List of Famous people born in Iran

Fariba Adelkhah is a French-Iranian anthropologist and academic at Sciences Po who is currently detained in Iran.

Mohammad Shah Qajar was the Shah of Qajar Iran from 23 October 1834 to 5 September 1848.

Rostom or Rustam Khan was a Georgian royal, from the House of Bagrationi, who functioned as a Safavid-appointed vali /king of Kartli, eastern Georgia, from 1633 until his death.

Karim Bagheri is a retired Iranian professional football player and coach. He played over half of his professional career for Persepolis in the Persian Gulf Pro League. He is currently an assistant coach for the Iran national football team under Dragan Skočić.

Navíd Akhavan is an Iranian-German actor, translator and singer best known for his role as Hakan in the German comedy television series König von Kreuzberg. He is also known as Navid Navid.

Iradj Gandjbaksh is an Iranian Cardiac surgeon who lives in France. He fitted a pacemaker to French former president Jacques Chirac.

Farhad Majidi is an Iranian football coach and former player who currently manages Esteghlal in Persian Gulf Pro League.

Mehdi Mahdavikia is an Iranian professional football coach and former player usually played as a right winger or full-back.

Dariush Shayegan was one the most consequential thinkers of contemporary Iran and the Near East.

Nasser Givehchi was an Iranian featherweight freestyle wrestler. He competed at the 1952 and 1956 Olympics and won a silver medal in 1952. He ranked fifth at the 1954 World Wrestling Championships and won a bronze medal at the 1958 Asian Games. After retiring from competitions he had a long career as a national wrestling coach and international referee.