This is an alphabetic list of notable people from

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

or its historical predecessors.

In the news

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 Sayyid Ebrahim Raisolsadati ( fa, سید ابراهیم رئیس‌الساداتی; born 14 December 1960), commonly known as Ebrahim Raisi ( fa, ابراهیم رئیسی ), is an Iranian principlist politician, Muslim jurist, and the eight ...

, 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 Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani ( fa, اکبر هاشمی رفسنجانی, Akbar Hāshemī Rafsanjānī, born Akbar Hashemi Bahramani, 25 August 1934 – 8 January 2017) was an Iranian politician, writer, and one of the founding fathers of the Islami ...

, former politician *

Qasem Soleimani Qasem Soleimani ( fa, قاسم سلیمانی, ; 11 March 19573January 2020) was an Iranian military officer who served in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). From 1998 until his assassination in 2020, he was the commander of the Quds F ...

, former commander of the Quds Force *

Ali Larijani Ali Ardeshir Larijani ( fa, علی لاریجانی, ; born 3 June 1957) is an Iranian conservative politician, philosopher and former military officer in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, who served as the Speaker of the Parliament of Iran ...

, former Speaker of the Parliament of Iran from 2008 to 2020. *

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf or Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf ( fa, محمد باقر قالیباف, born 23 August 1961) is an Iranian conservative politician, former military officer, and current Speaker of the Parliament of Iran since 2020. He held off ...

, former Mayor of

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...

, 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 Jamshid Ali Dizaei ( fa, جمشید علی دیزایی, transliteration: ''Jamshīd ʿAlī Dizaī''; ) (born 1962) is a former Commander in London's Metropolitan Police Service, Iranian-born with dual nationality, and formerly one of Britain's ...

, senior officer in the

London Metropolitan Police The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), formerly and still commonly known as the Metropolitan Police (and informally as the Met Police, the Met, Scotland Yard, or the Yard), is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement and ...

Alireza Jafarzadeh Alireza Jafarzadeh is a media commentator on the Middle East and an active dissident figure to the Iranian government. He is best known for revealing the existence of clandestine nuclear facilities in Iran in 2002. At the time of the revelation, ...

, Fox News Channel foreign-affairs analyst *

Anousheh Ansari Anousheh Ansari ( fa, انوشه انصاری ; née Raissyan; born September 12, 1966) is an Iranian American engineer and co-founder and chairwoman of Prodea Systems. Her previous business accomplishments include serving as co-founder and CEO o ...

space tourist Space tourism is human space travel for recreational purposes. There are several different types of space tourism, including orbital, suborbital and lunar space tourism. During the period from 2001 to 2009, seven space tourists made eight s ...

telecommunication Telecommunication is the transmission of information by various types of technologies over wire, radio, optical, or other electromagnetic systems. It has its origin in the desire of humans for communication over a distance greater than that fe ...

entrepreneur Entrepreneurship is the creation or extraction of economic value. With this definition, entrepreneurship is viewed as change, generally entailing risk beyond what is normally encountered in starting a business, which may include other values th ...

and

namesake A namesake is a person, geographic location, or other entity bearing the name of another. History The word is first attested around 1635, and probably comes from the phrase "for one's name's sake", which originates in English Bible translations ...

of the Ansari X Prize *

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

, Iranian-American actor * Camila Batmanghelidjh, founder of London-based children's charity Kids Company * Daryush Shokof, artist

Maximalism In the arts, maximalism, a reaction against minimalism, is an aesthetic of excess. The philosophy can be summarized as "more is more", contrasting with the minimalist motto "less is more". Literature The term ''maximalism'' is sometimes associat ...

, film director, * Reza Pahlavi, son of the deposed Shah of Iran, crown prince in exile. *

Shirin Ebadi Shirin Ebadi ( fa, شيرين عبادى, Širin Ebādi; born 21 June 1947) is an Iranian political activist, lawyer, a former judge and human rights activist and founder of Defenders of Human Rights Center in Iran. On 10 October 2003, Ebadi wa ...

, recipient of 2003

Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Swedish industrialist, inventor and armaments (military weapons and equipment) manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Chemi ...

Akbar Ganji Akbar Ganji ( fa, اکبر گنجی , born 31 January 1960 in Tehran) is an Iranian journalist, writer and a former member of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. He has been described as "Iran's preeminent political dissident", and a "wildly pop ...

, Iranian journalist and writer. He has been described as "Iran's preeminent political dissident".

Artists

Calligraphists

Gholam Hossein Amirkhani Gholam Hossein Amirkhani (استاد غلامحسین امیرخانی) is a Persian calligrapher, born in 1939 in Taleghan, Iran. He is the chief of Iran calligraphers council, which established in 1950. He became a member of the Iran Calligraph ...

* Abolhassan Etessami *

Mir Emad Hassani Mir Emad (born Emad al-Molk Qazvini Hasani ( fa, ),‎ 1554 – August 15, 1615) is perhaps the most celebrated Persian calligrapher. He was born in Qazvin, Iran. It is believed that the Nastaʿlīq style reached its highest elegance in ...

* Seyyed Jafar Kashfi * Yadollah Kaboli Khansari *

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 autho ...

Jalil Rasouli Mohammad Jalil Rasouli (born 1947 in Hamedan) is a notable Iranian artist and Persian calligraphy, Persian calligrapher. He is one of the pioneering figures in modernist movement of Persian calligraphy. See also *Persian art External linksSome ...

Mehdi Saeedi Mehdi Saeedi ( fa, مهدی سعیدی , born in Tehran), is an Iranian-born artist and designer based in Philadelphia and he is a part-time faculty of graphic design at the Towson University in Maryland, United States. His aesthetics have beco ...

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

Cartoonists

Golnar Servatian Golnar Servatian ( fa, گلنار ثروتیان; also Romanized as "Golnār Servatiān", ; born 1977 in Tabriz) is an Iranian cartoonist and book illustrator. Biography Golnar Servatian was born in 1977 in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan Province, ...

Javad Alizadeh Javad Alizadeh ( fa, جواد علیزاده Javād Alīzādeh ; professional name: Javad; born 9 January 1953) is an Iranian professional cartoonist best known for his caricatures of politicians, comic actors, footballers, and for his scienti ...

* Maziyar Bizhani *

Nikahang Kowsar Nikahang Kowsar ( fa, نیک‌آهنگ کوثر, born 1969), also known as Nik Kowsar is an Iranian-Canadian cartoonist, journalist, and blogger, currently living in Washington, D.C., US. Kowsar was also a reformist candidate for the second term ...

Mana Neyestani Mana Neyestani ( fa, مانا نیستانی; born 29 May 1973) is an Iranian cartoonist, illustrator, and comic book creator. His work appears internationally in economic, intellectual, political and cultural magazines. He is particularly known f ...

Touka Neyestani Touka Neyestani ( fa, توکا نیستانی) (born 1960) is an Iranian political cartoonist who lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is the brother of Mana Neyestani, who is also a cartoonist. Life and career Touka Neyestani was born in Tehra ...

Painters, illustrators and sculptors

Abolhassan Khan Sadighi Abolhassan Sadighi ( fa, ابوالحسن صدیقی) (5 October 1894 – 11 December 1995) was an Iranian sculptor and painter and was known as Master Sadighi. He was a student of Ghaffari. The statue of Ferdowsi in the Ferdowsi square, the s ...

* Ali Akbar Sadeghi * Amir Shayesteh Tabar * Aydin Aghdashloo *

Bahram Soroush Bahram Soroush ( fa, بهرام سروش), is a UK-based civil rights activist Two thumbs down
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* Behdad Najafi Asadollahi * Daryush Shokof *

Farhad Sadeghi Amini Farhad Sadeghi Amini (فرهاد صادقی امینی in Persian), born in Isfahan, Iran, 1963 is an Iranian painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or ...

Haydar Hatemi Haydar Hatemi (born March 3, 1945 in Hadishahr) is an Iranian artist whose work is based on blends of classical oriental styles such as miniature and tazhib, with some modern elements. His early studies in art started at Tabriz's Art Academy af ...

* Hossein Behzad *

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 Charles Hossein Zenderoudi ( fa, (شارل) حسین زنده‌رودی; born March 11, 1937) is an Iranian painter, calligrapher and sculptor, known as a pioneer of Iranian modern art and as one of the earliest artists to incorporate Arabic ca ...

* Iran Darroudi *

Jazeh Tabatabai Jazeh Tabatabai ( fa, ژازه تباتبايي) (January 17, 1931 – February 9, 2008) was an Iranian avant-garde Painting, painter, poet, and sculptor.

* Kamal ol-Molk *

Kamaleddin Behzad Kamal ad-Din ( ar, كمال‌ الدين, ''Kamāl ad-Dīn'') is a male Muslim given name or surname (''laqab'' in Arabic), meaning "perfection of the religion" in Arabic. The name is formed from the elements '' kamāl'' (), '' al-'' (), and ''d ...

Mahmoud Farshchian Mahmoud Farshchian ( fa, محمود فرشچیان, translit=Mahmud Faršciyân; born 24 January 1930) is an Iranian painter and educator. He was a master of Persian miniature painting. His paintings have been hosted by several museums and exhibi ...

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Maryam Hashemi Maryam Hashemi (Persian language, Persian: مریم هاشمی) (born 1977) is an Iranian peoples, Iranian visual artist based at Hackney Wick in East London. Often working in pencil, watercolour or acrylic paint. Biography Hashemi grew up in ...

(Maryam Sandjari) * Mohammad Ali Taraghijah *

Mohsen Vaziri-Moghaddam Mohsen Vaziri Moghaddam (; 27 July 1924 – 7 September 2018), was an Iranian-born painter, sculptor, and a professor of art. He was most notable for his style of abstract expressionism, and was once referred to as the "pioneer of modern Irania ...

Mokarrameh Ghanbari Mokarrameh Ghanbari ( fa, مکرمه قنبری; born in 1928 – died October 24, 2005) was an Iranian self-taught painter who won several international art awards. She started painting at the age of 61 in 1991. Biography Mokarrameh was born i ...

* Noreen Motamed * Afshin Naghouni *

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 Reza Abbasi, Riza yi-Abbasi or Reza-e Abbasi, رضا عباسی in Persian, usually Reza Abbasi also Aqa Reza (see below) or Āqā Riżā Kāshānī ( – 1635) was the leading Persian miniaturist of the Isfahan School during the later Safavid ...

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 *

Shirazeh Houshiary Shirazeh Houshiary (born 15 January 1955) is an Iranian-born English sculptor, installation artist, and painter. She lives and works in London. Life and work Shirazeh Houshiary was born on 15 January 1955 in Shiraz, Iran. She left her native c ...

Siah Armajani Siavash "Siah" Armajani ( fa, سیاوش ارمجانی; 10 July 1939 – 27 August 2020) was an Iranian-born American sculptor and architect known for his public art. Family and education Siavash Armajani was born into a wealthy, educated fam ...

Sohrab Sepehri Sohrab Sepehri ( fa, سهراب سپهری; October 7, 1928 – April 21, 1980) was a notable Iranian poet and painter. He is considered to be one of the five most famous Iranian poets who have practiced modern poetry alongside Nima Youshij, A ...

Zhaleh Kazemi Zhaleh Kazemi (; née Zahra Kazemi-Azad; 3 April 1943 – 31 March 2004) was an Iranian television producer, news anchor, and painter. She was also a voice actress for Persian-dubbed films in Iranian cinema. Her dubbing work was done for many Ame ...

Photographers

* Abbas *

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 * Ali Ghanbari * Ali Khan Vali *

Jahangir Razmi Jahangir Razmi ( fa, جهانگیر رزمی) (b. December 16, 1947 in Arak, Iran) is an Iranian photographer and the author of the entry that won the 1980 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography. His photograph, ''Firing Squad in Iran'', was ta ...

Kaveh Golestan Kāveh Golestān Taghavi Shirazi ( fa, کاوه گلستان; 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. ...

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 ...

Mitra Tabrizian Mitra Tabrizian (born in Tehran) is a British-Iranian photographer and film director. She is a professor of photography at the University of Westminster, London. Mitra Tabrizian has exhibited and published widely and in major international museums ...

Morteza Avini Sayyid Morteza Avini ( fa, سید مرتضی آوینی; also spelled Aviny; 23 September 1947 – 9 April 1993) was an Iranian documentary filmmaker, author, and theoretician of " Islamic Cinema." He studied Architecture at Tehran University i ...

* Nader Davoodi * Nasrollah Kasraian *

Newsha Tavakolian Newsha Tavakolian ( fa, نیوشا توکلیان; born 1981) is an Iranian photojournalist and documentary photographer. She has worked for ''Time'' magazine, ''The New York Times'', ''Le Figaro'', and ''National Geographic''. Her work focuses o ...

Reza Deghati Reza Deghati (born July 26, 1952) is an Iranian-French photojournalism, photojournalist who works under the name Reza ( fa, رضا). Early life Reza was born in Tabriz, Iran. He is of Iranian Azerbaijanis, Azerbaijani origin.Hossein Rajabian Hossein Rajabian ( fa, حسین رجبیان; born 5 July 1984) is an Iranian filmmaker, writer and photographer who was imprisoned as a political prisoner in 2015 on charges related to his filmmaking. He as an anti-censorship filmmaker and def ...

* Sadegh Tirafkan * Shadi Ghadirian * Shahram Entekhabi *

Shirana Shahbazi Shirana Shahbazi (; born 1974) is an Iranian-born photographer who now lives in Switzerland. Her work includes installations and large prints of conceptual photography. Biography Born in Tehran, Shahbazi moved to Germany in 1985, studying photogr ...

Shirin Neshat Shirin Neshat ( fa, شیرین نشاط; born March 26, 1957 in Qazvin) is an Iranian visual artist who lives in New York City, known primarily for her work in film, video and photography. Her artwork centers on the contrasts between Islam and th ...

Designers

Architects

Hossein Amanat Hossein Amanat ( fa, حسین امانت, born 1942) is an Iranian-Canadian architect. He is best known for being the architect of the Shahyad Tower (renamed as Azadi Tower after the 1979 revolution) in Tehran, Iran, the Baháʼí Arc buildin ...

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. Biograph ...

* Heydar Ghiaï-Chamlou *

Fariborz Sahba Fariborz Sahba ( fa, فريبرز صهبا, born 1948 Mashhad) is an Iranian-American architect, now living between Canada and the United States. Education Sahba has a master degree from the Faculty of Fine Arts from the University of Tehran ...

Fashion designers

Pegah Anvarian Pegah Anvarian, also known as Pegah Anvarian Watson, is an Iranian-born American fashion designer, fashion stylist, creative director, and interior designer. She had her own fashion design label from 2005 until spring 2008. Her design work has sh ...

* Bijan * Shirin Guild * Arefeh Mansouri *

Behnaz Sarafpour Behnaz Sarafpour (born 1969) is an Iranian-born American fashion designer, and fragrance designer. She had a ready-to-wear line of women's apparel bearing her name, Behnaz Sarafpour, Ltd. from 2001 until 2014, and has her own perfume line. Sara ...

* Mahla Zamani

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 Farshid Mesghali ( fa, فرشید مثقالی , born July 1943) is an Iranian animator, graphic designer, illustrator, animator, and writer who has lived in the United States since 1986. He received the international Hans Christian Andersen ...

Morteza Momayez Morteza Momayez ( fa, مرتضی ممیز; August 26, 1936 – October 25, 2005) was an Iranian graphic designer. He was one of the founders of Iranian Graphic Design Society (IGDS) and held a membership to Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI) ...

Ghobad Shiva Ghobad Shiva ( fa, قباد شیوا , born 1940 in Hamadan, Iran) is an Iranian graphic designer. Career He graduated in 1966 from the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Tehran. He then spent several years acquiring practical experi ...

Business

Kia Joorabchian Kiavash Joorabchian ( fa, کیاوش جورابچيان) is an Iranian-born British-educated businessman largely involved in association football. In the register of directorships at Companies House in London, Joorabchian gives two nationalities ...

, 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 Ali Ardekani ( fa, علی اردکانی; born October 11, 1974), best known by his stage name Baba Ali ( fa, بابا علی), is an Iranian-born American comedian, games developer, businessman, and actor. Early life Although born into a Per ...

, Islamic comedy *

Max Amini Max Amini ()(born in 1981 in Tucson, Arizona) is an Iranian-American comedian, actor, producer, and director. Max is known primarily as a world touring stand-up comedian, and has appeared on shows such as NBC's '' Heroes'', Netflix's ''Real Rob'' ...

Omid Djalili Omid Djalili ( fa, امید جلیلی; born 30 September 1965) is a British actor, comedian and writer. Early life and education Djalili was born on 30 September 1965 in Chelsea, London, to Iranian Baháʼí parents. He attended Holland Park ...

Negin Farsad Negin Farsad ( fa, نگین فرساد; born March 24, 1978) is an Iranian-American comedian, actress, writer, and filmmaker based in New York City. Early life and education Farsad was born in 1978 in New Haven, Connecticut, to an Iranian Americ ...

* Shahin Jamie *

Maz Jobrani Maziyar Jobrani ( fa, مازیار جبرانی; born February 26, 1972) is an American comedian and actor who was part of the "Axis of Evil" comedy group. The group appeared on a comedy special on Comedy Central. Jobrani has also appeared in n ...

* Shaparak Khorsandi *

Hadi Khorsandi Hadi Khorsandi (Persian: هادی خرسندی) is an Iranian poet and satirist. Since 1979, he has been the editor and writer of the Persian-language satirical journal '' Asghar Agha''. He is known for his examination of Persian socio-political ...

Ebrahim Nabavi Seyyed Ebrahim Nabavi ( fa, سید ابراهیم نبوی; born 1958 in Astara, Iran) is a prolific Iranian satirist, writer, diarist, and researcher. He currently writes in the news website ''Gooya'' and the online newspaper ''Rooz'', and has a ...

Nasim Pedrad Nassim ( ar, نسیم) also transliterated as Nacim, Naseem, Nasseem, Nasim, Nesim or Nessim, is a unisex Arabic name. It is mostly used in Middle Eastern and South Asian cultures and language groups. It may refer to: Company *Nasim Sdn Bhd, a m ...

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 Farzaneh Kaboli ( fa, فرزانه کابلی, Farzâneh Kâboli; born in Tehran) is an Iranian dancer, choreographer, and actress. She is a leader in the Iranian Folkloric and National Dance Art, and a master of choreography in Iranian theaters. ...

, folkloric *

Nima Kiann Nima Kiann ( fa, نیما کیان; born January 26, 1970) is an Iranian-born Swedish ballet artist, Choreography, choreographer, visual artist and dance scholar. He recreated the disbanded Iranian National Ballet Company in Sweden and through h ...

Shahrokh Moshkin Ghalam Shahrokh Moshkin Ghalam or Shahrokh Moshkinghalam ( fa, شاهرخ مشکین‌قلم, Šâhrukh Muškîn-Qalam; born April 21, 1967, in Khorramshahr) is an Iranian modern dancer who lives and works in Paris. A graduate in history of art and t ...

, 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 Sahar Biniaz (born November 17, 1984) is an Iranian-Canadian actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Universe Canada 2012. She had a recurring role on the hit TV show ''Sanctuary'' as Kali goddess of destruction. Biography ...

(born 1985), Miss Universe Canada 2012 *

Aylar Lie Aylar Dianati Lie ( fa, آیلار دیانتی لی; born 12 February 1984) is an Iranian-Norway, Norwegian actress, model, singer and former pornographic film actor, pornographic actress. She has worked as a music video actress and singer, appe ...

(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 (born 1983), Miss Universe Canada 2008

Film actors

* Akbar Abdi * Ali Mosaffa *

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 * Amirhossein Arman * Artemis Pebdani * Azita Hajian *, Iranian Director *, Iranian Actor *

Bahram Radan Bahram Radan ( fa, بهرام رادان , born April 28, 1979) is an Iranian actor, producer and singer. He has received various accolades, including two Crystal Simorgh and a Hafez Award. Career While studying business management in college ...

Behrouz Vossoughi Khalil Vossoughi ( fa, خلیل وثوقی; born 11 March 1938) known professionally as Behrouz Vossoighi (بهروز وثوقی), is an Iranian actor. He has also worked in television, radio and theater. His work has earned him recognition at sev ...

Behzad Farahani Behzad Farahani ( fa, بهزاد فراهانی; born ) is an Iranian actor and screenwriter. He is the father of actresses Shaghayegh Farahani and Golshifteh Farahani. Early and personal life Farahani was born in Arak, Iran. He is married to s ...

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 Bita Lahrakhani Deinabli, better known as Bita Farrahi ( fa, بيتا فرهی , born 21 March 1958 in Tehran) is an Iranian actress. She is one of the most famous and internationally acclaimed actresses in Iran. Career Bita Farrahi studied art ...

Bizhan Emkanian Bijan Emkanian ( fa, بیژن امکانیان ) is an Iranian actor born on August 18, 1953 in Abadan, Iran. Selected filmography * ''Bijan and Dream and Shoes (Bijan o Khial o Kafsh), Short Film, 1969 * ''Liegemen'', 1981 * ''The Chrysanthemu ...

* Catherine Bell *

Christiane Amanpour Christiane Maria Heideh AmanpourStated on ''Finding Your Roots'', 22 January 2019 (; fa, کریستیان امان‌پور, Kristiane Amānpur; born 12 January 1958) is a British-Iranian journalist and television host. Amanpour is the Chief ...

* Daryoush Arjmand * Daryush Shokof *

Davoud Rashidi Davoud Rashidi ( fa, داوود رشیدی; July 16, 1933 – August 26, 2016) was an Iranian actor. His daughter, Leili Rashidi, is also an actress. Career His first film was ''Escape from the Trap'' (1971, Jalal Moghadam) after years of stage ...

Delkash Esmat Bagherpour Baboli ( fa, عصمت باقرپور بابلی ; 26 February 1925 – 1 September 2004), better known as Delkash ( fa, دلکش ), was an Iranian diva singer and occasional actress with a rare and unique voice. Biography Delka ...

Ezzatollah Entezami Ezzatolah Entezami ( fa, عزت‌الله انتظامی, 21 June 1924 – 17 August 2018) was an Iranian actor. Career Ezzatolah Entezami started his career on stage in 1941 and graduated from theatre and cinema school in Hanover, Germany in ...

Faramarz Gharibian Faramarz Gharibian ( fa, فرامرز قریبیان; born 18 November 1941) is an Iranian retired actor. He won three Crystal Simorgh Awards for his performances in ''The Train'' (1988), ''Misty Harbour'' (1992), and ''The Rain Man'' (1998). C ...

Farimah Farjami Farimah Farjami ( fa, فریماه فرجامی, born May 8, 1952) is an Iranian actress. She has received various accolades, including a Crystal Simorgh for ''The Last Act'' (1991). Her acting in films, especially in independent women's dramas, ...

Fatemeh Motamed-Aria Fatemeh Motamed-Arya ( fa, فاطمه معتمدآریا; born October 29, 1961 in Tehran) is a multi-award-winning Iranian actress. She first got involved in theater during her teen years, and received her degree in theater from Tehran Art Instit ...

Golab Adineh Golab Mostaan ( fa, گلاب مستعان; 13 November 1953) known professionally as Golab Adineh, is an Iranian actress. She has received various accolades, including a Crystal Simorgh, a Hafez Award, an Iran Cinema Celebration Awards and a Gol ...

Golshifteh Farahani Rahavard Farahani ( fa, رهاورد فراهانی; born 10 July 1983), known professionally as Golshifteh Farahani (), is an Iranian-French actress. She is known for her performances in ''M for Mother'' (2006), '' Body of Lies'' (2008), ''Abo ...

Googoosh Faegheh Atashin ( fa, فائقه آتشین; born 5 May 1950), known professionally as Googoosh ( fa, گوگوش, ), is an Iranian singer and former actress. One of the most popular and prolific entertainers in Iran, her career has spanned over ...

* Hamed Behdad *

Hedyeh Tehrani Hedieh Tehrani ( fa, هديه تهرانی; born June 25, 1972) is an Iranian actress. She is most noted for willingness to play mysterious, stony-faced and cold-hearted women. She has received various accolades, including two Crystal Simorgh, ...

Homa Rousta Homa Rousta ( fa, هما روستا ‎; 26 September 1946 – 26 September 2015) was an Iranian film and stage actress. She was the widow of stage director Hamid Samandarian. She graduated with a degree in theatre from the School of Dram ...

Homayoun Ershadi Homayoun Ershadi (also spelled Homayon Ershadi, fa, همایون ارشادی ; born March 26, 1947) is an Iranian actor, known for his debut role in '' Taste of Cherry'' (1997), and several Iranian and other films since then, including Hollywo ...

Jahangir Forouhar Jahangir Forouhar (; May 24, 1916 – November 6, 1997) was an Iranian actor. Biography Forouhar was born in 1916 in the city of Isfahan. His father was Mustafa Khan Davam al-Saltanah. His grandfather was Mirza Mohammad Ali Khan Ghavam al-Da ...

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 Jamshid Mashayekhi ( fa, جمشید مشایخی , November 26, 1934 – April 2, 2019) was an Iranian actor. Career Mashayekhi began professional acting on stage in 1957. His first feature film role was ''Brick and Mirror ''(1965, Ebrahim Golest ...

* Kamshad Kooshan * Kazem HajirAzad * Khosrow Shakibaee *

Leila Forouhar Leila Forouhar ( fa, لیلا فروهر, ''Leilâ Foruhar'') (born 23 February 1959) is an Iranian pop and classical singer. She was a child star, acting from the age of 3. She relocated to next door Turkey in 1986, then to Paris, before emigrat ...

Leila Hatami Leila Hatami ( fa, لیلا حاتمی; born October 1, 1972) is an Iranian actress. She has received numerous accolades, including a Silver Bear, two Crystal Simorghs, two Hafez Awards, two Iran Cinema Celebration Awards and three Iran's Film ...

* Mahaia Petrosian *

Mahnaz Afshar Mahnaz Afshar ( fa, مهناز افشار; born June 10, 1977) is an Iranian actress. She gained wide recognition in the record-breaking film ''Cease Fire'' (2006). She has received various accolades, including a Crystal Cymorgh, two Hafez Awar ...

Majid Majidi Majid Majidi ( fa, مجید مجیدی, ; born 17 April 1959) is an Iranian film director, producer, and screenwriter, who started his film career as an actor. In his films, Majidi has touched on many themes and genres and has won numerous inte ...

Mehdi Fat'hi Mehdi Fat'hi ( fa, مهدی فتحی, December 17, 1939 — March 20, 2004) Mehdi Fat'hi began his stage career in the Anahita studio in 1959. He studied acting under Mostafa Oskooyi ( Konstantin Stanislavski's 'system'). He made his scr ...

Mehdi Hashemi Mehdi Hashemi (1944 – 28 September 1987) was an Iranian Shi'a cleric who was defrocked by the Special Clerical Court. After the 1979 Iranian Revolution, he became a senior official in the Islamic Revolutionary Guards; he was executed by the Is ...

Mehran Modiri Mehran Modiri ( fa, مهران مدیری; born 7 April 1967) is an Iranian director, producer, actor, and singer. He is considered to be the leading artist in social satire in Iran. His various series, which have been broadcast through IRIB hav ...

Merila Zarei Merila Zarei ( fa, مریلا زارعی, also Romanized as "Merīlā Zāre'ī"; born April 14, 1974) is an Iranian actress. She is one of the most influential actresses after the Islamic Revolution of Iran, who has acted in the films of great ...

Mohammad Ali Fardin Mohammad-Ali Fardin ( fa, محمدعلی فردین, 4 February 1931 – 6 April 2000) was a prominent Iranian actor, film director and freestyle wrestler. Biography Early life Fardin was born and raised in a poor area in southern Tehran. He ...

Mohammad Ali Keshavarz Mohamad-Ali Keshavarz ( fa, محمدعلی کشاورز; April 15, 1930 – June 14, 2020) was an Iranian Film, cinema and theater actor. Early life He was born on 15 April 1930 in Sichan (neighbourhood), Isfahan. He was the second child of the ...

Mohammad Reza Foroutan Mohammad Reza Foroutan ( fa, محمدرضا فروتن; born December 28, 1968, in Tehran) is an Iranian actor and singer. Life Mohammad Reza Foroutan was born on December 28, 1968, in Tehran.He has started acting since 1994.He studied Health P ...

Mohammad Reza Golzar Mohammad Reza Golzar ( fa, محمدرضا گلزار , born March 21, 1977) is an Iranian actor. Early life Mohammad Reza Golzar was born on 21 March 1977 in Tehran in a family of Azerbaijani origin. His close friend Aria Sajadi helped him ...

Mohammad Reza Sharifinia Mohammad-Reza Sharifinia ( fa, محمدرضا شریفی‌نیا, born 15 June 1955) is an Iranian actor and film producer . Early life Sharifinia was born on 15 June 1955 in Tehran, Iran. After graduating from the ''Faculty of Dramatic Arts'', ...

Navid Mohammadzadeh Navid Mohammadzadeh ( fa, نوید محمدزاده, born April 6, 1986) is an Iranian actor. He has received various accolades, including two Crystal Simorgh, four Hafez Awards, three Iran Cinema Celebration Awards and four Iran's Film Critics a ...

Nematollah Aghasi Nematollah Azmoodeh ( fa, نعمت‌الله آزموده; 7 July 1939 – 11 November 2005), better known as Nematollah Aghasi (), and better known as Aghasi (Persian: or ), was an Iranian singer and songwriter. He was one of the most notable ...

Niki Karimi Niki Karimi ( fa, نیکی کریمی; born November 10, 1971) is an Iranian actress, director, screenwriter and producer. Regarded as "the most prominent figure among the young generations coming after the Iranian Revolution", she has received v ...

Parsa Pirouzfar Parsa Pirouzfar ( fa, پارسا پیروزفر, born 13 September 1972) is an Iranian actor, theatre director, painter, playwright and translator. He is best known for his acting in '' In the Eyes of the Wind'' (2009–2010) and '' Mum's Guest'' ...

Parviz Fannizadeh Parviz Fannizadeh ( fa, پرویز فنی‌زاده, January 27, 1938 – February 24, 1980) was an Iranian actor, film and television star. He was one of Iran's first method actors. Fanizadeh is best known for his roles as Mash Ghaasem in '' M ...

* Parviz Parastouee *

Parviz Sayyad Parviz Sayyad ( fa, پرویز صیاد, Parviz Sayyād; born 22 March 1939) is an Iranian-born American celebrated actor, director, translator, and screenwriter of Iranian cinema. He was one of the earliest television stars in Iran. Early life ...

Pegah Ahangarani Pegah Ahangarani ( fa, پگاه آهنگرانی; born 24 July 1984) is an Iranian actress and director. She has received various accolades, including a Crystal Simorgh, a Hafez Award and an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award. ...

* Primus Yustisio *

Reza Kianian Reza Kianian ( fa, رضا کیانیان , born June 19, 1951 in Tehran) is an Iranian actor. He has received various accolades, including two Crystal Simorgh, a Hafez Awards, Hafez Award and two Iran Cinema Celebration Awards. Early life Kian ...

* Reza Rahardian *

Roxanne Pallett Roxanne Carrion (born Roxanne Kaboli-Nejad, later Roxanne Pallett; 26 December 1982) is an English actress, television personality, and broadcaster. She played Jo Stiles in the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'' (2005–2008), and has appeared in th ...

Roya Nonahali Roya Nonahali ( fa, رویا نونهالی; born February 13, 1963) is an Iranian actress and director. She studied painting, and has worked in theatre since 1984. Nonahali started film acting with ''The Beloved Is at Home'' (1987, by Khosrow Sin ...

Saeed Rad Saeed Raad ( fa, سعید راد; born 1 March 1944; also Romanized as Said Rād and Sa'id Rād) is an Iranian actor and playwright. He started his career in 1967. Rad left Iran in 1986 and lived in Canada but returned in 2000 to continue his ca ...

Sarah Shahi Aahoo Jahansouzshahi ( fa, آهو جهانسوز شاهی; born ), known professionally as Sarah Shahi (), is an American actress and former model. She played Carmen on ''The L Word'' in 2005, Kate Reed in the USA Network legal drama ''Fairly Leg ...

Shaghayegh Farahani Shaghayegh Farahani ( fa, شقایق فراهانی; born ) is an Iranian actress. She is the daughter of actor Behzad Farahani, and sister of actress Golshifteh Farahani. Early life Farahani was born Tehran, Iran. She is the oldest daughter o ...

Shahab Hosseini Seyyed Shahabedin Hosseini Tonekaboni ( fa, سید شهاب الدین حسینی تنکابنی; born February 3, 1974) is an Iranian actor, producer and director. He is known for his collaborations with Iranian Academy Award-winning director ...

Shohreh Aghdashloo Shohreh Aghdashloo ( fa, شهره آغداشلو, ; née Vaziri-Tabar (); 11 May 1952) is an Iranian and American actress. Following numerous starring roles on the stage, she made her film debut in ''Chess of the Wind'' (1976). Her next two film ...

* Sussan Taslimi * Taraneh Alidousti *

Zahra Amir Ebrahimi Zahra Amir Ebrahimi ( fa, زهرا اميرابراهيمی; born July 9, 1981) known professionally as Zar Amir Ebrahimi (), is an Iranian-French actress, producer and director. She is best known for her performance as journalist Arezoo Rahim ...

Asghar Farhadi Asghar Farhadi ( fa, اصغر فرهادی, ; born 7 May 1972)Soureh Movie Database

, 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 *

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 sho ...

Hayley Tamaddon Hayley Soraya Tamaddon (born 24 January 1977) is a British actress. She is known for her roles in the ITV soap operas as Del Dingle in ''Emmerdale'' and Andrea Beckett in ''Coronation Street''. Tamaddon won the fifth series of ''Dancing on I ...

* Kazem HajirAzad * 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 Brec ...

Ramin Karimloo Ramin Karimloo ( fa, رامین کریملو; ; born September 19, 1978) is a Canadian actor, singer and composer recognized for his work in London's West End and Broadway theatre. He has played the leading male roles in both of the West End's ...

Roya Teymourian Roya Teymourian ( fa, رویا تیموریان, born 19 March 1959 in Tehran) is an Iranian actress. Selected filmography Film * ''Women's Prison'' * ''Gharch-e Sammi'' * '' Beed-e Majnoon'' (The Willow Tree, by Majid Majidi) * ''Kafe Setereh'' ...

Shiva Boloorian Shiva Boloorian (; born October 6, 1979) is an Iranian playwright, Actor, actress, and both a Film director, film and theatre director, as well as a television presenter. Career Shiva Boloorian has starred in 21 Movies, 29 TV-series and 32 theatre ...

Filmmakers, directors

Filmmakers

, director of ''

Taste of Cherry ''Taste of Cherry'' ( fa, طعم گيلاس..., ''Ta’m-e gīlās...'') is a 1997 Iranian minimalist drama film written, produced, edited and directed by Abbas Kiarostami, and starring Homayoun Ershadi as a middle-aged Tehran man, who drives th ...

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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 lib ...

* Hassan Hajgozar *

Abolfazl Jalili Abolfazl Jalili ( fa, ابوالفضل جلیلی , born 1957 in Saveh, Iran) is an Iranian film director and screenwriter. He belongs to the Iranian '' new wave'' movement. Jalili studied directing at the Iranian College of Dramatic Arts, the ...

* Ali Ardekani * Ali Hatami * Ali Sajadi Hoseini *

Amir Naderi Amir Naderi ( fa, امیر نادری (), born 15 August 1946, in Abadan) is an Iranian film director, screenwriter, and photographer. He is best known for '' The Runner'' and ''Vegas: Based on a True Story''. Career Amir Naderi grew up in Ab ...

Asghar Farhadi Asghar Farhadi ( fa, اصغر فرهادی, ; born 7 May 1972)Soureh Movie Database

, director of ''

A Separation ''A Separation'' ( fa, جدایی, Jodâyi; also titled ''Nader and Simin, A Separation'') is a 2011 Iranian drama film written and directed by Asghar Farhadi, starring Leila Hatami, Peyman Moaadi, Shahab Hosseini, Sareh Bayat, and Sarina Farhad ...

'' *

Babak Payami Babak Payami ( fa, بابک پیامی , born 1966) is an Iranian-Canadian film director, writer and producer. Biography Born in Tehran, Iran, Payami grew up in Afghanistan and Iran before leaving for Europe and subsequently Canada, where he ...

* Bahman Farman-Ara *

Bahman Ghobadi Bahman Ghobadi ( fa, بهمن قبادی; ; born 1 February 1969 in Baneh, Kurdistan province, Iran) is an Iranian Kurdish film director, producer and writer. He belongs to the " new wave" of Iranian cinema. Biography He was born in Baneh, a K ...

, director of ''

A Time for Drunken Horses ''A Time for Drunken Horses'' ( ku, Dema hespên serxweş; fa, زمانی برای مستی اسب‌ها, italic=yes, ''Zamani barayé masti-e asbha'') is a 2000 Kurdish language film directed by Bahman Ghobadi and produced in Iran. It was a co- ...

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Bahman Maghsoudlou Bahman Maghsoudlou (born 1946) is a film scholar, critic, author and independent film producer/director. Maghsoudlou has, in the words of Cinema Without Borders editor-in-chief Bijan Tehrani, "dedicated his life orecording valuable information ...

Bahram Beizai Bahrām Beyzāêi (also spelt Beizāi, Beyzāêi, fa, بهرام بیضائی; born 26 December 1938) is an Iranian playwright, theatre director, screenwriter, film editor, and '' ostād'' ("master") of Persian letters, arts and Iranian studies ...

* Behrooz Gharibpoor *

Darius Khondji Darius Khondji ( fa, داریوش خنجی; born 21 October 1955) is an Iranian-French cinematographer. Khondji has worked with a number of high-profile directors, including David Fincher, Woody Allen, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Gus Van Sant, Roman Po ...

* Darius Mehrjui * Daryush Shokof, director of '' Seven Servants'' and '' Iran Zendan'' *

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 ''Appropriate Behavior'' is a British-produced comedy film set in New York City, which premiered on 18 January 2014 at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. Written and directed by Desiree Akhavan, the film—Akhavan's feature directorial debut—stars ...

'' *

Ebrahim Hatamikia Ibrahim (also spelled Ibraheem) ( ar, إبراهيم, ) is the Arabic name of the prophet and patriarch Abraham and one of Allah's messengers in the Quran. It is a common first name and surname among Muslims and Arab Christians, a cognate of the ...

* Emud Mokhberi, Academy Award-nominated director and animator * Esma'il Kooshan *

Houman Seyyedi Houman Seyyedi ( fa, هومن سيدی , born November 29, 1980) is an Iranian actor, director, screenwriter and editor. He has received various accolades, including six Crystal Simorghs–making him the only director to have three wins in Spec ...

Iraj Ghaderi Iraj Ghaderi ( fa, ایرج قادری‎; 17 April 1934 – 6 May 2012) was an Iranian film director and actor. He briefly studied to become a pharmacist, but soon dropped out. He died in Tehran on 6 May 2012, aged 77. Life 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 Kamal Tabrizi ( fa, کمال تبریزی, born 28 October 1959) is an Iranian film director. He was born in Tehran, with his parents having moved there from Tabriz. A newly released picture shows that he was as a photographer and reporter among ...

* Kami Asgar * Kamran Shirdel * Kamshad Kooshan *

Khosrow Sinai Khosrow Sinai ( fa, خسرو سینایی , 19 January 1941 – 1 August, 2020) was an Iranian film director, screenwriter, composer, poet and scholar. Sinai's work was influenced by documentaries and focused on social and artistic subjects. ...

* Kiarash Anvari *

Kiumars Pourahmad Kiumars Pourahmad ( fa, کیومرث پوراحمد, born 16 December 1949 in Najaf Abad, Isfahan, Iran) is an Iranian film director, screenwriter, film editor and film producer. Career Pourahmad started his career as a film critic and ass ...

* Mahdi Bemani Naeini *

, director of ''

Children of Heaven ''Children of Heaven'' ( fa, بچه‌های آسمان, ''Bæccähâ-ye âsmân'') is a 1997 Iranian family drama film written and directed by Majid Majidi. It deals with a brother and sister, and their adventures over a lost pair of shoes. It w ...

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Masoud Kimiai Masoud Kimiai (or Masoud Kimiaei, fa, مسعود کیمیایی, born 29 July 1941) is an Iranian director, screenwriter and producer. Biography Kimiai started his career as an assistant director and made his debut, ''Come Stranger'', in 19 ...

Mohsen Makhmalbaf Mohsen Makhmalbaf ( fa, محسن مخملباف, ''Mohsen Makhmalbaaf''; born May 29, 1957) is an Iranian film director, writer, film editor, and producer. He has made more than 20 feature films, won some 50 awards and been a juror in more than 1 ...

, director of ''

Kandahar Kandahar (; Kandahār, , Qandahār) is a List of cities in Afghanistan, city in Afghanistan, located in the south of the country on the Arghandab River, at an elevation of . It is Afghanistan's second largest city after Kabul, with a population ...

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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 Parviz Kimiavi ( fa, پرويز کيمياوی; born 1939, in Tehran) is an Iranian (Persian) film director, screenwriter, editor and one of the most prominent figures of Persian cinema of the 20th century. Kimiavi studied photography and film at ...

Hossein Rajabian Hossein Rajabian ( fa, حسین رجبیان; born 5 July 1984) is an Iranian filmmaker, writer and photographer who was imprisoned as a political prisoner in 2015 on charges related to his filmmaking. He as an anti-censorship filmmaker and def ...

, director of '' The Upside-down Triangle'' *

Parviz Nouri Parviz Nouri (Persian: پرویز نوری; born May 1, 1938) is an Iranian movie critic, screenwriter, and director who has been involved in production of over 20 movies and television shows. He currently resides in the United States and lives ...

Shabnam Rezaei Shabnam Rezaei is a Kids TV show creator, director, producer and co-founder of Big Bad Boo Studios and VOD service Oznoz. She is the director and producer of Hulu Original series '' The Bravest Knight'', the first children's series with an LGB ...

Parviz Shahbazi Parviz Shahbazi is an Iranian filmmaker. Biography Shahbazi is a graduate of filmmaking in Iran. During the early 80's he began writing short stories and directing short films. He edited several films and directed 12 short films before making h ...

Bob Yari Bob Yari ( fa, باب یاری; born May 30, 1961) is an Iranian-born American film producer and director. Biography Yari was born to a Jewish family in Tehran, Iran. He grew up in New York City, and studied film in Santa Barbara. Yari has pr ...

, Iranian-born American film producer *

Pouran Derakhshandeh Pourān Derakh'shandeh ( fa, پوران درخشنده) (born 27 March 1951 in Kermanshah, Iran) is an Iranian film director, producer, screen writer, and researcher. Career Derakh'shandeh graduated in film directing in 1975 from Advanced School ...

, award-winning film director and producer * Rakhshan Bani-Etemad * Ramin Farahani *

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 direc ...

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 Sadaf Foroughi ( fa, صدف فروغی; born July 27, 1976) is an Iranian director, screenwriter, producer and editor. She has a bachelor's degree in French literature. After receiving her master's degree in film studies from University of Provenc ...

Samira Makhmalbaf Samira Makhmalbaf ( fa, سمیرا مخملباف, ''Samira Makhmalbaaf'') (born 15 February 1980) Filmography Awards and nominations * "Sutherland Trophy", London Film Festival (1998), UK. * "Special Mention, Official Jury", Locarno Fi ...

, director of ''

At Five in the Afternoon ''At Five in the Afternoon'' ( fa, پنج عصر, Panj é asr) is a 2003 film by Iranian writer-director Samira Makhmalbaf. It tells the story of an ambitious young woman trying to gain an education in Afghanistan after the defeat of the Taliban. ...

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Samuel Khachikian Samuel Khachikian ( hy, Սամուէլ Խաչիկեան ; fa, ساموئل خاچیکیان; October 21, 1923 – October 22, 2001) was an Iranian film director, screenwriter, author, and film editor of Armenian descent. He was one of the most ...

* Sohrab Shahid-Sales *

Saeed Roustayi Saeed Roustaee (Persian: سعید روستایی, born August 14, 1989), also spelled Saeed Roustayi, is an Iranian director, screenwriter and producer. He has won the Crystal Simorgh for Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best First Director a ...

Tina Gharavi Tina Gharavi ( fa, تینا غروی) is an Iranian-born British-American BAFTA and Sundance nominated artist, director and screenwriter. Gharavi is known for her innovative cross-platform stories about outsiders, misfits and rebels as well as ...

Theatre and stage directors

* Akbar Radi *

Bahram Bayzai Bahrām Beyzāêi (also spelt Beizāi, Beyzāêi, fa, بهرام بیضائی; born 26 December 1938) is an Iranian playwright, theatre director, screenwriter, film editor, and '' ostād'' ("master") of Persian letters, arts and Iranian studies ...

Behrouz Gharibpour Behrouz Gharibpour ( fa, بهروز غریب‌پور) (born 1950 in Sanandaj) is an Iranian theatre director and pioneer of traditional Persian puppet theatre. He studied theatre at Tehran University and at ''Dramatic Arts Academy'' in Rome ...

Ghotbeddin Sadeghi Ghotbedin Sadeghi ( fa, قطب‌ الدین صادقی; born April 23, 1952) in Sanandaj, Iran is an Iranian theatre director, playwright, stage and film actor, and arts instructor. He is also known as a prominent scholar of Iranian arts and ...

* Hengameh Mofid *

* Mohammad Yaghoubi * Mostafa Oskooyi *

Reza Shirmarz Reza Shirmarz (Persian رضا شیرمرز), is a Greece-based published and awarded playwright, translator, researcher, theatre director and essayist with more than 30 books both written and translated by him, who has been collaborating with maj ...

Musicians and singers

Classical

Iranian classical traditional

Abolhasan Saba Abu Al-Hasan ( ar, أبو الحسن, Abū Al-Ḥasan, Father of Hasan), also transliterated Abu'l Hasan, is an Arabic ''kunya'' ('teknonym'). It may refer to: Notable people Politics and military * Ali ibn Abi Talib (600–661), the fourth ...

* Alireza Eftekhari * Alinaghi Vaziri *

Dariush Eghbali Dariush Eghbali ( fa, داریوش اقبالی ), known mononymously as Dariush (), is an Iranian singer. Biography Childhood and Youth Dariush was born in Tehran to parents from Mianeh on 4 February 1951. He spent his early years in Mi ...

Elaheh Elaheh ( fa, الهه; born Bahar Gholamhosseini ( fa, بهار غلامحسینی) 1934 – 15 August 2007) was an Iranian singer. Iranian musicians she worked with include Parviz Yahaghi, Viguen and Homayun Khorram. She was one of the main sin ...

Gholam-Hossein Banan Gholām-Hossein Banān ( fa, غلامحسين بنان; 5 May 1911 – 27 February 1986) was an Iranian musician and singer. One of the most prominent Iranian singers of the 20th century, he was renowned for the quality of his voice. Biography B ...

* Hana Kamkar *

Homayoun Shajarian Homayoun Shajarian ( fa, همايون شجريان, born May 21, 1975) is an Iranian singer. He is the son of Mohammad-Reza Shajarian. Early life Shajarian was born in Tehran and is the son of Mohammad-Reza Shajarian, a grand master vocalist ...

* Hossein Khaje Amiri *

Hossein Tehrani Hossein Tehrāni (1912 – February 26, 1974) ( fa, حسین تهرانی) was an Iranian musician and tonbak player. He is regarded as an innovator, expanding the modern tonbak into an instrument that can be played solo, in addition to its ea ...

Hossein Alizadeh Hossein Alizadeh ( fa, حسین علیزاده) is an Iranian musician, composer, radif-preserver, researcher, teacher, and tar, shurangiz and setar instrumentalist and improviser. He has performed with such musicians as Shahram Nazeri, Mohammad ...

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 * Kamkarha *

Kayhan Kalhor Kayhan Kalhor ( fa, کیهان کلهر, ku, کەیھان کەڵھوڕ, translit=Keyhan Kelhur, born 24 November 1964) is an Iranian-Kurds, Kurdish kamancheh and setar player and vocalist composer and master of Art music, classical Iranian tradi ...

* Mahmoud Zoulfonoun * Marzieh * Maryam Akhondy * Mirza Abdollah Farahani *

Mohammad Reza Lotfi Mohammad-Reza Lotfi ( fa, محمدرضا لطفی; 1 January 1947 – 2 May 2014) was an Iranian classical musician renowned for his mastery of the tar and setar. He collaborated with singers such as Mohammad-Rezā Shajarian, Hengameh Akhavan, ...

* Mohammad Shams *

Mohammad-Reza Shajarian Mohammad-Reza Shajarian ( fa, محمدرضا شجريان; , 23 September 1940 – 8 October 2020) was an Iranian singer and master (''Ostad'') of Persian traditional music. He was also known for his skills in Persian calligraphy and humanitaria ...

Mohsen Namjoo Mohsen Namjoo ( fa, محسن نامجو) is an Iranian singer-songwriter, composer and musician. His style of music is influenced by blues and rock as well as Iranian folk music. Early life and education Namjoo was born on 4 March 1976 in Torba ...

Morteza Hannaneh Morteza Hannaneh ( fa, مرتضی حنانه; March 1, 1923 – October 17, 1989) was an Iranian composer and Musician He composed for some films, such as '' Fleeing the Trap'' in 1971. Musical career He studied Horn at the Tehran Conservatory ...

Mehdi Rajabian Mehdi Rajabian ( fa, مهدی رجبیان; born October 1989) is an Iranian composer and musician. He was imprisoned for pursuing illegal musical activities in 2013. In 2019, he released the album ''Middle Eastern'' in collaboration with a numb ...

* Nashit *

Nur Ali Elahi Nur Ali Elahi (or Ostad Elahi var. Nūr ‘Alī Ilāhī, Nour Ali Elahi, fa, نورعلی الهی - استاد الهی) (September 11, 1895 – October 19, 1974) was an Iranian philosopher, judge and musician of Kurdish descent whose work inv ...

Parisa Fātemeh Vā'ezi ( fa, فاطمه واعظی, born March 16, 1950 in Tonekabon, Iran), better known as Parisā ( fa, پریسا), is a Persian classical singer, Avaz master, and one of the foremost female vocalists from Iran. Early life and ...

Parviz Meshkatian Parviz Meshkatian (Persian: پرويز مشكاتيان; May 15, 1955 – September 21, 2009) was an Iranian musician, composer, researcher and university lecturer. Biography Born in Nishapur, Meshkatian entered the Tehran Academy of Art ...

Parviz Yahaghi Parviz Yahaghi ( fa , پرویز یاحقی ) (September 23, 1935 – February 2, 2007) was a distinguished Iranian composer and violinist. He resided in Tehran city for practically his whole life, and was born and died there. His birth name was ...

Ruhollah Khaleghi Ruhollâh Xâleqi ( fa, , born 1906 in Kerman, Iran – 12 November 1965 in Salzburg, Austria), also spelled as ''Khaleqi'', was a prominent Iranian musician, composer, conductor and author. He was the father of the first Persian women conducto ...

Shahram Nazeri Shahram Nazeri ( ku, شارام نازری, translit=Şaram Nazirî, ; born 18 February 1950) is a contemporary Iranian tenor of Kurdish origin from Kermanshah, Iran, who sings Sufi music, classical and traditional Kurdish and Persian music. H ...

Sima Bina Sima Bina ( fa, سیما بینا, ''Simā Binā'', born 4 January 1945) is an Iranian traditional musician, composer, researcher, painter and teacher, described by Radio WDR Germany as the "grand lady of Iranian folk music". Bina's career in the ...

* Zyriab

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, Ira ...

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* Farhad Fakhreddini *

Niyaz Niyaz ( fa, نياز) is an Iranian Canadian musical duo. The group was created in 2004 by DJ, programmer/producer and remixer Carmen Rizzo, vocalist and hammered dulcimer player Azam Ali, formerly of the group Vas, and Ali's husband, Loga Ra ...

Ramin Rahimi Ramin Rahimi is a percussionist and songwriter. His music mostly focused on drums and Iranian Percussions Daf and Tombak. he is also one of the members of power metal act Angband. Biography Born 1969 in Tehran, Rahimi worked with Tehran Sympho ...

Zohreh Jooya Zohreh Jooya ( fa, زهره جویا) is a singer from Mashhad, Iran. Music career Jooya's father was an Afghan (from Herat, Afghanistan) and her mother an Iranian and they married at a time that it was criminal for an Afghan man to marry an Ir ...

Western classical

Ali Rahbari Ali (Alexander) Rahbari ( fa, علی رهبری; also Romanized as "Alī Rahbarī", ; born 1948) is an Iranian composer and conductor, who has worked with more than 120 European orchestras, including the Berlin Philharmonic and the Mariinsky Oper ...

Alireza Mashayekhi Alireza Mashayekhi is an Iranian musician, composer, conductor and academic. He is one of the first composers in Iran to represent avant-garde, modern and contemporary music. He is a pioneer of electroacoustic music in Iran. Early life Mashayekh ...

Amin Homaei Amin Homaei (Persian: امین همایی‎; born July 13, 1984) is an Iranian musician and composer. He is noted for his collaborations with Salar Aghili, the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, among other musical artists and groups. Ear ...

* 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 w ...

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

* Hangi Tavakoli * Heshmat Sandjari * Lily Afshar *

Loris Tjeknavorian Loris Haykasi Tjeknavorian ( hy, Լորիս Ճգնավորյան; fa, لوریس چکناواریان; born 13 October 1937) is an Iranian Armenians, Iranian Armenian composer and conductor. He has appeared internationally as a conductor, servin ...

(Loris Cheknavarian) *

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

* Mahan Esfahani * Sahba Aminikia *

Mehdi Hosseini Seyed Mehdi Hosseini Bami (born July 10, 1979; Persian: سید مهدی حسینی بمی) is a Persian composer of contemporary classical music. Biography Hosseini was born in Tehran, Iran, and received his master's degree and Doctor of Musi ...

Nader Mashayekhi Nader Mashayekhi ( fa, نادر مشایخی; born November 26, 1958 in Tehran) is an Iranian composer. From 2006 to July 2007 he was conductor of the Tehran Symphony Orchestra. He is the son of Jamshid Mashayekhi. Mashayekhi studied under Roma ...

* Reza Najfar *

Shahrdad Rohani Shahrdad Rohani, also known as Shardad Rohani ( fa, شهرداد روحانی, born 27 May 1954) is an Iranian-American composer, violinist/pianist, and conductor. His style is contemporary and he is well known for composing and conducting classi ...

Hooman Khalatbari Hooman Khalatbari ( fa, هومن خلعتبری) is an Austrian- Iranian music conductor and pianist. He started playing piano from age 6 and earned his B.Mus. from Tehran University of Art in 1996. Between 1988 and 1996, he was the principal ...

Electronic

* Ali "Dubfire" Shirazinia * Ali Movasat (DJ Aligator) *

Ashkan Kooshanejad Ashkan Kooshanejad (Persian: اشکان کوشانژاد; born 13 August 1985), also known as Ash Koosha, is a British-Iranian technology entrepreneur, multidisciplinary artist, futurist and innovator. He is known to use computer software such a ...

* Deep Dish *

Leila Arab Leila Arab ( fa, لیلا عرب, born in 1971), professionally known as Leila, is an Iranian-born record producer and DJ based in London, England. She has released music on the labels Rephlex, XL and Warp. She has also worked extensively with ...

Sharam Tayebi Sharam Tayebi ( fa, شهرام طیبی, born August 12, 1970), better known as Sharam, is an Iranian techno and house DJ and producer. Born in Tehran, Iran, he emigrated to Washington D.C. at the age of 14. A mainstay of the Washington underg ...

* Steve Naghavi from

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Pop

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May J. , better known by her stage name May J., is a Japanese pop and R&B singer who made her major label debut under Sony Music Japan on July 12, 2006, with her first mini-album '' All My Girls''. She was born to an Iranian mother and Japanese father ...

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 Assar ( fa, علیرضا عصار) (January 24, 1970 in Tehran) is an Iranian musician and Persian pop singer and composer, and piano and guitar player. Biography The oldest child of a four-member family in Tehran, His studied the pia ...

* Alireza Afkari *

Alireza Talischi Alireza Talischi ( fa, علیرضا طلیسچی; born September 29, 1985, in Tehran) is an Iranian singer, songwriter and Music Producer. He is originally from Hamadan. Career Alireza Talischi started singing professionally when he was 18 y ...

Andy Madadian Andranik Madadian ( fa, آندرانیک مددیان, hy, Անդրանիկ Մադադյան; born April 22, 1958), better known by his stage name, Andy ( fa, اندی, hy, Անդի) is an Iranian-Armenian singer-songwriter and actor. He immi ...

Anousheh Khalili Anousheh Khalili (born 1983) is an Iranian-American singer-songwriter. She is known for providing vocals and also appearing in the videos for Deep Dish's "Flashdance" and "Say Hello", the latter of which was nominated for a Grammy in 2006 in ...

Arash Arash the Archer ( fa, آرش کمانگیر ''Āraš-e Kamāngīr'') is a heroic archer-figure of Iranian mythology. According to Iranian folklore, the boundary between Iran and Turan was set by an arrow launched by Arash, after he put his own ...

Aref Arif or Aref may refer to: *Arif, a local name for the Rif mountains in northern Morocco * Arif (given name) * Arif (surname) *‘arif, a concept in Sufism, see Ma'rifa Maʿrifa (Arabic: “interior knowledge”) is the mystical knowledge of God ...

* Arian Band *

Bijan Mortazavi Bijan Mortazavi ( fa, بیژن مرتضوی, born November 16, 1957) is an Iranian virtuoso violinist, musician, composer, songwriter, arranger and singer. Biography Musical education Born in the city of Babol, Iran. Mortazavi studied music ...

Darius Danesh Darius may refer to: Persian royalty ;Kings of the Achaemenid Empire * Darius I (the Great, 550 to 487 BC) * Darius II (423 to 404 BC) * Darius III (Codomannus, 380 to 330 BC) ;Crown princes * Darius (son of Xerxes I), crown prince of Persia ...

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

(Ebrahim Hamedi) * Faramarz Aslani *

Farhad Farhad ( fa, فرهاد ''farhād''), also spelt Ferhaad or Ferhod, has been a Persian name for men since the Parthians, first recorded for Arsacid kings circa 170 BC. Etymology Modern Persian name ''Farhād'' () is derived from Middle Persian '' ...

* Fereidoun Foroughi *

Habib Habib ( ar, حبيب, ''ḥabīb''; ), sometimes written as Habeeb, is an Arabic masculine given name, occasional surname, and honorific, with the meaning "beloved" or "my love", or "darling". It also forms the famous Arabic word ‘''Habibi’'' ...

Hassan Sattar Abdolhassan Sattarpour ( fa, عبدالحسن ستارپور; born 19 November 1949), better known simply as Sattar ( fa, ستار), is an Iranian singer with specialization in both Persian pop and classical music. He had gained fame before the ...

Hassan Shamaizadeh Hassan Shamaizadeh ( fa, حسن شماعی‌زاده, also Romanized as Hasan-é Šamâ'izâde; born January 15, 1943 in Isfahan) is an Iranian pop singer, songwriter and saxophonist. Over the past three decades, he composed songs for artists ...

Hayadeh Ma'soumeh Dadehbala ( fa, معصومه دده‌بالا; 10 April 1942 – 20 January 1990), known professionally as Hayedeh ( fa, هایده), was an Iranian singer with a contralto vocal range. Known for her wide range of voice, her career span ...

Homeyra ) , alias = Homeyra, Homayra, Homeira , birth_date = , birth_place = Tehran, Imperial Iran , origin = , genre = Persian traditional music, Fusion music, Pop music , occupation = Singer , ...

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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 *

Mehrdad Mehrdād ( fa, مهرداد, ) is a common Persian male given name in Iran and other Persian speaking countries. The name is derived from '' Mehr'', an angelic Zoroastrian divinity ('' yazata'') of covenant, light, and oath. The Persian word '' ...

Moein Moeen or Moein or Moien is a given name and surname. It is a Quranic name which means: helper, supporter, or provider of refuge. Notable persons with the name include: Persons with the given name * Moein (singer) (born 1951), Iranian singer * ...

Mohammad Esfahani Mohammad Mahdi Vaezi Esfahani ( fa, محمدمهدی واعظی اصفهانی ; born 5 July 1966), better known as Mohammad Esfahani, is an Iranian Persian pop music, Persian pop and Traditional music, traditional singer. He graduated from Ir ...

* 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 Pyruz Payandeh Azad ( fa, پیروز پاینده آزاد, born May 4, 1962 in Tehran) is a Persian pop singer, songwriter, guitarist, and former member of the group Black Cats. Discography Albums With Black Cats * 1992: Pool * 1993: Fever ...

* Reza Sadeghi * Sepideh *

Shadmehr Aghili Shadmehr aghili ( fa, شادمهر عقیلی; born 27 January 1973) is an Iranian pop singer, musician, composer, music arranger, producer and song-writer, and formerly an actor. He revitalized music culture post-revolution in Iran, Aghili was b ...

* Shahkar Binesh Pazhooh *

Shahram Shabpareh Shahram Shabpareh ( fa, شهرام شب‌پره) is an Iranian Pop singer and songwriter. Career He started his career as a drum player in the early 1960s when he was 13. In the mid 1960s at the age of 17, he formed a band of his own named "Re ...

Shahrum K Shahrum Kashani ( fa, شهرام کاشانی; 7 July 1971 – 28 July 2021), also known as Shahram Sebastian Shahbal was an Iranian pop singer. He released eight albums with notable hits. Biography Music Shahrum's interest in singing and music ...

* Shahram BozorgMehr *

Shohreh Solati Fatemeh Solati Nayebi ( fa, فاطمه صولتی نایبی), better known by her stage name Shohreh ( fa, شهره), is an Iranian singer. Since the Islamic Revolution in Iran, she has continued her music career in exile. Biography Shohreh S ...

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 Siyâvash ( fa, سیاوش) or Siavash ( fa, سياووش) is an Iranian legendary prince, a major figure in Ferdowsi's epic, the ''Shahnameh''. Siyâvash or various other transliterations from Persian/Farsi/Azerbaijani languages may also refer to ...

* Susan Roshan * Vigen

Rap music

* Amir Tataloo * Hichkas * Zedbazi * Yas * Shahin Najafi * Bahram Nouraei, Bahram * Erfan * Hangi Tavakoli, Multi-Platinum music producer and songwriter

Lyricists

* Aref Ghazvini * Hangi Tavakoli * Hossein Monzavi * Leila Kasra * Maryam Heydarzadeh * Rahim Moeini Kermanshahi * Shahyar Ghanbari

Rock and metal

* Amir Derakh, from the band Orgy * Angband (band), Angband * Barad (band), Barad * Kiosk (band), Kiosk

Film score composers

* Ramin Djawadi * Hangi Tavakoli * Fariborz Lachini *

* Peyman Yazdanian *

Journalists, media

Bloggers

* Hossein Derakhshan * Massoumeh Ebtekar * Mehdi Jami * Mohammad Ali Abtahi * Mojtaba Saminejad * Omid Memarian * Sina Motalebi

Journalists

* Ali Akbar Abdolrashidi * Ali Akbar Dehkhoda *

* Alireza Nourizadeh * Arash Markazi * Azadeh Ensha, ''The New York Times'' * Azadeh Moaveni *

* Emadeddin Baghi * Farjam Behnam * Farrokhi Yazdi, Pahlavi era * Hashem Aghajari * Hossein Shariatmadari *

, BBC * Kioumars Saberi Foumani * Mahshid Amirshahi * Masih Alinejad * Masoud Dehnamaki * Massoud Behnoud * Mehran Ghassemi * Mirzadeh Eshghi *

* Mohammad Taghi Bahar *

* Omid Memarian * Rudi Bakhtiar * Saeed Hajjarian * Saeed Kamali Dehghan * Shadi Sadr * Sina Motallebi * Youness Shokrkhah * Maziar Bahari * Saeed Kamali Dehghan * Kasra Nouri * Mohammad Mosaed

News anchors

* Adel Ferdosipour, football announcer, Navad program * Ali Akbar Abdolrashidi, correspondent, commentator, anchorman * PMC (TV channel), Mehrdad Kia, T.V. and Radio Broadcaster and executive producer in television and music industry. *

, Foreign Affairs Analyst, Fox News * Asieh Namdar, news anchor at CNN *

, 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, Iranian emperor And the founder of Iran * Nader Shah, Iranian king and military commander * Darius the Great, Iranian emperor * Mithridates I of Parthia, Iranian emperor * Ismail I, Iranian king * Fazlollah Noori, conservative clergy opposing Constitutionalists; hanged * Ghaem Magham Farahani, 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, prime minister * Mostowfi ol-Mamalek, prime minister * Nosrat Dowleh Firouz Mirza, provincial governor * Safi-ad-din Ardabili, spiritual founder of Safavid dynasty * Sattar Khan, constitutionalist leader * Heshmat Taleqani, 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, personal physician to Reza Pahlavi * Ali Akbar Davar, minister, and founder of Iran's modern judiciary system * Ali Akbar Siassi, 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

's father * Amir Abdollah Tahmasebi, military leader * Ardeshir Zahedi * Bahram Aryana, military commander * Ahmad Ahmadi, prison interrogator * Farokhroo Parsa, minister of education * George Malek-Yonan, procured a seat in Iran's Parliament for Assyrians as a recognized minority * Hasan Arfa, 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 Fars Province * Hossein Fardoust, deputy head of SAVAK * Hossein Fatemi, 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, head of National Iranian Radio and Television and 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, Mohammad Mossadegh, Mossadegh's Deputy and a leader of the National Front (Iran), Second National Front * Nader Jahanbani, air force general, pilot * Nasser Moghaddam, head of SAVAK * Nematollah Nassiri, head of SAVAK * Prince Abbas Mirza Farman Farmaian, Abbas Mirza Farman Farmaian, Minister of Parliament * Sattareh Farman Farmaian, established first social worker schools in Iran * Sepahbod Ahmad Amir-Ahmadi, military leader * Seyyed Zia'eddin Tabatabaee * Shapour Bakhtiar, prime minister * Soraya Esfandiary Bakhtiari * Teymour Bakhtiar, head of SAVAK * Teymourtash, 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 * Ahmad Khomeini * Ahmad Tavakkoli, minister of labour * Akbar Torkan, minister of roads and transportation * Ala'eddin Boroujerdi, member of parliament * Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, president * Ali Akbar Mohtashamipour, member of parliament * Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri, speaker of parliament * Ali Akbar Salehi * Ali Fallahian, minister of intelligence *

, supreme leader *

, 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, member of parliament * Asadollah Lajevardi * * 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, 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, 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, foreign affairs spokesman * Hassan Habibi, first vice president *

, former president * * Hossein Shariatmadari * Iraj Fazel, minister of health * * Ezzatollah Zarghami, president of IRIB * Kamal Daneshyar, 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, Jewish member of parliament * Masoud Pezeshkian, minister of health * Masoumeh Ebtekar, vice president * Mehdi Bazargan, prime minister *

* Mehdi Karroubi, speaker of parliament * Mir-Hossein Mousavi, prime minister * Mohammad Abaee-Khorasani, member of parliament * Mohammad Ali Abtahi, vice president * Mohammad Ali Najafi, minister of education * Mohammad Ali Rajai, president * Mohammad Beheshti, head of judiciary * Mohammad Emami-Kashani * Mohammad Hashemi Rafsanjani * Mohammad Javad Bahonar, prime minister * Mohammad Javad Larijani, member of parliament * Mohammad Khatami, president * Mohammad Reyshahri * Mohammad Reza Aref, first vice president * Mohammad Reza Bahonar, vice speaker of parliament * Mohammad Reza Khatami, deputy speaker of parliament * Mohammad Reza Mahdavi-Kani * Mohammad Sattarifar, vice president * Mohammad Yazdi, head of judiciary * Mohsen Armin, member of parliament * Mohsen Mirdamadi, member of parliament * Mohsen Nourbakhsh, 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 of Iran, Supreme Council of ICT *, Iranian Politician *, Iranian politician *, Iranian Politician * *, Iranian politician *Ghodratollah Norouzi, Iranian politician * Rahim Safavi * * Rasoul Montajebnia, member of parliament *, Iranian Politician * * Ruhollah Hosseinian * *Ruhollah Khomeini, supreme leader, founder of the Islamic Republic * * * Sadegh Ghotbzadeh, minister of foreign affairs * Sadegh Khalkhali, Sharia ruler * Sadegh Larijani * Saeed Emami, vice minister of intelligence * Saeed Hajjarian, Tehran council member * Saeed Mortazavi * Seyed Mohammad Hossein Adeli, head of Central Bank of

, Ambassador to United Kingdom *, Iranian Politician *, Iranian Politician *Zia-Allah Ezazi Maleki, Iranian Politician

Not served in Islamic Republic government or opposition

* Abbas Amir-Entezam * Abdolrahman Ghasemlou * Abolghasem Kashani * Ahmad Zirakzadeh * Ali Shariati, sociologist * Alireza Rajaei * Asghar Parsa * Azam Taleghani * Bijan Jazani * Dariush Forouhar * Daryush Shokof, director of films '' Iran Zendan'' and ''Hitler's Grave'' * Ezzatollah Sahabi * Gholam-Hossein Sadighi * Habibollah Peiman * Hashem Aghajari * Jafar Pishevari * Mahmoud Taleghani * Mansoor Hekmat * Maryam Rajavi * Massoud Rajavi, militant opposition leader * Mehdi Khalaji * Mohsen Sazegara * Mousa Sadr * Nasser Zarafshan * Navvab Safavi, militant cleric * Parviz Varjavand * Reza Alamouti, Central Committee Member of the Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas; founder of Radio Aras * Roozbeh Farahanipour, founder of Marze Por Gohar *

, recipient of 2003

* Yadollah Sahabi

Politicians in other nations

* Goli Ameri, United States Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs * Benazir Bhutto, former Prime Minister of Pakistan; half-

ian (mother Nusrat Bhutto) * Nusrat Bhutto, former first lady of Pakistan * Jimmy Delshad, mayor of Beverly Hills, California * George Deukmejian, former Governor of California * Dan Halutz, Chief of Staff of the Israeli Defense Forces * Saadat Ali Khan I, Saadat Khan, first Nawab of Oudh in India * Farah Karimi, Iranian female Netherlands, 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 * Omid Nouripour, member of the German parliament (Bundestag), Germany * Ross Mirkarimi, former member of San Francisco City Council from Green Party (United States), 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 (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; 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. *

(born 1981), photographer, television actress, subject of a 2006 sex tape scandal in Iran * Zeynab Jalaliyan, 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. *

, imprisoned filmmaker * Nasser Fahimi, a doctor from Kurdistan, a political and ideological prisoner *

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

Religious figures

''See List of Marjas.''
''See List of Ayatollahs''. * Allamah al-Majlisi, 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 Rishama#Notable rishama, Salah Choheili, Iranian Mandaean who is the current patriarch and head of the Mandaean Australians, Mandaean community in Australia * Haik Hovsepian Mehr, bishop and Christian martyr * Jamal al-Din Asadabadi *

, 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 * Muhammad ibn Ismail ad-Darazi * 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 *Abbas-Ali Amid Zanjani * *Abbas-Ali Soleimani *Abbas Amirifar *Abbas Hosseini Kashani *Abbas Ka'bi *Abbas Mahfouzi * *Abbas Almohri *Mohammad Montazeri * *Seyed Abbas Mousavi Motlagh *Abbas Tabrizian *Abbas Vaez-Tabasi *Abdul Fattah Nawab * *Abdol Hossein Dastgheib *Abdul Hussein Mo'ezzi *Abdol Javad Alamolhoda * *Abdul Karim Farhani *Abdolkarim Hasheminejad *Abdul Karim Haghshenas *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 *Abdul-Nabi Namazi *Ayatollah Abdul Rahman Heidari Ilami * * *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 Khatami *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 * * *

* * *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 *

* *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 Khatami * * * * * *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 *Ruhollah Khomeini * * *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 * Daryush Shokof * 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 * George Malek-Yonan, 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 *

, 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 Ka'bi *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 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 *

*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 * Arefeh Mansouri, 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 * Haik Hovsepian Mehr, 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 *

, 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 *

, 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 * George Malek-Yonan, 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 Gamal Abdel Nasser; 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 Benazir Bhutto

Persian Roman Catholic saints

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

References

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