by the Shah of Iran, ...

(1921–1979), the fourth and last chief of

SAVAK SAVAK ( fa, ساواک, abbreviation for ''Sâzemân-e Ettelâ'ât va Amniat-e Kešvar'', ) was the secret police, domestic security and intelligence service in Iran during the reign of the Pahlavi dynasty. SAVAK operated from 1957 until prime ...

* Heydar Ghiai (born 1922), architect * Jalal Al-e-Ahmad (1923–1969), writer, thinker and social and political critic *

Hassan Ali Mansur Hasan Ali Mansur ( fa, حسن علی منصور‎; 13 April 1923 – 26 January 1965) was an Iranian politician who served as Prime Minister from 1964 to 1965. He served during the White Revolution of the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and was a ...

(1923–1965), politician, Prime Minister from 1963 to 1965 * Abdollah Mojtabavi (1925–2012), freestyle wrestling athlete *

Sadegh Nezam-mafi Dr. Sadegh Nezam-mafi ( fa, صادق نظام‌مافی, 1925 in Tehran – 2009 in Tehran) was an Iranian physician and a pioneer of nuclear medicine in Iran. He introduced nuclear endocrinology to the country in 1960 with a thyroid probe and ...

(1925–2009), physician and medical pioneer * Ali Javan (born 1926), Iranian-American physicist and inventor at MIT *

Simin Behbahani Simin Behbahani, her surname also appears as Bihbahani (née Siminbar Khalili; fa, سیمین بهبهانی; 20 July 1927 – 19 August 2014) was a prominent Iranian contemporary poet, lyricist and activist. She is known for her poems in a ghaz ...

(1927–2014), poet, lyricist and activist *

Ray Aghayan Gorgen Ray Aghayan (July 28, 1928 – October 10, 2011) was an American fashion designer and costume designer for the United States film industry. He won an Emmy Award and was nominated for an Academy Award for his costume design. From the earl ...

(1928–2011), costume designer *

Masoud Boroumand Amir Masoud Boroumand ( fa, امیرمسعود برومند; 12 November 1928 – 8 March 2011) was an Iranian footballer who played as a striker. He was the Iran national team's captain during the 1950s. Club career In 1945, Boroumand he sta ...

(1928–2011), footballer * Ardeshir Zahedi (born 1928), diplomat *

Lotfi Mansouri Lotfollah "Lotfi" Mansouri (15 June 1929 – 30 August 2013) was an Iranian-born opera director and manager. He was an opera director from about 1960 onwards, and is best known for being the General Director of the Canadian Opera Company and ...

(1929–2013), opera director and manager *

Ali Mirzaei Ali Mirzaei (Persian: علی میرزایی) may refer to * Ali Mirzaei (footballer) (born 1942), Iranian football player * Ali Mirzaei (politician) (born 1949), Iranian politician, journalist and football administrator *Ali Mirzaei (weightlifter) ...

(born 1929), weightlifter *

Mahmoud Mollaghasemi Mahmoud Mollaghasemi Tabrizi ( fa, محمود ملاقاسمی تبریزی; born 5 April 1929) is a retired Iranian freestyle wrestler. He won a silver medal at the 1951 World Championships and a bronze medal at the 1952 Olympics. Mollaghasemi ...

(born 1929), freestyle wrestler * Ezzatollah Sahabi (1930–2011), scholar, humanitarian, democracy activist, politician and former Parliament member * Gholamreza Takhti (1930–1968), Olympic gold medalist wrestler

1931–1950

* Mohammad Ali Fardin (1931–2000), wrestler and actor * Mostafa Chamran (1932–1981), physicist, politician and commander *

Nasser Givehchi Nasser Givehchi ( fa, ناصر گیوه چی, 12 November 1932 – 15 May 2017) was an Iranian featherweight freestyle wrestler. He competed at the 1952 and 1956 Olympics and won a silver medal in 1952. He ranked fifth at the 1954 World Wrestlin ...

(born 1932), wrestler * Hossein Nasr (born 1933), University Professor of Islamic studies at George Washington University and Islamic philosopher * Forough Farrokhzad (1935–1967), poet and film director * Iraj Ghaderi (1935–2012), film director and actor *

Bahman Nirumand Bahman Nirumand ( fa, بهمن نیرومند); born 18 September 1936 in Tehran) is an Iranian and German journalist and author. Life Bahman Nirumand was born on 18 September 1936 to a wealthy family of civil servants in Tehran, Iran. His uncl ...

(born 1936), Iranian and German journalist and author * Kamran Diba (born 1937), architect *

Majid Samii Majid Samii (Romanization of Persian: Majid Samiêi), ( fa, مجید سمیعی, born 19 June 1937) is an Iranian neurosurgeon and medical scientist. Biography Samii was born in Tehran, Iran on 19 June 1937. After having completed his high scho ...

(born 1937), neurosurgeon and medical scientist * Hossein Zenderoudi (born 1937), painter and sculptor * Parviz Jalayer (born 1939), weightlifter and Olympic silver medalist * Dariush Mehrjui (born 1939), director, screenwriter, producer, film editor *

Kamran Shirdel Kamran Shirdel ( fa, کامران شیردل; born 21 June 1939) is an Iranian filmmaker and documentarist. Biography Kamran Shirdel was born on 21 June 1939 in Tehran. He studied architecture and urbanism at the University of Rome (now Sapi ...

(born 1939), documentarist * Bijan (1940–2011), designer of menswear and fragrances *

Abbas Kiarostami Abbas Kiarostami ( fa, عباس کیارستمی ; 22 June 1940 – 4 July 2016) was an Iranian film director, screenwriter, poet, photographer, and film producer. An active filmmaker from 1970, Kiarostami had been involved in the production of ...

(born 1940), film director, screenwriter, photographer and film producer *

Shahnaz Pahlavi Shahnaz Pahlavi ( fa, شهناز پهلوی, born 27 October 1940) is the first child of the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and his first wife, Princess Fawzia of Egypt. Early life and education Shahnaz Pahlavi was born in Tehran on 27 ...

(born 1940), Princess of Iran *

Barbet Schroeder Barbet Schroeder (born 26 August 1941) is an Iranian-born Swiss film director and producer who started his career in French cinema in the 1960s, working with directors such as Jean-Luc Godard and Jacques Rivette. Since the late 1980s, he has dire ...

(born 1941), film director and producer * Khosrow Vaziri (born 1942), professional wrestler and actor *

Ali Hatami Ali Hatami ( fa, علی حاتمی , August 14, 1944 – December 7, 1996) was an Iranian film director, screenwriter, art director, and costume designer. The ''Tehran Times'' dubbed him "the Hafez of Iranian cinema due to the poetic ambiance of ...

(1944–1996), film director, screenwriter, art director and costume designer *

Kamal Kharazi Sayyid Kamal Kharazi ( fa, کمال خرازی, born 1 December 1944) is an Iranian reformist politician and diplomat who was the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 20 August 1997 to 24 August 2005 as appointed by President Mohammad Khatami servi ...

(born 1944), politician and diplomat * Sohrab Shahid-Saless (1944–1998), film director and screenwriter *

Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel Gholam Ali Haddad-Adel ( fa, غلامعلی حداد عادل, born 9 May 1945) is an Iranian philosopher, conservative and principlist politician and former chairman of the Parliament. He is currently member of the Expediency Discernment Council ...

(born 1945), philosopher and politician * Mohammad Nassiri (born 1945), weightlifter and Olympic gold medalist * Abdolkarim Soroush (born 1945), thinker and reformer * Ali Parvin (born 1946), football player and coach * Shahrnush Parsipur (born 1946), novelist *

Mohammad Reza Adelkhani Mohammad Reza Adelkhani ( fa, محمدرضا عادلخانی, born February 13, 1947 in Tehran, Iran) is a retired Iranian footballer and former Iran national football team player. Adelkhani achieved the UEFA Pro Licence, the first Iranian to ...

(born 1947), footballer * Mansour Barzegar (born 1947), wrestler * Shaul Mofaz (born 1948), Israeli politician *

Firouzeh Vokhshouri Firouzeh Vokhshouri is a Jordanian diplomat and former member of the Jordanian royal family. She was married to Prince Asem bin Nayef from 1974 through 1985. Career Vokhshouri has been an attaché at the Jordanian Embassy in Madrid Madri ...

(born 1948), Princess Firouzeh Asem of Jordan *

Ebi Ebrahim Hamedi ( fa, اِبراهیم حامدی, also Romanized as "Ebrāhim Hāmedi"; born 1949), better known by his stage name Ebi (Persian: ), is an Iranian pop singer who first started his career in Tehran, gaining fame as part of a ban ...

(born 1949), singer *

Nasser Hejazi Nasser Hejazi ( Persian: ناصر حجازی ''nāser hejāzi''; 14 December 1949 – 23 May 2011), nicknamed "the legendary Iranian goalkeeper", was an Iranian football player and coach who most notably played for Esteghlal (Taj). Considered ...

(1949–2011), football player and coach * Googoosh (born 1950), Iranian singer and actress of Iranian Azerbaijani origin * Hassan Mehmani (born 1950), Iranian actor and director

1951–1960

* Andranik Eskandarian (born 1951), Iranian-American footballer * Mansoor Hekmat (1951–2002), Marxist theorist and leader of the worker-communist movement * Shohreh Aghdashloo (born 1952), Iranian-American actress *

Seyed Mostafa Azmayesh Seyed Mostafa Azmayesh is a French-Iranian jurist, scholar and researcher. He is known for his research on Gnosticism, Islam and Christianity. As a human rights activist, he has pushed for reform within fundamentalist regimes such as Iran, and th ...

(born 1952), France based Iranian religious scholar * Parviz Davoodi (born 1952), hardline conservative politician *

Valentine Moghadam Valentine Moghadam (born 1952) is a feminist scholar, sociologist, activist, and author whose work focuses on women in development, globalization, feminist networks, and female employment in the Middle East. She has taught and performed research at ...

(born 1952), feminist scholar, sociologist, activist and author * Maryam Rajavi (born 1953), politician *

Mary Apick Mary Apick ( fa, مری آپیک; born in Tehran) is an Iranian-born stage, television and film actress. She won the award for Best Actress at the 10th Moscow International Film Festival for her role in the 1977 film ''Dead End''. She is of Ira ...

(born 1954), Iranian-Armenian stage, television and film actress * Hadi Teherani (born 1954), German-Iranian architect and designer * Darius Khondji (born 1955), Iranian-French cinematographer * Azar Nafisi (born 1955), writer and professor of English literature *

Feizollah Nasseri Feyzollah Nasseri (Persian: فیض الله ناصری, born 1 May 1955) is a retired Iranian bantamweight weightlifter. He was the youngest member of Iran's weightlifting team in 1976 Summer Olympics, where he finished in tenth place. He placed ...

(born 1955), weightlifter * Goli Ameri (born 1956), Iranian-American diplomat and businesswoman * Ramin Jahanbegloo (born 1956), philosopher and academic * Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar (born 1956), politician and army general * Mohsen Makhmalbaf (born 1957), film director, writer, film editor and producer * Abbas Maroufi (born 1957), novelist and journalist * Andranik Madadian (born 1958), Armenian-Iranian singer-songwriter and actor * Bita Farrahi (born 1958), actress *

Farzad Bonyadi Farzad "Freddy" Bonyadi (born 1959) is an Iranian professional poker player based in Aliso Viejo, California, who has won 4 World Series of Poker bracelets. Bonyadi moved from Iran to America in 1983, where he worked as an executive host in th ...

(born 1959), professional poker player * Majid Majidi (born 1959), film director, film producer and screenwriter *

Ahmad Bourghani Ahmad Bourghani Farahani ( fa, احمد بورقانی فراهانی; January 2, 1960 – February 2, 2008) was an Iranian reformist politician, journalist, writer and political analyst. Bourghani was deputy minister of culture of Iran in Preside ...

(1960–2008), politician, journalist, writer and political analyst * Masoumeh Ebtekar (born 1960), Vice President of Iran for Women and Family Affairs * Vali Nasr (born 1960), American academic and author *

Reza Pahlavi Reza Pahlavi may refer to: * Reza Shah (1878–1944), Reza Shah Pahlavi, Shah of Iran from 1925 until 1941 * Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919–1980), Shah of Iran from 1941 to 1979, son of Reza Shah * Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran Reza Pah ...

(born 1960), crown prince of Persia * Cumrun Vafa (born 1960), Iranian-American leading string theorist from Harvard University

1961–1970

Parastou Forouhar Parastou Forouhar (born 1962 in Tehran) is an Iranian installation artist who lives and works out of Frankfurt, Germany. Forouhar's art reflects her criticism of the Iranian government and often plays with the ideas of identity. Her artwork expres ...

(born 1962), installation artist * Rita (born 1962), Israeli pop singer and actress *

Camila Batmanghelidjh Camila Batmanghelidjh CBE (; fa, کامیلا باتمانقلیچ ''Kamylā Batmanghelych''; born 1963) is an Iranian-Belgian author, psychotherapist, and former charity executive based in the United Kingdom. She was the founder of the collaps ...

(born ), Iranian-born author and charity executive in the United Kingdom * Amir Ghalenoei (born 1963), football coach and player * Farahnaz Pahlavi (born 1963), the eldest daughter of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi * Shaun Toub (born 1963), film and television actor * Philippe Blasband (born 1964), filmmaker; writer in French language from Belgium *

Rosie Malek-Yonan Rosie Malek-Yonan (b. July 4, 1965) is an Assyrian-American actress, author, director, public figure and activist. Malek-Yonan became a noted pianist at an early age. Having graduated from the University of Cambridge, she settled in the United ...

(born 1965), actress, author, director and activist of Assyrian ethnicity * Marina Nemat (born 1965), author * Afshin Ellian (born 1966), Iranian-Dutch professor of law, philosopher, poet and critic of political Islam * Reza Mirkarimi (born 1966), film writer and director * Maryam Namazie (born 1966), secularist and human rights activist, commentator and broadcaster * Ali-Reza Pahlavi (1966–2011), member of the Pahlavi Imperial Family of Iran (Persia) * Jasmin Tabatabai (born 1967), Iranian-German actress * Mani Haghighi (born 1969), filmmaker, screenwriter and actor * Abbas Jadidi (born 1969), wrestler * Azam Ali (born 1970), Iranian American singer and musician *

Amir Ansari Amir Ansari ( fa, امیر انصاری) is an American Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder of Prodea Systems. Along with his sister-in-law Anousheh Ansari, he made a multimillion-dollar contribution to the Ansari X Prize foundation on May ...

(born 1970), Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of Prodea Systems * Shokufeh Kavani (born 1970), contemporary painter, translator and artist * Leila Pahlavi (1970–2001), youngest daughter of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran * Sharam (born 1970), Iranian-American progressive house DJ and producer

1971–1980

Behzad Ghorbani Behzad ( fa, بهزاد, link=no) may refer to: Places in Iran *Bagh-e Behzad, a village in Javanmardi Rural District, Khanmirza District, Lordegan County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province *Behzad Kola, a village in Qareh Toghan Rural District, ...

(born 1971), zoologist and planarialogist *

Arash Hejazi Arash Hejazi ( fa, آرش حجازی), born 1971 in Tehran, Iran, is an Iranian physician, novelist, fiction writer and translator of literary works from English and Portuguese into Persian. He is also an editor in Caravan Books Publishing Ho ...

(born 1971), novelist, fiction writer and translator of literary works from English and Portuguese into Persian * Niki Karimi (born 1971), actress, director and screenwriter *

Mansour Mansour ( ar, منصور, Manṣūr); also spelled Mounsor, Monsur (Bengali), Mansoor, Manser, Mansur, Mansyur (Indonesian) or Mensur (Turkish), is a male Arabic name that means "He who is victorious", from the Arabic root '' naṣr'' (نصر), m ...

(born 1971), Iranian Azerbaijani artist *

Alireza Mansourian Alireza Mansourian ( fa, علیرضا منصوريان; born 2 December 1971) is an Iranian football coach and retired player. Club career Mansourian was born in Tehran. During his career, he played for Singapore S.League clubs: Balestier Khal ...

(born 1971), football coach and player * Leila Hatami (born 1972), actress * Tami Stronach (born 1972), Israeli American dancer and choreographer * Shadmehr Aghili (born 1973), pop singer, musician, composer, producer and songwriter * Ali Tabatabaee (born 1973), rapper, singer, musician in band Zebrahead * Cassandra Clare (born 1973), American author of young adult fiction * Kirill Pirogov (born 1973), Russian film and theatre actor and composer *

DJ Aligator Ali Asghar Movasat ( fa, علی اصغر مواسات ), better known by his stage name DJ Aligator, is an Iranian-Danish producer and DJ. Musical career He enjoyed worldwide success with the single " The Whistle Song" from his 2000 debut albu ...

(born 1975), Iranian-Danish producer and DJ * Omid Nouripour (born 1975), Iranian-German politician *

Bahar Soomekh Bahar Soomekh ( fa, بهار سومخ, born March 30, 1975) is an Iranian-American actress. She is best known for her roles in ''Crash'' and the ''Saw'' franchise. Early life Bahar was born in Tehran, Iran, to a devout Persian-Jewish family. ...

(born 1975), Iranian-American actress * Vahid Hashemian (born 1976), footballer and coach * Mahnaz Afshar (born 1977), actress * Arash (born 1977), Iranian-Swedish singer, entertainer and producer * Mehdi Mahdavikia (born 1977), football player * Marsha Mehran (1977–2014), novelist * Maryam Mirzakhani (born 1977), mathematician *

Laleh Seddigh Laleh Seddigh ( fa, لاله صدیق; born 1977 in Tehran) is an Iranian racing driver. She has been described as 'one of the most celebrated sportswomen in Iran'. Biography Early life Seddigh started driving at the age of 13, taught by her fath ...

(born 1977), female race car driver *

Ameneh Bahrami Ameneh Bahrami ( fa, آمنه بهرامی; born 1978 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian woman blinded in an acid attack. She became the focus of international controversy after demanding that her attacker, Majid Movahedi, be punished by being simila ...

(born 1978), woman blinded in an acid attack * Antonio Esfandiari (born 1978), professional poker player * Ramin Karimloo (born 1978), Iranian-Canadian actor and singer * Navíd Akhavan (born 1980), Iranian-German actor * Nazanin Boniadi (born 1980), Iranian-born British American actress * Samira Makhmalbaf (born 1980), filmmaker and script writer * Sami Yusuf (born 1980), British singer-songwriter, composer and producer of Iranian Azerbaijani descent

1981–2000

* Nasim Pedrad (born 1981), Iranian-American actress and comedian * Amir Hossein Sadeghi (born 1981), football player *

Sirvan Khosravi Sirvan Khosravi ( fa, سیروان خسروی; born 26 July 1982) is an Iranian singer, songwriter, and music producer. He has produced music for various artists including Xaniar Khosravi, his younger brother, who is also a singer-song writer. He ...

(born 1982), pop singer and composer *

Amir Shapourzadeh Amir Shapourzadeh ( fa, امیر شاپورزاده; born 19 September 1982) is a former footballer who played as a forward, and is the business manager of Admira Wacker. Born in Iran and raised in Germany, Shapourzadeh made one appearance for ...

(born 1982), Iranian-German footballer * Vahid Talebloo (born 1982), football goalkeeper *

Andranik Teymourian Andranik Timotian-Samarani, commonly known as Andranik "Ando" Teymourian ( hy, Անդրանիկ Թէյմուրեան; fa, آندرانيک تیموریان, Ândrânik Teymuryân, born 6 March 1983) is an Iranian retired professional footballe ...

(born 1983), footballer * Elshan Moradi (born 1985), chess grandmaster * Gegard Mousasi (born 1985), Dutch mixed martial artist * Behrang Safari (born 1985), Iranian-Swedish footballer *

Fatemeh Behboudi Fatemeh Behboudi ( fa, فاطمه بهبودی; born 1985) is an Iranian photojournalist and documentary photographer. She was awarded a World Press Photo award in 2015, a Pictures of the Year International award in 2014, and she is a member o ...

(born 1985), photojournalist * Ashkan Dejagah (born 1986), professional footballer * Mohammad Bagheri Motamed (born 1986), taekwondo practitioner * Omid Abolhassani (born 1988), football player banned for four years *

Alireza Haghighi Alireza Haghighi ( fa, , born 6 May 1988) is an Iranian goalkeeper who plays for the Iranian based team Nassaji. Club career Persepolis Having joined the senior squad of Persepolis at the age of 16, he made his debut in the match against ...

(born 1988), goalkeeper * Marjan Kalhor (born 1988), alpine skier * Hana Makhmalbaf (born 1988), filmmaker *

Mohammad Parvin Mohammad Parvin ( fa, محمد پروين; born 14 June 1988) is an Iranian former footballer who played as a midfielder. He retired in 2014. He is the son of Ali Parvin, a legendary Iranian football player. Club career Mohammad Parvin began h ...

(born 1988), football player * Atousa Pourkashiyan (born 1988), chess player * Mohammad Kiadarbandsari (born 1989), alpine skier *

Milad Mohammadi Milad Mohammadi ( fa, میلاد محمدی ; born 29 September 1993) is an Iranian professional footballer who plays for Greek Super League club AEK Athens and the Iranian national team. Known for his speed and versatility, Milad plays as a le ...

(born 1993), footballer * Dalita Avanesian (born 1999), Armenian singer, participant in Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011

Full date unknown

* Omid Habibinia, journalist and organization founder

Lived in Tehran

* Naser al-Din Shah Qajar (1831–1896), King of Persia from 1848 to 1896 * Shirin Ebadi (born 1947), lawyer *

Majid Entezami Majid Entezami ( fa, مجید انتظامی) (born 9 March 1948) is an Iranian composer, conductor, musician and oboist. He composed music for 9 television series, 10 suite symphonies and over 80 movies. His works include The Cyclist, The Fate ...

(born 1948), musician and composer * Kayhan Kalhor (born 1963), Kamancheh player, composer and master of classical Kurdish and Iranian traditional music * Hadi Saei (born 1976), taekwondo athlete

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