FAMOUS NATIVES

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A

• Ahmad Aali photographer, artist
• Reza Abbasi painter
• Akbar Abdi actor, comedian
• Ali Akbar Abdolrashidi journalist, translator
• Reza Abedini graphic designer
• Mohammad-Ali Abtahi theologian, scholar, former vice president
• Lily Afshar classical guitarist
• Mahnaz Afshar actress
• Nazanin Afshin-Jam activist, singer
• Alireza Afzalipour engineer, philanthropist
• Emmanuel Agassi boxer
• Hashem Aghajari historian
• Aydin Aghdashloo painter, author, art critic, art historian
• Shohreh Aghdashloo actress
• Pegah Ahangarani actress
• Mahmoud Ahmadinejad president
• Jamal-al-Din al-Afghani political activist, ideologist
• Reza Alamouti political activist
• Taraneh Alidoosti actress
• Akbar Alizad theater director
• Hossein Alizadeh composer
• Javad Alizadeh cartoonist
• Jahangir Almasi actor
• Hossein Amanat architect
• Goli Ameri diplomat, politician
• Ebrahim Amini politician
• Farhad Sadeghi Amini painter
• Ahamd Amir-Ahmadi military leader, politician
• Hossein Khajeh Amiri musician
• Gholam Hossein Amirkhani calligrapher
• Anousheh Ansari engineer
• Majead Ansari politician
• Hushang Ansary diplomat, philanthropist
• Kiarash Anvari film maker, scriptwriter
• Leila Arab singer, record producer
• Kamrooz Aram artist
• Arash singer, dancer, entertainer, producer
• Safi-ad-din Ardabili spiritual founder of Safavid dynasty
• Mohammad-Reza Aref politician, academic
• Dariush Arjmand actor
• Siah Armajani sculptor
• Bahram Aryana military commander
• Ebrahim Asgharzadeh political activist, politician
• Faramarz Aslani guitarist, songwriter, singer
• Alireza Assar singer, pianist
• Hamid-Reza Assefi politician
• Mirza Mehdi Khan Astarabadi historian, biographer, advisor
• Touraj Atabaki academic
• Manouchehr Atashi poet, writer, journalist
• Farzan Athari actor, television host
• Morteza Avini photographer
• Khodadad Azizi footballer, coach

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B

• Emadeddin Baghi human rights activist, journalist
• Mehrdad Bahar historian, linguist
• Mohammad-Taqi Bahar poet, politician, journalist
• Mohammad-Javad Bahonar former prime minister, theologian, scholar
• Mohammad-Reza Bahonar politician
• Shapour Bakhtiar political scientist, former prime minister
• Teymour Bakhtiar head of SAVAK
• Gholam-Hossein Banan singer, musician
• Rakhshan Bani-E'temad film director, screenwriter
• Abulhasan Banisadr president
• Mansour Barzegar Olympic medalist, wrestler
• Camila Batmanghelidjh author, philanthropist
• Bahram Bayzai film director, screenwriter, playwright
• Mehdi Bazargan prime minister, scholar
• Mohammad Beheshti chief justice
• Massoud Behnoud journalist, historian, writer
• Nima Behnoud fashion designer
• Sima Bina singer, songwriter, composer, musician
• Maziyar Bizhani cartoonist
• Shiva Boloorian actress, stage director
• Karim Buzarjomehri military general

C

• Paul Caldani musician, radio personality
• Mehdi Chamran politician
• Mostafa Chamran scientist, politician
• Joseph Cochran missionary

D

• Hamid Dabashi philosopher, author
• Alireza Dabir Olympic medalist, wrestler
• Ahmad Mahdavi Damghani author, scholar
• Kamran Daneshjoo educator, politician
• Bijan Daneshmand writer, director, actor
• Iran Darroudi artist