Kaveh is a

Persian name A Persian name, or an Iranian name, consists of a given name (Persian language, Persian: نام ''Nâm''), sometimes more than one, and a surname (نام‌ خانوادگی). Given names Since the Muslim conquest of Persia, some names in Iran h ...

. It is both a given name and a surname.

Given name

* Kaave Lajevardi (born 1971), Iranian philosopher * Kaveh Afagh (born 1983), Iranian singer-songwriter * Kaveh L. Afrasiabi (born 1958), Iranian-American political scientist *

Kaveh Akbar Kaveh Akbar (b. 15 January 1989; Persian language, Persian: کاوه اکبر) is an Iranian American poet, novelist, and editor. He is the author of the poetry collections ''Calling a Wolf a Wolf'' and ''Pilgrim Bell'' and of the novel ''Martyr ...

(born 1989), Iranian American writer * Kaveh Alamouti (born 1954), Iranian-British investment banker *

Kaveh Farrokh Kaveh Farrokh () is a Greek author of several academic books and peer-reviewed publications specializing in Iranian history, and has been a frequent lecturer on Iran-related topics at the University of British Columbia as part of the UBC Continui ...

(born 1962), Greek historian of Iran *

Kaveh Golestan Kāveh Golestān Taghavi Shirazi (; 8 July 1950 – 2 April 2003) was an Iranian photojournalist and artist. In 1988 he took the first pictures of the aftermath of the Halabja chemical attack during the Iran–Iraq War. Early life and education ...

(1950–2003), Iranian photojournalist and artist *

Kaveh Madani Kaveh Madani (; born 1981 in Tehran) is a scientist, activist, and former Iranian politician. He previously served as the Deputy Head of Iran's Department of Environment (also Iran's Deputy Vice President). He also served as the Vice President of ...

(born 1981), Iranian environmental scientist *

Kaveh Mazaheri Kaveh Mazaheri (; born 14 September 1981 in Tehran) is an Iranian Director and Scriptwriter. He started his work by writing a film critique in magazines. After graduating in railway engineering from Iran University of Science and Technology i ...

(born 1981), Iranian director and scriptwriter *

Kaveh Mehrabi Kaveh Mehrabi (; born 5 May 1982) is a former professional Iranian badminton player. Career Mehrabi was born in Tehran, Iran, and on April 10, 2003 he moved to Copenhagen, Denmark to become the first Iranian professional badminton player and pra ...

(born 1982), Iranian badminton player * Kaveh Mousavi (born 1985), Iranian athlete *

Kaveh Nabatian Kaveh Nabatian is an Iranian-Canadian musician and film director, known as a trumpeter and keyboardist with the Juno Award winning orchestral post-rock band Bell Orchestre. Career As a filmmaker Nabatian was first noted for his 2010 short film ...

, Iranian-Canadian musician and film director *

Kaveh Pahlavan Kaveh Pahlavan ( born in Tehran, Pahlavi Iran), was a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science and the director of the Center for Wireless Information Network Studies (CWINS), Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcest ...

(1951–2024), American academic * Kaveh Rad (born 2001), American soccer player *

Kaveh Rastegar Kaveh Rastegar is a Persian-American record producer, composer, and bass guitarist. He is best known for his work with John Legend, Sia, Bruno Mars, and Sting and Kneebody. He has two Grammy nominations. For over twenty years, Kaveh Rastegar ...

(born 1975), Persian-American jazz musician *

Kaveh Rezaei Kaveh Rezaei () is an Iranian professional footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), striker for Foolad F.C., Foolad and the Iran national football team, Iran national team. Club career Foolad Rezaei started his career at Foola ...

(born 1992), Iranian footballer * Kaveh Shojania, Canadian doctor and academic * Kaveh Solhekol, English sports journalist *Kaveh Taherian, filmmaker and host of ''

MusicalSplaining ''MusicalSplaining'' is a podcast hosted by filmmaker Kaveh Taherian and writer Angelina Meehan. Each episode, the two hosts are introduced to a different musical and they discuss its plot, themes and production. The podcast was pitched as a show ...

'' *Kaveh Yaghmaei, Iranian

rock musician Rock is a genre of popular music that originated in the United States as "rock and roll" in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of styles from the mid-1960s, primarily in the United States and the United Kingdom. It has its ...

Surname

* Ali Kaveh (born 1946), Iranian photojournalist *

Ardalan Shoja Kaveh Ardalan Shoja Kaveh (; born 1963 in Birjand, Iran), is an Iranian actor. He worked with Mohsen Makhmalbaf in the film ''Boycott'' (originally Baykot). Shoja Kaveh is also a famous television actor and has starred in various sitcoms such as ''Char ...

(born 1963), Iranian actor * Mahmoud Kaveh (1961–1986), Iranian military commander * Mohammadreza Kaveh (born 1997), Iranian footballer *

Moshe Kaveh Moshe Kaveh (; born 1943) is an Israeli physicist and former President of Bar-Ilan University. Biography Kaveh was born in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union where his parents sought safety after fleeing from Poland. All of his father (Rabbi Davi ...

(born 1943), Israeli physicist

Fictional characters

*Kaveh, a character in 2020 video game ''

Genshin Impact ''Genshin Impact'' is a 2020 action role-playing game produced by MiHoYo, MiHoYo/HoYoverse. The game features an anime-style open world environment and an action-based Role-playing battle systems, battle system using Classical element, element ...

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