Iran
People of this nationality
Masud Gharahkhani
b. 1982
politician
Hossein Omoumi
b. 1944
composer
Abdol-Hossein Hamzavi
1910 – 1979
diplomat
Mohammad Ali Faramarzi
b. 1994
association football player
Mirza Aqa Emami
1881 – 1955
painter
Marzieh Vafamehr
b. 1973
film director
Ali-Mohammad Arab
b. 1935
politician
Vahid Sayadi Nasiri
1980 – 2018
human rights defender
Saket Elhami
b. 1975
association football coach
Hamid Reza Zouravand
b. 1990
athletics competitor
Saeed Emami
1958 – 1999
politician
Shokooh Mirzadegi
b. 1944
novelist
Hassan Rowshan
b. 1955
association football player
Sohrab Aarabi
1990 – 2009
Elaheh Mansourian
b. 1991
athlete
Reza Baraheni
1935 – 2022
writer
Farman Fathalian
b. 1970
singer
Maziar
1952 – 1997
songwriter
Mohammad Javad Mohammadi
b. 1996
association football player
Nasrollah Shahabadi
1930 – 2018
ulema
Jahangir Seyyed Abbasi
volleyball player
Asadollah Azimi
b. 1959
athletics competitor
Milad Masaeli
b. 1988
handball player
Mahsa Arasteh
b. 1989
volleyball coach
Ayoub Bodaghi
b. 1948
athletics competitor
Mahmoud Salvati
b. 1953
translator
Ali Nemati
b. 1996
association football player
Jian Ghomeshi
b. 1967
street artist
Roknolmolk
1839 – 1914
politician
Mehdi Abdolvand
b. 1982
arm wrestler
Majeed Ansari
b. 1950
politician
Charles Hossein Zenderoudi
b. 1937
painter
Habib Gordani
b. 1983
association football player
Marjan Mashkour
b. 1963
anthropologist
Mohammad Zaman
b. 1650
illuminator
Mohamed Asheri
b. 1975
boxer
Mostafa Zamani
b. 1982
actor
Mohammad Nouri
b. 1983
association football player
Morteza Pouraliganji
b. 1992
association football player
Mohammad Keshavarz
b. 1982
futsal player
Mojtaba Bakhshipour
politician
Ali Alipour
b. 1995
association football player
Alireza Mirshafian
b. 1978
association football player
Ehsan Yarshater
1920 – 2018
linguist
Abbas Samimi
b. 1977
athletics competitor
Ahmad Yaghouti
b. 1951
water polo player
Karim Emami
1930 – 2005
lexicographer
Elnaz Mohammadi
b. 1987
journalist
Hadi Rezaei
b. 1960
sitting volleyball player
Ahmadreza Rofougaran
Abolfazl Maghsoudlou
b. 1992
kabaddi player
Katayun Mazdapour
b. 1943
linguist
Ebrahim Taghipour
b. 1976
association football player
Marjan Davari
b. 1966
Farhang Rajaee
b. 1952
translator
Elika Abdolrazzaghi
b. 1979
actor
Mohsen Emadi
b. 1976
poet
Farshad Pious
b. 1962
association football player
Kazem Sami
1935 – 1988
psychiatrist
Reza Malekzadeh
b. 1952
physician
Bahram Sadeghi
1937 – 1985
poet
Mohammad Nozhati
b. 1985
association football player
Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh
b. 1987
association football player
Hamdollah Ebdam
b. 1993
association football player
Habib Sharifi
association football player
Hassan Rouhani
b. 1948
politician
Rayhaneh Jabbari
1988 – 2014
writer
Mortezâ Varzi
1922 – 2004
musician
Masoud Abtahi
b. 1980
association football player
Rasoul Mozafari
b. 1994
basketball player
Abdullah Khodabandeh
1936 – 2019
amateur wrestler
Amir Reza Vaezi-Ashtiani
b. 1957
politician
Changiz Jalilvand
1940 – 2020
actor
Mohammad Shajari
b. 1991
association football player
Iraj Vahidi
1927 – 2022
politician
Aaron Cohen-Gadol
b. 1970
neurosurgeon
Alireza Abbasi
1600 – 1628
calligrapher
Reza Farahan
b. 1973
reality television participant
Abbas-Ali Amid Zanjani
1937 – 2011
politician
Naser Abdollahi
1970 – 2006
composer
Qadam Kheyr
b. 1899
politician
Morteza Mahjoub
b. 1980
chess player
Alireza Yousefi
b. 2003
weightlifter
Amir Reza Koohestani
b. 1978
playwright
Hamideh Kheirabadi
1924 – 2010
actor
Peyvand Mossavat
b. 1972
association football player
Ardeshir Kamkar
b. 1962
musician
Nasser Taghvai
1941 – 2025
film director
Hossein Charkhabi
b. 1950
association football player
Majid Naseri Nejad
b. 1967
politician
Houshang Seddigh
1947 – 2020
aircraft pilot
Amin Shokrollahi
b. 1964
cryptographer
Mansour Osanlou
b. 1338
worker
Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi
b. 1965
demographer
Jalil Shahnaz
1921 – 2013
composer
Farrokhlagha Houshmand
1929 – 2009
actor
Mohammad Hassanzadeh
b. 1990
basketball player
Abbas Foroutan
amateur wrestler
Mahyar Alizadeh
b. 1981
composer
Saba Azarpeik
b. 1981
writer