Iran
People of this nationality
Khosrow Bagheri
b. 1957
philosopher
Negin Shiraghaei
b. 1981
journalist
Roza Montazemi
1922 – 2009
chef
Salem Choheili
b. 1935
scribe
Mojtaba Tehrani
1933 – 2013
cleric
Masoud Moradi
b. 1965
association football referee
Hamed Komaily
b. 1982
actor
Arian Moayed
b. 1980
film director
Maryam Sedarati
b. 1950
athletics competitor
Hossein Ziai
1944 – 2011
university teacher
Edman Ayvazyan
1932 – 2020
painter
Zara Muhammadi
b. 1990
Kurdish teacher
Asghar Sharafi
b. 1942
association football player
Shiva Boloorian
b. 1979
film director
Masoud
b. 1985
disc jockey
Mahmud Panahian
1908 – 1981
Ibrahim al-Musawi al-Zanjani
1925 – 1999
Islamic jurist
Osamah Sami
b. 1983
screenwriter
Morteza Poursamadi
1952 – 2023
photographer
Reza Niknazar
b. 1980
association football player
Lilit Teryan
1930 – 2019
artist
Masoud Gholamalizad
b. 1979
association football player
Alfred Yaghobzadeh
b. 1958
journalist
Homa Hosseini
b. 1988
rower
Ezzatollah Zarghami
b. 1959
politician
Abbas Qarib
1916 – 2009
association football player
Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee
b. 1980
human rights defender
Ali Rowghani
b. 1973
entrepreneur
Sam Mahmoudi
b. 1976
journalist
Alireza Soleimani
1956 – 2014
amateur wrestler
Yashar Samimi Mofakham
b. 1979
exhibition curator
Davoud Maleki
b. 1952
weightlifter
Ahmad Saatchian
b. 1972
actor
Mina Sadati
b. 1981
actor
Nurieh Mozaffari
b. 1960
painter
Narges Kalhor
b. 1984
film director
Abdolmohammad Ayati
1926 – 2013
writer
Edmond Akhtar
b. 1972
association football player
Abu Mustafa al-Sheibani
b. 1959
smuggler
Mohammad Davoudi
b. 1989
screenwriter
Khatereh Assadi
b. 1983
actor
Ehsan Hadadi
b. 1985
athletics competitor
Khalil Maleki
1901 – 1969
politician
Amir Soltan-Ahmadi
b. 1980
marionetteist
Ali Mohammad Moadab
b. 1977
poet
Jalal Moghadam
1929 – 1996
actor
Mohammad-Hossein Moghimi
b. 1950
mechanical engineer
Hassan Ghafourifard
1943 – 2023
politician
Nima Ghavidel
b. 1984
association football player
Mohammad Mohammadi Golpayegani
b. 1943
cleric
Erfan Ahangarian
b. 1996
Haj Aqa Nourollah
1859 – 1927
akhoond
Rasoul Khorvash
b. 1953
association football player
Vahid Nemati
b. 1988
association football player
A. H. Ebtehaj
1899 – 1999
politician
Ahmad Moftizadeh
1933 – 1993
politician
Ardaszes Saginijan
1928 – 2009
boxer
Vahid Rahbani
b. 1979
actor
Mohammad Qomi
b. 1980
politician
Mohammad Reza Khalatbari
1948 – 2016
association football player
Mohammad Hossein Babagoli
b. 1997
association football player
Bijan Jazani
1938 – 1975
painter
Afsaneh Chatrenoor
b. 1998
association football player
Hasan Yousefi Afshar
b. 1966
amateur wrestler
Mahmoud Sadeghi
b. 1962
politician
Abdoulreza Soudbakhsh
1949 – 2010
physician
Ali Pourtash
film director
Hossein Hassani Sa'di
military officer
Morteza Nabavi
b. 1947
politician
Marzieh Boroumand
b. 1951
film director
Mohammad Ali Shah Abadi
1875 – 1949
mystic
Abdorrahim Jafari
1919 – 2015
publisher
Ali Niakani
1951 – 2023
association football player
Amin Faghiri
b. 1943
playwright
Naser Zejnalnija
b. 1970
amateur wrestler
Mehdi Nejad
b. 1998
amateur wrestler
Morehshin Allahyari
b. 1985
new media artist
Vida Hajebi Tabrizi
1935 – 2017
writer
Ali Khadivar
b. 1989
sprinter
Nosrat-ollah Jahanshahlou
1913 – 2012
politician
David Alliance, Baron Alliance
1932 – 2025
politician
Sima Bina
b. 1945
singer
Aria Yousefi
b. 2002
association football player
Hanif Omranzadeh
b. 1985
association football player
Mohammad Khorrami
b. 1966
physicist
Rasoul Pirzadeh
b. 1982
association football player
Saeid Esmaeili
b. 2003
amateur wrestler
Shamiram Urshan
1938 – 2011
singer
Heydar Raqabi
1931 – 1987
poet
Mohammad Mostafaei
b. 1971
human rights defender
Parviz Fannizadeh
1938 – 1980
actor
Ali Khodadadi
1946 – 2011
artist
Aqa Husayn Khwansari
1637 – 1687
philosopher
Bundar Razi
poet
Ahmad Donyamali
b. 1960
military personnel
Ali Akbar Heidari
b. 1941
amateur wrestler
Nasrollah Nasehpour
1940 – 2023
university teacher
Roya Farassat
b. 1964
painter
Musa Khan Kashi
1856 – 1939
musician
Anwar Hossein Panahi