List of Famous people born in Gilan Province, Iran

Marjane Satrapi is an Iranian-born French graphic novelist, cartoonist, illustrator, film director, and children's book author. Her best-known works include the comic book Persepolis and its film adaptation, the graphic novel Chicken with Plums, and the film Radioactive.

Kambuzia Partovi was an Iranian film director and screenwriter.

Sosha Makani is an Iranian football goalkeeper who currently plays for Norwegian football club Mjøndalen. Makani also played for the Iran national football team.

Saeid Ezatolahi Afagh is an Iranian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Danish Superliga club Vejle Boldklub and the Iran national team.

Shahin Najafi is an Iranian musician, singer, songwriter and political activist currently residing in Britain.

Aydin Aghdashloo is an Iranian painter, graphist, art curator, cognoscente, writer, and film critic.

Houman Seyyedi is an Iranian actor and filmmaker.

Seyyed Jalaleddin Hosseini, commonly known as Jalal Hosseini, is an Iranian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back and captains Iranian club Persepolis. He has been a member of Iran's under-23 side as a wild card player on two occasions, in the 2006 and 2010 Asian Games, winning a bronze medal in 2006. Hosseini has represented Iran at the 2007 AFC Asian Cup, 2011 AFC Asian Cup, 2015 AFC Asian Cup, and the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

Laleh Pourkarim, known mononymously as Laleh, is an Iranian-Swedish singer-songwriter, record producer, guitarist, pianist, actress and record company manager. Following a short acting career, she entered the music industry in 2005 with her self-titled debut album, which peaked at number one in Sweden and went on to become the highest selling album of the year.

Parviz Sayyad is a celebrated actor, director, translator and screenwriter of Iranian cinema.