List of Famous people born in Iran

Cassandane or Cassandana was an Achaemenian Persian queen consort and the "dearly loved" wife of Cyrus the Great.

Mohammad-Ali Rajai was the second President of Iran from 2 to 30 August 1981 after serving as prime minister under Abolhassan Banisadr. He was also minister of foreign affairs from 11 March 1981 to 15 August 1981, while he was prime minister. He was assassinated in a bombing on 30 August 1981 along with prime minister Mohammad-Javad Bahonar.

Mahlagha Jaberi is an Iranian-American model and internet star. She started her career in her teenage years and has appeared on the cover of many fashion magazines. Her activity in social networks attracts the attention of reliable Iranian and international media.

Kamran Mirza, was a Persian Prince of Qajar Dynasty and third surviving son of Nasser al-Din Shah. He was the brother of Mass'oud Mirza Zell-e Soltan and Mozzafar al-Din Shah. He was also the progenitor of the Kamrani Family. He might have been Prime minister of Iran for a few days in April–May 1909, but this is not clearly referenced. Kamran Mirza also served as Iran's Commander-in-Chief, appointed in 1868 for the first time, and minister of war from 1880 to 1896 and from 1906 to 1907.

Khadijeh Saqafi was the wife of Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution.

Mostafa Khomeini was an Iranian cleric and the son of Ayatollah Khomeini. He died before the Iranian Revolution.

Zahra Nemati is an Iranian Paralympic and Olympic archer. She originally competed in taekwondo before she was paralyzed in a car accident. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics she won two medals, an individual gold and team bronze. She has qualified to compete at both the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Paralympics.

Mir-Hossein Mousavi Khameneh is an Iranian reformist politician, artist and architect who served as the seventy-ninth and last Prime Minister of Iran from 1981 to 1989. He was a reformist candidate for the 2009 presidential election and eventually the leader of the opposition in the post-election unrest. Mousavi served as the president of the Iranian Academy of Arts until 2009, when Conservative authorities removed him.

Ebrahim Golestan, is an Iranian filmmaker and literary figure with a career spanning half a century. He has lived in Sussex, United Kingdom, since 1975.

Ali ibn Buya, known by his laqab Imad al-Dawla, was the founder of the Buyid dynasty in Iran.