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This is '''List of [[Iran]]ians''' and [[Persia]]ns:

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This is an alphabetic list of notable people from [[Iran]] or its historical predecessors.

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==In the news==

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* [[Nazanin Afshin-Jam]]

* [[Ali Khamenei]], supreme leader of Iran

* [[Shohreh Aghdashloo]]

* [[Ebrahim Raisi]], former president of Iran, former Chief Justice of Iran. Died in a famous helicopter crash.

* [[Ladan and Laleh Bijani]]

* [[Hassan Rouhani]], former president of Iran (2013–2021)

* [[Shirin Ebadi]]

* [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]], former president of Iran (2005–2013)

* [[Zahra Kazemi]]

* [[Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani]], former politician

* [[Mohammad Reza Khatami]]

* [[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, Crown Prince of Iran|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

* [[Hossein Ronaghi]], Iranian human rights activist and bloggerdissident".{{div col end}}

==AuthorsArtists==

{{See also|List of Iranian artists}}

* [[Mehdi Akhavan-Sales]], poet

* [[Zhaleh Amouzegar]]

* [[Attar]], poet

* [[Mohammad-Taghi Bahar]], poet

* [[Ahmad Kasravi]]

* [[Masoud Behnoud]], historian

* [[Abolfazl Beyhaghi]], historian

* [[Najaf Daryabandari]], translator and writer

* [[Ali Akbar Dehkhoda]], linguist

* [[Mirzadeh Eshghi]], poet

* [[Forough Farrokhzad]], poet

* [[Ferdowsi]], poet

* [[Houshang Golshiri]], writer

* [[Hafez]], poet

* [[Mohammad Ali Jamalzadeh]], writer

* [[Jami]], poet

* [[Sadegh Hedayat]], writer

* [[Mohsen Kadivar]]

* [[Omar Khayyam]], poet, mathematician, and astronomer

* [[Emad Khorasani]]

* [[Naser Khosrow]], writer and poet

* [[Zabihollah Mansoori]], translator

* [[Gholamhossein Mosahab]], encyclopedist

* [[Fereydoun Moshiri]]

* [[Morteza Motahhari]], theologian

* [[Ebrahim Nabavi]], satirist

* [[Azar Nafisi]], teacher and writer

* [[Nezami]], poet

* [[Nima]], poet

* [[Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi]] (aka Mowlavi), poet

* [[Sa'di]], poet

* [[Marjane Satrapi]], graphic novelist

* [[Sohrab Sepehri]], poet

* [[Ahmad Shamlou]], poet and writer

* [[Ali Shariati]], sociologist

* [[Abdolkarim Soroush]]

===Calligraphists===

==Cinema artists==

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* [[Gholam Hossein Amirkhani]]

* [[Abolhassan Etessami]]

* [[Mir Emad Hassani]]

* [[Seyyed Jafar Kashfi]]

* [[Yadollah Kaboli Khansari]]

* [[Mishkín-Qalam]]

* [[Jalil Rasouli]]

* [[Mehdi Saeedi]]

* [[Mir Ali Tabrizi]]

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===ActorsCartoonists===

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* [[Shohreh Aghdashloo]]

* [[Golnar Servatian]]

* [[Javad Alizadeh]]

* [[Maziyar Bizhani]]

* [[Nikahang Kowsar]]

* [[Mana Neyestani]]

* [[Touka Neyestani]]

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===Painters, illustrators and sculptors===

{{See also|List of Iranian painters}}

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* [[Abolhassan Khan Sadighi]]

* [[Ali Akbar Sadeghi]]

* [[Amir Shayesteh Tabar]]

* [[Aydin Aghdashloo]]

* [[Bahram Soroush]]

* [[Daryush Shokof]]

* [[Farhad Sadeghi Amini]]

* [[Gholamhossein Saber]]

* [[Haydar Hatemi]]

* [[Hossein Behzad]]

* [[Hossein Valamanesh]]

* [[Hossein Zenderoudi]]

* [[Iran Darroudi]]

* [[Jazeh Tabatabai]]

* [[Kamal ol-Molk]]

* [[Kamaleddin Behzad]]

* [[Mahmoud Farshchian]]

* [[Mani (prophet)|Mani]]

* [[Maryam Hashemi]] (Maryam Sandjari)

* [[Mohammad Ali Taraghijah]]

* [[Mohsen Vaziri-Moghaddam]]

* [[Mokarrameh Ghanbari]]

* [[Noreen Motamed]]

* [[Afshin Naghouni]]

* [[Parviz Tanavoli]]

* [[Reza Abbasi]]

* [[Shahla Aghapour]]

* [[Shahla Arbabi]]

* [[Shirazeh Houshiary]]

* [[Siah Armajani]]

* [[Sohrab Sepehri]]

* [[Zhaleh Kazemi]]

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===Photographers===

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* [[Abbas (photographer)|Abbas]]

* [[Abbas Kiarostami]]

* [[Alfred Yaghobzadeh]]

* [[Ali Ghanbari]]

* [[Ali Khan Vali]]

* [[Jahangir Razmi]]

* [[Kaveh Golestan]]

* [[Maryam Zandi]]

* [[Mitra Tabrizian]]

* [[Morteza Avini]]

* [[Nader Davoodi]]

* [[Nasrollah Kasraian]]

* [[Newsha Tavakolian]]

* [[Reza Deghati]]

* [[Hossein Rajabian]]

* [[Sadegh Tirafkan]]

* [[Shadi Ghadirian]]

* [[Shahram Entekhabi]]

* [[Shirana Shahbazi]]

* [[Shirin Neshat]]

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== Designers ==

=== Architects ===

{{see also|List of Iranian architects|List of historical Iranian architects}}

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* [[Hossein Amanat]]

* [[Kamran Diba]]

* [[Heydar Ghiai|Heydar Ghiaï-Chamlou]]

* [[Fariborz Sahba]]

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=== Fashion designers ===

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* [[Pegah Anvarian]]

* [[Bijan (designer)|Bijan]]

* [[Shirin Guild]]

* [[Arefeh Mansouri]]

* [[Behnaz Sarafpour]]

* [[Mahla Zamani]]

* [[Mike Amiri]]

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=== Graphic designers ===

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* [[Reza Abedini]]

* [[Farshid Mesghali]]

* [[Morteza Momayez]]

* [[Mehdi Saeedi]]

* [[Ghobad Shiva]]

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=== Industrian designers ===

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* [[Nader Faghihzadeh]]

* [[Alexander Kostellow]]

* [[Iman Maghsoudi]]

* [[Mona Paad]]

* [[Sohrab Vossoughi]]

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==Business==

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* [[Kia Joorabchian]], businessman

* [[Hooman Radfar]], entrepreneur

* [[Nasser David Khalili]], billionaire and art collector

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== Entertainers ==

===Comedians===

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* [[Baba Ali]], Islamic comedy

* [[Max Amini]]

* [[Omid Djalili]]

* [[Negin Farsad]]

* [[Shahin Jamie]]

* [[Maz Jobrani]]

* [[Shaparak Khorsandi]]

* [[Hadi Khorsandi]]

* [[Ebrahim Nabavi]]

* [[Nasim Pedrad]]

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===Dancers and choreographers===

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* [[Jamileh (dancer)|Jamileh]]

* [[Farzaneh Kaboli]], folkloric

* [[Nima Kiann]]

* [[Shahrokh Moshkin Ghalam]], folkloric

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=== Models, beauty pageant ===

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* [[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), [[Norwegian Iranians|Iranian-born Norwegian]] actress, model, singer, former pornographic actress

* [[Shermine Shahrivar]], Miss Europe 2005

* [[Samantha Tajik]] (born 1983), Miss Universe Canada 2008

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===Film actors===

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* [[Akbar Abdi]]

* [[Alan Mehdizadeh]]

* [[Ali Mosaffa]]

* [[Ali Nassirian]]

* [[Amin Hayaee]]

* [[Amirhossein Arman]]

* [[Artemis Pebdani]]

* [[Asghar Farhadi]]

* [[Azita Hajian]]

* [[Bahar Soomekh]]

* [[Bahram Radan]]

* [[Behrouz Vossoughi]]

* [[Behzad Farahani]]

* [[Bijan Daneshmand]]

* [[Bita Farrahi]]

* [[Bizhan Emkanian]]

* [[Catherine Bell (actress)|Catherine Bell]]

* [[Christiane Amanpour]]

* [[Daryoush Arjmand]]

* [[Daryush Shokof]]

* [[Davoud Rashidi]]

* [[Delkash]]

* [[Elnaaz Norouzi]]

* [[Ezzatollah Entezami]]

* [[RezaFaramarz KianianGharibian]]

* [[Farimah Farjami]]

* [[Fatemeh Motamed-Aria]]

* [[Golab Adineh]]

* [[Golshifteh Farahani]]

* [[Googoosh]]

* [[Hamed Behdad]]

* [[Hedyeh Tehrani]]

* [[Homa Rousta]]

* [[Homayoun Ershadi]]

* [[Jahangir Forouhar]]

* [[Jamileh Sheykhi]]

* [[Jamshid Mashayekhi]]

* [[ParvizKamshad ParastooyiKooshan]]

* [[Kazem HajirAzad]]

* [[Khosrow Shakibaee]]

* [[Leila Forouhar]]

* [[Leila Hatami]]

* [[Mahaia Petrosian]]

* [[Mahnaz Afshar]]

* [[Majid Majidi]]

* [[Mandana Karimi]]

* [[Maz Jobrani]]

* [[Mehdi Fat'hi]]

* [[Mehdi Hashemi (actor)]]

* [[Mehran Modiri]]

* [[Merila Zarei]]

* [[Mohammad Ali Fardin]]

* [[Mohammad Ali Keshavarz]]

* [[Mohammad Reza Foroutan]]

* [[Mohammad Reza Golzar]]

* [[Mohammad Reza Sharifinia]]

* [[Navid Mohammadzadeh]]

* [[Nazanin Afshin-Jam]]

* [[Nematollah Aghasi]]

* [[Niki Karimi]]

* [[Omid Ahangar]]

* [[Parsa Pirouzfar]]

* [[Parviz Fannizadeh]]

* [[Parviz Parastouee]]

* [[Parviz Sayyad]]

* [[Pegah Ahangarani]]

* [[Reza Kianian]]

* [[Reza Rahardian]]

* [[Roxanne Pallett]]

* [[Roya Nonahali]]

* [[Saeed Rad]]

* [[Sam Asghari]]

* [[Sarah Shahi]]

* [[Shaghayegh Farahani]]

* [[Shahab Hosseini]]

* [[Shohreh Aghdashloo]]

* [[Sussan Taslimi]]

* [[Taraneh Alidousti]]

* [[Zahra Amir Ebrahimi]]{{div col end}}

=== Theatre and stage actors ===

===Filmmakers===

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* [[Behrouz Afkhami]]

* [[RakhshanMehdi Bani-EtemadBajestani]]

* [[Taha Behbahani]]

* [[Mohsen Shah Ebrahimi]]

* [[Behzad Farahani]]

* [[Shamsi Fazlollahi]]

* [[Alan Mehdizadeh]]

* [[Ali Nassirian]]

* [[Hayley Tamaddon]]

* [[Kazem HajirAzad]]

* [[Ahmad Saatchian]]

* [[Mohammad Reza Jozi]]

* [[Ramin Karimloo]]

* [[Roya Teymourian]]

* [[Shiva Boloorian]]

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== Filmmakers, directors ==

=== Filmmakers ===

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* [[Abbas Kiarostami]], director of ''[[Taste of Cherry]]''

* [[Abdolhossein Sepanta]]

* [[Hassan Hajgozar]]

* [[Abolfazl Jalili]]

* [[Baba Ali|Ali Ardekani]]

* [[Ali Hatami]]

* [[Ali Sajadi Hoseini]]

* [[Amir Naderi]]

* [[Asghar Farhadi]], director of ''[[A Separation]]''

* [[Babak Payami]]

* [[Bahman Farman-Ara]]

* [[AbbasBahman KiarostamiGhobadi]], director of ''[[TasteA ofTime for Drunken CherryHorses]]''

* [[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 (2000 film)|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 (movie2001 film)|Kandahar]]''

*[[Mostafa Keshvari]]

* [[Majid Majidi]], director of [[Children of Heaven]]

* [[DaryoushNasser MehrjouiTaghvai]]

* [[AmirParviz NaderiKimiavi]]

* [[Hossein Rajabian]], director of ''[[The Upside-down Triangle]]''

* [[Jafar Panahi]]

* [[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]]

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=== Theatre and stage directors ===

==Journalists==

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* [[Hashem Agha-Jari]]

* [[Akbar Radi]]

* [[Bahram Bayzai]]

* [[Behrouz Gharibpour]]

* [[Ghotbeddin Sadeghi]]

* [[Hengameh Mofid]]

* [[Hossein Rajabian]]

* [[Mostafa Oskooyi]]

* [[Reza Shirmarz]]

* [[Shiva Boloorian]]

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==Musicians and singers==

{{see also|List of Iranian musicians}}

=== Classical ===

{{See also|List of Iranian composers}}

==== Iranian classical traditional ====

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* [[Abolhasan Saba]]

* [[Alireza Eftekhari]]

* [[Alinaghi Vaziri]]

* [[Dariush Eghbali]]

* [[Elaheh]]

* [[Gholam-Hossein Banan]]

* [[Homayoun Shajarian]]

* [[Hossein Khaje Amiri]]

* [[Hossein Tehrani]]

* [[Hossein Alizadeh]]

* [[Jalal Zolfonun]]

* [[Javad Maroofi]]

* [[Kamkarha]]

* [[Kayhan Kalhor]]

* [[Mahmoud Zoulfonoun]]

* [[Marzieh (singer)|Marzieh]]

* [[Maryam Akhondy]]

* [[Mirza Abdollah|Mirza Abdollah Farahani]]

* [[Mohammad Reza Lotfi]]

* [[Mohammad Shams]]

* [[Mohammad-Reza Shajarian]]

* [[Mohsen Namjoo]]

* [[Morteza Hannaneh]]

* [[Mehdi Rajabian]]

* [[Nashit]]

* [[Nur Ali Elahi]]

* [[Parisa]]

* [[Parviz Meshkatian]]

* [[Parviz Yahaghi]]

* [[Ruhollah Khaleghi]]

* [[Shahram Nazeri]]

* [[Sima Bina]]

* [[Zyriab]]

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==== Modern traditional ====

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* [[Ahmad Pejman]]

* [[Axiom of Choice (band)|Axiom of Choice]]

* [[Farhad Fakhreddini]]

* [[Morteza Hannaneh]]

* [[Niyaz]]

* [[Ramin Rahimi]]

* [[Zohreh Jooya]]

* [[Mehdi Rajabian]]{{div col end}}

==== Western classical ====

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* [[Ali Rahbari]]

* [[Alireza Mashayekhi]]

* [[Amin Homaei]]

* [[Aminollah Hossein]]

* [[Anoushiravan Rohani]]

* [[Armik]]

* [[Ashkan Saberi]]

* [[Hangi Tavakoli]]

* [[Heshmat Sandjari]]

* [[Loris Tjeknavorian]] (Loris Cheknavarian)

* [[Lotfi Mansouri]]

* [[Mahan Esfahani]]

* [[Sahba Aminikia]]

* [[Mehdi Hosseini]]

* [[Nader Mashayekhi]]

* [[Reza Najfar]]

* [[Shahrdad Rohani]]

* [[Hooman Khalatbari]]

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=== Electronic ===

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* [[Ali "Dubfire" Shirazinia]]

* [[Ali Movasat]] (DJ Aligator)

* [[Ashkan Kooshanejad]]

* [[Deep Dish (band)|Deep Dish]]

* [[Leila Arab]]

* [[Sharam Tayebi]]

* [[Steve Naghavi]] from [[And One]]

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=== Pop ===

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* [[Alireza Assar]]

* [[Alireza Talischi]]

* [[Andy Madadian]]

* [[Anousheh Khalili]]

* [[Arash (artist)|Arash]]

* [[Aref Arefkia|Aref]]

* [[Arian Band]]

* [[Benyamin Arefi]]

* [[Bijan Mortazavi]]

* [[Darius Danesh]]

* [[Dariush Eghbali]]

* [[Delkash]]

* [[Ebi]]

* [[Faramarz Aslani]]

* [[Farhad Mehrad|Farhad]]

* [[Fereidoun Foroughi]]

* [[Googoosh]]

* [[Habib (singer)|Habib]]

* [[Hassan Sattar]]

* [[Hassan Shamaizadeh]]

* [[Hayadeh]]

* [[Homeyra]]

* [[Ilya Salmanzadeh]]

* [[Kouros]]

* [[Leila Forouhar]]

* [[Mahasti]]

* [[Mansour (singer)|Mansour]]

* [[May J.]]

* [[Mehrdad]]

* [[Moein (singer)|Moein]]

* [[Mohammad Esfahani]]

* [[Mohammad Nouri (singer)|Mohammad Nouri]]

* [[Pyruz]]

* [[Reza Sadeghi]]

* [[Sepideh (singer)|Sepideh]]

* [[Sevdaliza]]

* [[Siavash Ghomeyshi]]

* [[Shahkar Binesh Pazhooh]]

* [[Shahram Shabpareh]]

* [[Shahrum K]]

* [[Shohreh Solati]]

* [[Snoh Aalegra]]

* [[Susan Roshan]]

* [[Vigen Derderian|Vigen]]

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=== Rap music ===

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* [[Amir Tataloo]]

* [[Hichkas]]

* [[Hiphopologist]]

* [[pishro]]

* [[Yas (rapper)|Yas]]

* [[Zedbazi]]

* [[Shahin Najafi]]

* [[Bahram Nouraei|Bahram]]

* [[Erfan]]

* [[Hangi Tavakoli]], Multi-Platinum music producer and songwriter

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==== Lyricists ====

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* [[Aref Ghazvini]]

* [[Hangi Tavakoli]]

* [[Hossein Monzavi]]

* [[Leila Kasra]]

* [[Maryam Heydarzadeh]]

* [[Rahim Moeini Kermanshahi]]

* [[Shahyar Ghanbari]]

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=== Rock and metal ===

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* [[Amir Derakh]], from the band Orgy

* [[Angband (band)|Angband]]

* [[Barad (band)|Barad]]

* [[Kiosk (band)|Kiosk]]

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=== Film score composers ===

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* [[Ahmad Pejman]]

* [[Fariborz Lachini]]

* [[Hangi Tavakoli]]

* [[Hossein Alizadeh]]

* [[Majid Entezami]]

* [[Mehdi Rajabian]]

* [[Peyman Yazdanian]]

* [[Ramin Djawadi]]

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==Journalists, media==

===Bloggers===

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* [[Hossein Derakhshan]]

* [[Massoumeh Ebtekar]]

* [[Mehdi Jami]]

* [[Mohammad Ali Abtahi]]

* [[Mohammad Reza Pourshajari]]

* [[Mojtaba Saminejad]]

* [[Omid Memarian]]

* [[Sina Motalebi]]

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===Journalists===

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* [[Akbar Ganji]]

* [[Ali Akbar Abdolrashidi]]

* [[Ali Akbar Dehkhoda]]

* [[Alireza Jafarzadeh]]

* [[Alireza Nourizadeh]]

* [[Arash Markazi]]

* [[Azadeh Ensha]], ''[[The New York Times]]''

* [[Azadeh Moaveni]]

* [[Christiane Amanpour]]

* [[RudiEbrahim BakhtiarNabavi]]

* [[Emadeddin Baghi]]

* [[MohammadFarjam Taghi BaharBehnam]]

* [[Farrokhi Yazdi]], Pahlavi era

* [[Masoud Behnoud]]

* [[AliHashem Akbar DehkhodaAghajari]]

* [[Hossein Shariatmadari]]

* [[Mostafa Javadi Pour Moradi]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://philpeople.org/profiles/mostafa-javadi-pour-moradi|title=Mostafa Javadi Pour Moradi (Psychology) - PhilPeople|website=philpeople.org|accessdate=25 June 2025}}</ref>

* [[Kaveh Golestan]], [[BBC]]

* [[Kioumars Saberi Foumani]]

* [[Mahshid Amirshahi]]

* [[Masih Alinejad]]

* [[Masoud Dehnamaki]]

* [[HosseinMassoud DerakhshanBehnoud]]

* [[Mehran Ghassemi]]

* [[Mirzadeh Eshghi]]

* [[AkbarHossein GanjiRajabian]]

* [[Mohammad GhouchaniTaghi Bahar]]

* [[Nikahang Kowsar]]

* [[Omid Memarian]]

* [[Rudi Bakhtiar]]

* [[Saeed Hajjarian]]

* [[SinaSaeed MotallebiKamali Dehghan]]

* [[Ebrahim Nabavi]]

* [[Ali Reza Nourizadeh]]

* [[Kioumars Saberi Foumani]]

* [[Shadi Sadr]]

* [[AhmadSina ShamlouMotallebi]]

* [[MashallahYouness Shams-ol-vaezinShokrkhah]]

* [[HosseinMaziar ShariatmadariBahari]]

* [[JahangirSaeed KhanKamali Soor-EsrafilDehghan]]

* [[Kasra Nouri]]

* [[Mohammad Mosaed]]

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===News anchors===

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* [[Adel Ferdosipour]], football announcer, [[Navad]] program

* [[Ali Akbar Abdolrashidi]], correspondent, commentator, anchorman

* [[PMC (TV channel)|Mehrdad Kia]], T.V. and Radio Broadcaster and executive producer in television and music industry.

* [[Alireza Jafarzadeh]], Foreign Affairs Analyst, Fox News

* [[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

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==Leaders, politicians, activists==

{{Main|List of grand viziers of Persia|List of prime ministers of Iran|List of monarchs of Persia}}

This list excludes royalty, which can be accessed by the main article link above.

=== Historical ===

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* [[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

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* [[Abbas the Great]]

=== Modern (post-Qajar) ===

==Leaders and politicians==

===Historical (pre-Pahlavi)===

* [[Abu Muslim]]

* [[Amir-Kabir]], prime minister

* [[Gha'em-Magham Farahani]], prime minister

* [[Nizam al-Mulk]], statesman and vizier

===Modern=Pahlavi (post-Qajar)period====

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====Served in Pahlavi government====

* [[Abdol Hossein Hamzavi]], Iranian diplomat, author and representative to the United Nations

* [[Asadollah Alam]], prime minister

* [[Abdol Karim Ayadi]], personal physician to Reza Pahlavi

* [[Ali Amini]], prime minister

* [[Ali Akbar Davar]], minister, and founder of Iran's modern judiciary system

* [[Jamshid Amouzegar]], prime minister

* [[Ali Akbar Siassi]], Chancellor of Tehran University

* [[Gholam Reza Azhari]], prime minister

* [[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]], [[Mohammad Mossadegh|Mossadegh's]] Deputy and a leader of the [[National Front (Iran)|Second National Front]]

* [[Nader Jahanbani]], air force general, pilot

* [[Nasser Moghaddam]], head of SAVAK

* [[Nematollah Nassiri]], head of SAVAK

* [[Prince Abbas Mirza Farman Farmaian|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]]

* [[Manouchehr Eghbal]], prime minister and head of National Iranian Oil Company

* [[AmirTeymour Abbas HoveidaBakhtiar]], primehead of ministerSAVAK

* [[Teymourtash|Abdolhossein Teymourtash]], Iranian statesman

* [[Hassan-Ali Mansour]], prime minister

* [[Mirza Javad Khan Ameri]], Minister, MP

* [[Hassan Modarres]], member of parliament

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* [[Mohammad Mosaddegh]], prime minister

* [[Abdollah Riazi]], first speaker of parliament

* [[Jafar Sharif-Emami]], first speaker of senate and prime minister

* [[Fazlollah Zahedi]], prime minister

====Served in Islamic Republic government====

{{see also|List of current Iranian officials}}

* [[Mohammad Ali Abtahi]], vice president

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* [[Emad Afrough]], member of parliament

* [[Abdolkarim Mousavi-Ardabili]]

* [[Mahmoud Ahmadinezhad]], mayor of [[Tehran]]

* [[Abdollah Noori]], minister of interior

* [[Hossein Allah-Karam]]

* [[Abdollah Ramezanzadeh]], government spokesman

* [[Ayatollah Amini]], deputy chair of Assembly of Experts

* [[HosseinAbdolvahed AnsariMousavi-RadLari]], memberminister of parliamentinterior

* [[Mohammad Reza Aref]], first vice president

* [[Hamid Reza Assefi]], foreign affairs spokesman

* [[Habibollah Asgarowladi]], member of parliament

* [[Ebrahim Asgharzadeh]]

* [[Ayatollah Azari-Ghomi]]

* [[Asadollah Badamchian]]

* [[Mohammad Javad Bahonar]], prime minister

* [[Mohammad Reza Bahonar]], vice speaker of parliament

* [[Abolhassan Banisadr]], president

* [[Mehdi Bazargan]], prime minister

* [[Mohammad Beheshti]], head of judiciary

* [[Ghorbaan'Ali Dorri-Najafabadi]], minister of information

* [[Masoumeh Ebtekar]], vice president

* [[Hassan Ghafourifard]]

* [[Saeed Hajjarian]], Tehran council member

* [[Hassan Habibi]], first vice president

* [[Gholam Ali Haddad-Adel]], speaker of parliament

* [[Fatemeh Haghighatjou]], member of parliament

* [[Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani]], president

* [[Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi]], head of judiciary

* [[Elias Hazrati]], member of parliament

* [[Nasrollah Jahangard]], chair of [[Supreme Council of ICT of Iran|Supreme Council of ICT]]

* [[Ahmad Jannati]], chair of Council of Guardians

* [[Ahmad Khatami]]

* [[Gholamhossein Karbaschi]], mayor of [[Tehran]]

* [[Ahmad Khomeini]]

* [[Mehdi Karroubi]], speaker of parliament

* [[Ahmad Tavakkoli]], minister of labour

* [[Sadegh Khalkhali]]

* [[KamalAkbar KharraziTorkan]], minister of foreignroads affairsand 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

* [[Hadi Khamenei]], member of parliament

* [[Ahmad Khatami]]

* [[Mohammad Khatami]], president

* [[Mohammad Reza Khatami]], deputy speaker of parliament

* [[Ruhollah Khomeini]], supreme leader, founder of the [[Islamic Republic]]

* [[Elaheh Koulai]], member of parliament

* [[Ali Larijani]], president of [[IRIB]]

* [[Mohammad Javad Larijani]], member of parliament

* [[Mohammad Reza Mahdavi-Kani]]

* [[Alireza Mahjoub]]

* [[Ali Meshkini]], chair of Assembly of Experts

* [[Ali Movahhedi-Kermani]]

* [[Mohsen Mirdamadi]], member of parliament

* [[Ali Shamkhani]], minister of defence

* [[Ali Younessi]], minister of information

* [[Alireza Noori]], member of parliament

* [[Asadollah Lajevardi]]

*{{ill|Ata’allah Hakimi|fa|عطاءالله حکیمی}}

* [[Ata'ollah Mohajerani]], minister of culture and Islamic guidance

* [[Ayatollah Amini]], deputy chair of Assembly of Experts

* [[Ali Akbar Mohtashamipour]], member of parliament

* [[Hossein-AliAyatollah MontazeriMohammadi-Gilani]]

* [[SaeedAyatollah MortazaviSane'i]]

* [[MortezaAyatollah MotahhariVa'ez-Tabasi]]

* [[Ayatollah]] [[Mohammad Taghi Mesbah Yazdi]]

* [[Mir-Hossein Mousavi]], prime minister

* [[Ayatollah Mousavi-Ardabili]]

* [[Abdolvahed Mousavi-Lari]], minister of interior

* [[Behzad Nabavi]], vice speaker of parliament

* [[Bizhan Namdar-Zangeneh]], minister of oil

* [[MohammadEbrahim Bagher NobakhtAsgharzadeh]]

* [[AbdollahEbrahim NooriYazdi]], foreign minister of interiorinterim 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

*{{ill|Habiballah Dahamardeh|fa|حبیب‌الله دهمرده}}

* [[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

*{{ill|Hojjatallah Firouzi|fa|حجت‌الله فیروزی}}

* [[Hossein Shariatmadari]]

* [[Iraj Fazel]], minister of health

*{{ill|Izzatallah Akbari Talarpashti|fa|عزت‌الله اکبری تالارپشتی}}

* [[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

*{{ill|Lotfallah Siahkali|fa|لطف‌الله سیاهکلی}}

*{{ill|Lotfallah Zara’i Qanawati|fa|لطف‌الله زارعی قنواتی}}

* [[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

* [[Abdollah Ramezanzadeh]], government spokesman

* [[Mohammad Emami-Kashani]]

* [[Hassan Rowhani]] deputy speaker of parliament

* [[Mohammad SalamatiHashemi Rafsanjani]]

* [[Mohammad Javad Bahonar]], prime minister

* [[Ayatollah Sane'i]]

* [[AbolghasemMohammad SarhaddizadehJavad 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

* [[Ali Shamkhani]], minister of defence

* [[Jalaleddin Taheri|Ayatollah Jalaleddin Taheri]]

* [[Mostafa Tajzadeh]], deputy minister of interior

* [[Ahmad Tavakkoli]], minister of labour

* [[Behzad Nabavi]], deputy speaker of parliament

* [[Mohammad Yazdi]], head of judiciary

* [[EbrahimMohsen YazdiArmin]], foreignmember ministerof parliament

* [[AliMohsen YounessiMirdamadi]], ministermember of informationparliament

* [[EzzatollahMohsen ZarghamiNourbakhsh]], presidenthead of [[IRIB]]Central Bank of Iran

* [[AlirezaMohsen NooriRezaee]], member of parliamentExpediency Discernment Council

* [[Mohsen Safaee-Farahani]], member of parliament and head of Iranian Football Federation

* [[Mohseni-Ezhe'i]]

*{{ill|Moin al-Din Saeedi|fa|معین‌الدین سعیدی}}

* [[Morteza Motahhari]]

* [[Mostafa Chamran]], Minister of Defense

* [[Mostafa Tajzadeh]], deputy minister of interior

* [[Nasrollah Jahangard]], chair of [[Supreme Council of ICT of Iran|Supreme Council of ICT]]

*{{ill|Nimatallah Manuchehri|fa|نعمت‌الله منوچهری}}, Iranian Politician

*{{ill|Qodratallah Hamzeh|fa|قدرت‌الله حمزه}}, Iranian politician

*{{ill|Qodratallah Hussaynipour|fa|سید قدرت‌الله حسینی‌پور}}, Iranian Politician

*{{ill|Qodratallah Imani|fa|قدرت‌الله ایمانی}}

*{{ill|Qodratallah Intazami|fa|قدرت‌الله انتظامی}}, Iranian politician

*[[Ghodratollah Norouzi]], Iranian politician

* [[Rahim Safavi]]

*{{ill|Rahmatallah Firouzi Pourbadi|fa|رحمت‌الله فیروزی پوربادی}}

* [[Rasoul Montajebnia]], member of parliament

*{{ill|Ruhallah Abbaspour|fa|روح‌الله عباس‌پور}}, Iranian Politician

*{{ill|Ruhallah Baba’i Saleh|fa|روح‌الله بابایی صالح}}

*{{ill|Ruhallah Hazratpour Talahieh|fa|روح‌الله حضرت‌پور طلائیه}}

* [[Ruhollah Hosseinian]]

*{{ill|Ruhallah Izadkhahzadeh|fa|روح‌الله ایزدخواه}}

*[[Ruhollah Khomeini]], supreme leader, founder of the [[Islamic Republic]]

*{{ill|Ruhallah Motfikar Azad|fa|روح‌الله متفکر آزاد}}

*{{ill|Ruhallah Najabat|fa|روح‌الله نجابت}}

* [[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

*{{ill|Waliallah Farzanah|fa|ولی‌الله فرزانه}}, Iranian Politician

*{{ill|Zabihallah Azami Sardoui|fa|ذبیح‌الله اعظمی ساردویی}}, Iranian Politician

*[[Zia-Allah Ezazi Maleki]], Iranian Politician

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''See also'': [[List of current Iranian officials]]

==== Not served in Islamic Republic government or opposition ====

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* [[Hashem Aghajari]]

* [[Abbas Amir-Entezam]]

* [[Shirin Ebadi]], winner of the 2003 [[Nobel Peace Prize]]

* [[JalaleddinAbdolrahman FarsiGhasemlou]]

* [[Mohsen Kadivar]]

* [[Abolghasem Kashani]]

* [[FarrokhAhmad NegahdarZirakzadeh]]

* [[Ali Shariati]], sociologist

* [[Ali Latifiyan]], Iranian writer

* [[Alireza Rajaei]]

* [[Asghar Parsa]]

* [[Azam Taleghani]]

* [[Bijan Jazani]]

* [[Dariush Forouhar]]

* [[Ezzatollah Sahabi]]

* [[Gholam-Hossein Sadighi]]

* [[Habibollah Peiman]]

* [[Hashem Aghajari]]

* [[Jafar Pishevari]]

* [[Mahmoud Taleghani]]

* [[Mansoor Hekmat]]

* [[Maryam Rajavi]]

* [[MasoudMassoud Rajavi]], militant opposition leader

* [[EzzatollahMehdi SahabiKhalaji]]

* [[Mohsen Sazegara]]

* [[Mousa Sadr]]

* [[Nasser Zarafshan]]

* [[Navvab Safavi]], militant cleric

* [[Parviz Varjavand]]

* [[Roozbeh Farahanipour]], founder of [[Marze Por Gohar]]

* [[Shirin Ebadi]], recipient of 2003 [[Nobel Peace Prize]]

* [[Yadollah Sahabi]]

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* [[Ali Shariati]], sociologist

* [[Azam Taleghani]]

* [[Mahmoud Taleghani]]

===Politicians in other nations===

==Musicians and Singers==

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* [[Goli Ameri]], United States [[Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs]]

* [[Benazir Bhutto]], former [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]]; half-[[Iran]]ian (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 Ali Khan I|Saadat Khan]], first [[Nawab of Oudh]] in India

* [[Farah Karimi]], Iranian female [[Netherlands|Dutch]] Member of Parliament<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sharghnewspaper.com/830327/life.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070629090129/http://www.sharghnewspaper.com/830327/life.htm|archive-date=2007-06-29|title=Shargh Newspaper|language=fa|access-date=2023-08-09}}</ref>

* [[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 (United States)|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

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===Electronic Activists ===

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* [[Leila Arab]]

* [[Mahnaz Afkhami]] (born 1941), politician and human rights and women's rights activist, served in the [[Cabinet of Iran]] (1976–1978)

* [[Fred Maslaki]]

* [[Neda Agha-Soltan]] (1983–2009), shot during the [[2009 Iranian election protests]]; her name quickly became a rallying cry for the opposition

* [[Behrouz Nazari]]

* [[Bibi Khatoon Astarabadi]] (1858/9 – 1921), author and pioneer of the Persian women's movement in modern Iran

* [[Omid Nourizadeh]]

* [[Shiva Nazar-Ahari]], human-rights activist

* [[Ali 'Dubfire' Shirazinia]]

* [[Elham Modaressi]] (born 1990), artist and activist

* [[Shahram Tayebi]]

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=== Prisoners and detainees ===

===Pop===

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* [[Asef]] (Faramarz Asef)

* [[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.

* [[Delkash]]

* [[Zahra Amir Ebrahimi]] (born 1981), photographer, television actress, subject of a 2006 sex tape scandal in Iran

* [[Ebi]]

* [[Zeynab Jalaliyan]], Kurdish prisoner

* [[Faramarz Aslani]]

* [[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.

* [[Farhad]] (Farhad Mehrad)

* [[Hossein Rajabian]], imprisoned filmmaker

* [[Fereydoon Foroughi]]

* [[Nasser Fahimi]], a doctor from Kurdistan, a political and ideological prisoner

* [[Golpa]] (Akbar Golpaygani)

* [[Mehdi Rajabian]], imprisoned musician

* [[Googoosh]]

* [[Kourosh Yaghmaei]]

* [[Leila Forouhar]]

* [[Mansoor]]

* [[Shahram Shabpare]]

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===Traditional===

* [[Hossein Alizadeh]]

* [[Gholam-Hossein Banan]]

* [[Akbar Golpaygani]]

* [[Shahram Nazeri]]

* [[Mohammad-Reza Shajarian]]

==Literature figures==

===Western Classical===

===Authors and poets===

* [[Anoushiravan Rohani]]

{{Main|Persian literature}}

* [[Shahrdad Rohani]]

* ''See main list: [[List of Persian-language poets and authors]]''

* [[Loris Tjeknavorian]]

* [[Adam Khaze]], author, researcher

* [[Jamshid Behnam]], author

* Allameh [[Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda|Dehkhoda]], author

* [[Mahyar Amouzegar]], author, academic

* [[Badiozzaman Forouzanfar]], author

* [[Mohammad-Taqi Bahar]], author

* [[Seyed Morteza Hamidzadeh]], author

* [[Jalal Homaei]], author

* [[Parviz Natel-Khanlari]], author

* [[Sadeq Hedayat]], author

* [[Shahrokh Meskoob]], author

*{{ill|Saeed Shamloo|fa|سعید شاملو}}, academic, author

* [[Ali Abdolrezaei]], author

*{{ill|Parirokh Dadsetan|fa|پریرخ دادستان}}, academic, author

* [[Abdolhossein Zarrinkoob|Abdolhossein Zarrinkoub]], author

*{{ill|Haraton Davidian|fa|هاراطون داویدیان}}, academic, author

* [[Levon Davidian]], academic, author

*{{ill|Heidarali Hooman|fa|حیدرعلی هومن}}, academic, author

* [[Saeed Nafisi]], author

* [[Hassan Kamshad]], academic, author

*{{ill|Aliakbar ShoariNezhad|fa|علی اکبر شعاری نژاد}}, 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<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/26360802.Alireza_Norouzi | title=Alireza Norouzi }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL13115728A/Dr._Alireza_Norouzi | title=Dr. Alireza Norouzi }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://plus.wikimonde.com/wiki/Alireza_Norouzi | title=Alireza Norouzi – Encyclopédie Wikimonde Plus }}</ref>

* [[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]]

*{{ill|Mahmoud Mansour|fa|محمود منصور}}, academic, author

* [[Shahriyar Mandanipour]]

* [https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/285067.Abutorab_Khosravi Abutorab Khosravi]

* [[Morteza Nesfat]], academic, author

*{{ill|Hamzeh Ganji|fa|حمزه گنجی}}, academic, author

* [[Reza Ghassemi]]

* [[Zoya Pirzad]]

*{{ill|Mahmoud Golzari|fa|محمود گلزاری}}, academic, author

*{{ill|Behrooz Birashk|fa|بهروز بیرشک}}, academic, author

* [[Mahmoud Dowlatabadi]]

*{{ill|Shiva Dolatabadi|fa|شیوا دولت آبادی}}, academic, author

* [[Hamideh Jahangiri]], academic, author<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/20217863.Hamideh_Jahangiri | title=Hamideh Jahangiri }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL7981979A/Hamideh_Jahangiri | title=Hamideh Jahangiri }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://plus.wikimonde.com/wiki/Hamideh_Jahangiri | title=Hamideh Jahangiri – Encyclopédie Wikimonde Plus }}</ref>

* [[Bahman Forsi]]

*{{ill|Reza Zamani|fa|رضا زمانی}}, academic, author

* [[Houshang Golshiri]]

* [[Reza Baraheni]]

*{{ill|Abbasgholi Daneshvar|fa|عباسقلی دانشور}}, academic, author

* [[Abbas Maroufi]]

* [[Alireza. Norouzi]], academic, author

* [[Bozorg Alavi]]

*{{ill|Ahmad Siadati|fa|احمد سیادتی}}, 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]]

*{{ill|Kazem Amoli|fa|کاظم آملی}}, academic, author

* [[Javad Nurbakhsh]], academic, author

* [[Simin Daneshvar]]

*{{ill|Aliakbar Seif|fa|علی اکبر سیف}}, academic, author

* [[Siamak Yaghoubi]], academic, author

* [[Ebrahim Golestan]]

* [[Bahman Sholevar]]

* [[Neda Aria]], author, researcher

* [[Safoura Navaei]], academic, author

* [[Niloofar Akbarzadeh]], academic, author

* [[Sadeq Chubak]]

*{{ill|Karim Haddadian|fa|کریم حدادیان}}, academic, author

===Translators===

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* [[Abdolmajid Eskandari]], academic and translator

* [[Ali Akbar Abdolrashidi]], author and translator

*{{ill|Saeed Shamloo|fa|سعید شاملو}}, academic, author and translator

*{{ill|Parirokh Dadsetan|fa|پریرخ دادستان}}, academic, author and translator

*{{ill|Haraton Davidian|fa|هاراطون داویدیان}}, academic, author and translator

* [[Levon Davidian]], academic, author and translator

*{{ill|Heidarali Hooman|fa|حیدرعلی هومن}}, academic, author and translator

*{{ill|Aliakbar ShoariNezhad|fa|علی اکبر شعاری نژاد}}, 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

*{{ill|Mahmoud Mansour|fa|محمود منصور}}, academic, author and translator

* [[Morteza Nesfat]], academic, author and translator

* [[Mohammad Ghazi (translator)|Mohammad Ghazi]], translator

*{{ill|Hamzeh Ganji|fa|حمزه گنجی}}, academic, author and translator

*{{ill|Mahmoud Golzari|fa|محمود گلزاری}}, academic, author and translator

*{{ill|Behrooz Birashk|fa|بهروز بیرشک}}, academic, author and translator

*{{ill|Shiva Dolatabadi|fa|شیوا دولت آبادی}}, academic, author and translator

* [[Hamideh Jahangiri]], academic, author and translator<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/20198377._%D8%AD%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%AF%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C | title=حمیده جهانگیری }}</ref>

*{{ill|Reza Zamani|fa|رضا زمانی}}, academic, author and translator

*{{ill|Abbasgholi Daneshvar|fa|عباسقلی دانشور}}, academic, author and translator

* [[Alireza. Norouzi]], academic, author and translator<ref>{{cite web | url=https://plus.wikimonde.com/wiki/Dr._Alireza_Norouzi | title=Dr. Alireza Norouzi – Encyclopédie Wikimonde Plus }}</ref>

*{{ill|Ahmad Siadati|fa|احمد سیادتی}}, 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

*{{ill|Kazem Amoli|fa|کاظم آملی}}, academic, author and translator

* [[Javad Nurbakhsh]], academic, author and translator

*{{ill|Aliakbar Seif|fa|علی اکبر سیف}}, academic, author and translator

* [[Siamak Yaghoubi]], academic, author and translator

* [[Safoura Navaei]], academic, author and translator

* [[Niloofar Akbarzadeh]], academic, author and translator

*{{ill|Karim Haddadian|fa|کریم حدادیان}}, author and translator

* [[Shahrokh Meskoob]], author and translator

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==Religious figures==

{{see also|List of maraji|List of ayatollahs}}

* [[Bab]]

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* [[Bahaullah]]

* [[JamalAllamah al-Din AsadabadiMajlisi|Majlesi]]

* [[The Báb]], Prophet-Founder of the Bábi Faith

* [[Muhammad ibn Ismail ad-Darazi]]

* [[Bahá'u'lláh]], Prophet-Founder of the Bahá'í Faith

* [[Haik Hovsepian]], bishop and Christian martyr

* [[Ruhollah Khomeini'Abdu'l-Bahá]], founderCentre of the [[IslamicCovenant Republic]]of the /Bahá'í politicianFaith

* [[Ganzibra]] [[Jabbar Choheili]] (1923–2014), head of the [[Mandaeans|Mandaean]] community in Iran until his death in 2014.

* [[Rishama]] [[Rishama#Notable rishama|Salah Choheili]], Iranian [[Mandaeans|Mandaean]] who is the current patriarch and head of the [[Mandaean Australians|Mandaean community in Australia]]

* [[Haik Hovsepian Mehr]], bishop and Christian martyr

* [[Jamal al-Din Asadabadi]]

* [[Mani (prophet)|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 Imam of Arabian and Iranian descent

* [[Taha (Shia cleric)|Mullah Taha]], An Iranian gay Shia cleric

===Contemporary Shia Clergy===

*[[Abbas Ali Akhtari]]

*[[Abbas-Ali Amid Zanjani]]

*{{ill|Abbas Ali Karamatlu|fa|عباسعلی کرامتلو}}

*{{ill|Abbas Ali Rostami Sani|fa|عباس‌علی رستمی ثانی}}

*[[Abbas-Ali Soleimani]]

*[[Abbas Amirifar]]

*[[Abbas Hosseini Kashani]]

*[[Abbas Ka'bi]]

*[[Abbas Mahfouzi]]

*{{ill|Abbas Matin|fa|عباس متین}}

*[[Abbas Almohri]]

*[[Mohammad Montazeri]]

*{{ill|Abbas Mousaviyan|fa|سید عباس موسویان}}

*[[Abbas Tabrizian]]

*[[Abbas Vaez-Tabasi]]

*[[Abdul Fattah Nawab]]

*{{ill|Abdul Hadi Hussayni Shahroudi|fa|سید عبدالهادی حسینی شاهرودی}}

*{{ill|Abdul Hamid Khodri|fa|عبدالحمید خدری}}

*[[Abdol-Hamid Masoumi-Tehrani]]

*[[Abdol Hossein Dastgheib]]

*[[Abdul Hussein Mo'ezzi]]

*[[Abdol Javad Alamolhoda]]

*{{ill|Abdul Javad Ibrahimi Far|fa|عبدالجواد ابراهیمی فر}}

*{{ill|Abdul Karim Abidini|fa|عبدالکریم عابدینی}}

*[[Abdul Karim Farhani]]

*[[Abdolkarim Hasheminejad]]

*[[Abdul Karim Haghshenas]]

*[[Abdul-Karim Mousavi Ardebili]]

*[[Seyyed Abdollah Fateminia]]

*{{ill|Abdullah Haji Sadiqi|fa|عبدالله حاجی صادقی}}

*{{ill|Abdullah Hajiani|fa|عبدالله حاجیانی}}

*{{ill|Abdullah Hussayni|fa|سید عبدالله حسینی}}

*{{ill|Abdullah Keyvani Hafshejani|fa|عبدالله کیوانی هفشجانی}}

*[[Abd al-A'la al-Sabziwari]]

*[[Abdollah Javadi-Amoli]]

*[[Abdullah Musawi Shirazi]]

*[[Abdollah Nouri]]

*{{ill|Abdul Mahmoud Abdullahi|fa|عبدالمحمود عبداللهی}}

*[[Abdul-Majid al-Khoei]]

*{{ill|Abdul Mohammad Rastad|fa|عبدالمحمد رستاد}}

*[[Abdolmoghim Nasehi]]

*[[Abdul-Nabi Mousavi Fard]]

*[[Abdul-Nabi Namazi]]

*[[Abd al-Rahim Aqiqi Bakhshayishi]]

*[[Ayatollah Abdul Rahman Heidari Ilami]]

*{{ill|Abdul Rasoul Mousavi|fa|سید عبدالرسول موسوی}}

*{{ill|Abdul Reza Pourzahabi|fa|عبدالرضا پورذهبی}}

*[[Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari]]

*{{ill|Abu al-Fazl Mir Mohammedi|fa|سید ابوالفضل میرمحمدی}}

*[[Seyed Abolfazl Mousavi Tabrizi]]

*{{ill|Abu al-Fazl Razavi Ardakani|fa|سید ابوفاضل رضوی اردکانی}}

*{{ill|Abu al-Hassan Hassanzadeh|fa|سید ابوالحسن حسن زاده}}

*[[Abulhassan Navab]]

*[[Abolghasem Khazali]]

*{{ill|Abu al-Qasem|ar|أبو القاسم الكوكبي}}

*[[Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei]]

*[[Abolghasem Wafi Yazdi]]

*{{ill|Abu al-Qasim Yaqoubi|fa|ابوالقاسم یعقوبی}}

*{{ill|Ahad Azadikhah|fa|احد آزادی‌خواه}}

*[[Ahmad Alamolhoda]]

*[[Ahmad Azari Qomi]]

*[[Ahmad Beheshti]]

*{{ill|Ahmad Daneshzadeh Mo’min|fa|احمد دانش‌زاده مؤمن}}

*{{ill|Ahmad Hemmati Meshgini|fa|احمد همتی مشگینی}}

*{{ill|Ahmad Hussayn Fallahi|fa|احمدحسین فلاحی}}

*[[Ahmad Hosseini Khorasani]]

*[[Ahmad Jannati]]

*[[Ahmad Khatami]]

*[[Ahmad Khomeini]]

*[[Ahmad Khonsari]]

*[[Ahmad Marvi]]

*[[Ahmad Mazani]]

*[[Ahmad Moballeghi]]

*[[Ahmad Mohseni Garakani]]

*[[Ahmad Mojtahedi Tehrani]]

*{{ill|Ahmad Motahari Asl|fa|احمد مطهری اصل}}

*{{ill|Sayyid Ahmad Mousavi|fa|سید احمد موسوی (سیاستمدار)}}

*{{ill|Ahmad Parvai'i Rik|fa|احمد پروایی ریک}}

*[[Ahmad Ghabel]]

*[[Mir Ahmad Reza Hajati]]

*[[Seyyed Ahmad Reza Shahrokhi]]

*{{ill|Ahmad Sabiri Hamedani|fa|احمد صابری همدانی}}

*[[Ahmad Salek]]

*{{ill|Ahmad Sheikh Baha’i|fa|احمد شیخ‌بهائی}}

*[[Ahmad Vaezi]]

*[[Akbar Ahmadpour]]

*{{ill|Akbar Ghaffari Qarabagh|fa|میراکبر غفاری قره‌باغ}}

*[[Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani]]

*{{ill|Allah Nour Karimi Tabar|fa|الله‌نور کریمی‌تبار}}

*{{ill|Ali Abbasi (Cleric)|fa|علی عباسی (روحانی)}}

*{{ill|Ali Ahmadi Mianji|fa|میرزا علی احمدی میانجی}}

*[[Ali Akbar al-Modarresi]]

*[[Ali Meshkini]]

*[[Ali-Akbar Hosseini]]

*[[Ali Akbar Masoudi Khomeini]]

*[[Ali Akbar Mohtashamipur]]

*{{ill|Ali Akbar Kalantari|fa|علی اکبر کلانتری}}

*[[Ali Akbar Ghoreishi]]

*{{ill|Ali Akbar Hamidzadeh|fa|علی‌اکبر حمیدزاده}}

*{{ill|Ali Akbar Mousavi Hussayni|fa|سید علی‌اکبر موسوی حسینی}}

*{{ill|Ali Akbar Nasseri|fa|علی‌اکبر ناصری}}

*[[Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri]]

*[[Ali Akbar Rashad]]

*[[Ali al-Sabziwari]]

*{{ill|Ali Asghar Baghani|fa|علی‌اصغر باغانی}}

*[[Seyed Ali Asghar Dastgheib]]

*{{ill|Ali Asghar Hussayni|fa|سید علی‌اصغر حسینی}}

*{{ill|Ali Asghar Masoumi Shahroudi|fa|علی‌اصغر معصومی شاهرودی}}

*[[Ali Asghar Rahimi Azad]]

*[[Ali Asghar Rahmani Khalili]]

*[[Ali Banaei]]

*[[Ali Fallahian]]

*[[Ali Davani]]

*{{ill|Ali Gharavi|ar|علي الغروي}}

*{{ill|Ali Ghiouri|fa|سید علی غیوری}}

*[[Ali Golzadeh Ghafouri]]

*{{ill|Ali Hussayni Ashkevari|fa|سید علی حسینی اشکوری}}

*[[Ali al-Sistani]]

*{{ill|Ali Islami|fa|علی اسلامی}}

*{{ill|Ali Kazemi Gilani|fa|علی کاظمی گیلانی}}

*{{ill|Ali al-Kazemi Momendi|fa|علی آل کاظمی}}

*[[Ali Khamenei]]

*{{ill|Ali Khatami (Zanjan)|fa|علی خاتمی}}

*{{ill|Ali Mirkhalili|fa|سید علی میرخلیلی}}

*{{ill|Ali Mo’alemi|fa|علی معلمی}}

*{{ill|Ali Mohammad Bozorgvari|fa|سید علی‌محمد بزرگواری}}

*[[Ali Mohammad Dastgheib Shirazi]]

*{{ill|Ali Momenpour|fa|علی مؤمن}}

*{{ill|Ali Nazari Monfard|fa|علی نظری منفرد}}

*[[Ali Orumian]]

*[[Ali Qazi Askar]]

*[[Ali Qoddusi]]

*{{ill|Ali Razini|fa|علی رازینی}}

*{{ill|Ali Reza Afqahi|fa|سید علیرضا افقهی}}

*[[Alireza Arafi]]

*{{ill|Ali Reza Dana|fa|سید علیرضا دانا}}

*{{ill|Ali Reza Ebadi|fa|سید علیرضا عبادی}}

*{{ill|Ali Reza Islamian|fa|علیرضا اسلامیان}}

*[[Alireza Panahian]]

*[[Alireza Qaeminia]]

*[[Alireza Salimi (politician)]]

*[[Ali Safi Golpaygani]]

*[[Seyyed Ali Shafiei]]

*{{ill|Sheikh Ali Shahrokhi|fa|علی شاهرخی}}

*[[Ali Shirazi]]

*{{ill|Ali Tahiri Gorgani|fa|سید علی طاهری}}

*{{ill|Ali Zadsar Jirofti|fa|علی زادسر}}

*{{ill|Amanallah Alimoradi|fa|امان‌الله علیمرادی}}

*{{ill|Aman Narimani|fa|امان نریمانی}}

*{{ill|Amir Qoli Jafari Borujeni|fa|امیرقلی جعفری بروجنی}}

*{{ill|Amir Reza Heda’i|fa|امیررضا هدائی}}

*[[Asadollah Bayat-Zanjani]]

*[[Assad-Allah Imani]]

*{{ill|Asadallah Kian-Arasi|fa|اسدالله کیان‌ارثی}}

*[[Mir Asadollah Madani]]

*[[Asgar Dirbaz]]

*[[Ataollah Ashrafi Esfahani]]

*[[Azizollah Khoshvaght]]

*{{ill|Baqir Seyyedi Bonabi|fa|سید باقر سیدی بنابی}}

*{{ill|Dakhil Abbas Zarazadeh Mehrizi|fa|دخیل‌عباس زارع‌زاده مهریزی}}

*{{ill|Davoud Samadi Amoli|fa|داوود صمدی آملی}}

*{{ill|Fakhraddin Hashemi|fa|سید فخرالدین هاشمی}}

*[[Fakhreddin Mousavi]]

*{{ill|Fakhraddin Sabiri|fa|فخرالدین صابری}}

*{{ill|Fathallah Omid Najafabadi|fa|فتح‌الله امید نجف‌آبادی}}

*{{ill|Ghiyasaddin Taha Mohammedi|fa|غیاث‌الدین طاهامحمدی}}

*{{ill|Gholam Ali Naim Abadi|fa|غلامعلی نعیم‌آبادی}}

*[[Gholam Ali Safai Bushehri]]

*[[Mohammad Mohammadi Golpayegani]]

*[[Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i]]

*{{ill|Gholam Hussayn Nadi|fa|غلامحسین نادی}}

*{{ill|Gholam Reza Fayazi|fa|غلامرضا فیاضی}}

*[[Gholamreza Hassani]]

*[[Gholamreza Mesbahi Moghaddam]]

*{{ill|Gholam Reza Moghiseh|fa|غلامرضا مغیسه}}

*[[Gholamreza Rezvani]]

*{{ill|Gholam Reza Sultani|fa|غلامرضا سلطانی}}

*[[Habibollah Ashouri]]

*{{ill|Habiballah Ghafouri Barjini|fa|حبیب‌الله غفوری}}

*{{ill|Habiballah Mehman Navaz|fa|حبیب‌الله مهمان‌نواز}}

*{{ill|Habiballah Sha’bani Movasaqi|fa|حبیب‌الله شعبانی موثقی}}

*[[Habib Boromand Dashghapu]]

*[[Hadi al-Modarresi]]

*{{ill|Hadi Barikbin|fa|هادی باریک‌بین}}

*{{ill|Hadi Doust Mohammadi|fa|هادی دوست محمدی}}

*[[Hadi Ghaffari]]

*[[Hadi Khamenei]]

*[[Hadi Khosroshahi]]

*[[Hadi Ghabel]]

*[[Hadi Rohani]]

*[[Hamid Rasai]]

*[[Hamid Shahriari]]

*[[Mirza Hashem Amoli]]

*[[Hashem Bathaie Golpayegani]]

*{{ill|Hashem Hamidi|fa|سید هاشم حمیدی}}

*[[Hashem Hashemzadeh Herisi]]

*{{ill|Hashem Hejazifar|fa|هاشم حجازی‌فر}}

*[[Hashem Hosseini Bushehri]]

*{{ill|Hashem Niazi|fa|هاشم نیازی}}

*{{ill|Hassan Abtahi|fa|سید حسن ابطحی}}

*{{ill|Hassan Alemi|fa|حسن عالمی}}

*{{ill|Hassan Ali Akhlaqi Amiri|fa|حسنعلی اخلاقی امیری}}

*{{ill|Hassan Alidadi Sulaymani|fa|حسن علیدادی سلیمانی}}

*[[Hasanali Morvarid]]

*[[Hasan Ali Nejabat Shirazi]]

*[[Hassan Ameli]]

*{{ill|Hassan Aqa Hussayni Tabataba’i|fa|سید حسن آقا حسینی طباطبایی}}

*[[Hassan Emami]]

*[[Hassan Hassanzadeh Amoli]]

*[[Hassan Eslami Ardakani]]

*[[Hassan Khomeini]]

*{{ill|Hassan Malek Mohammadi|fa|حسن ملک‌محمدی}}

*{{ill|Hassan Mamduhi|fa|حسن ممدوحی}}

*[[Hassan Namazi]]

*{{ill|Hassan Nowrouzi|fa|حسن نوروزی}}

*[[Hassan Rouhani]]

*[[Hassan Sanei]]

*[[Hassan Shariati Niyasar]]

*{{ill|Hassan Shahcheraghi|fa|سید حسن شاهچراغی}}

*{{ill|Hassan Shuja’i Aliabadi|fa|حسن شجاعی علی‌آبادی}}

*{{ill|Hassan Shuja’i Kiyasari|fa|سید حسن شجاعی کیاسری}}

*[[Hassan Tabatabaei Qomi]]

*{{ill|Hassan Taheri Khorramabadi|fa|سید حسن طاهری خرم‌آبادی}}

*[[Heydar Moslehi]]

*[[Hussein-Ali Montazeri]]

*{{ill|Hussayn Ali Sa'adi|fa|حسینعلی سعدی}}

*[[Hossein Borujerdi]]

*[[Hossein Ansarian]]

*{{ill|Hussayn Ansari Rad|fa|حسین انصاری‌راد}}

*[[Hossein Ayatollahi]]

*{{ill|Hussayn Hashemian|fa|حسین هاشمیان}}

*{{ill|Hussayn Irani|fa|حسین ایرانی}}

*{{ill|Hussayn Jalali|fa|حسین جلالی}}

*[[Hossein Kazemeyni Boroujerdi]]

*[[Hossein Lankarani]]

*[[Hossein Mazaheri]]

*{{ill|Hussayn Mirza'i|fa|حسین میرزایی}}

*[[Hossein Mousavi Tabrizi]]

*{{ill|Hussayn Muzzafari|fa|حسین مظفری (روحانی)}}

*[[Hossein Noori Hamedani]]

*{{ill|Hussayn Rafia’i|fa|حسین رفیعی (روحانی)}}

*{{ill|Hussayn Rasti Kashani|fa|حسین راستی کاشانی}}

*{{ill|Hussayn Sobhani Nia|fa|حسین سبحانی‌نیا}}

*[[Hossein Taeb]]

*[[Hossein Wahid Khorasani]]

*[[Ebrahim Amini]]

*[[Mir Ebrahim Seyyed Hatami]]

*[[Ebrahim Raisi]]

*{{ill|Isa Tarafi|fa|عیسی طرفی}}

*{{ill|Ismail Ferdowsipour|fa|اسماعیل فردوسی‌پور}}

*[[Esmaeil Khatib]]

*[[Seyed Esmaeil Mousavi Zanjani]]

*{{ill|Ismail Salehi Mazandarani|fa|اسماعیل صالحی مازندرانی}}

*{{ill|Jafar Karimi Divkola'i|fa|سید جعفر کریمی دیوکلایی}}

*[[Jafar Sobhani]]

*[[Jafar Shojouni]]

*{{ill|Jalaladdin Faqih Imani|fa|جلال‌الدین فقیه ایمانی}}

*[[Jalaleddin Taheri]]

*{{ill|Jalal Yahyazadeh Firouzabadi|fa|سید جلال یحیی‌زاده فیروزآبادی}}

*{{ill|Jalil Mohebi|fa|جلیل محبی}}

*{{ill|Javad Alavi Boroujerdi|fa|سید جواد علوی بروجردی}}

*[[Javad Gharavi Aliari]]

*{{ill|Javad Hajizadeh Kalajahi|fa|جواد حاجی زاده کلجاهی}}

*{{ill|Javad Hussayni Kia|fa|سید جواد حسینی کیا}}

*{{ill|Javad Jafari|fa|جواد جعفری (روحانی)}}

*[[Javad Khamenei]]

*[[Jawad Tabrizi]]

*{{ill|Javad Marvi|fa|جواد مروی}}

*[[Javad Mojtahed Shabestari]]

*{{ill|Javad Nikbin|fa|جواد نیک‌بین}}

*{{ill|Kamel Khairkhah|fa|کامل خیرخواه}}

*{{ill|Karamatallah Emadi|fa|کرامت‌الله عمادی}}

*[[Karamatollah Malek-Hosseini]]

*[[Khalil Boyukzadeh]]

*[[Khalil Mobasher Kashani]]

*[[Seyed Kazem Seyed Bagheri]]

*{{ill|Kazem Mousavi|fa|سید کاظم موسوی}}

*[[Kazem Nourmofidi]]

*[[Kazem Seddiqi]]

*[[Lotfollah Dezhkam]]

*[[Lotfollah Safi Golpaygani]]

*[[Mahmoud Taleghani]]

*[[Mahmoud Alavi]]

*{{ill|Mahmoud Da’ai|fa|سید محمود دعایی}}

*[[Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi]]

*{{ill|Mahmoud Hussayni Dowlatabadi|fa|سید محمود حسینی دولت‌آبادی}}

*{{ill|Mahmoud Madani Bajestani|fa|سید محمود مدنی بجستانی}}

*[[Mahmoud Mar'ashi Najafi]]

*{{ill|Mahmoud Mohammedi Araqi|fa|محمود محمدی عراقی}}

*[[Mahmoud Nabavian]]

*{{ill|Mahmoud Nourizadeh|fa|سید محمود نوری‌زاده}}

*{{ill|Mahmoud Rajabi|fa|محمود رجبی}}

*[[Mahmoud Salavati]]

*[[Mahdi al-Modarresi]]

*{{ill|Mahdi Baqiri|fa|مهدی باقری}}

*[[Mahdi Hosseini Rohani]]

*[[Mehdi Karroubi]]

*{{ill|Mahdi Mousavinejad|fa|سید مهدی موسوی‌نژاد}}

*[[Seyed Mehdi Ghoreishi]]

*[[Mehdi Shabzendedar Jahromi]]

*{{ill|Mahdi Sheikh|fa|مهدی شیخ}}

*{{ill|Mahdi Yasrebi Kashani|fa|سید مهدی یثربی}}

*{{ill|Majdaddin Ghazi Dezfuli|fa|سید مجدالدین قاضی دزفولی}}

*[[Majid Ansari]]

*{{ill|Majid Nasserinejhad|fa|مجید ناصری‌نژاد}}

*{{ill|Majid Nasira'i|fa|مجید نصیرایی}}

*{{ill|Majid Talkhabi|fa|مجید تلخابی}}

*[[Mansour Leghaei]]

*[[Masoud Khamenei]]

*[[Ali Younesi]]

*{{ill|Mohammad Aba’i Khorasani|fa|محمد عبایی خراسانی}}

*[[Mohammad-Ali Abtahi]]

*[[Mohammad Ali Ale-Hashem]]

*{{ill|Mohammad Ali "Mokhtar" Aminian|fa|مختار امینیان}}

*[[Mohammad-Ali Angaji]]

*[[Mohammad Ali Araki]]

*{{ill|Mohammad Ali Ayazi|fa|سید محمدعلی ایازی}}

*{{ill|Mohammad Ali Faiz Lahijani Gilani|fa|محمدعلی فیض لاهیجی}}

*[[Mohammad Ali Gerami Qomi]]

*{{ill|Mohammad Ali Hadi Najafabadi|fa|محمدعلی هادی نجف‌آبادی}}

*[[Mohammad Alavi Gorgani]]

*[[Mohammad Ali Esmaeelpoor Ghomsheie]]

*[[Mohammad Ali Naseri]]

*{{ill|Mohammad Ali Nekounam|fa|محمدعلی نکونام}}

*{{ill|Mohammad Ali Modarresi Tabataba’i|fa|سید محمد علی مدرسی طباطبایی}}

*{{ill|Mohammad Ali Mousavi|fa|سید محمدعلی موسوی}}

*[[Mohammad Ali Mousavi Jazayeri]]

*{{ill|Mohammad Ali Movahed Abtahi|fa|سید محمدعلی موحد ابطحی}}

*[[Ali Movahedi-Kermani]]

*[[Mohammad Ali Qazi Tabatabaei]]

*[[Mohammad-Ali Rahmani]]

*{{ill|Mohammad Ali Reza'i|fa|محمدعلی رضایی}}

*{{ill|Mohammad Ali Sadouqi|fa|محمدعلی صدوقی}}

*[[Mohammad-Ali Shahidi]]

*{{ill|Mohammad Ali Shar’ai|fa|محمدعلی شرعی}}

*[[Mohammad Ali Shomali]]

*[[Mohammad-Ali Taskhiri]]

*{{ill|Mohammad Ali Zam|fa|محمدعلی زم}}

*{{ill|Mohammad Amin Khorasani|fa|سید محمد امین خراسانی}}

*{{ill|Mirza Mohammad Anvari|fa|میرزامحمد انواری}}

*{{ill|Mohammad Ashrafi Isfahani Khozani|fa|محمد اشرفی اصفهانی}}

*{{ill|Mohammed Bahrami Khoshkar|fa|محمد بهرامی خوشکار}}

*[[Mohammad-Bagher Bagheri]]

*{{ill|Mohammad Baqir Ebadi|fa|سید محمدباقر عبادی}}

*[[Mohammad Bagher Kharazi]]

*{{ill|Mohammad Baqir Mohammadi La’ini|fa|محمدباقر محمدی لائینی}}

*{{ill|Mohammad Baqir Movahed Abtahi|fa|سید محمدباقر موحد ابطحی}}

*{{ill|Mohammad Ebadizadeh|fa|محمد عبادی‌زاده}}

*[[Mohammed Emami-Kashani]]

*{{ill|Mohammad Faqih|fa|سید محمد فقیه}}

*[[Mohammad Fazel Lankarani]]

*[[Mohammad Feyz Sarabi]]

*{{ill|Mohammad Hadi Abdekhodai|fa|محمدهادی عبدخدایی}}

*[[Mohammad Hadi Ghazanfari Khansari]]

*[[Mohammad-Hadi Ma'refat]]

*[[Mohammad Hadi Mofatteh]]

*{{ill|Mohammad Hadi Rabbani|fa|محمدهادی ربانی}}

*{{ill|Mohammad Haji Abu al-Qasem Doulabi|fa|محمد ابوالقاسمی}}

*{{ill|Mohammad Hashemian|fa|محمد هاشمیان}}

*[[Mohammad-Hassan Aboutorabi Fard]]

*[[Mohammad Hassan Ahmadi Faqih]]

*{{ill|Mohammad Hassan Jamshidi Ardeshiri|fa|محمدحسن جمشیدی اردشیری}}

*{{ill|Mohammad Hassan Mar’ashi|fa|سید محمدحسن مرعشی}}

*{{ill|Mohammad Hassan Nabavi|fa|سید محمدحسن نبوی}}

*[[Mohammad Hassan Ghadrdan Gharamaleki]]

*[[Mohammad Hassan Rahimian]]

*{{ill|Mohammad Hassan Zali|fa|محمدحسن زالی}}

*{{ill|Mohammad Hussayn Ahmadi Shahroudi|fa|محمدحسین احمدی شاهرودی}}

*[[Mohammad Beheshti]]

*{{ill|Mohammad Hussayn Bayati|fa|محمدحسین بیاتی}}

*{{ill|Mohammad Hussayn Hussaynzadeh Bahraini|fa|محمدحسین حسین‌زاده بحرینی}}

*{{ill|Mohammad Hussayni Rouhani Qomi|fa|سید محمد روحانی}}

*[[Mohammad Hussaini Shahroudi]]

*{{ill|Mohammad Hussayni Shahroudi|fa|سید محمد حسینی شاهرودی (نماینده ولی فقیه)}}

*[[Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini Zanjani]]

*[[Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai]]

*{{ill|Mohammad Hussayn Zarandi|fa|محمدحسین زرندی}}

*[[Mohammad Ebrahim Jannaati]]

*{{ill|Mohammad Ibrahim Nekounam|fa|محمدابراهیم نکونام}}

*{{ill|Mohammad Ismail Shushtri|fa|محمداسماعیل شوشتری}}

*[[Mohammad Ezodin Hosseini Zanjani]]

*{{ill|Mohammad Jafari Gilani|fa|محمد جعفری گیلانی}}

*[[Mohammad Jafar Montazeri]]

*[[Muhammad Jafar Moravej]]

*{{ill|Mohammad Jafar Sadat Mousavi|fa|محمدجعفر سادات موسوی}}

*[[Muhammad Javad Haj Ali Akbari]]

*[[Mohammad-Javad Bahonar]]

*[[Mohammad Javad Pishvai]]

*{{ill|Mohammad Karim Marouji|fa|محمدکریم مروجی}}

*[[Mohammed Kadhim al-Modarresi]]

*{{ill|Mohammad Kazim Movahedi Azad|fa|محمد موحدی آزاد}}

*[[Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari]]

*[[Mohammad Khamenei]]

*[[Mohammad Khatami]]

*{{ill|Mohammad Mahdi Aftakhari|fa|محمدمهدی افتخاری}}

*{{ill|Mohammad Mahdi Hussayni Hamedani|fa|سید محمدمهدی حسینی همدانی}}

*{{ill|Mohammad Mahdi Mir Baqeri|fa|سید محمدمهدی میرباقری}}

*{{ill|Mohammad Mahdi Pourfatimi|fa|سید محمدمهدی پورفاطمی}}

*{{ill|Mohammad Mahdi Rabbani Amlishi|fa|محمدمهدی ربانی املشی}}

*{{ill|Mohammad Mahdi Shahrokhi|fa|سید محمدمهدی شاهرخی}}

*[[Mehdi Tabatabaei]]

*[[Mohammad Mofatteh]]

*{{ill|Mohammad Mo’adebpour|fa|محمد مؤدب‌پور}}

*{{ill|Mohammad Mohad|fa|سید حاجی محمد موحد}}

*[[Mohammad Mohammadi Gilani]]

*[[Mohammad Momen]]

*[[Mohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha]]

*[[Mohammad Mofti al-shia Mousavi]]

*[[Mohammad Mojtahed Shabestari]]

*{{ill|Mohammad Naqi Lotfi|fa|محمدنقی لطفی}}

*{{ill|Mohammad Naqi Shahrokhi Khorramabadi|fa|سید محمدنقی شاهرخی خرم‌آبادی}}

*[[Nasser Biria]]

*[[Mohammad Qomi]]

*[[Mohammad Rahmati Sirjani]]

*{{ill|Mohammad Rajaei Baghsiai|fa|محمد رجایی باغ‌سیایی}}

*[[Mohammad Reyshahri]]

*{{ill|Mohammad Razavi Yazdi|fa|سید محمد رضوی یزدی}}

*{{ill|Mohammad Reza Abbasi Fard|fa|محمدرضا عباسی‌فرد}}

*{{ill|Mohammad Reza Amiri Kohnuj|fa|محمدرضا امیری کهنوج}}

*[[Mohammad-Reza Ashtiani Araghi]]

*{{ill|Mohammad Reza Baqiri Bonabi|fa|رضا باقری بنابی}}

*{{ill|Mohammad Reza Dowlatabadi|fa|محمدرضا دولت‌آبادی}}

*{{ill|Mohammad Reza Faker|fa|محمدرضا فاکر}}

*[[Mohammad-Reza Golpaygani]]

*[[Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani]]

*{{ill|Mohammad Reza Meghari Moruji|fa|محمدرضا مبلغی}}

*[[Mohammad Reza Mirtajodini]]

*[[Mohammad-Reza Modarresi Yazdi]]

*[[Mohammad Reza Naseri Yazdi]]

*[[Mohammad Reza Nekoonam]]

*[[Mohammed Ridha al-Sistani]]

*[[Mohammad-Reza Tavassoli]]

*{{ill|Mohammad Reza Za’iri|fa|محمدرضا زائری}}

*{{ill|Mohammad Rouhani Qomi|fa|سید محمد روحانی}}

*{{ill|Mohammad Sabzi|fa|محمد سبزی}}

*{{ill|Mohammad Sadat Ibrahimi|fa|سید محمد سادات ابراهیمی}}

*{{ill|Mohammad Sa’id Mahdavi Kani|fa|محمدسعید مهدوی کنی}}

*{{ill|Mohammad Sadiq "Mohiaddin" Haeri Shirazi|fa|محی‌الدین حائری شیرازی}}

*[[Sadegh Khalkhali]]

*[[Mohammad Sadeq Rouhani]]

*[[Mohammad-Sadegh Salehimanesh]]

*[[Mohammad Sadeqi Tehrani]]

*[[Mohammad Sadoughi]]

*[[Seyyed Mohammad Saeedi]]

*{{ill|Mohammad Safari Molkmian|fa|محمد صفری ملک‌میان}}

*[[Mohammad Shahcheraghi]]

*{{ill|Mohammad Shahi Arablu|fa|محمد شاهی عربلو}}

*[[Mohammad-Taher Shubayr al-Khaqani]]

*[[Mohammad Taqi al-Modarresi]]

*[[Mohammad Taqi al-Khoei]]

*[[Mohammad-Taqi Bahjat Foumani]]

*[[Mohammad Taghi Falsafi]]

*[[Mohammad-Taqi Ja'fari]]

*[[Mohammad-Taghi Khalaji]]

*[[Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi]]

*{{ill|Mohammad Taqi Mohassil Hamadani|fa|سید محمدتقی محصل همدانی}}

*[[Mohammed Taqi Morvarid]]

*{{ill|Mohammad Taqi Naqd Ali|fa|محمدتقی نقدعلی}}

*[[Mohammad Taghi Pourmohammadi]]

*{{ill|Mohammad Taqi Rahbar|fa|محمدتقی رهبر}}

*[[Mohammad-Taqi Shoushtari]]

*[[Mohammad Taghi Vaezi]]

*{{ill|Mohammad Waezzadeh Khorasani|fa|محمد واعظ‌زاده خراسانی}}

*[[Mohammad Vaez Mousavi]]

*{{ill|Mohammad Yasrebi|fa|محمد یثربی}}

*[[Mohammad Yazdi]]

*[[Seyyed Mohammad Ziaabadi]]

*{{ill|Mohiaddin Fazl Harandi|fa|محی‌الدین فاضل هرندی}}

*[[Mohsen Araki]]

*[[Mohsen Faqihi]]

*[[Mohsen Heidari Alekasir]]

*{{ill|Mohsen Ibrahimi|fa|محسن ابراهیمی}}

*{{ill|Mohsen Kazeroni|fa|محسن کازرونی}}

*[[Mohsen Kharazi]]

*[[Mohsen Koochebaghi Tabrizi]]

*[[Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari]]

*[[Mohsin Qara'ati]]

*[[Mohsen Qomi]]

*[[Mohsen Rohami]]

*{{ill|Mohsen Sa'idi Golpaygani|fa|سید محسن سعیدی گلپایگانی}}

*{{ill|Mohsen Tahiri|fa|سید محسن طاهری}}

*[[Seyed Mojtaba Hosseini]]

*{{ill|Mojtaba Mo’adpour|fa|مجتبی مؤدب‌پور}}

*[[Mujtaba Musavi Lari]]

*[[Mojtaba Tehrani]]

*[[Mojtaba Zonnour]]

*{{ill|Mokhtar Waziri|fa|مختار وزیری}}

*[[Morteza Aghatehrani]]

*{{ill|Morteza Fahim Kermani|fa|مرتضی فهیم کرمانی}}

*{{ill|Morteza Mahmoudi Golpayegani|fa|سید مرتضی محمودی گلپایگانی}}

*{{ill|Morteza Mati’ayi|fa|مرتضی مطیعی}}

*[[Morteza Moghtadai]]

*[[Morteza Motahhari]]

*{{ill|Morteza Mousavi|fa|سید مرتضی موسوی}}

*{{ill|Morteza Razavi|fa|مرتضی رضوی}}

*[[Morteza Sadouqi Mazandarani]]

*{{ill|Morteza Salehi Khvansari|fa|سید مرتضی صالحی خوانساری}}

*{{ill|Mousa Ahmadi|fa|موسی احمدی}}

*{{ill|Mousa Ghazanfarabadi|fa|موسی غضنفرآبادی}}

*{{ill|Mousa Mousavi |fa|سید موسی موسوی}}

*{{ill|Mousa Mousavi Qahdarijani|fa|سید موسی موسوی قهدریجانی}}

*[[Mousa Qorbani]]

*[[Mousa Shubairi Zanjani]]

*[[Mostafa Boroujerdi]]

*{{ill|Mustafa Fargh Dezfuli|fa|مصطفی فارغ}}

*{{ill|Mustafa Hassanti|fa|مصطفی حسناتی}}

*[[Mostafa Khamenei]]

*[[Mostafa Khomeini]]

*{{ill|Mustafa Mohami|fa|مصطفی محامی}}

*[[Mostafa Mohaghegh Damad]]

*[[Mostafa Mousavi Faraz]]

*[[Mostafa Pourmohammadi]]

*{{ill|Mustafa Tabataba’inejhad|fa|سید مصطفی طباطبایی‌نژاد}}

*{{ill|Mustafa Ulama|fa|مصطفی علماء}}

*{{ill|Mustafa Zu al-Qadir|fa|سید مصطفی ذوالقدر}}

*[[Moslem Malakouti]]

*{{ill|Motahar Kazimi|fa|سید مطهر کاظمی}}

*[[Nasir Hosseini]]

*[[Nasrollah Pejmanfar]]

*[[Nasrallah Shah-Abadi]]

*[[Naser Makarem Shirazi]]

*[[Seyed Naser Mousavi Largani]]

*{{ill|Nasser Mousavi|fa|سید ناصر موسوی}}

*{{ill|Nasser Qawami|fa|ناصر قوامی}}

*[[Nematollah Salehi Najafabadi]]

*{{ill|Nourallah Tabresi|fa|نورالله طبرسی}}

*[[Qasem Ravanbakhsh]]

*[[Mir Ghesmat Mosavi Asl]]

*[[Ghodratollah Alikhani]]

*{{ill|Qodratallah Najafi|fa|قدرت‌الله نجفی}}

*{{ill|Qodratallah Nazari Nia|fa|قدرت‌الله نظری‌نیا}}

*[[Ghorbanali Dorri-Najafabadi]]

*{{ill|Qorban Ali Qandahari|fa|قربانعلی قندهاری}}

*{{ill|Rahim Tavakol|fa|سید رحیم توکل}}

*{{ill|Rasoul Fallahati Gilani|fa|رسول فلاحتی}}

*[[Rasul Jafarian]]

*[[Rasoul Montajabnia]]

*{{ill|Reza Akrami|fa|سید رضا اکرمی}}

*[[Seyed Reza Bahaadini]]

*[[Reza Hosseini Nassab]]

*[[Reza Mohammadi Langroudi]]

*[[Reza Nouri]]

*[[Reza Ostadi]]

*[[Reza Ramezani Gilani]]

*{{ill|Reza Taqvi|fa|سید رضا تقوی}}

*[[Ruhollah Beigi]]

*[[Ruhollah Hosseinian]]

*[[Ruhollah Khatami]]

*[[Ruhollah Khomeini]]

*{{ill|Ruhallah Sadr al-Sadati|fa|سید روح‌الله صدرالساداتی}}

*{{ill|Sabir Jabbari|fa|سید صابر جباری}}

*[[Sadeq Larijani]]

*{{ill|Sadiq Pishnamazi|fa|سید صادق پیشنمازی}}

*{{ill|Sadiq Tabataba’inejhad|fa|سید صادق طباطبایی‌نژاد}}

*[[Saied Reza Ameli]]

*{{ill|Sa’id Saleh Mirza’i|fa|سعید صلح میرزایی}}

*[[Seyed Sajjad Izdehi]]

*{{ill|Salman Zakir|fa|سید سلمان ذاکر}}

*{{ill|Shahab al-Din Ishraqi|fa|شهاب‌الدین اشراقی}}

*[[Shahab ud-Din Mar'ashi Najafi]]

*[[Shahab Moradi]]

*{{ill|Shams al-Din Mohammad Mujatahidi Najafi|fa|شمس الدین محمد مجتهدی نجفی}}

*{{ill|Sharaf al-Din Malek Hussayni|fa|سید شرف‌الدین ملک‌حسینی}}

*{{ill|Sirajaddin Mousavi|fa|سید سراج‌الدین موسوی}}

*{{ill|Taha Hashemi|fa|سید طه هاشمی}}

*[[Taher Ahmadzadeh]]

*[[Taqi Tabatabaei Qomi]]

*{{ill|Teymour Ali Asgari|fa|تیمور علی‌عسگری}}

*{{ill|Wahid Ahmadi|fa|وحید احمدی}}

*{{ill|Vaed Moradbeygi|fa|وعد مرادبیگی}}

*[[Yadollah Duzduzani]]

*{{ill|Yadallah Safari|fa|یدالله صفری}}

*{{ill|Yahya Ansari Shirazi|fa|یحیی انصاری شیرازی}}

*[[Yahya Nouri]]

*[[Yasubedin Rastegar Jooybari]]

*{{ill|Younis Mousavi Sarcheshmeh|fa|سید یونس موسوی سرچشمه}}

*[[Yousef Madani Tabrizi]]

*[[Yousef Saanei]]

*[[Yousef Tabatabai Nejad]]

*{{ill|Zakrallah Ahmadi|fa|ذکرالله احمدی}}

*[[Zaynolabideen Ghorbani]]

===Contemporary Sunni Clergy===

*[[Abdolhamid Ismaeelzahi]]

*[[Abdolqader Zahedi]]

*{{ill|Abdul Rahman Arefi|fa|عبدالرحمان عارفی}}

*{{ill|Abdul Rahman Khoda'i|fa|عبدالرحمن خدایی}}

*{{ill|Abdul Rahman Mullazahi|fa|مولانا عبدالرحمن}}

*{{ill|Ali Ahmad Salami|fa|علی‌احمد سلامی}}

*{{ill|Burhan Ealla|fa|ماموستا برهان عالی}}

*{{ill|Faiq Rostami|fa|فایق رستمی}}

*{{ill|Hosamaddin Mujtahidi|fa|حسام الدین مجتهدی}}

*{{ill|Iqbal Bahmani|fa|اقبال بهمنی}}

*{{ill|Kamal Akhund Gharavi|fa|کمال آخوند غراوی}}

*{{ill|Mohammad Ishaq Madani|fa|محمد اسحاق مدنی}}

*{{ill|Mohmmad Sheikh al-Islami|fa|محمد شیخ‌الاسلام}}

{{div col end}}

==Royalty==

{{Main|List of monarchs of Persia}}

===Pre-Islam===

==Scientists, scholars, and academics==

====[[Elam]]====

{{Main|List of pre-modern Iranian scientists and scholars|List of contemporary Iranian scientists, scholars, and engineers}}

=====IgehalkidExplorers dynasty==and travellers===

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* [[Ahmad ibn Rustah]], 10th-century Persian explorer of Russia, Scandinavia and Arabia

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===Historians, archaeologists and Iranologists===

*[[Ige-Halki]] (c. [[1350s BCE|1350]] - c. [[1330s BCE|1330 BCE]])

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*[[Pakhir-Ishshan]] (c. [[1330s BCE|1330]] - c. [[1310s BCE|1310 BCE]])

* [[Abbas Alizadeh]]

*[[Attar-Kittakh]] (c. [[1310s BCE|1310]] - c. [[1300s BCE|1300 BCE]])

* [[Abbas Amanat]]

*[[Khuman-Numena]] (c. [[1300s BCE|1300]] - c. [[1270s BCE|1275 BCE]])

* [[Abdolhossein Zarinkoob]]

*[[Untash-Naprisha]] (c. [[1270s BCE|1275]] - c. [[1240s BCE|1240 BCE]])

* [[Ahmad Kasravi]]

*[[Unpatar-Naprisha]] (c. [[1240s BCE|1240]] - c. [[1230s BCE|1235 BCE]])

* [[Alireza Shapour Shahbazi]]

*[[Kiddin-Khutran]] (c. [[1230s BCE|1235]] - c. [[1210s BCE|1210 BCE]])

* [[Badiozzaman Forouzanfar]]

* [[Iraj Bashiri]]

* [[Ezzat Negahban|Ezzatolah Neghban]]

* [[Fereydun Adamiyat]]

* [[Habiballah Esmaili]]

* [[Hamdallah Mustawfi]]

* [[Kaveh Farrokh]]

* [[Majid Adibzadeh]]

* [[Mehrdad Bahar]]

* [[Mohammad Ali Eslami Nodooshan]]

* [[Nasser Fakouhi]]

* [[Sadegh Malek Shahmirzadi]]

* [[Touraj Atabaki]]

* [[Touraj Daryaee]]

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=====Shutrukid Dynasty==Linguists===

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*[[Khallutush-In-Shushinak]] (c. [[1200s BCE|1205]] - c. [[1180s BCE|1185 BCE]])

* [[Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak]]

*[[Shutruk-Nahhunte]] (c. [[1180s BCE|1185]] - c. [[1150s BCE|1155 BCE]])

* [[Ahmad Tafazzoli]]

*[[Kutir-Nahhunte III]] (c. [[1150s BCE|1155]] - c. [[1150s BCE|1150 BCE]])

* [[Ali Akbar Abdolrashidi]]

*[[Shilkhak-In-Shushinak]] (c. [[1150s BCE|1150]] - c. [[1120s BCE|1120 BCE]])

* [[Ehsan Yarshater]]

*[[Khutelutush-In-Shushinak]] (c. [[1120s BCE|1120]] - c. [[1110s BCE|1110 BCE]])

* [[Jaleh Amouzgar]]

*[[Shilhana-Hamru-Lagamar]] (c. [[1110s BCE|1110]] - [[1100s BCE|1100 BCE]])

* [[Mehrdad Bahar]]

* [[Parviz Natel-Khanlari]]

* [[Zabihollah Safa]]

{{div col end}}

====TheIntellectuals Medianand empire=philosophers===

* ''See main list: [[List of pre-modern Iranian scientists and scholars]]''

*[[Deioces]]

* ''See main list: [[List of contemporary Iranian scientists, scholars, and engineers]]''

*[[Phraortes]]

{{div col|colwidth=30em}}

*[[Cyaxares]]

* [[Mirza Fath Ali Akhundzadeh]]

*[[Astyages]]

* [[Mohammad-Ali Foroughi]]

* [[Mostafa Malekian]]

* [[Mirza Malkam Khan]]

* [[Abbas Milani]]

* [[Mohammad Mojtahed Shabestari]]

* [[Seyyed Hossein Nasr]]

* [[Ali Shariati]]

* [[Sadegh Zibakalam]]

* [[Ali Abdolrezaei]]

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===Technology and computer engineering===

====The [[Achaemenid]] empire====

{{div col|colwidth=30em}}

*[[Achaemenes of Anshan]].

* [[Shane Dabiri|Shahram Dabiri]], lead producer responsible for the [[massively multiplayer online role-playing game]] (MMORPG) ''[[World of Warcraft]]''

*[[Teispes of Anshan]].

* [[Dara Khosrowshahi]], CEO of [[Uber]], former CEO of [[Expedia]]

*[[Cyrus I of Anshan]].

* [[Amir Taaki]], [[hacker]], [[computer programmer]] and early developer for [[Bitcoin]]

*[[Ariaramnes of Persia]].

* [[CambysesPierre IOmidyar]], founder of Anshan[[eBay]].

* [[Rouzbeh Yassini]], Inventor of the Cable Modem

*[[Arsames of Persia]].

* [[Habib Zargarpour]], visual effects specialist, video game art director

*[[Cyrus the Great | Cyrus II the Great]] ([[550 BC|550]] - [[530 BC]]).

{{div col end}}

*[[Cambyses II]] ([[530 BC|530]] - [[521 BC]]).

*[[Smerdis]] ([[521 BC]]).

*[[Darius I]] ([[521 BC|521]] -[[486 BC]]).

*[[Xerxes I]] ([[486 BC|486]] -[[465 BC]]).

*[[Artaxerxes I]] ([[464 BC|464]] - [[424 BC]]).

*[[Xerxes II]], ([[424 BC | 424]] - [[423 BC]]).

*[[Sogdianus]] ([[424 BC | 424]] - [[423 BC]]).

*[[Darius II]] ([[424 BC|424]] - [[404 BC]]).

*[[Artaxerxes II]] ([[404 BC|404]] - [[358 BC]]).

*[[Cyrus the Younger]], General

*[[Artaxerxes III]] ([[358 BC|358]] - [[338 BC]]).

*[[Arses of Persia|Arses]] ([[338 BC |338]] - [[336 BC]]).

*[[Darius III of Persia|Darius III Codomannus]] ([[336 BC|336]] -[[330 BC]]).

==Sports==

====The [[Parthian]] empire====

{{See also|Category:Iranian sportspeople}}

*[[Arsaces|Arsaces I]] 246-211 BC

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*[[Artabanus]] I 211-191 BC

*[[Mithridates I of Parthia|Mithridates I]] 171-138 BC

*[[Artabanus II]] 128-124 BC

*[[Mithridates II of Parthia|Mithridates II]] 124-87 BC

*[[Mithridates III]] 58-57 BC

*[[Tiridates]] II 30-29 BC

*[[Artabanus V]] 213-226

* [[Mojtaba Abedini]] (born 1984), Olympic fencer

====The [[Sassanid dynasty|Sassanid]] empire====

*[[Yu Darvish]], [[MLB]] baseball player for the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|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]] [[International Grandmaster|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-[[Turkmens|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]], [[soccer|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 Eraghi|Mohammad Mousavi]], volleyball player

* [[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 Bonehkohal|Hadi Saei]], taekwondo world champion, Olympic gold medalist

* [[Hossein Tavakoli]], weightlifter, Olympic gold medalist

* [[Jaber Rouzbahani]], basketball player

* [[The Iron Sheik|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]], [[Kurds|Kurdish]] Iranian Martial Artist

* [[Ali Targholizadeh]], Football Executive

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*[[Ardashir I of Persia|Ardashir I]] from [[224]] to [[241]].

*[[Shapur I of Persia|Shapur I]] from [[241]] to [[272]]

*[[Hormizd I of Persia|Hormizd I]] from [[272]] to [[273]].

*[[Bahram I of Persia|Bahram I]] from [[273]] to [[276]].

*[[Bahram II of Persia|Bahram II]] from [[276]] to [[293]].

*[[Bahram III of Persia|Bahram III]] year [[293]].

*[[Narseh of Persia|Narseh]] from [[293]] to [[302]].

*[[Hormizd II of Persia|Hormizd II]] from [[302]] to [[310]].

*[[Shapur II of Persia|Shapur II]] from [[310]] to [[379]]

*[[Ardashir II of Persia|Ardashir II]] from [[379]] to [[383]].

*[[Shapur III of Persia|Shapur III]] from [[383]] to [[388]].

*[[Bahram IV of Persia|Bahram IV]] from [[388]] to [[399]].

*[[Yazdegerd I of Persia|Yazdegerd I]] from [[399]] to [[420]].

*[[Bahram V of Persia|Bahram V]] from [[420]] to [[438]].

*[[Yazdegerd II of Persia|Yazdegerd II]] from [[438]] to [[457]].

*[[Hormizd III of Persia|Hormizd III]] from [[457]] to [[459]].

*[[Peroz I of Persia|Peroz I]] from [[457]] to [[484]].

*[[Balash of Persia|Balash]] from [[484]] to [[488]].

*[[Kavadh I of Persia|Kavadh I]] from [[488]] to [[531]].

*[[Djamasp of Persia|Djamasp]] from [[496]] to [[498]].

*[[Khosrau I of Persia|Khosrau I]] from [[531]] to [[579]].

*[[Hormizd IV of Persia|Hormizd IV]] from [[579]] to [[590]].

*[[Khosrau II of Persia|Khosrau II]] from [[590]] to [[628]].

*[[Bahram VI of Persia|Bahram VI]] from [[590]] to [[591]].

*[[Bistam of Persia|Bistam]] from [[591]] to [[592]].

*[[Hormizd V of Persia|Hormizd V]] year [[593]].

*[[Kavadh II of Persia|Kavadh II]] year [[628]].

*[[Ardashir III of Persia|Ardashir III]] from [[628]] to [[630]].

*[[Peroz II of Persia|Peroz II]] year [[629]].

*[[Shahrbaraz of Persia|Shahrbaraz]] year [[630]].

*[[Boran of Persia|Boran]] and others from [[630]] to [[631]].

*[[Hormizd VI of Persia|Hormizd VI (or V)]] from [[631]] to [[632]].

*[[Yazdegerd III of Persia|Yazdegerd III]] from [[632]] to [[651]].

==Iranian women==

===Post-Islam (incomplete)===

''See separate articles: [[Persian woman]] and [[List of Persian women]].''

* [[Yaghub Leith]]

* [[Ulugh Beg]]

====Safavid dynasty==Military ==

*[[Ismail I]], 1502-1524

*[[Tahmasp I]], 1524-1576

*[[Ismail II]], 1576-1578

*[[Mohammed Khodabanda]], 1578-1588

*[[Abbas I of Safavid|Abbas I]], 1588-1629

*[[Safi (Safavid)|Safi]], 1629-1642

*[[Abbas II of Safavid|Abbas II]], 1642-1666

*[[Suleiman (Safavid)|Suleiman]], 1666-1694

*[[Husain (Safavid)|Husain]], 1694-1722

*[[Tahmasp II]], 1722-1732

*[[Abbas III of Safavid|Abbas III]], 1732-1736

====Afsharid dynasty=Aviation ===

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*[[Nadir Shah]], 1736-1747

*[[AdilAbbas ShahDoran]], 1747-1748fighter pilot

*[[Fereidoon Izadseta]], Colonel of the [[Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force]]

*[[Shah Rukh]], 1748-1749

*[[Houshang Seddigh]]

*[[Ibrahim of Afsharid|Ibrahim]], 1748-1749

*[[Jalil Zandi]], fighter pilot

*[[Manouchehr Khosrodad]], general

*[[Nader Jahanbani]], general, distinguished fighter pilot

*[[Shapour Azarbarzin]], fighter pilot

====Zand dynasty=Combat Veterans ===

*[[Karim Khan Zand]], 1750-1779

*[[Abolfath Khan Zand]], 1779

*[[Ali Murad Khan Zand]], 1779, also 1782-1785

*[[Sadiq Khan Zand]], 1779-1782

*[[Jafar Khan Zand]], 1785-1789

*[[Lutf Ali Khan Zand]], 1789-1794

*[[Abbas Ka'bi]]

====Qajar dynasty====

*[[Abbas Mohtaj]]

*[[Agha Mohammad Khan]], 1779-1797

*{{ill|Abu al-Fazl Hassan Baygi|fa|ابوالفضل حسن‌بیگی}}

*[[Fath Ali Shah]], 1797-1834

*[[Ahmad Salek]]

*[[Mohammad Shah Qajar]], 1834-1848

*{{ill|Ali Asghar Baghani|fa|علی‌اصغر باغانی}}

*[[Naser Ed-Din Shah]], 1848-1896

*{{ill|Ali Mohammad Bozorgvari|fa|سید علی‌محمد بزرگواری}}

*[[Mozaffar Ed-Din Shah]], 1896-1907

*[[Alireza Tangsiri]]

*[[Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar]], 1907-1909

*[[Bahram Hooshyar]]

*[[Ahmad Shah Qajar]], 1909-1925

*[[Bijan Najdi]]

*[[Gholam Ali Jafarzadeh]]

*[[Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashemi]]

*[[Hassan Hassanzadeh Amoli]]

*[[Hossein Alaei]]

*[[Hossein Lashkari]]

*[[Kavous Seyed-Emami]]

*{{ill|Kazem Mousavi|fa|سید کاظم موسوی}}

*[[Mehdi Khazali]]

*[[Mansour Haghdoust]]

*[[Mohammad-Ali Rahmani]]

*[[Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf]]

*[[Mohammad Forouzandeh]]

*{{ill|Mohammad Hussayn Ahmadi Shahroudi|fa|محمدحسین احمدی شاهرودی}}

*[[Mohammad-Hossein Malekzadegan]]

*[[Mohammad Marandi]]

*[[Nader Ghazipour]]

*[[Nasir Hosseini]]

*{{ill|Sabir Jabbari|fa|سید صابر جباری}}

*[[Sajjad Kouchaki]]

*[[Shahram Rostami]]

=== Generals ===

*[[Abbas Mirza]], Crown Prince to Fath Ali Shah

*[[Abdolrahim Mousavi]]

====[[Pahlavi dynasty]]====

*[[Ahmad Kazemi]]

* [[Reza Pahlavi]], 1925-1941

*[[Ahmad Meyghani]]

* [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi]], 1941-1979

*[[Ahmad Reza Pourdastan]]

*[[Ali Abdollahi]]

*[[Ali Fadavi]]

*[[Ali Sayad Shirazi]]

*[[Ali Shahbazi]]

*[[Ali Shamkhani]]

*[[Alireza Afshar]]

*[[Alireza Sabahifard]]

*[[Amir Ali Hajizadeh]]

*[[Ataollah Salehi]]

*[[Esmaeil Kousari]]

*[[Esmail Qaani]]

*[[Farzad Esmaili]]

*[[Gholam Ali Rashid]]

*[[Gholamhossein Gheybparvar]]

*[[Habibollah Sayyari]]

*[[Hassan Firouzabadi]]

*[[Hossein Dehghan]]

*[[Hossein Hassani Sa'di]]

*[[Hossein Nejat]]

*[[Hossein Salami]]

*[[Kioumars Heydari]]

*[[Mansour Sattari]]

*[[Mohammad Ali Jafari]]

*[[Mohammad-Hassan Nami]]

*[[Mohammad Hejazi]]

*[[Mohammad-Hossein Dadras]]

*{{ill|Mohammad Kazimi|fa|محمد کاظمی}}

*[[Mohammad Jafar Asadi]]

*[[Mohammad Pakpour]]

*[[Mohammad Reza Zahedi]]

*[[Mohammad Salimi]]

*[[Mohsen Rezaee]]

*[[Mostafa Izadi]]

*[[Nasser Shabani]]

*[[Qasem-Ali Zahirnejad]]

*[[Qasem Soleimani]]

*[[Yahya Rahim Safavi]]

=== War Martyrs ===

* [[Reza Pahlavi II]], Crown Prince to Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

* [[Fawzia of Egypt|Foozieh of Egypt]], queen

* [[Soraya Esfandiary Bakhtiari]], queen

* [[Farah Diba]], queen

* [[Leila Pahlavi]], princess

*[[Abdolbaghi Darvish]]

==Scientists & Philosophers==

*[[Ahmad Keshvari]]

* [[Avicenna]] (Ibn Sina), physician, philosopher

*[[Ahmad Motevasselian]]

* [[Biruni]], astronomist, mathematician

*[[Ali Eghbali Dogahe]]

* [[Farabi]], (Al-Farabi, Pharabius), chemist

*[[Hamid Taqavi]]

* [[Mahmoud Hessaby]], physicist

*[[Hassan Abshenasan]]

* [[Ghiyath al-Kashi]], mathematician

*[[Hasan Aghareb Parast]]

* [[Al-Ghazali]] philosopher

*[[Hassan Shateri]]

* [[Seyyed Hossein Nasr]], scholar of Islamic philosophy

*[[Hossein Hamadani]]

* [[Omar Khayyam]], poet, mathematician, and astronomist

*[[Hossein Khalatbari]]

* [[Khwarizmi]] (aka Al-Khwarazmi) creator of [[algorithm]] and [[algebra]], mathematician and astronomer

*[[Hossein Kharrazi]]

* [[Nossrat Peseschkian]], physician and psychotherapist, living in Germany

*[[Hossein Qajeyi]]

* [[Rhazes]] (Abu Bakr Mohammad Ibn Zakariya al-Razi), chemist and physicist

*[[Javad Fakoori]]

* [[Nasir al-Din al-Tusi]] scientist, philosopher

* [[UlughMehdi BegBakeri]]

*[[Mehdi Zeinoddin]]

*[[Masoud Monfared Niyaki]]

*[[Mohammad Ali Allahdadi]]

*[[Mohammad Boroujerdi]]

*[[Mohammad Hossein Fahmideh]]

*[[Mohammad Ebrahim Hemmat]]

*[[Mohammad Jamali-Paqaleh]]

*[[Mohsen Gheytaslou]]

*[[Mohsen Hojaji]]

*{{ill|Qodratollah Mansouri|fa|قدرت‌الله منصوری}}

*[[Valiollah Fallahi]]

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==Sports==

* [[Andre Agassi]], [[tennis]] player, half-Iranian

* [[Khodadad Azizi]], footballer

* [[Ali Daei]], footballer

* [[Ali Karimi]], footballer

* [[Hossein Rezazadeh]], weightlifter

* [[Mehdi Mahdavikia]], footballer

* [[Khosrow Vaziri]], wrestler

==OtherMisc==

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* [[Saeed Asgar]]

* [[Alireza Afzalipour]], businessman and philanthropist; founder of [[Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman]]

* [[Touri Bolourchi]]

* [[Alireza Azmandian]], self-help motivational speaker

* [[Saeed Emami]]

* [[Ali Dashti]], Iranian senator

* [[Zahra Eshraghi]], granddaughter of Ayatollah Khomeini and wife of Mohammad Reza Khatami

* [[Ramezan Hajjimashhadi]], lawyer

* [[Doris Lessing]]

* [[Eiman Jahangir]], first Iranian-born man to be an astronaut

* [[Merhan Karimi Nasseri]]

* [[Amin Jazayeri]], Iranian Dj and YouTuber in India

* [[Shaul Mofaz]]

* [[Mehran Karimi Nasseri]], Iranian refugee who lived in the departure lounge of Terminal One in Charles de Gaulle Airport for many years.

See also: [[List of people by nationality]]

* [[Reza Zadeh]], computer science

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==Afro-Iranians==

* [[Abdolreza Barzegari]], footballer

* [[Abdul Karim Farhani]], Iranian Shia Cleric

* [[Ali Firouzi]], footballer and coach

* [[Mohammad Ali Mousavi Jazayeri]], Iranians Shia Cleric (Afro-Ahwazi Arab)

* [[Mehrab Shahrokhi]], footballer

* [[Shanbehzadeh Ensemble]], Iranian folk band

* [[Dennis Walker (footballer)|Dennis Walker]], footballer of Afro-Iranian descent, first black player to play for [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/oct/30/dennis-walker-manchester-united-first-and-only-black-busby-babe |title=Dennis Walker: Manchester United's first and only black Busby Babe |last1=Hern |first1=Bill|last2=Gleave |first2=David |date=30 October 2020 |website=The Guardian|access-date=31 October 2020}}</ref>

==Iranians of Armenian Descent==

{{See also|List of Armenian-Iranians}}

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* [[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

* [[Hakob Melik Hakobian|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

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==Iranians of Assyrian descent==

{{See also|List of Assyrian-Iranians}}

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* [[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

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==Emigrants and immigrants==

===Americans in Iran===

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* [[Howard Baskerville]], Iran's first American martyr

* [[Joseph Gallup Cochran]], American missionary in [[Urmia]] and [[Sir, West Azerbaijan|Seer]], translator

* [[Joseph Cochran|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, Tehran|Jordan Ave.]] in Tehran

* [[William M. Miller]]

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===Germans in Iran===

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* [[Annemarie Schimmel]], German-born Harvard expert on Iranian literature

* [[Wilhelm Wassmuss]], German diplomat, spy and military hero, Iran, [[World War I]]

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===Iranians in America===

''See separate article: [[List of Iranian Americans]].''

===Iranians in Canada===

''See article: [[Iranian-Canadian]]''

===Iranians in Britain===

[[List of British Iranians]]

===Iranians in Germany===

[[Iranians in Germany]]

===Iranians in Australia===

[[Iranian Australian]]

===Iranians in the Netherlands===

[[Iranians in the Netherlands]]

===Iranians in Finland===

[[Finnish Iranians|Iranians in Finland]]

===Iranians in Sweden===

[[Iranians in Sweden]]

===Iranians in Egypt===

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* [[Tahia Kazem]], wife of president [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]]; born in Egypt to Iranian parents

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===Iranians in Pakistan===

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* [[Nusrat Bhutto]], Iranian father and mother moved with family to Karachi, British India, before partition; married [[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]]; father of [[Benazir Bhutto]]

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===Persian Roman Catholic saints===

''See article [[List of Persian Roman Catholic saints]]''

==See also==

{{portal|Biography|Iran|Lists}}

* [[List of Iran-related topics]]

* [[List of people by nationality]]

* [[Iranian peoples]]

==References==

{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:Lists of people]]

[[Category:Lists of Iranian people| ]]

[[Category:Iranian people|*]]