List of Famous people born in Iran

Ivan Alexander Galamian was an American violin teacher of the twentieth century.

Touraj Keshtkar, better known under his stage name Tooji, is a Norwegian-Iranian singer, painter, model and television host. Tooji represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan and finished 26th (last) in the final. Beginning with his single "Cocktail", he also started using kanji characters 冬至 in his artistic identity. The characters refer to Winter Solstice, celebrated around December 21 of each year.

Hassan Sharif was an Emirati artist who lived and worked in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. His work is represented in major public collections, such as the Guggenheim New York, Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, Centre Pompidou, Mathaf Arab Museum of Modern Art, Tate Modern, and Sharjah Art Foundation.

Mohammad Alavi Tabar was an Iranian politician.

Sadegh Goudarzi is an Iranian wrestler. Goudarzi won the silver medal in the 74 kg Freestyle competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Mohsen Mirdamadi is an Iranian politician. He was an organizer of the 1979 Iran hostage crisis, a member of the parliament of Iran from 2000 until 2004, and the Secretary-General of "the largest pro-reform party" in Iran, Islamic Iran Participation Front since 11 August 2006.

Ali Khan Mansur was a Prime Minister of Iran.

Gitty Djamal is an Iranian-German film and television actress. She has also worked as a photographer.

Magtymguly Pyragy was a Turkmen spiritual leader, philosophical poet, and sufi who is considered to be the father of the Turkmen literature and the most famous figure in Turkmen literary history.