Iran
People of this nationality
Bijan Namdar Zangeneh
b. 1953
politician
Gholam Ali Rasheed
1953 β 2025
politician
Mahta Moghaddam
researcher
Ehsan Naraghi
1926 β 2012
sociologist
Sajjad Barzi
b. 1981
amateur wrestler
Ezzatollah Pourghaz
b. 1987
association football player
Ali-Asghar Shahbazi
1922 β 2020
actor
Mulla Kamal Khan
1941 β 2010
musician
Alireza Rahimi
b. 1955
association football player
Kazem Rajavi
1934 β 1990
politician
Hossein Hashemi
b. 2000
basketball player
Hossein Khalatbari
1949 β 1985
airman
Djamshid Chemirani
1942 β 2025
composer
Bakhtiar Rahmani
b. 1991
association football player
Mohammad Modarres
b. 1952
nuclear engineer
Khalou Hossein Bord Khuni Dashti
1868 β 1946
Mohammad-Taqi Bahjat Foumani
1916 β 2009
ulema
Arsi Nami
b. 1984
singer
Seyed Abbas Hosseini Ghammaghami
b. 1965
theologian
Ali Sistani
b. 1930
ulema
Elton Ahi
b. 1957
songwriter
Farhad Fakhimzadeh
b. 1984
association football player
Hushang Nahavandi
1932 β 2025
politician
Esmail Daghayeghi
1955 β 1987
military personnel
Farhad Salaripour
b. 1987
association football player
Mehdi Hashemi
b. 1946
actor
Ali Motahari
b. 1957
politician
Mahyar Zahmatkesh
b. 1993
association football player
Mehdi Bali
b. 1997
amateur wrestler
Hossein Khajeh Amiri
1933 β 2026
singer
Masoud Daneshvar
b. 1988
association football player
Gelareh Jabbari
b. 1988
television presenter
Naser Cheshmazar
1950 β 2018
composer
Hassan Hashemi
b. 1959
physician
Fazlollah Mousavi
b. 1953
politician
Hamid Tavakol
b. 1933
wrestler
Loga Ramin Torkian
b. 1964
composer
Mohammad-Reza Golpaygani
1899 β 1993
cleric
Niki Karimi
b. 1971
linguist
Daniel James
b. 1962
spy
Mohammad-Reza Hedayati
b. 1973
actor
Amir Naderi
b. 1946
film director
Mehdi Reisfirooz
1927 β 2019
screenwriter
Touka Neyestani
b. 1960
caricaturist
Alireza Dehghan niri
b. 1996
weightlifter
Farid Haerinejad
journalist
Hasan Aghareb Parast
1946 β 1984
revolutionary
Abolfazl Shah Karam
1955 β 2021
television actor
Kioumars Pourhashemi
military advisor
Sosha Makani
b. 1986
association football player
Seyed Mohsen Mousavi
b. 1955
diplomat
Mobina Alinasab
b. 2000
chess player
Ali Sadeghian
b. 1963
musician
Armin Navabi
b. 1983
author
Sina Khadempour
b. 1997
association football player
Mirza Abdul'Rahim Talibov Tabrizi
1834 β 1911
writer
Mahdi Zein-eddin
1959 β 1984
military personnel
Ershad Yousefi
b. 1981
association football player
Marzieh Shah-Daei
b. 1962
businessperson
Mohammad Ali Ghouchani
1800 β 1900
calligrapher
Yadollah Royaee
1932 β 2022
poet
Ali Tajvidi
1919 β 2006
composer
Hamid Ahmadi
b. 1988
association football player
Amir Hossein Karimi
b. 1996
association football player
Danial Mahini
b. 1993
association football player
Jamileh Esfahani
b. 1646
poet
Mahmoud Ansari Qomi
writer
Elaheh Ahmadi
b. 1982
sport shooter
Seyed Mehdi Mahdavi
b. 2005
association football player
Hafez Nazeri
b. 1989
composer
Tara Aghdashloo
b. 1988
journalist
Saghar Azizi
b. 1977
actor
Mohammad Bahrani
b. 1981
marionetteist
Abdolvahab Shahkhoreh
1936 β 2006
sprinter
Abolhassan ZiyΔ-Zarifi
1926 β 2010
scientist
Iraj Safdari
1939 β 2018
make-up artist
Vahid Mohammadzadeh
b. 1989
association football player
Albert Koochooei
journalist
Badiozzaman Forouzanfar
1904 β 1970
linguist
Mahdi Moradi GandΕΌe
b. 1964
amateur wrestler
Haroun Yashayaei
manufacturer
Artashes Ovanessian
1905 β 1990
politician
Yousef Sobouti
b. 1932
physicist
Zia-Allah Ezazi Maleki
b. 1965
politician
Hambarsoom Grigorian
1893 β 1975
composer
Mohsen Sadr
1866 β 1962
politician
Muhammad Abdolrahman
physician
Gholamreza Mehrabi
1961 β 2025
military officer
Mohammad Reza Domiri Ganji
b. 1990
photographer
Hamid-Reza Ebrahimi
b. 1976
association football player
Mehrnoosh
b. 1976
singer
Parinoush Saniee
b. 1949
novelist
Hossein Makki
1911 β 1999
politician
Gholamreza Rahimi
b. 1978
athlete
Reza Darvish
sports executive
Sayed Bozorg Mahmoody
1939 β 2009
hostage taker
Mohammad Reza Akhlaghpasand
b. 1978
table tennis player
Asal Pourheidari
b. 1991
basketball player
Alireza Koushk Jalali
b. 1958
theatre director
Mohammad Mokri
1921 β 2007
diplomat