This is an alphabetic list of notable people from Iran or its historical predecessors.

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Ali Khamenei Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei ( fa, سید علی حسینی خامنه‌ای, ; born 19 April 1939) is a Twelver Shia ''marja and the second and current Supreme Leader of Iran, in office since 1989. He was previously the third president o ...

, supreme leader of Iran * Ebrahim Raisi, president of Iran, former Chief Justice of Iran. *

Hassan Rouhani Hassan Rouhani ( fa, حسن روحانی, Standard Persian pronunciation: ; born Hassan Fereydoun ( fa, حسن فریدون, links=no); 12 November 1948) is an Iranian politician who served as the seventh president of Iran from 2013 to 2021. ...

, former president of Iran (2013–2021) *

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ( fa, محمود احمدی‌نژاد, Mahmūd Ahmadīnežād ), born Mahmoud Sabbaghian ( fa, محمود صباغیان, Mahmoud Sabbāghyān, 28 October 1956),

, former president of Iran (2005–2013) * Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, former politician * Qasem Soleimani, former commander of the Quds Force * Ali Larijani, former Speaker of the Parliament of Iran from 2008 to 2020. * Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, former Mayor of Tehran, Speaker of the

Islamic Consultative Assembly The Islamic Consultative Assembly ( fa, مجلس شورای اسلامی, Majles-e Showrā-ye Eslāmī), also called the Iranian Parliament, the Iranian Majles (Arabicised spelling Majlis) or ICA, is the national legislative body of Iran. The P ...

* Ali Dizaei, senior officer in the London Metropolitan Police * Alireza Jafarzadeh, Fox News Channel foreign-affairs analyst * Anousheh Ansari, space tourist, telecommunication entrepreneur and namesake of the Ansari X Prize * Bahar Soomekh, Iranian-American actor *

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 ...

, founder of London-based children's charity Kids Company *

Daryush Shokof Daryush Shokof (Persian: داریوش شکوف, born 1954) is an Iranian artist, film director, writer, and film producer based in Germany. Biography He was born as Ali Reza Shokoufandeh on 25 June 1954 in Tehran, Imperial State of Iran. Sho ...

, artist Maximalism, film director, *

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 ...

, son of the deposed Shah of Iran, crown prince in exile. * Shirin Ebadi, recipient of 2003 Nobel Peace Prize * Akbar Ganji, Iranian journalist and writer. He has been described as "Iran's preeminent political dissident".

Artists

Calligraphists

* Gholam Hossein Amirkhani *

Abolhassan Etessami Abolhassan Etessami (1903–1978), was an Iranian architect, calligrapher, painter, and novelist. Biography His father Mīrzā Ebrāhīm Khan Mostawfī Eʿteṣām-al-Molk (or Ebrahim Etessami) was from Ashtian and the head of finance of the ...

* Mir Emad Hassani *

Seyyed Jafar Kashfi Seyed Jafar Kashfi is an Iranian calligrapher and cultural worker, who lives in Qom in Iran. He was resident in Sweden for many years where he worked as an imam, religious leader, and taught Islamic calligraphy. He was also instrumental in the p ...

Yadollah Kaboli Khansari Yadollah Kaboli Khansari (born 1949) is a calligrapher from Khansar, Iran. He is a member of the board of The Trustees of the Society of Iranian Calligraphists and also holds a First Degree art Certificate. Published books *1982 Broken Script a ...

Mishkín-Qalam Mírzá Ḥusayn-i-Isfahání (surnamed Mis͟hkín-Qalam () meaning "jet-black pen"; 18261912) was a prominent Baháʼí and one of the nineteen Apostles of Baháʼu'lláh, as well as a famous calligrapher of 19th-century Persia. He is the au ...

* Jalil Rasouli * Mehdi Saeedi * Mir Ali Tabrizi

Cartoonists

* Golnar Servatian * Javad Alizadeh * Maziyar Bizhani * Nikahang Kowsar * Mana Neyestani * Touka Neyestani

Painters, illustrators and sculptors

* Abolhassan Khan Sadighi *

Ali Akbar Sadeghi Ali Akbar Sadeghi ( fa, علی‌اکبر صادقی, also Romanized as "Ali-Akbar Sādeqi"; born 22 November 1937) a graduate of the College of Art, University of Tehran, is one of the most prolific and successful Iranian painters and artists. A ...

Amir Shayesteh Tabar Amir Shayesteh Tabar ( fa, امیر شایسته تبار; born 7 April 1967) is an Iran, Iranian Art, artist, Painting, painter, Poetry, poet, and Filmmaking, filmmaker. Shayesteh Tabar is best known for "The Blue Symphony," a collection of Com ...

Aydin Aghdashloo Aydin Aghdashloo ( fa, آیدین آغداشلو; born October 30, 1940) is an Iranian painter, graphist, art curator, writer, and film critic. Early life and education Aydin Aghdashloo, the son of Mohammad-Beik Aghdashloo (Haji Ouf) and Nahi ...

* Bahram Soroush * Behdad Najafi Asadollahi *

* Farhad Sadeghi Amini * Haydar Hatemi *

Hossein Behzad Hossein Behzad (1894 – 13 October 1968) (حسین بهزاد) was a prominent Iranian painter. His early work was in the styles of the old masters of Persian painting of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, hoping to save Persian min ...

Hossein Valamanesh Hossein Valamanesh (2 March 1949 – 15 January 2022) was an Iranian-Australian contemporary artist who lived and worked in Adelaide, South Australia. He worked in mixed media, printmaking, installations, and sculpture. He often collabora ...

* Hossein Zenderoudi *

Iran Darroudi Iran Darroudi ( fa, ایران درودی; 2 September 1936 – 29 October 2021) was an Iranian contemporary artist. Her art consists of surreal paintings dealing with Iranian themed imagery and strong lighting. She lived between Tehran and Par ...

* Jazeh Tabatabai * Kamal ol-Molk * Kamaleddin Behzad * Mahmoud Farshchian * Mani * Maryam Hashemi (Maryam Sandjari) *

Mohammad Ali Taraghijah Mohammad-Ali Taraghijah ( fa, محمدعلی ترقی‌جاه; 1943 – August 12, 2010) was an Iranian painter, whose work often featured rural, Iranian, landscape imagery. Biography Born 1943 in Tehran, Iran. He graduated from the College ...

* Mohsen Vaziri-Moghaddam * Mokarrameh Ghanbari *

Noreen Motamed Noreen Motamed is an Iranian-American artist and painter, residing in Maryland. Biography Daughter of linguist, Fereydoun Motamed. She was born in Abadan, Iran and attended primary and secondary school in Tehran and graduated from University ...

Afshin Naghouni Afshin Naghouni is an Iranian-British visual artist, known for his controversial, larger-than-life paintings. From a critique about Naghouni’s paintings around the turn of the century: ''he works in an expressive and cubist style that explores ...

Parviz Tanavoli Parviz Tanavoli (born 1937) is an Iranian sculptor, painter, educator, and art historian. He is a pioneer within the Saqqakhaneh school, a neo-traditionalist art movement. Tanavoli has been one of the most expensive Iranian artists in sales. Tanav ...

* Reza Abbasi *

Shahla Aghapour Shahla Aghapour also known as Shahla Aghapour-Benakohell (شهلا آقاپور) (born in Tehran) is an Iranian artist, author and gallery director living in Germany. She works both as a writer and poet, as well as a painter, sculptor, performan ...

Shahla Arbabi Shahla Arbabi (born 1945) is an Iranian-born American artist and educator. She resides in Washington DC. Biography Arbabi was born in 1945 in Shiraz, Iran. She began painting in childhood. From 1961 until 1965 she studied at the University ...

* Shirazeh Houshiary * Siah Armajani * Sohrab Sepehri * Zhaleh Kazemi

Photographers

Abbas Abbas may refer to: People * Abbas (name), list of people with the name, including: **Abbas ibn Ali, Popularly known as Hazrat-e-Abbas (brother of Imam Hussayn) **Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib, uncle of Muhammad ** Mahmoud Abbas (born 1935), Palest ...

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 ...

Alfred Yaghobzadeh Alfred Yaghobzadeh ( fa, آلفرد يعقوب زاده), is an Iranian photographer of Assyrian descent who is noted for his war photography. Early life and career Yaghobzadeh was born in Tehran, to an Armenian-Assyrian family. His photographs ...

* Ali Ghanbari *

Ali Khan Vali Ali Khan Vali ( fa, علی خان والی, 1262 - 1318 Islamic calendar, Hijri; c. 1845 CE - c. 1901 CE) was an Iranian photographer and political figure of the era of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, Naser al-Din Shah and Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, Moz ...

* Jahangir Razmi * Kaveh Golestan *

Maryam Zandi Maryam Zandi (born 1946 in Gorgan, Iran) is an Iranian documentary photographer and author. She is best known for her photographs during the Iranian Revolution. Biography She spent her school years in Gorgan and then graduated from University o ...

* Mitra Tabrizian * Morteza Avini * Nader Davoodi * Nasrollah Kasraian * Newsha Tavakolian * Reza Deghati * Hossein Rajabian *

Sadegh Tirafkan Sadegh Tirafkan ( fa, صادق تیرافکن; July 3, 1965 in Karbala, Iraq to Iranian parents – May 9, 2013 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) was an Iranian contemporary artist who lived mainly in Tehran, Iran. Career Tirafkan employed differ ...

Shadi Ghadirian Shadi Ghadirian (born 1974) is an Iranian contemporary photographer. Her work is influenced by her experiences as a Muslim woman living in contemporary Iran, but her work also relates to the lives of women throughout the world. Through her work, sh ...

Shahram Entekhabi Shahram Entekhabi ( fa, شهرام انتخابی ), born 1963 is an Iranian-born video and installation artist. Work He participated in a group exhibition at the Chelsea Arts Museum, where his contribution was sex worker calling cards to wh ...

* Shirana Shahbazi * Shirin Neshat

Designers

Architects

* Hossein Amanat *

Kamran Diba Kamran Diba ( fa, کامران ديبا, born 5 March 1937) is an Iranian architect and museum director, and prior to the Iranian Revolution, Diba worked entirely in the public sector in Iran. He is currently residing in Paris, France. Biogr ...

* Heydar Ghiaï-Chamlou *

Fariborz Sahba Fariborz Sahba ( fa, فريبرز صهبا, born 1948 Mashhad Mashhad ( fa, مشهد, Mašhad ), also spelled Mashad, is the List of Iranian cities by population, second-most-populous city in Iran, located in the relatively remote north-ea ...

Fashion designers

* Pegah Anvarian * Bijan *

Shirin Guild Shirin Guild (; née Shirin Zafar; born 1946) is an Iranian-born British fashion designer. Her fashion label was established in London, in 1991. Her clothing design is minimalist and she has reworked Iranian clothing traditions through a "reduct ...

Arefeh Mansouri Arefeh Mansouri (born November 8, 1980) is an Iranian fashion design, fashion and costume designer. Her work has appeared in magazines such as ''Vogue (magazine), Vogue'', ''Elle (magazine), Elle'', ''Women's Wear Daily, WWD'', ''Marie Claire'', ...

* Behnaz Sarafpour *

Mahla Zamani Mahla Zamani is an Iranian fashion designer, journalist and expert on Iranian traditional clothing. Life She established the first fashion exhibition after the Iranian revolution (1979) and put significant effort in popularizing Iranian stylis ...

Graphic designers

Reza Abedini Reza Abedini ( fa, رضا عابدینی , born 1967 in Tehran) is an Iranian graphic designer and a professor. His works keep a modern theme as he blends traditional Islamic patterns, calligraphy and culture. He combines simple illustrations w ...

* Farshid Mesghali * Morteza Momayez * Mehdi Saeedi * Ghobad Shiva

Business

* Kia Joorabchian, businessman *

Nasser David Khalili Sir Nasser David Khalili ( fa, ناصر داوود خلیلی, born 18 December 1945) is a British-Iranian scholar, collector, and philanthropist based in London. Born in Iran and educated at Queens College, City University of New York and the ...

, billionaire and art collector

Entertainers

Comedians

* Baba Ali, Islamic comedy * Max Amini * Omid Djalili * Negin Farsad * Shahin Jamie * Maz Jobrani *

Shaparak Khorsandi Shaparak Khorsandi ( fa, شاپرک خرسندی, born 8 June 1973), formerly known as Shappi Khorsandi, is an Iranian-born British comedian and author. She is the daughter of the Iranian political satirist and poet Hadi Khorsandi. Her family le ...

* Hadi Khorsandi * Ebrahim Nabavi * Nasim Pedrad

Dancers and choreographers

Jamileh Jamileh ( fa, جمیله) is a female given name.Babynamefacts.com - http://www.babynamefacts.com/babynames/summary.php?name=Jamileh It means "beautiful". Notable people with the given name include: * Jamileh, Iranian dancer * Jamileh Kadivar, ...

* Farzaneh Kaboli, folkloric * Nima Kiann * Shahrokh Moshkin Ghalam, folkloric

Models, beauty pageant

Nazanin Afshin-Jam Nazanin Afshin-Jam ( fa, نازنین افشین جم, ''Nāzanin Afŝin Jam'', born April 11, 1979) is an Iranian-Canadian human rights activist, author and public speaker. She is a former Miss World Canada. She is also president and co-founder o ...

, actress, singer-songwriter, human-rights activist; Miss World 2003 first runner-up; Miss Canada 2003 *

Ramona Amiri The Miss World Canada contest is a Beauty pageant held annually in different incarnations since 1957 to select Canada's representative to the Miss World contest. In 2017 MTC-W Inc. obtained the exclusive rights to send the Canadian representative ...

, Miss Canada 2005 * Sahar Biniaz (born 1985), Miss Universe Canada 2012 * Aylar Lie (born 1984), Iranian-born Norwegian actress, model, singer, former pornographic actress *

Shermine Shahrivar Shermine Shahrivar (born 17 September 1982) is a German model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Europe 2005. Early life and education Shahrivar was born to Iranian parents. Her family moved to Germany when she was one year old. Her m ...

, Miss Europe 2005 *

Samantha Tajik Samantha Tajik (; ) is an Iranian Canadian model, actress and television personality. She was crowned Miss Universe Canada 2008 on 28 April 2008 in Toronto, Ontario, and went on to represent Canada at the Miss Universe 2008 beauty pageant in V ...

(born 1983), Miss Universe Canada 2008

Film actors

Akbar Abdi Akbar Abdi ( fa, اکبر عبدی, born 26 August 1960) is an Iranian actor. He has received various accolades, including two Crystal Simorgh, a Hafez Award and an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award. Career He began his career ...

Ali Mosaffa Ali Mosaffa ( fa, علی مصفا , born December 1, 1966) is an Iranian actor and director. Life and career Mosaffa was born in Tehran, Iran. His father, Mozaher Mosaffa (born in Tafresh), was a Persian poet and professor of Persian literatu ...

Ali Nassirian Ali Nassirian ( fa, علی نصیریان; born 4 February 1935) is an Iranian actor and director. He has received various accolades, including a Crystal Simorgh and a Hafez Award. Film career He first appeared in a supporting role in Dariu ...

Amin Hayaee Amin Hayai ( fa, امین حیایی, born June 9, 1970) is an Iranian actor. He has received various accolades, including two Crystal Simorgh, three Hafez Awards and an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Honorary Diploma, in addition ...

* Amirhossein Arman *

Artemis Pebdani Artemis Pebdani (born August 2, 1977) is an American actress, best known for her roles as Susan Ross on ''Scandal'', Artemis on ''It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia'' and Gramma Alice on ''Big City Greens''. Early life Pebdani was born and raised ...

Azita Hajian Azita Hajian ( fa, آزیتا حاجیان, born 10 January 1958) is an Iranian actress. Early life She was born on 10 January 1958 in Narmak, Tehran. She graduated in theatre acting and directing from the ''Faculty of Dramatic Arts'' in Tehran ...

*, Iranian Director *, Iranian Actor * Bahar Soomekh * Bahram Radan * Behrouz Vossoughi * Behzad Farahani *

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 ...

* Bita Farrahi *

Bizhan Emkanian Bijan Emkanian ( fa, بیژن امکانیان ) is an Iranian actor born on August 18, 1953 in Abadan Abadan ( fa, آبادان ''Ābādān'', ) is a city and capital of Abadan County, Khuzestan Province, which is located in the southwes ...

* Catherine Bell * Christiane Amanpour * Daryoush Arjmand *

* Davoud Rashidi * Delkash * Ezzatollah Entezami * Faramarz Gharibian * Farimah Farjami * Fatemeh Motamed-Aria * Golab Adineh * Golshifteh Farahani * Googoosh *

Hamed Behdad Hamed Behdad ( fa, حامد بهداد; born November 17, 1973) is an Iranian actor and singer. He has received various accolades, including a Crystal Simorgh, a Hafez Award, an Iran Cinema Celebration Award and two Iran's Film Critics and Writer ...

* Hedyeh Tehrani * Homa Rousta * Homayoun Ershadi * Jahangir Forouhar *

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 ...

* Jamshid Mashayekhi *

Kamshad Kooshan Kamshad Kooshan (Persian: كامشاد كوشان; born 1962) is an Iranian-born American actor, film director, screenwriter, film producer, and educator. In 2000, his debut feature film, ''Surviving Paradise'', was released to a three-month th ...

Kazem HajirAzad Kazem HajirAzad ( fa, کاظم هژیرآزاد, born March 21, 1950) is an Iranian cinema, television, and stage actor. He is a member of I.F.A.A (Iranian Film Actors Association) and Iranian actors of Theater Forum and also the Theater Forum ex ...

* Khosrow Shakibaee * Leila Forouhar * Leila Hatami * Mahaia Petrosian * Mahnaz Afshar * Majid Majidi * Maz Jobrani * Mehdi Fat'hi * Mehdi Hashemi * Mehran Modiri * Merila Zarei * Mohammad Ali Fardin * Mohammad Ali Keshavarz * Mohammad Reza Foroutan * Mohammad Reza Golzar * Mohammad Reza Sharifinia * Navid Mohammadzadeh *

* Nematollah Aghasi * Niki Karimi * Parsa Pirouzfar * Parviz Fannizadeh *

Parviz Parastouee Parviz Parastui ( fa, پرویز پرستویی ; born 24 June 1955) is an Iranian actor. He has received various accolades, including four Crystal Simorgh for Best Actor–making him the only actor to have four wins in that category–four Haf ...

* Parviz Sayyad * Pegah Ahangarani *

Primus Yustisio Primus (Latin, 'first') may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media Fictional entities * Primus (DC Comics), a character in the Omega Men team * Primus (Marvel Comics), a character created by Arnim Zola * Primus, a character in the novel ''Star ...

* Reza Kianian *

Reza Rahardian Reza Rahadian Matulessy (born 5 March 1987) is an Indonesian actor who rose to prominence following his role in Perempuan Berkalung Sorban or ''(Woman with a Turban''). Born in Bogor, he took up acting while in senior high school and made his f ...

* Roxanne Pallett * Roya Nonahali * Saeed Rad * Sarah Shahi * Shaghayegh Farahani * Shahab Hosseini * Shohreh Aghdashloo * Sussan Taslimi *

Taraneh Alidousti Taraneh Alidoosti ( fa, ترانه عليدوستی; born 12 January 1984) is an Iranian actress. She is best known internationally for her role in '' The Salesman'' (2016), which won the Best Foreign Language Film Award at the 89th Academy Aw ...

* Zahra Amir Ebrahimi * Asghar Farhadi, Oscar winner

Theatre and stage actors

Mehdi Bajestani Mehdi Bajestani ( fa, مهدی بجستانی; born January 12, 1975) is an Iranian actor. He is best known for his performance as Saeed Hanaee in the crime thriller '' Holy Spider'' (2022). Career He is member of the Naqshineh Theatre group ...

* Taha Behbahani * Mohsen Shah Ebrahimi * Behzad Farahani *

Shamsi Fazlollahi Shamsi Fazlollahi ( fa, شمسی فضل‌اللهی, also Romanized as "Shamsi Fazlollāhi"; born December 1, 1941 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian actress. Shamsi Fazlollahi began her acting career in the 1950s performing for radio theater s ...

* Hayley Tamaddon *

* Ahmad Saatchian *

Mohammad Reza Jozi Mohammad Reza Jozi ( fa, محمدرضا جوزی, born 1 August 1975, Isfahan) is an Iranian theatre actor and director, as well as a member of the Naqshineh Theatre group. Acting credits *'' The Caucasian Chalk Circle'' (1998), by Bertolt Bre ...

* Ramin Karimloo * Roya Teymourian * Shiva Boloorian

Filmmakers, directors

Filmmakers

, director of '' Taste of Cherry'' *

Abdolhossein Sepanta Abdolhossein Sepanta ( fa, عبدالحسین سپنتا, 4 June 1907 – 28 March 1969) was an Iranian film director and producer. He made the earliest sound films in the Persian language. He was also a writer and journalist and promoter of li ...

Hassan Hajgozar Hassan Hajgozar born April 1, 1971, in Tehran) is an Iranian film director. He started directing theater in 1988. He has directed documentaries and fiction films. He is also a producer and scriptwriter. Filmography ''As a director and scriptw ...

* Abolfazl Jalili * Ali Ardekani *

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 ...

Ali Sajadi Hoseini Ali Sadjadi Hoseini ( fa, علی سجادی حسینی , 1953 in Ahvaz, Iran – 1994 in Tehran) was an Iranian film director. Selected filmography * ''The Silence'', 1990 * ''The Old Men's School'', 1991 * ''The Fire Line'', 1994 Reference ...

* Amir Naderi * Asghar Farhadi, director of '' A Separation'' * Babak Payami * Bahman Farman-Ara * Bahman Ghobadi, director of '' A Time for Drunken Horses'' * Bahman Maghsoudlou * Bahram Beizai * Behrooz Gharibpoor * Darius Khondji *

Darius Mehrjui Dariush Mehrju'i ( fa, داریوش مهرجویی , born 8 December 1939, also spelled as ''Mehrjui'', ''Mehrjoui'', Mehrjooi, and ''Mehrjuyi'') is an Iranian film director, screenwriter, producer, editor and a member of the Iranian Academy of ...

, director of ''

Seven Servants ''Seven Servants'' is a 1996 English-language German comedy-drama film directed by Daryush Shokof and written by Daryush Shokof and Juliane Schulze. The film is about a man named Archie, portrayed by Anthony Quinn, who wishes to unite and "connec ...

'' and ''

Iran Zendan ''Iran Zendan'' (''Iran Prison'') is a feature film by Daryush Shokof about the situations of political prisoners currently in Iran. The film is a semi-documentary picture with images taken from the actual events during the mass 2009 Iranian ...

'' *

Desiree Akhavan Desiree Akhavan (born December 27, 1984) is an American filmmaker, writer and actress. She is best known for her 2014 feature film debut ''Appropriate Behavior'',Appropriate Behavior'' * Ebrahim Hatamikia *

Emud Mokhberi Emud Mokhberi (born February 1978, Michigan) is an Iranian-American film director. In 2009, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film for ''Oktapodi''. ''Oktapodi'' was also included in the Animation Show of Shows. Aft ...

, Academy Award-nominated director and animator * Esma'il Kooshan * Houman Seyyedi * Iraj Ghaderi *

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 ...

, director of '' The Circle'' * Kamal Tabrizi *

Kami Asgar Kami Asgar (born May 26, 1965) is an Iranian-American sound editor and film producer. He received an Academy Award nomination for his work on the film ''Apocalypto'' (2006), for which he became the first and only Middle Eastern to date to be nom ...

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 ...

* Khosrow Sinai *

Kiarash Anvari Kiarash Anvari ( fa, کيارش انوری; born 16 November 1977 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian film director, video artist, and scriptwriter. Anvari received his B.A. degree in film making from Sooreh Higher Education Institute in Tehran. Aft ...

* Kiumars Pourahmad *

Mahdi Bemani Naeini Mahdi Bemani Naeini (also spelt Mehdi Bemani, Mehdi Bemani Naeini, fa, مهدی بمانی نائینی , born November 3, 1968) is an Iranian film director, cinematographer, TV news producer and photographer. Early life Bemani was born into an ...

* Majid Majidi, director of '' Children of Heaven'' * Masoud Kimiai * Mehran Modiri * Mohsen Makhmalbaf, director of '' Kandahar'' *

Nasser Taghvai Nasser Taghvai ( fa, ناصر تقوایی, also romanized as Nāser Taghvā'i and Nāser Taqvāyi; born 10 July 1941) is an Iranian film director and screenwriter. Biography Taghvāi was born in Abadan. After early experiences as a story writer ...

* Parviz Kimiavi * Hossein Rajabian, director of ''

The Upside-down Triangle ''The Upside-down Triangle'' ( fa, مثلث واژگون) is the first feature film by Iranian independent filmmaker Hossein Rajabian. The black-and-white film has been shot and directed by Rajabian – who has been involved in photography for ye ...

'' * Parviz Nouri * Shabnam Rezaei * Parviz Shahbazi * Parviz Sayyad * Bob Yari, Iranian-born American film producer * Pouran Derakhshandeh, award-winning film director and producer * Rakhshan Bani-Etemad *

Ramin Farahani Ramin Farahani is an Iranian-Dutch filmmaker. Born in 1969 in Tehran, Farahani started with photography short films in 1987, and studied film directing at the Cinema and Theater department of the Tehran University of Art between 1989 and 1993. I ...

Rasoul Mollagholipour Rasoul Mollagholipour (Persian:رسول ملاقلی‌پور; also spelled Rasool Mollagholi Poor; 1955 – 6 March 2007) was an Iranian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. Career He began his career as a photographer. He direct ...

Reza Badiyi Reza Sayed Badiyi (also known as Reza Badiei; Persian: رضا بدیعی; April 17, 1930 – August 20, 2011) was an Iranian-born American film and television director. His credits also include developing the opening montages for '' Mission ...

* Sadaf Foroughi * Samira Makhmalbaf, director of '' At Five in the Afternoon'' * Samuel Khachikian *

Sohrab Shahid-Sales Sohrab Shaheed Salles or Sohrab Shahid-Saless ( fa, سهراب شهید ثالث; June 28, 1944 in Tehran, Iran – July 2, 1998 in Chicago, Illinois) was an Iranian film director and screenwriter and one of the most celebrated figures in Iranian ...

* Saeed Roustayi * Tina Gharavi

Theatre and stage directors

Akbar Radi Abar Radi or Akbar Rādi ( fa, ; 2 October 1939 – 26 December 2007) was an Iranian playwright. He completed his studies at the University of Tehran in social sciences. He published his first story, ''Rain'', in 1959. ''Melody of a Rainy City'' ...

* Bahram Bayzai * Behrouz Gharibpour * Ghotbeddin Sadeghi *

Hengameh Mofid Hengameh Mofid ( fa, هنگامه مفيد, born 22 December 1955) is an Iranian film/theater actress, director, dramatist and University tutor. Life She was born in January 1956 Tehran, Iran. She is the youngest child of Gholamhossein Mofid, ...

* Hossein Rajabian * Mohammad Yaghoubi *

Mostafa Oskooyi Mostafa Oskooyi ( fa, مصطفی اسکویی; February 21, 1924 – November 6, 2005) was the first professional actor, director, arts critic, and veteran activist of Iranian theatre who qualified as an actor in Tehran Tehran (; fa, � ...

* Reza Shirmarz * Shiva Boloorian

Musicians and singers

Classical

Iranian classical traditional

* Abolhasan Saba *

Alireza Eftekhari Ali Reza Eftekhari ( fa, علیرضا افتخاری; born March 30, 1958) is an Iranian vocalist of Iranian classical and popular music. He is one of the most popular singers in Iran and his works are among the best-selling works of Iranian mus ...

Alinaghi Vaziri Ali-Naqi Vaziri, also transcribed as Ali Naghi Vaziri (Persian: علی نقی وزیری) (October 1, 1886 in Tehran, Persia – September 9, 1979) was a composer, thinker and a celebrated player of the tar. He is considered a revolutionary ic ...

* Dariush Eghbali * Elaheh * Gholam-Hossein Banan *

Hana Kamkar Hana or HANA may refer to: Places Europe * Haná, an ethnic region in Moravia, Czech Republic * Traianoupoli, Greece, called Hana during the Ottoman period * Hana, Norway, a borough in the city of Sandnes, Norway West Asia * Hana, Iran, a city ...

* Homayoun Shajarian * Hossein Khaje Amiri * Hossein Tehrani * Hossein Alizadeh *

Jalal Zolfonun Jalaal Zulfonun ( fa, جلال ذوالفنون, Jalâl Zolfonun, ) was an Iranian musician, setaar player, and a prominent composer and teacher of Persian music. Collaboration with Maurice Béjart He has also collaborated with Maurice Béjart ...

Javad Maroofi Javād Ma'roufi ( fa, جواد معروفی ), (1912 in Tehran – December 7, 1993, in Tehran) was an Iranian composer and pianist. Biography Javād Ma'roufi was born in Tehran to the musician father Musā Ma'roufi and mother Ozrā Ma'roufi ...

* Kamkarha * Kayhan Kalhor * Mahmoud Zoulfonoun * Marzieh *

Maryam Akhondy Maryam Akhondy (born 1957) is a classical trained singer from Tehran, Iran. She was student of Ostad Esmail Mehrtasch and Ostad Nassrollah Nassehpour, two masters of classical Iranian music. Because of the difficult situation for artists, especial ...

* Mirza Abdollah Farahani * Mohammad Reza Lotfi *

Mohammad Shams Mohammad Shams ( fa, محمد شمس , born 1954 in Tehran) is an Iranian composer and conductor. Born in a family of musicians, he has composed more than 650 pieces of traditional, classical and modern music. Despite the troubles an artist in ...

* Mohammad-Reza Shajarian * Mohsen Namjoo * Morteza Hannaneh * Mehdi Rajabian *

Nashit Nashit ( ar, نشیط derived from fa, نشید; ) was a singer of Persian origin, acquired as a slave by Abd Allah b. Dja'far b. Abi Talib, and who flourished in the second half of the 1st century A.H. in Medina. His Persian style of singing was ...

* Nur Ali Elahi * Parisa * Parviz Meshkatian * Parviz Yahaghi * Ruhollah Khaleghi * Shahram Nazeri * Sima Bina *

Zyriab Abu l-Hasan 'Ali Ibn Nafi, better known as Ziryab, Zeryab, or Zaryab ( 789– 857) ( ar, أبو الحسن علي ابن نافع, زریاب, rtl=yes) ( fa, زَریاب ''Zaryāb''), was a singer, oud and lute player, composer, poet, and teac ...

Modern traditional

Ahmad Pejman Ahmad Pejman ( fa, احمد پژمان ; born 1935), also spelled as Ahmad Pezhman, is an Iranian classical composer who resides in the United States. Pejman is notable for his operatic and symphonic works. Biography Born in 1935 in Lar, Ir ...

* Axiom of Choice *

Farhad Fakhreddini 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 19 ...

* Morteza Hannaneh * Niyaz * Ramin Rahimi * Zohreh Jooya * Mehdi Rajabian

Western classical

* Ali Rahbari * Alireza Mashayekhi * Amin Homaei * Aminollah Hossein *

Anoushiravan Rohani Anoushiravan Rohani ( fa, انوشیروان روحانی; born July 24, 1939), also spelled Anooshiravan Rowhani, is an Iranian pianist and composer. He is known for composing and conducting contemporary classical music, as well as pop music ...

Armik Armik Dashchi, professionally known as Armik, is an Iranian-Armenian American New Flamenco guitarist, producer and composer. Several of Armik's albums have reached ''Billboard A billboard (also called a hoarding in the UK and many other pa ...

Hangi Tavakoli Hangi Tavakoli (in Persian: فرهنگ توکلی); also known as Hangi; born as Farhang Tavakoli is an Iranian songwriter and record producer. During his active years since 2004, he had produced over 3,500 and written over 4,800 published songs ...

Heshmat Sandjari Heshmat Sanjari, also transcribed as Sandjari ( fa, حشمت سنجری, April 1, 1917 – January 4, 1995) was a well-known Persian (Iranian) conductor and composer, the son of Hossein Sanjari who was well-known player on tar in Persia. Educati ...

* Lily Afshar * Loris Tjeknavorian (Loris Cheknavarian) * Lotfi Mansouri *

Mahan Esfahani Mahan Esfahani ( fa, ماهان اصفهانی) (born 1984 in Tehran) is an Iranian-American harpsichordist. Education Esfahani received his first guidance on the piano from his father before exploring an interest in the harpsichord as a teenag ...

Sahba Aminikia Sahba Aminikia (Persian: صهبا امینی کیا) (born August 27, 1981) is an Iranian-born American contemporary music composer, artistic director, performer, and educator. Aminikia is the founder and the artistic director of Flying Carpet Fest ...

* Mehdi Hosseini * Nader Mashayekhi *

Reza Najfar Reza Najfar (born 20 April 1960) is a flute player and composer from Tehran, Iran, living in Austria. Since 1992, he is professor for flute at the Tiroler Landeskonservatorium in Innsbruck and the Prayner Konservatorium in Vienna en, Vi ...

* Shahrdad Rohani * Hooman Khalatbari

Electronic

* Ali "Dubfire" Shirazinia * Ali Movasat (DJ Aligator) * Ashkan Kooshanejad * Deep Dish * Leila Arab * Sharam Tayebi *

Steve Naghavi And One is a German new wave, synthpop and EBM band founded by Steve Naghavi and Chris Ruiz in 1989. History The band formed after Steve Naghavi and Chris Ruiz met in 1989 at a Berlin club. Being fans of early EBM music, Naghavi and Ruiz dec ...

from And One

Pop

(Sorted according to the first letter of the name) * May J. *

Afshin Afshin ( fa, افشین / ''Afšīn'') is a common Persian given name, which is a modern Persian word derived from Avestan. Afshin was used by the Sogdians. Historically, it was the princely title of the rulers of Osrushana at the time of the Mu ...

* Alireza Assar * Alireza Afkari * Alireza Talischi * Andy Madadian * Anousheh Khalili * Arash * Aref *

Arian Band Aryan or Arian ( fa, Āriān - آریان) is the first Persian pop band consisting of both male and female singers and players in Iran after the Iranian Revolution. Pahlavan and Salehi are the band's lead vocalists, and the songwriters are Pahla ...

* Bijan Mortazavi * Darius Danesh * Dariush Eghbali * Delkash * Ebi (Ebrahim Hamedi) *

Faramarz Aslani Faramarz Aslani ( fa, فرامرز اصلانی; born July 13, 1954) is an Iranian singer, guitarist, composer, songwriter, and music producer. Biography Faramarz Aslani was born in Tehran, Iran. He is a graduate of London University's College ...

* Farhad * Fereidoun Foroughi * Googoosh * Habib * Hassan Sattar *

Hassan Shamaizadeh Hassan Shamaizadeh ( fa, حسن شماعی‌زاده, also Romanized as Hasan-é Šamâ'izâde; born January 15, 1943 in Isfahan Isfahan ( fa, اصفهان, Esfahân ), from its Achaemenid empire, ancient designation ''Aspadana'' and, la ...

* Hayadeh * Homeyra * Kouros * Leila Forouhar *

Mahasti Eftekhar Dadehbala), and others Eftekhar ( fa, افتخار). ( fa, افتخار دده‌بالا; 16 November 1946 – 25 June 2007), known by her stage name Mahasti ( fa, مهستی), was an Iranian singer of Persian classical, folk, and pop ...

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 ...

* Mehrdad * Moein * Mohammad Esfahani * Mohammad Nouri *

Omid ''Omid'' ( fa, امید, meaning "Hope") was Iran's first domestically made satellite. Omid was a data-processing satellite for research and telecommunications; Iran's state television reported that it was successfully launched on 2 February 2009 ...

* Pyruz *

Reza Sadeghi Reza Sadeghi ( fa, رضا صادقی, born 16 August 1979) is an Iranian pop singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, and one of the most popular domestic singers in Iran. He is praised for his vocals and song writing, which are mainly a ...

* Sepideh * Shadmehr Aghili * Shahkar Binesh Pazhooh * Shahram Shabpareh * Shahrum K * Shahram BozorgMehr * Shohreh Solati *

Siavash Ghomeyshi Siavash Ghomayshi ( fa, سیاوش قمیشی; born 11 June 1945, Ahvaz) is an Iranian musician, singer and song writer. Siavash studied music in London where he got his master's degree. He left Iran in 1978 and now lives in Los Angeles. Over t ...

* Siavash *

Susan Roshan Susan Roshan ( fa, سوزان روشن) (born 23 September 1967) is an Iranian singer, who currently lives in California, United States. After the Iranian Revolution, she moved to the United States with her parents and brother at the age of t ...

* Vigen

Rap music

* Amir Tataloo * Hichkas * Zedbazi *

Yas Yaser Bakhtiari ( fa, ياسر بختیاری, born 1982 in Rezvanshahr, Gilan province, Iran) better known by his stage name Yas (), is an Iranian rapper. He wears a Faravahar pendant, a symbol of Iranian nationalism and Zoroastrianism. On ...

* Shahin Najafi *

Bahram Bahrām ( fa, بهرام) is a male given name. Other variants Behram, Bahran, Vahran, and Vahram ( uz, Баҳром, Bahrom and Tajik: Баҳром, Bahrom) The older form is Vahrām ( pal, 𐭥𐭫𐭧𐭫𐭠𐭭, in la, Varrames), also spell ...

* Erfan *

, Multi-Platinum music producer and songwriter

Lyricists

* Aref Ghazvini *

Hossein Monzavi Hossein Monzavi ( fa, حسين منزوی) (23 September 1946 in Zanjan, Iran – 5 May 2004 in Tehran) was a prominent Iranian poet, essayist and translator who had great effects on Iranian literary mutating. Monzavi's reputation is in composing ...

* Leila Kasra * Maryam Heydarzadeh * Rahim Moeini Kermanshahi * Shahyar Ghanbari

Rock and metal

Amir Derakh Amir Davidson, professionally known as Amir Derakh, is an American musician and record producer. He is currently the guitarist and the synthesizer player for the band Julien-K, and was the guitarist for the band Dead by Sunrise. He was once th ...

, from the band Orgy *

Angband Angband may refer to: *Angband (Middle-earth), the fortress of Morgoth in Tolkien's fiction * ''Angband'' (video game), a roguelike game named after the fortress *Angband (band) Angband is a Persian power metal/progressive musical group, formed ...

* Barad *

Kiosk Historically, a kiosk () was a small garden pavilion open on some or all sides common in Iran, Persia, the Indian subcontinent, and in the Ottoman Empire from the 13th century onward. Today, several examples of this type of kiosk still exist ...

Film score composers

* Hossein Alizadeh * Ramin Djawadi *

* Fariborz Lachini *

* Peyman Yazdanian * Mehdi Rajabian

Journalists, media

Bloggers

* Hossein Derakhshan *

Massoumeh Ebtekar Masoumeh Ebtekar ( fa, معصومه ابتکار; born 21 September 1960) was the former Vice President of Iran for Women and Family Affairs, from August 9, 2017, to September 1, 2021. She previously headed Department of Environment from 1997 ...

* Mehdi Jami * Mohammad Ali Abtahi * Mojtaba Saminejad *

Omid Memarian Omid Memarian ( fa, امید معماریان) (born 1974~) is an Iranian journalist and blogger. He was a visiting scholar at UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism in 2005-2006 and was a Rotary Peace Fellow at the Journalism School in 2007-2 ...

* Sina Motalebi

Journalists

* Akbar Ganji * Ali Akbar Abdolrashidi * Ali Akbar Dehkhoda * Alireza Jafarzadeh *

Alireza Nourizadeh Ali Reza Nourizadeh ( fa, علیرضا نوری‌زاده, born 24 June 1949 in Tehran) is an Iranian scholar, literary figure, journalist, political activist and an expert on Iranian contemporary history. Career Nourizadeh is a political refu ...

* Arash Markazi * Azadeh Ensha, '' The New York Times'' * Azadeh Moaveni * Christiane Amanpour * Ebrahim Nabavi * Emadeddin Baghi * Farjam Behnam *

Farrokhi Yazdi Mirza Mohammad Farrokhi Yazdi ( fa, میرزا محمد فرخی یزدی; 1889 – October 18, 1939), also known as Taj osh-Sho'arā (تاج الشعرا), was an Iranian poet, journalist and senior politician of the Perisan Constitutional Revo ...

, Pahlavi era * Hashem Aghajari * Hossein Shariatmadari * Kaveh Golestan, BBC *

Kioumars Saberi Foumani Kioumars Saberi Foumani (August 29, 1941 – April 30, 2004) ( fa, کیومرث صابری فومنی) also known with his pen name Gol-Agha ( fa, گل آقا), was an Iranian satirist, writer, and teacher. Education and personal life Saberi was ...

* Mahshid Amirshahi * Masih Alinejad * Masoud Dehnamaki * Massoud Behnoud * Mehran Ghassemi * Mirzadeh Eshghi * Hossein Rajabian *

Mohammad Taghi Bahar Mohammad-Taqi Bahar ( fa, محمدتقی بهار; also romanized as Mohammad-Taqī Bahār; 10 December 1886 in Mashhad – 22 April 1951 in Tehran), widely known as Malek osh-Sho'arā ( fa, ملک‌الشعراء) and Malek osh-Sho'arā Bahā ...

* Nikahang Kowsar *

* Rudi Bakhtiar * Saeed Hajjarian * Saeed Kamali Dehghan * Shadi Sadr *

Sina Motallebi Sina Motalebi ( fa, سينا مطلبی; born 21 April 1973) is an Iranian journalist, based in London. He was the Editor of ZigZag magazine, a website based on the content of journalists and citizen's contributions following their distance jou ...

* Youness Shokrkhah * Maziar Bahari * Saeed Kamali Dehghan * Kasra Nouri * Mohammad Mosaed

News anchors

* Adel Ferdosipour, football announcer,

Navad ''Navad'' ( fa, نود, meaning ninety - 90 min.) was an Iranian, Persian language, popular weekly television programme broadcast by Channel 3 in Iran and hosted by Adel Ferdosipour. The program focused on the football matches played in the ...

program * Ali Akbar Abdolrashidi, correspondent, commentator, anchorman *

Mehrdad Kia Mehrdad Kia is Professor of History and Director of Central and Southwest Asian Studies at the University of Montana. He focusses on the history of the Middle East, Central Asia, North Africa and on the civilizational history of Islam. He received ...

, T.V. and Radio Broadcaster and executive producer in television and music industry. * Alireza Jafarzadeh, Foreign Affairs Analyst, Fox News * Asieh Namdar, news anchor at CNN * Christiane Amanpour, television journalist, CNN * Fereydoun Farrokhzad, TV personality and opposition figure * Jian Ghomeshi, musician, writer, and former CBC radio broadcaster * Maryam Namazi, news anchor at Al Jazeera (English section) * Reza Fazeli, actor, film director and opposition figure * Rudi Bakhtiar, news anchor, formerly with CNN and Fox News

Leaders, politicians, activists

This list excludes royalty, which can be accessed by the main article link above.

Historical

Cyrus the Great Cyrus II of Persia (; peo, 𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁 ), commonly known as Cyrus the Great, was the founder of the Achaemenid Empire, the first Persian empire. Schmitt Achaemenid dynasty (i. The clan and dynasty) Under his rule, the empire embraced ...

, Iranian emperor And the founder of Iran *

Nader Shah Nader Shah Afshar ( fa, نادر شاه افشار; also known as ''Nader Qoli Beyg'' or ''Tahmāsp Qoli Khan'' ) (August 1688 – 19 June 1747) was the founder of the Afsharid dynasty of Iran and one of the most powerful rulers in Iranian h ...

, Iranian king and military commander *

Darius the Great Darius I ( peo, 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 ; grc-gre, Δαρεῖος ; – 486 BCE), commonly known as Darius the Great, was a Persian ruler who served as the third King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, reigning from 522 BCE until his d ...

, Iranian emperor *

Mithridates I of Parthia Mithridates I (also spelled Mithradates I or Mihrdad I; xpr, 𐭌𐭄𐭓𐭃𐭕 ''Mihrdāt''), also known as Mithridates I the Great, was king of the Parthian Empire from 165 BC to 132 BC. During his reign, Parthia was transformed from a small ...

, Iranian emperor * Ismail I, Iranian king * Fazlollah Noori, conservative clergy opposing Constitutionalists; hanged *

Ghaem Magham Farahani Mirza Abol-Qasem Qa'em-Maqam Farahani (also spelled Qa'im Maqam; fa, میرزا ابوالقاسم قائم‌مقام فراهانی; 1779 – 1835), also known as Qa'em-Maqam II, was an Iranian official and prose writer, who played a central ...

, prime minister * Hassan-e-Sabbah, sectarian political leader * Kaveh the Blacksmith, mythical leader and liberator against the rule of Zahhak, an Arab king * Mahmud Khan Puladeen, senior military general * Maziar, son of Karan; leader of the Persian uprising against Arabs * Mirza Kuchek Khan, constitutionalist leader of Guilan * Mirza Mehdi Khan Astarabadi, Nader Shah's Chief Minister * Mirza Reza Kermani, assassinated Nasereddin Shah * Mohammad Khiabani, popular leader during Constitutionalist Revolution *

Mohammad Mossadegh Mohammad Mosaddegh ( fa, محمد مصدق, ; 16 June 1882 – 5 March 1967) was an Iranian politician, author, and lawyer who served as the 35th Prime Minister of Iran from 1951 to 1953, after appointment by the 16th Majlis. He was a member of ...

, prime minister *

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 ...

, prime minister * Nosrat Dowleh Firouz Mirza, provincial governor * Safi-ad-din Ardabili, spiritual founder of Safavid dynasty *

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 ...

, constitutionalist leader *

Heshmat Taleqani Dr. Ebrahim Heshmat ol Atebba Talequani (also ''Dr. Heshmat-e Taleghani'') (Persian: ابراهیم حشمت الاطبا طالقانی) was an Iranian physician and one of Mirza Kuchak Khan's closest friends and allies during the Jangal moveme ...

, Jangali leader and ally of Mirza Kuchek Khan * Abbas the Great

Modern (post-Qajar)

Pahlavi period

* Abdol Hossein Hamzavi, Iranian diplomat, author and representative to the United Nations *

Abdol Karim Ayadi Abdol Karim Ayadi (1907–1980) was the personal physician to Mohammad Reza Pahlavi , title = Shahanshah Aryamehr Bozorg Arteshtaran , image = File:Shah_fullsize.jpg , caption = Shah in 1973 , succession = Shah of Iran ...

, personal physician to Reza Pahlavi *

Ali Akbar Davar Ali-Akbar Dāvar ( fa, علی‌اکبر داور also known as Mirza Ali-Akbar Khan-e Dāvar, 1885 – 9 February 1937) was an Iranian politician and judge and the founder of the modern judicial system of Iran. Biography Born in 1885

, minister, and founder of Iran's modern judiciary system *

Ali Akbar Siassi Ali-Akbar Siassi PhD ( fa, Ali-Akbar Siyāsĩ; 1896 – 27 May 1990) was a notable Iranian intellectual, psychologist and politician during the 1930s and 1960s, serving as the country's education and foreign minister, chancellor of University of ...

, Chancellor of Tehran University * Ali Gholi Ardalan, Iranian ambassador to the US, West Germany and the USSR * Amanullah Jahanbani, senior military leader, and father-in-law of Christiane Amanpour's father * Amir Abdollah Tahmasebi, military leader * Ardeshir Zahedi *

Bahram Aryana Arteshbod Bahram Aryana ( fa, بهرام آریانا); also spelled Bahram Ariana born Hossein Manouchehri; 17 March 1906 – 21 June 1985) was a top Iranian military commander during the reign of Mohammed Reza Pahlavi and an Iranian nationalis ...

, military commander * Ahmad Ahmadi, prison interrogator * Farokhroo Parsa, minister of education *

George Malek-Yonan George Malek-Yonan (1924-2014) was an Iranian Assyrian international attorney, politician and athlete, and father of actress Rosie Malek-Yonan. Biography The Assyrian Malek family claims to trace its roots back eleven centuries. During the Assyr ...

, procured a seat in Iran's Parliament for Assyrians as a recognized minority *

Hasan Arfa Hasan Arfa (1895 in Tbilisi – 1983 in Monte Carlo) was an Iranian general and ambassador to the Pahlavi dynasty. He was a leading figure in the British military network in Iran. Early life Hasan Arfa was born in Tbilisi, Georgia (then pa ...

, Army General, Ambassador to Russia, Ambassador to Turkey * Hassan Modarres, member of Parliament * Hassan Pakravan, head of SAVAK * Heidar Arfaa, Conseiller d'État, Minister of Agriculture, Député-

Majlis ( ar, المجلس, pl. ') is an Arabic term meaning "sitting room", used to describe various types of special gatherings among common interest groups of administrative, social or religious nature in countries with linguistic or cultural conne ...

Fars Province *

Hossein Fardoust Arteshbod Hossein Fardoust (; 21 February 1917 – 18 May 1987) was a childhood friend of the last Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and served for ten years as deputy head of SAVAK, the powerful Iranian intelligence agency. Career i ...

, deputy head of SAVAK *

Hossein Fatemi Hossein Fatemi ( fa, حسین فاطمی; also Romanized as Hoseyn Fātemi; 10 February 1917 – 10 November 1954) was an Iranian scholar. A close associate of Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, he proposed nationalization of Iranian oil and gas ...

, Minister of Foreign Affairs * Hushang Ansary, Minister of Finance, President of NIOC * Karim Buzarjomehri, Army General military aide of Reza Shah, Mayor of Tehran *

Mahmoud Jafarian Mahmoud Jafarian ( fa, محمود جعفریان; October 1928 – 13 March 1979) was an Iranian politician under the last Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. He served simultaneously as deputy director for National Iranian Radio and Television (N ...

, head of National Iranian Radio and Television and

Pars News Agency The Islamic Republic News Agency ( fa, خبرگزاری جمهوری اسلامی, ''Xebergâzari-ye Jimhuri-ye Eslâmi-ye''), or IRNA, is the official news agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Founded on 13 November 1934 as Pars News Agency ...

* Mahmoud Khayami, industrialist * Mahmud Mahmud, politician * Manucher Mirza Farman Farmaian, director of sales for NIOC and Ambassador to Venezuela *

Mohammad Ali Keshavarz Sadr Seyyed Mohammad Ali Keshavarz Sadr (Mahallat, 1902 – 17 October 1974) was a lawyer, judge, author and leading figure in the National Front (Iran), National Front of Iran. A close friend and associate of Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, often ...

, Mossadegh's Deputy and a leader of the Second National Front * Nader Jahanbani, air force general, pilot * Nasser Moghaddam, head of SAVAK * Nematollah Nassiri, head of SAVAK * Abbas Mirza Farman Farmaian, Minister of Parliament * Sattareh Farman Farmaian, established first social worker schools in Iran *

Sepahbod Ahmad Amir-Ahmadi Lieutenant general Ahmad Amir-Ahmadi (1884–1965) was a military leader and cabinet Minister of Iran. Born in 1884 in Isfahan, of an aristocratic Persian family, he is one of the planners of the coup d'état of Reza Pahlavi, Colonel Mohammad T ...

, military leader *

Seyyed Zia'eddin Tabatabaee Seyyed Zia'eddin Tabataba'i (June 1889 – 29 August 1969; fa, سید ضیاءالدین طباطبایی) was an Iranian journalist and politician who, with the help of Reza Khan Savadkuhi, led the 1921 Persian coup d'état, and subsequently ...

Shapour Bakhtiar Shapour Bakhtiar ( fa, شاپور بختیار, ; 26 June 19146 August 1991) was an Iranian politician who served as the last Prime Minister of Iran under the Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi. In the words of historian Abbas Milani: "more than once in ...

, prime minister * Soraya Esfandiary Bakhtiari * Teymour Bakhtiar, head of SAVAK * Abdolhossein Teymourtash, Iranian statesman * Mirza Javad Khan Ameri, Minister, MP

Served in Islamic Republic government

* Abdolkarim Mousavi-Ardabili * Abdollah Noori, minister of interior * Abdollah Ramezanzadeh, government spokesman * Abdolvahed Mousavi-Lari, minister of interior * Abolhassan Banisadr, president * Ahmad Jannati, chair of Council of Guardians *

Ahmad Khatami Sayyid Ahmad Khatami ( fa, احمد خاتمی, born 8 May 1960) is a senior Iranian Shia cleric, member of Guardian Council and a senior member of the Assembly of Experts. In December 2005, Ali Khamenei appointed him as Tehran’s substitute ...

* Ahmad Khomeini *

Ahmad Tavakkoli Ahmad Tavakkoli (; born 5 March 1951) is an Iranian conservative and principlist politician, journalist. He is currently member of the Expediency Discernment Council. Also he is currently managing-director of ''Alef'' news website and founder of t ...

, minister of labour * Akbar Torkan, minister of roads and transportation * Ala'eddin Boroujerdi, member of parliament * Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, president *

Ali Akbar Mohtashamipour Ali Akbar Mohtashamipur or Mohtashami ( fa, سید علی‌اکبر محتشمی‌پور‎; 30 August 1947 – 7 June 2021) was an Iranian Shia cleric who was active in the 1979 Iranian Revolution and later became interior minister of the ...

, member of parliament * Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri, speaker of parliament * Ali Akbar Salehi * Ali Fallahian, minister of intelligence *

, supreme leader * Ali Larijani, president of IRIB * Ali Meshkini, chair of Assembly of Experts * Ali Movahhedi-Kermani * Ali Shamkhani, minister of defence * Ali Younessi, minister of information *

Alireza Noori Ali Reza Noori (or sometimes Ali-Reza Nouri) ( fa, علیرضا نوری , April 8, 1962 in Isfahan – October 31, 2002) was a member of the 6th Iranian parliament and a supporter of President Mohammad Khatami's reform programs. He was the b ...

, member of parliament *

Asadollah Lajevardi Sayyid Assadollah Ladjevardi ( fa, اسدالله لاجوردی; 1935 – 23 August 1998) was an Iranian conservative politician, prosecutor and warden. He was one of the officials responsible for the 1988 executions of Iranian political priso ...

* * Ata'ollah Mohajerani, minister of culture and Islamic guidance * Ayatollah Amini, deputy chair of Assembly of Experts * Ayatollah Mohammadi-Gilani * Ayatollah Sane'i * Ayatollah Va'ez-Tabasi * Ayatollah Mohammad Taghi Mesbah Yazdi *

Behzad Nabavi Behzad Nabavi ( fa, بهزاد نبوی) (born 1941) is an Iranian reformist politician. He served as Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Iran and was one of the founders of the reformist party Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization. Pr ...

, vice speaker of parliament * Bizhan Namdar-Zangeneh, minister of oil * Ebrahim Asgharzadeh * Ebrahim Yazdi, foreign minister of interim government * Elaheh Koulai, member of parliament * Emad Afrough, member of parliament *

Faezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani Faezeh Hashemi Bahramani, better known as Faezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani ( fa, فائزه هاشمی رفسنجانی; born 7 January 1963) is an Iranian women's rights activist, politician and former journalist who served as a member of Islamic Con ...

, member of parliament * Fatemeh Haghighatjou, member of parliament * Gholam Ali Haddad-Adel, speaker of parliament * Gholam Hossein Elham * Ghorbanali Dorri-Najafabadi, minister of intelligence * * Grand Ayatollah Hossein-Ali Montazeri * Hadi Khamenei, member of parliament *

Hamid Reza Assefi Hamid Reza Assefi ( fa, حمیدرضا آصفی ) was born in Tehran, Iran. Spokesman, Vice Minister of Parliamentary and Consular Affairs and Communication, and the Special Assistant to the Minister at the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs un ...

, foreign affairs spokesman * Hassan Habibi, first vice president *

, former president * * Hossein Shariatmadari * Iraj Fazel, minister of health * * Ezzatollah Zarghami, president of IRIB *

Kamal Daneshyar Kamal Daneshyar is a member of the Islamic Consultative Assembly in the Islamic Republic of Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq an ...

, member of the

* Kamal Kharrazi, minister of foreign affairs * Kazem Jalali, politician * Kazem Rajavi, politician * Kazem Seddiqi, politician * Lotfollah Forouzandeh (born 1961) Iranian Politician * * *

, former president * Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, former chief justice * Majid Ansari, member of parliament *

Manuchehr Eliasi Manuchehr Eliasi or Manouchehr Eliasi ( fa, منوچهر الیاسی) is a former member of the Iranian Parliament who was succeeded by Maurice Motamed in 2000. See also *Persian Jews Persian Jews or Iranian Jews ( fa, یهودیان ای� ...

, Jewish member of parliament * Masoud Pezeshkian, minister of health * Masoumeh Ebtekar, vice president *

Mehdi Bazargan Mehdi Bazargan ( fa, مهدی بازرگان; 1 September 1907 – 20 January 1995) was an Iranian scholar, academic, long-time pro-democracy activist and head of Iran's interim government. He was appointed prime minister in February 1979 by Ay ...

, prime minister * Mehdi Hashemi * Mehdi Karroubi, speaker of parliament * Mir-Hossein Mousavi, prime minister *

Mohammad Abaee-Khorasani Ayatollah Mohammad Va'ez Abaee-Khorasani (1940-October 13, 2004) was an Iranian cleric and reformist politician. He was a representative of Mashhad in the Majlis of Iran from 2000 to 2004. Born in Mashhad in a religious family, he studied Islamic ...

, member of parliament * Mohammad Ali Abtahi, vice president *

Mohammad Ali Najafi Mohammad-Ali Najafi ( fa, محمدعلی نجفی; born 13 January 1952) is an Iranian mathematician and reformist politician who was the Mayor of Tehran, serving in the post for eight months, until April 2018. He held cabinet portfolios during ...

, minister of education *

Mohammad Ali Rajai Mohammad-Ali Rajai ( fa, محمدعلی رجائی; 15 June 1933 – 30 August 1981) was the second president of Iran from 2 to 30 August 1981 after serving as prime minister under Abolhassan Banisadr. He was also minister of foreign affairs ...

, president * Mohammad Beheshti, head of judiciary * Mohammad Emami-Kashani * Mohammad Hashemi Rafsanjani *

Mohammad Javad Bahonar Mohammad-Javad Bahonar ( fa, محمدجواد باهنر, 5 September 1933 – 30 August 1981) was a Shia Iranian theologian and politician who served as the Prime Minister of Iran for less than one month in August 1981. Bahonar and other memb ...

, prime minister * Mohammad Javad Larijani, member of parliament *

Mohammad Khatami Sayyid Mohammad Khatami ( fa, سید محمد خاتمی, ; born 14 October 1943) is an Iranian politician who served as the fifth president of Iran from 3 August 1997 to 3 August 2005. He also served as Iran's Minister of Culture from 1982 to ...

, president * Mohammad Reyshahri * Mohammad Reza Aref, first vice president *

Mohammad Reza Bahonar Mohammad-Reza Bahonar ( fa, محمدرضا باهنر, born 2 February 1952) is an Iranian principlist politician who was member of the Parliament of Iran for 28 years. He is also secretary general of Islamic Society of Engineers and the Front of ...

, vice speaker of parliament * Mohammad Reza Khatami, deputy speaker of parliament * Mohammad Reza Mahdavi-Kani *

Mohammad Sattarifar Mohammad Sattarifar ( fa, محمد ستاری‌فر; born 1952) is an Iranian economist, former Vice president of Iran, former head of the Iranian Social Security Organization and the Planning and Management Organization of Iran. His views and be ...

, vice president * Mohammad Yazdi, head of judiciary *

Mohsen Armin Mohsen Armin ( fa, محسن آرمین) is an Iranian politician. He was a representative for Tehran and vice speaker of the Majlis during the sixth term of the Majlis. He is also a central committee member and speaker of Mojahedin of the Islamic ...

, member of parliament * Mohsen Mirdamadi, member of parliament *

Mohsen Nourbakhsh Seyed Mohsen Nourbakhsh ( fa, سید محسن نوربخش; 18 May 1948 – 23 March 2003) was an Iranian economist, most known as governor of the Central Bank of Iran and the former Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance (Iran), minister of f ...

, head of Central Bank of Iran * Mohsen Rezaee, member of Expediency Discernment Council * Mohsen Safaee-Farahani, member of parliament and head of Iranian Football Federation * Mohseni-Ezhe'i * * Morteza Motahhari * Mostafa Chamran, Minister of Defense * Mostafa Tajzadeh, deputy minister of interior * Nasrollah Jahangard, chair of Supreme Council of ICT *, Iranian Politician *, Iranian politician *, Iranian Politician * *, Iranian politician *

Ghodratollah Norouzi Ghodratollah Norouzi is an Iranian politician, the former mayor of Isfahan county, and former mayor of Isfahan city from 2017 to 2021. He has a doctorate of law. He is a party member of Islamic Iran Freedom and Justice Organization Islamic Iran ...

, Iranian politician * Rahim Safavi * * Rasoul Montajebnia, member of parliament *, Iranian Politician * * Ruhollah Hosseinian * *

Ruhollah Khomeini Ruhollah Khomeini, Ayatollah Khomeini, Imam Khomeini ( , ; ; 17 May 1900 – 3 June 1989) was an Iranian political and religious leader who served as the first supreme leader of Iran from 1979 until his death in 1989. He was the founder of ...

, supreme leader, founder of the

Islamic Republic The term Islamic republic has been used in different ways. Some Muslim religious leaders have used it as the name for a theoretical form of Islamic theocratic government enforcing sharia, or laws compatible with sharia. The term has also been u ...

* * * Sadegh Ghotbzadeh, minister of foreign affairs * Sadegh Khalkhali, Sharia ruler *

Sadegh Larijani Sadeq Ardeshir Larijani ( fa, صادق اردشیر لاریجانی; born 12 March 1961), better known as Amoli Larijani ( fa, آملی لاریجانی), is an Iranian scholar, conservative politician, and current chairman of Expediency Discern ...

* Saeed Emami, vice minister of intelligence * Saeed Hajjarian, Tehran council member * Saeed Mortazavi *

Seyed Mohammad Hossein Adeli Seyed Mohammad Hossein Adeli ( fa, سید محمدحسین عادلی, born in 1953 in Ahvaz) is an Iranian politician, diplomat, economist and academic. He was the Secretary General of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum from 2014 until 2018. He i ...

, head of Central Bank of Iran, Ambassador to United Kingdom *, Iranian Politician *, Iranian Politician *

Zia-Allah Ezazi Maleki Zia-Allah Ezazi Maleki (Persian: ضیاءالله اعزازی ملکی) is an Iranian politician who represents Bonab in the Islamic Consultative Assembly. See also * List of MPs elected in the 2016 Iranian legislative election This is a l ...

, Iranian Politician

Not served in Islamic Republic government or opposition

* Abbas Amir-Entezam *

Abdolrahman Ghasemlou Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou ( ku, عه‌بدولڕه‌حمان قاسملوو, translit=Ebdulrehman Qasimlû; fa, عبدالرحمان قاسملو; 22 December 1930 – 13 July 1989) was an Iranian Kurdish politician and leader. Ghassemlou was th ...

Abolghasem 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 Mostafav ...

Ahmad Zirakzadeh Ahmad Zirakzadeh (6 March 1908 – 25 August 1993)http://postchinews.ir/احمد-زیرک-زاده-یار-صدیق-دکتر-مصدق/ ( fa, احمد زیرک زاده) was one of the founders of National Front of Iran, an Iranian party which was c ...

* Ali Shariati, sociologist *

Alireza Rajaei Alireza Rajaei ( fa, علیرضا رجائی) is an Iranian journalist. He is considered one of the members of the Nationalist-Religious alliance of Iran. He was elected as a member of parliament by the people of Tehran in the sixth Iran parliam ...

Asghar Parsa Asghar Parsa ( fa, اصغر پارسا; 1919-2007) was a prominent member of Iran's National Front. After graduating from Tehran University's School of Law, he served in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was elected to Majlis from Khoy in 195 ...

* Azam Taleghani *

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 Organiza ...

* Dariush Forouhar *

, director of films ''

'' and ''

Hitler's Grave Adolf Hitler (; 20 April 188930 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was dictator of Nazi Germany, Germany from 1933 until Death of Adolf Hitler, his death in 1945. Adolf Hitler's rise to power, He rose to power as the le ...

'' * Ezzatollah Sahabi * Gholam-Hossein Sadighi * Habibollah Peiman * Hashem Aghajari *

Jafar Pishevari Sayyed Ja'far Pishevari ( fa, سید جعفر پیشه‌وری; 26 ( Azerbaijani: سید جعفر پیشهوری ) August, 1892 – 11 June, 1947) was an Iranian Azerbaijani communist politician who most-notably founded and led the Azerbaij ...

* Mahmoud Taleghani * Mansoor Hekmat * Maryam Rajavi * Massoud Rajavi, militant opposition leader *

Mehdi Khalaji Mehdi Khalaji ( fa, مهدی خلجی, born 21 September 1973) is an Iranian-American writer, scholar of Islamic studies, political analyst and a former Shia cleric. He has been researching at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy since ...

Mohsen Sazegara Mohsen Sazegara ( fa, محسن سازگارا; born 5 January 1955) calls himself as Iranian journalist and pro-democracy political activist. He was the founder of IRGC (Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps) after the revolution in 1979. He held several ...

Mousa Sadr Musa Sadr al-Din al-Sadr ( ar, موسى صدر الدين الصدر; 4 June 1928 – disappeared 31 August 1978) was an Iranian-born Lebanese scholar and political leader who founded the Amal Movement. Born in the Chaharmardan neighborhood o ...

Nasser Zarafshan Nasser Zarafshan (born 1946) is an Iranian writer, translator, and attorney. He is known for having been arrested while acting as the legal envoy of two of the families of dissident Iranian writers who were assassinated in November 1998 in what ...

* Navvab Safavi, militant cleric *

Parviz Varjavand Parviz Varjavand ( fa, پرویز ورجاوند, alao Romanized as "Parviz Varjāvand"; 5 January 1934 – 10 June 2007) was a notable Iranian archaeologist, researcher, university professor and politician who was a prominent member of Iran Natio ...

* Reza Alamouti, Central Committee Member of the Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas; founder of Radio Aras *

Roozbeh Farahanipour Roozbeh Farahanipour (Persian: روزبه فراهانی پور; born July 16, 1971 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian-American former student activist and a leader in the movement for an Iranian cultural renaissance and the chairman of the Marz-e Po ...

, founder of

Marze Por Gohar The Glorious Frontiers Party ( fa, حزب مرز پرگهر, Hezb-e Marz-e Por-Gohar, taken from the first line of ''Ey Iran'' anthem) is an Iranian nationalist political party exiled in the United States. The party is banned in Iran. According t ...

* Shirin Ebadi, recipient of 2003 Nobel Peace Prize *

Yadollah Sahabi Yadollah Sahabi (25 February 1905 – 12 April 2002) was a prominent Iranian scholar, writer, reformist and politician. A close associate of Mohammad Mosaddegh and Mehdi Bazargan, Sahabi was an active campaigner for the nationalization of the Ir ...

Politicians in other nations

* Goli Ameri, United States Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs *

Benazir Bhutto Benazir Bhutto ( ur, بینظیر بُھٹو; sd, بينظير ڀُٽو; Urdu ; 21 June 1953 – 27 December 2007) was a Pakistani politician who served as the 11th and 13th prime minister of Pakistan from 1988 to 1990 and again from 1993 t ...

, former Prime Minister of Pakistan; half- Iranian (mother Nusrat Bhutto) * Nusrat Bhutto, former

first lady First lady is an unofficial title usually used for the wife, and occasionally used for the daughter or other female relative, of a non-monarchical A monarchy is a form of government in which a person, the monarch, is head of state fo ...

of Pakistan *

Jimmy Delshad Jamshid "Jimmy" Delshad ( fa, جمشید دلشاد) is an Iranian-American politician in the state of California. He became Mayor of Beverly Hills on March 21, 2007 when he was sworn in by Fred Hayman, and again on March 16, 2010. He is the fi ...

, mayor of Beverly Hills, California * George Deukmejian, former

Governor of California The governor of California is the head of government of the U.S. state of California. The governor is the commander-in-chief of the California National Guard and the California State Guard. Established in the Constitution of California, the g ...

* Dan Halutz, Chief of Staff of the Israeli Defense Forces * Saadat Khan, first Nawab of Oudh in India *

Farah Karimi Farahnaz "Farah" Karimi ( fa, فرح کريمی; born 15 November 1960 in Hassanabad Yasukand, garuss) is an Iranian-Netherlands, Dutch Politics of the Netherlands, politician. She was a member of the House of Representatives (Netherlands), Hous ...

, Iranian female Dutch Member of Parliamenthttp://www.sharghnewspaper.com/830327/life.htm * Moshe Katsav, former President of Israel * Tahia Kazem, former first lady of Egypt, wife of President

Gamal Abdel Nasser Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussein, . (15 January 1918 – 28 September 1970) was an Egyptian politician who served as the second president of Egypt from 1954 until his death in 1970. Nasser led the Egyptian revolution of 1952 and introduced far-re ...

* Omid Nouripour, member of the German parliament (Bundestag), Germany * Ross Mirkarimi, former member of

San Francisco City Council The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is the legislative body within the government of the City and County of San Francisco. Government and politics The City and County of San Francisco is a consolidated city-county, being simultaneously a ...

from Green Party; American of Iranian and Russian descent. * Reza Moridi, member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Canada * Shaul Mofaz, Israeli Minister of Transport and a Deputy Prime Minister, and former Minister of Defense * Wajid Ali Shah, last Nawab of Oudh, disposed of by the British East India Company * Maryam Yazdanfar, member of the Swedish parliament (Riksdag), Sweden

Activists

Mahnaz Afkhami Mahnaz Afkhami (Persian: مهناز افخمی; born January 14, 1941) is an Iranian women's rights activist who served in the Cabinet of Iran from 1976 to 1978. She is founder and president of Women's Learning Partnership (WLP), executive direc ...

(born 1941), politician and human rights and women's rights activist, served in the Cabinet of Iran (1976–1978) * Neda Agha-Soltan (1983–2009), shot during the

2009 Iranian election protests After incumbent president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared victory in the 2009 Iranian presidential election, protests broke out in major cities across Iran in support of opposition candidates Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi. The protests con ...

; her name quickly became a rallying cry for the opposition * Bibi Khatoon Astarabadi (1858/9 – 1921), author and pioneer of the Persian women's movement in modern Iran * Shiva Nazar-Ahari, human-rights activist

Prisoners and detainees

* Zahra Bani Ameri (1980–2007), physician, died in a prison in Hamedan after being arrested for breaching modesty laws by sitting in a park with her fiancée. * Zahra Amir Ebrahimi (born 1981), photographer, television actress, subject of a 2006 sex tape scandal in Iran *

Zeynab Jalaliyan Zeynab Jalalian ( fa, زينب جلاليان; born March 10, 1982 in Dim Qeshlaq, Maku County) is a Kurdish Iranian who has been convicted a mohareb and sentenced to death by an Islamic Revolutionary Court for allegedly being a member of the Ku ...

, Kurdish prisoner * Zahra Kazemi, Iranian-Canadian freelance photographer, who according to the medical examiner was raped, tortured and killed by Iranian officials following her arrest in Iran. * Hossein Rajabian, imprisoned filmmaker *

Nasser Fahimi Nasser Fahimi ( fa, ناصر فهیمی) is an Iranian physician, human rights defender and a political prisoner of conscience. He is also the first figure in the political history of Iran who formally requested the Islamic Republic to revoke ...

, a doctor from Kurdistan, a political and ideological prisoner * Mehdi Rajabian, imprisoned musician

Literature figures

Authors and poets

* ''See main list: List of Persian-language poets and authors''

Translators

* Abdolmajid Eskandari, academic and translator * Ali Akbar Abdolrashidi, author and translator * Karim Emami, author and translator *

Majid M. Naini Majid Naini (Persian: مجید نایینی) is a scholar and speaker. Biography Majid Naini was born on October 24, 1963. Naini earned a B.S. in Electronics Engineering, Master's Degree in Computer Science, and Ph.D. in Computer & Information ...

, author and translator * Mohammad Ghazi, translator * Shahrokh Meskoob, author and translator

Religious figures

''See List of Marjas.''
''See

List of Ayatollahs This is a partial list of Ayatollahs, a title given to high ranked Twelver Usuli Shi'a Muslim clerics. Its ranking is higher than Hujjat al-Islam, and the next higher clerical rank is Grand Ayatollah also known as Marja'. This list contains only t ...

''. * Majlesi * The Báb, Prophet-Founder of the Bábi Faith * Bahá'u'lláh, Prophet-Founder of the Bahá'í Faith * 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Centre of the Covenant of the Bahá'í Faith * Ganzibra Jabbar Choheili (1923–2014), head of the Mandaean community in Iran until his death in 2014. * Rishama

Salah Choheili (, plural , romanized: or Old Arabic ͡sˤaˈloːh, ( or Old Arabic ͡sˤaˈloːtʰin construct state) ), also known as ( fa, نماز) and also spelled , are prayers performed by Muslims. Facing the , the direction of the Kaaba with ...

, Iranian Mandaean who is the current patriarch and head of the Mandaean community in Australia *

Haik Hovsepian Mehr Haik Hovsepian Mehr ( hy, Հայկ Հովսեփյան Մեհր; January 6, 1945, Tehran – January 19, 1994) was an Iranian Armenian Protestant minister and bishop of the '' Jama'at-e Rabbani'' church (part of the Assemblies of God church movem ...

, bishop and Christian martyr * Jamal al-Din Asadabadi * Mani, founder of Manichaeism * Mazdak, Religious and Social Reformer * Meher Baba, Indian spiritual master born to Iranian immigrant parents * Hamza ibn-'Ali ibn-Ahmad, founder of the

Druze The Druze (; ar, دَرْزِيٌّ, ' or ', , ') are an Arabic-speaking esoteric ethnoreligious group from Western Asia who adhere to the Druze faith, an Abrahamic, monotheistic, syncretic, and ethnic religion based on the teachings of ...

Muhammad ibn Ismail ad-Darazi Muhammad bin Ismail Nashtakin ad-Darazi ( ar, محمد بن اسماعيل نشتاكين الدرازي) was an 11th-century Ismaili preacher and early leader of the Druze faith who was labeled a heretic in 1016 and subsequently executed in 10 ...

* Mulla Sadra * Saeed Abedini, Iranian American Christian pastor * Safi-ad-din Ardabili * Salman the Persian * Zahed Gilani * Zayn al-Din Taybadi (died 1389) mystic and Sufi * Zoroaster, prophet * Imam Tawhidi, Australian Iman of Arabian and Iranian descent

Shia Clergy

Abbas Ali Akhtari Sheikh Abbas Ali Akhtari (; 7 December 1939 – 31 October 2022) was an Iranian Ayatollah. He represented the Supreme Leader of Iran in Semnan province, while also serving as the Imam of Friday Prayer in Semnan. He also represented the people ...

Abbas-Ali Amid Zanjani Abbas-Ali Amid Zanjani (30 March 1937 – 30 October 2011) was an Iranian politician and cleric. He was the only cleric president of University of Tehran, who himself had had no academic education of any kind, that served from 2005 to 2008. Ear ...

* *

Abbas-Ali Soleimani Abbas-Ali Soleimani (; born 1947) is an Demographics of Iran, Iranian Shia cleric/ayatollah who was born in a religious family in Savadkuh, Mazandaran Province, Mazandaran. He is currently the new appointed representative of Guardianship of the Is ...

Abbas Amirifar Hojjatoleslam Abbas Amirifar (born 1957) is the prayer leader of Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and head of the presidential cultural committee. He was arrested in May 2011 on charges of "sorcery", after he produced a controversial film pred ...

Abbas Hosseini Kashani Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Abbas Hosseini Kashani (1931 – July 18, 2010) ( fa, السید عباس حسيني کاشانی) was an Iranian Twelver Shi'a Marja. He has studied in seminaries of Najaf, Iraq under Grand Ayatollah Abu al-Qasim al-K ...

Abbas Ka'bi Ayatollah Abbas Ka'bi Nasab (Persian: آیت الله عباس کعبی) is an Iranian Twelver Shi'a cleric who was born in Ahwaz in 1962 into a religious family. Records mention that he is one of the 12 members of the Guardian Council of the ...

* Abbas Mahfouzi * *

Abbas Almohri Ayatollah Sayyed Abbas Almohri ( ar, آية الله سيد عباس المهري; 1915–1988) was one of the first Kuwaiti Shia scholars based in Kuwait. He was born in Iran in the province of Fars. He studied religion in Najaf and then h ...

Mohammad Montazeri Mohammad Montazeri fa, محمد منتظری (1944–28 June 1981) was an Iranian cleric and military figure. He was one of the founding members and early chiefs of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. He was assassinated in a bombing in Tehr ...

* *

Seyed Abbas Mousavi Motlagh ''Sayyid'' (, ; ar, سيد ; ; meaning 'sir', 'Lord', 'Master'; Arabic plural: ; feminine: ; ) is a surname of people descending from the Islamic prophet Muhammad through his grandsons, Hasan ibn Ali and Husayn ibn Ali, sons of Muhamma ...

Abbas Tabrizian Abbas Tabrizian ( fa, عباس تبریزیان) is an Iranian Shia cleric and quack who rejects academic medicine. According to Al-Monitor, he is regarded as "a figure of ridicule" to most Iranians. Early life and education Tabrizian was born ...

* Abbas Vaez-Tabasi *

Abdul Fattah Nawab Seyyed Abdul Fattah Nawab ( fa, سید عبدالفتاح نواب) (also: Abdulfattah Nawab) (born: 1957, Shahreza, Isfahan) is an Iranian Twelver Shia cleric who has been recently appointed as the new representative of Guardianship of the Isla ...

* *

Abdol Hossein Dastgheib Abdol Hossein Dastgheib (8 December 1913 -11 December 1981). He was appointed as Imam of Friday Prayer and one of the representatives of the Supreme Leader in Shiraz. He was a Mujtahidd, expert in Arabic language, theology, revealed texts, and ...

* Abdul Hussein Mo'ezzi *

Abdol Javad Alamolhoda Sayyid, Seyed Abdol Javad Alamolhoda (: 1930 – 20 August 2020) was an Iranian ayatollah. He is the older brother of Ahmad Alamolhoda, the Friday prayer leader in Mashhad. He was also the founder of Al-Qaim Seminary in Tehran. Biography Alam ...

* *

Abdul Karim Farhani Abdul Karim Farhani (Persian language, Persian: عبدالکریم فرحانی) is regarded as an Iranian principlists, principlist member of Assembly of Experts, who is one of Khuzestan province representatives in the 5th period of that. He was ...

* Abdolkarim Hasheminejad *

Abdul Karim Haghshenas Abdul Karim Haghshenas ( fa, عبدالکریم حق‌شناس) (born 1919, Tehran – died on 24 July 2007, Tehran) was a contemporary Muslim jurist and mystic moralist. In Tehran, he taught courses in ethics and religious affairs. Ayatollah H ...

* Abdul-Karim Mousavi Ardebili * Seyyed Abdollah Fateminia * * Abd al-A'la al-Sabziwari * Abdollah Javadi-Amoli * Abdullah Musawi Shirazi * Abdollah Nouri * * Abdul-Majid al-Khoei * *

Abdul-Nabi Mousavi Fard Sayyid Abdul-Nabi Mousavi Fard (Persian: سید عبدالنبی موسوی فرد) (born 1956, Jahrom, grew-up in Khorramshahr) is an Iranian Twelver Shi'a cleric, who has been recently appointed as the representative of Wali-Faqih (Guardianshi ...

Abdul-Nabi Namazi , image = Abdolnabi Namazi.jpg , order = , office = Member of the Assembly of Experts , term_start = 8 October 1990 , term_end = 15 December 2006 , constituency = Bushehr Province , term_start1 = 15 Dec ...

Ayatollah Abdul Rahman Heidari Ilami Ayatollah Abdul Rahman Heidari Ilami (1925 - 1 January 1987) ( fa, آیت الله عبدالرحمن حیدری ایلامی) was an Iranian-Kurdish Muslim scholar and member of the first term of the Assembly of Experts in Iran. He organised popu ...

* * *Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari * *Seyed Abolfazl Mousavi Tabrizi * *Abulhassan Navab *Abolghasem Khazali * *Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei *Abolghasem Wafi Yazdi * *Ahmad Alamolhoda * *Ahmad Azari Qomi *Ahmad Beheshti * * *Ahmad Hosseini Khorasani * Ahmad Jannati *

* Ahmad Khomeini *Ahmad Khonsari *Ahmad Marvi *Ahmad Mazani *Ahmad Moballeghi *Ahmad Mohseni Garakani *Ahmad Mojtahedi Tehrani * *Ahmad Ghabel *Mir Ahmad Reza Hajati *Seyyed Ahmad Reza Shahrokhi * *Ahmad Salek *Ahmad Vaezi * * * Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani * * *Ali Akbar al-Modarresi * Ali Meshkini *Ali-Akbar Hosseini * *Ali Akbar Masoudi Khomeini *Ali Akbar Mohtashamipur * *Ali Akbar Ghoreishi * * * * Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri *Ali Akbar Rashad *Ali al-Sabziwari * *Seyed Ali Asghar Dastgheib * * *Ali Asghar Rahimi Azad *Ali Asghar Rahmani Khalili *Ali Banaei * Ali Fallahian *Ali Davani * *Ali Golzadeh Ghafouri *Ali al-Sistani * * *

* * * *Ali Mohammad Dastgheib Shirazi * * *Ali Orumian *Ali Qazi Askar *Ali Qoddusi * *Alireza Arafi * * * *Alireza Panahian *Alireza Qaeminia *Alireza Salimi (politician) *Ali Safi Golpaygani *Seyyed Ali Shafiei *Ali Shirazi * *Ali Younesi * * * * *Asadollah Bayat-Zanjani *Assad-Allah Imani * *Mir Asadollah Madani *Asgar Dirbaz *Ataollah Ashrafi Esfahani *Azizollah Khoshvaght * * *Fakhreddin Mousavi * *Mir Ghesmat Mosavi Asl * * *Gholam Ali Safai Bushehri *Mohammad Mohammadi Golpayegani *Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i * * *Gholamreza Hassani *Gholamreza Mesbahi Moghaddam *Gholamreza Rezvani * *Habibollah Ashouri * * *Habib Boromand Dashghapu *Hadi al-Modarresi * * Hadi Khamenei *Hadi Khosroshahi *Hadi Ghabel *Hadi Rohani *Hamid Rasai *Hamid Shahriari *Mirza Hashem Amoli *Hashem Bathaie Golpayegani * *Hashem Hashemzadeh Herisi *Hashem Hosseini Bushehri * * * *Hasanali Morvarid *Hasan Ali Nejabat Shirazi *Hassan Ameli *Hassan Emami *Hassan Hassanzadeh Amoli *Hassan Eslami Ardakani *Hassan Khomeini * * *Hassan Namazi * *

*Hassan Sanei * * * * *Hassan Tabatabaei Qomi * * *Heydar Moslehi *Hussein-Ali Montazeri * *Hossein Borujerdi *Hossein Ansarian * *Hossein Ayatollahi * * *Hossein Kazemeyni Boroujerdi *Hossein Lankarani *Hossein Mazaheri * *Hossein Mousavi Tabrizi *Hossein Noori Hamedani * * *Hossein Taeb *Hossein Wahid Khorasani *Ebrahim Amini *Mir Ebrahim Seyyed Hatami * Ebrahim Raisi * *Esmaeil Khatib *Seyed Esmaeil Mousavi Zanjani * *Jafar Sobhani *Jafar Shojouni *Jalaleddin Taheri * * *Javad Gharavi Aliari * *Javad Khamenei *Jawad Tabrizi *Javad Mojtahed Shabestari * * *Karamatollah Malek-Hosseini *Khalil Boyukzadeh *Khalil Mobasher Kashani * *Kazem Nourmofidi * Kazem Seddiqi *Seyed Kazem Seyed Bagheri *Lotfollah Dezhkam *Lotfollah Safi Golpaygani * Mahmoud Taleghani *Mahmoud Alavi * * Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi * * *Mahmoud Mar'ashi Najafi * *Mahmoud Nabavian * *Mahmoud Salavati *Mahdi al-Modarresi * *Mahdi Hosseini Rohani * Mehdi Karroubi * *Seyed Mehdi Ghoreishi *Mehdi Shabzendedar Jahromi *Mehdi Tabatabaei * * * Majid Ansari * * *Mansour Leghaei *Masoud Khamenei * *Mohammad-Ali Abtahi *Mohammad Ali Ale-Hashem *Mohammad-Ali Angaji *Mohammad Ali Araki * *Mohammad Ali Gerami Qomi * *Mohammad Alavi Gorgani *Mohammad Ali Esmaeelpoor Ghomsheie * * * *Mohammad Ali Mousavi Jazayeri * *Ali Movahedi-Kermani *Mohammad Ali Qazi Tabatabaei *Mohammad-Ali Rahmani * * *Mohammad-Ali Shahidi * *Mohammad Ali Shomali *Mohammad-Ali Taskhiri * * * *Mohammad-Bagher Bagheri * *Mohammad Bagher Kharazi * *Mohammed Emami-Kashani * *Mohammad Fazel Lankarani *Mohammad Feyz Sarabi * *Mohammad Hadi Ghazanfari Khansari * * *Mohammad-Hassan Aboutorabi Fard *Mohammad Hassan Ahmadi Faqih * * *Mohammad Hassan Ghadrdan Gharamaleki *Mohammad Hassan Rahimian * * * Mohammad Beheshti * * *Mohammad Hussaini Shahroudi * *Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini Zanjani *Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai * * *Mohammad Ebrahim Jannaati * *Mohammad Ezodin Hosseini Zanjani * *Mohammad Jafar Montazeri *Muhammad Jafar Moravej *Muhammad Javad Haj Ali Akbari *Mohammad-Javad Bahonar *Mohammad Javad Pishvai * *Mohammed Kadhim al-Modarresi *Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari *Mohammad Khamenei *

* * * * * *Mohammad Mofatteh * * *Mohammad Mohammadi Gilani *Mohammad Momen *Mohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha *Mohammad Mofti al-shia Mousavi * *Nasser Biria *Mohammad Qomi *Mohammad Rahmati Sirjani * * Mohammad Reyshahri * * *Mohammad-Reza Ashtiani Araghi * * * *Mohammad-Reza Golpaygani *Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani * *Mohammad Reza Mirtajodini *Mohammad-Reza Modarresi Yazdi *Mohammad Reza Naseri Yazdi *Mohammad Reza Nekoonam *Mohammed Ridha al-Sistani *Mohammad-Reza Tavassoli * * Sadegh Khalkhali *Mohammad Sadeq Rouhani *Mohammad-Sadegh Salehimanesh *Mohammad Sadeqi Tehrani *Mohammad Sadoughi *Seyyed Mohammad Saeedi * *Mohammad Shahcheraghi *Mohammad-Taher Shubayr al-Khaqani *Mohammad Taqi al-Modarresi *Mohammad Taqi al-Khoei *Mohammad-Taqi Bahjat Foumani *Mohammad Taghi Falsafi *Mohammad-Taqi Ja'fari *Mohammad-Taghi Khalaji *Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi * *Mohammed Taqi Morvarid * *Mohammad Taghi Pourmohammadi * *Mohammad-Taqi Shoushtari *Mohammad Taghi Vaezi * *Mohammad Vaez Mousavi * * Mohammad Yazdi *Seyyed Mohammad Ziaabadi * * *Mohsen Araki *Mohsen Faqihi *Mohsen Heidari Alekasir * *Mohsen Kharazi *Mohsen Koochebaghi Tabrizi *Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari *Mohsin Qara'ati *Mohsen Qomi *Mohsen Rohami * *Seyed Mojtaba Hosseini *Mujtaba Musavi Lari *Mojtaba Tehrani *Mojtaba Zonnour * *Morteza Aghatehrani * *Morteza Moghtadai * Morteza Motahhari * * *Morteza Sadouqi Mazandarani * * * * *Mousa Shubairi Zanjani *Mostafa Boroujerdi * *Mostafa Khamenei *Mostafa Khomeini * *Mostafa Mohaghegh Damad *Mostafa Mousavi Faraz *Mostafa Pourmohammadi * * * *Moslem Malakouti * *Nasir Hosseini *Nasrollah Pejmanfar *Nasrallah Shah-Abadi *Naser Makarem Shirazi *Seyed Naser Mousavi Largani * *Nematollah Salehi Najafabadi * *Qasem Ravanbakhsh * *Ghodratollah Alikhani * * * Ghorbanali Dorri-Najafabadi * * * *Rasul Jafarian *Rasoul Montajabnia * *Reza Hosseini Nassab *Reza Mohammadi Langroudi *Reza Nouri *Reza Ostadi *Reza Ramezani Gilani * *Ruhollah Beigi * Ruhollah Hosseinian *Ruhollah Khatami *

* * *Sadeq Larijani *Saied Reza Ameli *Seyed Sajjad Izdehi * * *Shahab ud-Din Mar'ashi Najafi * * * *Taqi Tabatabaei Qomi * * *Yadollah Duzduzani * *Yahya Nouri *Yasubedin Rastegar Jooybari *Yousef Madani Tabrizi *Yousef Saanei *Yousef Tabatabai Nejad * *Zaynolabideen Ghorbani

Royalty

Scientists, scholars, and academics

Explorers and travellers

* Ahmad ibn Rustah, 10th-century Persian explorer of Russia, Scandinavia and Arabia * Naser Khosrow, traveller, writer and poet

Historians, archaeologists and Iranologists

* Abbas Alizadeh * Abbas Amanat * Abdolhossein Zarinkoob * Ahmad Kasravi * Alireza Shapour Shahbazi * Badiozzaman Forouzanfar * Ezzat Negahban, Ezzatolah Neghban * Fereydun Adamiyat * Hamdallah Mustawfi * Kaveh Farrokh * Majid Adibzadeh * Mehrdad Bahar * Mohammad Ali Eslami Nodooshan * Nasser Fakouhi * Sadegh Malek Shahmirzadi * Touraj Atabaki * Touraj Daryaee

Linguists

* Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak * Ahmad Tafazzoli * Ali Akbar Abdolrashidi * Ehsan Yarshater * Jaleh Amouzgar * Mehrdad Bahar * Parviz Natel-Khanlari * Zabihollah Safa

Intellectuals and philosophers

* ''See main list: List of pre-modern Iranian scientists and scholars'' * ''See main list: List of contemporary Iranian scientists, scholars, and engineers'' * Mirza Fath Ali Akhundzadeh * Mohammad-Ali Foroughi * Mostafa Malekian * Mirza Malkam Khan * Abbas Milani * Mohammad Mojtahed Shabestari * Seyyed Hossein Nasr * Ali Shariati *

* Sadegh Zibakalam * Ali Abdolrezaei

Technology and computer engineering

* Shane Dabiri, Shahram Dabiri, lead producer responsible for the massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) ''World of Warcraft'' * Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO of Uber, former CEO of Expedia * Amir Taaki, hacker, computer programmer and early developer for Bitcoin * Pierre Omidyar, founder of eBay * Rouzbeh Yassini, Inventor of the Cable Modem * Habib Zargarpour, visual effects specialist, video game art director

Sports

* Mojtaba Abedini (born 1984), Olympic fencer *Yu Darvish, MLB baseball player for the Texas Rangers (baseball), Texas Rangers *Ariajasuru Hasegawa, professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Nagoya Grampus * Ali Azari Karki, footballer * Sardar Azmoun, soccer player, Iran's National Team player * Farhad Ghaemi, volleyball player, Iran's National Team player * Abbas Jadidi, wrestler, Olympic silver medalist * Abdollah Movahed, wrestler, Olympic gold medalist * Adel Kolahkaj, football player * Alex Agase, American football player * Ali Daei, football player, top international goalscorer, world record holder * Ali Karimi (footballer, born 1978) * Ali Karimi (footballer, born 1982) * Ali Karimi (footballer, born 1994) * Ali Parvin, football player and coach * Alireza Dabir, wrestler, Olympic gold medalist * Alireza Heidari, wrestler, Olympic bronze Mmdalist * Alireza Rezaei, wrestler, Olympic silver medalist * Amir Abedzadeh, Iranian Football Player * Amir Reza Khadem, Olympic Bronze Medalist wrestler * Andre Agassi, tennis player; his father was Assyrian-Armenian * Arash Miresmaili, judo world champion * Aravane Rezaï, tennis player * Behdad Salimi, weightlifter World Champion * Ebrahim Javadi, wrestler, Olympic bronze medalist * Ehsan Ghaemmaghami, chess International Grandmaster, grandmaster * Ehsan Hadadi, discus thrower, Asian record holder * Elshan Moradi, chess grandmaster * Emamali Habibi Goudarzi, wrestler, first Iranian Olympic gold medalist (Melbourne 1956) * Emmanuel Agassi, boxer at the 1948 and 1952 Olympics, father of Andre Agassi * Ezzatollah Pourghaz, Iranian-Turkmens, Turkmen Football Player * George Issabeg, boxer at the 1948 and 1952 Olympics *

, Iran's ''Champion of Champions'' in track & field and pentathlon * Ghasem Dehnavi, football player * Ghasem Hadadifar, football player * Ghasem Rezaei, wrestler * Hooman Tavakolian, Sport Diplomat and Lobbyist, Hall of Fame, wrestler * Hossein Rezazadeh, weightlifter, double Olympic champion (Sydney 2000, Athens 2004) * Javad Nekounam, football player * Khodadad Azizi, soccer, football player * Kianoush Rostami, weightlifter, world champion * Kimia Alizadeh, Taekwondo player, the first Iranian woman to win a medal at the Olympic Games (Rio de Janeiro 2016) * Mahmoud Namjoo, weightlifter, Olympic silver medalist * Mahyar Monshipour, World Super Bantamweight Boxing Champion * Navid Ghasemi, BMX racer, cyclist athlete, head coach of national BMX team * Mansour Bahrami, tennis player * Mansour Barzegar, wrestler, Olympic silver medalist * Masoud Jokar, wrestler, Olympic silver medalist * Mehdi Haghizadeh, football player * Mehdi Mahdavikia, football player * Mehdi Taremi, Iranian Football Player * Mohammad Ali Fardin, wrestler and actor * Mohammad Khadem, wrestler * Mohammad Mousavi Eraghi, Mohammad Mousavi, volleyball player * Mohammad Nassiri, weightlifter, Olympic gold medalist * Mohammad Reza Heidarian, futsal player * Mohammad Reza Tupchi, wrestler * Rahman Rezaei, football player * Ramin Rezaeian, Iranian Football Player * Rasoul Khadem, Olympic gold medalist wrestler * Rouzbeh Cheshmi, Iranian Football Player * Ruhollah Bigdeli, football player * Shima Mehri, Motorcycle Biker * Saeid Marouf, volleyball player * Shadi Paridar, chess Woman Grandmaster * Shawn Daivari, professional wrestler * Shoura Osipov, boxer at 1948 Olympics * T. J. Houshmandzadeh, NFL player * Vahid Hashemian, football player * Yossef Karami, Taekwondo world champion, Olympic bronze medalist * Andranik Teymourian, football player * Fereydoon Zandi, football player * Gholamreza Takhti, wrestler, Olympic gold medalist * Hadi Saei Bonehkohal, Hadi Saei, taekwondo world champion, Olympic gold medalist * Hossein Tavakoli, weightlifter, Olympic gold medalist * Jaber Rouzbahani, basketball player * The Iron Sheik, Khosrow Vaziri, professional wrestler * Leila Vaziri, swimmer, World Champion, world record holder * Vahid Shamsaei, futsal player, top international futsal goalscorer * Mika Zibanejad, ice hockey player for Ottawa Senators of the NHL * Daniel Rahimi, ice hockey player for San Jose Sharks of the NHL * Zabihollah Poursheib, Kurds, Kurdish Iranian Martial Artist

Iranian women

''See separate articles: Persian woman and List of Persian women.''

Military

Aviation

*Abbas Doran, fighter pilot *Fereidoon Izadseta, Colonel of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force *Houshang Seddigh *Jalil Zandi, fighter pilot *Manouchehr Khosrodad, general * Nader Jahanbani, general, distinguished fighter pilot *Shapour Azarbarzin, fighter pilot

Combat Veterans

*Abbas Mohtaj *Ahmad Motevasselian *Ahmad Salek *Ali Fadavi *Alireza Tangsiri *Esmaeil Kousari *Hassan Hassanzadeh Amoli *Hossein Alaei *Hossein Lashkari *Mansour Haghdoust *Mohammad-Ali Rahmani * Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf *Mohammad Forouzandeh *Mohammad-Hossein Malekzadegan *Nader Ghazipour *Sajjad Kouchaki *Shahram Rostami

Generals

*Abdolrahim Mousavi *Ahmad Kazemi *Ahmad Meyghani *Ahmad Reza Pourdastan *Ali Sayad Shirazi *Ali Shahbazi * Ali Shamkhani *Alireza Afshar *Alireza Sabahifard *Amir Ali Hajizadeh *Ataollah Salehi *Esmail Qaani *Farzad Esmaili *Gholam Ali Rashid *Gholamhossein Gheybparvar *Habibollah Sayyari *Hassan Firouzabadi *Hossein Dehghan *Hossein Hassani Sa'di *Hossein Nejat *Hossein Salami *Kioumars Heydari *Mansour Sattari *Mohammad Ali Jafari *Mohammad Hejazi *Mohammad-Hossein Dadras *Mohammad Pakpour *Mohammad Reza Zahedi *Mohammad Salimi * Mohsen Rezaee *Mostafa Izadi *Nasser Shabani *Qasem-Ali Zahirnejad * Qasem Soleimani *Yahya Rahim Safavi

War Martyrs

*Hamid Taqavi *Hassan Abshenasan *Hasan Aghareb Parast *Hassan Shateri *Hossein Hamadani *Hossein Kharrazi *Hossein Qajeyi *Javad Fakoori *Mehdi Bakeri *Mehdi Zeinoddin *Masoud Monfared Niyaki *Mohammad Ali Allahdadi *Mohammad Boroujerdi *Mohammad Hossein Fahmideh *Mohammad Ebrahim Hemmat *Mohammad Jamali-Paqaleh *Mohsen Gheytaslou *Mohsen Hojaji * *Valiollah Fallahi

Other

* Reza Zadeh, computer science * Ali Dashti, Iranian senator * Alireza Afzalipour, businessman and philanthropist; founder of Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman * Ramezan Hajjimashhadi, lawyer * Mehran Karimi Nasseri, Iranian refugee who lived in the departure lounge of Terminal One in Charles de Gaulle Airport for many years. * Zahra Eshraghi, granddaughter of Ayatollah Khomeini and wife of Mohammad Reza Khatami

Iranians of Armenian Descent

* Alenush Terian, scientist * Andranik Eskandarian, footballer * Andranik Teymourian, footballer * Andre Agassi, tennis champion *

, Inventor, Designer * Arakel of Tabriz, historian *

, flamenco guitarist and composer * Arsen Minasian, philanthropist, pharmacologist * Bogdan Saltanov, painter * Emmanuel Agassi, 1948 and 1952 Olympics boxer representing Iran; father of Andre Agassi * Gegard Mousasi, MMA fighter * George Bournoutian, historian *

, bishop and Christian martyr * Hakob Melik Hakobian, Raffi, prominent writer * Hayk Bzhishkyan, Soviet military commander * Hovhannes Masehyan, diplomat and translator * Hrant Markarian, politician * Irene Zazians, actress * Ivan Galamian, violin teacher * Ivan Lazarevich Lazarev, jeweler * Khosrow Khan Gorji, influential figure from the Qajar era * Leon Khachatourian, boxer * Loris Tjeknavorian, artist * Marcos Grigorian artist, scholar and actor * Mirza Malkam Khan, modernist and politician * Mkhitar Heratsi, physician * Mushegh Soruri * Ovannes Ohanian, first Iranian film director * Robert Beglarian, MP * Samuel Khachikian, film director * Sarkis Djanbazian, artist * Sayat-Nova, poet * Vartan Gregorian, academic * Varuzh Karim-Masihi, film editor and director * Vigen Derderian, singer * Viguen (see Vigen Derderian) * Yeprem Khan, revolutionary hero

Iranians of Assyrian descent

* Freydun Atturaya, co-founder of the Assyrian Socialist Party * George Issabeg, 1948 and 1952 Olympics boxer representing Iran *

, politician and ''Champion of Champions'' of Iran * Issa Benyamin, calligraphist * Ivan Kakovitch (1933–2006), activist and writer (novel ''Mount Semele'' (2001)) * Milton Malek-Yonan, inventor of converted rice * Paulus Khofri, composer and painter *

, Miss Canada 2005 * Shoura Osipov, 1948 Olympics boxer representing Iran * Shoura Osipov, Olympic boxer * Mar Youhannan Semaan Issayi, Archbishop of Assyro-Chaldean Metropolitan Tehran

Emigrants and immigrants

Americans in Iran

* Howard Baskerville, Iran's first American martyr * Joseph Gallup Cochran, American missionary in Urmia and Seer, translator * Joseph Cochran, Joseph Plumb Cochran, second-generation American missionary in Urmia and medical doctor; established first Iranian medical college * Arthur Millspaugh, Treasury General, Persia * Arthur Upham Pope (1881–1969) and Phyllis Ackerman (1893–1977), Persian culture revivalists, scholars of Persian art and architecture history * David Stronach * Elgin Groseclose, Treasury General, Persia * John Limbert * Justin Perkins, first American resident of Iran (1835), Presbyterian missionary in Urmia. * Morgan Shuster, Treasury General, Persia * Richard Nelson Frye (1920–2014), former Harvard University professor, scholar of Persian art history * Samuel M. Jordan, namesake of Jordan, Tehran, Jordan Ave. in Tehran * William M. Miller

Germans in Iran

* Annemarie Schimmel, German-born Harvard expert on Iranian literature * Wilhelm Wassmuss, German diplomat, spy and military hero, Iran, World War I

Iranians in America

''See separate article: List of Iranian Americans.''

Iranians in Canada

''See article: Iranian-Canadian''

Iranians in Britain

List of British Iranians

Iranians in Germany

Iranians in Australia

Iranian Australian

Iranians in the Netherlands

Iranians in Sweden

Iranians in Egypt

* Tahia Kazem, wife of president

; born in Egypt to Iranian parents

Iranians in Pakistan

* Nusrat Bhutto, Iranian father and mother moved with family to Karachi, British India, before partition; married Zulfikar Ali Bhutto; father of

Persian Roman Catholic saints

''See article List of Persian Roman Catholic saints''

References

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