Iran
People of this nationality
Farshid Mesghali
b. 1943
painter
Mehdi Bayani
1906 – 1968
calligrapher
Javad Sa'd al-Dowleh
1856 – 1929
politician
Mojtaba Haghdoust
b. 1996
association football player
Abdullah Musawi Shirazi
1892 – 1984
akhoond
Jalil Rasouli
b. 1947
calligrapher
Sina Movahed
b. 2010
chess player
Fatemeh Amineh Borazjani
b. 1997
association football player
Ali Akbar Mehrabian
b. 1975
politician
Jamal Sadatian
b. 1956
film producer
Behrooz Abdolvand
b. 1956
economist
Fereydoun Farrokhzad
1938 – 1992
poet
Qasem Soleimani Dashtaki
b. 1955
politician
Nasrollah Soltaninejad
wrestler
Mohammad Aghajanpour
b. 1997
association football player
Majid Jalali
b. 1956
association football player
Mojtaba Taghavi
b. 1968
association football player
Jamshid Mashayekhi
1934 – 2019
actor
Farzaneh Kaboli
b. 1949
actor
Meisam Mostafa-Jokar
b. 1985
amateur wrestler
Parviz PoorHosseini
1941 – 2020
actor
Kazem Rahimi
b. 1942
association football player
Avaz Azmoudeh
b. 1901
athletics competitor
Homayoun Salimi
b. 1948
painter
Fakhroddin Ahmadi
b. 1955
politician
Sayyid Jamal al-Din Va'iz
1862 – 1908
journalist
Saeed Malekpour
b. 1975
engineer
Atefeh Naami
1985 – 2022
Ahad Dżawan Saleh
b. 1965
amateur wrestler
Rudolf Macúch
1919 – 1993
historian
Alireza Akbarpour
b. 1973
association football player
Mohammad Emami-Kashani
1931 – 2024
politician
Abolhassan Saba
1902 – 1957
composer
Mirza Abdollah
1843 – 1918
music educator
Alireza Rezaei
b. 1999
association football player
Omid Abolhassani
b. 1988
association football player
Sirous Dinmohammadi
b. 1970
association football player
Javad Shahrestani
1924 – 2016
politician
Yadollah Samadi
1951 – 2018
screenwriter
Reza Baziari
b. 1973
association football player
Masoud Molavi Vardanjani
1986 – 2019
journalist
Ali Akbar Rashad
b. 1955
philosopher
Alireza Dabir
b. 1977
amateur wrestler
Ustad Ali Maryam
b. 1900
architect
Behrouz Pakniat
b. 1977
association football player
Meysam Khosravi
b. 1983
association football player
Armita Abbasi
b. 2001
Mohamad Rashnonezhad
b. 1996
judoka
Avid Larizadeh Duggan
academic
Saeid Alihosseini
b. 1988
weightlifter
Saeid Abdevali
b. 1989
amateur wrestler
Zakaria Moradi
b. 1998
association football player
Asadollah Lajevardi
1935 – 1998
politician
Mohammad Ghaseminejad
b. 1989
association football player
Behzad Khodadad
b. 1981
taekwondo athlete
Jalal Talebi
b. 1942
association football player
Jasem Amiri
b. 1987
amateur wrestler
Gholam-Hossein Tabrizi
1885 – 1980
Mohsen Safaei Farahani
b. 1948
politician
Reza Mohammadi Langroudi
1928 – 2020
religious leader
Majid Abdolhosseini
b. 1972
mixed martial arts fighter
Emad Behavar
b. 1978
politician
Abbas Fallah
b. 1976
judoka
Shirin Ebadi
b. 1947
judge
Ali Landi
2006 – 2021
teenager
Hassan Nayebagha
b. 1950
association football player
Mobina Heidari
b. 2001
karateka
Abd al-Hosayn Ayati
1871 – 1953
poet
Bita Elahian
filmmaker
Ahmad Khonsari
1891 – 1985
akhoond
Ali Abdolmaleki
b. 1988
singer
Aref Aghasi
b. 1997
association football player
Mohsen Karimi
b. 1994
association football player
Lotfollah Safi Golpaygani
1919 – 2022
ulema
Ali Shahrokhi
b. 1988
athletics competitor
Abdolali Lotfi
1881 – 1956
politician
Sepehr Mohammadi
b. 1989
association football player
Behrad AliKonari
b. 1994
singer
Milad Abtahi
b. 1992
association football player
Issa Zarepour
b. 1980
politician
Mahmoud Namjoo
1918 – 1990
weightlifter
Lobat Vala
b. 1930
journalist
Abolqasem Najm
1892 – 1981
diplomat
Homayoun Shajarian
b. 1975
singer
Parvin Ardalan
b. 1967
journalist
Zohreh Elahian
b. 1968
politician
Mehran Broumand
b. 1974
film director
Mehdi Ghorbani
b. 1988
boxer
Yasubedin Rastegar Jooybari
b. 1940
akhoond
Habiballah Esmaili
b. 1344
historian
Navíd Akhavan
b. 1980
actor
Tohid Gholami
b. 1991
association football player
Fereydun Gole
1942 – 2005
film director
Iman Maleki
b. 1976
painter
Farzad Sharifian
1964 – 2020
linguist
Mahafarid Amir Khosravi
1969 – 2014
entrepreneur
Ja'far Kavian
1895 – 1975
politician
Mahmoud Zoufonoun
1920 – 2013
composer
Maral Yazarloo
b. 1981
fashion designer
Hessam Abrishami
b. 1951
sculptor