Esmaeil is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Esmaeil Bale (born 1985), Iranian footballer * Esmaeil Dousti, Iranian reformist politician, member of the City Council of Tehran * Esmaeil Ebadi (born 1976), Iranian archer who won the gold medal at the 2014 Asian Games * Esmaeil Elmkhah (8206–1988), Iranian featherweight weightlifter * Esmaeil Farhadi (born 1982), Iranian football player * Esmaeil Halali (born 1973), Iranian retired football player and manager of Mes Soongoun * Esmaeil Hosseini (born 1942), former Iranian cyclist * Esmaeil Jabbarzadeh (born 1960), Iranian reformist politician, former Governor of East Azerbaijan, Iran from 2013 to 2017 * Esmaeil Khatib (born 1961), Iranian cleric and politician * Esmaeil Kousari (born 1955), Iranian military officer and conservative politician, currently the deputy chief of Sarallah Headquarters * Esmaeil Pashapour (born 1954), Iranian fencer * Esmaeil Sedigh, Iranian futsal coach and instructor based in the Philippines * Esmaeil Sharifat (born 1988), Iranian football player * Esmaeil Sohrabi, Iranian retired military officer and Chief-of-Staff of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army from 1984 to 1988 * Seyed Esmaeil Mousavi Zanjani (1928–2002), Iranian Shiite cleric and politician ; Mid name * Mohammad Vahid Esmaeil Beigi (born 1992), Iranian football defender * Mohammad Esmaeil Saeidi (born 1961), Iranian retired Revolutionary Guards commander and politician affiliated with the Front of Islamic Revolution Stability * Mohammad Esmaeil Shooshtari (born 1949), minister of justice of the Islamic Republic of Iran for 1997–2005

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