Manuchehr, Manuchar, Manuchihr, or Manouchehr ( fa, منوچهر, ''Manūčehr'',

Old Persian Old Persian is one of the two directly attested Old Iranian languages (the other being Avestan) and is the ancestor of Middle Persian (the language of Sasanian Empire). Like other Old Iranian languages, it was known to its native speakers as ( ...

: Manōčihr,

Avestan Avestan (), or historically Zend, is an umbrella term for two Old Iranian languages: Old Avestan (spoken in the 2nd millennium BCE) and Younger Avestan (spoken in the 1st millennium BCE). They are known only from their conjoined use as the scri ...

: Manuščiθra) is a Persian male given name meaning "Heaven's face". It consists of two parts ''Manu (Manou),'' which means "Heaven" in the old Persian language; and ''Chehr,'' which means "face".

Given name

Manuchehr

Manuchehr Manūchehr mænuː'tʃer">Help:IPA_English.html" ;"title="nowiki/>Help:IPA/English">mænuː'tʃer (, older Persian Manōčihr, Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬎𐬱𐬗𐬌𐬚𐬭𐬀 Manuščiθra), is the eighth Shah of the Pishdadian dynasty of Pe ...

, mythical hero from ''

Shahnameh The ''Shahnameh'' or ''Shahnama'' ( fa, شاهنامه, Šāhnāme, lit=The Book of Kings, ) is a long epic poem written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi between c. 977 and 1010 CE and is the national epic of Greater Iran. Consisting of some 50 ...

''. * Manuchehr I, Manuchehr II and Manuchehr III, the 11th, 17th and 19th shahs of medieval Shirvan *

Manuchihr Falak al-Ma'ali Manuchihr ( fa, فلک‌المعالی منوچهر), better known as Manuchihr (died c. 1031), was the ruler of the Ziyarids (1012 at the latest – c. 1031). He was the son of Qabus. Early life During his father's reign Man ...

, king of Ziyarids * Manuchehr Eliasi, Iranian Member of Parliament * Manuchehr Ghorbanifar, Iranian arms dealer * Manuchehr Jamali, Iranian philosopher * Manuchehr Shahrokhi, Iranian-American academic

Manouchehr

* Manouchehr Atashi, Persian poet *

Manouchehr Eghbal Manouchehr Eghbal ( fa, منوچهر اقبال; 13 October 1909 – 25 November 1977) was an Iranian physician and royalist politician. He was the Prime Minister of Iran from 1957 to 1960. Early life and education Eghbal was born in 1909, and h ...

, Prime Minister of Iran *

Manouchehr Ganji Manouchehr Ganji ( Persian: منوچهر گنجی) is a human rights activist and a former Minister of Education of Iran from 1976 until 1979. Life Ganji was born in Tehran,Iran. He received his B.A. and M.A. degrees in political science and ...

, Iranian politician *

Manouchehr Khan Gorji Manuchehr Khan Gorji Mo'tamad al-Dawle (died 1847) was a government official in Qajar Iran. He was of Georgian origin; hence, ''Gorji'' (i.e., "Georgian") in his surname. He was known as a sympathizer of Báb, the founder of Bábism religious mo ...

, Iranian official *

Manouchehr Mahamadi Manouchehr Mohammadi ( Persian: منوچهر محمدی; born in 1956 in Abadan, Iran) is an Iranian film producer. He graduated in sociology from Tehran University; began film producing with Hey, Joe! (1988, M. Asgari-Nasab). Founded a productio ...

, Iranian film producer *

Manouchehr Mottaki Manouchehr Mottaki ( fa, منوچهر متکی; born 12 May 1953) is an Iranian politician and diplomat. He was the Iranian minister of foreign affairs. Whilst technically appointed by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, he is considered to be closer to more pr ...

, Iranian Government Minister * Manouchehr Yektai, Iranian-American painter

Manuchekhr

* Manuchekhr Dzhalilov, Tajik football player

Manuchar

(Variant of the name used in the Republic of Georgia) *

Manuchar I Dadiani Manuchar I Dadiani ( ka, მანუჩარ I დადიანი; died 1611) was Prince of Mingrelia, of the House of Dadiani, from 1590 until his death. A younger son of Levan I Dadiani, he succeeded on the death of his elder brother, Mamia ...

, Georgian prince *

Manuchar II Jaqeli Manuchar II Jaqeli also known as Mustafa Pasha ( ka, მანუჩარ II ჯაყელი; b. 1557 – d. 1614), of the House of Jaqeli, was prince of Samtskhe (styled with the hereditary title of atabeg) and the pasha of its capital Akha ...

, Georgian noble *

Manuchar III Jaqeli Manuchar III Jaqeli ( ka, მანუჩარ III ჯაყელი; 1591–1625), of the House of Jaqeli, was the last atabeg of the principality of Samtskhe, nominally ruling between 1607 and 1625. As a child, he accompanied his father, Man ...

, Georgian noble *

Manuchar Kvirkvelia Manuchar Kvirkvelia (Georgian: მანუჩარ კვირკველია; born on October 12, 1978) is a retired Georgian Greco-Roman wrestler and politician, an Olympic champion and a member of the Parliament of Georgia since 2008. ...

, Georgian Greco-Roman wrestler *

Manuchar Machaidze Manuchar Machaidze ( ka, მანუჩარ მაჩაიძე; russian: Манучар Доментьевич Мачаидзе, ''Manuchar Domentyevich Machaidze''; born 25 March 1949) is a Georgian former footballer who played as a mi ...

, Georgian footballer *

Manuchar Markoishvili Manuchar "Manu" Markoishvili ( ka, მანუჩარ მარკოიშვილი, born 17 November 1986) is a former Georgian professional basketball player. Early career Markoishvili as a young basketball player was very talented, and ...

, Georgian basketballer *

Manuchar Tskhadaia Manuchar Tskhadaia (მანუჩარ ცხადაია, born March 19, 1985) is a male wrestler from Georgia. He won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of th ...

, Georgian wrestler

As a surname

(used mainly in Armenian surnames) *

Armen Manucharyan Armen Manucharyan (born 3 February 1995) is an Armenian international footballer who plays as a right back, for Van. Club career Born in Yerevan, he has played club football for Banants and Pyunik. On 10 August 2020, he signed with Russian Pre ...

, Armenian footballer *

Ashot Manucharyan Ashot Manucharyan (, born 1954 in Yerevan) is an Armenian educator, democratic socialist politician, and one of the founding members of the Karabakh Committee. After the independence of Armenia from the Soviet Union in 1991, he served as Minister ...

, Armenian teacher *

Edgar Manucharyan Edgar Manucharyan ( hy, Էդգար Մանուչարյան, born 19 January 1987) is a former Armenian football player who played as a forward. Club career Ajax In early December 2004, Manucharyan joined Ajax Amsterdam. On 14 December, he too ...

, Armenian footballer * Nina Manucharyan, Armenian film actress {{given name, type=both Persian masculine given names