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List of Iranians

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

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by editing the page to add missing items, with references to reliable sources.

In the news

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Artists

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Calligraphists

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Cartoonists

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Painters, illustrators and sculptors

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Photographers

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Designers

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Architects

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Fashion designers

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  • Pegah Anvarian (born 1974), Iranian-born American fashion designer, based in Los Angeles
  • Bijan
  • Shirin Guild, Iranian-born British fashion designer
  • Mike Amiri, American fashion designer and the founder and creative director of the fashion house AMIRI
  • Arefeh Mansouri (born 1980), Iranian-Canadian fashion and costume designer
  • Behnaz Sarafpour (born 1969), Iranian-born American couture fashion designer, based in New York City
  • Mahla Zamani (1950-2023), fashion designer, journalist; expert on traditional Iranian clothing

Graphic designers

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Industrian designers

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Business

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Entertainers

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Comedians

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Dancers and choreographers

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Models, beauty pageant

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Film actors

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Theatre and stage actors

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Filmmakers, directors

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Filmmakers

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Theatre and stage directors

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Musicians and singers

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Classical

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Iranian classical traditional

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Modern traditional

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Western classical

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Electronic

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Pop

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Rap music

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Rock and metal

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Film score composers

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Journalists, media

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Bloggers

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Journalists

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News anchors

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Leaders, politicians, activists

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

Historical

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Modern (post-Qajar)

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Pahlavi period

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Served in Islamic Republic government

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Not served in Islamic Republic government or opposition

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Politicians in other nations

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Activists

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Prisoners and detainees

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  • 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.
  • Mahsa Amini (1999–2022), was arrested by the Guidance Patrol for allegedly not wearing the hijab in accordance with government standards, and died in police custody in Vozara Detention Center amid assertions of police brutality
  • Marziyeh Amirizadeh (born 1979), Iranian-American author imprisoned in Evin Prison and sentenced to execution by hanging for converting to Christianity; later tortured, and released after 259 days.
  • Zahra Bahrami (1965–2011), dual Dutch and Iranian citizen arrested during a political protest, imprisoned in Evin Prison, and later convicted for drug trafficking and executed by hanging
  • Zahra Amir Ebrahimi (born 1981), photographer, television actress, subject of a 2006 sex tape scandal in Iran
  • Nasser Fahimi, a doctor from Kurdistan, a political and ideological prisoner
  • Zeynab Jalaliyan (born 1982), Kurdish prisoner, initially sentenced to death for "enmity against God" (moharebeh) due to alleged political alignment with Kurdish groups, held in Yazd Central Prison since 2008
  • 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.
  • Sharifeh Mohammadi (born 1979), social activist and political prisoner sentenced to death, held in Lakan Prison
  • Verisheh Moradi (born c. 1985/86), political prisoner and women's rights activist sentenced to death and imprisoned in Sanandaj Prison and Evin Prison since 2023
  • Taraneh Mousavi (1981–2009), arrested for protesting the 2009 election results, died after being sexually abused while in custody
  • Hossein Rajabian, imprisoned filmmaker
  • Mehdi Rajabian, imprisoned musician
  • Zahra Tabari (born c. 1958), electrical engineer and activist sentenced to death by hanging on charges of "armed rebellion" after she was found to possess a cloth printed with the "Woman, Life, Freedom" slogan, held in Lakan Prison since 2025

Literature figures

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Authors and poets

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Translators

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Religious figures

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Contemporary Shia Clergy

Contemporary Sunni Clergy

Royalty

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Scientists, scholars, and academics

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Explorers and travellers

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  • Ahmad ibn Rustah, 10th-century Persian explorer of Russia, Scandinavia and Arabia

Historians, archaeologists and Iranologists

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Linguists

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Intellectuals and philosophers

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Technology and computer engineering

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Sports

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Iranian women

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See separate articles: Persian woman and List of Persian women.

Military

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Aviation

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Combat Veterans

Generals

War Martyrs

Misc

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  • Shohreh Bayat (born 1987), international chess arbiter for FIDE, awarded an International Women of Courage Award for being a champion for women’s rights, based in England
  • Ladan and Laleh Bijani (1974–2003), conjoined twins
  • Dorsa Derakhshani (born 1998), Iranian-American chess player and medical student; Woman Grandmaster and International Master, moved to the U.S. after being banned from the Iranian national chess team for not wearing a hijab during a tournament
  • Sahar Khodayari (c.1990–2019), attempted to enter a sporting stadium disguised as a man in; she died by suicide
  • Sheila Nazarian (born 1989), Iranian-American plastic surgeon and television personality
  • Atousa Pourkashiyan (born 1988), Iranian-American chess player; Woman Grandmaster

Afro-Iranians

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Iranians of Armenian Descent

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Iranians of Assyrian descent

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Emigrants and immigrants

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Americans in Iran

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Germans in Iran

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Iranians in America

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See separate article: List of Iranian Americans.

Iranians in Canada

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See article: Iranian-Canadian

Iranians in Britain

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Iranians in Germany

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Iranians in Australia

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Iranians in the Netherlands

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Iranians in Finland

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Iranians in Sweden

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Iranians in Egypt

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Iranians in Pakistan

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Persian Roman Catholic saints

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See also

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References

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  1. ↑ https://movandi.com/movandi-ceo-maryam-rofougaran-joins-prestigious-cnbc-ceo-council/
  2. ↑ "Broadcom siblings fueling wireless revolution". Orange County Register. 21 December 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
  3. ↑ "Mostafa Javadi Pour Moradi (Psychology) - PhilPeople". philpeople.org. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  4. ↑ "Shargh Newspaper" (in Persian). Archived from the original on 29 June 2007. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  5. ↑ "Dr. Alireza Norouzi".
  6. ↑ "Alireza Norouzi – Encyclopédie Wikimonde Plus".
  7. ↑ "Hamideh Jahangiri".
  8. ↑ "Hamideh Jahangiri – Encyclopédie Wikimonde Plus".
  9. ↑ "Dr. Alireza Norouzi – Encyclopédie Wikimonde Plus".
  10. ↑ "Q&A with Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet | Penn Current". penncurrent.upenn.edu. 17 October 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  11. ↑ "Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet | Department of History". www.history.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  12. ↑ Johnston, Holly; Omar, Shahla (15 October 2020). "Iran's jailed dual nationals: pawns in an IRGC power play". Rudaw.
  13. ↑ Hern, Bill; Gleave, David (30 October 2020). "Dennis Walker: Manchester United's first and only black Busby Babe". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
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