Iran
People of this nationality
Abbas Akhoundi
b. 1957
politician
Dariush Mikaeili
association football player
Ali Abdolalizadeh
b. 1954
diplomat
Salaheddin Bayani
b. 1938
politician
Bijan Daneshmand
b. 1958
actor
Qasem Soleimani
1957 – 2020
army officer
Amir Mehdizadeh
b. 1989
karateka
Zhalah Isfahani
1921 – 2007
poet
Kyanoush Ayari
b. 1951
film director
Eghbal Hamidy
b. 1960
engineer
Reza Anduz
b. 1965
amateur wrestler
Kaykhosro Pournazeri
b. 1944
musician
Awliya Allah Amuli
historian
Ali Khamenei
1939 – 2026
Islamic jurist
Mohammad Hadi Ghazanfari Khansari
b. 1957
akhoond
Hossein Qollar-Aqasi
1902 – 1966
painter
Amir Mashhadi Abbas
b. 1980
film director
Khosrow Qashqai
1917 – 1982
politician
Iraj Bastami
1957 – 2003
singer
Leila Otadi
b. 1983
actor
Amir Mazloum
b. 1996
association football player
Nahid Moslemi
b. 1955
actor
Hadi Shariati
b. 1980
film director
Soraya Serajeddini
1960 – 2006
human rights defender
Mahmoud Mehrmohammadi
b. 1958
teacher
Mehdi Aliyari
b. 1989
amateur wrestler
Habib Aghajari
b. 1953
politician
Majid Movaghar
1898 – 1968
politician
Mohammad Reza Mohajeri
b. 1964
association football player
Mehdi Kiani
b. 1987
association football player
Alireza Hajghasem
1943 – 1983
association football player
Manoochehr Aryanpur Kashani
1929 – 2021
lexicographer
Homa Nategh
1934 – 2016
historian
Hossein Saffar Harandi
b. 1953
politician
Hamid Enayat
1932 – 1982
philosopher
Vahab Saalabi
b. 1901
athletics competitor
Hadi Dehghani
b. 1990
association football player
Abbas Saeidi Tanha
b. 1981
sport cyclist
Ana Barati
b. 1984
wrestling coach
Maral Mohammadian
film producer
Abbas Ghasemi
b. 1982
association football player
Alireza Akbari
1961 – 2023
military personnel
Mehdi Daghagheleh
b. 1990
association football player
Mohammad Hossein Ziaei
association football player
Reza Abedini
b. 1967
graphic designer
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
1934 – 2017
politician
Maryam Azmoon
b. 1973
association football coach
Hamdamsaltaneh Pahlavi
1903 – 1992
Mojtaba Ramezani
b. 1989
association football player
Sahand Sahebdivani
b. 1980
actor
Hassan Khomeini
b. 1972
politician
Ebrahim Chehrazi
1908 – 2011
psychiatrist
Yousef Alikhani
b. 1975
writer
Shahriyar Jamshidi
b. 1971
musician
Mohammad Saeedi
b. 2000
politician
Hossein Nateghi
b. 1987
sport cyclist
Soheil Rahmani
b. 1988
association football player
Mostafa Mohaqeq Damad
b. 1945
akhoond
Hassan Yektapanah
b. 1963
film director
Raheleh Rahemipour
b. 1950
human rights defender
Rafat Bayat
b. 1958
politician
Amir Hossein Rabii
1931 – 1979
military personnel
Elshan Moradi
b. 1985
chess player
'Ali Ashraf
b. 1708
painter
Parviz Abnar
b. 1958
artist
Majid Aflaki
b. 1973
taekwondo athlete
Mehrad Atashi
b. 1986
basketball player
Ali Asghar Asiabari
karateka
Mehdi Shahrokhi
b. 1985
athletics competitor
Homayoon Kazerooni
inventor
Taqi Tabatabaei Qomi
1923 – 2016
cleric
Hamed Zamani
b. 1989
association football player
Nazgol Ansarinia
b. 1979
artist
Mohammad-Hassan Malekmadani
b. 1955
politician
Abbas Jadidi
b. 1969
amateur wrestler
Ali Ozmaei
military leader
Zaman Molla
b. 1979
table tennis player
Bijan Allipour
1949 – 2023
entrepreneur
Abdolmajid Mahdavi Damghani
scientist
Elham Farahmand
b. 1993
association football player
Saeid Mehdipour
b. 1987
association football player
Hassan Ghassemieh
b. 1292
Farhad Fakhreddini
b. 1938
conductor
Ahmadreza Ahmadi
1940 – 2023
poet
Insha-Allah Rahmati
b. 1966
philosopher
Salar al-Dawla
1880 – 1959
Qasim Ali Zahir Nejad
1924 – 1999
Alireza Shameli
b. 1999
squash player
Abdul Aziz Mollazadeh
1916 – 1987
Islamic jurist
Movayyed Hoseini Sadr
b. 1970
politician
Davoud Abedinzadeh
b. 1986
amateur wrestler
Seyed Khalil Alinezhad
1968 – 2001
musician
Noor Ali Tabandeh
1927 – 2019
Muslim
Gholam Reza Afkhami
1936 – 2024
historian
Fakhr-ol-Dowleh
1883 – 1955
entrepreneur
Ali Akbar Moinfar
1928 – 2018
politician
Hubaysh-i Tiflisi
physician
Erfan Khani
b. 1999
association football player
Saleh Foroutan
b. 1994
basketball player
Mehdi Bahadori
b. 1933
mechanical engineer