Mehdi () is a common Arabic masculine given name, meaning "rightly guided". People having the name Mehdi are in general originating from Iran mostly and sometimes India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Azerbaijan, France, Morocco, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, United States of America.
This name is a variation of the name
Mahdi
The Mahdi ( ar, ٱلْمَهْدِيّ, al-Mahdī, lit=the Guided) is a messianic figure in Islamic eschatology who is believed to appear at the end of times to rid the world of evil and injustice. He is said to be a descendant of Muhammad w ...
which has an Arabic origin. Other, less common, variations are Medi, Mehti, Meyti.
People with the given name
Arts and entertainment
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DJ Mehdi
Mehdi Favéris-Essadi (20 January 1977 – 13 September 2011), better known by his stage name DJ Mehdi, was a French hip hop and house music producer and DJ. He was signed to the label Ed Banger Records, founded by his friend Pedro Winter, in ...
(1977–2011), French hip hop and house producer
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Mehdi Bagheri
Mehdi Bagheri ( fa, مهدی باقری), (born 16 November 1980), is an Iranian kamancheh player and composer.
Biography
Mehdi was born in Kermanshah in 1980. He began his musical endeavors by learning to play the Tonbak instructed by Ramin Ta ...
(born 1980), Iranian kamancheh player and composer
* Mehdi Bahmad, Moroccan-born Canadian singer, songwriter, producer, director, and visual artist
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Mehdi Bajestani
Mehdi Bajestani ( fa, مهدی بجستانی; born January 12, 1975) is an Iranian actor. He is best known for his performance as Saeed Hanaee in the crime thriller '' Holy Spider'' (2022).
Career
He is member of the Naqshineh Theatre group ...
(born 1974), Iranian actor
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Mehdi Bozorgmehr
Mehdi Bozorgmehr ( fa, مهدی بزرگمهر; born in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian musician and composer.
Biography
Mehdi Bozorgmehr was born in Tehran, Iran. He is a prolific composer of symphonic, choral, ensemble, arranger, children music, ...
, Iranian musician and composer
* Mehdi Charef, French-Algerian film director and screenwriter
* Mehdi Dehbi (born 1985), Belgian actor and theatre director
* Mehdi Favéris-Essadi, French-Tunisian hip hop and electro producer, better known as
DJ Mehdi
Mehdi Favéris-Essadi (20 January 1977 – 13 September 2011), better known by his stage name DJ Mehdi, was a French hip hop and house music producer and DJ. He was signed to the label Ed Banger Records, founded by his friend Pedro Winter, in ...
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Mehdi Forough
Mehdi Forough (1911–2008) was an Iranian scholar, author, dramatist, writer on dramatic arts and culture, translator, and founder of the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Tehran. A native of Esfahan, Mehdi Forough attended Danesh Sara-ye Aali in Tehr ...
(1911–2008), Iranian scholar, author, dramatist, writer on dramatic arts and culture, translator
* Mehdi Ghadyanloo (born 1981), Iranian artist, painter, and muralist
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Mehdi Halıcı
Mehdi Halıcı (born 10 April 1927 in Konya, died 8 April 2008 in İzmir) was a Turkish writer of Kurdish origin who wrote several novels and books about Kurdish and Turkish culture and history. He was also widely known as Cemşid Bender, the pse ...
(1927-2008), a Turkish writer of Kurdish origin who wrote several novels and books about Kurdish and Turkish culture and history. Also widely known as Cemşid Bender, a pseudonym he used for books and articles on Kurdish culture and history
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Mehdi Hassan
Mehdi Hassan Khan ( ur, مہدی حسن خاں , translit=) 18 July 1927 – 13 June 2012) was a Pakistani ghazal singer and playback singer for Lollywood. Widely considered one of the greatest and most influential figures in the history of gh ...
, Pakistani ghazal singer
* Mehdi Hosseini (born 1979), Persian composer of contemporary classical music
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Mehdi Khalaji
Mehdi Khalaji ( fa, مهدی خلجی, born 21 September 1973) is an Iranian-American writer, scholar of Islamic studies, political analyst and a former Shia cleric. He has been researching at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy since 20 ...
(born 1973), Iranian-American writer, scholar of Islamic studies, political analyst
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Mehdi Pakdel
Mehdi Pakdel ( fa, مهدی پاکدل, born 1 July 1980) is an Iranian actor.
Career
Mehdi Pakdel lived in his hometown until the age of 17 when he left for the capital, Tehran, to pursue a career in arts.
While studying graphic arts at the Is ...
(born 1980), Iranian actor
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Mehdi Mahdloo
Brando Mehdi Mahdloo Torkaman is an American-Italian actor, writer, screenwriter, model and startupper. In January 2021, he was included in the "best 2020 models and actors" list by the international magazine "Arts Tribune".
Private life
Ma ...
, Italian actor, model and writer
* Mehdi Mousavi (born 1976), Iranian poet
* Mehdi Norowzian, Iranian-British film director
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Mehdi Rajabian
Mehdi Rajabian ( fa, مهدی رجبیان; born October 1989) is an Iranian composer and musician. He was imprisoned for pursuing illegal musical activities in 2013. In 2019, he released the album ''Middle Eastern'' in collaboration with a numb ...
, Iranian musician
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Mehdi Sahabi
Mehdi Sahabi ( 4 February 1944 in Qasvin (Iran) – November 9, 2009 in Paris (France) ) was an Iranian translator, painter, and writer. Born in the provincial Iranian capitol of Qazvin in 1944, Sahabi translated novels originally in English, Fre ...
(1944–2009), Iranian translator, painter and writer
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Mehdi Saki
Mehdi Saki (born 1974, Khuzekstan) is an Iranian
Iranian may refer to:
* Iran, a sovereign state
* Iranian peoples, the speakers of the Iranian languages. The term Iranic peoples is also used for this term to distinguish the pan ethnic term f ...
(born 1974), Iranian actor, composer and singer
Politics
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Mehdi Abrishamchi
Mehdi Abrishamchi ( fa, مهدی ابریشمچی born in 1947 in Tehran) is a high-ranking member of the People's Mujahedin of Iran (MEK).
Early life
Abrishamchi came from a well-known anti-Shah bazaari family in Tehran, and participated i ...
, member of the People's Mujahedin of Iran (MEK) described as "the right hand man of Massoud Rajavi", the group's leader
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Mehdi Azar
Mehdi Azar (1901–1994) was an Iranian physician, professor of medicine and politician who served as the minister of culture in the period 1952–1953. In addition to his political activities he was one of the leading Iranian physicians in kidn ...
(1901–1994), Iranian physician and politician
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Mehdi Bazargan
Mehdi Bazargan ( fa, مهدی بازرگان; 1 September 1907 – 20 January 1995) was an Iranian scholar, academic, long-time pro-democracy activist and head of Iran's interim government. He was appointed prime minister in February 1979 by Aya ...
, Prime Minister of Iran in 1979
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(1920 – disappeared 29 October 1965), Moroccan politician, head of the left-wing National Union of Popular Forces (UNPF) and secretary of the Tricontinental Conference
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Mehdi Frashëri
Mehdi bey Frashëri (28 February 1872 – 25 May 1963) was an Albanian intellectual and politician. He served as Prime Minister of Albania in the 1930s and as Chairman of the Provisional Administration Committee in the Albanian puppet governm ...
(1872–1963), Albanian intellectual and politician. Served as Prime Minister of Albania in the 1930s
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Mehdi Hashemi
Mehdi Hashemi (1944 – 28 September 1987) was an Iranian Shi'a cleric who was defrocked by the Special Clerical Court. After the 1979 Iranian Revolution, he became a senior official in the Islamic Revolutionary Guards; he was executed by the ...
, Iranian cleric and senior official
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Mehdi Huseynzade
Lieutenant Mehdi Huseynzade ( az, Mehdi Hüseynzadə; russian: Мехти Гусейнзаде; 22 December 1918, in Novxanı, Azerbaijan – 2 November 1944, in Vitovlje, Slovenia) was an Azerbaijani guerrilla and scout during World War II. H ...
(1918–1944), Azerbaijani guerrilla and scout during World War II
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Mehdi Jomaa
Mehdi Jomaa ( ar, مهدي جمعة; born 21 April 1962) is a Tunisian engineer and was the acting Prime Minister of Tunisia from 29 January 2014 to 6 February 2015. He was chosen on 14 December 2013. Jomaa was Minister of Industry in the Ali ...
(born 1962), Tunisian engineer and acting Prime Minister of Tunisia
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Mehdi Karroubi
Mehdi Karroubi ( fa, مهدی کروبی, Mehdi Karrubi, born 26 September 1937) is an Iranian Shia cleric and reformist politician leading the National Trust Party. Following 2009–2010 Iranian election protests, Karroubi was put under house a ...
(born 1937), Iranian Shia cleric and reformist politician, former speaker of Parliament in Iran
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Mehdi Noorbakhsh
Mehdi Noorbakhsh ( fa, مهدی نوربخش) is an Iranian academic and political activist affiliated with the Freedom Movement of Iran.
He is a professor of international affairs & business at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology, ha ...
, Iranian academic and political activist affiliated with the Freedom Movement of Iran
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Mehdi Tabatabaei
Seyyed Mehdi Tabatabaei Shirazi ( fa, سید مهدی طباطبایی شیرازی, March 21, 1936 — May 17, 2018) was an Iranian Shia cleric and conservative politician who served as member of the Parliament of Iran from 2004 to 2008, represen ...
(1936—2018), Iranian Shia cleric and Seyyed, conservative politician who served as member of the Parliament of Iran
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Mehdi Zana
Mehdi Zana (born 20 December 1940 in Silvan) is an author and former Kurdish politician from Turkey. At: "KORT BIOGRAFI ÖVER FÖRFATTAREN OCH POLITIKERN MEHDI ZANA" He is prominent Kurdish political activist a former Mayor of Diyarbakır. Follow ...
(born 1940), Kurdish politician from Turkey
Sports
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Mehdi Abdesmad
Mehdi Abdesmad (born September 28, 1991) is a Canadian-born former American football defensive end. He played college football at Boston College.
Professional career Tennessee Titans
Abdesmad went undrafted in the 2016 NFL draft
The 201 ...
(born 1991), Canadian-born American football player in the defensive end
* Mehdi Abdi (born 1998), Iranian footballer
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Mehdi Abeid
Mehdi Abeid ( ar, مهدي عبيد; born 6 August 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for UAE Pro League club Khor Fakkan and the Algeria national team.
Early life
Abeid was born in Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis, Fran ...
(born 1992), Algerian footballer
* Mehdi Abtahi (born 1963), Iranian footballer
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Mehdi Baala
Mehdi Baala ( ar, مهدي بعلة; born 17 August 1978 in Strasbourg) is a French, middle-distance runner competing mainly in the 1500 metres event. Baala has won several major international championships medals in the 1500 metres event – ...
(born 1978), French, middle-distance runner
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Mehdi Baghdad
Mehdi Baghdad (born 13 April 1985) is a French mixed martial artist who fights out of Los Angeles, California. He previously fought for the UFC in the lightweight division. He was a contestant on The Ultimate Fighter 22: Team McGregor vs Team ...
(born 1985), French mixed martial artist
* Mehdi Bazargard (born 1979), Iranian volleyball player
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Mehdi Beneddine
Mehdi Beneddine ( ar, مهدي بن الدين; born 26 February 1996) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender for Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 club USM Alger.
Club career
Monaco
Beneddine made his debut for the Monaco ...
(born 1996), French footballer
* Mehdi Berrahma (born 1992), Moroccan footballer
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Mehdi Bouadla
Mehdi Bouadla (born 2 February 1982) is a French-Algerian professional boxer. He has challenged once each for a middleweight world title and the European super-middleweight title.
Professional career
Bouadla made his professional debut on 15 Oc ...
(born 1982), French-Algerian boxer
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Mehdi Boudjemaa
Mehdi Boudjemaa (born 7 April 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as midfielder for Turkish club Hatayspor.
Career
On 19 February 2019, Boudjemaa signed his first professional contract with Guingamp. He made his professional ...
(born 1998), French footballer
* Mehdi Boukassi (born 1996), Algerian footballer
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Mehdi Bourabia
Mehdi Bourabia (born 7 August 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Spezia. Born in France, he represents the Morocco national team.
Club career
Bourabia was born in Dijon, Côte-d'Or. He started his care ...
(born 1991), Moroccan footballer
* Mehdi Carcela, or Mehdi François Carcela-González (born 1989), Belgian-born Moroccan footballer
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Mehdi Cerbah
Mehdi Cerbah (3 April 1953 – 29 October 2021) was an Algerian footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Career
Cerbah spent most of his career playing for Algerian sides USM Alger, JS Kabylie and RC Kouba. He played one season of indoor football ...
(born 1953), Algerian footballer
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Mehdi Fonounizadeh
Mehdi Fononi Zadegan ( fa, مهدی فنونی زاده) (born 1962 in Tehran, Iran) is a retired Iranian football player.
Club career
National team
Honours
* Gold Medal winner at 1990 Asian Games, as member of the Iran national football te ...
(born 1962), Iranian footballer
* Mehdi Ghayedi (born 1998), Iranian footballer
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Mehdi Hafsi
Mehdi Jamel Labeyrie-Hafsi, known as Mehdi Labeyrie or Mehdi Hafsi (born February 23, 1978) is a former French-born Tunisian professional basketball player.
Professional career
During his pro club career, Hafsi played in the French Pro A Leagu ...
, also known as Mehdi Labeyrie (born 1978), French-born Tunisian basketball player
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Mehdi Hasan (cricketer, born 1990)
Syed Mehdi Hasan (born 3 February 1990) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Hyderabad. He made his Twenty20 debut on 10 January 2016 in the 2015–16 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. In January 2018, he was bought by the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 2018 ...
, Indian cricketer
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Mehdi Hasheminasab
Seyyed Mehdi Hasheminasab ( fa, سید مهدی هاشمینسب; born January 27, 1974) is a retired Iranian footballer.
Club career
He served his golden days in Persepolis and Esteghlal.
Club career statistics
International career
After ...
(born 1973), Iranian footballer
* Mehdi Jannatov (born 1992), Azerbaijani footballer
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Mehdi Kadi
Mehdi Kadi (born 21 September 1994) is a French footballer who plays as a forward
Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward.
Forward may also refer to:
People
* Forward (surname)
Sports
* Forward (association football)
* ...
(born 1994), French footballer
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Mehdi Khalil
Mehdi Salim Khalil ( ar, مهدي سليم خليل, ; born 19 September 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Ahed and the Lebanon national team. Khalil is known as "the Mountain" () because of his height.
K ...
, Lebanese footballer
* Mehdi Khodabakhshi (born 1991), Iranian-born Serb Taekwondo practitioner.
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Mehdi Lacen
Medhi Gregory Giuseppe Lacen ( ar, مهدي لحسن; born 15 March 1984) is an Algerian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
After starting out at Laval, he spent most of his professional career in Spain, repres ...
, Algerian football player
* Mehdi Lehaire (born 2000), Belgian footballer
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Mehdi Léris
Mehdi Pascal Marcel Léris (born 23 May 1998) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Serie A club Sampdoria and the Algeria national team.
Club career
Léris caught the eye of A.C. ChievoVerona in an amateur showcas ...
(born 1998), French footballer
* Mehdi Leroy, French football player
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Mehdi Mahdavikia
Mehdi Mahdavikia ( fa, ; born 24 July 1977) is an Iranian professional football coach and former player usually played as a right winger or right back.
He is currently under contract by Hamburger SV as a youth coach, and also manages his own y ...
, Iranian footballer
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Mehdi Mehdipour
Mehdi Mehdipour ( fa, مهدی مهدیپور; born February 18, 1994) is an Iranian footballer who played as a midfielder for Persian Gulf Pro League club Esteghlal.
Style of play
Mehdipour is a central midfielder, but can play as a defens ...
(born 1994), Iranian footballer
* Mehdi Méniri (born 1977), Algerian footballer
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Mehdi Meriah
Mehdi Meriah (born 5 June 1979) is a retired Tunisian football (soccer) player who played as a left back or a midfielder.
He was called up to the Tunisia national football team, Tunisian national team to participate in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, ...
(born 1979), Tunisian footballer
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Mehdi Momeni
Mehdi Momeni Larimi ( fa, مهدی مومنی) is an Iranian footballer who currently plays for Machine Sazi in the Persian Gulf Pro League.
Club career
Momeni joined Foolad
Foolad Khuzestan Football Club ( fa, باشگاه فوتبال � ...
, Iranian footballer
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Mehdi Nafti
Mehdi Ben Sadok Nafti ( ar, مهدي النفطي; born 28 November 1978) is a Tunisian football manager and former player.
Nafti played as a defensive midfielder for Toulouse, Racing Santander, Birmingham City, Aris, Valladolid, Murcia and C ...
, Tunisian footballer
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Mehdi Ouertani
Mehdi Ouertani ( ar, مهدي الورتاني; born 17 June 1990) is a Tunisian footballer. Mehdi Ouertani has also the Algerian nationality from his mother, He is considered as a local player from the Algerian league.
Career
In 2017, he joi ...
(born 1990), Tunisian footballer
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Mehdi Pashazadeh
Mehdi Pashazadeh ( fa, مهدی پاشازاده, born 27 December 1973) is an Iranian football coach and former player who played as a defender. He played for several clubs, including Esteghlal Tehran, Bayer Leverkusen (Germany), Fortuna Köl ...
(born 1973), Iranian footballer and football coach
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Mehdi Rahmati
Seyed Mehdi Rahmati Oskuei ( fa, سید مهدی رحمتی اسکویی; born February 3, 1983) is an Iranian football coach and former player who currently manages Aluminium Arak in the Persian Gulf Pro League. He played for the Iran nationa ...
, Iranian footballer
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Mehdi Salehpour
Mehdi Salehpour ( fa, مهدی صالحپور, born August 25, 1975, in Tehran) is an Iranian footballer. He has played for both Esteghlal and Persepolis. He won 2001–02 Hazfi Cup with Esteghlal and played for Persepolis in 2004–05 Ira ...
(born 1975), Iranian footballer
* Mehdi Sharifi (born 1992), Iranian footballer
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Mehdi Tahrat
Mehdi Jean Tahrat (born Mehdi Serge Jean; 24 January 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back and defensive midfielder for club Troyes. Born in France, he plays for the Algeria national team.
Club career
In July 2014, aft ...
(born 1990), Algerian footballer
* Mehdi Taj, Iranian sports executive and administrator
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Mehdi Taremi
Mehdi Taremi ( fa, مهدی طارمی; born 18 July 1992) is an Iranian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Primeira Liga club Porto and the Iran national team.
A late bloomer, he begun his career at Shahin Bushehr and Iranja ...
(born 1992), Iranian footballer
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Mehdi Terki
Mehdi Terki (born 27 September 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ratchaburi in Thai League 1. Born in France, he has represented Algeria at youth level.
Club career
On 10 January 2022, Terki signed with Swift Hesper ...
(born 1991), Algerian footballer
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Mehdi Tikdari
Mehdi Tikdari ( ; born July 12, 1996) is an Iranian football player who plays as a right back for Gol Gohar Sirjan in the Persian Gulf Pro League.
Club career
Tractor
Mehdi Tikdari extended her contract with this team for five seasons in D ...
(born 1996), Iranian footballer
* Mehdi Torabi (born 1994), Iranian footballer
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Mehdi Torkaman
Mehdi Torkaman ( fa, مهدی ترکمان; born March 8, 1989) is an Iranian footballer who plays as a left back for Mes Rafsanjan in the Persian Gulf Pro League.
Club career
Saipa
He made his debut for Saipa
SAIPA ( fa, سایپا, ''SAI ...
(born 1989), Iranian footballer
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Mehdi Yaghoubi
Mohammad Mahdi Yaghoubi ( fa, محمدمهدی یعقوبی; 2 April 1930 – 25 September 2021) was an Iranian bantamweight freestyle wrestler. He competed at the 1952, 1956 and 1960 Olympics and won a silver medal in 1956. He also won a bronze ...
(born 1930), Iranian bantamweight freestyle wrestler
* Mehdi Zamani, Iranian sprint athlete
* Mehdi Zatout (born 1983), Algerian-French Muay Thai kickboxer
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Mehdi Zeffane
Mehdi Embareck Zeffane ( ar, مهدي إمبارك زفان; born 19 May 1992) is a professional footballer with Ligue 1 club Clermont. He plays primarily as a right-back, but has also been used as a left winger or left midfielder. Born in Fra ...
(born 1992), Algerian footballer
Others
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Mehdi Aminrazavi
Mehdi Aminrazavi (born September 22, 1957) is an Iranian scholar of philosophy and mysticism. He is the Kurt Leidecker Chair in Asian Studies and a professor of philosophy and religion as well as director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies Pr ...
, Iranian scholar of philosophy and mysticism
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Mehdi Ashraphijuo
Mehdi Ashraphijuo (Medi Ash) is an Iranian-American mathematician, financial risk manager, academic and writer, residing in New York City. Ash is currently a vice president and executive director at Goldman Sachs and an adjunct assistant professor ...
, American mathematician, financial risk manager and writer
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Mehdi Bahadori
Mehdi N. Bahadori (Persian: مهدی بهادرینژاد) (born 1933, Tehran) is a professor of mechanical engineering at Sharif University of Technology. His research specialties include solar energy applications and passive cooling of bu ...
(born 1933), Iranian professor of mechanical engineering
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Mehdi Bayat
Mehdigholi Bayat (born 6 January 1979 in Tehran) is a French-Iranian sports administrator who serves as president of the Royal Belgian Football Association and managing director of Royal Charleroi Sporting Club.
Career
Born in Tehran and rai ...
(born 1979), French-Iranian businessman, president of the Royal Belgian Football Association
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Mehdi Dibaj
Mehdi Dibaj (1935 – June/July 1994) was an Iranian Christian convert from Shia Islam, pastor and Christian martyr.
Background
Dibaj became a Christian as a young man and joined the Presbyterian church, but years later, he joined the church o ...
(1935–1994), Iranian Christian convert from Shia Islam, pastor and Christian martyr
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Mehdi Golshani
Mehdi Golshani (Persian: مهدی گلشنی, born 1939 in Isfahan, Iran) is a contemporary Iranian theoretical physicist, academic, scholar, philosopher and distinguished professor at Sharif University of Technology.
He is also member of Irani ...
, Iranian theoretical physicist
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Mehdi Ghezali
Mehdi Mohammad Ghezali ( ar, مهدي محمد غزالي), in media previously known as the Cuban-Swede ( sv, Kubasvensken), is a Swedish citizen of Algerian and Finnish descent who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States G ...
, Swedish bank robber
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Mehdi Hasan
Mehdi Raza Hasan (born July 1979) is a British-American political journalist, broadcaster and author of Indian descent.
Hasan has been the host of ''The Mehdi Hasan Show'' on Peacock since October 2020 and on MSNBC since February 2021.
In ...
(born 1979), British-American journalist, broadcaster and author
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Mehdi Hasan (Pakistani journalist)
Mehdi Hasan ( ur, مہدی حسن) ''SI'' was a Pakistani left-wing journalist, media historian, and acedemian.Mehdi Kazemi
Mehdi Kazemi (مهدی کاظمی, born 1989) is an Iranian man who is wanted in Iran for sodomy. Originally in the UK to study, he was granted asylum by Britain in 2008.
Background
Since the 1979 Iranian revolution, the legal code has been based ...
, Iranian asylum seeker in the UK
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Mehdi Khalaji
Mehdi Khalaji ( fa, مهدی خلجی, born 21 September 1973) is an Iranian-American writer, scholar of Islamic studies, political analyst and a former Shia cleric. He has been researching at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy since 20 ...
, Iranian journalist
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Mehdi Khazali
Mehdi Khazali ( fa, مهدی خزعلی, also Romanized as Mahdi Khazali; born November 25, 1965) is an Iranian publisher, physician, blogger and son of a leading right-wing cleric and former Counsel of Guardians member, Ayatollah Abolghasem Khazal ...
(born 1965), publisher, physician, blogger
* Mehdi Sadaghdar, also known as ElectroBOOM, Iranian-Canadian electrical engineer, YouTuber and comedian
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Mehdi Semsar
Mehdi Semsar (1929–2003) was a prominent Iranian journalist and translator.
Life and career
Mehdi Semsar was born in 1929 in Bushehr a port of Persian Gulf. He passed his childhood and high school studies in Shiraz, the capital of Fars Provi ...
(1929–2003), Iranian journalist and translator
* Mehdi Shahbazi, American businessman
People with the middle name
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Mohamed Mehdi Hasan
Mohamed Mehdi Hasan (born 14 September 1971) is a Bangladeshi sprinter. He competed in the men's 400 metres at the 1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 19 ...
(born 1971), Bangladeshi Olympic sprinter
* Mohammad Mehdi Mehdikhani (born 1997), Iranian footballer
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Parvaiz Mehdi Qureshi
Air Chief Marshal Parvaiz Mehdi Qureshi ( ur, ; born 1 October 1943) best known as PQ Mehdi, is a retired four-star air officer and a former fighter pilot who served as the eighth Chief of Air Staff (CAS) of the Pakistan Air Force, appoint ...
(born 1943), Pakistani retired four-star air officer and a fighter pilot who served as the eighth Chief of Air Staff (CAS) of the Pakistan Air Force
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Syed Mehdi Shah
Syed Mehdi Shah is a Pakistan Politician who is currently Serving as the Governor of Gilgit Baltistan and Previously was the first Chief minister of Gilgit-Baltistan. The post was created under Presidential Order For Govrnance 2009 for Gilg ...
, first Chief minister of Gilgit-Baltistan.
People with the surname
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Aga Syed Mehdi
Aga Syed Mehdi (19 February 1959 – 3 November 2000) was a prominent Kashmiri Shia leader and social activist. He was son of Aga Syed Mustafa Moosavi. He was assassinated in an IED blast on Friday 3 November 2000.
Life and education
Ag ...
(1959–2000), Kashmiri Shia leader and social activist
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Amir Mehdi
Amir Mehdi (sometimes spelled Amir Mahdi, and also known as Hunza Mehdi) was a Pakistani mountaineer and porter known for being part of the team which managed the first successful ascent of Nanga Parbat in 1953, and of K2 in 1954 with an Italia ...
(or Amir Mahdi, and also known as Hunza Mehdi), Pakistani mountaineer
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Anisa Mehdi
Anisa Marie Mehdi is an Iraqi-Canadian film director and journalist.
She graduated from Wellesley College in 1978 and obtained her master's degree in journalism from Columbia University.
She worked as an associate producer at CBS News in New Yor ...
, Iraqi-Canadian film director and journalist
* Asif Mehdi (born 1966), Pakistani ghazal and playback singer
* Eqbal Mehdi (1946–2008), Pakistani painter
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Georges Mehdi
Kastriot "Georges" Mehdi (1934 in Cannes, France – November 6, 2018 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) was a Brazilian judoka of French ascendance, considered one of the most prominent practitioners of judo in Brazil.
Biography Early career
Born in Can ...
(1934–2018), Brazilian judoka of French descent
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M. T. Mehdi
Mohammed (or Mohammad) Taki Mehdi, commonly M. T. Mehdi (January 6, 1928 - February 23, 1998) was an Arab-American based in New York and one of the earliest pro-Palestinian activists in the United States, and firm in his defense of the Palesti ...
(1928-1998), Iraqi-American politician and pro-Palestinian activist based in New York
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Parvez Mehdi
Parvez Mehdi, born Pervez Akhtar (1947 – 29 August 2005) was a Pakistani ghazal singer.
Early life
Parvez Mehdi was born Pervez Akhtar in Lahore in 1947. He was trained in music by his father Bashir Hussain Rahi, who was also a singer.
Ca ...
, born Pervez Akhtar (1947–2005), Pakistani ghazal singer
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Qasim Mehdi
S. Qasim Mehdi (or Syed Qasim Mehdi; 13 February 1941 – 28 September 2016) was a renowned Pakistani molecular biologist who worked in population genetics. He was a founding member of the Human Genome Diversity Project (HGDP) with prominent r ...
, Pakistani molecular biologist and population genetics
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Sahim Saleh Mehdi
Sahim Saleh Mehdi (born 17 October 1967) is a former South Yemen athlete, who competed at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games
The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko ...
(born 1967), South Yemen athlete
* Tanvir Mehdi (born 1972), Pakistani cricketer
Medhi (disambiguation) Medhi is a village in the Palghar district of Maharashtra, India.
Medhi may refer to:
Given name
* Medhi Benatia, (born 1987), Moroccan footballer
* Medhi Bouzzine (born 1984), French pair skater
Surname
* Bishnuram Medhi (1888–1981), Indian p ...