List of Famous people born in Iran

Hossein Hamedani, also spelled Hamedani, was an Iranian Revolutionary Guard commander. He was posthumously promoted to a Major General.

Firouz Michael Naderi is an Iranian American scientist who spent 36 years in various technical and executive positions at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) where he contributed to some of America's most iconic robotic space missions.

Hadi Norouzi was an Iranian football striker who last played for Persepolis in the Persian Gulf Pro League.

Mohammad Javad Zarif is an Iranian career diplomat and academic. He has been foreign minister of Iran since 2013. During his tenure as foreign minister, he led the Iranian negotiation with P5+1 countries which produced the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on 14 July 2015, lifting the economic sanctions against Iran on 16 January 2016. On 25 February 2019, Zarif resigned from his post as foreign minister. His resignation was rejected by President Hassan Rouhani and he continues as foreign minister.

Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Ya'qub ibn Ishaq al-Kulayni al-Razi was a Persian Shia hadith collector.

Kianoush Rostami is an Iranian Olympian weightlifter. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in the 85 kg event, winning the gold medal and setting a new world record with a total lift of 396 kilograms.

Shahnaz Pahlavi is the first child of the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and his first wife, Princess Fawzia Fuad of Egypt.

Al-Tabari was an influential Iranian scholar, historian and commentator on the Qur'an of either a Persian or Arab origin from Amol, Tabaristan, who composed all his works in Arabic. Today, he is best known for his expertise in Qur'anic exegesis (tafsir) and Historiography but he has been described as "an impressively prolific polymath. He wrote on such subjects as world history, poetry, lexicography, grammar, ethics, mathematics, and medicine."

Hadi Choopan is an Iranian professional bodybuilder. He was a fixed member of the Iranian National Bodybuilding Team from 2011 to 2016. Choopan has competed several times at the International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness (IFBB) contests and won various titles.

Reza Beyk Imanverdi was an Iranian actor and director.