This is an alphabetic list of notable people from Iran or its historical predecessors.
Ali Khamenei , supreme leader of Iran
Ebrahim Raisi , former president of Iran, former Chief Justice of Iran. Died in a famous helicopter crash.
Hassan Rouhani , former president of Iran (2013–2021)
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad , former president of Iran (2005–2013)
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani , former politician
Qasem Soleimani , former commander of the Quds Force
Ali Larijani , former Speaker of the Parliament of Iran from 2008 to 2020.
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf , former Mayor of Tehran , Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly
Ali Dizaei , senior officer in the London Metropolitan Police
Anousheh Ansari , first female space tourist in the world, telecommunication entrepreneur and namesake of the Ansari X Prize
Bahar Soomekh , Iranian-American actor
Camila Batmanghelidjh , founder of London-based children's charity Kids Company
Reza Pahlavi , son of the deposed Shah of Iran, crown prince in exile.
Shirin Ebadi , recipient of 2003 Nobel Peace Prize
Akbar Ganji , Iranian journalist and writer. He has been described as "Iran's preeminent political dissident".
Painters, illustrators and sculptors[ edit ]
Dancers and choreographers [ edit ]
Models, beauty pageant[ edit ]
Nazanin Afshin-Jam , actress, singer-songwriter, human-rights activist; Miss World 2003 first runner-up; Miss Canada 2003
Ramona Amiri , Miss Canada 2005
Sahar Biniaz (born 1985), Miss Universe Canada 2012
Aylar Lie (born 1984), Iranian-born Norwegian actress, model, singer, former pornographic actress
Shermine Shahrivar , Miss Europe 2005
Samantha Tajik (born 1983), Miss Universe Canada 2008
Theatre and stage actors [ edit ]
Filmmakers, directors[ edit ]
Abbas Kiarostami , director of Taste of Cherry
Abdolhossein Sepanta
Hassan Hajgozar
Abolfazl Jalili
Ali Ardekani
Ali Hatami
Ali Sajadi Hoseini
Amir Naderi
Asghar Farhadi , director of A Separation
Babak Payami
Bahman Farman-Ara
Bahman Ghobadi , director of A Time for Drunken Horses
Bahman Maghsoudlou
Bahram Beizai
Behrooz Gharibpoor
Daryush Shokof
Darius Khondji
Darius Mehrjui
Desiree Akhavan , director of Appropriate Behavior
Ebrahim Hatamikia
Emud Mokhberi , Academy Award-nominated director and animator
Esma'il Kooshan
Houman Seyyedi
Iraj Ghaderi
Jafar Panahi , director of The Circle
Kamal Tabrizi
Kami Asgar
Kamran Shirdel
Kamshad Kooshan
Khosrow Sinai
Kiarash Anvari
Kiumars Pourahmad
Mahdi Bemani Naeini
Majid Majidi , director of Children of Heaven
Masoud Kimiai
Mehran Modiri
Mohsen Makhmalbaf , director of Kandahar
Mostafa Keshvari
Nasser Taghvai
Parviz Kimiavi
Hossein Rajabian , director of The Upside-down Triangle
Parviz Nouri
Shabnam Rezaei
Parviz Shahbazi
Parviz Sayyad
Bob Yari , Iranian-born American film producer
Pouran Derakhshandeh , award-winning film director and producer
Rakhshan Bani-Etemad
Ramin Farahani
Rasoul Mollagholipour
Reza Badiyi
Sadaf Foroughi
Samira Makhmalbaf , director of At Five in the Afternoon
Samuel Khachikian
Sohrab Shahid-Sales
Saeed Roustayi
Tina Gharavi
Theatre and stage directors [ edit ]
Musicians and singers [ edit ]
Iranian classical traditional [ edit ]
(Sorted according to the first letter of the name)
Film score composers [ edit ]
Adel Ferdosipour , football announcer, Navad program
Ali Akbar Abdolrashidi , correspondent, commentator, anchorman
Mehrdad Kia , T.V. and Radio Broadcaster and executive producer in television and music industry.
Alireza Jafarzadeh , Foreign Affairs Analyst, Fox News
Asieh Namdar , news anchor at CNN
Christiane Amanpour , television journalist, CNN
Fereydoun Farrokhzad , TV personality and opposition figure
Jian Ghomeshi , musician, writer, and former CBC radio broadcaster
Maryam Namazi , news anchor at Al Jazeera (English section)
Reza Fazeli , actor, film director and opposition figure
Rudi Bakhtiar , news anchor, formerly with CNN and Fox News
Leaders, politicians, activists[ edit ]
This list excludes royalty, which can be accessed by the main article link above.
Cyrus the Great , Iranian emperor and the founder of Iran
Darius the Great , Iranian emperor
Mithridates I of Parthia , Iranian emperor
Ismail I , Iranian king
Fazlollah Noori , conservative clergy opposing Constitutionalists; hanged
Ghaem Magham Farahani , prime minister
Hassan-e-Sabbah , sectarian political leader
Kaveh the Blacksmith , mythical leader and liberator against the rule of Zahhak, an Arab king
Mahmud Khan Puladeen , senior military general
Maziar, son of Karan; leader of the Persian uprising against Arabs
Mirza Kuchek Khan , constitutionalist leader of Guilan
Mirza Mehdi Khan Astarabadi , Nader Shah's Chief Minister
Mirza Reza Kermani , assassinated Nasereddin Shah
Mohammad Khiabani , popular leader during Constitutionalist Revolution
Mohammad Mossadegh , prime minister
Mostowfi ol-Mamalek , prime minister
Nosrat Dowleh Firouz Mirza , provincial governor
Safi-ad-din Ardabili , spiritual founder of Safavid dynasty
Sattar Khan , constitutionalist leader
Heshmat Taleqani , Jangali leader and ally of Mirza Kuchek Khan
Modern (post-Qajar)[ edit ]
Abdol Hossein Hamzavi , Iranian diplomat, author and representative to the United Nations
Abdol Karim Ayadi , personal physician to Reza Pahlavi
Ali Akbar Davar , minister, and founder of Iran's modern judiciary system
Ali Akbar Siassi , Chancellor of Tehran University
Ali Gholi Ardalan , Iranian ambassador to the US, West Germany and the USSR
Amanullah Jahanbani , senior military leader, and father-in-law of Christiane Amanpour 's father
Amir Abdollah Tahmasebi , military leader
Ardeshir Zahedi
Bahram Aryana , military commander
Ahmad Ahmadi , prison interrogator
Farokhroo Parsa , minister of education
George Malek-Yonan , procured a seat in Iran's Parliament for Assyrians as a recognized minority
Hasan Arfa , Army General, Ambassador to Russia, Ambassador to Turkey
Hassan Modarres , member of Parliament
Hassan Pakravan , head of SAVAK
Heidar Arfaa , Conseiller d'État, Minister of Agriculture, Député-Majlis Fars Province
Hossein Fardoust , deputy head of SAVAK
Hossein Fatemi , Minister of Foreign Affairs
Hushang Ansary , Minister of Finance, President of NIOC
Karim Buzarjomehri , Army General military aide of Reza Shah, Mayor of Tehran
Mahmoud Jafarian , head of National Iranian Radio and Television and Pars News Agency
Mahmoud Khayami , industrialist
Mahmud Mahmud , politician
Manucher Mirza Farman Farmaian , director of sales for NIOC and Ambassador to Venezuela
Mohammad Ali Keshavarz Sadr , Mossadegh's Deputy and a leader of the Second National Front
Nader Jahanbani , air force general, pilot
Nasser Moghaddam , head of SAVAK
Nematollah Nassiri , head of SAVAK
Abbas Mirza Farman Farmaian , Minister of Parliament
Sattareh Farman Farmaian , established first social worker schools in Iran
Sepahbod Ahmad Amir-Ahmadi , military leader
Seyyed Zia'eddin Tabatabaee
Shapour Bakhtiar , prime minister
Soraya Esfandiary Bakhtiari
Teymour Bakhtiar , head of SAVAK
Abdolhossein Teymourtash , Iranian statesman
Mirza Javad Khan Ameri , Minister, MP
Served in Islamic Republic government [ edit ]
Abdolkarim Mousavi-Ardabili
Abdollah Noori , minister of interior
Abdollah Ramezanzadeh , government spokesman
Abdolvahed Mousavi-Lari , minister of interior
Abolhassan Banisadr , president
Ahmad Jannati , chair of Council of Guardians
Ahmad Khatami
Ahmad Khomeini
Ahmad Tavakkoli , minister of labour
Akbar Torkan , minister of roads and transportation
Ala'eddin Boroujerdi , member of parliament
Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani , president
Ali Akbar Mohtashamipour , member of parliament
Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri , speaker of parliament
Ali Akbar Salehi
Ali Fallahian , minister of intelligence
Ali Khamenei , supreme leader
Ali Larijani , president of IRIB
Ali Meshkini , chair of Assembly of Experts
Ali Movahhedi-Kermani
Ali Shamkhani , minister of defence
Ali Younessi , minister of information
Alireza Noori , member of parliament
Asadollah Lajevardi
Ata’allah Hakimi [fa ]
Ata'ollah Mohajerani , minister of culture and Islamic guidance
Ayatollah Amini , deputy chair of Assembly of Experts
Ayatollah Mohammadi-Gilani
Ayatollah Sane'i
Ayatollah Va'ez-Tabasi
Ayatollah Mohammad Taghi Mesbah Yazdi
Behzad Nabavi , vice speaker of parliament
Bizhan Namdar-Zangeneh , minister of oil
Ebrahim Asgharzadeh
Ebrahim Yazdi , foreign minister of interim government
Elaheh Koulai , member of parliament
Emad Afrough , member of parliament
Faezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani , member of parliament
Fatemeh Haghighatjou , member of parliament
Gholam Ali Haddad-Adel , speaker of parliament
Gholam Hossein Elham
Ghorbanali Dorri-Najafabadi , minister of intelligence
Habiballah Dahamardeh [fa ]
Grand Ayatollah Hossein-Ali Montazeri
Hadi Khamenei , member of parliament
Hamid Reza Assefi , foreign affairs spokesman
Hassan Habibi , first vice president
Hassan Rouhani , former president
Hojjatallah Firouzi [fa ]
Hossein Shariatmadari
Iraj Fazel , minister of health
Izzatallah Akbari Talarpashti [fa ]
Ezzatollah Zarghami , president of IRIB
Kamal Daneshyar , member of the Islamic Consultative Assembly
Kamal Kharrazi , minister of foreign affairs
Kazem Jalali , politician
Kazem Rajavi , politician
Kazem Seddiqi , politician
Lotfollah Forouzandeh (born 1961) Iranian Politician
Lotfallah Siahkali [fa ]
Lotfallah Zara’i Qanawati [fa ]
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad , former president
Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi , former chief justice
Majid Ansari , member of parliament
Manuchehr Eliasi , Jewish member of parliament
Masoud Pezeshkian , minister of health
Masoumeh Ebtekar , vice president
Mehdi Bazargan , prime minister
Mehdi Hashemi
Mehdi Karroubi , speaker of parliament
Mir-Hossein Mousavi , prime minister
Mohammad Abaee-Khorasani , member of parliament
Mohammad Ali Abtahi , vice president
Mohammad Ali Najafi , minister of education
Mohammad Ali Rajai , president
Mohammad Beheshti , head of judiciary
Mohammad Emami-Kashani
Mohammad Hashemi Rafsanjani
Mohammad Javad Bahonar , prime minister
Mohammad Javad Larijani , member of parliament
Mohammad Khatami , president
Mohammad Reyshahri
Mohammad Reza Aref , first vice president
Mohammad Reza Bahonar , vice speaker of parliament
Mohammad Reza Khatami , deputy speaker of parliament
Mohammad Reza Mahdavi-Kani
Mohammad Sattarifar , vice president
Mohammad Yazdi , head of judiciary
Mohsen Armin , member of parliament
Mohsen Mirdamadi , member of parliament
Mohsen Nourbakhsh , head of Central Bank of Iran
Mohsen Rezaee , member of Expediency Discernment Council
Mohsen Safaee-Farahani , member of parliament and head of Iranian Football Federation
Mohseni-Ezhe'i
Moin al-Din Saeedi [fa ]
Morteza Motahhari
Mostafa Chamran , Minister of Defense
Mostafa Tajzadeh , deputy minister of interior
Nasrollah Jahangard , chair of Supreme Council of ICT
Nimatallah Manuchehri [fa ] , Iranian Politician
Qodratallah Hamzeh [fa ] , Iranian politician
Qodratallah Hussaynipour [fa ] , Iranian Politician
Qodratallah Imani [fa ]
Qodratallah Intazami [fa ] , Iranian politician
Ghodratollah Norouzi , Iranian politician
Rahim Safavi
Rahmatallah Firouzi Pourbadi [fa ]
Rasoul Montajebnia , member of parliament
Ruhallah Abbaspour [fa ] , Iranian Politician
Ruhallah Baba’i Saleh [fa ]
Ruhallah Hazratpour Talahieh [fa ]
Ruhollah Hosseinian
Ruhallah Izadkhahzadeh [fa ]
Ruhollah Khomeini , supreme leader, founder of the Islamic Republic
Ruhallah Motfikar Azad [fa ]
Ruhallah Najabat [fa ]
Sadegh Ghotbzadeh , minister of foreign affairs
Sadegh Khalkhali , Sharia ruler
Sadegh Larijani
Saeed Emami , vice minister of intelligence
Saeed Hajjarian , Tehran council member
Saeed Mortazavi
Seyed Mohammad Hossein Adeli , head of Central Bank of Iran , Ambassador to United Kingdom
Waliallah Farzanah [fa ] , Iranian Politician
Zabihallah Azami Sardoui [fa ] , Iranian Politician
Zia-Allah Ezazi Maleki , Iranian Politician
Not served in Islamic Republic government or opposition [ edit ]
Politicians in other nations [ edit ]
Goli Ameri , United States Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs
Benazir Bhutto , former Prime Minister of Pakistan ; half-Iranian (mother Nusrat Bhutto )
Nusrat Bhutto , former first lady of Pakistan
Jimmy Delshad , mayor of Beverly Hills , California
George Deukmejian , former Governor of California
Dan Halutz , Chief of Staff of the Israeli Defense Forces
Saadat Khan , first Nawab of Oudh in India
Farah Karimi , Iranian female Dutch Member of Parliament[ 2]
Moshe Katsav , former President of Israel
Tahia Kazem , former first lady of Egypt, wife of President Gamal Abdel Nasser
Omid Nouripour , member of the German parliament (Bundestag), Germany
Ross Mirkarimi , former member of San Francisco City Council from Green Party ; American of Iranian and Russian descent.
Reza Moridi , member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Canada
Shaul Mofaz , Israeli Minister of Transport and a Deputy Prime Minister, and former Minister of Defense
Darya Safai , member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives.
Wajid Ali Shah , last Nawab of Oudh , disposed of by the British East India Company
Maryam Yazdanfar , member of the Swedish parliament (Riksdag), Sweden
Prisoners and detainees [ edit ]
Zahra Bani Ameri (1980–2007), physician, died in a prison in Hamedan after being arrested for breaching modesty laws by sitting in a park with her fiancée.
Zahra Amir Ebrahimi (born 1981), photographer, television actress, subject of a 2006 sex tape scandal in Iran
Zeynab Jalaliyan , Kurdish prisoner
Zahra Kazemi , Iranian-Canadian freelance photographer, who according to the medical examiner was raped, tortured and killed by Iranian officials following her arrest in Iran.
Hossein Rajabian , imprisoned filmmaker
Nasser Fahimi , a doctor from Kurdistan, a political and ideological prisoner
Mehdi Rajabian , imprisoned musician
Adam Khaze , author, researcher
Jamshid Behnam , author
Allameh Dehkhoda , author
Mahyar Amouzegar , author, academic
Badiozzaman Forouzanfar , author
Mohammad-Taqi Bahar , author
Jalal Homaei , author
Parviz Natel-Khanlari , author
Sadeq Hedayat , author
Shahrokh Meskoob , author
Saeed Shamloo [fa ] , academic, author
Ali Abdolrezaei , author
Parirokh Dadsetan [fa ] , academic, author
Abdolhossein Zarrinkoub , author
Haraton Davidian [fa ] , academic, author
Levon Davidian , academic, author
Heidarali Hooman [fa ] , academic, author
Saeed Nafisi , author
Aliakbar ShoariNezhad [fa ] , academic, author
Mirtaghi Garousi Farshi , academic, author
Seyed Amir Mirbagheri , academic, author
Abbas Shafiee , academic, author
Nastaran Nafisi-Varcheh , academic, author
Karim Taie , academic, author
Mohammad Moin , author
Alireza Norouzi , academic, author[ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
Abolghasem Ghasemi , academic, author
Ahmad Kasravi , author
Gholamreza Sarabi , academic, author
Karim Emami , author
Mehdi Khanbani , academic, author
Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh
Sadeq Hedayat
Nazi Safavi
Mahmoud Mansour [fa ] , academic, author
Shahriyar Mandanipour
Abutorab Khosravi
Morteza Nesfat , academic, author
Hamzeh Ganji [fa ] , academic, author
Reza Ghassemi
Zoya Pirzad
Mahmoud Golzari [fa ] , academic, author
Behrooz Birashk [fa ] , academic, author
Mahmoud Dowlatabadi
Shiva Dolatabadi [fa ] , academic, author
Hamideh Jahangiri , academic, author[ 6] [ 7] [ 8]
Bahman Forsi
Reza Zamani [fa ] , academic, author
Houshang Golshiri
Reza Baraheni
Abbasgholi Daneshvar [fa ] , academic, author
Abbas Maroufi
Alireza. Norouzi , academic, author
Bozorg Alavi
Ahmad Siadati [fa ] , academic, author
Majid M. Naini , author
Siavash Goudarzvand Chegini , academic, author
Mahmoud Matin , academic, author
Bahram Sadeghi
Reza Shapurian , academic, author
Gholam-Hossein Sa'edi
Ghazaleh Alizadeh
Bagher Hejazi , academic, author
Ahmad Mahmoud
Jalal Al-e-Ahmad
Kazem Amoli [fa ] , academic, author
Javad Nurbakhsh , academic, author
Simin Daneshvar
Aliakbar Seif [fa ] , academic, author
Siamak Yaghoubi , academic, author
Ebrahim Golestan
Bahman Sholevar
Neda Aria , author, researcher
Safoura Navaei , academic, author
Niloofar Akbarzadeh , academic, author
Sadeq Chubak
Karim Haddadian [fa ] , academic, author
Abdolmajid Eskandari , academic and translator
Ali Akbar Abdolrashidi , author and translator
Saeed Shamloo [fa ] , academic, author and translator
Parirokh Dadsetan [fa ] , academic, author and translator
Haraton Davidian [fa ] , academic, author and translator
Levon Davidian , academic, author and translator
Heidarali Hooman [fa ] , academic, author and translator
Aliakbar ShoariNezhad [fa ] , academic, author and translator
Mirtaghi Garousi Farshi , academic, author and translator
Seyed Amir Mirbagheri , academic, author and translator
Abbas Shafiee , academic, author and translator
Nastaran Nafisi-Varcheh , academic, author and translator
Karim Taie , academic, author and translator
Alireza Mobaraki , academic, author and translator
Abolghasem Ghasemi , academic, author and translator
Gholamreza Sarabi , academic, author and translator
Karim Emami , author and translator
Mehdi Khanbani , academic, author and translator
Mahmoud Mansour [fa ] , academic, author and translator
Morteza Nesfat , academic, author and translator
Mohammad Ghazi , translator
Hamzeh Ganji [fa ] , academic, author and translator
Mahmoud Golzari [fa ] , academic, author and translator
Behrooz Birashk [fa ] , academic, author and translator
Shiva Dolatabadi [fa ] , academic, author and translator
Hamideh Jahangiri , academic, author and translator[ 9]
Reza Zamani [fa ] , academic, author and translator
Abbasgholi Daneshvar [fa ] , academic, author and translator
Alireza. Norouzi , academic, author and translator[ 10]
Ahmad Siadati [fa ] , academic, author and translator
Majid M. Naini , author and translator
Siavash Goudarzvand Chegini , academic, author and translator
Mahmoud Matin , academic, author and translator
Reza Shapurian , academic, author and translator
Bagher Hejazi , academic, author and translator
Kazem Amoli [fa ] , academic, author and translator
Javad Nurbakhsh , academic, author and translator
Aliakbar Seif [fa ] , academic, author and translator
Siamak Yaghoubi , academic, author and translator
Safoura Navaei , academic, author and translator
Niloofar Akbarzadeh , academic, author and translator
Karim Haddadian [fa ] , author and translator
Shahrokh Meskoob , author and translator
Majlesi
The Báb , Prophet-Founder of the Bábi Faith
Bahá'u'lláh , Prophet-Founder of the Bahá'í Faith
'Abdu'l-Bahá , Centre of the Covenant of the Bahá'í Faith
Ganzibra Jabbar Choheili (1923–2014), head of the Mandaean community in Iran until his death in 2014.
Rishama Salah Choheili , Iranian Mandaean who is the current patriarch and head of the Mandaean community in Australia
Haik Hovsepian Mehr , bishop and Christian martyr
Jamal al-Din Asadabadi
Mani , founder of Manichaeism
Mazdak , Religious and Social Reformer
Meher Baba , Indian spiritual master born to Iranian immigrant parents
Hamza ibn-'Ali ibn-Ahmad , founder of the Druze
Muhammad ibn Ismail ad-Darazi
Mulla Sadra
Saeed Abedini , Iranian American Christian pastor
Safi-ad-din Ardabili
Salman the Persian
Zahed Gilani
Zayn al-Din Taybadi (died 1389) mystic and Sufi
Zoroaster , prophet
Imam Tawhidi , Australian Iman of Arabian and Iranian descent
Contemporary Shia Clergy [ edit ]
Contemporary Sunni Clergy [ edit ]
Scientists, scholars, and academics[ edit ]
Explorers and travellers [ edit ]
Ahmad ibn Rustah , 10th-century Persian explorer of Russia, Scandinavia and Arabia
Historians, archaeologists and Iranologists[ edit ]
Intellectuals and philosophers [ edit ]
Technology and computer engineering [ edit ]
Mojtaba Abedini (born 1984), Olympic fencer
Yu Darvish , MLB baseball player for the Texas Rangers
Ariajasuru Hasegawa , professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Nagoya Grampus
Ali Azari Karki , footballer
Sardar Azmoun , soccer player, Iran's National Team player
Farhad Ghaemi , volleyball player, Iran's National Team player
Abbas Jadidi , wrestler, Olympic silver medalist
Abdollah Movahed , wrestler, Olympic gold medalist
Adel Kolahkaj , football player
Alex Agase , American football player
Ali Daei , football player, top international goalscorer, world record holder
Ali Karimi (footballer, born 1978)
Ali Karimi (footballer, born 1982)
Ali Karimi (footballer, born 1994)
Ali Parvin , football player and coach
Alireza Dabir , wrestler, Olympic gold medalist
Alireza Heidari , wrestler, Olympic bronze Mmdalist
Alireza Rezaei , wrestler, Olympic silver medalist
Taghi Rezaei , bodybuilder
Amir Abedzadeh , Iranian Football Player
Amir Reza Khadem , Olympic Bronze Medalist wrestler
Andre Agassi , tennis player; his father was Assyrian-Armenian
Arash Miresmaili , judo world champion
Aravane Rezaï , tennis player
Behdad Salimi , weightlifter World Champion
Bijan Kangarloo , cross-country skier
Ebrahim Javadi , wrestler, Olympic bronze medalist
Ehsan Ghaemmaghami , chess grandmaster
Ehsan Hadadi , discus thrower, Asian record holder
Elshan Moradi , chess grandmaster
Emamali Habibi Goudarzi , wrestler, first Iranian Olympic gold medalist (Melbourne 1956)
Emmanuel Agassi , boxer at the 1948 and 1952 Olympics, father of Andre Agassi
Ezzatollah Pourghaz , Iranian-Turkmen Football Player
George Issabeg , boxer at the 1948 and 1952 Olympics
George Malek-Yonan , Iran's Champion of Champions in track & field and pentathlon
Ghasem Dehnavi , football player
Ghasem Hadadifar , football player
Ghasem Rezaei , wrestler
Hooman Tavakolian , Sport Diplomat and Lobbyist, Hall of Fame, wrestler
Hossein Rezazadeh , weightlifter, double Olympic champion (Sydney 2000, Athens 2004)
Javad Nekounam , football player
Khodadad Azizi , football player
Kianoush Rostami , weightlifter, world champion
Kimia Alizadeh , Taekwondo player, the first Iranian woman to win a medal at the Olympic Games (Rio de Janeiro 2016)
Mahmoud Namjoo , weightlifter, Olympic silver medalist
Mahyar Monshipour , World Super Bantamweight Boxing Champion
Mansour Bahrami , tennis player
Mansour Barzegar , wrestler, Olympic silver medalist
Masoud Jokar , wrestler, Olympic silver medalist
Mehdi Haghizadeh, football player
Mehdi Mahdavikia , football player
Mehdi Taremi , Iranian Football Player
Mohammad Ali Fardin , wrestler and actor
Mohammad Khadem , wrestler
Mohammad Mousavi , volleyball player
Marziyeh Karimi ,volleyball player and coach
Mohammad Nassiri , weightlifter, Olympic gold medalist
Mohammad Reza Heidarian , futsal player
Mohammad Reza Tupchi , wrestler
Rahman Rezaei , football player
Ramin Rezaeian , Iranian Football Player
Rasoul Khadem , Olympic gold medalist wrestler
Reza Shafiei , jiujitsu athlete
Rouzbeh Cheshmi , Iranian Football Player
Ruhollah Bigdeli , football player
Shima Mehri , Motorcycle Biker
Saeid Marouf , volleyball player
Shadi Paridar , chess Woman Grandmaster
Shawn Daivari , professional wrestler
Shoura Osipov , boxer at 1948 Olympics
T. J. Houshmandzadeh , NFL player
Vahid Hashemian , football player
Yossef Karami , Taekwondo world champion, Olympic bronze medalist
Andranik Teymourian , football player
Fereydoon Zandi , football player
Gholamreza Takhti , wrestler, Olympic gold medalist
Hadi Saei , taekwondo world champion, Olympic gold medalist
Hossein Tavakoli , weightlifter, Olympic gold medalist
Jaber Rouzbahani , basketball player
Khosrow Vaziri , professional wrestler
Leila Vaziri , swimmer, World Champion, world record holder
Vahid Shamsaei , futsal player, top international futsal goalscorer
Mika Zibanejad , ice hockey player for Ottawa Senators of the NHL
Daniel Rahimi , ice hockey player for San Jose Sharks of the NHL
Zabihollah Poursheib , Kurdish Iranian Martial Artist
See separate articles: Persian woman and List of Persian women .
Iranians of Armenian Descent [ edit ]
Alenush Terian , scientist
Andranik Eskandarian , footballer
Andranik Teymourian , footballer
Andre Agassi , tennis champion
Arefeh Mansouri , Inventor, Designer
Arakel of Tabriz , historian
Armik , flamenco guitarist and composer
Arsen Minasian , philanthropist, pharmacologist
Bogdan Saltanov , painter
Emmanuel Agassi , 1948 and 1952 Olympics boxer representing Iran; father of Andre Agassi
Gegard Mousasi , MMA fighter
George Bournoutian , historian
Haik Hovsepian Mehr , bishop and Christian martyr
Raffi , prominent writer
Hayk Bzhishkyan , Soviet military commander
Hovhannes Masehyan , diplomat and translator
Hrant Markarian , politician
Irene Zazians , actress
Ivan Galamian , violin teacher
Ivan Lazarevich Lazarev , jeweler
Khosrow Khan Gorji , influential figure from the Qajar era
Leon Khachatourian , boxer
Loris Tjeknavorian , artist
Marcos Grigorian artist, scholar and actor
Mirza Malkam Khan , modernist and politician
Mkhitar Heratsi , physician
Mushegh Soruri
Ovannes Ohanian , first Iranian film director
Robert Beglarian , MP
Samuel Khachikian , film director
Sarkis Djanbazian , artist
Sayat-Nova , poet
Vartan Gregorian , academic
Varuzh Karim-Masihi , film editor and director
Vigen Derderian , singer
Viguen (see Vigen Derderian)
Yeprem Khan , revolutionary hero
Iranians of Assyrian descent [ edit ]
Freydun Atturaya , co-founder of the Assyrian Socialist Party
George Issabeg , 1948 and 1952 Olympics boxer representing Iran
George Malek-Yonan , politician and Champion of Champions of Iran
Issa Benyamin , calligraphist
Ivan Kakovitch (1933–2006), activist and writer (novel Mount Semele (2001))
Milton Malek-Yonan , inventor of converted rice
Paulus Khofri , composer and painter
Ramona Amiri , Miss Canada 2005
Shoura Osipov , 1948 Olympics boxer representing Iran
Shoura Osipov , Olympic boxer
Mar Youhannan Semaan Issayi , Archbishop of Assyro-Chaldean Metropolitan Tehran
Emigrants and immigrants [ edit ]
Howard Baskerville , Iran's first American martyr
Joseph Gallup Cochran , American missionary in Urmia and Seer , translator
Joseph Plumb Cochran , second-generation American missionary in Urmia and medical doctor; established first Iranian medical college
Arthur Millspaugh , Treasury General, Persia
Arthur Upham Pope (1881–1969) and Phyllis Ackerman (1893–1977), Persian culture revivalists, scholars of Persian art and architecture history
David Stronach
Elgin Groseclose , Treasury General, Persia
John Limbert
Justin Perkins , first American resident of Iran (1835), Presbyterian missionary in Urmia.
Morgan Shuster , Treasury General, Persia
Richard Nelson Frye (1920–2014), former Harvard University professor, scholar of Persian art history
Samuel M. Jordan , namesake of Jordan Ave. in Tehran
William M. Miller
Iranians in America [ edit ]
See separate article: List of Iranian Americans .
See article: Iranian-Canadian
Iranians in Britain [ edit ]
List of British Iranians
Iranians in Germany [ edit ]
Iranians in Germany
Iranians in Australia [ edit ]
Iranian Australian
Iranians in the Netherlands [ edit ]
Iranians in the Netherlands
Iranians in Finland [ edit ]
Iranians in Finland
Iranians in Sweden
Iranians in Pakistan [ edit ]
Persian Roman Catholic saints [ edit ]
See article List of Persian Roman Catholic saints