{{unreferenced, date=May 2012 Following is a list of notable people from

Gorgan Gorgan (; ) is a city in the Central District (Gorgan County), Central District of Gorgan County, Golestan province, Golestan province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district. It lies approximately to the nor ...

, the capital of Golestan province in northern

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 ...

Notables from Gorgan

Contemporary prominent figures

* Mohammad Reza Lotfi, Musician. *

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 Zandi spent her school years in Gorgan and then graduated from the Un ...

, Photographer.

Historical figures

* Abd-al-Qaher Jorjani, Grammarian and literary theorist. * Mir Damad * Gorgani, Zayn al-Din Isma‘il ibn, royal physician * Gorgani, Abu Saeed, astronomer and mathematician * Gorgani, Rustam, physician * Masihi Gorgani, Avicenna's master * Ali ibn Mohammed al-Jurjani, encyclopedic writer and theologian *

Fazlallah Astarabadi Fażlu l-Lāh Astar-Ābādī (, 1339/40 in Astarābād – 1394 in Nakhchivan), also known as Fażlullāh Tabrīzī AstarābādīIrène Mélikoff. ''Hadji Bektach: un mythe et ses avatars : genèse et évolution du soufisme populaire en Turquie' ...

, 14th century Islamic mystic and founder of the Hurufi movement * Bibi Khatoon Astarabadi, a notable writer, satirist, and one of the pioneering figures of the women's movement of Iran

Mayors after the Islamic Revolution, February 1979 onwards

* Ebrahim Karimi (son of Abbass), holder of B.A. in Theology & Islamic Laws * Ebrahim Karimi (son of Abbass), appointed (selected by the Gorgan City Islamic Council), in June 2007, for the 2nd time

Famous guests

Califs

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Harun Al-Rashid Abū Jaʿfar Hārūn ibn Muḥammad ar-Rāshīd (), or simply Hārūn ibn al-Mahdī (; or 766 – 24 March 809), famously known as Hārūn al-Rāshīd (), was the fifth Abbasid caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate, reigning from September 786 unti ...

Imam Reza Ali al-Rida (, 1 January 766 – 6 June 818), also known as Abū al-Ḥasan al-Thānī, was a descendant of the Prophets and messengers in Islam, Islamic prophet Muhammad, and the eighth Twelve Imams, imam in Twelver Shi'ism, Twelver Shia Is ...