Iran
People of this nationality
Dariush Ashoori
b. 1938
linguist
Ahmad Ghazi
1936 – 2015
journalist
Neda Shahsavari
b. 1986
table tennis player
Amir Ghafour
b. 1991
volleyball player
Mehrdad Raissi Ardali
b. 1978
voice actor
Majid Khodabandelou
b. 1986
association football player
Bahar Pars
b. 1979
actor
Ahmad Aali
b. 1935
painter
Sadegh Ghotbzadeh
1936 – 1982
politician
Mohsen Bahrami
b. 1982
actor
Mohammad Aliabadi
b. 1956
politician
Maryam Faghihimani
b. 1977
writer
Vahid Aliabadi
b. 1990
association football player
Mehdi Davatghari
b. 1966
politician
Mojtaba Samareh Hashemi
politician
Reza Shadmehr
neuroscientist
Shahrokh Bayani
b. 1960
association football player
Farnaz Rahnama
b. 1982
actor
Halleh Ghorashi
b. 1962
anthropologist
Alireza Zakani
b. 1966
politician
Aras Amiri
Mirza Ebrahim Khan Sahhafbashi
1855 – 1922
cinematographer
Iraj Arab
Amin Aghai
b. 1982
painter
Ali Reza Latifi
b. 1984
association football player
Yasha Khalili
b. 1988
association football player
Solmaz Daryani
b. 1989
photojournalist
Ali Shayegan
1903 – 1981
politician
Javad Nekounam
b. 1980
association football player
Yousef Karami
b. 1983
taekwondo athlete
Mehdi Nazeri
b. 1988
photographer
Mohammad Reza Tupchi
b. 1963
amateur wrestler
Dariush Ramezani
b. 1976
caricaturist
Kader Abdolah
b. 1954
writer
Mohammad Hossein Eyn Asfhar
b. 1982
association football player
Mohammad Nabi Habibi
1945 – 2019
politician
Sharmin Meymandi Nejad
b. 1970
theatre director
Kamal Tabrizi
b. 1959
film director
Shahab Yampi
association football player
Ali-Akbar Zargham
1911 – 1976
politician
Mitra Hajjar
b. 1977
actor
Sahar Biniaz
b. 1986
actor
Behzad Bolour
b. 1965
television presenter
Majid Torkan
b. 1965
amateur wrestler
Alireza Farshi
b. 1978
activist
Sohrab Vossoughi
b. 1956
designer
Erfan Soltani
Abolfazl Bahadorani
b. 1978
association football player
Nosratollah Amini
1915 – 2009
politician
Ali Akbar Javanfekr
b. 1959
politician
Fereydoon Abbasi
1958 – 2025
physicist
Shappi Khorsandi
b. 1973
comedian
Hossein Saveh Shemshaki
b. 1985
alpine skier
Imad al-Din Mahmud ibn Mas‘ud Shirazi
scientist
Fereidoun Biglari
b. 1970
anthropologist
Hossein Maleki
b. 1990
association football player
Afshin Naghouni
b. 1969
painter
Behrooz Ghamari‐Tabrizi
b. 1960
sociologist
Zohreh Jooya
b. 1978
singer
Kamaloddin Jenab
1908 – 2006
physicist
Najm al-Saltaneh
1853 – 1932
philanthropist
Shirin Bina
b. 1964
actor
Abdallah Khan
painter
Ali Safi Golpaygani
1912 – 2010
akhoond
Ali Dashti
b. 1994
association football player
Afsaneh Bayegan
b. 1961
actor
Sediqeh Dowlatabadi
1882 – 1961
journalist
Ḥasan Vaḥid Dastgirdi
1880 – 1942
poet
Lotfollah Taraghi
1903 – 1973
publisher
Ahmad Jamshidian
b. 1984
association football player
Mirza Badi'u'llah Effendí
1871 – 1950
Baba Rukn al-Din Shirazi
poet
Hashem Shabani
1981 – 2014
writer
Kambozia Jamali
1938 – 2010
association football player
Mohammadreza Eyni
film director
Saeid Azizian
b. 1965
association football player
Hashim Larijani
1899 – 1993
cleric
Baba Mardoukh Rohanee
1923 – 1989
teacher
Farid Mohammadizadeh
b. 1994
association football player
Sarina Esmailzadeh
2006 – 2022
student
Garnik Mehrabian
1937 – 2022
association football player
Mehdi Behzad
b. 1936
mathematician
Nasser Zarafshan
b. 1947
writer
Nader Eivazi
b. 1975
canoeist
Saeid Gholamalibeygi
b. 1993
association football player
Ebrahim Sadeghi
b. 1979
association football player
Hamid-Reza Fat'hi
b. 1980
association football player
Iraj Ghaderi
1935 – 2012
actor
Mohsen Amiraslani
1977 – 2014
Parviz Meshkatian
1955 – 2009
composer
Parviz Shahbazi
b. 1962
film director
Reza Rohani
b. 1977
pianist
Alireza Alizadeh
b. 1993
association football player
Hossein Rasti Kashani
1927 – 2017
akhoond
Omid Kokabee
b. 1982
physicist
Mojtaba Rahmandoust
b. 1954
poet
Ali Ashourizad
b. 1980
association football player
Esmail Ahmadi-Moghaddam
b. 1961
military personnel
Karim Masroor
b. 1955
association football player
Mohammad Ebrahim Bastani Parizi
1925 – 2014
historian