''See main list: List Of Iranian Photographers ''
- Behrouz Afkhami
- Kianoush Ayyari
- Shoja Azari , director. {Link without Title}
- Bahram Beizaee
- Rakhshan Bani-Etemad
- Saeed Ebrahimifar
- Ahmad Reza Darvish
- Abolhassan Davoudi
- Bahman Farman-Ara
- Ramin Farahani
- Iraj Ghaderi
- Rabeah Ghaffari , director. {Link without Title}
- Behrooz Gharibpoor
- Bahman Ghobadi , director of '' A Time For Drunken Horses ''
- Akbar Golrang
- Ali Hatami
- Ebrahim Hatamikia
- Hassan Hedayat
- Ardeshir Irani director of first Indian Talkie, Alam Ara
- Abolfazl Jalili
- Samuel Khachikian
- Abbas Kiarostami , director of '' Taste Of Cherry ''
- Masoud Kimiaee
- Parviz Kimiavi
- Esma'il Kooshan
- Mohsen Makhmalbaf , director of '' Kandahar ''
- Samira Makhmalbaf , director of '' At Five In The Afternoon ''
- Majid Majidi , director of '' Children Of Heaven ''
- Dariush Mehrjui (Daryoush Mehrjouee), director of '' Leila ''
- Mehran Modiri , director of '' Pavarchin '', '' Noghtechin '', '' Shabhaye Barareh ''
- Jalal Moghaddam
- Rasoul Mollagholipour
- Amir Naderi
- Jafar Panahi , director of '' The Circle ''
- Babak Payami , director of '' Silence Between Two Thoughts ''
- Abdolhossein Sepanta
- Sohrab Shahid-Sales
- Kamran Shirdel
- Khosrow Sinaee
- Kamal Tabrizi
- Nasser Taghvaee
- Iraj Tahmasb
- Shahin Yazdani
(Sorted according to the first letter of the most famous name)
''See List Of Iranian Composers ''
The list here excludes the royalty. An extensive list of Persian royalty appears further down in this page.
''See also List Of Prime Ministers Of Iran .''
(alphabetized by last name)
- Fadl Ibn Sahl , Abbasid Vizier
- Abu Muslim , leader of revolt
- Amir-Kabir , Grand Vizier
- Heidar Khan Amughli , Secretary-General of the Communist Party of Iran during the Constitutionalist Revolution Of Gilan .
- Dr Talequani Heshmat , jangali leader and ally of Mirza Kuchek Khan.
- Bagher Khan , constitutionalist leader
- Hosein Dadgar , parliament speaker.
- Gha'em-Magham Farahani , prime minister
- Abdol Hossein Mirza Farmanfarma , prime minister, multiple other roles.
- Hassan-i-Sabah , sectarian political leader.
- Kaveh The Blacksmith , leader.
- Mirza Kuchek Khan , constitutionalist leader of Guilan.
- Mirza Reza Kermani , assassin.
- Mohammad Khiabani , leader.
- Mostowfi Ol-Mamalek , Prime Minister.
- Nizam Al-Mulk , statesman and vizier.
- Fazlollah Noori , revolutionary cleric.
- Nosrat Dowleh Firouz Mirza , provincial govenor.
- Mahmud Khan Puladeen , senior military general.
- Safi Al-Din , founder of dynasty.
- Sattar Khan , constitutionalist leader.
- Colonel Pesian
- Ardeshir Zahedi
- Mahmud Mahmud , politician
- Sepahbod Ahmad Amir-Ahmadi , military leader
- Colonel Pesian , military leader
- Dr Ahmad Ahmadi , notorious prison interrogator
- Mehdi Agili , minister of education
- Mohammad Hosein Airom , senior military leader
- Jahangir Amouzegar , former minister, and former Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund . {Link without Title}
- Hushang Ansary , Minister of Finance, President of NIOC
- Teymour Bakhtiar , head of SAVAK
- Karim Buzarjomehri , Army General military aide of Reza Shah, Mayor of Tehran
- Ali Akbar Davar , Minister, and founder of Iran's modern Judiciary system.
- Hossein Fardoust , deputy head of SAVAK
- Hossein Fatemi , Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Amanullah Jahanbani , senior military leader, and father-in-law of Christiane Amanpour 's father.
- Mohammad Khatami , four-star General, Commander of Iranian Air Force
- Hassan Modarres , member of parliament
- Nasser Moghaddam , head of SAVAK
- Nematollah Nassiri , head of SAVAK
- Manucher Mirza Farman Farmaian , Director of Sales for NIOC and Ambassador to Venezuela
- Sattareh Farman Farmaian , Established first social worker schools in Iran.
- Abbas Mirza Farman Farmaian , Minister of Parliment
- Firouz Mirza Nosrat-ed-Dowleh Farman Farmaian , Minister of Finance
- Soraya Esfandiary Bakhtiari
- Hassan Pakravan , head of SAVAK
- Abdollah Riazi , first speaker of parliament
- Seyyed Zia'eddin Tabatabaee
- Amir Abdollah Tahmasebi , military leader
- Teymour Tash , senior politician
- Hasan Toufanian , four-star army general
- 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 Ahmadinejad , mayor of Tehran , now president of Iran
- 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
- Mostafa Chamran , Minister of Defense
- 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 Mohammad Taghi 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
- Elias Naderan , Majlis Representative
- Mohammad Reza Naghdi
- Mohammad 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
''See List Of Marjas .''
''See List Of Ayatollahs ''.
See comprehensive list of Persian/Iranian Royalty .
''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 .''
''See full List Of Iranian Architects .''
- Shawn Daivari , Wrestler
- Andre Agassi , Tennis player
- Khodadad Azizi , Football (soccer) player
- Mansour Bahrami , Tennis player
- Ali Daei , Football (soccer) player
- Mohammad Ali Fardin , Actor
- Ehsan Ghaemmaghami , Chess Grandmaster
- Ali Karimi , Football (soccer) player
- Hossein Rezazadeh , Weightlifter
- Mehdi Mahdavikia , Football (soccer) player
- Hadi Saei Bonehkohal , Taekwondo
- Gholamreza Takhti , Wrestler
- Khosrow Vaziri , Wrestler
- Fereydoon Zandi , Football (soccer) player
- Syed Mohammed Hadi , Indian cricketer and tennis player of Persian descent
- Fereydoun Maleki , Shootboxing Master
- Abbas Jadidi , Pro. Wrestler
See special section on Iranian Women and also List Of Famous Persian Women .
- Goli Ameri , Republican nominee for U.S. House of Representatives
- Anousheh Ansari
- Saeed Asgar , assassin of Saeed Hajjarian
- Minu Barati , wife of Joschka Fischer , the German Foreign Minister.
- 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. {Link without Title}
- Merhan Karimi Nasseri
- Doris Lessing
- Moshe Katsav , President of Israel
- Farah Karimi , Iranian female Dutch Member of Parliament. {Link without Title}
- Ross Mirkarimi , Member of San Francisco city council from Green Party
- Shaul Mofaz , Israeli Defense Minister
- Mandana Naderian , German TV hostess. {Link without Title}
- Bijan Pakzad , World famous designer. {Link without Title}
- Mori Hosseini , Distinguished community leader. {Link without Title}
- Saadat Khan , First Nawab of Oudh in India .
- Wajid Ali Shah , Last Nawab of Oudh , disposed of by the British East India Company .
See the separate List Of Iranian Americans .
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