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List of Iranians

This is an alphabetic list of notable people from Iran or its historical predecessors.

In the news

Artists

See also: List of Iranian artists

Calligraphists

Cartoonists

Cinema artists

Actors

Directors and filmmakers

Film score composers

Theatre artists

Designers

Fashion designers

Graphic designers

Entertainers

Comedians

Dancers

Music video directors

Choreographers

  • Nima Kiann

Musicians and singers

See also: List of Iranian musicians

Classical

See also: List of Iranian composers
Iranian Classical/traditional
Modern / traditional
Western Classical

Electronic

Pop

(Sorted according to the first letter of the most famous name)

Rap music

  • Hichkas
  • Zedbazi
  • Yas
  • Shahin Najafi
  • Bahram
  • Erfan
Lyricists

Rock/metal

Painters, illustrators and sculptors

See also: List of Iranian painters

Photographers

Theatre artists

Stage actors and actresses

Theatre directors

Journalism/media

Bloggers

Journalists

Television personalities

  • Adel Ferdosipour, football announcer, Navad program
  • Ali Akbar Abdolrashidi, correspondent, commentator, anchorman
  • Mehrdad Kia, T.V. and Radio Broadcaster and executive producer in television and music industry.
  • Alireza Jafarzadeh, Foreign Affairs Analyst, Fox News
  • Asieh Namdar, news anchor at CNN
  • Christiane Amanpour, television journalist, CNN
  • Fereydoun Farrokhzad, TV personality and opposition figure
  • Jian Ghomeshi, musician, writer, and former CBC radio broadcaster
  • Maryam Namazi, news anchor at Al Jazeera (English section)
  • Reza Fazeli, actor, film director and opposition figure
  • Rudi Bakhtiar, news anchor, formerly with CNN and Fox News

Leaders and politicians

The list here excludes the royalty. An extensive list of Persian royalty appears further down in this page.

See also Ministerial Head of Government in Iran Heads of Government of Iran (1699-1907) and List of Prime Ministers of Iran.

Historical (pre-Pahlavi Dynasty)

  • Abdol Hossein Mirza Farmanfarma, prime minister, multiple other roles
  • Abu Muslim, leader of the Persian uprising against Arabs
  • Amir-Kabir, Grand Vizier
  • Babak Khorram Din, leader of the Persian uprising against Arabs
  • Bagher Khan, constitutionalist leader
  • Bozorgmehr, sage and Grand Vizier of Sasanids
  • Dr Talequani Heshmat, Jangali leader and ally of Mirza Kuchek Khan
  • Fazlollah Noori, conservative clergy opposing Constitutionalists; hanged
  • Ghaem Magham Farahani, prime minister
  • Hassan-e-Sabbah, sectarian political leader
  • Kaveh the blacksmith, mythical leader and liberator against the rule of Zahhak, an Arab king
  • Mahmud Khan Puladeen, senior military general
  • Maziar, son of Karan; leader of the Persian uprising against Arabs
  • Mirza Kuchek Khan, constitutionalist leader of Guilan
  • Mirza Mehdi Khan Astarabadi, Nader Shah's Chief Minister
  • Mirza Reza Kermani, assassinated Nasereddin Shah
  • Mohammad Khiabani, popular leader during Constitutionalist Revolution
  • Mohammad Mossadegh, prime minister
  • Mostowfi ol-Mamalek, prime minister
  • Nosrat Dowleh Firouz Mirza, provincial governor
  • Safi-ad-din Ardabili, spiritual founder of Safavid dynasty
  • Sattar Khan, constitutionalist leader

Modern (post-Qajar)

Pahlavi period

Served in Islamic Republic government

See also: List of current Iranian officials

Not served or opposition

Other nations

Literature figures

Authors and poets

Main article: Persian literature

Translators

  • Abdolmajid Eskandari, academic and translator
  • Ali Akbar Abdolrashidi, author and translator
  • Karim Emami, author and translator
  • Majid M. Naini, author and translator
  • Mohammad Ghazi, translator
  • Shahrokh Meskoob, author and translator

Religious figures

See List of Marjas.
See List of Ayatollahs.

Royalty

See comprehensive list of Persian/Iranian royalty.

Scientists, scholars, and academics

See comprehensive List of Iranian scientists and engineers of the pre-modern age.

See comprehensive List of Iranian scientists and engineers of the modern age.

Architects and Mi'mars

See also: List of Iranian architects and List of historical Iranian architects

Explorers and travellers

  • Ahmad ibn Rustah, 10th-century Persian explorer of Russia, Scandinavia and Arabia
  • Naser Khosrow, traveller, writer and poet

Historians, archaeologists and Iranologists

Linguists

Intellectuals and philosophers

  • See main list: List of pre-modern Iranian scientists and scholars
  • See main list: List of contemporary Iranian scientists, scholars, and engineers

Technology

  • Rouzbeh Yassini, Inventor of the Cable Modem
  • Amir Taaki, hacker, computer programmer and early developer for Bitcoin
  • Habib Zargarpour, visual effects specialist, video game art director
  • Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO of Uber, former CEO of Expedia

Sports

Iranian women

See separate articles: Persian woman and List of Persian women.

  • Shima Mehri, Harley Davidson biker
  • Behnaz Shafiei, motocross rider

Other

Famous Iranians of Armenian Descent

See also: List of Armenian-Iranians

Famous Iranians of Assyrian descent

See also: List of Assyrian-Iranians

Emigrants and immigrants

Americans in Iran

Germans in Iran

Iranians in America

See separate article: List of Iranian Americans.

Iranians in Canada

See article: Iranian-Canadian

Iranians in Britain

List of British Iranians

Iranians in Germany

Iranians in Germany

Iranians in Australia

Iranian Australian

Iranians in the Netherlands

Iranians in the Netherlands

Iranians in Sweden

Iranians in Sweden

Iranians in Egypt

Iranians in Pakistan

  • Nusrat Bhutto, Iranian father and mother moved with family to Karachi, British India, before partition; married Zulfikar Ali Bhutto; father of Benazir Bhutto

Persian Roman Catholic saints

See article List of Persian Roman Catholic saints

See also

References

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