Iran
People of this nationality
Maziar Zare
b. 1984
association football player
Abdolali Ali Asghari
b. 1958
politician
Fatemeh Safarastgu
b. 2003
association football player
Safdar Rahmat Abadi
politician
Farideh Moradkhani
b. 1971
human rights defender
Farhad Rahbar
b. 1959
economist
Negin Kianfar
b. 1969
film director
Makan Nasiri
2019 – 2026
Mojtaba Zonnour
b. 1963
politician
Shabnam Moghaddami
b. 1972
actor
Pirhossein Kolivand
b. 1971
politician
Salome MC
b. 1985
rapper
Hossein Nouri
b. 1990
amateur wrestler
Shahin Farhat
b. 1947
composer
Mahsa Javar
b. 1994
rower
Hamid Chitchian
b. 1957
politician
Abdol-Hamid Masoumi-Tehrani
ayatollah
Mir-Taher Mazloomi
b. 1975
actor
Mohammad Samimi
b. 1987
athletics competitor
Karim Bavi
1964 – 2022
association football player
Hossein Behroozinia
b. 1962
musician
Elham Malekpoor Arashlu
b. 1983
human rights defender
Mohssain Tabatabaie
b. 1927
weightlifter
Musa Nuri Esfandiari
1915 – 1971
diplomat
Akbar Abdi
1960 – 2026
actor
Jahangir Tafazzoli
1921 – 1991
journalist
Mohammad Miri
b. 1990
association football player
`Alí-Akbar Furútan
1905 – 2003
historian
Ali Hazzami
b. 1996
association football player
Seyyed Mohammadi Ali Mosavi
b. 1952
politician
Colonel Pessian
1892 – 1921
military personnel
Soleiman Khan Meykadeh
1868 – 1932
politician
Pirayeh Pourafar
musician
Rahim Rostami
b. 1991
Baháʼu'lláh
1817 – 1892
writer
Mehran Karimi Nasseri
1945 – 2022
memoirist
Steven Beitashour
b. 1987
association football player
Mohammad Reza Adelkhani
b. 1947
association football player
Abdollah Veisi
b. 1971
association football player
Ali Parvin
b. 1947
association football player
Sadegh Aliakbarzadeh
1932 – 2007
boxer
Mahmoud Reza Pahlavi
1926 – 2001
Sirous Roshani
1928 – 1981
Baháʼí Faith
Maziar Behrooz
b. 1959
historian
Khalil Mobasher Kashani
b. 1951
akhoond
Camelia Fallah
b. 2002
association football player
Fereydoun Rahnema
1939 – 1975
film director
Mir-Hossein Mousavi
b. 1941
politician
Mohammad Hossein Barkhah
b. 1977
weightlifter
Farshad Alizadeh
b. 1985
amateur wrestler
Mohammad-Ali Hosseini
b. 1969
politician
Andranik Madadian
b. 1958
singer
Sayed Hassan Amin
b. 1948
professor
Ali lotfi
film director
Shojaat Ghane
b. 1975
chess player
Fatemeh Sharif
b. 1986
futsal coach
Amir Ali Hajizadeh
1962 – 2025
military leader
Ako Kurdnasab
b. 1901
journalist
Amir Hossein Arman
b. 1982
actor
Moussa Zargar
1935 – 2020
politician
Mahmud Muzahhib
painter
Mahmoud Bahmani
b. 1947
economist
Farnaz Fassihi
b. 1971
journalist
Mohammad Hossein Akbari
b. 1950
tennis player
Vartan Gregorian
1934 – 2021
university teacher
Reza Sahebi
b. 1972
association football player
Mansour Ebrahimzadeh
b. 1956
association football player
Abdul Reza Pahlavi
1924 – 2004
businessperson
Atefeh Amir-Ebrahimi
politician
Mehdi Mohammadzadeh
b. 1994
association football player
Mehdi Jahangiri Koohshahi
b. 1971
banker
Esmail Babolian
mathematician
Youhannan Semaan Issayi
1914 – 1999
Catholic priest
Khosrow Hassanzadeh
1963 – 2023
painter
Maryam Akbari Monfared
b. 1975
human rights defender
Sheema Kalbasi
b. 1972
poet
Rouhollah Samieinia
b. 1979
association football player
Haydar Khan e Amo-oghli
1880 – 1921
politician
Hossein Taeb
b. 1963
military personnel
Yaghoub Karimi
b. 1991
association football player
Yasmine Pahlavi
b. 1968
lawyer
Lotfollah Meisami
b. 1940
petroleum engineer
Mohammad Ali Baniasadi
b. 1955
designer
Mehdi Abtahi
b. 1963
futsal player
Ahmad Salehi
b. 1972
association football player
Ali Ashkani
b. 1978
amateur wrestler
Hushang Hamidi
b. 1973
politician
Ahmad Kamyabi Mask
b. 1943
translator
Mohammad Reza Azadi
b. 1999
association football player
Mohammadreza Abbasi
b. 1996
association football player
Hassan Zia-Zarifi
1939 – 1975
revolutionary
Mohammad Hassan Zolfaghari
2000 – 2013
basketball coach
Taghi Amirani
b. 1960
physicist
Mohsen Hojaji
1991 – 2017
military advisor
Mohammad Taqi Khan Shirazi
Gholamhossein Farzami
1945 – 2025
association football player
Mohammad Hossein Emad
b. 1957
artist
Rasoul Yunan
b. 1969
novelist
Seyed Hadi Panzevan
b. 1975
weightlifter
Amirhossein Mehmandoust
b. 2002
taekwondo