Nima Kiann
Iranian Classical/traditional
Modern / traditional
Western Classical
(Sorted according to the first letter of the most famous name)
Lyricists
Leaders and politicians
The list here excludes the royalty. An extensive list of Persian royalty appears further down in this page.
See also Ministerial Head of Government in Iran Heads of Government of Iran (1699-1907) and List of Prime Ministers of Iran.
Authors and poets
See main list: List of Persian poets and authors
See List of Marjas.
See List of Ayatollahs.
See comprehensive list of Persian/Iranian royalty.
Scientists, scholars, and academics
See comprehensive List of Iranian scientists and engineers of the pre-modern age.
See comprehensive List of Iranian scientists and engineers of the modern age.
* Yu Darvish, MLB baseball player for the Texas Rangers
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, football player
Ali Parvin, football player and coach
Alireza Dabir, wrestler, Olympic gold medalist
Alireza Heidari, wrestler, Olympic bronze Mmdalist
Alireza Rezaei, wrestler, Olympic silver medalist
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
Arian Ramezani,teenager basketball player and runner
Behdad Salimi, weightlifter World Champion
Ebrahim Javadi, wrestler, Olympic bronze medalist
Ehsan Ghaemmaghami, chess grandmaster
Ehsan Hadadi, discus thrower, Asian record holder
Elshan Moradi, chess grandmaster
Emamali Habibi Goudarzi, wrestler, first Iranian Olympic gold medalist (Melbourne 1956)
Emmanuel Agassi, boxer at the 1948 and 1952 Olympics, father of Andre Agassi
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
Hossein Rezazadeh, weightlifter, double Olympic champion (Sydney 2000, Athens 2004)
Javad Nekounam, football player
Khodadad Azizi, football player
Kianoush Rostami, weightlifter, world champion
Kimia Alizadeh, Taekwondo player, the first Iranian woman to win a medal at the Olympic Games (Rio de Janeiro 2016)
Mahmoud Namjoo, weightlifter, Olympic silver medalist
Mahyar Monshipour, World Super Bantamweight Boxing Champion
Mansour Bahrami, tennis player
Mansour Barzegar, wrestler, Olympic silver medalist
Masoud Jokar, wrestler, Olympic silver medalist
Mehdi Mahdavikia, football player
Mohammad Ali Fardin, wrestler and actor
Mohammad Khadem, wrestler
Mohammad Mousavi, volleyball player
Mohammad Nassiri, weightlifter, Olympic gold medalist
Mohammad Reza Heidarian, futsal player
Rahman Rezaei, football player
Rasoul Khadem, Olympic gold medalist wrestler
Ruhollah Bigdeli, football player
Saeid Marouf, volleyball player
Shadi Paridar, chess Woman Grandmaster
Shawn Daivari, professional wrestler
Shoura Osipov, boxer at 1948 Olympics
T.J. Houshmandzadeh, NFL player
Vahid Hashemian, football player
Yossef Karami, Taekwondo world champion, Olympic bronze medalist
Andranik Teymourian, football player
Fereydoon Zandi, football player
Gholamreza Takhti, wrestler, Olympic gold medalist
Hadi Saei, taekwondo world champion, Olympic gold medalist
Hossein Tavakoli, weightlifter, Olympic gold medalist
Jaber Rouzbahani, basketball player
Khosrow Vaziri, professional wrestler
Leila Vaziri, swimmer, World Champion, world record holder
Vahid Shamsaei, futsal player, top international futsal goalscorer
Mika Zibanejad, ice hockey player for Ottawa Senators of the NHL
Daniel Rahimi, ice hockey player for San Jose Sharks of the NHL
See separate articles: Persian woman and List of Persian women.
See separate article: List of Iranian Americans.
See article: Iranian-Canadian
List of British Iranians
Iranians in Germany
Iranian Australian
Iranians in the Netherlands
Iranians in the Netherlands
Iranians in Sweden
See article List of Persian Roman Catholic saints
