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List Of IraniansThis is a list of famous or important Iranians (Persians): In the news Authors and poets - Ali Mohammad Afghani, writer
- Mehdi Akhavan-Sales, poet
- Bozorg Alavi, novelist
- Jalal Al-e-Ahmad, writer
- Zhaleh Amouzegar
- Attar, poet
- Mohammad-Taghi Bahar, poet
- Simin Behbahani, poet
- Samad Behrangi, writer
- Massoud Behnoud, historian
- Abolfazl Beyhaghi, historian
- Sadegh Choubak, writer
- Simin Daneshvar, writer
- Abu Mansur Daqiqi, early poet
- Najaf Daryabandari, translator and writer
- Ali Akbar Dehkhoda, linguist
- Mahmoud Dowlatabadi, writer
- Mirzadeh Eshghi, poet
- Forough Farrokhzad, poet
- Ferdowsi, poet
- Hassan Ghaznavi, poet
- Hafez, poet
- Hatef Esfehani, poet
- Abdollah Hatefi, poet
- Hazin Lahiji
- Reza Gholi Khan Hedayat, poet and historian
- Sadegh Hedayat, writer
- Mohammad Hejazi, novelist and playwright
- Houshang Golshiri, writer
- Houshang Moradi-Kermani, writer
- Mohammad Ali Jamalzadeh, writer
- Jami, poet
- Mohsen Kadivar
- Ahmad Kasravi
- Omar Khayyam, poet, mathematician, and astronomer
- Emad Khorasani
- Naser Khosrow, writer and poet
- Zabihollah Mansoori, translator
- Yar-Ali Pour-Moghaddam, writer and playwright
- Mohammad Mokhtari
- Houshang Moradi-Kermani
- Gholamhossein Mosahab, encyclopedist
- Fereydoun Moshiri, poet
- Morteza Motahhari, theologian
- Ebrahim Nabavi, satirist
- Azar Nafisi, teacher and writer
- Said Nafisi, Scholar, poet and writer
- Nezami, poet
- Iraj Pezeshkzad
- Mohammad Jafar Pouyandeh
- Yasmina Reza
- Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi (aka Mowlavi), poet
- Kioumars Saberi Foumani
- Sa'di, poet
- Gholamhossein Sa'edi, writer
- Marjane Satrapi, graphic novelist
- Sohrab Sepehri, poet
- Mohammad Reza Shafii Kadkani, poet
- Mohammad Hossein Shahriar, poet
- Ahmad Shamlou, poet
- Ali Shariati, sociologist and theologian
- Abdolkarim Soroush, philosopher
- Goli Taraghghi
- Nima Yushij, poet
Painters Calligraphists Cinema artists Actors Directors and Filmmakers Journalists Leaders and politicians Historical (pre-Pahlavi) Modern (post-Qajar) Served in Pahlavi government - Asadollah Alam, prime minister
- Ali Amini, prime minister
- Jamshid Amouzegar, prime minister
- Jahangir Amouzegar, former minister, and former Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund.http://www.foreignaffairs.org/author/jahangir-amuzegar/index.html
- Gholam Reza Azhari, prime minister
- Shapour Bakhtiar, prime minister
- Teymour Bakhtiar, head of SAVAK
- Ali Akbar Davar, Minister, and founder of Iran's modern Judiciary system.
- Manouchehr Eghbal, prime minister and head of National Iranian Oil Company
- Hossein Fardoust, deputy head of SAVAK
- Hossein Fatemi, Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Ahmad Ghavam os-Saltaneh, Prime Minister
- Amir Abbas Hoveida, prime minister
- Hassan-Ali Mansour, prime minister
- Hassan Modarres, member of parliament
- Nasser Moghaddam, head of SAVAK
- Mohammad Mosaddegh, prime minister
- Nematollah Nassiri, head of SAVAK
- Hassan Pakravan, head of SAVAK
- Abdollah Riazi, first speaker of parliament
- Jafar Sharif-Emami, first speaker of senate and prime minister
- Hasan Toufanian, four-star army general
- Fazlollah Zahedi, prime minister
Served in Islamic Republic government - Mohammad Abaee-Khorasani, member of parliament
- Ali Abdolalizadehh, minister of housing and urban development
- Mohammad Hassan Aboutorabi-Fard, vice speaker of parliament
- Mohammad Ali Abtahi, vice president
- Emad Afrough, member of parliament
- Mahmoud Ahmadinezhad, mayor of Tehran
- Abbasali Alizadeh
- Hossein Allah-Karam
- Ayatollah Amini, deputy chair of Assembly of Experts
- Majead Ansari, member of parliament
- Hossein Ansari-Rad, member of parliament
- Mohammad Reza Aref, first vice president
- Mohsen Armin, member of parliament
- Hamid Reza Assefi, foreign affairs spokesman
- Habibollah Asgarowladi, member of parliament
- Ebrahim Asgharzadeh
- Ayatollah Azari-Ghomi
- Hassan Ayat
- 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
- Ala'eddin Boroujerdi, member of parliament
- Maoud Dehnamaki
- Ghorbanali Dorri-Najafabadi, minister of intelligence
- Masoumeh Ebtekar, vice president
- Gholam Hossein Elham
- Saeed Emami, vice minister of intelligence
- Mohammad Emami-Kashani
- Ali Fallahian, minister of intelligence
- Nafiseh Fayyazbakhsh, parliament representative
- Iraj Fazel, minister of health
- Hassan Ghafourifard, minister of energy
- Sadegh Ghotbzadeh, minister of foreign affairs
- Shahabeddin Gonabadi, minister of housing and urban development
- Saeed Hajjarian, Tehran council member
- Hassan Habibi, first vice president
- Gholam Ali Haddad-Adel, speaker of parliament
- Fatemeh Haghighatjou, member of parliament
- Morteza Haji, minister of education
- Mehdi Hashemi
- Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, president
- Faezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani, member of parliament
- Mohammad Hashemi Rafsanjani
- Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, head of judiciary
- Gholamreza Hassani, Friday Prayer Imam of Urmia
- Elias Hazrati, member of parliament
- Mahmoud Hojjati, minister of roads and transportation
- Ruhollah Hosseinian
- Nasrollah Jahangard, chair of Supreme Council of ICT
- Ahmad Jannati, chair of Council of Guardians
- Gholamhossein Karbaschi, mayor of Tehran
- Mehdi Karroubi, speaker of parliament
- Sadegh Khalkhali, Sharia ruler
- Kamal Kharrazi, minister of foreign affairs
- Ali Khamenei, supreme leader
- Hadi Khamenei, member of parliament
- Ahmad Khatami
- Mohammad Khatami, president
- Mohammad Reza Khatami, deputy speaker of parliament
- Abolghasem Khaz'ali
- Ahmad Khomeini
- Ruhollah Khomeini, supreme leader, founder of the Islamic Republic
- Elaheh Koulai, member of parliament
- Asadollah Lajevardi
- Ali Larijani, president of IRIB
- Mohammad Javad Larijani, member of parliament
- Sadegh Larijani
- Mohammad Reza Mahdavi-Kani
- Alireza Mahjoub
- Hossein Mahlouji, minister of mining and metals
- Ayatollah Mesbah-Yazdi
- Ali Meshkini, chair of Assembly of Experts
- Mohsen Mirdamadi, member of parliament
- Ata'ollah Mohajerani, minister of culture and Islamic guidance
- Ayatollah Mohammadi-Gilani
- Mohseni-Ezhe'i
- Ali Akbar Mohtashamipour, member of parliament
- Rasoul Montajebnia, member of parliament
- Hossein-Ali Montazeri
- Saeed Mortazavi
- Morteza Motahhari
- Ahmad Motamedi, minister of communications
- Mir-Hossein Mousavi, prime minister
- Abdolkarim Mousavi-Ardabili
- Abdolvahed Mousavi-Lari, minister of interior
- Hossein Mousavi-Tabrizi
- Ali Movahhedi-Kermani
- Behzad Nabavi, vice speaker of parliament
- Morteza Nabavi
- Mohammad Reza Naghdi
- Mohammd Ali Najafi, minister of education
- Hadi Namazi
- Bizhan Namdar-Zangeneh, minister of oil
- Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri, speaker of parliament
- Mohammad Niazi
- Mohammad Bagher Nobakht
- Abdollah Noori, minister of interior
- Alireza Noori, member of parliament
- Mohsen Nourbakhsh, head of Central Bank of Iran
- Ali Parvaresh
- Masoud Pezeshkian, minister of health
- Mohsen Rafighdoust
- Ebrahim Raisi, first deputy of head of judiciary system
- Mohammad Ali Rajai, president
- Abdollah Ramezanzadeh, government spokesman
- Ali Razini
- Mohammad Reyshahri
- Mohsen Rezaee, member of Expediency Discernment Council
- Hassan Rowhani, deputy speaker of parliament
- Mohammad Saeedikia, minister of roads and transportation
- Mohsen Safaee-Farahani, member of parliament and head of Iranian Football Federation
- Rahim Safavi
- Mohammad Salamati
- Ali Akbar Salehi
- Ayatollah Sane'i
- Abolghasem Sarhaddizadeh, member of parliament
- Mohammad Sattarifar, vice president
- Ali Shamkhani, minister of defence
- Hossein Shariatmadari
- Jalaleddin Taheri
- Hamid Reza Taraghghi
- Mostafa Tajzadeh, deputy minister of interior
- Ahmad Tavakkoli, minister of labour
- Akbar Torkan, minister of roads and transportation
- Ayatollah Va'ez-Tabasi
- Mohammad Yazdi, head of judiciary
- Ebrahim Yazdi, foreign minister of interim government
- Ali Younessi, minister of information
- Ezzatollah Zarghami, president of IRIB
- General Zolghadr
See also: List of current Iranian officials Not served or opposition Musicians and Singers Electronic Pop (Sorted according to the first letter of the most famous name) Traditional Western Classical Religious figures Royalty See comprehensive list of Persian/Iranian royalty. Scientists & Philosophers See comprehensive List of Iranian scientists. Sports - Andre Agassi, tennis player
- Khodadad Azizi, football player
- Mansour Bahrami, tennis player
- Ali Daei, football player
- Mohammad Ali Fardin, wrestler
- Ehsan Ghaemmaghami, chess grandmaster
- Ali Karimi, football player
- Hossein Rezazadeh, weightlifter
- Mehdi Mahdavikia, football player
- Hadi Saei Bonehkohal, Taekwondo
- Gholamreza Takhti, wrestler
- Khosrow Vaziri, wrestler
- Fereydoon Zandi, football player
Iranian women See special section and list of Iranian women. Other - Goli Ameri, Republican nominee for U.S. House of Representatives
- Anousheh Ansari
- Saeed Asgar, assassin of Saeed Hajjarian
- Minoo Barati, wife of Joschka Fischer, the German Foreign Minister.http://www2.onunterhaltung.t-online.de/dyn/c/16/29/07/1629076.html
- Touri Bolourchi
- George Deukmejian, former governor of California
- Zahra Eshraghi, granddaughter of Ayatollah Khomeini and wife of Mohammad Reza Khatami
- Shahram Jazayeri
- Mori Hosseini, Distinguished community leader. http://www.iranianamericanpac.org/leadership/p_hosseini.shtml
- Merhan Karimi Nasseri
- Doris Lessing
- Moshe Katsav, President of Israel
- Farah Karimi, Iranian female Dutch Member of Parliament.http://www.sharghnewspaper.com/830327/life.htm
- Ross Mirkarimi, Member of San Francisco city council from Green Party
- Shaul Mofaz, Israeli Defense Minister
- Mandana Naderian, German TV hostess.http://www.mandana-naderian.de/
- Bijan Pakzad, World famous designer. http://www.prismadesign.com/bijan/home.html
- Mori Hosseini, Distinguished community leader. http://www.iranianamericanpac.org/leadership/p_hosseini.shtml
Famous Americans in Iran Famous Iranians in America See the separate List of Iranian Americans. See also Iran
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