Bijan (also Bizhan, Bijhan or Bejan; ) is a Persian given name meaning "Hero". People named Bijan include: *

Bijan (designer) Bijan Pakzad ( ; , ; 4 April 1940 – 16 April 2011), generally known mononymously as Bijan, was an Iranian designer of menswear and fragrances. Biography Bijan was born in Tehran, Iran in either 1940 or 1944.Parisa Michelle"Bijan Pakzad Dead a ...

(1940-2011), surname Pakzad, a fashion and perfume designer *

Bijan Abdolkarimi Bijan Abdolkarimi (; born 1963) is an Iranian philosopher, thinker, translator, and editor. His main interests are ontology, political philosophy and the critique of religious and intellectual traditions. He claims to challenge the dominant ...

(born 1963), Iranian philosopher * Bijan Allipour (1949–2023), Iranian businessman * Bijan Beg Saakadze, Safavid noble and officeholder * Bijan Beg (son of Rostam Khan), Safavid official *

Bijan Daneshmand Bijan Daneshmand (, born 16 August 1958) is an Iranian actor and artist based in London, England. Early life and education Bijan Daneshmand was born on 16 August 1958 in Tehran, Iran. At the age of 10, he moved to England to receive his early e ...

(born 1958), Iranian actor * Bijan Emkanian (born 1953), Iranian actor *

Bijan Jalali Bijan Jalali (; 1927 – January 2000) was a modern Persian poet. Jalali was born in Tehran, Iran. His works include: The Color of Water, Days, Dailies, Our Heart and the World, Play of Light, and The Water and the Sun. See also * Nima Yo ...

(1927-2000), Iranian poet *

Bijan Jazani Bijan Jazani (Persian: بیژن جَزنی, also spelled "''Bizhan'' Jazani"; January 9, 1938, in Tehran – April 19, 1975) was an Iranian political activist and a significant figure among modern Iranian Socialist intellectuals. A Marxist theor ...

(1938-1975), Iranian intellectual *

Bijan Kamkar The Kamkars (, ) is a Kurdish Iran musical family group of seven brothers and a sister, all from the city of Sanandaj, the capital of the Kurdistan province of Iran. The group has performed numerous concerts around the world, including their per ...

, Iranian musician *

Bijan Kian Bijan R. Kian (Persian: بیژن کیان; born January 15, 1952), sometimes written Bijan Rafiekian (بیژن رفیعی‌کیان), is an Iranian-American businessman, who is based in San Juan Capistrano, California. He has been an executive o ...

(born 1952), Iranian businessman involved in American politics, notably associated with the administration of Donald Trump *

Bijan Mortazavi Bijan Mortazavi (; born November 16, 1957) is an Iranian virtuoso violinist, musician, composer, songwriter, arranger and singer. Biography Musical education Born in the city of Juybar, Iran. Mortazavi studied music in Tehran. He was trained ...

(born 1957), violinist and singer *

Bijan Namdar Zangeneh Bijan Namdar Zangeneh (; born 21 September 1952) is an Iranian peoples, Iranian politician, who served as minister, at different cabinets after the Islamic Revolution, for 30 years. He lately served as Ministry of Petroleum (Iran), Minister of Pe ...

(born 1952), Iranian politician *

Bijan Robinson Bijan Robinson ( ; born January 30, 2002) is an American professional football running back for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Texas Longhorns, where he won the Doak Walker Award and ...

(born 2002), American football player *

Bijan Sabet Bijan Sabet is an American venture capitalist who had served as the List of ambassadors of the United States to the Czech Republic, United States ambassador to the Czech Republic. Education Sabet's mother immigrated from Korea in the 1960s, his f ...

, American venture capitalist and diplomat *

Bijan Nobaveh-Vatan Bijan Nobaveh-Vatan () is a former Iranian anchorman and conservative politician who currently representing Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr electoral district in Parliament of Iran since 2020. He was also a member of parliament from 2008 ...

(born 1959), Iranian politician

In literature

*Bijan, a character in ''

Bijan and Manijeh ''Bijan and Manijeh'' (also ''Bizhan and Manizheh'', Persian بيژن و منيژه - ''Bīžan ow Manīža'') is a love story in Ferdowsi's Shahnameh. Bijan was the son of Giv, a famous Iranian knight during the reign of Kay Khosrow, the Shah ...

'', a love story in the Persian epic poem Shahnameh {{given name Persian masculine given names Masculine given names