Kamran ( ''Kāmrān'') is a

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

male given name meaning 'prosperous, fortunate'. The name is commonly used in

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

and

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by ...

, in addition to

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, and

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. Variants include Kâmran, Kamron, and Kamuran.

Notable people

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Cumrun Vafa Cumrun Vafa (, ; born 1 August 1960) is an Iranian-American theoretical physicist and the Hollis Professor of Mathematicks and Natural Philosophy at Harvard University. Early life and education Cumrun Vafa was born in Tehran, Iran on 1 August 1 ...

(born 1960), Iranian physicist *

Kamran Agayev Kamran Agayev (also spelled Kamran Aghayev; ; born 9 February 1986) is a retired Azerbaijani football goalkeeper. During his professional career, Agayev played in national leagues of Azerbaijan, Turkey, Portugal and Czech Republic. He was also ...

(born 1986), Azerbaijani footballer *

Kamran Akmal Kamran Akmal ( Punjabi, Urdu: ; born 13 January 1982) is a Pakistani cricket administrator, coach and former cricketer, who played for Pakistan as a right-handed batsman & wicketkeeper. He started his international career in November 2002 with ...

(born 1982), Pakistani batsman wicketkeeper *

Kamran Atif Kamran Atif () is a member of Harkat-ul Mujahideen al-Alami. In 2002, he tried to assassinate President Pervez Musharraf. Following a shootout with police, Atif was arrested in Karachi in 2004. He was sentenced to death in 2006 by the Anti-Terror ...

, member of Harkat-ul Mujahideen al-Alami * Kamran Aziz (1922–2017), Cypriot ''female'' musician, composer and pharmacist *

Kamran Bagheri Lankarani Kamran Bagheri Lankarani (; born 1965) is an Iranian physician and politician who was Minister of Health and Medical Education The Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MOHME) has executive responsibility for health and medical education ...

(born 1965), Iran's Minister of Health and Medical Education *

Kamran Baghirov Kamran Baghirov Mammad oglu (; 24 January 1933 – 25 October 2000), was the 12th First Secretary of Azerbaijan Communist Party. Biography From 3 December 1982, through 21 May 1988, Baghirov served as the First Secretary of the Central Committe ...

(1933–2000), Azerbaijani politician *

Kamran Hossain Chowdhury Kamran Hossain Chowdhury (; 24 July 1952 – 4 December 2024) was a Bangladeshi politician who was a Member of Parliament from Faridpur District, Faridpur. He was a member of the List of members of the 4th Jatiya Sangsad, 4th Jatiyo Sangshad. He ...

(1952–2024), Bangladeshi politician *

Kamran Daneshjoo Kamran Daneshjoo (; born 2 February 1956) is an Iranian university professor who was Minister of Science from 2009 to 2013. Early life and education His web-site, ''Where?'', claims he has a Bs.C. degree from Queen Mary College (UK) and an Ms ...

(born 1956), Iranian politician, minister *

Kamran Diba Kamran Diba (, born 5 March 1937) is an Iranian architect and museum director. Prior to the Iranian revolution Diba worked entirely in the public sector in Iran. He currently resides in Paris, France. Biography Kamran Diba was born 5 March 193 ...

(born 1937), Iranian architect *

Kamran Elahian Kamran Elahian () is an Iranian-American entrepreneur Entrepreneurship is the creation or extraction of economic value in ways that generally entail beyond the minimal amount of risk (assumed by a traditional business), and potentially invo ...

(born 1954), Iranian-American entrepreneur * Kamran Ghadakchian (born 1947), Iranian director *

Kamran Hedayati Kamran Hedayati ( ''kâmrân hedâyati''; 1 April 1949 in Iranian Kurdistan – 6 July 1996 in Stockholm, Sweden) was an Iranian Kurdish dissident who was assassinated in Sweden in the 1990s. In January 1994, Hedayati was seriously wounded after op ...

(1949–1996), Kurdish-Iranian dissident *

Kamran Ince Kamran N. Ince (spelled İnce in Turkish, born May 6, 1960) is a Turkish-American composer. He is the winner of many prestigious awards, including a Rome Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Lili Boulanger Memorial Prize, and various others. His ...

(born 1960), Turkish-American composer *

Kamran Khan (disambiguation) Kamran Khan may refer to: * Kamran Khan (politician), Pakistani politician * Kamran Khan (journalist) Kamran Khan () is a Pakistani journalist who is the founder of Nukta, an Artificial intelligence, AI-powered digital content platform prese ...

, several people *

Kamran Mir Hazar Kamran Mir Hazar (Dari/Hazaragi:کامران میرهزار) (born 1976) is a Hazara Norwegian poet, journalist and human rights activist. He is the founder and editor-in-chief of Kabul Press and Refugee Face. He has won various awards for his ...

(born 1976), Hazara Norwegian poet, journalist and human rights activist *

Kamran Mirza Kamran Mirza () (1512 – 5 October 1557) was the second son of Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire and the first Mughal Emperor. Kamran Mirza was born in Kabul to Babur's wife Gulrukh Begum. He was half-brother to Babur's eldest son Hu ...

(1509–1557), the second son of Babur, the founder of the Mughal dynasty *

Kamran Mirza Nayeb es-Saltaneh Kamran Mirza (; July 22, 1856 – April 15, 1929) was a Qajar prince and third surviving son of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar. He was a brother of Mass'oud Mirza Zell-e Soltan and Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar. Kamran Mirza also served as Iran's Command ...

(1856–1929), Persian prince of the Qajar Dynasty *

Kamran Pasha Kamran Pasha (; born on 3 April 1972) is an American screenwriter, director and novelist of Pakistani Sindhi origin. He was a writer and producer on the NBC series ''Kings'', after working as a producer on NBC's '' Bionic Woman''.. Previously, he ...

(born 1972), Hollywood screenwriter and director *

Kamran Shakhsuvarly Kamran Shakhsuvarly (; born 6 December 1992) is an Azerbaijani boxer. He competed in the men's middleweight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded ...

(born 1992), Azerbaijani boxer *

Kamran Shirazi Kamran Shirazi (; born 21 November 1952) is an International Master of chess, who won the Iranian Chess Championship in 1972. Born in Tehran, he has represented Iran, the United States, and France. He moved to the United States in the late 1970s ...

(born 1952), Iranian chess player *

Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran (; 1 January 1951 – 15 June 2020) was a Bangladeshi politician and the first mayor of Sylhet City, a role he was elected to twice. In 2013, he lost to Ariful Haque Choudhury by nearly 3,000 votes. He was also a membe ...

(1951–2020), Bangladeshi mayor *

Nazim Kamran Choudhury Nazim Kamran Choudhury is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former Member of Parliament for constituency Sylhet-9. Career He is a former member of Parliament from Bangladesh Nationalist Party. He was elected from Sylhet. He was su ...

, Bangladeshi politician *

Salah Uddin Kamran Salah Uddin Kamran is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the former Member of Parliament of Noakhali-3 Noakhali-3 is a constituency of the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024, the constituency has ...

, Bangladeshi politician *

Talieh Kamran Talieh Kamran (Persian language, Persian: طلیعه کامران; 1930 – March 14, 2017) was an Iranian santur player, painter, poet, and a pioneer of Iranian modern and contemporary art, modern art in Iran. She was known as the "Mother of Tr ...

(1930-2017), Iranian musician, poet and visual artist

Kâmran

Kâmran İnan Kamran Inan (18 February 1929 – 23 November 2015) was a Kurdish politician, statesman, diplomat and scholar from Turkey. He was born in Hizan, Bitlis Province. Representative in Parliament from Van, Turkey, Van and Bitlis numerous times. Gradu ...

(1929–2015), Turkish politician of Kurdish origin

Kamuran

Kamuran Alî Bedirxan Kamuran Alî Bedirxan (, born 21 August 1895 in Istanbul, Ottoman Empire; died 6 December 1978 in Paris) was a Kurds, Kurdish politician, lawyer and writer. Family He came from the family of the Bedirxans, who for centuries, as autonomous vass ...

(1895–1978), Kurdish politician, lawyer and writer *

Kamuran Gürün Kamuran Gürün (1924 – 20 July 2004) was a Turkish diplomat. Kamuran Gürün was born in Istanbul in 1924. He studied at Galatasaray High School's School of Political Science and at Ankara University's Faculty of Political Sciences. In 1948, h ...

(1924–2004), Turkish diplomat *

Kâmuran Şipal Kâmuran Şipal (1926, Adana – 18 September 2019, Istanbul), was a Turkish novelist, story writer and translator. Şipal graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Letters, German Language Department. In the following years, he translated fr ...

(1926–2019), Turkish novelist, story writer and translator *

Kamuran Toktanış Kamuran Toktanış (born 16 December 1974) is a Turkish footballer. He plays as a midfielder. Career Toktanış began his professional career with Kurtalan Belediyespor football club in 1996. After playing for a short time he paused his footb ...

(born 1974), Turkish footballer

Fictional characters

* Kamran (Marvel Cinematic Universe), character from ''Ms. Marvel'' {{given name Persian masculine given names Azerbaijani masculine given names Bangladeshi masculine given names Turkish masculine given names Masculine given names Pakistani masculine given names